TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage 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Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common 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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage 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Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in 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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage 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Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in 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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys full-scale Extra Steve Strickers 43% Extra appeared have nearly identical power loadings After lunchtime show Saturdays final qualifying Free almost anticlimactic conditions shipping & Handling charge $250 added book purchased March 1997 13 ISafe EasyRC Building Flying Flying has aRC Sailpianes favorite manyElectric Gliders beginning pilots andexplores instructors sixintricacies step tested pmgrasndifferent type R/C completelyflying presented easy Chapters include understand guideLanding methods Chapters includeThermal flying AerodynamicsSlope soaring Selecting trainerOperating electric plane c flight Performing take offsmotors power systems Landing pattems ly landing plane Choosing batteries charging Learning about SafetyBuilding rips techniques Cost $995 Cost $1195 Call Nighthawk Publishing 1-800-390HAWK Send Check Money Order P 0 Box 15019 Colorado Springs CO 80935 RIG Sport Competition Aerobatics 5 nis comprehensive manual takes pilot exciting world RC aerobatics intricacies aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 14 Model Aviation 4slJr p AEROGOVER PARACHUTES Heat Shrinkable Stick 48 in36 in24 $63912 sq Ft $1795 $3200$2000$1600p New Colors coming Soon Rugged Nylon y Duty Cora oior Varty IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world GIANT SCALE 96 1/4 SCALL Jb flight multiple major errors Bill Cunningham another workmanlike flight wasnt enough hold off Stricker chalked up another victory Cunningham second Somenzini third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman distant fifth Round Three first four-minute Free finals Christophe Paysant Le Roux led off us predicting something little wild finals vindicated Chris flight featured low slow rolls knife-edge inverted passes below six feet altitude very rhythmic flying Jason Shulman second appeared determined make up mornings mistakes Trailing smoke both wingtips super flight going until crashed attempting no-look slow roll back airplane Bill Cunningham nice program featuring flat turns snaps innovative six-sided vertical eightlow flash high precision choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage landing gear cowl wheel pants instructions Youll love low piece count quick build ing time kits After assembling AIRTRAX Go show off! Awesome Snap Rolls Unlimited Aerobatics Effortless Knife Edge Turn Burn speed Rail-like tracking set bird apart other sport aircraft its time land AIRTRAX will settle down nicely bad habits unwanted surprises AIRTRAX 60/120 Specs Wing Span 72 Wing Area 700 Sq Weight 65 9 lbs Engine61 12 Glow AIRTRAX 40 Specs Wing Span 54 Wing Area 500 Sq Weight 4-5 lbs Engine 40 46 Glow PO Box 144 Wood Ridge NJ 07075 March 1997 19 AIRTRAX Aggressor & GS Specs Wing Span 84 Wing Area 1300 Sq Weight 16-22 lbs Engine 18 44 Glow/Gas Dont wait longer visit dealer call lvi 0-752-1650 Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10 wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-St rut Guide Rails versatile set-up Contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts . $2295 MORE GATOR PRODUCTS MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI Winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both WIng Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth 7 oz Close Weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight R3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per tern S&H esidents add 6% Tax inadvertent uneven control inputs ruining least three flights Chris finally unplugged devices retrimmed airplane far too late finished 19th pilots using gyros provide better damping stability worked seemed help would look area clarified currently mentioned rules next TOG Speaking rules needing repair TOG low-altitude limit five meters during four-minute Free has ignored abused rule country TOG crash six competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common sense bit forethought area perhaps fly-through might prove beneficial concerned merely fabulous incredible Tournament Championswhich just about dead-on normal respect Ill back 98 Im willing bet love casinos Ill have company Face New Attitude Tuned Muffler 4 True ABC Hard Chrome Cylinder Silicon Aluminum Piston Connecti Rod Needle Valve Following tradition American quality craftsmanship reliability K&B introduces New 40 RC ABC Awesome power performance Get new attitude let K&B take aircraft has never before K&B MFG Inc 2100 College Drive Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 520-453-3030 e-mail K&B@Inknetcom Office Hours 7AM 12 Noon 1 230 PM 330 PM M-F m i RIC SERVICE AT ITS BEST IOGONTROL Sales Service Anything Radio Controlled Repairs Updates Custom Modifications Frequency Changes 6 Meter conversions ACE Airtronics Aristo-craft Cirrus EK Futaba Hitec Heathkit Hobby Shack JR Kraft KGL KSE Kline KoPropo Pro-Line RCD Tower Hobbies World Engines & others Calibrated Equipment Quick Turnaround Walk-in daily service 800 am-500 pm Send Legal sized SAE 1996 Catalog containing lists RIC maintenance hints Discover MCard VISA COD UPS USMAIL FEDEX etc March 1997 23 Double Ball Bearings K&8 40 RC ABC Tuned Muffler Cat No 4050 KMI 7420 Seven Mile Rd Northville Michigan 48167 Ph 810-486-4800 Fax 810-486-1603
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
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TAlE QUIET MAN MAKES IT TO TAlE TOP U Rick Allison 13th International Tournament mof Champions won quiet man Baltimore Steve Stricker m Steve did consistently outflying competition through both Known Unknown programs won three six rounds wind-shortened preliminaries three six finals score convincing victory over best RC aerobatic pilots world longtime TOC participant perennial bridesmaid Steve finished 14th 82 second 84 sixth 88 fourth 90 second 92 second 94 94 Argentine Quique Somenzinis TOC win popular crowd year Strickers win popular nearly everyonefans press pilots alike feel-good win case nice guy finally finishing first virtue grit talent persistence hard work event dates October 24-27 1996 site William G Bennett RC Field formerly Circus Circus RC Field Las Vegas Nevada host establishment renowned Sahara Hotel Casino Tournament Champions unique biennial event founded 1974 late Walt Schroder longtime editor Model Airplane News William G Bill Bennett longtime modeler former Director Circus Circus Enterprises Inc present owner Sahara Hotel Casino richest money contest world aeromodelingthis years prize money pot totaled $151000and richest world sport aviation events aircraft size withstanding original idea behind Tournament simple Bring together best RC pilots United States add equal number best rest world present enormous challenge incentive meet result has become grand destination event RC aeromodelers world over competition features large-scale models full-size aerobatic aircraft year up 48% scale engines hardware airframes radio systems cutting-edge Throughout its 22-year history Tournament has driven aeromodeling state-of-the-art newer higher levels especially fields Giant Scale engines control technology Known Unknown Programs Tournament custom-assembled March 1997 7 Winner Steve Stricker sets up touchdown won three rounds preliminaries three finals FAI Aresti catalog aerobatic figures contest management judges mix full-scale International Aerobatic Club judges experienced RC Pattern judges first time recent memory no special flight score bonuses based aircraft size type contest format calls three days qualifying flights total nine rounds three Known Compulsory Program Unknown Compulsory Programs handed contestants night before must flownno practice allowed four-minute Free Program qualifying leads six-round finals top five pilots again evenly divided among two Knowns Unknown #s 4 5 two Free programs preliminaries finals lowest scoring flight program type dropped scoring modified JAC rules weighted follows 50% Unknowns 30% Knowns balance 20% four-minute Free Defending Champion Quique Somenzini won opening-round Unknown decisively serving notice road big payday would go through him Jason Shulman second strong effort Veterans Bill Cunningham Steve Stricker third fourth young French phenom Christophe Paysant Le Roux fifth Round Two tough Known program practiced contestants months previous competition Ivan Kristensen opened round clean effort failed hold up Quique Somenzini jacked up ante beautiful flight marred some difficulty spin Several flights later Steve Stricker uncorked nearly flawless burner put round away Quique dropped second place round Christophe Paysant Le Roux third Shulman fourth Cunningham fifth start Round Three second Known program wind picking up Bill Cunningham set standard early strong flight few problems except missed snap knife-edge As round progressed became evident weather conditions changing 8 Model Aviation r Erangs beautiful Wigens Z-250 makes crass-runway departure smoke start Free flight Inset electrically-fired smoke canisters Patty Wagstaff heads lunchtime show cente Mike McConvilles G-202 trails smoke during foi TOC rookie Benoit Paysant Le Roux ninth place waits beside Cap 232 Both Le Roux brothers flew well would have done better horsepower rith smoke full-scale Extra 300S Inset mute Free program strong blowout Most competitors handled well lost points forced errors strong crosswinds Christophe Paysant Le Roux lost tail slide blew snap knife-edge Quique Someuzini questionable spin entry lost power final maneuver because fuel problem barely finishing round Flying third-to-last round some gustiest conditions Steve Quique Somenzinis Extra 300L performs hovering torque roll within feet ground during finals Model extensively rebuilt just days before event Crew member Kelly Jacobsen tows Steve Strickers 437% Extra 300S back Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs Cap 232 low slow pits Ron Stahl Paul Kirsch also members Team Stricker during Free won final-round four-minute Free March 1997 9 Stricker put candy sack nicely executed beautifully windcorrected effort round results Stricker first Cunningham second Somenzini third Peter Erang Germany fourth 94 TOC fourth-place finisher Dave von Linsowe fifth day Somenzini leading small margin Stricker second Cunningham third Shulman fourth Paysant Le Roux fifth Just back group bubble Dave von Linsowe sixth F3A World Champion Giichi Naruke Japan seventh Also still running finals spot Mike Klein eighth Canadian Ivan Kristensen ninth Mike McConville tenth National Weather Service predicting advancing cold front accompanying winds 30-40 mph category following day buzz over dinner about what form weather-shortened contest might take forecast Friday bullseye Eight flights Unknown #2 Event Director Steve Rojecki called pilots meeting took vote per TOC rules called halt see conditions might improve enough continue noon things good deal worse second vote called contest day restructured contest plan called third Unknown two four-minute Frees flown Saturday would give total two Knowns two Unknowns two four-minute Frees completed best flight category totaled select five finalists left favorites considerable ground cover After solid showing two rounds US Nationals F3A champ Kirk Gray flamed-out third round drop way 20th place Perennial TOC finalist Wolfgang Matt Liechtenstein 12th because poor second-round Known flight Canadian Dave Patrick 13th same reason competitors hoped move up Finals position would take error-free flying Saturday Saturday morning greeted SmIIhj3In-l lalhe-mIll-drIll need Complete machine shop tool Turn out prograde custon work axles parts home business Call FREE Info Pak & video Backed service training videos free technical hotline wnte Aakfo opaao MA3 AnnAbo M4806 57 3W/Desert Aircraft S TOC Champions Again Seventeen out twenty 1996 Tournament Champion pilots chose Desert Aircrafts 3W Reliability Power Low Vibration Easy Starts qualities T0 pilot looks engine deserve same performance engine whether competing sport flying dont settle less 3W Modellmotoren world leader Giant Scale Motors current TOC champion Call information complete line motors 24cc 240cc single four cylinders Exclusive US Representative 3W Modeilmotoren Desert Aircraft PO Box 18038 on Arizona 85731 Phone/FAX 520722-0607 March 1997 11 scene devastation During night 50-mph winds ripped big concessions tent loose its moorings depositing upside down parking area Supplies chairs tables debris scattered everywhere Crews Sahara hard work cleaning up messno easy task conditions still breezy conditions marginally better forced halt Friday Steve Stricker picked up left off posting monster flight third Unknown Somenzini also flew well coming second round Mike McConville third best flight contest Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth Bill Cunningham fifth writing wall becoming apparent two four-minute Free flights coming upa different sort game altogether four-minute Free strictly hot dog program conceived executed competitor accompanied desired music smoke streamers special announcers other standard air show trimmings Scoring Free program based originality versatility harmony rhythm executiontotally subjective criteria Flying Known like playing Mozart memory Unknown like sight-reading Mozart cold four-minute Free like avant-garde Jazz man balance Saturday windy cold also pure aviation theatera spectacle ages Tournament Ive covered has featured different freestyle fad maneuver 1990 rolling loop 92 featured knife-edge loops snaps 94 definitely year torque roll 1996 Tournament spins seemed fashion crossovers helicopter flat spins upright inverted knife-edge spins spins high altitude spins low altitude quite show seemed acknowledged stars Free INSTANT HORSPOWERI wiVh UlVraVhrusV Mufflers wed Pipe Performance Hassle 500 RPM Gain over Stock Mufflers t & Racing Versions Available Engines 0525 SF/FX 0532 FIFX 0540 SFIFX/F5R 0546 5F/FX 0561 5FIFX ENYA 40/45/53 CX ROSSI 40/45/53 THU NDER TIGER PRO 36/40/46/61 MAGNUM XL 28/32/36/40/45/53 SUPERTIGRE 34/40/45151160 PEIFOKMANCE SPECIALTIES P0 0X 3146 GARDNERVILLE NV 8410 PHONE 702-265-7523 FAX 702-265-7522 MVVS4O WERA 28/32/40/50SPEED/GT 12 Model Aviation nzini Paysant Le Roux flying well holding top five positions holding something back Sundays finals During lunch Saturday some disturbing news circulated Eighth-place flier Mike Klein disqualified Saturdays flights jury ruled Mike crew member/aircraft owner Chip Hyde made unauthorized test flight Friday evening murky misunderstanding about permissions received/ received clear result Mikes contest over would finish 20th Demonstrations different RC disciplines tradition TOC fills dead air time gives pilots judges lunch break adds much show aspect Curtis Youngbloods out-of-this-world helicopter demos stuff legend added legend year Dave Storey Team JR also provided rotor show Frank Noll provided judges demo flights throughout contest Trent Williams did some nice formation aerobatics G-200s Kent Nogy Garland Hamilton Bob Violett did jet demos ducted-fan turbine Lloyd Marhol entertained original Flying Lawnmower real attraction day threetime US National Aerobatic Champion Patty Wagstaff Extra 300S Patty dropped day noon showed us supposed done demonstrating some maneuvers flown competition turning smoke airshow routine conditions far ideal Patty made look easy Its worth noting Pattys 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aerobatic flight presented easy understand steps have proven time again under actual training conditions Chapters include Choosing aerobatic airplanes o selection sting precisely trimming airplanes Several aerobatic maneuvers detailed instructions Contest preparation actual competition tips Cost $1395 Also available pocket guide containing reproduction of aerobatic maneuvers Cost $299 continued worsen now gusty biting cold gray sky making visibility difficult visibility large requirement Frees flown just over far runway edge altitudes much higher top average house Flying late Dave von Linsowe pulled together excellent flight good second round Dave actually flew four-minute sequence transmitter behind back Saturday night banquet another TOC tradition Grand Ballroom Sahara filled what seemed largest concentration competition modelers sporting neckties ever assembled prime rib good announcement finalists distribution smaller checks main attraction disappointing news Dave von Linsowe fine effort too late finished sixth Competing big marbles Sunday would Steve Stricker Quique Somemzini Bill Cunningham Christophe Paysant Le Roux Jason Shulmanthe same top five after Thursdays opening round Finals morning opened bright fairly calm First up fourth Unknown Steve Stricker great flight Somemzini followed solid flight Paysant Le Roux Cunningham problems Jason Shulman missed wake-up call arrived just time scratched round round results Stricker first Somenzini second Cunningham third Paysant Le Roux fourth Shulman fifth zero Round Two Known schedule time wind returned settling steady 20-mph blow-in Somenzini serious problems exit headings crosswind Christophe similar trouble compounded lack horsepower plagued him entire contest Jason Shulman arrived didnt seem really awake yet order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idiihn R~idnk AiIil VI. ax AeroNorthwest International Inc 14010 NE 21st Street evue WA 98007 act local dealer call 800-813-4096 Dealer Inquires Welcome 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choreography Steve Stricker similar presentation Good short wow~ factor Quique Somenzini supplied pizzazz nice spin sequences low-speed low-altitude tumbling topped descending torque roll within feet ground round finished Quique first Christophe second Cunningham third Stricker fourth Shulman last Jason Shulman opened Round Four Unknown #5 backup airplane posted strong comeback effort good second Steve Stricker flamed out several maneuvers flight opening door Somenzini took full advantage winning round Christophe Paysant Le Roux struggled long verticals managed third Bill Cunningham fourth Round Five last time through Known Bill Cunningham suffered through bad spin entry Steve Stricker engine running strong again made look easy strong crosswind Shulman overcame poor start precise finish Somenzini serious problems several maneuvers Christophe some small difficulty rolling circle managed second round Shulman third Cunningham fourth Somenzini last last round TOC finals always final four-minute Free stops pulled Spectators pilots cold tired adrenaline flowing Steve Stricker put best Free show despite wind somehow accomplished hovering torque roll looked airplane planted pole Quique Somenzini followed series torque rolls low prop blast blowing up dust Christophe Paysant Le Rouxs turn win Christophe wired up flight featured something March 1997 17 Geoff Combs waits signal start 437% Extra 3005 twin Steve Strickers winning airplane Geoff designed both finished 16th Wolfgang Matt 11th place watches competition pit G-200 behind Wolfgangs Extra belongs tenth-place finisher Ivan Kristensen concessions tent ended up parking after Fridays high winds halted flying caused format shortened six-flight preliminary everything done superlatively Jason Shulman Bill Cunningham followed best efforts contestand over Steve Stricker first $30000 Quique Somenzini Argentina second $20000 Jason Shulman third $10000 off strong comeback bid Christophe Paysant Le Roux fourth $8500 Bill Cunningham fifth $7500 four-minute Free results did change finish order four five pilots strongest flights sixth round five top flights graded out within very few points other relatively speaking 13th Tournament Champions notable things Teams rule pilots supported three- four-person crew functioned together months Team Stricker consisted Kelly Jacobsen mechanic Ron Stahl mechanic took month off job help Paul Kirsch coach caller absolutely typical example what takes get done TOC first time recent years aircraft run gasoline rather glow fuel maximum engine displacement allowed raised 88 cu 120 cu depending wing area Several pilots took advantage immediately including Steve Stricker Mike Klein opted German-made 3W 160 four-cylinder 96 cu over40% scale aircraft power burn models struggled 94 TOC most-used engine 3W 120 twin 70 cu powered half models entered Counting two 3W 160s two 3W 80s 3W 70 3W Kent Nogys gorgeous F-4 Phantom flawlessand very fast Noontime demonstration flights hit crowd 18 Model Aviation nth-place finisher Mike McConville hauls 42% G-202 back home model larger version Midwest kit also designed him Ready box row Bill Cunninghams G-200 Wolfgang Mails Extra 300S Dave von Linsowes Extra 260 wait go engines installed whopping 75% models Paysant Le Roux brothers used Team 70 single-cylinder engines significant horsepower deficits problems long vertical lines first time brothers members same family have flown Tournament Benoit Paysant Le Roux flew very well finished credible ninth place overall claiming top rookie spot over US Nats winner Kirk Gray finished 15th popular prop Menz 10 competitors re worked glassed Wayne Ulery Bolly seven second APC three third Ten 20 models Extras some type seven Extra 300Ss two Extra 260s Extra 300L three G-200s46% models designed Wayne Ulery Dave Scully built Frank Noll G-202 designed owner/pilot Mike McConville three Cap 232s Sukhoi SU-26 Wigens Z-250 lonely biplane 42% Ultimate models performed well no type design having clear-cut advantage largest heaviest model Steve Strickers winning 437% 50-pound Extra 300S Geoff Combs kit smallest model Dave von Linsowes 35% 21-pound Precision Built Extra 260 also smallest engine Precision Eagle 42 glow ignition Most exhaust systems stock components supplied engine manufacturers almost engines stock unitsa definite break past vast majority pilots using piezo-electric gyros flight controls Information about setups hard elicitmost pilots obviously uncomfortable subject some adamantly opposed use gyro setups less stellar causing minor trim changes between flights Chris Lakins setup serious problems causing AIRTRAX Appeal youre deciding next Almost Ready Cover aircraft lot consider Materials Used Construction Techniques Aerobatic Potential Cost & Time complete USA Made consider things choice clear RTRAX Manufactured USA AIRTRAX series Sport aircraft feature Solid Balsa Plywood Construction Pre-sheeted foam wings Pre-built tail surfaces Jig-built fuselage 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competitors planting before during contest Dean Koger lost 50%-scale Laser 200 practice several months before contest Quique Somenzini Ivan Kristensen crashed days prior contest able rebuild just time Quique using 300L airframe belonging former AMA president Don Lowe create hybrid aircraft authorized test flight Thursday evening check out gyro problem Chris Lakin hit box pole crashed backup Sukhoi Dave von Linsowe hardest hit crashing self-designed -built G-202 day before event because radio failure Dave 2000 hours work airplane loss left him fourth-place 35% Extra 260 92 contest Dave able regroup finish sixth Old Reliable Jason Shulman crashed during meet said getting little too free Free finals competitors including some crashed running redundant radio systems None crashes either attributed 20 Model Aviation LAGE JIG STATIONS prevented redundant system leaving jury still out usefulness aerobatics Sixteen competitors used Futaba radios three used JR Geoff Combs used Airtronics radios worked flawlessly during event exception gyro problems Two servos per control surface rule several competitors using four servos rudder driving belicrank arrangement generate sufficient torque used chokes signal generators larger-gauge wire counter noise voltage-drop problems stemming long servo leads Great gadgets note German Peter Erangs electrically-fired colored smoke canisters attached wheel pants beautiful all-fiberglass-fuselage 48% Wigens Z-250which gets vote best craftsmanship finish Quique Somenzinis ducted smoke system way wingtips gets honorable mention category Attendance better everwell thousands foreign spectators few logistics glitches attributable firsttime sponsorship Sahara minor warts should easily corrected next edition problem little significance design TOC five Unknown programs provided progressively difficult pilots However years Unknowns also progressively difficult judges spectators culminating fifth Unknown lacked balance flow symmetry spectator appeal common 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