ANY DOUBT regarding two-stroke versus four-stroke engine preference top-level competition settled during FAI F3A Team Selection Finals Duke Field Eglin AFB Florida June 25 through 29 top eleven fliers qualified Finals eight flew four-stroke engines Finals YS 120 outnumbered 0S 120 seven Chip Hyde David Von Linsowe Bill Cunningham won top three spots will going World Championships October Tony Frackowiak will first alternate As contest director event may less objective think Duke Field site superior place hold RC Aerobatics event like Team Selection Finals runway 8000 feet long 300 feet wide flying conducted two sites west side north-south runway waited until 1100 am start event sun factor nearest trees 30foot-high slash pines least 600 feet edge runway flying site half mile away second site factor point view wind turbulence Pilots did prefer second site because box poles could seen better reason pilots rotated site site judges stayed line Duke Field home 919th Special Operations Group flies AC-130 gunships field also used emergency landing site aircraft Eglin AFBs main runway given access field 10 am 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday Tuesday June 25th official practice day Duke Field skies overcast drizzly After 9 am pilots meeting Holiday Inn everyone started moving Duke Field two sites set up light rain Practice conducted cloudy threatening skies alternated light rain Eventually about 40 out 54 competitors put practice flights Several headed toward Pensacola rumored skies clear Wednesday mornings skies high clouds mixed low patchy clouds 11 am starting time Paul Verger volunteered test ceiling Site 2 aircraft went low ceiling tops vertical maneuvers flying suspended until appeared ceiling gone up Later Chuck Shade volunteered go up Site 1 aircraft also went low ceiling After another delay Paul tried again ceiling gone up sufficiently begin contest However after few fliers gotten flights rain began fall flying stopped again fought intermittent rain rest day 6 pm stopping time about 14 fliers 27 gotten flights line Things looking grim because weather forecasters predicting same next day didnt get much sleep night Fortunately weather forecasters wrong Thursday mostly sunny first second rounds completed third round begun wind mostly calmexcept thunderstorm passed few miles away half dozen fliers forced contend strong cross wind notably Chip Hyde NSRCA president Bryan Henderson After scores normalized following second round top four spots held Steve Rojecki Dean Koger Steve Stricker Tony Frackowiak four less two points out 1000 apart October 1991 21 Aerobatics Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 Left time Nationals winner US team member Rhett Miller prepares Ron Chidgeys backup Typhoon flight Bryan Henderson assists Right Team Manager John Britt 12th assisted father-in-law Charlie Reed 53rd 67 Charlie oldest competitor beating Nat Penton almost three years Left Jerry Budd installs pipe assembly Conquest 120 part airplane exposed oily exhaust last six eight inches fuselage Right Tony Frackowiak holds Geoff Combss SL-1 Bob Boiling signals sound check complete Everyone less 98 dB under 90 Name Chip Hyde David Von Unsowe Bill Cunningham Tony Frackowiak James Bennett Mike McConville Dean Koger Geoff Combs Steve Stricker Steve Rojecki Don Weitz Jr Age Hometown 19YumaAZ 34Mt Morris Ml 30Tulsa OK 35SierraVistaAZ 41Schaum Burg IL 26Champaign IL 47Beavercreek OH 32Pickerington OH 29Ballimore MD 35Navarre FL 43Henderson NV Aircraft Jekyll Mistress 4 Turbo Malibu Challenges Mirage Desire 925 Vortex II SL-1 Excalibur Conquest VI Conquest VI AC Wt Fuselage/Wing lb Construction 850 FGIFom-Bal 825 Bal-CF/Fom-Bal-CF 925 Bal/Fom-Bal 925 FG/Fom-Bal 850 Fom-Bal/Fom-Bal 950 FFom-8al 825 FGlFom-Bal 950 Epxy Gis/Fom-Bal 950 FGIFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal Wing/Fuselage Finish MKote/Del pnt UCote/UCote MKote/SPoxy MKote/SPoxy-Delclr MKote/MKote MKote/Acr Acr Lac-Acr Cir MKote/SPoxy MKote-UCote/ClearAuto MKote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy Soft Mt System own Vibra-Damp Gator Gator Lord Mounts P-n-T Yes Own Gator RC P-n-T Engine YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 OS 120 SP Webra 61 YS 120 YS 120 Special Webra LS P-n-T FG r Glass Fom Bal a Epxy GIs y Glass MKote Kote Del paint ron paint Ucote acote Delcir lear Spoxy r poxy Acr Lac-Acr En Cir lic Lacquer-Acrylic Enamel Clear PnT es-n-Things SP ass SP 0 i W Uncharacteristically Chip Hyde sixth place less eight points lead Bill Cunningham seventh David von Linsowe ninth Friday last planned day qualifying hoped third fourth rounds could completed 6 pm stopping time still two fliers line four other line may ask stop 6 pm sun doesnt set until 8 pm Good question Duke Field active field clear runways 6 pm AC-130 aircraft could take off scheduled training flights Thursday clear area 603 first takeoff 608 Friday little later didnt get off until 613 getting early start Saturday morning remaining round-four flights completed shortly after 11 am 11 fliers top 20% began finals shortly after noon top qualifiers Chip Hyde Tony Frackowiak Bill Cunningham David von Linsowe top fliers after second round Steve Rojecki seventh Dean Koger fifth Steve Striker ninth During finals wind strong gusty challenged fliers served demonstrate could handle wind best After first round finals order same after qualifying flights end second round finals Chip Hyde still first place Bill Cunningham moved past Tony Frackowiak David von Linsowe squeezed past both Frackowiak Cunningham get second place Following third round finals order remained same top four 54 fliers 31 used four-stroke engines Nobody problems meeting 98 dB noise limit few noise readings high 97 readings low 90s two-stroke engines average three four decibels quieter fourstroke engines might think satisfied 1991 Team Selection Finals eight judges present four line requested fifteen judges would three flight lines 22 Model Aviation Glow Plug 08 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F R No N 0-F W W 430 Left Judges team selection finals Jim Graham Mike Dunphy Dorothy Speights Frank Broach Dick Austin Tim Langlinals JW Smith Don Peck Right Steve Stricker beautiful Excalibur Steve finished ninth place Paul Verger photo Left Dean Koger John Drift assisting flies judges site 1 Note great free-standing tents made Jenkins Crafted Canopies Walnut CA Right Black-and-white cant justice Geoff Combss SL-1 its multi-color fluorescent paint scheme Paul Verger Photo Pipe AAP AAP AAP AAP Brac 35 cc Silent AAP Hd/Hat pipe Cook Jet M P AAP AAP Propeller APC 14x3 APC 15 x 12 APC 14 x 145 APC 14 x 14 APC 135 x 125 APC 135 x 133 15Sx 185 APC 135 x 14 APC 14 x 14 Fuel Power Master 25% Pro Power/Magnum CP 40% Magnum level 2 K & B 30% Cool Power 30% Magnum 40% Magnum C P 36% Cool Power 55% Hatori 650APC 12 x 13Cool Power 30% Hatori 650 LCAPC 12 x 1 3NPowerMaster Cu Mxg R/E None R/E R/A R/E None None R/A RIE R/E TE/AdR RA EXPNTR What EXPIEIA VTR/E/A EXPIR EXP/AIE/R EXP/AIE/R EXP/AJE/R EXP/E/AIR/T EXP/AIE/R VTR/E EXP/all JR PCM 10/2R/AEXP/all PCM 10 JR/2R/E R/AEXP/all Tx/Mode JR PCM-10/2 Futaba 9 ch 1024/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-VAP/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-yAP JR PCM-10/1 Futabe/2 Futaba/2 Rate Switch What Yes/E/NR No No No No Yes/E/R Yes No No No Yes/E Comments 1155 Sq Own design Own Des/ S Eng Belt Drive Eng Orig design 984 sq 2 cycle eng E ne ron R er T ttle E ator Hd Hat ri Des gn S Eng rcharged Engine Eng ne five judges line Team Selection Committee responsible arrangements judges Committee chairman written 11 AMA district Committee members requesting names least two judge nominees fifteen judges could selected Unfortunately six district members didnt submit names remaining Team Selection Committee members couldnt take up slack eight judges Thank goodness judges did show up Frank Broach Jim Graham Dorothy Speights Don Peck Dick Austin JW Smith Tim Langlinais Mike Dunphy appreciate sacrifice time money judges invest could reimbursed what actually spent because current financial limitations judge reimbursement Team Selection Finals will recognize name Mike Dunphy have contest director Team Selection Finals held Oregon Florida bid event selected qualified pilots over Oregon bid Mike must have very disappointed came way Oregon Florida judge anyway What class act Months ago Dick Penrod called Pennsylvania asked could help flew down Florida spent four tough days line chief own expense says just likes part team selection contest hobby rich have people like him Tony Stiliman also asked could help After serving Contest Director 1989 Team Selection Finals Pensacola knows lot about contest asked him Co-CD ran Site 1 ran Site 2 made lot easier having try manage both sites still responsible overall contest Tony site other constant radio contact worked great jury very little no protests work Don Lowe Jim Edwards Howard Crispin did assist making some decisions authority regarding running contest example agreed started raining during flight pilot requested land could tell him land resume flight later first unscored maneuver happened several times rainy Wednesday cant tell proud am Northwest Florida clubs members Eglin Aero Modellers Northwest Florida R/C Modelers hosted 1991 Team Selection Finals competence enthusiasm once did anyone hear dreaded announcement need five scribes before can get started did well guys Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32548 L October 1991 23 Team Manager John Brltt pours champagne tar US Team members Bill Cunningham Chip Hyde David von Linsowe Paul Verger Photo FAI F3A Final Standings P1ContestantPrelimFlIght 1FlIght 2Flight 3Final Score 1Chip Hyde100000*100000*992575*991957299257499 2David Von Unsowe989209*984036100000*100000*288920941 3Bill Cunningham995287*984039*982774991659*297098223 4Tony Frackowiak998542*972289*965845*958296293667590 5James C Bennett978995*962349963769*979744*292250475 6Mike McConville968240*965361*959014979148*291274930 7Dean Koger986832*962651*959014*954721290849674 8Geoffrey Combs969249*963855970003*963959*290320767 9Steve Stricker968592*962349*958420*952338288936089 10Steve Rojecki971723*936 446940600*951 743*286406563 11Don Weitz966035*931024939412*957998*286344551 * Indicates flight scores used final score computation Above panel scores normalized highest score based 1000 poinls
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 21, 22, 23
ANY DOUBT regarding two-stroke versus four-stroke engine preference top-level competition settled during FAI F3A Team Selection Finals Duke Field Eglin AFB Florida June 25 through 29 top eleven fliers qualified Finals eight flew four-stroke engines Finals YS 120 outnumbered 0S 120 seven Chip Hyde David Von Linsowe Bill Cunningham won top three spots will going World Championships October Tony Frackowiak will first alternate As contest director event may less objective think Duke Field site superior place hold RC Aerobatics event like Team Selection Finals runway 8000 feet long 300 feet wide flying conducted two sites west side north-south runway waited until 1100 am start event sun factor nearest trees 30foot-high slash pines least 600 feet edge runway flying site half mile away second site factor point view wind turbulence Pilots did prefer second site because box poles could seen better reason pilots rotated site site judges stayed line Duke Field home 919th Special Operations Group flies AC-130 gunships field also used emergency landing site aircraft Eglin AFBs main runway given access field 10 am 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday Tuesday June 25th official practice day Duke Field skies overcast drizzly After 9 am pilots meeting Holiday Inn everyone started moving Duke Field two sites set up light rain Practice conducted cloudy threatening skies alternated light rain Eventually about 40 out 54 competitors put practice flights Several headed toward Pensacola rumored skies clear Wednesday mornings skies high clouds mixed low patchy clouds 11 am starting time Paul Verger volunteered test ceiling Site 2 aircraft went low ceiling tops vertical maneuvers flying suspended until appeared ceiling gone up Later Chuck Shade volunteered go up Site 1 aircraft also went low ceiling After another delay Paul tried again ceiling gone up sufficiently begin contest However after few fliers gotten flights rain began fall flying stopped again fought intermittent rain rest day 6 pm stopping time about 14 fliers 27 gotten flights line Things looking grim because weather forecasters predicting same next day didnt get much sleep night Fortunately weather forecasters wrong Thursday mostly sunny first second rounds completed third round begun wind mostly calmexcept thunderstorm passed few miles away half dozen fliers forced contend strong cross wind notably Chip Hyde NSRCA president Bryan Henderson After scores normalized following second round top four spots held Steve Rojecki Dean Koger Steve Stricker Tony Frackowiak four less two points out 1000 apart October 1991 21 Aerobatics Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 Left time Nationals winner US team member Rhett Miller prepares Ron Chidgeys backup Typhoon flight Bryan Henderson assists Right Team Manager John Britt 12th assisted father-in-law Charlie Reed 53rd 67 Charlie oldest competitor beating Nat Penton almost three years Left Jerry Budd installs pipe assembly Conquest 120 part airplane exposed oily exhaust last six eight inches fuselage Right Tony Frackowiak holds Geoff Combss SL-1 Bob Boiling signals sound check complete Everyone less 98 dB under 90 Name Chip Hyde David Von Unsowe Bill Cunningham Tony Frackowiak James Bennett Mike McConville Dean Koger Geoff Combs Steve Stricker Steve Rojecki Don Weitz Jr Age Hometown 19YumaAZ 34Mt Morris Ml 30Tulsa OK 35SierraVistaAZ 41Schaum Burg IL 26Champaign IL 47Beavercreek OH 32Pickerington OH 29Ballimore MD 35Navarre FL 43Henderson NV Aircraft Jekyll Mistress 4 Turbo Malibu Challenges Mirage Desire 925 Vortex II SL-1 Excalibur Conquest VI Conquest VI AC Wt Fuselage/Wing lb Construction 850 FGIFom-Bal 825 Bal-CF/Fom-Bal-CF 925 Bal/Fom-Bal 925 FG/Fom-Bal 850 Fom-Bal/Fom-Bal 950 FFom-8al 825 FGlFom-Bal 950 Epxy Gis/Fom-Bal 950 FGIFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal Wing/Fuselage Finish MKote/Del pnt UCote/UCote MKote/SPoxy MKote/SPoxy-Delclr MKote/MKote MKote/Acr Acr Lac-Acr Cir MKote/SPoxy MKote-UCote/ClearAuto MKote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy Soft Mt System own Vibra-Damp Gator Gator Lord Mounts P-n-T Yes Own Gator RC P-n-T Engine YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 OS 120 SP Webra 61 YS 120 YS 120 Special Webra LS P-n-T FG r Glass Fom Bal a Epxy GIs y Glass MKote Kote Del paint ron paint Ucote acote Delcir lear Spoxy r poxy Acr Lac-Acr En Cir lic Lacquer-Acrylic Enamel Clear PnT es-n-Things SP ass SP 0 i W Uncharacteristically Chip Hyde sixth place less eight points lead Bill Cunningham seventh David von Linsowe ninth Friday last planned day qualifying hoped third fourth rounds could completed 6 pm stopping time still two fliers line four other line may ask stop 6 pm sun doesnt set until 8 pm Good question Duke Field active field clear runways 6 pm AC-130 aircraft could take off scheduled training flights Thursday clear area 603 first takeoff 608 Friday little later didnt get off until 613 getting early start Saturday morning remaining round-four flights completed shortly after 11 am 11 fliers top 20% began finals shortly after noon top qualifiers Chip Hyde Tony Frackowiak Bill Cunningham David von Linsowe top fliers after second round Steve Rojecki seventh Dean Koger fifth Steve Striker ninth During finals wind strong gusty challenged fliers served demonstrate could handle wind best After first round finals order same after qualifying flights end second round finals Chip Hyde still first place Bill Cunningham moved past Tony Frackowiak David von Linsowe squeezed past both Frackowiak Cunningham get second place Following third round finals order remained same top four 54 fliers 31 used four-stroke engines Nobody problems meeting 98 dB noise limit few noise readings high 97 readings low 90s two-stroke engines average three four decibels quieter fourstroke engines might think satisfied 1991 Team Selection Finals eight judges present four line requested fifteen judges would three flight lines 22 Model Aviation Glow Plug 08 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F R No N 0-F W W 430 Left Judges team selection finals Jim Graham Mike Dunphy Dorothy Speights Frank Broach Dick Austin Tim Langlinals JW Smith Don Peck Right Steve Stricker beautiful Excalibur Steve finished ninth place Paul Verger photo Left Dean Koger John Drift assisting flies judges site 1 Note great free-standing tents made Jenkins Crafted Canopies Walnut CA Right Black-and-white cant justice Geoff Combss SL-1 its multi-color fluorescent paint scheme Paul Verger Photo Pipe AAP AAP AAP AAP Brac 35 cc Silent AAP Hd/Hat pipe Cook Jet M P AAP AAP Propeller APC 14x3 APC 15 x 12 APC 14 x 145 APC 14 x 14 APC 135 x 125 APC 135 x 133 15Sx 185 APC 135 x 14 APC 14 x 14 Fuel Power Master 25% Pro Power/Magnum CP 40% Magnum level 2 K & B 30% Cool Power 30% Magnum 40% Magnum C P 36% Cool Power 55% Hatori 650APC 12 x 13Cool Power 30% Hatori 650 LCAPC 12 x 1 3NPowerMaster Cu Mxg R/E None R/E R/A R/E None None R/A RIE R/E TE/AdR RA EXPNTR What EXPIEIA VTR/E/A EXPIR EXP/AIE/R EXP/AIE/R EXP/AJE/R EXP/E/AIR/T EXP/AIE/R VTR/E EXP/all JR PCM 10/2R/AEXP/all PCM 10 JR/2R/E R/AEXP/all Tx/Mode JR PCM-10/2 Futaba 9 ch 1024/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-VAP/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-yAP JR PCM-10/1 Futabe/2 Futaba/2 Rate Switch What Yes/E/NR No No No No Yes/E/R Yes No No No Yes/E Comments 1155 Sq Own design Own Des/ S Eng Belt Drive Eng Orig design 984 sq 2 cycle eng E ne ron R er T ttle E ator Hd Hat ri Des gn S Eng rcharged Engine Eng ne five judges line Team Selection Committee responsible arrangements judges Committee chairman written 11 AMA district Committee members requesting names least two judge nominees fifteen judges could selected Unfortunately six district members didnt submit names remaining Team Selection Committee members couldnt take up slack eight judges Thank goodness judges did show up Frank Broach Jim Graham Dorothy Speights Don Peck Dick Austin JW Smith Tim Langlinais Mike Dunphy appreciate sacrifice time money judges invest could reimbursed what actually spent because current financial limitations judge reimbursement Team Selection Finals will recognize name Mike Dunphy have contest director Team Selection Finals held Oregon Florida bid event selected qualified pilots over Oregon bid Mike must have very disappointed came way Oregon Florida judge anyway What class act Months ago Dick Penrod called Pennsylvania asked could help flew down Florida spent four tough days line chief own expense says just likes part team selection contest hobby rich have people like him Tony Stiliman also asked could help After serving Contest Director 1989 Team Selection Finals Pensacola knows lot about contest asked him Co-CD ran Site 1 ran Site 2 made lot easier having try manage both sites still responsible overall contest Tony site other constant radio contact worked great jury very little no protests work Don Lowe Jim Edwards Howard Crispin did assist making some decisions authority regarding running contest example agreed started raining during flight pilot requested land could tell him land resume flight later first unscored maneuver happened several times rainy Wednesday cant tell proud am Northwest Florida clubs members Eglin Aero Modellers Northwest Florida R/C Modelers hosted 1991 Team Selection Finals competence enthusiasm once did anyone hear dreaded announcement need five scribes before can get started did well guys Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32548 L October 1991 23 Team Manager John Brltt pours champagne tar US Team members Bill Cunningham Chip Hyde David von Linsowe Paul Verger Photo FAI F3A Final Standings P1ContestantPrelimFlIght 1FlIght 2Flight 3Final Score 1Chip Hyde100000*100000*992575*991957299257499 2David Von Unsowe989209*984036100000*100000*288920941 3Bill Cunningham995287*984039*982774991659*297098223 4Tony Frackowiak998542*972289*965845*958296293667590 5James C Bennett978995*962349963769*979744*292250475 6Mike McConville968240*965361*959014979148*291274930 7Dean Koger986832*962651*959014*954721290849674 8Geoffrey Combs969249*963855970003*963959*290320767 9Steve Stricker968592*962349*958420*952338288936089 10Steve Rojecki971723*936 446940600*951 743*286406563 11Don Weitz966035*931024939412*957998*286344551 * Indicates flight scores used final score computation Above panel scores normalized highest score based 1000 poinls
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 21, 22, 23
ANY DOUBT regarding two-stroke versus four-stroke engine preference top-level competition settled during FAI F3A Team Selection Finals Duke Field Eglin AFB Florida June 25 through 29 top eleven fliers qualified Finals eight flew four-stroke engines Finals YS 120 outnumbered 0S 120 seven Chip Hyde David Von Linsowe Bill Cunningham won top three spots will going World Championships October Tony Frackowiak will first alternate As contest director event may less objective think Duke Field site superior place hold RC Aerobatics event like Team Selection Finals runway 8000 feet long 300 feet wide flying conducted two sites west side north-south runway waited until 1100 am start event sun factor nearest trees 30foot-high slash pines least 600 feet edge runway flying site half mile away second site factor point view wind turbulence Pilots did prefer second site because box poles could seen better reason pilots rotated site site judges stayed line Duke Field home 919th Special Operations Group flies AC-130 gunships field also used emergency landing site aircraft Eglin AFBs main runway given access field 10 am 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday Tuesday June 25th official practice day Duke Field skies overcast drizzly After 9 am pilots meeting Holiday Inn everyone started moving Duke Field two sites set up light rain Practice conducted cloudy threatening skies alternated light rain Eventually about 40 out 54 competitors put practice flights Several headed toward Pensacola rumored skies clear Wednesday mornings skies high clouds mixed low patchy clouds 11 am starting time Paul Verger volunteered test ceiling Site 2 aircraft went low ceiling tops vertical maneuvers flying suspended until appeared ceiling gone up Later Chuck Shade volunteered go up Site 1 aircraft also went low ceiling After another delay Paul tried again ceiling gone up sufficiently begin contest However after few fliers gotten flights rain began fall flying stopped again fought intermittent rain rest day 6 pm stopping time about 14 fliers 27 gotten flights line Things looking grim because weather forecasters predicting same next day didnt get much sleep night Fortunately weather forecasters wrong Thursday mostly sunny first second rounds completed third round begun wind mostly calmexcept thunderstorm passed few miles away half dozen fliers forced contend strong cross wind notably Chip Hyde NSRCA president Bryan Henderson After scores normalized following second round top four spots held Steve Rojecki Dean Koger Steve Stricker Tony Frackowiak four less two points out 1000 apart October 1991 21 Aerobatics Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 Left time Nationals winner US team member Rhett Miller prepares Ron Chidgeys backup Typhoon flight Bryan Henderson assists Right Team Manager John Britt 12th assisted father-in-law Charlie Reed 53rd 67 Charlie oldest competitor beating Nat Penton almost three years Left Jerry Budd installs pipe assembly Conquest 120 part airplane exposed oily exhaust last six eight inches fuselage Right Tony Frackowiak holds Geoff Combss SL-1 Bob Boiling signals sound check complete Everyone less 98 dB under 90 Name Chip Hyde David Von Unsowe Bill Cunningham Tony Frackowiak James Bennett Mike McConville Dean Koger Geoff Combs Steve Stricker Steve Rojecki Don Weitz Jr Age Hometown 19YumaAZ 34Mt Morris Ml 30Tulsa OK 35SierraVistaAZ 41Schaum Burg IL 26Champaign IL 47Beavercreek OH 32Pickerington OH 29Ballimore MD 35Navarre FL 43Henderson NV Aircraft Jekyll Mistress 4 Turbo Malibu Challenges Mirage Desire 925 Vortex II SL-1 Excalibur Conquest VI Conquest VI AC Wt Fuselage/Wing lb Construction 850 FGIFom-Bal 825 Bal-CF/Fom-Bal-CF 925 Bal/Fom-Bal 925 FG/Fom-Bal 850 Fom-Bal/Fom-Bal 950 FFom-8al 825 FGlFom-Bal 950 Epxy Gis/Fom-Bal 950 FGIFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal 775 FFom-Bal Wing/Fuselage Finish MKote/Del pnt UCote/UCote MKote/SPoxy MKote/SPoxy-Delclr MKote/MKote MKote/Acr Acr Lac-Acr Cir MKote/SPoxy MKote-UCote/ClearAuto MKote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy UCote/SPoxy Soft Mt System own Vibra-Damp Gator Gator Lord Mounts P-n-T Yes Own Gator RC P-n-T Engine YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 YS 120 OS 120 SP Webra 61 YS 120 YS 120 Special Webra LS P-n-T FG r Glass Fom Bal a Epxy GIs y Glass MKote Kote Del paint ron paint Ucote acote Delcir lear Spoxy r poxy Acr Lac-Acr En Cir lic Lacquer-Acrylic Enamel Clear PnT es-n-Things SP ass SP 0 i W Uncharacteristically Chip Hyde sixth place less eight points lead Bill Cunningham seventh David von Linsowe ninth Friday last planned day qualifying hoped third fourth rounds could completed 6 pm stopping time still two fliers line four other line may ask stop 6 pm sun doesnt set until 8 pm Good question Duke Field active field clear runways 6 pm AC-130 aircraft could take off scheduled training flights Thursday clear area 603 first takeoff 608 Friday little later didnt get off until 613 getting early start Saturday morning remaining round-four flights completed shortly after 11 am 11 fliers top 20% began finals shortly after noon top qualifiers Chip Hyde Tony Frackowiak Bill Cunningham David von Linsowe top fliers after second round Steve Rojecki seventh Dean Koger fifth Steve Striker ninth During finals wind strong gusty challenged fliers served demonstrate could handle wind best After first round finals order same after qualifying flights end second round finals Chip Hyde still first place Bill Cunningham moved past Tony Frackowiak David von Linsowe squeezed past both Frackowiak Cunningham get second place Following third round finals order remained same top four 54 fliers 31 used four-stroke engines Nobody problems meeting 98 dB noise limit few noise readings high 97 readings low 90s two-stroke engines average three four decibels quieter fourstroke engines might think satisfied 1991 Team Selection Finals eight judges present four line requested fifteen judges would three flight lines 22 Model Aviation Glow Plug 08 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F 0-F R No N 0-F W W 430 Left Judges team selection finals Jim Graham Mike Dunphy Dorothy Speights Frank Broach Dick Austin Tim Langlinals JW Smith Don Peck Right Steve Stricker beautiful Excalibur Steve finished ninth place Paul Verger photo Left Dean Koger John Drift assisting flies judges site 1 Note great free-standing tents made Jenkins Crafted Canopies Walnut CA Right Black-and-white cant justice Geoff Combss SL-1 its multi-color fluorescent paint scheme Paul Verger Photo Pipe AAP AAP AAP AAP Brac 35 cc Silent AAP Hd/Hat pipe Cook Jet M P AAP AAP Propeller APC 14x3 APC 15 x 12 APC 14 x 145 APC 14 x 14 APC 135 x 125 APC 135 x 133 15Sx 185 APC 135 x 14 APC 14 x 14 Fuel Power Master 25% Pro Power/Magnum CP 40% Magnum level 2 K & B 30% Cool Power 30% Magnum 40% Magnum C P 36% Cool Power 55% Hatori 650APC 12 x 13Cool Power 30% Hatori 650 LCAPC 12 x 1 3NPowerMaster Cu Mxg R/E None R/E R/A R/E None None R/A RIE R/E TE/AdR RA EXPNTR What EXPIEIA VTR/E/A EXPIR EXP/AIE/R EXP/AIE/R EXP/AJE/R EXP/E/AIR/T EXP/AIE/R VTR/E EXP/all JR PCM 10/2R/AEXP/all PCM 10 JR/2R/E R/AEXP/all Tx/Mode JR PCM-10/2 Futaba 9 ch 1024/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-VAP/2 Futaba 1024/2 Futaba 9-yAP JR PCM-10/1 Futabe/2 Futaba/2 Rate Switch What Yes/E/NR No No No No Yes/E/R Yes No No No Yes/E Comments 1155 Sq Own design Own Des/ S Eng Belt Drive Eng Orig design 984 sq 2 cycle eng E ne ron R er T ttle E ator Hd Hat ri Des gn S Eng rcharged Engine Eng ne five judges line Team Selection Committee responsible arrangements judges Committee chairman written 11 AMA district Committee members requesting names least two judge nominees fifteen judges could selected Unfortunately six district members didnt submit names remaining Team Selection Committee members couldnt take up slack eight judges Thank goodness judges did show up Frank Broach Jim Graham Dorothy Speights Don Peck Dick Austin JW Smith Tim Langlinais Mike Dunphy appreciate sacrifice time money judges invest could reimbursed what actually spent because current financial limitations judge reimbursement Team Selection Finals will recognize name Mike Dunphy have contest director Team Selection Finals held Oregon Florida bid event selected qualified pilots over Oregon bid Mike must have very disappointed came way Oregon Florida judge anyway What class act Months ago Dick Penrod called Pennsylvania asked could help flew down Florida spent four tough days line chief own expense says just likes part team selection contest hobby rich have people like him Tony Stiliman also asked could help After serving Contest Director 1989 Team Selection Finals Pensacola knows lot about contest asked him Co-CD ran Site 1 ran Site 2 made lot easier having try manage both sites still responsible overall contest Tony site other constant radio contact worked great jury very little no protests work Don Lowe Jim Edwards Howard Crispin did assist making some decisions authority regarding running contest example agreed started raining during flight pilot requested land could tell him land resume flight later first unscored maneuver happened several times rainy Wednesday cant tell proud am Northwest Florida clubs members Eglin Aero Modellers Northwest Florida R/C Modelers hosted 1991 Team Selection Finals competence enthusiasm once did anyone hear dreaded announcement need five scribes before can get started did well guys Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Road Fort Walton Beach Florida 32548 L October 1991 23 Team Manager John Brltt pours champagne tar US Team members Bill Cunningham Chip Hyde David von Linsowe Paul Verger Photo FAI F3A Final Standings P1ContestantPrelimFlIght 1FlIght 2Flight 3Final Score 1Chip Hyde100000*100000*992575*991957299257499 2David Von Unsowe989209*984036100000*100000*288920941 3Bill Cunningham995287*984039*982774991659*297098223 4Tony Frackowiak998542*972289*965845*958296293667590 5James C Bennett978995*962349963769*979744*292250475 6Mike McConville968240*965361*959014979148*291274930 7Dean Koger986832*962651*959014*954721290849674 8Geoffrey Combs969249*963855970003*963959*290320767 9Steve Stricker968592*962349*958420*952338288936089 10Steve Rojecki971723*936 446940600*951 743*286406563 11Don Weitz966035*931024939412*957998*286344551 * Indicates flight scores used final score computation Above panel scores normalized highest score based 1000 poinls