March 2001 115
ThErE arE So many great Combat events happening throughout
the year, it is impossible to cover them all.
I attended the Arkansas Combat Championships, hosted by the
Ozark Flyers Radio Control (RC) club of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Unfortunately, the early-November weather did not cooperate, and
the day started out like the two previous ones—with dark, low
clouds and constant light rain.
Despite the weather, 11 pilots showed up for the event and
almost every one came equipped to fly in the Scale and Open
classes. Participants included Scott Fitzgerald, Nikitea Clark, Neal
Rohrke, Gene Smith, Wes Parmenter, Dave Goetz, Daniel Vought,
Rod Bauer, and myself.
The drizzle finally stopped, causing only a slight delay in the
scheduled start time. However, the dark, low clouds remained, and
they made orientation and identification difficult all day.
There was a positive side to the rain, though; the soft, soaked ground
saved several engines from serious damage. A few fliers, including
myself, tested this feature successfully—some more than once!
Six pilots flew in the 2610 Scale portion of the meet, including
four Radio Control Combat Association (RCCA)-ranked fliers
trying for some late-season adjustment in the national standings.
Although Scale Combat was hotly contested, the final scores were
low; the damp weather played havoc with the streamers, and several
airplanes shed theirs without the assistance of anyone else’s propeller.
Neal Rohrke came all the way from Nebraska, only to learn it
was going to be a tough day in Scale Combat. In the first round, he
lost one of his three identical Me 109H models in a midair with
Gene Smith’s Ki-84 Frank.
Another of Neal’s Me 109Hs went down in the second round
after a midair with Rod Bauer’s Macchi MC.205.
Despite his losses, Neal battled back in latter rounds to place
second in 2610, behind Contest Director (CD) Daniel Vought. Gene
Smith placed third.
There were eight fliers battling it out for top honors in Open Class.
Neal’s luck was reversed in this event, when the only Open
Combat model he brought demonstrated a charmed life; it placed
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RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Dave Goetz uses his Hat Trick to test the rain-softened ground
after a midair in Open class competition during the meet.
Joe Vogt shows off his Combat Goblin Models Spitfire Mk II. It
spans 401⁄2 inches, is powered by an MVVS .26 engine.
Rod Bauer demonstrated Warbird Ltd.’s new Ilyushin Il-10 Scale
Combat model. Rain gear was very much “in vogue” for this meet.
him firmly in command of first place,
without a scratch.
Daniel Vought finished in second place,
and 14-year-old Scott Fitzgerald, a member
of the Ozark Flyers, took third place.
Between rounds, we were treated to the
first flight of a prototype for a new Scale
Combat kit. Ron Bauer of Warbirds Ltd.
flew the company’s new 44-inch-span 1/12-
scale Ilyushin Il-10. Flown only for
demonstration, the model performed very
well. It should be available soon. (Details
are included later in the column.)
Talking with event CD Daniel Vought,
I learned that in the 28 years the Ozark
Flyers has been an AMA chartered club,
this meet and the Scale Combat contest
held earlier this year were the first two
sanctioned events the club has ever held.
Daniel also said the club has attracted
many new members because of the
excitement RC Combat had generated. And
two club members who flew in the meet,
Scott Fitzgerald and Nikitea Clark, are only
14 years old!
The Ozark Flyers did a great job hosting
the event, and they asked me to thank
sponsors Pica Enterprises and Warbirds Ltd.
for their support. The club has decided that
these meets will be annual affairs.
Warbirds ltd. (11111 East 67th St., Tulsa
OK 74133; Tel.: [918] 850-6805) is back
in production after a company
reorganization.
It has discontinued the Hawker
Hurricane design, but the Macchi MC.205
Veltro, the twin-engine Fw 189 Uhu army
cooperation aircraft, and the Fw 190
Wurger should be back in production by
the time this issue is released.
Two new designs, the Ilyushin Il-10
and the Grumman F6F Hellcat, will be
added to the product line.
All Warbirds Ltd. kits will feature
foam-core wings, with all sheeting material
supplied, and a seamless fiberglass
fuselage that extensively uses Kevlar™-
reinforced composite construction.
The kits also include clear PETG
(plastic) canopies, full-size plans, a
detailed building manual, and hardware
that includes prebent aileron torque rods.
Call or write for exact release dates, or
check the Web site at www.warbirdsltd.com
for the status of the kits.
in more manufacturing news, Combat
Goblin Models (1099 Albion St. NW, Palm
Bay FL 32907; Tel.: [321] 956-1814) has
three kits available for the RC Combat flier.
The Spitfire Mk II is for the 2610 Scale
Combat event. Enlarged 10% from 1/12 scale
to increase the Spitfire’s wing area, the 401⁄2-
inch-span model has 334 inches of wing area,
weighs in at 2-21⁄2 pounds, and is designed to
be powered by a .21- to .25-size engine.
The kit features a presheeted foam wing
with torque rods already installed, a clear
vacuum-formed canopy, a complete
hardware set, full-size plans, and detailed
instructions.
Combat Goblin offers two designs for
classes of Open Combat.
The Sanjiyan is designed for Class B
Open Combat, and it has a 42-inch
wingspan with 357 square inches of wing
area. It is designed for .21- to .30-size
engines, and weighs in at 21⁄2-3 pounds.
This kit also features a presheeted foam
wing, Lite Ply fuselage and rudder, reinforcing
carbon/fiberglass dowels, an entire hardware
kit, and complete plans and instructions.
The second Open design is for Class A
Combat—the Combat Goblin x 2. The kit
has the “x 2” portion of its name because it
builds two complete models—not a bad
idea for any Combat design.
A single Combat Goblin model spans
30 inches and has 218 square inches of
wing area. Weighing in at 1-11⁄2 pounds,
the kit is designed to take an .049 to .10
engine for power.
Construction is balsa-and-plywood with
presheeted foam wings, and the kit is
touted as having fast, easy assembly.
Combat Goblin Models also offers its
Spitfire and Sanjiyan in fully built Readyto-
Fly versions that only require radio and
engine installation.
Check the Web site for details, at
www.fly.to/cgm.
That’s all for now. Until next time, fly
safe, fly Combat, and be sure to check
your six! MA
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