RADIO CONTROL COMBAT ALTHOUGH CLUBS across US active Radio Control RC Combat sometimes event dwarfs normal club activities weather cooperates huge effort made Contest Director CD hosting club can pay off spectacular event did organizer CD Doug Haacke Billings flying Mustangs Club First Annual Scale RC Combat Western National Championships contest allowed use Montana Rules based AMA 704 event modified guidelines allowing slight increases wing area engine size dry fighting weight compensate higher altitude About 2/3 contestants lowlanders mostly flew stock 704 equipment contests huge purse$2000 cash five radios 10 kitlengine combosdrew 33 pilots brought 120 models Pilots came far away Turkey Bret Anderson halls Clinton Utah flew back station Turkey attend meet didnt place top 10 won Farthest Traveled award least eight states represented including Washington Wyoming Wisconsin Idaho Utah Michigan Montana California Combat started out fast furious kept pace total 34 seven-minute rounds packed weekend Thats lot Combat flying After two days near-cuts cuts near-midairs midairs Earl Seaholm Billings MT won first place flying Ziggs Corsair gotten day before scratch-built Cub Earl waited until final seconds final round get cut vaulted him first place Besides being excellent flier excellent sportsman Despite $1000 top prize loaned Cub Ron Horton also Billings flew second place Although Im sure Ron excellent flier cries Beginners luck rang out placed second first Combat event Maybe someone forgot tell him beginners supposed cannon fodder Eric Hawkinson rough first day tore through skies Sunday grab third place flew P-40 own design Erics wife lent hand meet brought cut against him attention judge missed Fourth place went Jim Fech Cody WY four fliers drove up Wyoming meet Jim brought son Mike youngest flier meet two flying friends Bard Lane Mike Sperry Wyoming contingents first sanctioned meet although new event flew well showed teamwork Speny s model Zigg Zero taken out early midair hut cannibalized aircraft keep Jims model contest know Ive said before way perform consistently well Combat prepared perfect example fifth-place winner Mike Fredricks Beaver Dam WI seasoned 704 flier comfort event Zigg Zero design has campaigned several years gives him deceptive calm can hide aggressive flying techniques Although fifth place may seem low such skilled flier kill separated him first place Wyoming wasnt state sent squadron fliers five contestants drove Idaho group two father/son teamsa good example large number pairs seen 704 event Colby Wynn Hone didnt place high standings grabbed attention workmanship constant smiles after midair knocked out running seemed though having too much fun notice Dale Jared Sebting also brought flight scratch-built beauties another scratch-builder Continued page 98 94 Model Aviation 10 Western National Championships fliers Bottom R-L Seahoim Horton Hawkinson Fech Fredricks Top R-L Haacke Van Orden Zoon Weiss McCool Wally Zoons Zigg Zero makes low pass near safety line started building model 48 hours before meet Van Caryl Everett WA launches Mark Metges Lynnwood WA gorgeous Hellcat Both men super competitors j HP20080W SPORT STUNT PLANE8K/AfG MEG j THE CLEAN LINES OF THE HP-200 REPRESENT MANY CLASSIC DESIGN FEATURES THAT SET THIS BIG BIRD U APART FRDM THE REST THE EASE DFCDNSTRUCTIDNAND AMAZING FLIGHT PERFDRMANCE ISA7TRIBUTED TD U ITS DESIGNER HAL PARENT CDMES IN SEMI KIT FDRM TD SAVE YDU MDNEY PRICE OF SEMI-KIT $995ENGINES 90 TO QUADRA 42NiiIIllLIiDE WING AREA 1080 SO IN TWO DETAILED PLANS U WEIGHT 14 TO 16 LBS CONSTRUCTION MANUAL U FOAMWINGCORES ALL 309/34 FOAM TURTLE DECK U WHEEL PANTS CRTSTALCLEARCANSPY ALUMINUM LANSING FEAR U HEAW PLYWOOD MAIN U FORMERS FIREWALL AND U DIHEDRAL BRACE U HORNS AND WING BOLTS U BILL UP MATERIALS FOR ADDITIONAL WOOD U REQUIRED TO COMPLETE U THE AIRFRAME D MAIL ORDERS TO WING MFEi 306 E SIMMONS GALESBURO IL 61401 ADD $795 S & H IN USA OR WRITE FOR S & H ON FOREIGN ORDERS $5 FOR COMPLETE PRODUCT CATALSO U U 6 Sizes available IIIIIIIiii style help resist warping Price includes S & H shipped continential U SLYMCO Outside U S add $1000 Mi residents add 6% taxP0Bx 178 Milan MI 43160 242 241 362~1 482 W313--8S DGVF4IAiProdigycom 2 48 24zlUxi 368488 4zlUxl Check ormoney Balsa Building Board Features Pieces cut cross grain end wood grain makes up surface allows multiple cuts surface crumbling Wayne Van Orden took seventh placethe best showing Idaho team Jeff Weiss AirKill Products highest-placing kit manufacturer grabbing ninth place showed up largest fleet models contestant didnt need backups model went entire meet virtually unscathed Mark McCool Nashotah WI won Unluckiest Man Meet award first day plagued engine fuel problems missed two heats Sunday tore out basement Collins Scientific Fw 190 won 10th place days worth flying What happened Doug Hanke event CD organizer placed respectable sixth standings bad Busiest Man Meet title CD earns his/her hard work Doug asked make sure thanked event sponsors including Airtronics Air-Kill Products Ziggs Originals Great Planes local sponsors including Pizza Time Billings Gazette station KTVQ Pepsi-ColaTM As Doug said guys greatest Plans already works second Scale RC Western National Combat Championships 1998 50 plan attend great event can bad news manufacturing scene 704 modelers Marvin Banka Models 17 Ruteledge Ave Trenton NJ 08618 Tel [609] 883-1490 has offered precut kits foam-core wings Gus Morfis design will no longer able work balsa Marvin allergic reaction balsa dust nature allergy forced him stop working balsa However will able continue supplying precut foam wing cores Morfis designs may expand non-balsa-related kit-making abilities Marvins nice guy wish him best luck overcoming health problems check top page will see have moved whole column could written about joys transporting models family 1000 miles Ill spare gruesome details have few less works progress hangar rash now norm things went fairly well general Ive already found nice club field 2 miles house Please use new address send pictures Combat events Until next time chase streamers whenever can sure check six odel Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/01
Page Numbers: 94, 98
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT ALTHOUGH CLUBS across US active Radio Control RC Combat sometimes event dwarfs normal club activities weather cooperates huge effort made Contest Director CD hosting club can pay off spectacular event did organizer CD Doug Haacke Billings flying Mustangs Club First Annual Scale RC Combat Western National Championships contest allowed use Montana Rules based AMA 704 event modified guidelines allowing slight increases wing area engine size dry fighting weight compensate higher altitude About 2/3 contestants lowlanders mostly flew stock 704 equipment contests huge purse$2000 cash five radios 10 kitlengine combosdrew 33 pilots brought 120 models Pilots came far away Turkey Bret Anderson halls Clinton Utah flew back station Turkey attend meet didnt place top 10 won Farthest Traveled award least eight states represented including Washington Wyoming Wisconsin Idaho Utah Michigan Montana California Combat started out fast furious kept pace total 34 seven-minute rounds packed weekend Thats lot Combat flying After two days near-cuts cuts near-midairs midairs Earl Seaholm Billings MT won first place flying Ziggs Corsair gotten day before scratch-built Cub Earl waited until final seconds final round get cut vaulted him first place Besides being excellent flier excellent sportsman Despite $1000 top prize loaned Cub Ron Horton also Billings flew second place Although Im sure Ron excellent flier cries Beginners luck rang out placed second first Combat event Maybe someone forgot tell him beginners supposed cannon fodder Eric Hawkinson rough first day tore through skies Sunday grab third place flew P-40 own design Erics wife lent hand meet brought cut against him attention judge missed Fourth place went Jim Fech Cody WY four fliers drove up Wyoming meet Jim brought son Mike youngest flier meet two flying friends Bard Lane Mike Sperry Wyoming contingents first sanctioned meet although new event flew well showed teamwork Speny s model Zigg Zero taken out early midair hut cannibalized aircraft keep Jims model contest know Ive said before way perform consistently well Combat prepared perfect example fifth-place winner Mike Fredricks Beaver Dam WI seasoned 704 flier comfort event Zigg Zero design has campaigned several years gives him deceptive calm can hide aggressive flying techniques Although fifth place may seem low such skilled flier kill separated him first place Wyoming wasnt state sent squadron fliers five contestants drove Idaho group two father/son teamsa good example large number pairs seen 704 event Colby Wynn Hone didnt place high standings grabbed attention workmanship constant smiles after midair knocked out running seemed though having too much fun notice Dale Jared Sebting also brought flight scratch-built beauties another scratch-builder Continued page 98 94 Model Aviation 10 Western National Championships fliers Bottom R-L Seahoim Horton Hawkinson Fech Fredricks Top R-L Haacke Van Orden Zoon Weiss McCool Wally Zoons Zigg Zero makes low pass near safety line started building model 48 hours before meet Van Caryl Everett WA launches Mark Metges Lynnwood WA gorgeous Hellcat Both men super competitors j HP20080W SPORT STUNT PLANE8K/AfG MEG j THE CLEAN LINES OF THE HP-200 REPRESENT MANY CLASSIC DESIGN FEATURES THAT SET THIS BIG BIRD U APART FRDM THE REST THE EASE DFCDNSTRUCTIDNAND AMAZING FLIGHT PERFDRMANCE ISA7TRIBUTED TD U ITS DESIGNER HAL PARENT CDMES IN SEMI KIT FDRM TD SAVE YDU MDNEY PRICE OF SEMI-KIT $995ENGINES 90 TO QUADRA 42NiiIIllLIiDE WING AREA 1080 SO IN TWO DETAILED PLANS U WEIGHT 14 TO 16 LBS CONSTRUCTION MANUAL U FOAMWINGCORES ALL 309/34 FOAM TURTLE DECK U WHEEL PANTS CRTSTALCLEARCANSPY ALUMINUM LANSING FEAR U HEAW PLYWOOD MAIN U FORMERS FIREWALL AND U DIHEDRAL BRACE U HORNS AND WING BOLTS U BILL UP MATERIALS FOR ADDITIONAL WOOD U REQUIRED TO COMPLETE U THE AIRFRAME D MAIL ORDERS TO WING MFEi 306 E SIMMONS GALESBURO IL 61401 ADD $795 S & H IN USA OR WRITE FOR S & H ON FOREIGN ORDERS $5 FOR COMPLETE PRODUCT CATALSO U U 6 Sizes available IIIIIIIiii style help resist warping Price includes S & H shipped continential U SLYMCO Outside U S add $1000 Mi residents add 6% taxP0Bx 178 Milan MI 43160 242 241 362~1 482 W313--8S DGVF4IAiProdigycom 2 48 24zlUxi 368488 4zlUxl Check ormoney Balsa Building Board Features Pieces cut cross grain end wood grain makes up surface allows multiple cuts surface crumbling Wayne Van Orden took seventh placethe best showing Idaho team Jeff Weiss AirKill Products highest-placing kit manufacturer grabbing ninth place showed up largest fleet models contestant didnt need backups model went entire meet virtually unscathed Mark McCool Nashotah WI won Unluckiest Man Meet award first day plagued engine fuel problems missed two heats Sunday tore out basement Collins Scientific Fw 190 won 10th place days worth flying What happened Doug Hanke event CD organizer placed respectable sixth standings bad Busiest Man Meet title CD earns his/her hard work Doug asked make sure thanked event sponsors including Airtronics Air-Kill Products Ziggs Originals Great Planes local sponsors including Pizza Time Billings Gazette station KTVQ Pepsi-ColaTM As Doug said guys greatest Plans already works second Scale RC Western National Combat Championships 1998 50 plan attend great event can bad news manufacturing scene 704 modelers Marvin Banka Models 17 Ruteledge Ave Trenton NJ 08618 Tel [609] 883-1490 has offered precut kits foam-core wings Gus Morfis design will no longer able work balsa Marvin allergic reaction balsa dust nature allergy forced him stop working balsa However will able continue supplying precut foam wing cores Morfis designs may expand non-balsa-related kit-making abilities Marvins nice guy wish him best luck overcoming health problems check top page will see have moved whole column could written about joys transporting models family 1000 miles Ill spare gruesome details have few less works progress hangar rash now norm things went fairly well general Ive already found nice club field 2 miles house Please use new address send pictures Combat events Until next time chase streamers whenever can sure check six odel Aviation