RADIO CONTROL COMBAT Kc-177U f1T Im m THE SUPER BOWLTM non-Scale Open Radio Control RC Combat has Wild Weekend event put year Palm Beach Aero Club West Palm Beach Florida name club sounds familiar perhaps its because youve heard another its premier eventsTop Gun However Combat lovers watch Wild Weekend now its fourth year Wild Weekend big-money contest purse several thousand dollars cash merchandise attracts large number aggressive Combat fliers larger number spectators two days March 21-22 year 42 pilots fly skies models vie bragging rights $1000 first-place prize rules event well-thought-out offer balanced challenging safe event model allowed single nonbearing engine maximum displacement 15 cubic inches Wingspan 32-40 inches no wing protrusions allowed fuselage 22-30 inches long total weight must fall between 1 unds engines must have safety spinners capable being shut down remote control As open-design event several kits available including Wild Thing event based fit dimensional requirements models Scoring simple zero midair collisions four flying full heat interesting graduated scoring system cuts 10 pilots first cut during four-minute heat 15 pilots second cut during heat 20 pilots third cut heat As can seen last years group photo pilots airplanes participate Wild Weekend look business end modeling typically see small number big companies big number small companies cottage industries sometimes called serving needs modelers area interest growing fast such RC Combat number cottage industries can staggering quite few new ones plus few changes report month WarZone Models has discontinued production its cut-foam designs because unable keep up demand However some good news new owner picking up line interested cut-foam P-47D Thunderbolt Nakajima Ki-84 Frank Grumman F8F Bearcat foimerly offered WarZone can contact new yet unnamed company 17 Essla Dr Rochester NY 14612 Tel 716 227-0592 details kit availability pricing Air Kill 14 Shady Lane Court Sacramento CA 95834 Tel [916] 425-9933 has introduced two new designs 704 Scale Combat Italian-designed Macchi MC200 Saetta Arrow Australiandesigned Commonwealth Boomerang join Air Kills growing list full kits 704 flier Boomerang little-known seldommodeled NW II fighter designed during dark days early war Pacific Using components existing aircraft being built under license Australia emergency fighter built case Australia cut off rest Allied countries Using outer wing panels tail Wirraway thats AT-6 Texan us mated largest engine available brand-new forward fuselage Boomerang ordered production luxury prototype Only 115 days passed between 110 Model Aviation 4Many pilots airplanes Group shot contestants Palm Beach Aero Clubs Wild Weekend Open Combat event Ashley Weiss daughter Air Kill owner Jeff Weiss can barely hold Boomerang Balsa-and-plywood vacuum-formed details New Hangar Bay Aircraft Bell P-39 Airacobra Built-up balsa-and plywood Sig canopies plan set building instructions inception design first flight production aircraft Hundreds built although Australia never cut off supply American British fighter designs Boomerang still used frontline service its pilots obtained good deal fame respect As other Air Kill designs MC200 Boomerang balsa-andplywood construction optional foam wing cores available vacuum-formed canopies scoops bumps blisters make look good Air Kill currently offers F8F Bearcat P-51B Hawker Hurricane Sea Fury laser-cut kits Boomerang MC200 P-39 F4U trio Focke-Wulfs Ta 152 Fw 190D-9 Fw 190A-8 machine-cut kits 704 sport flying Al Culver Box 469 Pottlatch ID 83855 Tel [208] 875-1347 kitting Nakajima Ki-84 Frank cut-foam design sheeted /ts balsa model features high-impact PETE cowl PETE plastic pop bottles made out can take impact ABS parts vacuum-formed canopy Right now Frank available designs planned future JDB AeroTec 2202 Beck Ln Lafayette IN 47905 Tel [765] 474-1738 offers four new kits Curtiss P-40 Warhawk seldom-modeled Grumman F4F Wildcat two versions Mustangthe bubblecanopied P-S iD earlier Razorback P SiB version Kits cut-foam balsa features custom vacuum-formed canopies fiberglassed wing belly sections added protection during belly landings can expect releases JDB future including famous Slow Deadly SBD Dauntless Wouldnt look great sitting next Wildcat Hangar Bay Aircraft Check Six Plans working jointly supply kits plans 704 flier Available Hangar Bay 3673 Foxhall P1 White Plains MD 20695 Tel [301] 932-7018 kits P-SI Mustang P-39 Airacobra Both built-up balsa-and-plywood construction Sig canopies included along rolled set plans building instructions scratchbuilders Check Six plans 29686 Birch Cir Mechanicsville IVID 20659 Tel [301] 8842526 offers plans Mustang Airacobra three other designsthe Curtiss P-40 Warhawk French Dewotoine D-520 Russian Yak-9 Watch two companies plans kits McClain Wing Cores 4616 E 7th St Spokane WA 99212 Tel [509] 536-9454 has worked out joint agreement Gus Morfis Plans supply cut-foam wing cores three dozen Morfis designs 704 Scale Combat McClain can also custom designs other foam core needs may have Call write company details Thats room have Until next time build straight kits mentioned above would make good building project remember fly safely always sure check six i Engine WWII Warbirds Aerotech International w MESSERSCHMITT Bf hOC Span 71 Length 58 Weight 8-85 lbs Engine 2 30-45 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 P-38 LIGHTNING Span 74 Length50 5 Weight 5-5 5 lbs Engine 2 30-40 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 MOSQUITO T 111 Span 71 Length 58 Weight 8-85 lbs Engine 2 40-2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 other fine Aerotech models avilable local hobby shop thru DARE Hobby Distributors 551 N Centre St Cumberland MD 21501 800578-3273 B-25 MITCHELL Span 71 Length 54 Weight 8-8 5 lbs Engine 2 30-45 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS Span 104 Length 68 Weight 13 lbs Engine 4 25 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $48995 AVRO LANCASTER Span 102 Length 595 Weight 12-13 lbs Engine 4x25 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $48995 Aerotece UUICK build 1ut8 nave onen oeveiopeo tor modellers prefer time spent air rather ground beilding Construction utilizes premium balsa ply precision Jig Cut esacting tolerance making assembly fast accurate Obeche sheeted foam core wings factory built achieve perfect airfoil section Most kits also have preformed Obeche sheeted foam core elevator stabilizer fin rudder fuselage deckings kit comes vacuum formed cowl canopy fuselage parts together detailed instructions plans covering stage assembly Aerotech get premium kit affordable price pleasure build July1998 111
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/07
Page Numbers: 110, 111
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/07
Page Numbers: 110, 111
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT Kc-177U f1T Im m THE SUPER BOWLTM non-Scale Open Radio Control RC Combat has Wild Weekend event put year Palm Beach Aero Club West Palm Beach Florida name club sounds familiar perhaps its because youve heard another its premier eventsTop Gun However Combat lovers watch Wild Weekend now its fourth year Wild Weekend big-money contest purse several thousand dollars cash merchandise attracts large number aggressive Combat fliers larger number spectators two days March 21-22 year 42 pilots fly skies models vie bragging rights $1000 first-place prize rules event well-thought-out offer balanced challenging safe event model allowed single nonbearing engine maximum displacement 15 cubic inches Wingspan 32-40 inches no wing protrusions allowed fuselage 22-30 inches long total weight must fall between 1 unds engines must have safety spinners capable being shut down remote control As open-design event several kits available including Wild Thing event based fit dimensional requirements models Scoring simple zero midair collisions four flying full heat interesting graduated scoring system cuts 10 pilots first cut during four-minute heat 15 pilots second cut during heat 20 pilots third cut heat As can seen last years group photo pilots airplanes participate Wild Weekend look business end modeling typically see small number big companies big number small companies cottage industries sometimes called serving needs modelers area interest growing fast such RC Combat number cottage industries can staggering quite few new ones plus few changes report month WarZone Models has discontinued production its cut-foam designs because unable keep up demand However some good news new owner picking up line interested cut-foam P-47D Thunderbolt Nakajima Ki-84 Frank Grumman F8F Bearcat foimerly offered WarZone can contact new yet unnamed company 17 Essla Dr Rochester NY 14612 Tel 716 227-0592 details kit availability pricing Air Kill 14 Shady Lane Court Sacramento CA 95834 Tel [916] 425-9933 has introduced two new designs 704 Scale Combat Italian-designed Macchi MC200 Saetta Arrow Australiandesigned Commonwealth Boomerang join Air Kills growing list full kits 704 flier Boomerang little-known seldommodeled NW II fighter designed during dark days early war Pacific Using components existing aircraft being built under license Australia emergency fighter built case Australia cut off rest Allied countries Using outer wing panels tail Wirraway thats AT-6 Texan us mated largest engine available brand-new forward fuselage Boomerang ordered production luxury prototype Only 115 days passed between 110 Model Aviation 4Many pilots airplanes Group shot contestants Palm Beach Aero Clubs Wild Weekend Open Combat event Ashley Weiss daughter Air Kill owner Jeff Weiss can barely hold Boomerang Balsa-and-plywood vacuum-formed details New Hangar Bay Aircraft Bell P-39 Airacobra Built-up balsa-and plywood Sig canopies plan set building instructions inception design first flight production aircraft Hundreds built although Australia never cut off supply American British fighter designs Boomerang still used frontline service its pilots obtained good deal fame respect As other Air Kill designs MC200 Boomerang balsa-andplywood construction optional foam wing cores available vacuum-formed canopies scoops bumps blisters make look good Air Kill currently offers F8F Bearcat P-51B Hawker Hurricane Sea Fury laser-cut kits Boomerang MC200 P-39 F4U trio Focke-Wulfs Ta 152 Fw 190D-9 Fw 190A-8 machine-cut kits 704 sport flying Al Culver Box 469 Pottlatch ID 83855 Tel [208] 875-1347 kitting Nakajima Ki-84 Frank cut-foam design sheeted /ts balsa model features high-impact PETE cowl PETE plastic pop bottles made out can take impact ABS parts vacuum-formed canopy Right now Frank available designs planned future JDB AeroTec 2202 Beck Ln Lafayette IN 47905 Tel [765] 474-1738 offers four new kits Curtiss P-40 Warhawk seldom-modeled Grumman F4F Wildcat two versions Mustangthe bubblecanopied P-S iD earlier Razorback P SiB version Kits cut-foam balsa features custom vacuum-formed canopies fiberglassed wing belly sections added protection during belly landings can expect releases JDB future including famous Slow Deadly SBD Dauntless Wouldnt look great sitting next Wildcat Hangar Bay Aircraft Check Six Plans working jointly supply kits plans 704 flier Available Hangar Bay 3673 Foxhall P1 White Plains MD 20695 Tel [301] 932-7018 kits P-SI Mustang P-39 Airacobra Both built-up balsa-and-plywood construction Sig canopies included along rolled set plans building instructions scratchbuilders Check Six plans 29686 Birch Cir Mechanicsville IVID 20659 Tel [301] 8842526 offers plans Mustang Airacobra three other designsthe Curtiss P-40 Warhawk French Dewotoine D-520 Russian Yak-9 Watch two companies plans kits McClain Wing Cores 4616 E 7th St Spokane WA 99212 Tel [509] 536-9454 has worked out joint agreement Gus Morfis Plans supply cut-foam wing cores three dozen Morfis designs 704 Scale Combat McClain can also custom designs other foam core needs may have Call write company details Thats room have Until next time build straight kits mentioned above would make good building project remember fly safely always sure check six i Engine WWII Warbirds Aerotech International w MESSERSCHMITT Bf hOC Span 71 Length 58 Weight 8-85 lbs Engine 2 30-45 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 P-38 LIGHTNING Span 74 Length50 5 Weight 5-5 5 lbs Engine 2 30-40 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 MOSQUITO T 111 Span 71 Length 58 Weight 8-85 lbs Engine 2 40-2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 other fine Aerotech models avilable local hobby shop thru DARE Hobby Distributors 551 N Centre St Cumberland MD 21501 800578-3273 B-25 MITCHELL Span 71 Length 54 Weight 8-8 5 lbs Engine 2 30-45 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $25995 B-17 FLYING FORTRESS Span 104 Length 68 Weight 13 lbs Engine 4 25 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $48995 AVRO LANCASTER Span 102 Length 595 Weight 12-13 lbs Engine 4x25 2 str Control Mm 4 chan $48995 Aerotece UUICK build 1ut8 nave onen oeveiopeo tor modellers prefer time spent air rather ground beilding Construction utilizes premium balsa ply precision Jig Cut esacting tolerance making assembly fast accurate Obeche sheeted foam core wings factory built achieve perfect airfoil section Most kits also have preformed Obeche sheeted foam core elevator stabilizer fin rudder fuselage deckings kit comes vacuum formed cowl canopy fuselage parts together detailed instructions plans covering stage assembly Aerotech get premium kit affordable price pleasure build July1998 111
