RADIO CONTROL COMBAT Eli J3E f19 m-u Im u1iI [1 ml K] ATTENDED LOCAL Oklahoma clubs first 704 Scale Radio Control RC Combat meet what saw reminded cover very basic very important item Things going quite well everyone except unlucky modeler would-be fighter trouble staying airborne Yet halfdozen other airplanes similar size weight some less power flew fine unlucky model flew great straight level moderate climb fairly fast true try maneuver wham would stall snap point its nose toward terra firma drop like bullet pilot high enough gradual pullout could save maneuvered low altitude after snap hard pull up caused model snap again again final time before bottom figure J put him grass Experienced RC pilots recognize problem case bad luck much small oversight regarding control movements Major kit manufacturers smaller cottage industiy kit manufacturers include information maximum control throwsfollow mom {factiirers reconunendations scratch-building good rule thumb /s-inch never 3A6 way aileron travel -inch never 3/s way elevator movement better idea control flow air over wings tail disrupt much model stalls paying attention control movements dont forget check ailerons elevator arent reversed direction received great picture Lyn Green Celina Hying Sportsmen Club Celina Ohio taken during clubs Summer Annual Combat Meet Lyn wrote 14 pilots 38 airplanes 200 spectators Lyn gave names top three winners contest shown photo Curt Hunnicutt kneeling second left Ziggs Zero Indiana won first place Don Veres Jr kneeling fourth left flying buddy Michigan second another old flying buddy Indiana Nick Jones sandwiched between Curt Don won third place Nick original dogfighters US club Richmond Indiana first really latch onto excitement 704 Combat Nick still flying favorite mounta House Balsa 1-6 Texan wonder its same flew Tony against seven years ago certalaly have nothing left that old Lyn asked include thoughts some possible changes 704 rules Ive hearing lot new Combat rule changes Right now can take OS 15 20-size engines balsa foam kit competitive Im sure changes good future RC Combat Dont take away simplicity ease enter new sport think people working toward goal keeping 704 simple fun inexpensive feel some changes original rules necessary Clubs flying fields 3000 feet elevation have difficulty because lower power outputs engines higher altitudes Therefore would expect see high altitude instructions engines much same high altitude baking instructions cake mixes have boxes Any slight increase engine size high altitude rules would directly effect small important section 704 Combat fliers fly altitudes biggest change lowlanders would like see some cleaning up scoring system official elimination first up point bonus has proven unsafe other 704 Combat fliers want become involved rules change proposalsjoin 120 Model Aviation tch-Built Beauty Bill Smrtics Curtiss CW-21B Demon built plans drew up sons help K&A Models Unlimiteds new Fw 190A first kits modified accept 704 Combat engines Participants Summer Annual Combat Meet Celina OH hosted Celina Flying Sportsmen Club 14 pilots 38 models 200 spectators American Scale Dogfighters Association ASDAthe special interest group 704 Combat fliers organization can reached writing ASDA Membership Dept 20300 Lochmoor Harper Woods MI 48225 visiting Web site http/scalecombatcom/ details Manufacturers News WarZone Models now under new ownership making improvements its cut foam P-47D Thunderbolt Nakajima Ki-84 Frank Grumman F8F Bearcat 704 models before re-release new kits will offer simplified construction improved assembly directions aimed making models easier first time Combat kit builder can contact WarZone its new address 17 Essla Dr Rochester NY 14612 Tel 716 227-0592 JDB AeroTec 2202 Beck Lane Lafayette IN 47905 Tel [765] 4741738 has added three new kits its line cut foam balsa kits famous Douglas Slow Deadly SBD Dauntless reported anything hut slow Grumman F8F Bearcat Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony As P4 Warhawk F4F Wildcat two Mustangs bubble-top D razorback B already offered new kit features custom vacuum-formed canopies fiberglassed wing belly skid sections K&A Models Unlimited 9300 Yvonne Marie Dr NW Albuquerque NM 87114 maker fine /12-scale PSS glider kits releasing new 704 kits modified accept engines needed 704 Combat 704 Fw 190A shown features lightweight epoxy glass fuselage separate fiberglass cowl built up D tube wing SII6060 airfoil clear vacuum-formed canopy vacuum-formed ABS cockpit floor instrument panel precision-cut balsa-andplywood parts flying weight model 18 pounds Im assuming lightweight radio equipment used Scratch-Built Beauty issue goes Bill Smrtic Broken Arrow Oklahoma Curtiss CW-2 lB Demon export fighter little-known Demon flown exclusively Chinese Dutch East Indies Air Forces less stellar success Bills model built plans drawn up him son fuselage uses balsa sheet rolled formed over plywood formers Powered older OS Max 20 controlled Futaba radio 35-inch-span Demon uses three submicros aileron miniservo keep its weight down 29 ounces model covered 21st Century film painted Testors Model Master paints get exact scale color Panel lines added using SharpieTM before entire model received coat fuelproof clear coat canopy cut shape Sig bubble canopy photo does Demon justicethis beautiful model am out room still news cover Oh well will have wait until next time Until get out pick fight RC Combat course sure check six Model Aviation h-MP JET 061 Plain Bearing Glow 5000 5500 6000 Ball Bearing Glow 650070007500 Ball Bearing Diesel 650070007500 Allengines include silencer Add $500 P&H per Order Visa & M/C OK 7dd4 eSdeadSa9cuws CarIse- Engine Imports- 814 E Marconi Ave Phoenix Az USA 85022- Ph/Fax 602-863-1684 Dee qee ee /W eep ers Keepers Loosers Weepers WALSTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Smyrna GA 30082 770-434-4905 800-657-4872 Fax 770-431 -0119 Visa AmEx Optional Custom Retracts Spinners Also AvaiIahI P-4RJ AT-S P-47 ASM5 7Arfl CAP-lOB Formers InstalledYELLOW AIRCRAFT inlet Blisters Tail Wheel DoorsI N TERN AT ION AL led Contest Grade Balsa Plywood Plates 203 Mass Ave Lexington MA 02173 USA TEL 781674-9698 FAX 781674-2288 Send 4 within USA Sb tar Oh .t M tha isn4d En INRi PAIIt
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/09
Page Numbers: 120, 122
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/09
Page Numbers: 120, 122
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT Eli J3E f19 m-u Im u1iI [1 ml K] ATTENDED LOCAL Oklahoma clubs first 704 Scale Radio Control RC Combat meet what saw reminded cover very basic very important item Things going quite well everyone except unlucky modeler would-be fighter trouble staying airborne Yet halfdozen other airplanes similar size weight some less power flew fine unlucky model flew great straight level moderate climb fairly fast true try maneuver wham would stall snap point its nose toward terra firma drop like bullet pilot high enough gradual pullout could save maneuvered low altitude after snap hard pull up caused model snap again again final time before bottom figure J put him grass Experienced RC pilots recognize problem case bad luck much small oversight regarding control movements Major kit manufacturers smaller cottage industiy kit manufacturers include information maximum control throwsfollow mom {factiirers reconunendations scratch-building good rule thumb /s-inch never 3A6 way aileron travel -inch never 3/s way elevator movement better idea control flow air over wings tail disrupt much model stalls paying attention control movements dont forget check ailerons elevator arent reversed direction received great picture Lyn Green Celina Hying Sportsmen Club Celina Ohio taken during clubs Summer Annual Combat Meet Lyn wrote 14 pilots 38 airplanes 200 spectators Lyn gave names top three winners contest shown photo Curt Hunnicutt kneeling second left Ziggs Zero Indiana won first place Don Veres Jr kneeling fourth left flying buddy Michigan second another old flying buddy Indiana Nick Jones sandwiched between Curt Don won third place Nick original dogfighters US club Richmond Indiana first really latch onto excitement 704 Combat Nick still flying favorite mounta House Balsa 1-6 Texan wonder its same flew Tony against seven years ago certalaly have nothing left that old Lyn asked include thoughts some possible changes 704 rules Ive hearing lot new Combat rule changes Right now can take OS 15 20-size engines balsa foam kit competitive Im sure changes good future RC Combat Dont take away simplicity ease enter new sport think people working toward goal keeping 704 simple fun inexpensive feel some changes original rules necessary Clubs flying fields 3000 feet elevation have difficulty because lower power outputs engines higher altitudes Therefore would expect see high altitude instructions engines much same high altitude baking instructions cake mixes have boxes Any slight increase engine size high altitude rules would directly effect small important section 704 Combat fliers fly altitudes biggest change lowlanders would like see some cleaning up scoring system official elimination first up point bonus has proven unsafe other 704 Combat fliers want become involved rules change proposalsjoin 120 Model Aviation tch-Built Beauty Bill Smrtics Curtiss CW-21B Demon built plans drew up sons help K&A Models Unlimiteds new Fw 190A first kits modified accept 704 Combat engines Participants Summer Annual Combat Meet Celina OH hosted Celina Flying Sportsmen Club 14 pilots 38 models 200 spectators American Scale Dogfighters Association ASDAthe special interest group 704 Combat fliers organization can reached writing ASDA Membership Dept 20300 Lochmoor Harper Woods MI 48225 visiting Web site http/scalecombatcom/ details Manufacturers News WarZone Models now under new ownership making improvements its cut foam P-47D Thunderbolt Nakajima Ki-84 Frank Grumman F8F Bearcat 704 models before re-release new kits will offer simplified construction improved assembly directions aimed making models easier first time Combat kit builder can contact WarZone its new address 17 Essla Dr Rochester NY 14612 Tel 716 227-0592 JDB AeroTec 2202 Beck Lane Lafayette IN 47905 Tel [765] 4741738 has added three new kits its line cut foam balsa kits famous Douglas Slow Deadly SBD Dauntless reported anything hut slow Grumman F8F Bearcat Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony As P4 Warhawk F4F Wildcat two Mustangs bubble-top D razorback B already offered new kit features custom vacuum-formed canopies fiberglassed wing belly skid sections K&A Models Unlimited 9300 Yvonne Marie Dr NW Albuquerque NM 87114 maker fine /12-scale PSS glider kits releasing new 704 kits modified accept engines needed 704 Combat 704 Fw 190A shown features lightweight epoxy glass fuselage separate fiberglass cowl built up D tube wing SII6060 airfoil clear vacuum-formed canopy vacuum-formed ABS cockpit floor instrument panel precision-cut balsa-andplywood parts flying weight model 18 pounds Im assuming lightweight radio equipment used Scratch-Built Beauty issue goes Bill Smrtic Broken Arrow Oklahoma Curtiss CW-2 lB Demon export fighter little-known Demon flown exclusively Chinese Dutch East Indies Air Forces less stellar success Bills model built plans drawn up him son fuselage uses balsa sheet rolled formed over plywood formers Powered older OS Max 20 controlled Futaba radio 35-inch-span Demon uses three submicros aileron miniservo keep its weight down 29 ounces model covered 21st Century film painted Testors Model Master paints get exact scale color Panel lines added using SharpieTM before entire model received coat fuelproof clear coat canopy cut shape Sig bubble canopy photo does Demon justicethis beautiful model am out room still news cover Oh well will have wait until next time Until get out pick fight RC Combat course sure check six Model Aviation h-MP JET 061 Plain Bearing Glow 5000 5500 6000 Ball Bearing Glow 650070007500 Ball Bearing Diesel 650070007500 Allengines include silencer Add $500 P&H per Order Visa & M/C OK 7dd4 eSdeadSa9cuws CarIse- Engine Imports- 814 E Marconi Ave Phoenix Az USA 85022- Ph/Fax 602-863-1684 Dee qee ee /W eep ers Keepers Loosers Weepers WALSTON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Smyrna GA 30082 770-434-4905 800-657-4872 Fax 770-431 -0119 Visa AmEx Optional Custom Retracts Spinners Also AvaiIahI P-4RJ AT-S P-47 ASM5 7Arfl CAP-lOB Formers InstalledYELLOW AIRCRAFT inlet Blisters Tail Wheel DoorsI N TERN AT ION AL led Contest Grade Balsa Plywood Plates 203 Mass Ave Lexington MA 02173 USA TEL 781674-9698 FAX 781674-2288 Send 4 within USA Sb tar Oh .t M tha isn4d En INRi PAIIt
