RADIO CONTROL COMBAT k1YU ITS TIME TO update some vocabulary words Radio Control RC Combat grows popularity RC Combat Special Interest Group formerly American Scale Dogfighters Association ASDA has changed its name Radio Control Combat Association RCCA show its greater involvement non-Scale Open Combat events RCCA place fliers interested RC Combat Scale Open events Join contacting AMA Attn RC Combat Association Box 3028 Muncie IN 47302 New RCCA event numbers 2105 2610 past Ive referred 704 1/i2-scale World War II RC Combat event number given AMAs provisional Combat event Editors note AMA 704 still official event 2105 2610 strictly under auspices RCCA advent new events both directly related tbe original 704 rules may seem little confusing good reason two sets rules Both give much-needed facelift original event simplifying scoring eliminating some loopholes emphasizing safety 2105 event number reminds flier 21 maximum engine size radial designs 5% scale deviation allowed hence 05 event closer original 704 rules 2610 event numbers suggest allows 26 maximum engine design 10% scale deviation models greater power reduced percent scale requirements allow flexibility model design 2105 Models previously difficult impossible build under 704 rules Junkers Ju 87 would end up overweight underpowered can now built 2610 Stuka could built 10% smaller /12-scale powered 26 making old favorite doable Scale RC Combat say reduced percent scale requirements mean builder has greater design latitude Few people could spot difference appearance between exact scale model allows 10% variation size model may look right designer uses size variation address problems overly small tail areas some other design issues Scale modeling similarities between 2105 2610 rules greater differences care taken during design minimize mutually exclusive rules As result majority models built original 704 rules will fit directly 2105 framework models fit 2105 will definition fit 2610 because engine displacement differences 2610 models will allowed 2105 Although 704s safety record excellent some changes have made 2105 2610 improve safety greater extent obvious adoption helmets Because severe nature some head injuries non-Combat events 104 Model Aviation etonka [MN] Aeromodelers ready Combat Piper L-4 front no longer legal under new RCGA 210512610 rules Micro Burst 32-inch span 200 square-inch foam wing arrow- Scratch-Built Beauty Bob Wallaces MiG-7 has balsa fuselage shaft tailboom Norvel 061 Reportedly weighs 11 ounces foam wing 431/2-inch wingspan May built 2105 2610 widely agreed upon wise move require head protection before injury occurred Combat requirement included helmet outlined official AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code worn anyone flightline Editors note adapted RCCA section AMA Safety Code pertains RC Racing events formal part 704 rules Another important safety feature addition safety line 25 feet front flightline new safety line heavy scoring penalty crossing helps protect pilots buzzing flightline attempt shake opponent off taila move can disconcerting pilots flightline safety improvements assigning certain safety functions Line Marshall prohibiting retrieval downed models land under Combat area during round workable procedure handling models have involved midair collision has also added As fliers become familiar new unofficial Scale Combat events soon followed rules nonScale events will find new safety rules workable understandable important improvements RC Combat events Nobody has fun anybody gets hurt Combat flier Contest Director please take time review changes new rules competitors can fly safer event Ill cover some rules changes next column Open Combat News Have ever heard Micro-Combat Some modelers Colorado flying local event Ace Simple Series P-S ls 109s T-6s powered Norvel 06 used Scale portion event Micro Burst used non-scale unlimited portion Micro Burst kitted Master Mind Products 4801 5 Wadsworth Blvd Unit 9-105 Littleton CO 80123 Tel [303] 948-2547 spans 32 inches 200-square-inch wing powered Norvel 061 engine microservos 110 m battery Micro Burst reportedly weighs 11 ounces kit uses foam wing arrow shaft tailboom aid construction build time kit described rapid letter sent did mention rules used Micro-Combat tell us guys Scale Combat heads north RC Combat fliers Canada have announced Can/Am Combat Challenge Otterville Ontario Canada September 4-5 1999 Can/Am first large Canadian/US Scale RC Combat meet entries limited first 40 fliers country Using 2610 rules 2105 aircraft permitted 2610 other way around event promises exciting match can learn about Can/Am Challenge writing care Ron Daniels 15 Tradewinds P1 Kitchener Ontario Canada N2N 3G4 calling Ron 519 743-5549 youre first 40 mark date calendar anyway sounds like show wont want miss months Scratch-Built Beauty award goes Bob Wallace Avon Connecticut Bob chose obscure airplane MiG-7 high-altitude fighter prototypes produced during WW II MiG design team produced several different one-off prototypes design never obtained enough success get production order MiG-7 However 2105/2610 model 431/2-inch tapered wing flies great Bob has powered foam-wing balsafuselage design Conquest 15 2105 Thunder Tiger 26 2610 reports flies well either Look Bobs MiG design upcoming construction article Radio Control Modeler Until next time fly Combat fly safely sure check six y RELMILE S-L-O-D-W idle PLUS. E4SV 54Ff studs Single Twin-cylinders Twin engines VO Interftrence Works Rxs Light Less 35 grants Ultra-simple installation luLl 2LYU Multi-Cylinders Ask Super GlowLitel lastall saives tad liakeges wrvevrr tad Ri BETTER knob stick- type servo drivers.. Find your servos electrical center computer accuracy Its MUCH MORE lust SUPER Servo Driver Detect bad servos. BEFORE cause problems WI EWE Y VLI EectroDipiamics 31185 Schoolcraft Livonia Ml 48150 Website http//w#welecfrodynamcom 1-800-337-1638 Orders 1-734-422-5420 VISA Fax 1-734-422-5338 July1999 105 line up aircraft long slow approach. Theres no fear flameouts GlowLites onboardl doesnt et better this. Breeze tnru controls aetna PARTS Elf Baby C4pionp4 Super Cyc Hornet Dpolis~ Aero Electric 3706 N 33rd St Galesburg MI 49053 Fax/Phone 616-665-9693 E-Mail aero-electric@worldnetattnet
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/07
Page Numbers: 104, 105
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/07
Page Numbers: 104, 105
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT k1YU ITS TIME TO update some vocabulary words Radio Control RC Combat grows popularity RC Combat Special Interest Group formerly American Scale Dogfighters Association ASDA has changed its name Radio Control Combat Association RCCA show its greater involvement non-Scale Open Combat events RCCA place fliers interested RC Combat Scale Open events Join contacting AMA Attn RC Combat Association Box 3028 Muncie IN 47302 New RCCA event numbers 2105 2610 past Ive referred 704 1/i2-scale World War II RC Combat event number given AMAs provisional Combat event Editors note AMA 704 still official event 2105 2610 strictly under auspices RCCA advent new events both directly related tbe original 704 rules may seem little confusing good reason two sets rules Both give much-needed facelift original event simplifying scoring eliminating some loopholes emphasizing safety 2105 event number reminds flier 21 maximum engine size radial designs 5% scale deviation allowed hence 05 event closer original 704 rules 2610 event numbers suggest allows 26 maximum engine design 10% scale deviation models greater power reduced percent scale requirements allow flexibility model design 2105 Models previously difficult impossible build under 704 rules Junkers Ju 87 would end up overweight underpowered can now built 2610 Stuka could built 10% smaller /12-scale powered 26 making old favorite doable Scale RC Combat say reduced percent scale requirements mean builder has greater design latitude Few people could spot difference appearance between exact scale model allows 10% variation size model may look right designer uses size variation address problems overly small tail areas some other design issues Scale modeling similarities between 2105 2610 rules greater differences care taken during design minimize mutually exclusive rules As result majority models built original 704 rules will fit directly 2105 framework models fit 2105 will definition fit 2610 because engine displacement differences 2610 models will allowed 2105 Although 704s safety record excellent some changes have made 2105 2610 improve safety greater extent obvious adoption helmets Because severe nature some head injuries non-Combat events 104 Model Aviation etonka [MN] Aeromodelers ready Combat Piper L-4 front no longer legal under new RCGA 210512610 rules Micro Burst 32-inch span 200 square-inch foam wing arrow- Scratch-Built Beauty Bob Wallaces MiG-7 has balsa fuselage shaft tailboom Norvel 061 Reportedly weighs 11 ounces foam wing 431/2-inch wingspan May built 2105 2610 widely agreed upon wise move require head protection before injury occurred Combat requirement included helmet outlined official AMA National Model Aircraft Safety Code worn anyone flightline Editors note adapted RCCA section AMA Safety Code pertains RC Racing events formal part 704 rules Another important safety feature addition safety line 25 feet front flightline new safety line heavy scoring penalty crossing helps protect pilots buzzing flightline attempt shake opponent off taila move can disconcerting pilots flightline safety improvements assigning certain safety functions Line Marshall prohibiting retrieval downed models land under Combat area during round workable procedure handling models have involved midair collision has also added As fliers become familiar new unofficial Scale Combat events soon followed rules nonScale events will find new safety rules workable understandable important improvements RC Combat events Nobody has fun anybody gets hurt Combat flier Contest Director please take time review changes new rules competitors can fly safer event Ill cover some rules changes next column Open Combat News Have ever heard Micro-Combat Some modelers Colorado flying local event Ace Simple Series P-S ls 109s T-6s powered Norvel 06 used Scale portion event Micro Burst used non-scale unlimited portion Micro Burst kitted Master Mind Products 4801 5 Wadsworth Blvd Unit 9-105 Littleton CO 80123 Tel [303] 948-2547 spans 32 inches 200-square-inch wing powered Norvel 061 engine microservos 110 m battery Micro Burst reportedly weighs 11 ounces kit uses foam wing arrow shaft tailboom aid construction build time kit described rapid letter sent did mention rules used Micro-Combat tell us guys Scale Combat heads north RC Combat fliers Canada have announced Can/Am Combat Challenge Otterville Ontario Canada September 4-5 1999 Can/Am first large Canadian/US Scale RC Combat meet entries limited first 40 fliers country Using 2610 rules 2105 aircraft permitted 2610 other way around event promises exciting match can learn about Can/Am Challenge writing care Ron Daniels 15 Tradewinds P1 Kitchener Ontario Canada N2N 3G4 calling Ron 519 743-5549 youre first 40 mark date calendar anyway sounds like show wont want miss months Scratch-Built Beauty award goes Bob Wallace Avon Connecticut Bob chose obscure airplane MiG-7 high-altitude fighter prototypes produced during WW II MiG design team produced several different one-off prototypes design never obtained enough success get production order MiG-7 However 2105/2610 model 431/2-inch tapered wing flies great Bob has powered foam-wing balsafuselage design Conquest 15 2105 Thunder Tiger 26 2610 reports flies well either Look Bobs MiG design upcoming construction article Radio Control Modeler Until next time fly Combat fly safely sure check six y RELMILE S-L-O-D-W idle PLUS. E4SV 54Ff studs Single Twin-cylinders Twin engines VO Interftrence Works Rxs Light Less 35 grants Ultra-simple installation luLl 2LYU Multi-Cylinders Ask Super GlowLitel lastall saives tad liakeges wrvevrr tad Ri BETTER knob stick- type servo drivers.. Find your servos electrical center computer accuracy Its MUCH MORE lust SUPER Servo Driver Detect bad servos. BEFORE cause problems WI EWE Y VLI EectroDipiamics 31185 Schoolcraft Livonia Ml 48150 Website http//w#welecfrodynamcom 1-800-337-1638 Orders 1-734-422-5420 VISA Fax 1-734-422-5338 July1999 105 line up aircraft long slow approach. Theres no fear flameouts GlowLites onboardl doesnt et better this. Breeze tnru controls aetna PARTS Elf Baby C4pionp4 Super Cyc Hornet Dpolis~ Aero Electric 3706 N 33rd St Galesburg MI 49053 Fax/Phone 616-665-9693 E-Mail aero-electric@worldnetattnet
