Radio Control Helicopters Larry Jolly FELICITATIONS though January issue will receiving December thought might appropri ate wish Super Holiday Season Happy Healthy 1985 hope guys found what looking under tree months column will cover US Helicopter team selection competition some new products interest US Helicopter team selection Sep tember 22 23 New Jersey RC Helicopter Society Monmouth Model Airplane Club co-hosted US team selection contest upcoming RC Helicopter World Championships held 1985 London Ontario Canada Horace Hagen Dick Robbins acted Contest Directors 10 entries com peting Because small number competing pilots six full rounds com pleted FAI rules used World Champion ships FAT schedule used contest unfamiliar FAI Helicopter rules check AMA rule book page 109 will see three compulsory hovering maneuvers followed four optional ma neuvers either power-on power-off landing Different maneuvers varying K-factors depending skill required compete listed rule book group pilot chooses four optional maneuvers must choose maneuvers can well must also choose schedule gives him greatest possible chance high score means might have take chance maneuver difficult order net its higher K-factor US team first Helicopter World Championships consists Robert Gorham Tom Dalusio Cliff Hiatt first alternate Dave Davis Iwish three team members greatest luck competition rest world will have tough go group talented pilots Before team selection chance visit first-place finisher Robert Gorham watch him practice Robert very disappointed placings 1984 Reno Nationals Together father John two worked out necessary strategy win team selection aid computer two actually three counting IBM calculated maneuvers Robert should Putting different variables weather cal culation decided schedule would get Robert possible points two weeks Robert practiced hour morning flying schedule John went along videotaped session After practice Robert John would study videos decide tasks Robert needed work bit surprised saw Helicopter Robert decided use competition would have thought would fly Competitor since design has practice Instead Robert flew new Cobra Jet Ranger powered OS 50 FSR asked about switch machines Robert told felt smaller Jet Ranger easier keep judging box maneuvering Robert asked would like fly machine accepted nervously competition fol lowing weekend already flown John Gorhams prototype impressed Roberts Without going too far must say Cobra Jet Ranger outstanding machine capable winning Scale also complet ing aerobatic maneuvers well During team selection Roberts ar duous practice really paid off No ever seriously challenged him lowest flight score higher other competi tors high score Seventeen-year-old Tom Dalusio fin ished second place Tom well-known East Coast pilot justly deserves place team dont know what sort practice Tom used know Continued page 155 Gorham Model Products new Jet Ranger fuselage Cobra mechanics L Larry praises notes its quite lightand Ameri can-made too two young ladies R Michelle Williams L Robin Baer theyre part crew keeps everything rolling GMP Theyre showing off two GMPs new Jet Rangers Airwoif L Any modeler wanting detail Bell 222 TV star can get packet No 597 photos showing cosmetic mods fromScaie Model Research address column quartet modelers shown R members 1985 us Helicopter Teamplus first alternate World Championships will London Ontario Canada next year team se lected recent East Coast team finals L R Robert Gorham Tom Dalusio Cliff Hiatt alternate Dave Davis Go get em team January1985 55 thing will try get fast can thanks sending have received some mail lately incorrect zip code somehow crept September 1984 issue Please make note correct address See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicoptersljolly Continued page 55 good hovering its obvious practiced great deal Tom flew stock GMP Competitor ballasted skids felt extra weight would help him windy conditions Third-place finisher Cliff Hiatt flew same Superior flew Reno Nationals dont know Cliff am unfamiliar contest strategies What know super pilot will well World Champs Congratulations guys hope can get together destroy competition Canada New products Already mentioned new Jet Ranger fuselage GMP Cobra first glance new Jet Ranger looks like Japanese product fuselage made polyester glass cloth hand-laminated expensive produce matte fuselages preva lent hobby gives lighter superior product fuselage Ameri can-made perfect one-seventh scale John Gorham went lot trouble create very accurate model using factory drawings guide model has already claimed second place Intermediate class US Nationals first place US Team Selection Finals Next month will have building review Cobra Jet Ranger Condor Hobbies Irvine CA import ing new oil particularly appealing use Helicopters oil called Synalube its name implies synthetic lubricant incredible viscos ity know weve heard super oils before stuff something else lam currently running 2% oil OS 61 FSR-Hs Running 2% oil 10% nitro methane balance methanol gives longer duration per tank cleaner machines little smoke exhaust have no failures no heat problems heavy Scale ships think Im being risky using 2% lubri cant think should inform exactly twice what manufacturer rec ommends Ive read reports Aus tralia Synalube manufactured some Aussie pilots using less 1% cleaner chopper drop Condor line just received note Bob Banka Scale Model Research looking scale documentation certain type aircraft contact him has 36000 photos file has excellent catalog price Foto Paaks very reasonable Bob doesnt have what youre looking chances can help find contact people over world interested compiling Scale data can reach Bob Scale Model Research 418 E Oceanfront B Newport Beach CA 92661 have included picture latest helicopter Foto Paak Airwolf Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Pylon ControllerldeBolt Continued page 57 include useful additional feature fliers console would seem method informing fliers pylon cut has occurred has cut has important know can affect way rest heat racing master console set start-finish line well off race course reduces confusion pilots area improves safety probably have noted easier keep track models outside course stooges spaced chored across runway start line fliers console placed edge runway positioned visible pilots during race officials course starter pylon judges people connected phone master console Ray McCloy describes conduct typical electronic-controlled heat detail Via telephone starter identifies model concerned usual manner plane crews told prepare engine starting tall skids engaged stooges COMPLETE THIS FORM AND AlTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks required change address Attach current MA mailing label check appropriate box mail Subscrip tion Dept Model Aviation iaio Samuel Morse Dr. Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRiPTiON 0 cHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates siaoo 12 months US possessions elsewhere inciuding Canada MexIco $2400 US Schoois $900 US LibrarIes $1350 NAME ADDRESS CITV/CTAT MODEL AVIATION 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DR RESTON VA 22090 January1985 155 flown always comforting know competitor has received onelap penalty
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/01
Page Numbers: 55, 155
Radio Control Helicopters Larry Jolly FELICITATIONS though January issue will receiving December thought might appropri ate wish Super Holiday Season Happy Healthy 1985 hope guys found what looking under tree months column will cover US Helicopter team selection competition some new products interest US Helicopter team selection Sep tember 22 23 New Jersey RC Helicopter Society Monmouth Model Airplane Club co-hosted US team selection contest upcoming RC Helicopter World Championships held 1985 London Ontario Canada Horace Hagen Dick Robbins acted Contest Directors 10 entries com peting Because small number competing pilots six full rounds com pleted FAI rules used World Champion ships FAT schedule used contest unfamiliar FAI Helicopter rules check AMA rule book page 109 will see three compulsory hovering maneuvers followed four optional ma neuvers either power-on power-off landing Different maneuvers varying K-factors depending skill required compete listed rule book group pilot chooses four optional maneuvers must choose maneuvers can well must also choose schedule gives him greatest possible chance high score means might have take chance maneuver difficult order net its higher K-factor US team first Helicopter World Championships consists Robert Gorham Tom Dalusio Cliff Hiatt first alternate Dave Davis Iwish three team members greatest luck competition rest world will have tough go group talented pilots Before team selection chance visit first-place finisher Robert Gorham watch him practice Robert very disappointed placings 1984 Reno Nationals Together father John two worked out necessary strategy win team selection aid computer two actually three counting IBM calculated maneuvers Robert should Putting different variables weather cal culation decided schedule would get Robert possible points two weeks Robert practiced hour morning flying schedule John went along videotaped session After practice Robert John would study videos decide tasks Robert needed work bit surprised saw Helicopter Robert decided use competition would have thought would fly Competitor since design has practice Instead Robert flew new Cobra Jet Ranger powered OS 50 FSR asked about switch machines Robert told felt smaller Jet Ranger easier keep judging box maneuvering Robert asked would like fly machine accepted nervously competition fol lowing weekend already flown John Gorhams prototype impressed Roberts Without going too far must say Cobra Jet Ranger outstanding machine capable winning Scale also complet ing aerobatic maneuvers well During team selection Roberts ar duous practice really paid off No ever seriously challenged him lowest flight score higher other competi tors high score Seventeen-year-old Tom Dalusio fin ished second place Tom well-known East Coast pilot justly deserves place team dont know what sort practice Tom used know Continued page 155 Gorham Model Products new Jet Ranger fuselage Cobra mechanics L Larry praises notes its quite lightand Ameri can-made too two young ladies R Michelle Williams L Robin Baer theyre part crew keeps everything rolling GMP Theyre showing off two GMPs new Jet Rangers Airwoif L Any modeler wanting detail Bell 222 TV star can get packet No 597 photos showing cosmetic mods fromScaie Model Research address column quartet modelers shown R members 1985 us Helicopter Teamplus first alternate World Championships will London Ontario Canada next year team se lected recent East Coast team finals L R Robert Gorham Tom Dalusio Cliff Hiatt alternate Dave Davis Go get em team January1985 55 thing will try get fast can thanks sending have received some mail lately incorrect zip code somehow crept September 1984 issue Please make note correct address See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicoptersljolly Continued page 55 good hovering its obvious practiced great deal Tom flew stock GMP Competitor ballasted skids felt extra weight would help him windy conditions Third-place finisher Cliff Hiatt flew same Superior flew Reno Nationals dont know Cliff am unfamiliar contest strategies What know super pilot will well World Champs Congratulations guys hope can get together destroy competition Canada New products Already mentioned new Jet Ranger fuselage GMP Cobra first glance new Jet Ranger looks like Japanese product fuselage made polyester glass cloth hand-laminated expensive produce matte fuselages preva lent hobby gives lighter superior product fuselage Ameri can-made perfect one-seventh scale John Gorham went lot trouble create very accurate model using factory drawings guide model has already claimed second place Intermediate class US Nationals first place US Team Selection Finals Next month will have building review Cobra Jet Ranger Condor Hobbies Irvine CA import ing new oil particularly appealing use Helicopters oil called Synalube its name implies synthetic lubricant incredible viscos ity know weve heard super oils before stuff something else lam currently running 2% oil OS 61 FSR-Hs Running 2% oil 10% nitro methane balance methanol gives longer duration per tank cleaner machines little smoke exhaust have no failures no heat problems heavy Scale ships think Im being risky using 2% lubri cant think should inform exactly twice what manufacturer rec ommends Ive read reports Aus tralia Synalube manufactured some Aussie pilots using less 1% cleaner chopper drop Condor line just received note Bob Banka Scale Model Research looking scale documentation certain type aircraft contact him has 36000 photos file has excellent catalog price Foto Paaks very reasonable Bob doesnt have what youre looking chances can help find contact people over world interested compiling Scale data can reach Bob Scale Model Research 418 E Oceanfront B Newport Beach CA 92661 have included picture latest helicopter Foto Paak Airwolf Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Pylon ControllerldeBolt Continued page 57 include useful additional feature fliers console would seem method informing fliers pylon cut has occurred has cut has important know can affect way rest heat racing master console set start-finish line well off race course reduces confusion pilots area improves safety probably have noted easier keep track models outside course stooges spaced chored across runway start line fliers console placed edge runway positioned visible pilots during race officials course starter pylon judges people connected phone master console Ray McCloy describes conduct typical electronic-controlled heat detail Via telephone starter identifies model concerned usual manner plane crews told prepare engine starting tall skids engaged stooges COMPLETE THIS FORM AND AlTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks required change address Attach current MA mailing label check appropriate box mail Subscrip tion Dept Model Aviation iaio Samuel Morse Dr. Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRiPTiON 0 cHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates siaoo 12 months US possessions elsewhere inciuding Canada MexIco $2400 US Schoois $900 US LibrarIes $1350 NAME ADDRESS CITV/CTAT MODEL AVIATION 1810 SAMUEL MORSE DR RESTON VA 22090 January1985 155 flown always comforting know competitor has received onelap penalty