Radio Control Nationals: Soaring

TOGETHERNESS 1992 Nationals first time events including soaringwere held same site radio control events accomplished splitting frequencies time sharing scheme advantages disadvantages positive side possible visit other events easily soaring seemed part overall Nationals negative side fewer frequencies available soaring events spread over longer time span competitor wished enter soaring events necessary onsite eight days soaring site far north end Westover grove pine trees separated nearby power site strange hear screaming power models models different events occasionally overfiew airspaces another Soaring entry numbers down yearapproximately half some recent years may have caused limited number frequencies turn limited number entrants well fact some modelers may have wanted change equipment IR ADHO CONTROL NATIONALS Also first time Nationals has rival contest full slate events LSF Nationals held July Indiana time writing know large turnout will LSF contest however some regular midwestern competitors absent Nationals lower number entries didnt mean lower level performance Check scores Nationals results section see tight top 92 Nationals also FAI-listed event team Guatemala competing soaring real international flavor team actually sponsor TACA International Airlines national team selection program used determine would come Nationals top three winners received free airline tickets other expenses knew something different Nationals heard countdowns SOARING ish landing circles Guatemalan presence especially meaningful because learned fly RC thirty-some years ago Julio Quevedos father Dr Julio Quevedo Sr RC Sport Scale Soaring sailplane events kicked off Monday June 22 scale static judging Five models showed up competition Flying followed next day between 700 am 1200 noon time slot shared hand-launch flown concurrently coordination assigned sailplane RC frequencies field condition less ideal scale event surface rough grass cut short Scale officials eased pain mowing adequate takeoff area Although surface rough no difficulty ROGs ground take off landing area mowed contestants given allowances landing maneuver also allowed mber 1992 47 Left Reporter Terry Edmonds ASW-20first place RC Sport Scale Soaring Right Chris Bovaiss WW Il-era BV-40 fighter glider finished second RC Sport Scale Soaring machine gun can seen just below wing root Left Martin McCartney Braintree MA DG1O1G Right Stan Alexander Sailplane Sport Scale Event Director left presents Chris Bovais Alexandria VA NASA Flight Achievement Award BV-40 Left Larry Jolly Westminster CA 7-year-old Flinger Hand-Launch Sailplane wing tip broke off first round after repairs model won event Center Joe Wurts Valencia CA took second place Hand-Launched Sailplane original V-tail model Right Richard Roekie Bedford NH Schommer Lawn Dart placed third hand-launch Model features fiberglass fuselage slip-on nose cone remove wheel doors penalty Contestants took stride joke like full-scale plane landing field tall weeds Clear weather appeared event between cold cloudy rainy days wind light first round picked up 15 20 mph later morning models capable handling wind however because repeated time spent traveling upwind proper maneuver placement some difficulty having enough altitude complete maneuver schedule Chris Bovais entered unique German Blohm & Voss 40 BV-40 fighter glider WW II glider designed armament intended attack Allied bomber formations dive Documentation glider hard come Chris get some Smithsonian Chris scratch-built model 30% scale 94-in wingspan model weighs 13 lb construction foam covered obechi including fuselage Chris built model two weeks test-flew day before Nationals competition design lends itself aggressive maneuver routine Chris flew loops rolls split-esses etc crowds delight very rapidly because high sink rate design has aerodynamics bus Chris received second-highest static flying scores overall secondplace finish also awarded welldeserved Flight Achievement Award given National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA reporter Terry Edmonds won event 1/4-scale ASW-20the third Nationals win row sailplane ASW-20 all-fiberglass German model finished automotive acrylic lacquer flies realistically year received both highest static flying scores year have added detailing improve static score Martin McCartney entered nice DG1O1G model has Viking Models fuselage built-up flying surfaces finish lacquer film-covered wings Martins first landing slightly rough damaged retract gear forced him fly remainder contest gear up resulting scoring penalty placed him lower would have otherwise rules allow competitor change maneuver routine between rounds 48 Model Aviation e Blayne Roger Chastain Tekoa Center Design show new Two-Meter Unlimited class Shadow sailpianes h Upper left William Miller flew Weston Aerodesign Booger Two-Meter class Kevlar-reinforced construction keeps weight 27 oz Lower left Eastern America F3B team L-R Dave Garwood Tony Matyl Terry Luckenbach Mike Lachowski Terry Edmonds Steve Syrotiak Dennis Phelan Mike Fritz Right Southern California F3B team L-R Larry Jolly Skip Miller Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Daryl Perkins Joe Wurts Several contestants doing try improve flying score sign RC Sport Scale Soaring maturing flying event third year new RC Sport Scale Soaring rules have effect can hardly say have brought about large increase scale activity however have broadened range glider designs can competitive BV-40 did exceptionally well would have possible under old rules fact Chris says new rules what inspired him build BV-40 Hand-Launched Sailplane scheduled have two half-days flying Tuesday Wednesday mornings task six attempts five official flights tenminute slot two-minute max Fourteen strong arms fly event Pete Carr Soaring Event Director called pilots meeting 700 am Tuesday did day Tuesday frequencies shared Scale Sailplane events being flown concurrently same site As result two rounds hand launch could flown before noon frequencies relinqaished other Nationals RC events Wednesday morning saw steady rain beginning scheduled pilots meeting time After several hours rain Nationals mber 1992 49 Above Joe Wurts won first place perfect scores both Two-Meter Standard classes new Whisper Airtronics Specialty Division Below Whisper has detachable tail surfaces easy transport single bolt retains both stab fin Above left Enrique Mertins Guatemala shows seventh-place trophy Standard class Above Julio Quevedo also Guatemala used European-style transmitter tray Although rarely seen commonly used other countries Lower left Tom Kiesling Waltham MA placed third Two-Meter Tree Dancer 1 Left Two members first USA F3B team Dale Nutter Tulsa Oklahoma Skip Miller Boulder Colorado Dale flying Duck Skip flew Comet 89T 92 Nationals Right F3B workers L-R Mike Tadman Alton Ryder Cindy Massmann Bob Massmann Pete Carr Bob Ripley Ed Hall officials gave okay hand-launch entrants fly indoors using base hangar practice Hand-launchers great time never flown RC gliders indoors Interestingly some free flight hand-launched gliders appeared achieving better times RCers As Murphys Law would predict rain stopped early afternoonjust frequencies again given up wanting give Mother Nature Pete Carr cleverly arranged have event moved off base completion moved off base out stateto Pioneer Valley Radio Control Club field Connecticut large beautiful sod farm site perfect hand-launch About time official flying commenced PVRCC field weather improved sun peeking through very light wind allowing three rounds flown Larry Jolly won event normalized perfect score strategy predict good air would waste first launch test air work thermal downwind minute go back upwind try find next bubble have timer count him down two-minute precision catch model relaunch back thermal observed Joe Wurts using similar technique third round achieve total 901 minutes 10-minute slot Larry flew stock 60-in-span Flinger weighing 12 oz Futaba S33 servos Joe Wurts finished close second all-composite fiberglass-and-foam model 387 airfoil Airtronics 501 servos 13 oz weight Richard Roekle came third glass fuse balsa-overfoam 7032-wing model weighing 127 oz using Kyosho KSI0 servos F3B years event probably best-ever Nationals F3B contest primarily 50 Model Aviation e Junior competitors California Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Westminster Ryan George Dinuba Ricky Rohifing San Jose L Left Junior flier Hector Maya right receives trophy Soaring Event Director Pete Carr center NSS President Bob Massmann Right Senior class fliers Michael Di Giacomia Blayne Chastain Jason George LeTt Daryl Perkins placed 3rd Standard Unlimited Falcon 800 Right Guatemalan team members Julio Quevedo Wilfredo Alvarado Peter Wagner Javier Sanchez Evelyn Mertins Enrique Mertins Jurgen Vogel because entire day Friday devoted past because F3B shared day other events time rounds 12 entries flying three complete rounds duration distance speed completed weather excellent clear skies light winds Several notable F3B fliers competed including Joe Wurts current F3B World Champion entire 1991 USA F3B team Skip Miller 1977 F3B World Champion Also competing Dale Nutter like Skip Miller mem ber USA team ever win F3B World Team title Almost competitors flying true F3B models variations FAI rules winches measured compliance specified electrical characteristics competitors could either use own winches AMA-provided winches Southern California team restrung AMA winches 150-lb-test monofilament line Joe Wurts proved everyone F3B World Champion putting mber 1992 51 Probes strong carbon fiber wing doesnt flex much zoom Its fliers must nail landing spot Jason George Sultana CA took 1st Senior Standard class 100-in Legend Models stock-length intermediate wing panels shortened fit class Terry Luckenbach Bethlehem PA flew Aerotek Probe fuselage fiberglass Kevlar has kits Left Rick Lake Two-Meter Standard class Ducks Right Digital Equipment Corp Unlimited class team met through electronic bulletin board L-R James Friedrichs James Reith Kay Fisher Anker Berg-Sonne Left Duration event workers Bob Massmann inOy Massmann uranger rete I-Iorenxlno erina IewrI rt iarr Bill Wegman Alton Ryder Right Tony Matyi flew Aerotek 114-scale ASW-20 Unlimited class Stewart Swanson Harrisburg PA Anorexia pod-and-boom model has 118-in wingspan weighs 48 oz AMAs winch wagon hauled winches batteries retrievers battery chargers generator other vital stuff Mike Lachowski Milford NJ flew original-design model both F3B Unlimited classes Skip Miller second place Unlimited Legend replaced nylon wing bolt steel avoid losing landing points wing popped off perfect 9000 score flying F3B Eagle backup model World Champs last year features RGl5 airfoil blue foam unidirectional carbon fiber/fiberglass vacuum-bagged wings stock fuselage Muller 14mm carbon fiber joiner Airtronics Infinity 1000 radio model weighs 90 oz can hold up four pounds ballast Joe flew speed two pounds ballast flew distance duration dry Daryl Perkins placed second F3B Eagle constructed differently Joes has 7003-hollow-core molded wings hollow molded stabs done Mark Allen weighs 96 oz Daryl ballasting additional two three pounds speed Larry Jolly flew three-meter Muller Comet 891 Larry cut turn speed still managed place third case didnt notice same order finish three guys 91 World Champs Now thats consistencybut importantly its teamwork what F3B about Dennis Phelan came up novel way form F3B teamby advertising some months ahead gathering Nationals F3B team idea worked because Eastern America team largest team Nationals Two-Meter It rained during 700 am pilots meeting Saturday hut rain stopped 800 weather quickly changed good lift developed early round Excellent conditions prevailed until early round three thunderstorm moved contest halted couple hours steady downpour Conditions varied sunshine sprinkles fickle weather made three rounds Two-Meter task 69 entries seven-minute duration L6 Graduated Runway landing Peter Can changed landing out because manpower shortage made some tight scores necessitated three flyoffs trophy positions Joe Wurts won Whisper unusual see Joe flying wood airplane however strong wood airplane launches just hard composites Ryan George won Junior Two-Meter also used Whisper Whisper has three-piece wing Ryan larger center wing panel used later Standard class flyoff developed second place between Larry Jolly Tom Kiesling Jolly winning Larry flying eight-year-old V-tail Icarus 205 Tom flying original Tree Dancer fourth-place flyoff between Ron Stanfield Dale Nutter Stanfield won Yet another flyoff between Chris Ordzie Terry Edmonds tenth place Edmonds winning Flyoffs twominute precision measured spot Blayne Chastain won Senior class new Two-Meter Shadow Standard class weather Sunday about perfect can get RC soaringlight variable winds moderate temperatures abundant lift obvious would need nearperfect score place weather conditions model could have received near-perfect scoreit up pilot make difference Hidden pitfalls snared number competitors usual amount wing breaks occurred launch Several occurred two-meter got worse class size got bigger Guys under estimating power Rahm winches Additionally batteries being continuously charged generator probably made hotter usual Another trap some unsuspecting pilots landing spots small steppe Since wind direction variable might coming spot different directions different times therefore might coming uphill downhill can deceiving youre used landing level field Four full rounds Standard class flown score point away perfect could forget about placing top three Joe Wurts won again perfect score used same Whisper model flew two-meter class Larry Jolly Daryl Perkins both point away perfect score flew off second place Larry won Larry flew Pantera Daryl Falcon 800 another flyoff fifth place between Mike Lachowski Ben Matsumoto Mike winning Emmett EickenhorstlJolly won Junior class obvious talking him proud following Larrys footsteps Jason George won Senior class Unlimited last event flown Monday 29th fact Unlimited Nationals event left air base seemed otherwise deserted modelers Pete Can taking lot heat because bunched-up scores flyoffs called measured spot used Winches restrnng allnew 200-lb-test line try prevent big ships breaking line total 77 pilots turned out event pilots meeting announced three rounds Un limited would flown everyone could get early start home weather carbon copy day before except lift did develop early first pilots called up really scratch Some maxed some didnt 52 Model Aviation ER HEAVEN can probably guess wononly time Joe win flyoff flight against Skip Miller honor measured spot two ties Daryl Perkins Mike Lachowski flew off third Daryl winning Joe Wurts flew special vacuum-bagged Falcon 880 flat tips Skip Miller flying stock Legend Daryl Perkins flying Falcon 800 Ryan George won Junior Jason George won Senior Teny Luckenbach flew high-tech unlimited plane called Probe has carbon fiber/Rohacell sandwich 214 airfoil wing hollow core has no spar made top bottom molds joined together wing joiner aircraft-grade aluminum tube ballasting joiner replaced steel rod Probes sale direct Terry Luckenbach Blayne Chastain flew 118-in Shadow father Roger have developed kitting developed design over several years com petition wing sparless obechi sheeted foam core reinforced carbon fiber fiberglass kit features prefab builder-friendly bagging technique kits quality looks very good reasonably priced Its always good see new competition kits available because helps promote sport have read far suspense over won Lee Renaud Overall Award Hi Johnson High Point Award Joe Wurts made clean sweep duration events Southern California team Joe Wurts Daryl Perkins Larry Jolly won Dan Pruss Team Award Its really unusual individual team take majority awards Nationals However no before Joe Wurts has F3B World Champion Nationals Champion Joes accomplishments unparalleled sport RC Soaring Hats offtoyouJoe Spuod8y IAN CITY RADIO NEW LARGER LOCATION Double Lest Veers Specel 25000 SO FT ROOM FOR 200 TABLES SUNDAY SHERIDAN OCTOBER 11 CENTER AM. tOO PM TABLE FEE JIM TESEN 313 4794328 November1992 53 CONGRATULATIONS Nationals winners THANKS made possible See 1993 favorite pastime job fulitime

TOGETHERNESS 1992 Nationals first time events including soaringwere held same site radio control events accomplished splitting frequencies time sharing scheme advantages disadvantages positive side possible visit other events easily soaring seemed part overall Nationals negative side fewer frequencies available soaring events spread over longer time span competitor wished enter soaring events necessary onsite eight days soaring site far north end Westover grove pine trees separated nearby power site strange hear screaming power models models different events occasionally overfiew airspaces another Soaring entry numbers down yearapproximately half some recent years may have caused limited number frequencies turn limited number entrants well fact some modelers may have wanted change equipment IR ADHO CONTROL NATIONALS Also first time Nationals has rival contest full slate events LSF Nationals held July Indiana time writing know large turnout will LSF contest however some regular midwestern competitors absent Nationals lower number entries didnt mean lower level performance Check scores Nationals results section see tight top 92 Nationals also FAI-listed event team Guatemala competing soaring real international flavor team actually sponsor TACA International Airlines national team selection program used determine would come Nationals top three winners received free airline tickets other expenses knew something different Nationals heard countdowns SOARING ish landing circles Guatemalan presence especially meaningful because learned fly RC thirty-some years ago Julio Quevedos father Dr Julio Quevedo Sr RC Sport Scale Soaring sailplane events kicked off Monday June 22 scale static judging Five models showed up competition Flying followed next day between 700 am 1200 noon time slot shared hand-launch flown concurrently coordination assigned sailplane RC frequencies field condition less ideal scale event surface rough grass cut short Scale officials eased pain mowing adequate takeoff area Although surface rough no difficulty ROGs ground take off landing area mowed contestants given allowances landing maneuver also allowed mber 1992 47 Left Reporter Terry Edmonds ASW-20first place RC Sport Scale Soaring Right Chris Bovaiss WW Il-era BV-40 fighter glider finished second RC Sport Scale Soaring machine gun can seen just below wing root Left Martin McCartney Braintree MA DG1O1G Right Stan Alexander Sailplane Sport Scale Event Director left presents Chris Bovais Alexandria VA NASA Flight Achievement Award BV-40 Left Larry Jolly Westminster CA 7-year-old Flinger Hand-Launch Sailplane wing tip broke off first round after repairs model won event Center Joe Wurts Valencia CA took second place Hand-Launched Sailplane original V-tail model Right Richard Roekie Bedford NH Schommer Lawn Dart placed third hand-launch Model features fiberglass fuselage slip-on nose cone remove wheel doors penalty Contestants took stride joke like full-scale plane landing field tall weeds Clear weather appeared event between cold cloudy rainy days wind light first round picked up 15 20 mph later morning models capable handling wind however because repeated time spent traveling upwind proper maneuver placement some difficulty having enough altitude complete maneuver schedule Chris Bovais entered unique German Blohm & Voss 40 BV-40 fighter glider WW II glider designed armament intended attack Allied bomber formations dive Documentation glider hard come Chris get some Smithsonian Chris scratch-built model 30% scale 94-in wingspan model weighs 13 lb construction foam covered obechi including fuselage Chris built model two weeks test-flew day before Nationals competition design lends itself aggressive maneuver routine Chris flew loops rolls split-esses etc crowds delight very rapidly because high sink rate design has aerodynamics bus Chris received second-highest static flying scores overall secondplace finish also awarded welldeserved Flight Achievement Award given National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA reporter Terry Edmonds won event 1/4-scale ASW-20the third Nationals win row sailplane ASW-20 all-fiberglass German model finished automotive acrylic lacquer flies realistically year received both highest static flying scores year have added detailing improve static score Martin McCartney entered nice DG1O1G model has Viking Models fuselage built-up flying surfaces finish lacquer film-covered wings Martins first landing slightly rough damaged retract gear forced him fly remainder contest gear up resulting scoring penalty placed him lower would have otherwise rules allow competitor change maneuver routine between rounds 48 Model Aviation e Blayne Roger Chastain Tekoa Center Design show new Two-Meter Unlimited class Shadow sailpianes h Upper left William Miller flew Weston Aerodesign Booger Two-Meter class Kevlar-reinforced construction keeps weight 27 oz Lower left Eastern America F3B team L-R Dave Garwood Tony Matyl Terry Luckenbach Mike Lachowski Terry Edmonds Steve Syrotiak Dennis Phelan Mike Fritz Right Southern California F3B team L-R Larry Jolly Skip Miller Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Daryl Perkins Joe Wurts Several contestants doing try improve flying score sign RC Sport Scale Soaring maturing flying event third year new RC Sport Scale Soaring rules have effect can hardly say have brought about large increase scale activity however have broadened range glider designs can competitive BV-40 did exceptionally well would have possible under old rules fact Chris says new rules what inspired him build BV-40 Hand-Launched Sailplane scheduled have two half-days flying Tuesday Wednesday mornings task six attempts five official flights tenminute slot two-minute max Fourteen strong arms fly event Pete Carr Soaring Event Director called pilots meeting 700 am Tuesday did day Tuesday frequencies shared Scale Sailplane events being flown concurrently same site As result two rounds hand launch could flown before noon frequencies relinqaished other Nationals RC events Wednesday morning saw steady rain beginning scheduled pilots meeting time After several hours rain Nationals mber 1992 49 Above Joe Wurts won first place perfect scores both Two-Meter Standard classes new Whisper Airtronics Specialty Division Below Whisper has detachable tail surfaces easy transport single bolt retains both stab fin Above left Enrique Mertins Guatemala shows seventh-place trophy Standard class Above Julio Quevedo also Guatemala used European-style transmitter tray Although rarely seen commonly used other countries Lower left Tom Kiesling Waltham MA placed third Two-Meter Tree Dancer 1 Left Two members first USA F3B team Dale Nutter Tulsa Oklahoma Skip Miller Boulder Colorado Dale flying Duck Skip flew Comet 89T 92 Nationals Right F3B workers L-R Mike Tadman Alton Ryder Cindy Massmann Bob Massmann Pete Carr Bob Ripley Ed Hall officials gave okay hand-launch entrants fly indoors using base hangar practice Hand-launchers great time never flown RC gliders indoors Interestingly some free flight hand-launched gliders appeared achieving better times RCers As Murphys Law would predict rain stopped early afternoonjust frequencies again given up wanting give Mother Nature Pete Carr cleverly arranged have event moved off base completion moved off base out stateto Pioneer Valley Radio Control Club field Connecticut large beautiful sod farm site perfect hand-launch About time official flying commenced PVRCC field weather improved sun peeking through very light wind allowing three rounds flown Larry Jolly won event normalized perfect score strategy predict good air would waste first launch test air work thermal downwind minute go back upwind try find next bubble have timer count him down two-minute precision catch model relaunch back thermal observed Joe Wurts using similar technique third round achieve total 901 minutes 10-minute slot Larry flew stock 60-in-span Flinger weighing 12 oz Futaba S33 servos Joe Wurts finished close second all-composite fiberglass-and-foam model 387 airfoil Airtronics 501 servos 13 oz weight Richard Roekle came third glass fuse balsa-overfoam 7032-wing model weighing 127 oz using Kyosho KSI0 servos F3B years event probably best-ever Nationals F3B contest primarily 50 Model Aviation e Junior competitors California Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Westminster Ryan George Dinuba Ricky Rohifing San Jose L Left Junior flier Hector Maya right receives trophy Soaring Event Director Pete Carr center NSS President Bob Massmann Right Senior class fliers Michael Di Giacomia Blayne Chastain Jason George LeTt Daryl Perkins placed 3rd Standard Unlimited Falcon 800 Right Guatemalan team members Julio Quevedo Wilfredo Alvarado Peter Wagner Javier Sanchez Evelyn Mertins Enrique Mertins Jurgen Vogel because entire day Friday devoted past because F3B shared day other events time rounds 12 entries flying three complete rounds duration distance speed completed weather excellent clear skies light winds Several notable F3B fliers competed including Joe Wurts current F3B World Champion entire 1991 USA F3B team Skip Miller 1977 F3B World Champion Also competing Dale Nutter like Skip Miller mem ber USA team ever win F3B World Team title Almost competitors flying true F3B models variations FAI rules winches measured compliance specified electrical characteristics competitors could either use own winches AMA-provided winches Southern California team restrung AMA winches 150-lb-test monofilament line Joe Wurts proved everyone F3B World Champion putting mber 1992 51 Probes strong carbon fiber wing doesnt flex much zoom Its fliers must nail landing spot Jason George Sultana CA took 1st Senior Standard class 100-in Legend Models stock-length intermediate wing panels shortened fit class Terry Luckenbach Bethlehem PA flew Aerotek Probe fuselage fiberglass Kevlar has kits Left Rick Lake Two-Meter Standard class Ducks Right Digital Equipment Corp Unlimited class team met through electronic bulletin board L-R James Friedrichs James Reith Kay Fisher Anker Berg-Sonne Left Duration event workers Bob Massmann inOy Massmann uranger rete I-Iorenxlno erina IewrI rt iarr Bill Wegman Alton Ryder Right Tony Matyi flew Aerotek 114-scale ASW-20 Unlimited class Stewart Swanson Harrisburg PA Anorexia pod-and-boom model has 118-in wingspan weighs 48 oz AMAs winch wagon hauled winches batteries retrievers battery chargers generator other vital stuff Mike Lachowski Milford NJ flew original-design model both F3B Unlimited classes Skip Miller second place Unlimited Legend replaced nylon wing bolt steel avoid losing landing points wing popped off perfect 9000 score flying F3B Eagle backup model World Champs last year features RGl5 airfoil blue foam unidirectional carbon fiber/fiberglass vacuum-bagged wings stock fuselage Muller 14mm carbon fiber joiner Airtronics Infinity 1000 radio model weighs 90 oz can hold up four pounds ballast Joe flew speed two pounds ballast flew distance duration dry Daryl Perkins placed second F3B Eagle constructed differently Joes has 7003-hollow-core molded wings hollow molded stabs done Mark Allen weighs 96 oz Daryl ballasting additional two three pounds speed Larry Jolly flew three-meter Muller Comet 891 Larry cut turn speed still managed place third case didnt notice same order finish three guys 91 World Champs Now thats consistencybut importantly its teamwork what F3B about Dennis Phelan came up novel way form F3B teamby advertising some months ahead gathering Nationals F3B team idea worked because Eastern America team largest team Nationals Two-Meter It rained during 700 am pilots meeting Saturday hut rain stopped 800 weather quickly changed good lift developed early round Excellent conditions prevailed until early round three thunderstorm moved contest halted couple hours steady downpour Conditions varied sunshine sprinkles fickle weather made three rounds Two-Meter task 69 entries seven-minute duration L6 Graduated Runway landing Peter Can changed landing out because manpower shortage made some tight scores necessitated three flyoffs trophy positions Joe Wurts won Whisper unusual see Joe flying wood airplane however strong wood airplane launches just hard composites Ryan George won Junior Two-Meter also used Whisper Whisper has three-piece wing Ryan larger center wing panel used later Standard class flyoff developed second place between Larry Jolly Tom Kiesling Jolly winning Larry flying eight-year-old V-tail Icarus 205 Tom flying original Tree Dancer fourth-place flyoff between Ron Stanfield Dale Nutter Stanfield won Yet another flyoff between Chris Ordzie Terry Edmonds tenth place Edmonds winning Flyoffs twominute precision measured spot Blayne Chastain won Senior class new Two-Meter Shadow Standard class weather Sunday about perfect can get RC soaringlight variable winds moderate temperatures abundant lift obvious would need nearperfect score place weather conditions model could have received near-perfect scoreit up pilot make difference Hidden pitfalls snared number competitors usual amount wing breaks occurred launch Several occurred two-meter got worse class size got bigger Guys under estimating power Rahm winches Additionally batteries being continuously charged generator probably made hotter usual Another trap some unsuspecting pilots landing spots small steppe Since wind direction variable might coming spot different directions different times therefore might coming uphill downhill can deceiving youre used landing level field Four full rounds Standard class flown score point away perfect could forget about placing top three Joe Wurts won again perfect score used same Whisper model flew two-meter class Larry Jolly Daryl Perkins both point away perfect score flew off second place Larry won Larry flew Pantera Daryl Falcon 800 another flyoff fifth place between Mike Lachowski Ben Matsumoto Mike winning Emmett EickenhorstlJolly won Junior class obvious talking him proud following Larrys footsteps Jason George won Senior class Unlimited last event flown Monday 29th fact Unlimited Nationals event left air base seemed otherwise deserted modelers Pete Can taking lot heat because bunched-up scores flyoffs called measured spot used Winches restrnng allnew 200-lb-test line try prevent big ships breaking line total 77 pilots turned out event pilots meeting announced three rounds Un limited would flown everyone could get early start home weather carbon copy day before except lift did develop early first pilots called up really scratch Some maxed some didnt 52 Model Aviation ER HEAVEN can probably guess wononly time Joe win flyoff flight against Skip Miller honor measured spot two ties Daryl Perkins Mike Lachowski flew off third Daryl winning Joe Wurts flew special vacuum-bagged Falcon 880 flat tips Skip Miller flying stock Legend Daryl Perkins flying Falcon 800 Ryan George won Junior Jason George won Senior Teny Luckenbach flew high-tech unlimited plane called Probe has carbon fiber/Rohacell sandwich 214 airfoil wing hollow core has no spar made top bottom molds joined together wing joiner aircraft-grade aluminum tube ballasting joiner replaced steel rod Probes sale direct Terry Luckenbach Blayne Chastain flew 118-in Shadow father Roger have developed kitting developed design over several years com petition wing sparless obechi sheeted foam core reinforced carbon fiber fiberglass kit features prefab builder-friendly bagging technique kits quality looks very good reasonably priced Its always good see new competition kits available because helps promote sport have read far suspense over won Lee Renaud Overall Award Hi Johnson High Point Award Joe Wurts made clean sweep duration events Southern California team Joe Wurts Daryl Perkins Larry Jolly won Dan Pruss Team Award Its really unusual individual team take majority awards Nationals However no before Joe Wurts has F3B World Champion Nationals Champion Joes accomplishments unparalleled sport RC Soaring Hats offtoyouJoe Spuod8y IAN CITY RADIO NEW LARGER LOCATION Double Lest Veers Specel 25000 SO FT ROOM FOR 200 TABLES SUNDAY SHERIDAN OCTOBER 11 CENTER AM. tOO PM TABLE FEE JIM TESEN 313 4794328 November1992 53 CONGRATULATIONS Nationals winners THANKS made possible See 1993 favorite pastime job fulitime

TOGETHERNESS 1992 Nationals first time events including soaringwere held same site radio control events accomplished splitting frequencies time sharing scheme advantages disadvantages positive side possible visit other events easily soaring seemed part overall Nationals negative side fewer frequencies available soaring events spread over longer time span competitor wished enter soaring events necessary onsite eight days soaring site far north end Westover grove pine trees separated nearby power site strange hear screaming power models models different events occasionally overfiew airspaces another Soaring entry numbers down yearapproximately half some recent years may have caused limited number frequencies turn limited number entrants well fact some modelers may have wanted change equipment IR ADHO CONTROL NATIONALS Also first time Nationals has rival contest full slate events LSF Nationals held July Indiana time writing know large turnout will LSF contest however some regular midwestern competitors absent Nationals lower number entries didnt mean lower level performance Check scores Nationals results section see tight top 92 Nationals also FAI-listed event team Guatemala competing soaring real international flavor team actually sponsor TACA International Airlines national team selection program used determine would come Nationals top three winners received free airline tickets other expenses knew something different Nationals heard countdowns SOARING ish landing circles Guatemalan presence especially meaningful because learned fly RC thirty-some years ago Julio Quevedos father Dr Julio Quevedo Sr RC Sport Scale Soaring sailplane events kicked off Monday June 22 scale static judging Five models showed up competition Flying followed next day between 700 am 1200 noon time slot shared hand-launch flown concurrently coordination assigned sailplane RC frequencies field condition less ideal scale event surface rough grass cut short Scale officials eased pain mowing adequate takeoff area Although surface rough no difficulty ROGs ground take off landing area mowed contestants given allowances landing maneuver also allowed mber 1992 47 Left Reporter Terry Edmonds ASW-20first place RC Sport Scale Soaring Right Chris Bovaiss WW Il-era BV-40 fighter glider finished second RC Sport Scale Soaring machine gun can seen just below wing root Left Martin McCartney Braintree MA DG1O1G Right Stan Alexander Sailplane Sport Scale Event Director left presents Chris Bovais Alexandria VA NASA Flight Achievement Award BV-40 Left Larry Jolly Westminster CA 7-year-old Flinger Hand-Launch Sailplane wing tip broke off first round after repairs model won event Center Joe Wurts Valencia CA took second place Hand-Launched Sailplane original V-tail model Right Richard Roekie Bedford NH Schommer Lawn Dart placed third hand-launch Model features fiberglass fuselage slip-on nose cone remove wheel doors penalty Contestants took stride joke like full-scale plane landing field tall weeds Clear weather appeared event between cold cloudy rainy days wind light first round picked up 15 20 mph later morning models capable handling wind however because repeated time spent traveling upwind proper maneuver placement some difficulty having enough altitude complete maneuver schedule Chris Bovais entered unique German Blohm & Voss 40 BV-40 fighter glider WW II glider designed armament intended attack Allied bomber formations dive Documentation glider hard come Chris get some Smithsonian Chris scratch-built model 30% scale 94-in wingspan model weighs 13 lb construction foam covered obechi including fuselage Chris built model two weeks test-flew day before Nationals competition design lends itself aggressive maneuver routine Chris flew loops rolls split-esses etc crowds delight very rapidly because high sink rate design has aerodynamics bus Chris received second-highest static flying scores overall secondplace finish also awarded welldeserved Flight Achievement Award given National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA reporter Terry Edmonds won event 1/4-scale ASW-20the third Nationals win row sailplane ASW-20 all-fiberglass German model finished automotive acrylic lacquer flies realistically year received both highest static flying scores year have added detailing improve static score Martin McCartney entered nice DG1O1G model has Viking Models fuselage built-up flying surfaces finish lacquer film-covered wings Martins first landing slightly rough damaged retract gear forced him fly remainder contest gear up resulting scoring penalty placed him lower would have otherwise rules allow competitor change maneuver routine between rounds 48 Model Aviation e Blayne Roger Chastain Tekoa Center Design show new Two-Meter Unlimited class Shadow sailpianes h Upper left William Miller flew Weston Aerodesign Booger Two-Meter class Kevlar-reinforced construction keeps weight 27 oz Lower left Eastern America F3B team L-R Dave Garwood Tony Matyl Terry Luckenbach Mike Lachowski Terry Edmonds Steve Syrotiak Dennis Phelan Mike Fritz Right Southern California F3B team L-R Larry Jolly Skip Miller Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Daryl Perkins Joe Wurts Several contestants doing try improve flying score sign RC Sport Scale Soaring maturing flying event third year new RC Sport Scale Soaring rules have effect can hardly say have brought about large increase scale activity however have broadened range glider designs can competitive BV-40 did exceptionally well would have possible under old rules fact Chris says new rules what inspired him build BV-40 Hand-Launched Sailplane scheduled have two half-days flying Tuesday Wednesday mornings task six attempts five official flights tenminute slot two-minute max Fourteen strong arms fly event Pete Carr Soaring Event Director called pilots meeting 700 am Tuesday did day Tuesday frequencies shared Scale Sailplane events being flown concurrently same site As result two rounds hand launch could flown before noon frequencies relinqaished other Nationals RC events Wednesday morning saw steady rain beginning scheduled pilots meeting time After several hours rain Nationals mber 1992 49 Above Joe Wurts won first place perfect scores both Two-Meter Standard classes new Whisper Airtronics Specialty Division Below Whisper has detachable tail surfaces easy transport single bolt retains both stab fin Above left Enrique Mertins Guatemala shows seventh-place trophy Standard class Above Julio Quevedo also Guatemala used European-style transmitter tray Although rarely seen commonly used other countries Lower left Tom Kiesling Waltham MA placed third Two-Meter Tree Dancer 1 Left Two members first USA F3B team Dale Nutter Tulsa Oklahoma Skip Miller Boulder Colorado Dale flying Duck Skip flew Comet 89T 92 Nationals Right F3B workers L-R Mike Tadman Alton Ryder Cindy Massmann Bob Massmann Pete Carr Bob Ripley Ed Hall officials gave okay hand-launch entrants fly indoors using base hangar practice Hand-launchers great time never flown RC gliders indoors Interestingly some free flight hand-launched gliders appeared achieving better times RCers As Murphys Law would predict rain stopped early afternoonjust frequencies again given up wanting give Mother Nature Pete Carr cleverly arranged have event moved off base completion moved off base out stateto Pioneer Valley Radio Control Club field Connecticut large beautiful sod farm site perfect hand-launch About time official flying commenced PVRCC field weather improved sun peeking through very light wind allowing three rounds flown Larry Jolly won event normalized perfect score strategy predict good air would waste first launch test air work thermal downwind minute go back upwind try find next bubble have timer count him down two-minute precision catch model relaunch back thermal observed Joe Wurts using similar technique third round achieve total 901 minutes 10-minute slot Larry flew stock 60-in-span Flinger weighing 12 oz Futaba S33 servos Joe Wurts finished close second all-composite fiberglass-and-foam model 387 airfoil Airtronics 501 servos 13 oz weight Richard Roekle came third glass fuse balsa-overfoam 7032-wing model weighing 127 oz using Kyosho KSI0 servos F3B years event probably best-ever Nationals F3B contest primarily 50 Model Aviation e Junior competitors California Emmett EickenhorstlJolly Westminster Ryan George Dinuba Ricky Rohifing San Jose L Left Junior flier Hector Maya right receives trophy Soaring Event Director Pete Carr center NSS President Bob Massmann Right Senior class fliers Michael Di Giacomia Blayne Chastain Jason George LeTt Daryl Perkins placed 3rd Standard Unlimited Falcon 800 Right Guatemalan team members Julio Quevedo Wilfredo Alvarado Peter Wagner Javier Sanchez Evelyn Mertins Enrique Mertins Jurgen Vogel because entire day Friday devoted past because F3B shared day other events time rounds 12 entries flying three complete rounds duration distance speed completed weather excellent clear skies light winds Several notable F3B fliers competed including Joe Wurts current F3B World Champion entire 1991 USA F3B team Skip Miller 1977 F3B World Champion Also competing Dale Nutter like Skip Miller mem ber USA team ever win F3B World Team title Almost competitors flying true F3B models variations FAI rules winches measured compliance specified electrical characteristics competitors could either use own winches AMA-provided winches Southern California team restrung AMA winches 150-lb-test monofilament line Joe Wurts proved everyone F3B World Champion putting mber 1992 51 Probes strong carbon fiber wing doesnt flex much zoom Its fliers must nail landing spot Jason George Sultana CA took 1st Senior Standard class 100-in Legend Models stock-length intermediate wing panels shortened fit class Terry Luckenbach Bethlehem PA flew Aerotek Probe fuselage fiberglass Kevlar has kits Left Rick Lake Two-Meter Standard class Ducks Right Digital Equipment Corp Unlimited class team met through electronic bulletin board L-R James Friedrichs James Reith Kay Fisher Anker Berg-Sonne Left Duration event workers Bob Massmann inOy Massmann uranger rete I-Iorenxlno erina IewrI rt iarr Bill Wegman Alton Ryder Right Tony Matyi flew Aerotek 114-scale ASW-20 Unlimited class Stewart Swanson Harrisburg PA Anorexia pod-and-boom model has 118-in wingspan weighs 48 oz AMAs winch wagon hauled winches batteries retrievers battery chargers generator other vital stuff Mike Lachowski Milford NJ flew original-design model both F3B Unlimited classes Skip Miller second place Unlimited Legend replaced nylon wing bolt steel avoid losing landing points wing popped off perfect 9000 score flying F3B Eagle backup model World Champs last year features RGl5 airfoil blue foam unidirectional carbon fiber/fiberglass vacuum-bagged wings stock fuselage Muller 14mm carbon fiber joiner Airtronics Infinity 1000 radio model weighs 90 oz can hold up four pounds ballast Joe flew speed two pounds ballast flew distance duration dry Daryl Perkins placed second F3B Eagle constructed differently Joes has 7003-hollow-core molded wings hollow molded stabs done Mark Allen weighs 96 oz Daryl ballasting additional two three pounds speed Larry Jolly flew three-meter Muller Comet 891 Larry cut turn speed still managed place third case didnt notice same order finish three guys 91 World Champs Now thats consistencybut importantly its teamwork what F3B about Dennis Phelan came up novel way form F3B teamby advertising some months ahead gathering Nationals F3B team idea worked because Eastern America team largest team Nationals Two-Meter It rained during 700 am pilots meeting Saturday hut rain stopped 800 weather quickly changed good lift developed early round Excellent conditions prevailed until early round three thunderstorm moved contest halted couple hours steady downpour Conditions varied sunshine sprinkles fickle weather made three rounds Two-Meter task 69 entries seven-minute duration L6 Graduated Runway landing Peter Can changed landing out because manpower shortage made some tight scores necessitated three flyoffs trophy positions Joe Wurts won Whisper unusual see Joe flying wood airplane however strong wood airplane launches just hard composites Ryan George won Junior Two-Meter also used Whisper Whisper has three-piece wing Ryan larger center wing panel used later Standard class flyoff developed second place between Larry Jolly Tom Kiesling Jolly winning Larry flying eight-year-old V-tail Icarus 205 Tom flying original Tree Dancer fourth-place flyoff between Ron Stanfield Dale Nutter Stanfield won Yet another flyoff between Chris Ordzie Terry Edmonds tenth place Edmonds winning Flyoffs twominute precision measured spot Blayne Chastain won Senior class new Two-Meter Shadow Standard class weather Sunday about perfect can get RC soaringlight variable winds moderate temperatures abundant lift obvious would need nearperfect score place weather conditions model could have received near-perfect scoreit up pilot make difference Hidden pitfalls snared number competitors usual amount wing breaks occurred launch Several occurred two-meter got worse class size got bigger Guys under estimating power Rahm winches Additionally batteries being continuously charged generator probably made hotter usual Another trap some unsuspecting pilots landing spots small steppe Since wind direction variable might coming spot different directions different times therefore might coming uphill downhill can deceiving youre used landing level field Four full rounds Standard class flown score point away perfect could forget about placing top three Joe Wurts won again perfect score used same Whisper model flew two-meter class Larry Jolly Daryl Perkins both point away perfect score flew off second place Larry won Larry flew Pantera Daryl Falcon 800 another flyoff fifth place between Mike Lachowski Ben Matsumoto Mike winning Emmett EickenhorstlJolly won Junior class obvious talking him proud following Larrys footsteps Jason George won Senior class Unlimited last event flown Monday 29th fact Unlimited Nationals event left air base seemed otherwise deserted modelers Pete Can taking lot heat because bunched-up scores flyoffs called measured spot used Winches restrnng allnew 200-lb-test line try prevent big ships breaking line total 77 pilots turned out event pilots meeting announced three rounds Un limited would flown everyone could get early start home weather carbon copy day before except lift did develop early first pilots called up really scratch Some maxed some didnt 52 Model Aviation ER HEAVEN can probably guess wononly time Joe win flyoff flight against Skip Miller honor measured spot two ties Daryl Perkins Mike Lachowski flew off third Daryl winning Joe Wurts flew special vacuum-bagged Falcon 880 flat tips Skip Miller flying stock Legend Daryl Perkins flying Falcon 800 Ryan George won Junior Jason George won Senior Teny Luckenbach flew high-tech unlimited plane called Probe has carbon fiber/Rohacell sandwich 214 airfoil wing hollow core has no spar made top bottom molds joined together wing joiner aircraft-grade aluminum tube ballasting joiner replaced steel rod Probes sale direct Terry Luckenbach Blayne Chastain flew 118-in Shadow father Roger have developed kitting developed design over several years com petition wing sparless obechi sheeted foam core reinforced carbon fiber fiberglass kit features prefab builder-friendly bagging technique kits quality looks very good reasonably priced Its always good see new competition kits available because helps promote sport have read far suspense over won Lee Renaud Overall Award Hi Johnson High Point Award Joe Wurts made clean sweep duration events Southern California team Joe Wurts Daryl Perkins Larry Jolly won Dan Pruss Team Award Its really unusual individual team take majority awards Nationals However no before Joe Wurts has F3B World Champion Nationals Champion Joes accomplishments unparalleled sport RC Soaring Hats offtoyouJoe Spuod8y IAN CITY RADIO NEW LARGER LOCATION Double Lest Veers Specel 25000 SO FT ROOM FOR 200 TABLES SUNDAY SHERIDAN OCTOBER 11 CENTER AM. tOO PM TABLE FEE JIM TESEN 313 4794328 November1992 53 CONGRATULATIONS Nationals winners THANKS made possible See 1993 favorite pastime job fulitime