P1on Racing L% venerable AT-6 doing what does best DYJV trio come around No1 pylon 1976 Reno Air Races Special event AT-6s QUITE FEW Formula pi lots Southern California seem un happy way scale judging being accomplished various races According 1976-77 AMA rule book aircraft should lined up wing tip wing tip judged descending order California judges splitting aircraft four groups through four Number starts first number two second etc Obviously heat comes up two aircraft same handicap number have re sort toss coin Scale judging unfortunately task must accomplished rather short period time Mostly judging fair have noticed though same airplane contest will award handicap another will award two handicap time saw three would make wonder people doing judging familiar various Formula aircraft intent fidelity-to-scale rule keep aircraft becoming thingies like FAI Formula II todays Formula aircraft stretching fidelity rule breaking point full-scale Formula aircraft see different size cheek cowls same plane super skinny wheels canopy pilot can see out Maybe time go back three-view check airplanes outline look full-scale planes hard see panel lines 10 feet models can see mock panel lines easily 10 feet Also some simulated rivets models would -inch diameter full scale yet models continually pull best handicap scores am soap box think time considered going back 12% 20% nitro fuel Just think much longer glow plugs engine would last uncommon now see sev eral engines blown weekend racing Glow plugs good race prices plugs days prices engines would help ol pockbook use milder fuel fact fuel itself would considerably less expensive day comes have run mufflers Formula becomes whole new ball game fuel anyway Imagine what would happen lean run high nitro muf fler Ouch hope above comments will stir some thinking guys out Formula land THE BIG ONES attended Reno Air Races September yearand what show Unfortunately F8F Bearcats did make races year RB51 Griffin engine pull out championship race fourth lap McClain able repeat Mojave race win fact four fastest 51s did finish championship race Lefty Gardner won stock P-5 1 Darryl Greenamyer finished second stock P-5 1 Howie Keefe racing-type P-5 1 left race finished third Ray Cote allowed race cause disqualification Mojave due illegal carburetor Air Race Committee comes down pretty hard infractions rules Ray probably wont allowed race until 1978 left field open Vince DeLuca Judy Wagner Formula Judy Wagner Wagner Solution modified Shoestring ran away Formula race Saturday championship race Sunday back off settle fourth believe pushed too hard Saturday because plane trailing quite bit smoke Sunday Don Beck did usual superb performcontinued page 81 20 Model Aviation Above 1 16-year-old Formula 1 racer Kirk Cirillo gets down earth check engine Left Quickie 500 Trophy winners NCRCC Ito R Burt Williams 2 Art Simmonds 1 Bob Davis 3 Starting Quickie 500 heat NCRCCI foreground Paul Senyk Peanut Blow holding hind Larry Weddle Bob Barkowski holding three pix Sven Corsak RC Pylon Racing/Lane continued page 20 ance Sorceress Racing Bi plane event Pat Hines right tail Sun Dancer AT-6/SNJ races exciting ever planes pilots really put show planes evenly matched ends up willing fly lowest closest pylons being winner fortunate enough able work #1 pylon Vein Bolt #1 pylon common pylon classes racing same pylon Washburn hit last year pilots gave #1 little room time incident Racing Biplane ground-looped takeoff during quali fying round Fridayno injuries pilot plane almost totaled overall show Reno really some thing see start days events last race always something going Confederate Air Force put Tora Tora Tora made think December 7th 1941 over again use beautiful B-17 P-39 P40 have restored almost perfect condition Zeros revamped AT-6s look like Zeros used movie Tora Tora Tora Thats nowgo fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 136th Hawthorne CA 90250 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 21 flown Super-Baby before decided set up per instructions used MRC Webra 40 front rotor speed Kavan carburetor Semco 202 BCT muffler 18M adapter EK Logictrol singlestick Super Pro radio customized Calvin Wollitz Jacksonville FL radio transmitter has dual rate fore aft roll cyclic must competitive flying about later main rotor tail rotor blades covered balanced per instruc tions Tail rotor disc kept 8 inches diameter set plus 7 degrees Upon rotating main rotor blades ap parent rear cyclic command main tail rotor blades would come contacta circumstance dont want think about Nothing said about instructions Several things cause happen First M/R blades longer usual collective head longer making larger M/R disc short en M/R blades 3/4 inch make clear tail rotor Everything else set up per instructions use starting belts Heli-Babies Super-Baby caused real January 1977 81
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 20, 81
P1on Racing L% venerable AT-6 doing what does best DYJV trio come around No1 pylon 1976 Reno Air Races Special event AT-6s QUITE FEW Formula pi lots Southern California seem un happy way scale judging being accomplished various races According 1976-77 AMA rule book aircraft should lined up wing tip wing tip judged descending order California judges splitting aircraft four groups through four Number starts first number two second etc Obviously heat comes up two aircraft same handicap number have re sort toss coin Scale judging unfortunately task must accomplished rather short period time Mostly judging fair have noticed though same airplane contest will award handicap another will award two handicap time saw three would make wonder people doing judging familiar various Formula aircraft intent fidelity-to-scale rule keep aircraft becoming thingies like FAI Formula II todays Formula aircraft stretching fidelity rule breaking point full-scale Formula aircraft see different size cheek cowls same plane super skinny wheels canopy pilot can see out Maybe time go back three-view check airplanes outline look full-scale planes hard see panel lines 10 feet models can see mock panel lines easily 10 feet Also some simulated rivets models would -inch diameter full scale yet models continually pull best handicap scores am soap box think time considered going back 12% 20% nitro fuel Just think much longer glow plugs engine would last uncommon now see sev eral engines blown weekend racing Glow plugs good race prices plugs days prices engines would help ol pockbook use milder fuel fact fuel itself would considerably less expensive day comes have run mufflers Formula becomes whole new ball game fuel anyway Imagine what would happen lean run high nitro muf fler Ouch hope above comments will stir some thinking guys out Formula land THE BIG ONES attended Reno Air Races September yearand what show Unfortunately F8F Bearcats did make races year RB51 Griffin engine pull out championship race fourth lap McClain able repeat Mojave race win fact four fastest 51s did finish championship race Lefty Gardner won stock P-5 1 Darryl Greenamyer finished second stock P-5 1 Howie Keefe racing-type P-5 1 left race finished third Ray Cote allowed race cause disqualification Mojave due illegal carburetor Air Race Committee comes down pretty hard infractions rules Ray probably wont allowed race until 1978 left field open Vince DeLuca Judy Wagner Formula Judy Wagner Wagner Solution modified Shoestring ran away Formula race Saturday championship race Sunday back off settle fourth believe pushed too hard Saturday because plane trailing quite bit smoke Sunday Don Beck did usual superb performcontinued page 81 20 Model Aviation Above 1 16-year-old Formula 1 racer Kirk Cirillo gets down earth check engine Left Quickie 500 Trophy winners NCRCC Ito R Burt Williams 2 Art Simmonds 1 Bob Davis 3 Starting Quickie 500 heat NCRCCI foreground Paul Senyk Peanut Blow holding hind Larry Weddle Bob Barkowski holding three pix Sven Corsak RC Pylon Racing/Lane continued page 20 ance Sorceress Racing Bi plane event Pat Hines right tail Sun Dancer AT-6/SNJ races exciting ever planes pilots really put show planes evenly matched ends up willing fly lowest closest pylons being winner fortunate enough able work #1 pylon Vein Bolt #1 pylon common pylon classes racing same pylon Washburn hit last year pilots gave #1 little room time incident Racing Biplane ground-looped takeoff during quali fying round Fridayno injuries pilot plane almost totaled overall show Reno really some thing see start days events last race always something going Confederate Air Force put Tora Tora Tora made think December 7th 1941 over again use beautiful B-17 P-39 P40 have restored almost perfect condition Zeros revamped AT-6s look like Zeros used movie Tora Tora Tora Thats nowgo fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 136th Hawthorne CA 90250 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 21 flown Super-Baby before decided set up per instructions used MRC Webra 40 front rotor speed Kavan carburetor Semco 202 BCT muffler 18M adapter EK Logictrol singlestick Super Pro radio customized Calvin Wollitz Jacksonville FL radio transmitter has dual rate fore aft roll cyclic must competitive flying about later main rotor tail rotor blades covered balanced per instruc tions Tail rotor disc kept 8 inches diameter set plus 7 degrees Upon rotating main rotor blades ap parent rear cyclic command main tail rotor blades would come contacta circumstance dont want think about Nothing said about instructions Several things cause happen First M/R blades longer usual collective head longer making larger M/R disc short en M/R blades 3/4 inch make clear tail rotor Everything else set up per instructions use starting belts Heli-Babies Super-Baby caused real January 1977 81