I Pylon Racing 0 Dave Lane Name B Brogden T Prather B Smith E Hotelling T Christopher R Raymond T Sato R Awe J Stafford R Kime EXPERT CLASS Total PlacePoints 1st24 2nd24 3rd24 4th22 5th22 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Fast Time 1 1800 1 1610 1 1823 1 1946 12 134 2412255 2313176 2113276 2012810 2012916 THE BAKERSFIELD Formula race advertised year Bakers field International Pylon Races truly international affair entries Japan Mexico Canada four entries Expert Japan three Mexico Standard class Japan three Mexico 15 Canada US accounted rest 108 entries nine states represented Expert four states Standard race getting bigger year hope Barks Inc Bakersfield able maintain outstanding effort future Bakersfield race world modeling Cleveland Air Races world full-scale air racing Ann Redwine husband Wes did usually fabulous job running great race have 53 entered Expert 55 Standard takes bit effort coordinate loose ends Bet ty Stream Bev Wisniewski provided labor setting up heats girls posted standings minutes after heats completed Dick Sonhiem manned PA system kept everybody informed what going first heat got off before 830 am Saturday much said doing scale handicapping night before race begins have such large number contestants judging accomplished same way NMPRA championships planes grouped 1 4 rather trying determine best least 1 53 Expert 1 55 Standard As can guess contes tants flip coin see got off line first due ties handicaps end racing Saturday six-way tie first place Expert 3 heats three-way tie Standard competition getting better time Yoshihiko Murahami Japan Ed Hotelling Bob Smith Tom Chris topher Terry Prather California Bob Brogden Georgia Experts tied first Tad Sato Joe Stream Rex Raymond California Standard pilots tied first official racing over Sunday six heats total Experts involved three-way tie first Bob Brogden Bob Smith Terry Prather Tom Christopher Ed Hotelling tied fourth Pete Reed Jerry Boyce tied seventh Mike Atzei Walt Reiss tied ninth Bob Smith lost rudder Prather Toni Terry Prather flamed out eighth lap Bob Brogden took home Continued page 90 September1977 21 Timing recorder built Barks club used Bakersfield mula 1 International Pylon Races gives times hundreds second No arguments pictures Bakersfield meet Walking off first-place hardware Expert Bob Brogden perfect score six rounds plus fly-off Rex Raymond accepting firstplace trophy awarded Standard Kent Nogys Brown Bag Racer powered new K&B Schnuerle right contest director Ann Redwine managed great meetfrontrotor engine 53 Expert entries 55 Standard STANDARD CLASS SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come youre interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add 550 1st Class mail returnl AU I/C Urn 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 rolling left would hampered adverse yaw rolling maneuvers performed right results would identical airplane set up aileron differential ma neuvers pilots dont have choice way roll during takeoff landing since rolling motion dur ing maneuvers gentle effect adverse yaw would negligible during left-hand takeoff landing traffic pat terns pilot performs rolling ma neuvers left everything said valid swap left right above paragraph Great idea received nice letter Ken Gray Austin Texas Ken responding review Astro Flight RC System Analyzer-Rapid Charger Ken would like use rapid charge feature taba system advised against Futaba because transmitter uses slowcharge-rate batteries though re ceiver uses high-rate ones Ken wanted know tried unit Futaba radio havent experience Fu taba radios cant comment use rapid charge feature radio question brings up very impor tant point wouldnt very profound observe nickel cadmium batteries same some fliers may realize just much different can basically three charge rates associated nickel cadmium batteries normal charge batteries charged 10-14 hours rate consistent capacity 500 milliampere-hour cells 50 milliamperes quick charge batteries charged 3-5 hours fast charge batteries require about hour Most older radios use normal charge batteries newer radios use quick charge bat teries dont know radios use fast charge batteries view above may well ask rapid charger unit can used charge batteries 15 minutes Most nickel cadmium batteries can charged rate much higher cells rated foruntil become fully charged charged high rate after become fully charged cells will damaged battery manu facturers understand people dont carefully monitor charge condi tion batteries Consequently batteries rated what manufac turers call maximum overcharge ratethe rate batteries can tolerate long after become fully charged high quality rapid chargers able overcome battery limitations monitor ing battery voltage shutting off fully charged condition reached also received letter Grep Kal lemeyn graduate student geo chemistry geophysics UCLA wrote response problem soaking engine parts rubbing alcohol May 1977 ModelAviation According Greg Household rubbing alcohol con tains approximately 70% isopropyl alcohol 30% water Thus soaking metal parts two weeks will have same re sults soaking water two weeks will oxidize corrode Actual ly isopropyl alcohol isnt very good sol product review product review product review vent use Denatured ethyl alcohol etha nol much better contains ap proximately 5% water Still parts should soaked much shorter periods time Paint lacquer thinners pe troleum distillates mix water therefore dont have above prob lems parts soaked Thanks good information Greg Still another letter received Henry Buchanan Anchorage Alaska took task mentioning people up north put up radio gear November March After thinking about owe apology hardy fliers fly radio-controlled air planes year long born raised Rochester New York theres part country gets snow Id hate visit does Unfortunately cant stand cold weather did put up radio gear winter living up north According letter Anchorage have best flying conditions winter bright sunshiny days smooth air snow snow cleaner fly easier beginner fly easier airplanes tip over time fed up snow skiis time fly dirt wheels time fed up dirt wheels time snow skiis ends up about six months would funny see Phoenix 6s Dirty Birdys Mach ls etc built conventional gear airplanes because trike skiis dont work too well Winter build ing time because can fly until about 230 pm summer differ ent can fly until 1100 pm night Thanks Henry Buchanan look another fascinating aspect great hobby Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shahmar FL 32579 NEXT U MONTH THE TENTH WORLD CHPMPIONSHIPS FOR RIC AEROBATICS Join Ron VanPutte talks men machines flying An 8page report words pictures RC Pylon/Lane continued page 21 first-place hardware Bob leading race way Terry flamed out Tom Christopher cut fly-off Ed Hotelling able cruise race fourth Boyce Atzei won heats handily seventh ninth re spectively Terry Prather won fast time perpet ual trophy third time gets 90 Model Aviation product review product review product review Ultimate Dragmaster Honored FFS top A12 1976 exceptionally easy build high-performance Nordic Span 79 parts machine cut Deluxe kit avail able mail order overseas customers write international prices $2250 cludes US shipping Partial kit plans strip woodgood back-up re placement model$125O RN Enterprises 3255 NW Crocicer Lane Albany OR 97321 lZeef DUBRO KWIK- HINGE SLOTTER FOR LARGE AND SMALL HINGES THE ONLY UNIVERSAL SLOTTING HOLETOOL THAT NOT ONLY CENTERS CENTERINGBUT GUIDES YOUR BLADE FOR CatHINGESPERFECTLY ALIGNED HINGE GUIDEFOR OTS EVERY TIMEI black oxided hardened steel 216blades fit neatly no 2 x-acto knife handle work conjunction handy alignment jig features 3 interchangeable snap-on BLADE ANDguides Two large small leaf onlyLARGE HINGES dard size holes match type GUIDE FOR hinges drilling 3 stan 195I-hinge choose use BALSA PICKER PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA keep Terrys fast time year 1 16 10 Rex Raymond went win Stan dard Class perfect score 24 points six heats Rex 71 years young Rex fast time 12255 bad Standard Class guess will see Rex Expert Class now onhis time fastest Standard week end Yoshihiko Murahami put Prather Toni through number-three pylon fourth round Sunday morning Upon inspecting pylon after impact Ron Schore Barks contest management decided pylons will have con structed sturdier material Toni went through 3/S plywood side pylon through plywood opposite side pylon future pylons will constructed ood impact side /2 plywood other side canvas bag hung inside pylon incident brought light fact pylons afford protection necessary pylon-cut judges ad dition stronger pylons con sidering some sort body protection pylon workers protection could either flak type vest used mili tary baseball catchers chest protector NMPRA districts should check equipment sure ade quate protection workers product review product review product review Pneumatic Disc Brake TaxiMaster air op erated disc brake system comprises two basic parts disc hub engages spokes 2W larger 6-spoke wheels backing platea shallow air cylinder dual ring piston cork face Piston geared cylinder prevent rotation cylinder se cures 5/32 axle lock screw sembled axle pushed together cylind er filled piston reducing air consump tion line control valve pneumatic retracts used Sonic supply tank fill valve required Provides positive stopping power planes up 15 lbs though 2 units main gear recommended weights over 8 lbs Price $1595 Sonic Supply Tank $315 fill valve $490 Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 product review product review product review everybody good time plenty excitement racing year Bakersfield hope have another good next year Dave Lane 4477 1 36th Hawthorne CA 902S0 RC Scale/Wischers continued page 20 age contrast maximum effectiveness usual clear plastic face over instru ment can omitted things panels other instruments photos very use ful also data precise locations sizes such things knobs switches can photographed same fo cus setting used instruments Measurements taken photos will assure detail proper size Nothing destroys scale effectiveness like switches obviously over under size Choosing subject selecting subject scale modeler faced important decisions trainer built kit can constructed short time will bring almost certain success Chances suc cess experienced flier kitbuilt scale model also good better wise selection subject September1977 91
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/09
Page Numbers: 21, 90, 91
I Pylon Racing 0 Dave Lane Name B Brogden T Prather B Smith E Hotelling T Christopher R Raymond T Sato R Awe J Stafford R Kime EXPERT CLASS Total PlacePoints 1st24 2nd24 3rd24 4th22 5th22 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Fast Time 1 1800 1 1610 1 1823 1 1946 12 134 2412255 2313176 2113276 2012810 2012916 THE BAKERSFIELD Formula race advertised year Bakers field International Pylon Races truly international affair entries Japan Mexico Canada four entries Expert Japan three Mexico Standard class Japan three Mexico 15 Canada US accounted rest 108 entries nine states represented Expert four states Standard race getting bigger year hope Barks Inc Bakersfield able maintain outstanding effort future Bakersfield race world modeling Cleveland Air Races world full-scale air racing Ann Redwine husband Wes did usually fabulous job running great race have 53 entered Expert 55 Standard takes bit effort coordinate loose ends Bet ty Stream Bev Wisniewski provided labor setting up heats girls posted standings minutes after heats completed Dick Sonhiem manned PA system kept everybody informed what going first heat got off before 830 am Saturday much said doing scale handicapping night before race begins have such large number contestants judging accomplished same way NMPRA championships planes grouped 1 4 rather trying determine best least 1 53 Expert 1 55 Standard As can guess contes tants flip coin see got off line first due ties handicaps end racing Saturday six-way tie first place Expert 3 heats three-way tie Standard competition getting better time Yoshihiko Murahami Japan Ed Hotelling Bob Smith Tom Chris topher Terry Prather California Bob Brogden Georgia Experts tied first Tad Sato Joe Stream Rex Raymond California Standard pilots tied first official racing over Sunday six heats total Experts involved three-way tie first Bob Brogden Bob Smith Terry Prather Tom Christopher Ed Hotelling tied fourth Pete Reed Jerry Boyce tied seventh Mike Atzei Walt Reiss tied ninth Bob Smith lost rudder Prather Toni Terry Prather flamed out eighth lap Bob Brogden took home Continued page 90 September1977 21 Timing recorder built Barks club used Bakersfield mula 1 International Pylon Races gives times hundreds second No arguments pictures Bakersfield meet Walking off first-place hardware Expert Bob Brogden perfect score six rounds plus fly-off Rex Raymond accepting firstplace trophy awarded Standard Kent Nogys Brown Bag Racer powered new K&B Schnuerle right contest director Ann Redwine managed great meetfrontrotor engine 53 Expert entries 55 Standard STANDARD CLASS SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come youre interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add 550 1st Class mail returnl AU I/C Urn 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 rolling left would hampered adverse yaw rolling maneuvers performed right results would identical airplane set up aileron differential ma neuvers pilots dont have choice way roll during takeoff landing since rolling motion dur ing maneuvers gentle effect adverse yaw would negligible during left-hand takeoff landing traffic pat terns pilot performs rolling ma neuvers left everything said valid swap left right above paragraph Great idea received nice letter Ken Gray Austin Texas Ken responding review Astro Flight RC System Analyzer-Rapid Charger Ken would like use rapid charge feature taba system advised against Futaba because transmitter uses slowcharge-rate batteries though re ceiver uses high-rate ones Ken wanted know tried unit Futaba radio havent experience Fu taba radios cant comment use rapid charge feature radio question brings up very impor tant point wouldnt very profound observe nickel cadmium batteries same some fliers may realize just much different can basically three charge rates associated nickel cadmium batteries normal charge batteries charged 10-14 hours rate consistent capacity 500 milliampere-hour cells 50 milliamperes quick charge batteries charged 3-5 hours fast charge batteries require about hour Most older radios use normal charge batteries newer radios use quick charge bat teries dont know radios use fast charge batteries view above may well ask rapid charger unit can used charge batteries 15 minutes Most nickel cadmium batteries can charged rate much higher cells rated foruntil become fully charged charged high rate after become fully charged cells will damaged battery manu facturers understand people dont carefully monitor charge condi tion batteries Consequently batteries rated what manufac turers call maximum overcharge ratethe rate batteries can tolerate long after become fully charged high quality rapid chargers able overcome battery limitations monitor ing battery voltage shutting off fully charged condition reached also received letter Grep Kal lemeyn graduate student geo chemistry geophysics UCLA wrote response problem soaking engine parts rubbing alcohol May 1977 ModelAviation According Greg Household rubbing alcohol con tains approximately 70% isopropyl alcohol 30% water Thus soaking metal parts two weeks will have same re sults soaking water two weeks will oxidize corrode Actual ly isopropyl alcohol isnt very good sol product review product review product review vent use Denatured ethyl alcohol etha nol much better contains ap proximately 5% water Still parts should soaked much shorter periods time Paint lacquer thinners pe troleum distillates mix water therefore dont have above prob lems parts soaked Thanks good information Greg Still another letter received Henry Buchanan Anchorage Alaska took task mentioning people up north put up radio gear November March After thinking about owe apology hardy fliers fly radio-controlled air planes year long born raised Rochester New York theres part country gets snow Id hate visit does Unfortunately cant stand cold weather did put up radio gear winter living up north According letter Anchorage have best flying conditions winter bright sunshiny days smooth air snow snow cleaner fly easier beginner fly easier airplanes tip over time fed up snow skiis time fly dirt wheels time fed up dirt wheels time snow skiis ends up about six months would funny see Phoenix 6s Dirty Birdys Mach ls etc built conventional gear airplanes because trike skiis dont work too well Winter build ing time because can fly until about 230 pm summer differ ent can fly until 1100 pm night Thanks Henry Buchanan look another fascinating aspect great hobby Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shahmar FL 32579 NEXT U MONTH THE TENTH WORLD CHPMPIONSHIPS FOR RIC AEROBATICS Join Ron VanPutte talks men machines flying An 8page report words pictures RC Pylon/Lane continued page 21 first-place hardware Bob leading race way Terry flamed out Tom Christopher cut fly-off Ed Hotelling able cruise race fourth Boyce Atzei won heats handily seventh ninth re spectively Terry Prather won fast time perpet ual trophy third time gets 90 Model Aviation product review product review product review Ultimate Dragmaster Honored FFS top A12 1976 exceptionally easy build high-performance Nordic Span 79 parts machine cut Deluxe kit avail able mail order overseas customers write international prices $2250 cludes US shipping Partial kit plans strip woodgood back-up re placement model$125O RN Enterprises 3255 NW Crocicer Lane Albany OR 97321 lZeef DUBRO KWIK- HINGE SLOTTER FOR LARGE AND SMALL HINGES THE ONLY UNIVERSAL SLOTTING HOLETOOL THAT NOT ONLY CENTERS CENTERINGBUT GUIDES YOUR BLADE FOR CatHINGESPERFECTLY ALIGNED HINGE GUIDEFOR OTS EVERY TIMEI black oxided hardened steel 216blades fit neatly no 2 x-acto knife handle work conjunction handy alignment jig features 3 interchangeable snap-on BLADE ANDguides Two large small leaf onlyLARGE HINGES dard size holes match type GUIDE FOR hinges drilling 3 stan 195I-hinge choose use BALSA PICKER PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA keep Terrys fast time year 1 16 10 Rex Raymond went win Stan dard Class perfect score 24 points six heats Rex 71 years young Rex fast time 12255 bad Standard Class guess will see Rex Expert Class now onhis time fastest Standard week end Yoshihiko Murahami put Prather Toni through number-three pylon fourth round Sunday morning Upon inspecting pylon after impact Ron Schore Barks contest management decided pylons will have con structed sturdier material Toni went through 3/S plywood side pylon through plywood opposite side pylon future pylons will constructed ood impact side /2 plywood other side canvas bag hung inside pylon incident brought light fact pylons afford protection necessary pylon-cut judges ad dition stronger pylons con sidering some sort body protection pylon workers protection could either flak type vest used mili tary baseball catchers chest protector NMPRA districts should check equipment sure ade quate protection workers product review product review product review Pneumatic Disc Brake TaxiMaster air op erated disc brake system comprises two basic parts disc hub engages spokes 2W larger 6-spoke wheels backing platea shallow air cylinder dual ring piston cork face Piston geared cylinder prevent rotation cylinder se cures 5/32 axle lock screw sembled axle pushed together cylind er filled piston reducing air consump tion line control valve pneumatic retracts used Sonic supply tank fill valve required Provides positive stopping power planes up 15 lbs though 2 units main gear recommended weights over 8 lbs Price $1595 Sonic Supply Tank $315 fill valve $490 Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 product review product review product review everybody good time plenty excitement racing year Bakersfield hope have another good next year Dave Lane 4477 1 36th Hawthorne CA 902S0 RC Scale/Wischers continued page 20 age contrast maximum effectiveness usual clear plastic face over instru ment can omitted things panels other instruments photos very use ful also data precise locations sizes such things knobs switches can photographed same fo cus setting used instruments Measurements taken photos will assure detail proper size Nothing destroys scale effectiveness like switches obviously over under size Choosing subject selecting subject scale modeler faced important decisions trainer built kit can constructed short time will bring almost certain success Chances suc cess experienced flier kitbuilt scale model also good better wise selection subject September1977 91
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/09
Page Numbers: 21, 90, 91
I Pylon Racing 0 Dave Lane Name B Brogden T Prather B Smith E Hotelling T Christopher R Raymond T Sato R Awe J Stafford R Kime EXPERT CLASS Total PlacePoints 1st24 2nd24 3rd24 4th22 5th22 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Fast Time 1 1800 1 1610 1 1823 1 1946 12 134 2412255 2313176 2113276 2012810 2012916 THE BAKERSFIELD Formula race advertised year Bakers field International Pylon Races truly international affair entries Japan Mexico Canada four entries Expert Japan three Mexico Standard class Japan three Mexico 15 Canada US accounted rest 108 entries nine states represented Expert four states Standard race getting bigger year hope Barks Inc Bakersfield able maintain outstanding effort future Bakersfield race world modeling Cleveland Air Races world full-scale air racing Ann Redwine husband Wes did usually fabulous job running great race have 53 entered Expert 55 Standard takes bit effort coordinate loose ends Bet ty Stream Bev Wisniewski provided labor setting up heats girls posted standings minutes after heats completed Dick Sonhiem manned PA system kept everybody informed what going first heat got off before 830 am Saturday much said doing scale handicapping night before race begins have such large number contestants judging accomplished same way NMPRA championships planes grouped 1 4 rather trying determine best least 1 53 Expert 1 55 Standard As can guess contes tants flip coin see got off line first due ties handicaps end racing Saturday six-way tie first place Expert 3 heats three-way tie Standard competition getting better time Yoshihiko Murahami Japan Ed Hotelling Bob Smith Tom Chris topher Terry Prather California Bob Brogden Georgia Experts tied first Tad Sato Joe Stream Rex Raymond California Standard pilots tied first official racing over Sunday six heats total Experts involved three-way tie first Bob Brogden Bob Smith Terry Prather Tom Christopher Ed Hotelling tied fourth Pete Reed Jerry Boyce tied seventh Mike Atzei Walt Reiss tied ninth Bob Smith lost rudder Prather Toni Terry Prather flamed out eighth lap Bob Brogden took home Continued page 90 September1977 21 Timing recorder built Barks club used Bakersfield mula 1 International Pylon Races gives times hundreds second No arguments pictures Bakersfield meet Walking off first-place hardware Expert Bob Brogden perfect score six rounds plus fly-off Rex Raymond accepting firstplace trophy awarded Standard Kent Nogys Brown Bag Racer powered new K&B Schnuerle right contest director Ann Redwine managed great meetfrontrotor engine 53 Expert entries 55 Standard STANDARD CLASS SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come youre interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add 550 1st Class mail returnl AU I/C Urn 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 rolling left would hampered adverse yaw rolling maneuvers performed right results would identical airplane set up aileron differential ma neuvers pilots dont have choice way roll during takeoff landing since rolling motion dur ing maneuvers gentle effect adverse yaw would negligible during left-hand takeoff landing traffic pat terns pilot performs rolling ma neuvers left everything said valid swap left right above paragraph Great idea received nice letter Ken Gray Austin Texas Ken responding review Astro Flight RC System Analyzer-Rapid Charger Ken would like use rapid charge feature taba system advised against Futaba because transmitter uses slowcharge-rate batteries though re ceiver uses high-rate ones Ken wanted know tried unit Futaba radio havent experience Fu taba radios cant comment use rapid charge feature radio question brings up very impor tant point wouldnt very profound observe nickel cadmium batteries same some fliers may realize just much different can basically three charge rates associated nickel cadmium batteries normal charge batteries charged 10-14 hours rate consistent capacity 500 milliampere-hour cells 50 milliamperes quick charge batteries charged 3-5 hours fast charge batteries require about hour Most older radios use normal charge batteries newer radios use quick charge bat teries dont know radios use fast charge batteries view above may well ask rapid charger unit can used charge batteries 15 minutes Most nickel cadmium batteries can charged rate much higher cells rated foruntil become fully charged charged high rate after become fully charged cells will damaged battery manu facturers understand people dont carefully monitor charge condi tion batteries Consequently batteries rated what manufac turers call maximum overcharge ratethe rate batteries can tolerate long after become fully charged high quality rapid chargers able overcome battery limitations monitor ing battery voltage shutting off fully charged condition reached also received letter Grep Kal lemeyn graduate student geo chemistry geophysics UCLA wrote response problem soaking engine parts rubbing alcohol May 1977 ModelAviation According Greg Household rubbing alcohol con tains approximately 70% isopropyl alcohol 30% water Thus soaking metal parts two weeks will have same re sults soaking water two weeks will oxidize corrode Actual ly isopropyl alcohol isnt very good sol product review product review product review vent use Denatured ethyl alcohol etha nol much better contains ap proximately 5% water Still parts should soaked much shorter periods time Paint lacquer thinners pe troleum distillates mix water therefore dont have above prob lems parts soaked Thanks good information Greg Still another letter received Henry Buchanan Anchorage Alaska took task mentioning people up north put up radio gear November March After thinking about owe apology hardy fliers fly radio-controlled air planes year long born raised Rochester New York theres part country gets snow Id hate visit does Unfortunately cant stand cold weather did put up radio gear winter living up north According letter Anchorage have best flying conditions winter bright sunshiny days smooth air snow snow cleaner fly easier beginner fly easier airplanes tip over time fed up snow skiis time fly dirt wheels time fed up dirt wheels time snow skiis ends up about six months would funny see Phoenix 6s Dirty Birdys Mach ls etc built conventional gear airplanes because trike skiis dont work too well Winter build ing time because can fly until about 230 pm summer differ ent can fly until 1100 pm night Thanks Henry Buchanan look another fascinating aspect great hobby Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shahmar FL 32579 NEXT U MONTH THE TENTH WORLD CHPMPIONSHIPS FOR RIC AEROBATICS Join Ron VanPutte talks men machines flying An 8page report words pictures RC Pylon/Lane continued page 21 first-place hardware Bob leading race way Terry flamed out Tom Christopher cut fly-off Ed Hotelling able cruise race fourth Boyce Atzei won heats handily seventh ninth re spectively Terry Prather won fast time perpet ual trophy third time gets 90 Model Aviation product review product review product review Ultimate Dragmaster Honored FFS top A12 1976 exceptionally easy build high-performance Nordic Span 79 parts machine cut Deluxe kit avail able mail order overseas customers write international prices $2250 cludes US shipping Partial kit plans strip woodgood back-up re placement model$125O RN Enterprises 3255 NW Crocicer Lane Albany OR 97321 lZeef DUBRO KWIK- HINGE SLOTTER FOR LARGE AND SMALL HINGES THE ONLY UNIVERSAL SLOTTING HOLETOOL THAT NOT ONLY CENTERS CENTERINGBUT GUIDES YOUR BLADE FOR CatHINGESPERFECTLY ALIGNED HINGE GUIDEFOR OTS EVERY TIMEI black oxided hardened steel 216blades fit neatly no 2 x-acto knife handle work conjunction handy alignment jig features 3 interchangeable snap-on BLADE ANDguides Two large small leaf onlyLARGE HINGES dard size holes match type GUIDE FOR hinges drilling 3 stan 195I-hinge choose use BALSA PICKER PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA keep Terrys fast time year 1 16 10 Rex Raymond went win Stan dard Class perfect score 24 points six heats Rex 71 years young Rex fast time 12255 bad Standard Class guess will see Rex Expert Class now onhis time fastest Standard week end Yoshihiko Murahami put Prather Toni through number-three pylon fourth round Sunday morning Upon inspecting pylon after impact Ron Schore Barks contest management decided pylons will have con structed sturdier material Toni went through 3/S plywood side pylon through plywood opposite side pylon future pylons will constructed ood impact side /2 plywood other side canvas bag hung inside pylon incident brought light fact pylons afford protection necessary pylon-cut judges ad dition stronger pylons con sidering some sort body protection pylon workers protection could either flak type vest used mili tary baseball catchers chest protector NMPRA districts should check equipment sure ade quate protection workers product review product review product review Pneumatic Disc Brake TaxiMaster air op erated disc brake system comprises two basic parts disc hub engages spokes 2W larger 6-spoke wheels backing platea shallow air cylinder dual ring piston cork face Piston geared cylinder prevent rotation cylinder se cures 5/32 axle lock screw sembled axle pushed together cylind er filled piston reducing air consump tion line control valve pneumatic retracts used Sonic supply tank fill valve required Provides positive stopping power planes up 15 lbs though 2 units main gear recommended weights over 8 lbs Price $1595 Sonic Supply Tank $315 fill valve $490 Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 product review product review product review everybody good time plenty excitement racing year Bakersfield hope have another good next year Dave Lane 4477 1 36th Hawthorne CA 902S0 RC Scale/Wischers continued page 20 age contrast maximum effectiveness usual clear plastic face over instru ment can omitted things panels other instruments photos very use ful also data precise locations sizes such things knobs switches can photographed same fo cus setting used instruments Measurements taken photos will assure detail proper size Nothing destroys scale effectiveness like switches obviously over under size Choosing subject selecting subject scale modeler faced important decisions trainer built kit can constructed short time will bring almost certain success Chances suc cess experienced flier kitbuilt scale model also good better wise selection subject September1977 91