Radio Control: Pylon Racing

RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING m- u WELCOME Pylon Racing fans thanks editorial board MA providing bully pulpit Teddy Roosevelt once called presidency again thanks retiring columnist Bill Hager leaving some mighty big shoes fill Ill best Youre part Send race reports hints kinks photos racing buddies Itll tough fill column otherwise Until can build up liffle backlog mail Ill have resort giving away speed secretsand Lord knows arent Please include SASE requests info Stability rules According watch approaching Januaiy 1999 new rule book will coming out soonthe first published under new three-year rule cycle Except Emergency Urgent proposals can always hope wont too edition ought provide stop shopping answers rule questions now until January 12002 Theres lot stewing pot last couple yearsparticularly Quarter 40 some lingering loopholes 1994-96 rule cycle addressed Look stability time around extent may interim revisions am hopeful AIVIA will able continue working National Miniature Pylon Racing Association NMPRA review suggested language conduct member polls maintain updated unofficial version rules amended youre reading plan attend race next year please join NMPRA AMA Contest Board takes NMPRA polls recommendations seriously follows about 90% time Great Barrier Relief time receive should have final results barrier cage tests have going past year under auspices AMA NMPRA lam hopeful results will confirm safety chain-link barriers now use sites Racing know depends presence race course officials timers flaggers cut judges stationed right under flight path volunteers reasonable insist condition agreeing take task can expect leave field under own power end day Which 0-40 fuselages has frontal area Which has Three identical models different color schemes Which will drag Assume engine will present during flight help its pilot win heat See text details January1999 107 Authors 0-40 Stinger Orange shows up against light dark backgrounds Stripes top bottom wing positive ID fuselage trim aids orientation banier tests ought give us very important selling point next time stand up club meeting ask help race Yes can say will safe cages AMA Executive Council has criticized singling out RC Pylon worry about safety After Pylon event have sign waiver form acknowledge model airplanes capable going out control occasionally dub agree sue AMA happens other hand consider ECs point view Pylon event routinely fly high-powered models around heads heat after heat day long looks scary uninitiated Maybe its dangerous flying jet turbine Giant Scale model back forth day front crowd ofjudges spectators maybe less havent enough accidents prove point either way hope never Actually think about curious thing isnt EC makes us sign waiver curious thing dont make everybody else sign waiver too After have sign waiver rent pair skis attend car race play office softball league Theyre everywhere Editors note AMA Membership Application contains Safety Code compliance waiver release liability statement applies members Theres waiver back Rockies ticket Im holding hand stating minute walk ballpark impliedly assume risks inherent game baseball guess means get beaned foul ball have call Blue Cross cant plan taking early retirement courtesy [Rockies owner] Jerry McMonis Well gosh dam thats tough didnt win lottery either PIlIlay ball So lets pout about Instead lets add fact waiver preflight inspections barrier cages helmets evidence take safety issues seriously RC Pylon types responsible well-regulated group modeldom hey hey hey lets careful out Speed limits Autobahn often hear speed safety discussed though same issue valid reasons other safety considering limits speed perceived lack true entry level RC Pylon event national scene RC Sailplane Two-Meter Hand-Launch events Control Line 21 Sport Speed Slow Combat Profile Carrier Free Right features P-30 Rubber Easy B Indoor first-time competitor best performance achievable under rules formulaeven experts competing national level inctly lower TFAIbaI1 Glow Plugs Introduces NEW SUPER COOL Plug Hi Temp Insulator $229 addition FIREBALL RC IDLE BAR plug $229 Hot & Standard Non-Idle Bar plugs still $195 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Si,ce 1546 Wayne NJ 07470 Halori NEW #693 140 Muffler . 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Lane Four cut lot may want airplane confused everyone elses Otherwise look something nobody else using took lot ribbing tennis-ball-green Fl Toni never doubt about airplane worst example confusion ever saw aspiring modeler went out smooth Balsa Building Board surface 3 Sizes excellent pining parts available place gluing together Pieces cut cross grain end wood grain makes up surface allows multiple cuts surface crumbling Board slightly flexible Price includes S & H MI residents add 6% sales tax will conform table topSorry no orders outside continental U S #24 #3636so1#48 48xlSil LYMCODGVF4lA@Prodigycom PO Box 178Check money Milan MI 48160orderonly bought FAI racer just like World Champions airplaneeven painted identical colors Nats both airplanes ended up same heat takeoff pilots got confused started watching wrong airplane course both applying same control inputs same time airplane both watching seemed under perfect control . airplane neither watching proceeded merrily its way Free Flight Scratch world-beater airplane Orientation Notice Aerobatic models have different markings top bottom Thats pilot knows airplane inverted knows rotations made spin etc same principles apply Racing modelsup point Some Racing pilots actually use completely different colors bottom may going too far Remember what cut judges timers looking positive ID airplane way around course Sometimes theyll see top airplane sometimes bottom todays speeds its hard enough keep track four color schemes let alone eight rely color scheme know whether youre inverted need slow down control throws airplane both other hand contrasting tips tail feathers can big help dialing right bank angle gauging hard bang elevator Pylon Pleasing No mystery everybody wants new whiz-bang look cool few tricks though can reduce gangly powered glider look some Q4Os chordwi e stripes Spanwise stripes have opposite effect increasing elegance Quickie visually strecthing out its Hershey-bar wing sunburst vertical fin draws attention feature Jagged curved 5shaped borders color areas slow eye adding interest otherwise ho-hum pattern care about scalelike aspect H Q40 few will want use colors color schemes reminiscent full-scale prototypes Mike Helsel consistently uses redand-cream scale paint job original Little Toni has become unofficial trademark Fl see Uniqueness above Bill Northcutt has done beautiful job Lyle Larson Dago Red decking out military camouflage invasion stripes see Visibilitynot scale paint scheme real Dago Red racer unmistakably P-5 1 less gliderlike other Dagos Next month Race reports fiberglass how-tos Stay tuned 4Introducing 30 Wingsp Laser Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #301 Over 80 LASER CUT PARTS Kit #303 Over 75 LASER CUT PARTS good thing just got bigger expanding line airplanes addition new 30 wingspan laser cut kits Like walnut series line geared toward exciting subject matter captures best model aviation has offer Besides offering cleanest laser cuts comprehensive plans free flight kit provide following quality features Hand Selected Balsa Color Peel & Stick Decal Set 9 Plastic Propeller Full Size Plan FAI Tan II Rubber Step Step Instructions Vacuum Molded Parts Light Weight Colored Tissue Call today 1-800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumasf aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Thcson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom January1999 111 Kit #302 Over 70 LASER CUT PARTS Brodaks Mfg & Distributing Co Inc largest supplier control-line airplanes announces publication Catalog Number Eight complete source everything airplanes advice Send 5300 Brodaks 100 Park Avenue Carmichaes PA 153204 SPECIAL SHAPES CO P0 Box Romeoville IL 60446 630-759-1970 Fax 630-759-1978 *Thbing 1/32 2 od *Heavy wall Aluminum tubing *Spring steel music wire * large selection tools projects *LOW Minimums *Visa/Mastercard Accepted Send $200 full line catalog