RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING Eli QUICKIE QUICKER Quickest Wow mail really pouring January column audacity suggest AMA Quickie Event No 428 could stand slowed down little Right now record 106 le seconds away Formula Quarter 40 same course Quickie never used fast nor ever meant Most increase occurred 1991 Henry Nelson one-upped Rossi tunedmuffler department Rossis tuned muffler wasn t much better common expansion chamber muffler required rules wasnt easy see anything different about outside As result Contest Directors let slide precedent established allowing Rossis compete quickly became engine choice two prescient souls alerted Contest Board rule interpretation needed since tuned muffleralso known magic muffler folded tuned pipe potential boost horsepower nearly much classic double-cone tuned pipe Tuned pipes have always illegal Quickie However original rules written magic mufflers twinkle some engine-designers eye words tuned muffler never emerged Now US gravest sin being right too soon annoying critics told leave alone quit making trouble isnt problem yet dont worry about Shortly after Henry introduced Rossi-killer average heat times dropped 10-15 seconds overnight Tails fluttered Wings folded Carbon fiber became essential construction material airplane Nelson 1994 times short 2-mile course down less minute Nationals event director Wayne Yeager declared Event No 428 would flown long 2/2-mile course safety reasons No argued no has looked back 1999 rule book still refers Event No 428 entry level event pilots new racing . fun event experienced pilots experienced pilots having fun turning Fl times square airplanes Whats clear whether entry level portion still being served belongs anymore Entry level doesnt have mean slowslower perhaps Rossi powered airplanes werent slow except compared what have now close exciting races airplanes gained 20-30 mph racing didnt get betterit just got scarier quit flying 428 locally too compatriots momentary lapse came swooping through infield head-high 160 mph guys werent bad pilotsthey just learning no trouble Rossi-powered airplanes Nelson pipe added such tremendous boost horsepower stilldeveloping reflexes couldnt quite adjust would have nice something between Providing something between leaves following options 1 Leaving engines alone adding drag airframesuch enlarging current box fuselage increase frontal area 2 Leaving airframes alone prohibiting tuned mufflers 3 Leaving Event No 428 alone starting yet another entry level event January suggested first approach believing cheapest easiest least intrusive three suggestion didnt go over well second approach would cost money since would make current mufflers obsolete probably require new internal engine parts However three years lead time some modelers seem willing budget money engines keep building same size airplanes theyre used surprisingly current rulers event favor option three leading 428 pilot Darrol Cady Vancouver WA writes have mentioned several times have no entry level event racing Duane have entry level event AMA Pylon Racing Look rule book called 424 racers problem popular marketing something must first make sure buyers product buyers changes 428 event would already using 424 Good marketing tells us nobody wants buy what selling need another product Dont try change popular what want successful lose Please stop trying change class working fix rules 424 class meet needs racing circles Instead trying change very popular racing class 428 something else makes sense change working 424 something would work Review Jimmy Allens rules APRA [Arizona Pylon Racing Association] racing consider making AMA rule book class may have what wanting needing [As] good entry level event APRA racing working well working along entire West Coast District 2 changed 424 class APRA rules ended up attracting three times new racers 424 racing ever did third April 1999 113 Racing its bestneck-and-neck 150 mph pilots look bored APRA season coming up still drawing 10 15 race have five six APRA guys move up 428 class still have same number racers APRA class intent entry levela place newbie try see liking place can stay fulfills need speed Once find course learn fly speed difference easy new racer wants go faster can change [engines] go fast same airplanes arrol makes good point although overlooks fact theres still huge gap between APRA speeds AMA 428 speeds Local clubs try fill gap different classes Rossi Webra MVVS so-called sport versions Nelson Jett 428 engines result mess want travel contest outside local bean patch have call ahead buy borrow engine meet local rules fairness Darrol hodgepodge may have less airspeed penny-wise modelers think makes sense buy two three $150 engines mix match parts plunk down $250-300 thoroughbred racing engine runs right out box Slowing down 428 might nothing cramp style expert pilots such Darrol use 428 warm-up practice event Quarter 40 Formula just like go insanely fast rectangular airplanes valid concern Would anyone actually abandon hodgepodge system favor 428 5-10 seconds slower would such change represent pain no gain Should 428 just surrendered experts energies directed toward reinventing 424 entry level event Darrol suggests next question whether run Nationals whether limit entries arent entered 428 other expert-level events done Pattern keep newbies getting trounced big names have opinion write district Contest Board representative address listed Focus Competition section magazine join NMPRA National Miniature Pylon Racing Association youre it September 30 1999 deadline submission rule changes want see considered inclusion 20022005 rule book Double Trouble addition writing column Im chairman RC Racing Contest Board filling spot left Wayne Yeager retired last year applied both jobs hopes getting other got both suspect its sinister plot everybody managed edge out heat races last year hoping tie hands wordsmithing wont able build airplanes practice So far its working Until burn out will try both jobs best ability means being careful avoid misusing post furtherance other would have suffer through listening opinions case forget about keeping mouth shut will however give equal time responsible opposing views wont submitting big controversial rule proposals own cycle Contest Board chairmans job description includes refining wording proposals submitted others working Technical Director resolve conflicts wording placement rule book etc Im going let role end rules dont prohibit chairman signing proposals considering dual role think its appropriate defer others comes putting ideas front Contest Board action AMA rules process supposed democratic bottom-up thing top-down thing Ideas merit will have just proponent Therefore anything write prompts say Right oughta law call AMA Forms Fax get rule proposal form sign send make darn sure someone else know has already done Feed Hand Bites spite what wrote Ill inform some merchandise Darrol Cady sells hollow carbon-fiber rods suitable use pushrods adaptable variety other purposes immediately comes mind wing spars insanely fast rectangular airplanes rods similar what may have seen advertised titanium tips Theyre 29/2 inches long weightless almost indestructible Sizes I32 OD outside diameter ID inside diameter thats slip fit #4 x 40 threaded rod 1/ OD ID thats slip fit #2 x 56 threaded rod Both sizes $4 per rod plus $6 postage per order Detailed instructions proper assembly included Write Darrol 10711 NE 37th Ct Vancouver WA 98686 Tel 360 5730987 E-mail dcady@pacifiercom Light Variable Design drawings full parts list complete Radio Shack part numbers prices available electric light signaling scorekeeping system outlined last months column system need #2 #3 cages no #1 cage timers cage since workers off race course Send SASE youd like copies Thats month Springs coming Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/04
Page Numbers: 113, 114
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/04
Page Numbers: 113, 114
RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING Eli QUICKIE QUICKER Quickest Wow mail really pouring January column audacity suggest AMA Quickie Event No 428 could stand slowed down little Right now record 106 le seconds away Formula Quarter 40 same course Quickie never used fast nor ever meant Most increase occurred 1991 Henry Nelson one-upped Rossi tunedmuffler department Rossis tuned muffler wasn t much better common expansion chamber muffler required rules wasnt easy see anything different about outside As result Contest Directors let slide precedent established allowing Rossis compete quickly became engine choice two prescient souls alerted Contest Board rule interpretation needed since tuned muffleralso known magic muffler folded tuned pipe potential boost horsepower nearly much classic double-cone tuned pipe Tuned pipes have always illegal Quickie However original rules written magic mufflers twinkle some engine-designers eye words tuned muffler never emerged Now US gravest sin being right too soon annoying critics told leave alone quit making trouble isnt problem yet dont worry about Shortly after Henry introduced Rossi-killer average heat times dropped 10-15 seconds overnight Tails fluttered Wings folded Carbon fiber became essential construction material airplane Nelson 1994 times short 2-mile course down less minute Nationals event director Wayne Yeager declared Event No 428 would flown long 2/2-mile course safety reasons No argued no has looked back 1999 rule book still refers Event No 428 entry level event pilots new racing . fun event experienced pilots experienced pilots having fun turning Fl times square airplanes Whats clear whether entry level portion still being served belongs anymore Entry level doesnt have mean slowslower perhaps Rossi powered airplanes werent slow except compared what have now close exciting races airplanes gained 20-30 mph racing didnt get betterit just got scarier quit flying 428 locally too compatriots momentary lapse came swooping through infield head-high 160 mph guys werent bad pilotsthey just learning no trouble Rossi-powered airplanes Nelson pipe added such tremendous boost horsepower stilldeveloping reflexes couldnt quite adjust would have nice something between Providing something between leaves following options 1 Leaving engines alone adding drag airframesuch enlarging current box fuselage increase frontal area 2 Leaving airframes alone prohibiting tuned mufflers 3 Leaving Event No 428 alone starting yet another entry level event January suggested first approach believing cheapest easiest least intrusive three suggestion didnt go over well second approach would cost money since would make current mufflers obsolete probably require new internal engine parts However three years lead time some modelers seem willing budget money engines keep building same size airplanes theyre used surprisingly current rulers event favor option three leading 428 pilot Darrol Cady Vancouver WA writes have mentioned several times have no entry level event racing Duane have entry level event AMA Pylon Racing Look rule book called 424 racers problem popular marketing something must first make sure buyers product buyers changes 428 event would already using 424 Good marketing tells us nobody wants buy what selling need another product Dont try change popular what want successful lose Please stop trying change class working fix rules 424 class meet needs racing circles Instead trying change very popular racing class 428 something else makes sense change working 424 something would work Review Jimmy Allens rules APRA [Arizona Pylon Racing Association] racing consider making AMA rule book class may have what wanting needing [As] good entry level event APRA racing working well working along entire West Coast District 2 changed 424 class APRA rules ended up attracting three times new racers 424 racing ever did third April 1999 113 Racing its bestneck-and-neck 150 mph pilots look bored APRA season coming up still drawing 10 15 race have five six APRA guys move up 428 class still have same number racers APRA class intent entry levela place newbie try see liking place can stay fulfills need speed Once find course learn fly speed difference easy new racer wants go faster can change [engines] go fast same airplanes arrol makes good point although overlooks fact theres still huge gap between APRA speeds AMA 428 speeds Local clubs try fill gap different classes Rossi Webra MVVS so-called sport versions Nelson Jett 428 engines result mess want travel contest outside local bean patch have call ahead buy borrow engine meet local rules fairness Darrol hodgepodge may have less airspeed penny-wise modelers think makes sense buy two three $150 engines mix match parts plunk down $250-300 thoroughbred racing engine runs right out box Slowing down 428 might nothing cramp style expert pilots such Darrol use 428 warm-up practice event Quarter 40 Formula just like go insanely fast rectangular airplanes valid concern Would anyone actually abandon hodgepodge system favor 428 5-10 seconds slower would such change represent pain no gain Should 428 just surrendered experts energies directed toward reinventing 424 entry level event Darrol suggests next question whether run Nationals whether limit entries arent entered 428 other expert-level events done Pattern keep newbies getting trounced big names have opinion write district Contest Board representative address listed Focus Competition section magazine join NMPRA National Miniature Pylon Racing Association youre it September 30 1999 deadline submission rule changes want see considered inclusion 20022005 rule book Double Trouble addition writing column Im chairman RC Racing Contest Board filling spot left Wayne Yeager retired last year applied both jobs hopes getting other got both suspect its sinister plot everybody managed edge out heat races last year hoping tie hands wordsmithing wont able build airplanes practice So far its working Until burn out will try both jobs best ability means being careful avoid misusing post furtherance other would have suffer through listening opinions case forget about keeping mouth shut will however give equal time responsible opposing views wont submitting big controversial rule proposals own cycle Contest Board chairmans job description includes refining wording proposals submitted others working Technical Director resolve conflicts wording placement rule book etc Im going let role end rules dont prohibit chairman signing proposals considering dual role think its appropriate defer others comes putting ideas front Contest Board action AMA rules process supposed democratic bottom-up thing top-down thing Ideas merit will have just proponent Therefore anything write prompts say Right oughta law call AMA Forms Fax get rule proposal form sign send make darn sure someone else know has already done Feed Hand Bites spite what wrote Ill inform some merchandise Darrol Cady sells hollow carbon-fiber rods suitable use pushrods adaptable variety other purposes immediately comes mind wing spars insanely fast rectangular airplanes rods similar what may have seen advertised titanium tips Theyre 29/2 inches long weightless almost indestructible Sizes I32 OD outside diameter ID inside diameter thats slip fit #4 x 40 threaded rod 1/ OD ID thats slip fit #2 x 56 threaded rod Both sizes $4 per rod plus $6 postage per order Detailed instructions proper assembly included Write Darrol 10711 NE 37th Ct Vancouver WA 98686 Tel 360 5730987 E-mail dcady@pacifiercom Light Variable Design drawings full parts list complete Radio Shack part numbers prices available electric light signaling scorekeeping system outlined last months column system need #2 #3 cages no #1 cage timers cage since workers off race course Send SASE youd like copies Thats month Springs coming Model Aviation
