RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING NEWS ON THE Rule Front January column expressed hope competition rule cycle begins year AMA NMPRA National Miniature Pylon Racing Association could cooperate better have past philosophy underlying AMAs recognition SIGs Special Interest Groups can accurately gauge members reactions rules change proposals effectively communicate members needs contest boards vote changes Some SIGs communicate members feelings very effectively NSRCA National Society Radio Controlled Aerobatics has published debated submitted entire packages rules changes before official AMA rules cycle began made Contest Boards job easy board member knew advance what pro con arguments likely NSRCA stood issue less much opposition proposed changes Pylon community hasnt quite organized patchwork rules has complicating matters finding things rule book sometimes difficult rules written 2030 years ago changing technology has made obsolete An example requirement common expansion chamber muffler Quickie modem tuned mufflers come 90% engines marketed event may may meet requirement depending ask October NMPRA President Vein Smith appointed committee six try update existing rules accurately reflect life world Pylon 1999 Elsewhere issue possibly next issue might notice results effort officially stated goals 1 conduct thorough housecleaning rules eliminating confusion redundancy wherever possible 2 include substantive changes extent necessary plug loopholes anticipate emerging problems third goal evolved course project clearly define Sport Quickie Event 424 national entry-level class could run safely on-course officials cut judges housed existing barrier cages used local clubs AMA Safety Committee has adopted new stringent cage design specifications response dynamic tests run last year tests simulated barrier cage impacts Quarter 40 Formula aircraft traveling 180-190 mph substantially energy would developed Sport Quickie model traveling 130-140 mph AMA consider worst case scenario initial tests rewrite accompanied request Urgent status means adopted Contest Board would take effect January 1 2000 would accomplish two things First would put revised 424 rules place soon possible AMA Executive Council approved use existing barrier cages 424 sanctions could issued contests could held further interruption Second revised rules should provide better background against consider additional rules changes contest board may receive Proposals will accepted AMA Headquarters through September 30 1999 Briefly heres what revision does Consolidates definitions other general provisions Streamlines harmonizes airframe engine specifications different rule formulas using similar outline Defines specifically allows locks design tuned mufflers used Quarter 40 Quickie 500 Q500 Defines clearly limits expansion chamber mufflers zero-boost mufflers being used Sport Quickie 424 Bumps up unofficial Rossi/Webra/MVVS class 428 sanctioning purposes Eliminates minor airframe differences between Q500 Sport Quickie Closes loophole minimum propeller diameter Q500allows 8/2-inch wood props Allows non-Mustang designs use smaller fuselage height Quarter 40 retaining existing 12 1/2-square-inch fuselage cross-sectional area requirement Closes loopholes cowls Quarter 40 Deletes option use short two-mile course Quarter 40 Clarifies rules commercial availability engines parts sideline cuts low flying go ready starting procedure tailless aircraft designs safety inspection servo strength requirements mixing control functions builder-ofmodel rule backplate mounts etc Just important what rewrite proposal does does make obsolete current aircraft engines does slow down Radio Control Racing events does mandate use new barrier cages incorporate other rules change proposal already table points will have stand fall its own meritsnothing being rammed through part rewrite However some substantive changes unavoidable result something committee members consider perfect consider big step right direction Contact Contest Board member let him know agree Semantic Antics May column modifying propellers Quarter 40 made distinction between fast insanely fast Other speed-related terms include entry-level slow hard-core clear up confusion have put together glossary terms Cut out tape pit box go out practice youll know youre doing Slow models engine has functional throttle functional muffler however neither seems have much effect engines normal operating speed best described high idle get stiff neck waiting airplane fly down straightaway Pylon #1 instead try watching airplanes shadow crawling over ground find comfortable Headwinds problem alerted complete radio failure fact engine has quit airplane gliding circle right Entry-level engine came throttle muffler youve drilled out much rules allow favorite trick see can get model complete axial roll straightaways Gusty 104 Model Aviation s problem couldnt find thermal life depended alerted radio trouble PCM lockout between Pylon #2 Pylon #3 Youll check get home Fast engine came something shape carburetor something shape muffler neither functions such Youre wondering now bought tachometer goes 25000 rpm Spectators smile nervously start up airplane hustle children car soon break ground Taking off downwind no problem alerted slightest hint radio trouble fact have dug trench down straightaway Insanely fast tachometer reads less 25000 rpm must broken modify models propellers buy epoxy gallon carbon fiber spool mother wont come watch test-fly because shes afraid might harm yourself Taking off straight up no problem alerted radio failure NORAD Hard-core built own tachometer built own engine see high would read modify wheels have destroyed radios pilots will ever own Physical laws apply Whats carburetor ought clear things up Remedial Reading following tip reading glow plugs exhaust oil insanely fast types comes courtesy Darrol Cady can dial right needle valve setting reading plug oil trail After flight look plug coil pulled out plug looking heat give heat Load heavier prop lower head clearance plug pushed scrambled need opposite always set needle runup area before consider taking line practice hop After have set needle first time read oil trail bottom airplane after first flight am looking nice brown color too light turn needle leaner / turn read again after next flight too dark much oil will open needle richen mixture have found system reading color exhaust oil works consistently PowerMaster fuel may work others have found need check out plug reading Q40 works running Standard plug Heavy Duty plugs seem have coils too rigid move Thanks Darrol ES~ FREE COLOR CATALOG Choose over 200 exciting kites unusual & innovative designs Call write catalog todayl Wind 541-0314 408-MA Pearl St Bouidei CO 80302 UMDIILEI Electric Airplane Sailplane Magazine ITt I1 JIrml TEI1 im 11 ITIVIE Year sues Yours $24 SAVE 200/o off cover price Demystifying Electrics Scale & Sport Electrics Slope Thermal Soaring Scale Soaring Airfoils Build Plan Features Square much Enclose $2400 $2592 Washington state residents $3000 Canada Add $600 br First Class delivery US Please make payment credit card check money order US funds S&E Modeler Please allow up eight weeks delivery lirst issue 100 pages packed information S&E Modeler PO Box 4250 W Richiand WA 99353 ph/fax 509 627-0456 wwwsemodeler corn THE BEST IN SCALE PLANS ACCESSORIES & LASER CUT PARTS 94 Fiesler Starch $3500 Laser cut parts available Please add $500 postage Fiesler Storch94$3500 Fiesler Storch72$3000 Lysander81$3500 ME 18351$3000 OH Chipmunk685$3000 Macchi 20251$3000 Sefore lOaF51$4000 Eefore 1 OSE68$4000 Hurricane MK 1 72 $4000 Spitfire MK 1559$4000 Spitfire MK IX83$4500 Typhoon 1872$4000 OH Mosquito PRXV 181 $4500 P-47D78$4500 P-51D59$2500 F4U-182$4500 Harvard94$4500 Hellcat64$3000 Hellcat50$3500 indicates /aser parts available BOB HULMAN PLAN5 IUUX /41 HNAKUINO CA 92402 BHPLANS@AOLCOM Best scale catalog $500 pp Cards Ok UK German catalogs available August 1999 105 SE7R pring Flew PSSF ri Horrenll/s Torrey Pines .l 7Scale Classic 51be UW V. LITESPAN mu Wing Area 1250 sq ht II WIngspan 84 ih Length 76 ete aircraft superior performance highest powertoweight ratio industry New line 20 Extra Ultimate APIs ivbl 40 CAP 232 1/4 Scale Cub Also awilable TOC 37% Extra 300L ERO40% G-202 33% Laser Assemble Quick-build (Its
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/08
Page Numbers: 104, 105
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/08
Page Numbers: 104, 105
RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING NEWS ON THE Rule Front January column expressed hope competition rule cycle begins year AMA NMPRA National Miniature Pylon Racing Association could cooperate better have past philosophy underlying AMAs recognition SIGs Special Interest Groups can accurately gauge members reactions rules change proposals effectively communicate members needs contest boards vote changes Some SIGs communicate members feelings very effectively NSRCA National Society Radio Controlled Aerobatics has published debated submitted entire packages rules changes before official AMA rules cycle began made Contest Boards job easy board member knew advance what pro con arguments likely NSRCA stood issue less much opposition proposed changes Pylon community hasnt quite organized patchwork rules has complicating matters finding things rule book sometimes difficult rules written 2030 years ago changing technology has made obsolete An example requirement common expansion chamber muffler Quickie modem tuned mufflers come 90% engines marketed event may may meet requirement depending ask October NMPRA President Vein Smith appointed committee six try update existing rules accurately reflect life world Pylon 1999 Elsewhere issue possibly next issue might notice results effort officially stated goals 1 conduct thorough housecleaning rules eliminating confusion redundancy wherever possible 2 include substantive changes extent necessary plug loopholes anticipate emerging problems third goal evolved course project clearly define Sport Quickie Event 424 national entry-level class could run safely on-course officials cut judges housed existing barrier cages used local clubs AMA Safety Committee has adopted new stringent cage design specifications response dynamic tests run last year tests simulated barrier cage impacts Quarter 40 Formula aircraft traveling 180-190 mph substantially energy would developed Sport Quickie model traveling 130-140 mph AMA consider worst case scenario initial tests rewrite accompanied request Urgent status means adopted Contest Board would take effect January 1 2000 would accomplish two things First would put revised 424 rules place soon possible AMA Executive Council approved use existing barrier cages 424 sanctions could issued contests could held further interruption Second revised rules should provide better background against consider additional rules changes contest board may receive Proposals will accepted AMA Headquarters through September 30 1999 Briefly heres what revision does Consolidates definitions other general provisions Streamlines harmonizes airframe engine specifications different rule formulas using similar outline Defines specifically allows locks design tuned mufflers used Quarter 40 Quickie 500 Q500 Defines clearly limits expansion chamber mufflers zero-boost mufflers being used Sport Quickie 424 Bumps up unofficial Rossi/Webra/MVVS class 428 sanctioning purposes Eliminates minor airframe differences between Q500 Sport Quickie Closes loophole minimum propeller diameter Q500allows 8/2-inch wood props Allows non-Mustang designs use smaller fuselage height Quarter 40 retaining existing 12 1/2-square-inch fuselage cross-sectional area requirement Closes loopholes cowls Quarter 40 Deletes option use short two-mile course Quarter 40 Clarifies rules commercial availability engines parts sideline cuts low flying go ready starting procedure tailless aircraft designs safety inspection servo strength requirements mixing control functions builder-ofmodel rule backplate mounts etc Just important what rewrite proposal does does make obsolete current aircraft engines does slow down Radio Control Racing events does mandate use new barrier cages incorporate other rules change proposal already table points will have stand fall its own meritsnothing being rammed through part rewrite However some substantive changes unavoidable result something committee members consider perfect consider big step right direction Contact Contest Board member let him know agree Semantic Antics May column modifying propellers Quarter 40 made distinction between fast insanely fast Other speed-related terms include entry-level slow hard-core clear up confusion have put together glossary terms Cut out tape pit box go out practice youll know youre doing Slow models engine has functional throttle functional muffler however neither seems have much effect engines normal operating speed best described high idle get stiff neck waiting airplane fly down straightaway Pylon #1 instead try watching airplanes shadow crawling over ground find comfortable Headwinds problem alerted complete radio failure fact engine has quit airplane gliding circle right Entry-level engine came throttle muffler youve drilled out much rules allow favorite trick see can get model complete axial roll straightaways Gusty 104 Model Aviation s problem couldnt find thermal life depended alerted radio trouble PCM lockout between Pylon #2 Pylon #3 Youll check get home Fast engine came something shape carburetor something shape muffler neither functions such Youre wondering now bought tachometer goes 25000 rpm Spectators smile nervously start up airplane hustle children car soon break ground Taking off downwind no problem alerted slightest hint radio trouble fact have dug trench down straightaway Insanely fast tachometer reads less 25000 rpm must broken modify models propellers buy epoxy gallon carbon fiber spool mother wont come watch test-fly because shes afraid might harm yourself Taking off straight up no problem alerted radio failure NORAD Hard-core built own tachometer built own engine see high would read modify wheels have destroyed radios pilots will ever own Physical laws apply Whats carburetor ought clear things up Remedial Reading following tip reading glow plugs exhaust oil insanely fast types comes courtesy Darrol Cady can dial right needle valve setting reading plug oil trail After flight look plug coil pulled out plug looking heat give heat Load heavier prop lower head clearance plug pushed scrambled need opposite always set needle runup area before consider taking line practice hop After have set needle first time read oil trail bottom airplane after first flight am looking nice brown color too light turn needle leaner / turn read again after next flight too dark much oil will open needle richen mixture have found system reading color exhaust oil works consistently PowerMaster fuel may work others have found need check out plug reading Q40 works running Standard plug Heavy Duty plugs seem have coils too rigid move Thanks Darrol ES~ FREE COLOR CATALOG Choose over 200 exciting kites unusual & innovative designs Call write catalog todayl Wind 541-0314 408-MA Pearl St Bouidei CO 80302 UMDIILEI Electric Airplane Sailplane Magazine ITt I1 JIrml TEI1 im 11 ITIVIE Year sues Yours $24 SAVE 200/o off cover price Demystifying Electrics Scale & Sport Electrics Slope Thermal Soaring Scale Soaring Airfoils Build Plan Features Square much Enclose $2400 $2592 Washington state residents $3000 Canada Add $600 br First Class delivery US Please make payment credit card check money order US funds S&E Modeler Please allow up eight weeks delivery lirst issue 100 pages packed information S&E Modeler PO Box 4250 W Richiand WA 99353 ph/fax 509 627-0456 wwwsemodeler corn THE BEST IN SCALE PLANS ACCESSORIES & LASER CUT PARTS 94 Fiesler Starch $3500 Laser cut parts available Please add $500 postage Fiesler Storch94$3500 Fiesler Storch72$3000 Lysander81$3500 ME 18351$3000 OH Chipmunk685$3000 Macchi 20251$3000 Sefore lOaF51$4000 Eefore 1 OSE68$4000 Hurricane MK 1 72 $4000 Spitfire MK 1559$4000 Spitfire MK IX83$4500 Typhoon 1872$4000 OH Mosquito PRXV 181 $4500 P-47D78$4500 P-51D59$2500 F4U-182$4500 Harvard94$4500 Hellcat64$3000 Hellcat50$3500 indicates /aser parts available BOB HULMAN PLAN5 IUUX /41 HNAKUINO CA 92402 BHPLANS@AOLCOM Best scale catalog $500 pp Cards Ok UK German catalogs available August 1999 105 SE7R pring Flew PSSF ri Horrenll/s Torrey Pines .l 7Scale Classic 51be UW V. LITESPAN mu Wing Area 1250 sq ht II WIngspan 84 ih Length 76 ete aircraft superior performance highest powertoweight ratio industry New line 20 Extra Ultimate APIs ivbl 40 CAP 232 1/4 Scale Cub Also awilable TOC 37% Extra 300L ERO40% G-202 33% Laser Assemble Quick-build (Its
