Radio Control: Pylon Racing

S Pylon Racing El Dave Lane COUPLE months back mentioned Bob Violett said hard pressed keep up Formula aircraft seems source infor mation error letter Bob Violett stated does think Formula aircraft going too fast Wilde feels time people work pylon races receive some rec ognition effort hoped concept could incorporated throughout country NMPRA district would have its own chapter py lon workers support races run its district have thoughts sub ject contact Bob Wilde 10570 West Pico Boulevard West Los Angeles CA 90064 point interest full-scale racing buffs Paul White rebuilding No 16 Shoestring racing season building sister ship will called Snowshoe Bill Bennett Circus Circus Hotel Casino Las Vegas provid model aircraft racing today meet original intent rules what airplane should look like Go air race sometime take good look full-scale Formula aircraft will see cheek cowls equal size both right left wheels tires wheel pants stan dard size scaled wheels pants properly would least r guys running now wider wheel also has less tendency jamming small rocks bumps runway bottom line should model airplanes look like protoypes Remember what happened FAI Look Left Team Turkeys Wild Turkey Reno 1977 Note wheel pant size Right Ernie Proschs PR2 Pole Cat raced Reno again note size wheel pants relation rest aircraft has no air intake cheek cowls Air inlet around spinner looking forward turning one-minute time year also stated engine turning 21500 rpm line 24500 written Bob declared rules changed lower nitro content fuel would quit racing dedica ted go-fast flier does want mula slowed down Bob Wilde Rancho Hobbies West Los Angeles spear heading effort organize pylon workers Bobs idea create association pylon workers similar USPJA association would affiliated NMPRA would provide trained personnel work race course people would dedicated task providing ac curate lap counting timing pylon judging similar system used full-scale racing fraternity ing sponsorship money Paul says shooting 280 mph 300 mph season As soon new planes ready will present pictures Shoestring fans Congratulations order Bob Smith election president NMPRA season Lets support him ef fort maintain cohesive NMPRA pro gram tasks could tack led year standard handicap judging system no matter race aircraft will judged same method time Also about put ting emphasis fidelity scale less beauty aspect Right now basically beauty contest look full-scale aircraft generally speaking about 15% pretty Dont get wrong dont want see bunch toads think majority Formula what has happened racing Quarter Midget group has established airplane must scale-like order keep thingie out Guess have made enough enemies month Hope have successful racing season can convince buddy doesnt race get Dave Lane 4477 W 136th St Hawthorne CA 902S0 24 Model Aviation