Radio Control: Pylon Racing

Radio Control Pylon Racing Dave Lane WHILE looking through some newslet ters month ran across interesting item Seattle Radio Aero Clubs monthly racing Apparently racing Seattle area has diminished popularity following solu tion SRAC came up After considerable pros cons concluded plane rac ing would Ace Pacer either foam wing comes kit built-up wing al ready building plans No other changes plane structure will al lowed stock commercially muffled en gine up including 051 may used original high compression head put out Cox acceptable want use 10% fuel Also heads modified accept regular short reach glow plug OK Throttles OK will two pylons end runway will manned cut flagman except starter no other flagmen will used minimize need lot help flier can have helper caller will assist another set eyes necessity planes will hand launched Pacers have no wheels lined arc swung first pylon pilot will equidistant first pylon having stand close together start Either pilot helper may launch plane will no restrictions fuel weight prop size felt items wont make much difference such short course ten laps emphasis flying Ace Pacer although fast est plane chosen its low price ease construction availabil ity sounds like SRAC may have good class event encourage people try pylon racing clubs need information SRAC doing drop line Mike Kometz 7112 190th Street SW Lynn- wood WA 98036 talking Paul White Gathering Eagles Air Show Chino California August about rework #16 Shoestring plane really looks super since Paul performed magic will have pictures next month guys like fancy paint schemes wait until see Circus Circus paint scheme Shoestring plane basic white K&B orange purple green black trim large clown covers fuselage balloons dotting tail Circus Circus wing whole airplane painted K&B super poxy American Racing Team Turkey Wild Turkey display have added some interesting flow deflec tors wheel pants Apparently experiencing some turbulent air over pants deflectors straighten air flow past gear will try have IXL Formula Class Racers film possible next months article tip month Formula racers concerns landing gear Streamline gear legs much pos sible use 5/32 wire gear cover wire airfoil shaped fairing minimum fairing would least back side strut After epoxy fairing wire cover gear MonoKote After hard landing two MonoKote will keep gear fairing splitting away wire sure attach wheel pants parallel longitudinal axis fuselage wheel pant slightly off will cause drag bare wheel will use super thin aluminum wheels drill lightening holes holes cause drag weight trying save Keep wheel opening wheel pant small possible use dural gear file legs airfoil least break sharp edges Dave Lane 4477 W 136th St Haw thorne CA 90250 December1978 27 Quarter Midget action Nationals flag drops heats close races QM results changing last few flights being flown Bob Reuther placed 10th Form Polecat took Quarter Midget same plane same engineCosmic Wind Rossi won him 1975 Nationals 5/32 WIRE SPRUCE OR HARD BALSA FAIRING WING THIN ALUMINUM TAB AT REAR OF PANT SIMILAR TO ATRIM TAB THIN ALUMINUM FENCES RIVETED TO SIDE OF WHEEL PANTS WITH TRAILING EDGE BENT AT APPROXIMATELY 50 REAR EDGE BENT UP 50 REAR EDGE BENT DOWN 30