Radio Control PYLON RA CING Bill Hager RACING season again looks mail am getting going lots new fliers Pylon course year am still getting plenty mail about Club 500 racing What rules What about having Club 500 racing AMA Nats Lets take question about making Club 500 racing part Nats Club 500 racing started fun event anyone could enter have chance win supposed low-key simple easy event almost case started out people using stock engine non-altered stock kit stock prop usually host club supplied 15% nitro fuel some people event would stepping-stone used sharpen skills pos sible activity Formula Quarter Midget rac ing great majority Pylon Racing want So make diffi cult change good thing Keep event low-key simple getting bored event time move something else like Formula Quarter Midget can al guarantee will long time tiring events Dont try change simple event defeats its purpose first place will close door face person wanted get started something low-key received letter other day Jim Bocekinfuso Jims club Long Island Flying Eagles letter good example what has happened other parts country Dear Bill Thought would like hear small club Long Island am forwarding copy months newsletter Eagles Nest am vice-president co-editor news letter club composed 30 great guys love fly mostly fun-fly club hold two Pylon Races year races fun have Because months newsletter pertains clubs racing thought might interested Like other club started formal racing about four years ago things simplethen competitive spirit took over rules made go all-out races set up beautiful course having pylons flags huge light board pylon barriers men pylons PA system communica tions via walkie talkies big scoreboard etc have ball problem originated started modify Quickie 500 because AMA did really set down guidelines classification opinion want Pylon Racing grow feel future Quickie 500 class Racing drivers dont start Indianapolis 500 cars ya know Anyway modifications started getting crazy plane built race became obsolete next wanted stay competitive keep up modifications Some modi fications follows based mostly Spickler kits Swept-back wings 20-30 degrees still retaining 500 sq So lightening holes looked like Swiss cheese under 3/s lb Added-on triangular stock leading edge much sharper airfoil Wing fillets no dihedral wing some modifications lieve planes fast stayed groove much better stock Quickie ever started lose something very importantfun last few races some dissatisfaction disagreement about some planes something done agreed winner should guy most-modified plane guy flew best race So club made set rules very easyand everyone likes might good club just starting racing clubs like would probably work club Long Island know has Pylon Races its shame because fun have think people scared off too easily because see expensive intricate Formula planes magazines just dont realize easy would have Sport Pylon Quickie 500 race Keep up good work magazine thanks time Jim Bocckinfuso Long Island Flying Eagles rules Jims club has put together Continued page 146 56 Model Aviation start Pylon Races hosted Dallas RC Club Dallas TX Note protective screen shielding lap counters uses steel pipe structure nere workers rn rIO 1 pyion compiemeiy envIoaeu UII1C U UU WI rememoer mis equipmentused 1976-80 Nats races held Dayton OH THE new POWRTOW WINCH ZIP & LONGER BATTERY LIFE Power size sailplane current draw -kiting & manual drum brakes adjuslable speeds parachute turn-a round foot switch 115 lb braided line ansI uae RETRIEVER launch-a-minute flighlsan end line shagging delays line crossings drag free operation tangles heavy-duty cables clips braided 301blinetow ribbonhand switch lin guides ball bearing swivels DAVEY SYSTEMS U COUPORATIOM NE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 I2I5l44-O692 Write call information contest director wonder long lines 150-meter mark cable link indicate length Distance Speed courses Additional links cable quarter half three-quarter lap marks serious organizer F3B contestor serious competitor matterthe sighting devices measuring cable highly recommended Have meantime support USA/F3B team Team Manager Diek Odle announced patches available $6 pins $5 decals $3 Send bucks him Dick Odle 815 Mellow Lane Simi Valley CA 93065 Good lift Don Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Ploinfleld IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued aie 55 First Dicks plans intended beginners Giant Scale certainly beginners RC Thats meant negative criticism just let know what expect plans contain necessary information build plane involved assume builder has experience handle details radio installation control hinging hook-up engine mounting etc unreasonable especially since aircraft involved ginner models sense word CAP-20 first Dicks designs remember seeing action Miles flew dur ing 1981 saw IMAA Fly-In Louisville year plans three sheets about 3 6 ft other two 3 4 ft no indication plans what scale 84-in span would assume quarter-scale close wing area listed 1272 sq design weight 16 18 lb will take currently available engines two two-and-a-half cu range believe Miles used 24 Kioritz would perform well Quadra especially 16 lb all-up weight Along plans list sources things like cowls canopies landing gear spin ners etc some cases source listed Howker Tempest MK V interesting WWII fighters Its deep bulbous cowl should accept some fairly hefty engines Again no scale indicated 86-in span would guess smaller V4-scale orig inal fairly large aircraft No wing area fig ures given plans have since wing elliptical didnt go trouble figuring out close guess would about 10% CAP plans two sheets 3 8 ft. other 3 6 ft No engine specified wouldnt go anything less about 3ci displacement have halfwayrealistic performance want go re tracts youre pretty much own mention made Platt retracts no real details shown RV-3 single-place low-wing homebuilt closest three beginners model Construction simple slab-sided fuselage constant-chord wing 85-in span has got close -scale Note three Dicks designs almost equal span nice size Giant Scale really cares what actual scale ratio could figure out wing area 1487 sq weight should easily come out under 20 lb Quadra should nice gentle flier examining Tempest RV-3 bad felt plans downright skimpy detail remembered Dick given three plans Toledo last year time mentioned CAP-20 plans really finished gave him call check assured much detail has added since copies made addition now has available plans CAP-21 Miles flew 1982 IMAA Fly-In Ida Grove Ill have review sometime future thing noted missing plans mention shear webbing wing spars mentioned Dick said wasnt oversight doesnt use feels technique makes wing too rigid prefers some flexibility says neither nor Miles have wing failure construction shown Ive seen way Miles can throw CAPs around Ive watched wings 747 flex keeping air may right three plans CAP-21 avail able R C Garmhausen 2715 Maple Ave NE Canton OH 44714 CAP-20 RV-3 $2000 Tempest $2500 includes postage plans shipped folded can get rolled will cost Check Dick Spangled STARS again 1983 STARS Scale Rally scheduled July 9 10 Olean NY Municipal Airport Scale RC model over years has become premier Giant Scale event Ive lucky enough get last three years hope again year Its eight-hour drive hut well worth fantastic flying site good food good talk Saturday night gettogether field cant matched Bounteous Bold Big Birds Big Banger decked Baffling Bedazzling Bevies holders Brilliant Ballets Before Beautiful Blue Backgrounds thats oIl tune Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Mansassas VA 22110 RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued raqe 56 Club 500 racing fair way running event pit man against man against mostmodified Quickie everything now being equal man tums tightest tums runs straightest course will win rules Quickie 500 C Any commercially-kitted Quickie 500 NO modifications kind except make additional access hatch fuselage ser vos No modifications means no lightening holes no excessive sanding wood no additional parts like sharp leading edges no substitution parts etc dihedral called must used No substitute parts will permitted Please guys dont circumvent because will building plane nothing want planes class have exactly same chance C No scratch-built planes will allowedThis prevent anyone using lightest contest-grade wood substitute leading edge stock etc C Any commercially-available engine al lowed providing has side exhaust front rotor intake Engine must stock no modifications re-work will done Only muffler pressure will allowed C Propeller commercially-available wood fiber-filled prop no modifications except balance side C Muffler expansion-type unmodified muffler will allowed No flow-throughs Du Bro straight-type tuned pipes variations of will allowed rules make everything Just build stock Quickie 500 throw engine youre business have much chance anyone else category racing should real blast now hope making ths planes equal lot fun will ol us will still some room foi experimentationsuch trying different engins prop combinations trying different ki manufacturers Quickie 500s thats far will go Once again lets keep simple Think about 146 Model Aviation RETRIEVER $300t9 plus shipping dont see new people changing rules around make event competitive Usually seasoned flier changing rules possibly because bored time him move Once racing blood hooked nothing exciting have have place start March issue listed some kits available Pylon racer information LR-IA incorrect kit Ed Allen 3nd Harley Condra 5364 Via Alcazar San Diego 92111 Phone 619/571-3761 268-0830 Kit price $85 Send contest reports black & sihite 5 x 7 can will try get See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Conroe TX 7302 C Helicopters/Chesney ontinued page 57 drops wanting find chopper enthusiast Ive dropped few shops several towns over years once directed local flier must buy lot stuff mail order Id really love help some find other Fliers area very often come up blank myself flying season must ravel hope Ill have Helicopter ne interested visit near following Ities drop line Birmingham AL Atlanta JA except Danny Floyd Charleston SC ]reenville SC Chattanooga TN Roanoke VA ichmond VA company closed its branch office Knox ille TN thankfully met Buddy Tucker ast years Statesville NC Schluter Cup Buddy hosted Schluter Cup Knoxville last year sent photos taken Lany Nelson Buddy writes Dandridge TNthe city named after George Washingtons wife David Crockett marriedwas site Schluter Cup Helicopter meet September 25 26 1982 Yes people Miniature Aircraft Sup ply Walt Tim Schoonard willing travel mountainous backwoods East Ten nessee order help us hillbillies handle Helicopters thanks making informative fun event lot friendly fellowship between competed event held ARCH Appalachian Radio Con trolled Helicopters field consists 75 x 2200 ft runway nothing around wide open spaces Along first round flying came rain set day flying would resume 8 oclock Sunday morning Sunday started out looking like repeat Saturday contestants attacked course under watery sky After second round skies cleared day perfect whisper breeze total S rounds flown no damage except couple broken rotor blades 16 contestants flying about 10 other Helicopter pilots attended get help instruction Aftei winning first place Wash ington DC Schluter Cup L Simpson struck again gain top honors flying Mini-Boy Tim Schoonard flew Heli-Boy second Roy Swim Heli-Boy finished third Expert Tom Thrift SX-81 captured first Nov ice Larry Taylor flying Mini-Boy second Jon Ellis flying Kalt Baron 50 Custom third Robert Rogers number beginner number two Dewey Tucker both flew Kalt Baron 50 Customs Edwin Ham finished third Heli-Boy Other entries three Crickets Zenith rest field flying Mini-Boys Heli-Boys did Miniature Aircraft Supply fur nish nine trophies first three finishers division also provided Mini-Boy prize drawn contestants Edwin Ham lucky man though advertised Schluter Cup Meet ws attend ed contestants Alabama Georgia North Carolina Indiana Illinois Florida across Tennessee about 30 people attendance Saturday night banquet Tim Schoonard spoke about Helicoptering informed us about products available Miniature Aircraft Supplyand also gave report about new Superior Heli-Boy soon released US will upgrade package Heli-Boys already action meet generated lot interest Heli copters got club ARCH off ground flying field used exclusively Heli copters have flying sessions day Satur day Sunday special help instruction need will also using video tapes instruction soon become available interested flying us visit ing club contact Dewey Buddy Tucker Rt 2 Box 404 Dandridge TN 37725 phone area code 615/397-7288 located Interstate 40 about 30 miles east Knoxville TN 60 miles west Asheville NC 60 miles south Bristol VA final note regarding Ham Radio activities lack activity N4DFH no longer has equipment QTH necessary operation 160-10 meters George Droysen WD9CSX does June 1983 147
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 56, 146, 147
Radio Control PYLON RA CING Bill Hager RACING season again looks mail am getting going lots new fliers Pylon course year am still getting plenty mail about Club 500 racing What rules What about having Club 500 racing AMA Nats Lets take question about making Club 500 racing part Nats Club 500 racing started fun event anyone could enter have chance win supposed low-key simple easy event almost case started out people using stock engine non-altered stock kit stock prop usually host club supplied 15% nitro fuel some people event would stepping-stone used sharpen skills pos sible activity Formula Quarter Midget rac ing great majority Pylon Racing want So make diffi cult change good thing Keep event low-key simple getting bored event time move something else like Formula Quarter Midget can al guarantee will long time tiring events Dont try change simple event defeats its purpose first place will close door face person wanted get started something low-key received letter other day Jim Bocekinfuso Jims club Long Island Flying Eagles letter good example what has happened other parts country Dear Bill Thought would like hear small club Long Island am forwarding copy months newsletter Eagles Nest am vice-president co-editor news letter club composed 30 great guys love fly mostly fun-fly club hold two Pylon Races year races fun have Because months newsletter pertains clubs racing thought might interested Like other club started formal racing about four years ago things simplethen competitive spirit took over rules made go all-out races set up beautiful course having pylons flags huge light board pylon barriers men pylons PA system communica tions via walkie talkies big scoreboard etc have ball problem originated started modify Quickie 500 because AMA did really set down guidelines classification opinion want Pylon Racing grow feel future Quickie 500 class Racing drivers dont start Indianapolis 500 cars ya know Anyway modifications started getting crazy plane built race became obsolete next wanted stay competitive keep up modifications Some modi fications follows based mostly Spickler kits Swept-back wings 20-30 degrees still retaining 500 sq So lightening holes looked like Swiss cheese under 3/s lb Added-on triangular stock leading edge much sharper airfoil Wing fillets no dihedral wing some modifications lieve planes fast stayed groove much better stock Quickie ever started lose something very importantfun last few races some dissatisfaction disagreement about some planes something done agreed winner should guy most-modified plane guy flew best race So club made set rules very easyand everyone likes might good club just starting racing clubs like would probably work club Long Island know has Pylon Races its shame because fun have think people scared off too easily because see expensive intricate Formula planes magazines just dont realize easy would have Sport Pylon Quickie 500 race Keep up good work magazine thanks time Jim Bocckinfuso Long Island Flying Eagles rules Jims club has put together Continued page 146 56 Model Aviation start Pylon Races hosted Dallas RC Club Dallas TX Note protective screen shielding lap counters uses steel pipe structure nere workers rn rIO 1 pyion compiemeiy envIoaeu UII1C U UU WI rememoer mis equipmentused 1976-80 Nats races held Dayton OH THE new POWRTOW WINCH ZIP & LONGER BATTERY LIFE Power size sailplane current draw -kiting & manual drum brakes adjuslable speeds parachute turn-a round foot switch 115 lb braided line ansI uae RETRIEVER launch-a-minute flighlsan end line shagging delays line crossings drag free operation tangles heavy-duty cables clips braided 301blinetow ribbonhand switch lin guides ball bearing swivels DAVEY SYSTEMS U COUPORATIOM NE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 I2I5l44-O692 Write call information contest director wonder long lines 150-meter mark cable link indicate length Distance Speed courses Additional links cable quarter half three-quarter lap marks serious organizer F3B contestor serious competitor matterthe sighting devices measuring cable highly recommended Have meantime support USA/F3B team Team Manager Diek Odle announced patches available $6 pins $5 decals $3 Send bucks him Dick Odle 815 Mellow Lane Simi Valley CA 93065 Good lift Don Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Ploinfleld IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued aie 55 First Dicks plans intended beginners Giant Scale certainly beginners RC Thats meant negative criticism just let know what expect plans contain necessary information build plane involved assume builder has experience handle details radio installation control hinging hook-up engine mounting etc unreasonable especially since aircraft involved ginner models sense word CAP-20 first Dicks designs remember seeing action Miles flew dur ing 1981 saw IMAA Fly-In Louisville year plans three sheets about 3 6 ft other two 3 4 ft no indication plans what scale 84-in span would assume quarter-scale close wing area listed 1272 sq design weight 16 18 lb will take currently available engines two two-and-a-half cu range believe Miles used 24 Kioritz would perform well Quadra especially 16 lb all-up weight Along plans list sources things like cowls canopies landing gear spin ners etc some cases source listed Howker Tempest MK V interesting WWII fighters Its deep bulbous cowl should accept some fairly hefty engines Again no scale indicated 86-in span would guess smaller V4-scale orig inal fairly large aircraft No wing area fig ures given plans have since wing elliptical didnt go trouble figuring out close guess would about 10% CAP plans two sheets 3 8 ft. other 3 6 ft No engine specified wouldnt go anything less about 3ci displacement have halfwayrealistic performance want go re tracts youre pretty much own mention made Platt retracts no real details shown RV-3 single-place low-wing homebuilt closest three beginners model Construction simple slab-sided fuselage constant-chord wing 85-in span has got close -scale Note three Dicks designs almost equal span nice size Giant Scale really cares what actual scale ratio could figure out wing area 1487 sq weight should easily come out under 20 lb Quadra should nice gentle flier examining Tempest RV-3 bad felt plans downright skimpy detail remembered Dick given three plans Toledo last year time mentioned CAP-20 plans really finished gave him call check assured much detail has added since copies made addition now has available plans CAP-21 Miles flew 1982 IMAA Fly-In Ida Grove Ill have review sometime future thing noted missing plans mention shear webbing wing spars mentioned Dick said wasnt oversight doesnt use feels technique makes wing too rigid prefers some flexibility says neither nor Miles have wing failure construction shown Ive seen way Miles can throw CAPs around Ive watched wings 747 flex keeping air may right three plans CAP-21 avail able R C Garmhausen 2715 Maple Ave NE Canton OH 44714 CAP-20 RV-3 $2000 Tempest $2500 includes postage plans shipped folded can get rolled will cost Check Dick Spangled STARS again 1983 STARS Scale Rally scheduled July 9 10 Olean NY Municipal Airport Scale RC model over years has become premier Giant Scale event Ive lucky enough get last three years hope again year Its eight-hour drive hut well worth fantastic flying site good food good talk Saturday night gettogether field cant matched Bounteous Bold Big Birds Big Banger decked Baffling Bedazzling Bevies holders Brilliant Ballets Before Beautiful Blue Backgrounds thats oIl tune Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Mansassas VA 22110 RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued raqe 56 Club 500 racing fair way running event pit man against man against mostmodified Quickie everything now being equal man tums tightest tums runs straightest course will win rules Quickie 500 C Any commercially-kitted Quickie 500 NO modifications kind except make additional access hatch fuselage ser vos No modifications means no lightening holes no excessive sanding wood no additional parts like sharp leading edges no substitution parts etc dihedral called must used No substitute parts will permitted Please guys dont circumvent because will building plane nothing want planes class have exactly same chance C No scratch-built planes will allowedThis prevent anyone using lightest contest-grade wood substitute leading edge stock etc C Any commercially-available engine al lowed providing has side exhaust front rotor intake Engine must stock no modifications re-work will done Only muffler pressure will allowed C Propeller commercially-available wood fiber-filled prop no modifications except balance side C Muffler expansion-type unmodified muffler will allowed No flow-throughs Du Bro straight-type tuned pipes variations of will allowed rules make everything Just build stock Quickie 500 throw engine youre business have much chance anyone else category racing should real blast now hope making ths planes equal lot fun will ol us will still some room foi experimentationsuch trying different engins prop combinations trying different ki manufacturers Quickie 500s thats far will go Once again lets keep simple Think about 146 Model Aviation RETRIEVER $300t9 plus shipping dont see new people changing rules around make event competitive Usually seasoned flier changing rules possibly because bored time him move Once racing blood hooked nothing exciting have have place start March issue listed some kits available Pylon racer information LR-IA incorrect kit Ed Allen 3nd Harley Condra 5364 Via Alcazar San Diego 92111 Phone 619/571-3761 268-0830 Kit price $85 Send contest reports black & sihite 5 x 7 can will try get See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Conroe TX 7302 C Helicopters/Chesney ontinued page 57 drops wanting find chopper enthusiast Ive dropped few shops several towns over years once directed local flier must buy lot stuff mail order Id really love help some find other Fliers area very often come up blank myself flying season must ravel hope Ill have Helicopter ne interested visit near following Ities drop line Birmingham AL Atlanta JA except Danny Floyd Charleston SC ]reenville SC Chattanooga TN Roanoke VA ichmond VA company closed its branch office Knox ille TN thankfully met Buddy Tucker ast years Statesville NC Schluter Cup Buddy hosted Schluter Cup Knoxville last year sent photos taken Lany Nelson Buddy writes Dandridge TNthe city named after George Washingtons wife David Crockett marriedwas site Schluter Cup Helicopter meet September 25 26 1982 Yes people Miniature Aircraft Sup ply Walt Tim Schoonard willing travel mountainous backwoods East Ten nessee order help us hillbillies handle Helicopters thanks making informative fun event lot friendly fellowship between competed event held ARCH Appalachian Radio Con trolled Helicopters field consists 75 x 2200 ft runway nothing around wide open spaces Along first round flying came rain set day flying would resume 8 oclock Sunday morning Sunday started out looking like repeat Saturday contestants attacked course under watery sky After second round skies cleared day perfect whisper breeze total S rounds flown no damage except couple broken rotor blades 16 contestants flying about 10 other Helicopter pilots attended get help instruction Aftei winning first place Wash ington DC Schluter Cup L Simpson struck again gain top honors flying Mini-Boy Tim Schoonard flew Heli-Boy second Roy Swim Heli-Boy finished third Expert Tom Thrift SX-81 captured first Nov ice Larry Taylor flying Mini-Boy second Jon Ellis flying Kalt Baron 50 Custom third Robert Rogers number beginner number two Dewey Tucker both flew Kalt Baron 50 Customs Edwin Ham finished third Heli-Boy Other entries three Crickets Zenith rest field flying Mini-Boys Heli-Boys did Miniature Aircraft Supply fur nish nine trophies first three finishers division also provided Mini-Boy prize drawn contestants Edwin Ham lucky man though advertised Schluter Cup Meet ws attend ed contestants Alabama Georgia North Carolina Indiana Illinois Florida across Tennessee about 30 people attendance Saturday night banquet Tim Schoonard spoke about Helicoptering informed us about products available Miniature Aircraft Supplyand also gave report about new Superior Heli-Boy soon released US will upgrade package Heli-Boys already action meet generated lot interest Heli copters got club ARCH off ground flying field used exclusively Heli copters have flying sessions day Satur day Sunday special help instruction need will also using video tapes instruction soon become available interested flying us visit ing club contact Dewey Buddy Tucker Rt 2 Box 404 Dandridge TN 37725 phone area code 615/397-7288 located Interstate 40 about 30 miles east Knoxville TN 60 miles west Asheville NC 60 miles south Bristol VA final note regarding Ham Radio activities lack activity N4DFH no longer has equipment QTH necessary operation 160-10 meters George Droysen WD9CSX does June 1983 147
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 56, 146, 147
Radio Control PYLON RA CING Bill Hager RACING season again looks mail am getting going lots new fliers Pylon course year am still getting plenty mail about Club 500 racing What rules What about having Club 500 racing AMA Nats Lets take question about making Club 500 racing part Nats Club 500 racing started fun event anyone could enter have chance win supposed low-key simple easy event almost case started out people using stock engine non-altered stock kit stock prop usually host club supplied 15% nitro fuel some people event would stepping-stone used sharpen skills pos sible activity Formula Quarter Midget rac ing great majority Pylon Racing want So make diffi cult change good thing Keep event low-key simple getting bored event time move something else like Formula Quarter Midget can al guarantee will long time tiring events Dont try change simple event defeats its purpose first place will close door face person wanted get started something low-key received letter other day Jim Bocekinfuso Jims club Long Island Flying Eagles letter good example what has happened other parts country Dear Bill Thought would like hear small club Long Island am forwarding copy months newsletter Eagles Nest am vice-president co-editor news letter club composed 30 great guys love fly mostly fun-fly club hold two Pylon Races year races fun have Because months newsletter pertains clubs racing thought might interested Like other club started formal racing about four years ago things simplethen competitive spirit took over rules made go all-out races set up beautiful course having pylons flags huge light board pylon barriers men pylons PA system communica tions via walkie talkies big scoreboard etc have ball problem originated started modify Quickie 500 because AMA did really set down guidelines classification opinion want Pylon Racing grow feel future Quickie 500 class Racing drivers dont start Indianapolis 500 cars ya know Anyway modifications started getting crazy plane built race became obsolete next wanted stay competitive keep up modifications Some modi fications follows based mostly Spickler kits Swept-back wings 20-30 degrees still retaining 500 sq So lightening holes looked like Swiss cheese under 3/s lb Added-on triangular stock leading edge much sharper airfoil Wing fillets no dihedral wing some modifications lieve planes fast stayed groove much better stock Quickie ever started lose something very importantfun last few races some dissatisfaction disagreement about some planes something done agreed winner should guy most-modified plane guy flew best race So club made set rules very easyand everyone likes might good club just starting racing clubs like would probably work club Long Island know has Pylon Races its shame because fun have think people scared off too easily because see expensive intricate Formula planes magazines just dont realize easy would have Sport Pylon Quickie 500 race Keep up good work magazine thanks time Jim Bocckinfuso Long Island Flying Eagles rules Jims club has put together Continued page 146 56 Model Aviation start Pylon Races hosted Dallas RC Club Dallas TX Note protective screen shielding lap counters uses steel pipe structure nere workers rn rIO 1 pyion compiemeiy envIoaeu UII1C U UU WI rememoer mis equipmentused 1976-80 Nats races held Dayton OH THE new POWRTOW WINCH ZIP & LONGER BATTERY LIFE Power size sailplane current draw -kiting & manual drum brakes adjuslable speeds parachute turn-a round foot switch 115 lb braided line ansI uae RETRIEVER launch-a-minute flighlsan end line shagging delays line crossings drag free operation tangles heavy-duty cables clips braided 301blinetow ribbonhand switch lin guides ball bearing swivels DAVEY SYSTEMS U COUPORATIOM NE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 I2I5l44-O692 Write call information contest director wonder long lines 150-meter mark cable link indicate length Distance Speed courses Additional links cable quarter half three-quarter lap marks serious organizer F3B contestor serious competitor matterthe sighting devices measuring cable highly recommended Have meantime support USA/F3B team Team Manager Diek Odle announced patches available $6 pins $5 decals $3 Send bucks him Dick Odle 815 Mellow Lane Simi Valley CA 93065 Good lift Don Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Ploinfleld IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued aie 55 First Dicks plans intended beginners Giant Scale certainly beginners RC Thats meant negative criticism just let know what expect plans contain necessary information build plane involved assume builder has experience handle details radio installation control hinging hook-up engine mounting etc unreasonable especially since aircraft involved ginner models sense word CAP-20 first Dicks designs remember seeing action Miles flew dur ing 1981 saw IMAA Fly-In Louisville year plans three sheets about 3 6 ft other two 3 4 ft no indication plans what scale 84-in span would assume quarter-scale close wing area listed 1272 sq design weight 16 18 lb will take currently available engines two two-and-a-half cu range believe Miles used 24 Kioritz would perform well Quadra especially 16 lb all-up weight Along plans list sources things like cowls canopies landing gear spin ners etc some cases source listed Howker Tempest MK V interesting WWII fighters Its deep bulbous cowl should accept some fairly hefty engines Again no scale indicated 86-in span would guess smaller V4-scale orig inal fairly large aircraft No wing area fig ures given plans have since wing elliptical didnt go trouble figuring out close guess would about 10% CAP plans two sheets 3 8 ft. other 3 6 ft No engine specified wouldnt go anything less about 3ci displacement have halfwayrealistic performance want go re tracts youre pretty much own mention made Platt retracts no real details shown RV-3 single-place low-wing homebuilt closest three beginners model Construction simple slab-sided fuselage constant-chord wing 85-in span has got close -scale Note three Dicks designs almost equal span nice size Giant Scale really cares what actual scale ratio could figure out wing area 1487 sq weight should easily come out under 20 lb Quadra should nice gentle flier examining Tempest RV-3 bad felt plans downright skimpy detail remembered Dick given three plans Toledo last year time mentioned CAP-20 plans really finished gave him call check assured much detail has added since copies made addition now has available plans CAP-21 Miles flew 1982 IMAA Fly-In Ida Grove Ill have review sometime future thing noted missing plans mention shear webbing wing spars mentioned Dick said wasnt oversight doesnt use feels technique makes wing too rigid prefers some flexibility says neither nor Miles have wing failure construction shown Ive seen way Miles can throw CAPs around Ive watched wings 747 flex keeping air may right three plans CAP-21 avail able R C Garmhausen 2715 Maple Ave NE Canton OH 44714 CAP-20 RV-3 $2000 Tempest $2500 includes postage plans shipped folded can get rolled will cost Check Dick Spangled STARS again 1983 STARS Scale Rally scheduled July 9 10 Olean NY Municipal Airport Scale RC model over years has become premier Giant Scale event Ive lucky enough get last three years hope again year Its eight-hour drive hut well worth fantastic flying site good food good talk Saturday night gettogether field cant matched Bounteous Bold Big Birds Big Banger decked Baffling Bedazzling Bevies holders Brilliant Ballets Before Beautiful Blue Backgrounds thats oIl tune Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Mansassas VA 22110 RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued raqe 56 Club 500 racing fair way running event pit man against man against mostmodified Quickie everything now being equal man tums tightest tums runs straightest course will win rules Quickie 500 C Any commercially-kitted Quickie 500 NO modifications kind except make additional access hatch fuselage ser vos No modifications means no lightening holes no excessive sanding wood no additional parts like sharp leading edges no substitution parts etc dihedral called must used No substitute parts will permitted Please guys dont circumvent because will building plane nothing want planes class have exactly same chance C No scratch-built planes will allowedThis prevent anyone using lightest contest-grade wood substitute leading edge stock etc C Any commercially-available engine al lowed providing has side exhaust front rotor intake Engine must stock no modifications re-work will done Only muffler pressure will allowed C Propeller commercially-available wood fiber-filled prop no modifications except balance side C Muffler expansion-type unmodified muffler will allowed No flow-throughs Du Bro straight-type tuned pipes variations of will allowed rules make everything Just build stock Quickie 500 throw engine youre business have much chance anyone else category racing should real blast now hope making ths planes equal lot fun will ol us will still some room foi experimentationsuch trying different engins prop combinations trying different ki manufacturers Quickie 500s thats far will go Once again lets keep simple Think about 146 Model Aviation RETRIEVER $300t9 plus shipping dont see new people changing rules around make event competitive Usually seasoned flier changing rules possibly because bored time him move Once racing blood hooked nothing exciting have have place start March issue listed some kits available Pylon racer information LR-IA incorrect kit Ed Allen 3nd Harley Condra 5364 Via Alcazar San Diego 92111 Phone 619/571-3761 268-0830 Kit price $85 Send contest reports black & sihite 5 x 7 can will try get See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Conroe TX 7302 C Helicopters/Chesney ontinued page 57 drops wanting find chopper enthusiast Ive dropped few shops several towns over years once directed local flier must buy lot stuff mail order Id really love help some find other Fliers area very often come up blank myself flying season must ravel hope Ill have Helicopter ne interested visit near following Ities drop line Birmingham AL Atlanta JA except Danny Floyd Charleston SC ]reenville SC Chattanooga TN Roanoke VA ichmond VA company closed its branch office Knox ille TN thankfully met Buddy Tucker ast years Statesville NC Schluter Cup Buddy hosted Schluter Cup Knoxville last year sent photos taken Lany Nelson Buddy writes Dandridge TNthe city named after George Washingtons wife David Crockett marriedwas site Schluter Cup Helicopter meet September 25 26 1982 Yes people Miniature Aircraft Sup ply Walt Tim Schoonard willing travel mountainous backwoods East Ten nessee order help us hillbillies handle Helicopters thanks making informative fun event lot friendly fellowship between competed event held ARCH Appalachian Radio Con trolled Helicopters field consists 75 x 2200 ft runway nothing around wide open spaces Along first round flying came rain set day flying would resume 8 oclock Sunday morning Sunday started out looking like repeat Saturday contestants attacked course under watery sky After second round skies cleared day perfect whisper breeze total S rounds flown no damage except couple broken rotor blades 16 contestants flying about 10 other Helicopter pilots attended get help instruction Aftei winning first place Wash ington DC Schluter Cup L Simpson struck again gain top honors flying Mini-Boy Tim Schoonard flew Heli-Boy second Roy Swim Heli-Boy finished third Expert Tom Thrift SX-81 captured first Nov ice Larry Taylor flying Mini-Boy second Jon Ellis flying Kalt Baron 50 Custom third Robert Rogers number beginner number two Dewey Tucker both flew Kalt Baron 50 Customs Edwin Ham finished third Heli-Boy Other entries three Crickets Zenith rest field flying Mini-Boys Heli-Boys did Miniature Aircraft Supply fur nish nine trophies first three finishers division also provided Mini-Boy prize drawn contestants Edwin Ham lucky man though advertised Schluter Cup Meet ws attend ed contestants Alabama Georgia North Carolina Indiana Illinois Florida across Tennessee about 30 people attendance Saturday night banquet Tim Schoonard spoke about Helicoptering informed us about products available Miniature Aircraft Supplyand also gave report about new Superior Heli-Boy soon released US will upgrade package Heli-Boys already action meet generated lot interest Heli copters got club ARCH off ground flying field used exclusively Heli copters have flying sessions day Satur day Sunday special help instruction need will also using video tapes instruction soon become available interested flying us visit ing club contact Dewey Buddy Tucker Rt 2 Box 404 Dandridge TN 37725 phone area code 615/397-7288 located Interstate 40 about 30 miles east Knoxville TN 60 miles west Asheville NC 60 miles south Bristol VA final note regarding Ham Radio activities lack activity N4DFH no longer has equipment QTH necessary operation 160-10 meters George Droysen WD9CSX does June 1983 147