Radio Contml Pylon Racing Bill Hager TREKKERS District Eight live can quite distance weekend race order make trip worthwhile some cases have split up weekendhaving complete contest Saturday starting over again Sunday someone has bad day Saturday like second chancenot bad idea Such case first race year held Paris AR April 14 15 driving Houston TX area least eight-hour trip weather didnt cooperate us Saturday worst part 25 mph crosswind Because lot Zeroes posted lot broken props put trash can As pilots started get feel racing again things got better rac ing got tighter Bruce Richmond Rick Oliver very tight race Fred French started off season just about way ended itat last years Championship Race Fred destroyed No 2 pylon Well did again Fred have go around themnot through Days-end race three-way tie third Ed Rankin Bruce Richmond Dave Layman also tie first place between Dub Jett George Parks tie third settled best times Resolving first place easy both George Dub ready flyoff Dub won flyoff 1166 Georges 11672 Now thats some racing Saturdays results 1 Dub Jett 15 points Denight/X-40 12490 2 George Parks 15 points Pellets/X-40 11888 fast time 3 Bruce Richmond 14 points Toni/X-40 11960 4 Ed Rankin 14 points Polecat/X-40 12112 5 Dave Layman 14 points Polecat/X-40 12477 6 Gary Heithold 13 points Denight/X-40 12510 7 JP Hanway 13 points Denight/X-40 12790 8 Richard Oliver 11 points Polecat/X-40 12520 9 Norm Johnson 9 points Toni/X-40 12250 10 Dick Ritch 9 points Polecat/K&B 40 12479 Sunday morning dawned gray dismal same crosswind very cool tem peratures threat rain Round got under way about 930 tempo picked up left off Satur day George Parks won first race 1190 Duane Pisciotta won first race 1204 Round two started out hot George Parks Norm Johnson went George puffing away 11557 Norm Johnsons 1189 Dub Jett won out over Duane Pisciotta Dub 1189 Duane 1245for 11 laps cut Round three went off much ex citement except Rick Oliver Duane good race Rick won 1190 Duane 1280 11 laps again cut pylon round four underway tempo still picking up George won race 1182 Dub Jett won out over JP Hanway Dub turned 1154 fast time Hanways 1184 Round five started George easily winning 1200 Duane Pisciotta winning race 1176 Phill Bussell finally got act together winning race 1179 Gary Heitholds 1196 end round five ties could shake stick six way tie twelfth place decided times four-way tie seventh place also decided times tie fifth place between Ed Rankin Gary Howard decided flyoffEd won Gary cut pylon Tied third place Norm Johnson Duane Pisciotta again Norm won flyoff Duane cut pylon Unbelievably Dub Jett nd George Parks again tied first place flyoff take place unbelievable lead changed turn pylonit Jett lead George end lap 10 checkered flag droppedwho won race photo finish both crossed line together poor Chuck Greenwood chore hav ing go watches decide winner Dub Jett lucky winner 04 second best races District has ever seen Jett 11432 George 11436 Sunday results 1 Dub Jett 15 points Denight/X-40 11542fast time 2 George Parks 15 points Pellets/X-40 11557 3 Norm Johnson 13 points Toni/X-40 11890 4 Duane Pisciotta 13 points Denight/X-40 11760 5 Ed Rankin 12 points Polecat/X-40 12080 6 Gary Howard 12 points Tom Cat/OS 12310 7 Phill Bussell 11 points Denight/X-40 11790 8 JP Hanway 11 points Toni/X-40 11840 9 Richard Oliver 11 points Polecat X-40 11900 10 Bruce Richmond 11 points Toni/X-40 12070 Throughout year usually try write about racing areas country some dont very often go other areas race will least let know what going out So want rest world know what club area doing racing send information along some pictures will what can get year least once sometimes twice mention something about bat teries part radio gear Continued page 145 50 Model Aviation Cliff Teiford caught hard work checking 0500 engine make sure stock Cliff NMPRA committee chairman charge formuiating unified set 0500 rules good four flights its 70 mAh pack discharged recharged field Well seems terest some folks Im preparing submission MA Good Editor goes youll see way Specifically have very simple homebrew accessory easy low-cost build will safely run small flight packs down point can safely recharge same equipment use motor batter ies sounds good stay tuned what readings really mean expanded information use switches connectors assembling battery packs Remember have ideas along linethings youd like see cludedor how-to things youd like shareplease send em Bob Kopski 25 West End Dr Lans dale PA 19446 Happy landings RC Pylon RacinglHage Continued page 50 OK kept charged did regularly take pack out inspect Well day forward have paid careful attention batteries ways products market help monitoring batteries use Power Pacer personal preference unit will completely cycle Ni-Cd battery pack have bad cells will also know right away sure lot better finding bad cells bench middle race Ive recently opportunity see copy Electric Flight Dave Day book published Great Britain available Motorbooks International 729 Prospect Ave Osceola WI 54020 Sorry dont know cost Its fairly small book about 6 x 8 94 pages lots pictures product de scriptions performance information foreign merchandise may readily available country book includes some basic some how-to information probably useful overview wide range Electric accomplishments source inspiration new ideas As preview some topics covered future RC Electrics include basic elec trical terms meanings applied Electric flight use meters probably its weakest link prob ably neglected itemsand usually put forward part plane vibration worst havent done yet maybe now too late take pack out check thoroughly Check wires plug Repack batteries good soft foam rubber reinstalling pack make sure wedge too tightly About five years ago lost plane flown two full seasons plane probably best plane have ever owned middle race going number pylon couldnt get turn just flew woods guessed itbad batteries three bad cells flight pack batteries over three years old Andyou guessed againI never checked Now am done batteries speech year can get back racing Dont forgetsend something about what District doing rac ing Send direct magazine office See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC HelicopterslJolly Continued page 51 portant allows get out both Helicopter engine Lets take look Futaba 7GH As other modern radios 7GH features dual rates aileron elevator ruddereach controlled separately switches mounted top trans August1984 145
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
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Radio Contml Pylon Racing Bill Hager TREKKERS District Eight live can quite distance weekend race order make trip worthwhile some cases have split up weekendhaving complete contest Saturday starting over again Sunday someone has bad day Saturday like second chancenot bad idea Such case first race year held Paris AR April 14 15 driving Houston TX area least eight-hour trip weather didnt cooperate us Saturday worst part 25 mph crosswind Because lot Zeroes posted lot broken props put trash can As pilots started get feel racing again things got better rac ing got tighter Bruce Richmond Rick Oliver very tight race Fred French started off season just about way ended itat last years Championship Race Fred destroyed No 2 pylon Well did again Fred have go around themnot through Days-end race three-way tie third Ed Rankin Bruce Richmond Dave Layman also tie first place between Dub Jett George Parks tie third settled best times Resolving first place easy both George Dub ready flyoff Dub won flyoff 1166 Georges 11672 Now thats some racing Saturdays results 1 Dub Jett 15 points Denight/X-40 12490 2 George Parks 15 points Pellets/X-40 11888 fast time 3 Bruce Richmond 14 points Toni/X-40 11960 4 Ed Rankin 14 points Polecat/X-40 12112 5 Dave Layman 14 points Polecat/X-40 12477 6 Gary Heithold 13 points Denight/X-40 12510 7 JP Hanway 13 points Denight/X-40 12790 8 Richard Oliver 11 points Polecat/X-40 12520 9 Norm Johnson 9 points Toni/X-40 12250 10 Dick Ritch 9 points Polecat/K&B 40 12479 Sunday morning dawned gray dismal same crosswind very cool tem peratures threat rain Round got under way about 930 tempo picked up left off Satur day George Parks won first race 1190 Duane Pisciotta won first race 1204 Round two started out hot George Parks Norm Johnson went George puffing away 11557 Norm Johnsons 1189 Dub Jett won out over Duane Pisciotta Dub 1189 Duane 1245for 11 laps cut Round three went off much ex citement except Rick Oliver Duane good race Rick won 1190 Duane 1280 11 laps again cut pylon round four underway tempo still picking up George won race 1182 Dub Jett won out over JP Hanway Dub turned 1154 fast time Hanways 1184 Round five started George easily winning 1200 Duane Pisciotta winning race 1176 Phill Bussell finally got act together winning race 1179 Gary Heitholds 1196 end round five ties could shake stick six way tie twelfth place decided times four-way tie seventh place also decided times tie fifth place between Ed Rankin Gary Howard decided flyoffEd won Gary cut pylon Tied third place Norm Johnson Duane Pisciotta again Norm won flyoff Duane cut pylon Unbelievably Dub Jett nd George Parks again tied first place flyoff take place unbelievable lead changed turn pylonit Jett lead George end lap 10 checkered flag droppedwho won race photo finish both crossed line together poor Chuck Greenwood chore hav ing go watches decide winner Dub Jett lucky winner 04 second best races District has ever seen Jett 11432 George 11436 Sunday results 1 Dub Jett 15 points Denight/X-40 11542fast time 2 George Parks 15 points Pellets/X-40 11557 3 Norm Johnson 13 points Toni/X-40 11890 4 Duane Pisciotta 13 points Denight/X-40 11760 5 Ed Rankin 12 points Polecat/X-40 12080 6 Gary Howard 12 points Tom Cat/OS 12310 7 Phill Bussell 11 points Denight/X-40 11790 8 JP Hanway 11 points Toni/X-40 11840 9 Richard Oliver 11 points Polecat X-40 11900 10 Bruce Richmond 11 points Toni/X-40 12070 Throughout year usually try write about racing areas country some dont very often go other areas race will least let know what going out So want rest world know what club area doing racing send information along some pictures will what can get year least once sometimes twice mention something about bat teries part radio gear Continued page 145 50 Model Aviation Cliff Teiford caught hard work checking 0500 engine make sure stock Cliff NMPRA committee chairman charge formuiating unified set 0500 rules good four flights its 70 mAh pack discharged recharged field Well seems terest some folks Im preparing submission MA Good Editor goes youll see way Specifically have very simple homebrew accessory easy low-cost build will safely run small flight packs down point can safely recharge same equipment use motor batter ies sounds good stay tuned what readings really mean expanded information use switches connectors assembling battery packs Remember have ideas along linethings youd like see cludedor how-to things youd like shareplease send em Bob Kopski 25 West End Dr Lans dale PA 19446 Happy landings RC Pylon RacinglHage Continued page 50 OK kept charged did regularly take pack out inspect Well day forward have paid careful attention batteries ways products market help monitoring batteries use Power Pacer personal preference unit will completely cycle Ni-Cd battery pack have bad cells will also know right away sure lot better finding bad cells bench middle race Ive recently opportunity see copy Electric Flight Dave Day book published Great Britain available Motorbooks International 729 Prospect Ave Osceola WI 54020 Sorry dont know cost Its fairly small book about 6 x 8 94 pages lots pictures product de scriptions performance information foreign merchandise may readily available country book includes some basic some how-to information probably useful overview wide range Electric accomplishments source inspiration new ideas As preview some topics covered future RC Electrics include basic elec trical terms meanings applied Electric flight use meters probably its weakest link prob ably neglected itemsand usually put forward part plane vibration worst havent done yet maybe now too late take pack out check thoroughly Check wires plug Repack batteries good soft foam rubber reinstalling pack make sure wedge too tightly About five years ago lost plane flown two full seasons plane probably best plane have ever owned middle race going number pylon couldnt get turn just flew woods guessed itbad batteries three bad cells flight pack batteries over three years old Andyou guessed againI never checked Now am done batteries speech year can get back racing Dont forgetsend something about what District doing rac ing Send direct magazine office See next month Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC HelicopterslJolly Continued page 51 portant allows get out both Helicopter engine Lets take look Futaba 7GH As other modern radios 7GH features dual rates aileron elevator ruddereach controlled separately switches mounted top trans August1984 145