RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem dominate class few civil military types competing well Vincent Gargiulo New Jersey placed second de Havilland Chipmunk Third place garnered John Wood flew scale Clipped Wing Cub John traveled Nats Massachusetts compete great see families RC Scale Nats year Bruce Tharpe attended wife Tracy son Branden Also Harold Hester son Nicholis Hal Phyllis Winters attend Nats regularly came year Hals retract landing gear Grumman F3F Gulfhawk Hal retracts built unitHal says Wilbur Hoffman retired engineer Bell Continued page 91 December 1993 41 New Jerseys Vincent Gargiulo right works 88-inch-span Super Chipmunk placed second Fun Scale Fokker D-VIII Wayne Frederick Santa Rosa California -scale model powered OS 16 twin Steve Saugers Vultee BT-15 coming landing Scratchbuilt three-views brass sheet canopy frame SIZEUSEPRICE 57X31159 6x21159 63X4395 65X292395 65X372395 65X5O3395 65 X553395 65 X6O3395 65 X653395 7x315159 7X415159 7X5159 7X6159 7X7159 7X8159 7X9159 7X10159 78X414395 78X66395 78X76395 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem dominate class few civil military types competing well Vincent Gargiulo New Jersey placed second de Havilland Chipmunk Third place garnered John Wood flew scale Clipped Wing Cub John traveled Nats Massachusetts compete great see families RC Scale Nats year Bruce Tharpe attended wife Tracy son Branden Also Harold Hester son Nicholis Hal Phyllis Winters attend Nats regularly came year Hals retract landing gear Grumman F3F Gulfhawk Hal retracts built unitHal says Wilbur Hoffman retired engineer Bell Continued page 91 December 1993 41 New Jerseys Vincent Gargiulo right works 88-inch-span Super Chipmunk placed second Fun Scale Fokker D-VIII Wayne Frederick Santa Rosa California -scale model powered OS 16 twin Steve Saugers Vultee BT-15 coming landing Scratchbuilt three-views brass sheet canopy frame SIZEUSEPRICE 57X31159 6x21159 63X4395 65X292395 65X372395 65X5O3395 65 X553395 65 X6O3395 65 X653395 7x315159 7X415159 7X5159 7X6159 7X7159 7X8159 7X9159 7X10159 78X414395 78X66395 78X76395 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its excellent site people just tired coming flooded midwest certainly large impact Nats well other events summer Bill Harris Scale competitor usually attends Nats said water about quarter mile house left Sunday morning Bill came watch stated kinds animals rodents insects coming up flood swollen rivers invading local homes AMA Nats NASA presents NASA Flight Achievement Award NASA Scale Special Interst Group AMA After competition flights have completed flight judges get together decide aircraft entries Scale classes best represents full-scale prototype total number flights scores deciding factors rather judges impression realism skill uniqueness subject flight John Guenther also president Continued page 184 December 1993 91 Th Bandits 1 OClock E-Z out uvvuii r-io r--eu uttu iuw ru bulsuir Pedal Planes will have much fun building 3-6 year old will have Flyingit Kit includes full-sized patterns complete Instructions color photo list ready made parts available also included HERO neiohborhood 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RADIO CONTROL SCALE SUNNY SUMMER weather great flying site good friends beautiful Scale modelsthese just some ingredients made 1993 Scale Nats another success Scale full calendar events Nats year RC Scale event traditionally closes National Aeromodeling Championships probably has largest audience spectators modeling event Nats diversity subjects usually ranges dawn flight latest technology jets year no exception quality diversity aircraft Nats being excellent years RC event began Thursday registration transmitter processing afternoon Thursday night Jim Parker chief flight judge years Scale Nats gave seminar RC Scale flight judging contestants judges Executive Inn Vincennes Jim president Unified Scale Pattern Judges Association USPJA Jim also judges full-scale acrobatics including regionals International Aerobatic Competition Fond Du Lac Wisconsin aeromodeling Jim has judged US Scale Masters Top Gun eleven-consecutive Nats Tournament Champions During Jims lecture discussion used overhead projector diagrams RC Scale flight maneuvers great ideashowing variations individual maneuver different types aircraft visual definition provided diagrams will help RC Scale pilot working perfect flight routine Jim discussed basicspresentation precision placement mandatory maneuvers optional maneuvers discussion sponsored National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA open interested person held almost Nats Friday morning static judging started Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director year Charlie usually competes has vowed next year 36 Model Aviation Moores Laird Turner Miss Champion golden era air racing Zenoah G-62 power 75-inch span Color scheme 1939 Thompson Trophy races Joe Moores Laird Turner racer approach Full-scale version aircraft win Thompson Trophy twice 1-11gm juages ao nave rougn bUt tney also nave tfle best seats house Front row left right Jim Parker Richie Roberts Mike Still year provided organizational talents usually saves Sawgrass Scale Classic home state Florida everyone Nats also great group administrative personnel judges beautiful group aircraft assembled gym year Several aircraft new Nats Bill McCallies P-39 400 Steve Saugers BT-15 David Ribbes F-16C Bill Setzlers 1h-scale J-3 Cub Mike Barbees T-34C Joe Moores Laird-Tumer LT-14 Andrew Pounds Byron Glassair Glassair especially interesting Sportsman later Friday night after static judging annual NASA Banquet held Lawrenceville Elks Club best food week company great about 80 NASA members present several brought spouses After dinner modelers officials met short pilots meeting everyone found out stationed flight lines decided fly six rounds flight competition average best three Flight lines placed close together yearthis worked out great Some contestants reservations about flight lines being close Charlie Chambers put concerns rest Saturday morning hot humid slight crosswind would increase days passed first flight went off before scheduled time 800 am During first round several flameouts because some aircraft werent used climate Lawrenceville Static scores also posted after first round After second round clear competition Expert class Terry Nitsch came compete Bob Violett December 1993 37 lrv Seans Ryan STA Special won second place Precision Jeff Pierces son Hunter gets closeup look couple Expert Scratch-built 90-inch span model powered Zenoah G-38 models Joe Moores Spitfire Bill McCallies P-39 Robert Benson WW II Stinson L-5 Sentinel entered Sportsman 0-42 power Benjamin Moore latex paint Kim Foster Mansfield Ohio sixth-place Nieuport 28 Expert class VS 120 four-stroke power 80-inch wingspan Attractive translucent finish Bill Setzlers big J-3 Terry Nitsch receives NASA Flight Achievement Award highlight consummate attention detail F-86 Event Director Charlie Chambers 38 Model Aviation * Nose gear Bill McCallies P-39 Note rubber trailing struts balsa stiffeners side main strut Ed Terrys L-19 low flyby Balsa USA kit modified military observation version OS 160 twin Hobbypoxy finish 1/3 SCALE I: vi Bruce Tharpe shows documentation notebook Clear view-binder enables him insert photos drawings cover F-86 Sabre took top static score Expert combined two excellent early flights proved man beat Other competitors Expert kept Terry toes Bill McCallie flying Bell P-39 400 Bruce Tharpe flying own design Sig Spacewalker Kim Foster Nieuport 28 Mike Barbee flying Torres T-34C group top three pilots flew six rounds Being consistent practicing taking care maintenance paid off some interesting aircraft field Expert class Terry Nitchs Bob Violett F-86 started kit took Terry over two years modify complete model modified nose aircraft added speed brakes operational canopy F-86 F-2 model covered Coverite Presto aluminum covering marketed fellow modeler Jeff Foley Terry cut panels 002 thick attached aircraft Foleys Aluminum Detailing Foil available three different package sizes $595 $2495 plus shipping information product contact Foley Manufacturing Inc PO Box 245 Roanoke Rapids NC 27870 Terry estimates has over 1600 hours construction model colorful F-86 painted Ditzler acrylic enamel whole model overcoated Ditzler Del-Gb clear coat Aeroloft Designs Chandler Arizona provided markingswhich produced artwork photos taken Buckley Air National Guard Base Colorado prototype display rivets model look very realistic Terry hesitant about describing process constructed tool playing around lathe came up process could apply line rivets burnishing skin model 1/8 scale model 57inch wingspan weighed 14 pounds Power provided BVM 91 Besides winning Expert class year Nats F-86 also came second Top Gun 15 point awarded Best Military Model Toledo Bill McCallie Tampa Florida came years Nats Bell P-39 400 Bill built Airacobra plans designed Jim Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service prototype flown Guadalcanal 367th fighter squadron beginning WW II 1A-scale model weighed 25 pounds wingspan 80 1/2 inches Power provided Moki 18 Bill has nothing praise Bill used Futaba nine-channel VAP guidance constant crosswinds during two days competition P-39s nose gear definite advantage landing gear combination several gear systems nose gear modified Dave Platt unit nosegear guide struts rubber look just like metal painted dull silver closer inspection model can see complicated nose gear really main gear operated two sailwinch servos features Robin-Aire struts built December 1993 39 Bruce Tharpes documentation includes Note large 8 x 10 photos showing left three-view photos proof color rear quarter right side views Bruce markings paint scheme Tharpes Spacewalker Veteran Scale competitor Skip Mast Royal Oak Michigan checks out J-3 Cub Note operational door cockpit details Eighth place Expert Bruce Tharpe finished third Expert came Nats familiar Sig Spacewalker Bruce designed kit sold employer Sig Manufacturing Company Inc Kim Fosters beautiful Niouport 28 takeoff Consistency practice paid off top finishers Expert Bruce has really practiced flying skills should underestimated Like last years Nats winner Charlie Nelson Bruce quietly goes about own business flying round Spacewalker has wingspan 104 inches powered SuperTigre 3000 Y3-scale model weighs 21 pounds Control provided Airtronics 75P radio Documentation Spacewalker available Sig prototype both Spacewalker Spacewalker II Oshkosh Wisconsin week after Nats Speaking documentation check photos article idea put together winning documentation pack Veteran Scale competitor Steve Sauger attended years Nats competing Expert class brought new design 40 Model Aviation a Ilibbes 4t-incfl-span Expert Scale F-16C weighs 13 pounds uses BVM 91 engine Flew great Hal Parentis son Gary Westchester Illinois returns pits witn liars IIper Comanche Twin Hal 18th Expert Sport Scale Andrew Pound winning Byron Glassair Two plaques Best Junior first place Sportsman 0-50 power Friday morning brought rows airplanes lined up static judging Lawrenceville High School Charlie Chambers served Event Director model gear doors cycle separate servo beautiful watch finished spring Steves Vultee BT-15 scratch-built using three-view factory drawings prototype models wingspan 92 inches length 62 inches model weighs 17 1/2 pounds powered SuperTigre 3000 finish Randolph butyrate dope over fabric ever have chance look canopy model built brass sheet finished segment operationalbeautiful craftsmanship Photo documentation US Army Air Force trainer obtained Bob Bankas Scale Model Research catalog features articles noted Scale modelers Ron Sears Bruce Tharpe Cliff Tacie documentation static judging preparation Sportsman Scale 14year-old sleeper surprise winner Scale class junior-high-school student Terre Haute IndianaAndrew Pound flew Byron Glassair four-point win over second-place Hank Cavasso Several people standing around watching Andrew methodically fly giant Scale model saying shouldnt flying Pattern talking mother Lynn discovered Andrew has flying six years competition dad Ron says Its ambition fly good son Ron competed Expert class years Nats Byron Beechcraft Bonanza A36 great see whole family involved flight line together course being Junior Andrew also received first-place trophy Junior class Precision Scale will deleted new AMA Competition Regualations next year Being last year Precision Scale Nats almost everyone thought great see Claude McCullough win event Claude flying scratchbuilt Rawdon T- 1 civil aircraft spans 100 inches powered 0S 160 twin Covering model Sig Koverall butyrate dope used painted surfaces Claude obtained documentation owner aircraft photos took EAA fly-in Claude has attending Nats years now says ambition oldest competitor Nats years Fun Scale competition Stefan King won flying Extra 300 modeled after Proteus Petrol aircraft Everyone competed Fun Scale received five static points enter Fun Scale just have have scale modelyou dont have build model entry-level event much like control lines Profile Scale event Acrobatic types seem dominate class few civil military types competing well Vincent Gargiulo New Jersey placed second de Havilland Chipmunk Third place garnered John Wood flew scale Clipped Wing Cub John traveled Nats Massachusetts compete great see families RC Scale Nats year Bruce Tharpe attended wife Tracy son Branden Also Harold Hester son Nicholis Hal Phyllis Winters attend Nats regularly came year Hals retract landing gear Grumman F3F Gulfhawk Hal retracts built unitHal says Wilbur Hoffman retired engineer Bell Continued page 91 December 1993 41 New Jerseys Vincent Gargiulo right works 88-inch-span Super Chipmunk placed second Fun Scale Fokker D-VIII Wayne Frederick Santa Rosa California -scale model powered OS 16 twin Steve Saugers Vultee BT-15 coming landing Scratchbuilt three-views brass sheet canopy frame SIZEUSEPRICE 57X31159 6x21159 63X4395 65X292395 65X372395 65X5O3395 65 X553395 65 X6O3395 65 X653395 7x315159 7X415159 7X5159 7X6159 7X7159 7X8159 7X9159 7X10159 78X414395 78X66395 78X76395 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Free Flight 1029 Free Flight Contact local hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct England Enterprises 916-661-6515 calelAlexander Continued page 41 Telephone Laboratories built retract unit could taken out airframe service repairs modified Bob Karlssons retract plan Bobs Wildcat Several other couples attendancesome working event others competition week Nats personnel kept reminding modelers officials about heat drink plenty liquids AMA provided judges officials some nice canopies break down about two minutes Also judges appreciated tall traffic cones placed front around Used safety barrier cones put good use year several occasions because consistent crosswind asked Nats Scale Category Manager John Guenther thought turnout lower year Nats John said think economy has lot think weather situation midwest has contributed because has already caused lose couple judges Ive heard talk several contestants werent going make Plus fact think third time Lawrenceville through its excellent site people just tired coming flooded midwest certainly large impact Nats well other events summer Bill Harris Scale competitor usually attends Nats said water about quarter mile house left Sunday morning Bill came watch stated kinds animals rodents insects coming up flood swollen rivers invading local homes AMA Nats NASA presents NASA Flight Achievement Award NASA Scale Special Interst Group AMA After competition flights have completed flight judges get together decide aircraft entries Scale classes best represents full-scale prototype total number flights scores deciding factors rather judges impression realism skill uniqueness subject flight John Guenther also president Continued page 184 December 1993 91 Th Bandits 1 OClock E-Z out uvvuii r-io r--eu uttu iuw ru bulsuir Pedal Planes will have much fun building 3-6 year old will have Flyingit Kit includes full-sized patterns complete Instructions color photo list ready made parts available also included HERO neiohborhood 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