RADIO CONTROL SCALE RADIO CONTROL RC Scale events 1999 National Aeromodeling Championships offered five AMA events Fun Scale Sportsman Sport Scale Expert Sport Scale Designer Scale Team Scale events began years Nats competition Friday July 9 static judging Horizon Convention Center downtown Muncie Indianahome Academy Model Aeronautics since early 1990s exception Fun Scale models have look something like prototype theyre claimed represent model event went through virtual gauntlet static judging Sport Team Scale models scrutinized craftsmanship accuracy outline finish color-and-markings distance 15 feet Designer Scale entries subject same criteria except judges may examine models zero feet airplane must pilots original design Anywhere judges choose look must rewarded accurate representation full-scale model would look Cockpits wheel well interiors bomb bays open access compartments can come under gun Static judging continued until late Friday afternoon suspense anxiety over contestant fared under judges battery red pens mounted through night following morning No static score awarded until pilot made least flight attempt awarded flight score least point first four rounds flight judging began Saturday moming Two rounds flown Saturday final two Sunday contestants awoke dreaded crosswind well-seasoned event directors flight judges permitted mandatory takeoff maneuver performed straight down runway adjacent cross-runway almost dead wind helped 40 Model Aviation ge Buso always has good time flew Fun Scale Miles Sparrowhawk Fun Scale lets modelers escape pressure advanced Scale classes Builder Claude Mccullough pilot Mike Gretzs Team Scale WACO D biplane entry earned static score 96333the highest score RC Scale events Kent Walters Douglas Dauntless convincing subject Interior shot Ernie Harwoods Fokker DVII shows level closer look accurate detail revealed detail expected modelerseven WW subject models especially lighter World War civilian types better negotiate first impression flight judges Dave Platt Teny Nitsch Mark Frankel Mike Gretz Claude McCullough Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Hal Gary Parenti Charlie Nelson Greg Hahn Mike Barbee Skip Mast others read about hobby magazines incredible airplanes contest also graced number up-and-coming pilots talented collection first-time competitors midday break action afforded spectators members press plenty photo opportunities well chance discuss magnificent works craftsmanship pilots interviewed several Nats contestants walking static area convention center pit areas flightline AMAs expansive flying site Saturday AeroTech Models Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN gave rundown Team Scale entrya razorback P-47RE flown Jim Sandquist Saint Joseph IL particular model all-carbonfiber airplane Wayne began horizontal surfaces elevators rudder carbon fiber too Theres no balsa exterior airplane whatsoever weighs 336 pounds AMA scale Its powered Brison 42 Carpenter CH ignition swinging 22 x 10 prop getting 7400-7600 rpm out flying Futaba PC radio Robart landing gear Waynes 82-inch 1/6-scale Jug short its nickname Juggernaut available kit AeroTech P-47 also available bubble-canopy D variant Charlie Nelson Berlin MA flew WACO YKS-7 powered Seidel sevencylinder engine Charlie finished fifth Designer Scale model constructed balsa plywood Charlie said Covering paint Stits system end other made cowl mold generated aluminum parts airplane well prop 22 x 10 Zinger use Airtronics Stylus radio Theres fairly complete interior ailerons fiberglass castings make have appropriate 34 corrugations continued airplanes also fitted fully operational anticollision beacon position lights retractable illuminated landing lights As long Ive known Charlie has flown WACO airplanes competition asked him felt about new model flew model first time competition 1999 Top Gun West Palm Beach FL Theres probably around 15 flights now badly damaged before ever flown sudden gust wind picked up edge runway tipped upside-down broke up pretty bad took several weeks repair concluded December 1999 41 High static score Designer Scale went Bob Underwood St Peters MO outstanding Russian llyushin dive-bomber Bob finished third event Ron Gagner North Oxford MA readies L-5 second-round flight attempt Dave Platt Palm Bay FL outstanding A-scale T-28B Trojan model subject Black Art video series Seventh Designer Scale Dave Platts T-28C Trojan excellent Scale subject tricycle gear low wing plenty dihedral right moments stable though very agile model aircraft Dave finished seventh Designer Scale C variant Dave told arrester hook Its /6scale making two inches foot Since 41-foot airplane makes 82-inch wingspan weighs 24 pounds has Mold 18 Flies great Im gonna retire now Dave said its last contest Trojan subject Daves sixpart Black Art Scale instructional videotape series asked Dave about T-28s remarkable finish last K&B Superpoxy I cant get Its Superpoxy over K&B glass Dave said short kit includes plans instructions canopy fiberglass cowling console hood some other parts like exhausts forth Any kit-cutters will wood plans Theres much good Nats just Designer Expert Scale pilots entries Kit projects out force including 81-inch Top Flite Gold Edition Beechcraft Bonanza V35B built Rolland Mast flown son Ryan Mast Hudsonville Michigan model uses Top Rites scale interior upholstered painted K&B cloth over airframe Hobbypoxy paint model features OS FX 61 Ring Robart 600series pneumatic retracts Top Right custom lighting Don Harris did special muffler Flying static props Zinger 15 x 8s Futaba handles guidance 17pound Team Scale entry David Fogartys Boca Raton FL Designer Scale Curtiss Junior interesting subject isnt seen too often contest circait stunning model stands apart increasingly broad collection heavy metal fighters high-performance turbinepowered jets flown upper-echelon airplane contests Dave finished ninth Curtiss Wright Junior has OS Max 91 FX engine fed fuel tank thats fuselage Dave said 95inch model weighs 17 pounds scale 1/5 Dave says Juniors construction prototypical tubing boom pod precise rib shape location Ive flown Top Gun last year Nats said Dave Its great flier its very nice project Like fabric-covered airplanes contest outstanding finish Daves Curtiss achieved F&M Stits Scale Finishing System first experience Stits wonderful said Its very nice product works very well Ive covered everythingsilk silkspan tissuethis forgiving fabric Ive ever used get kind wrinkies 42 Model Aviation Winter Sarasota Florida performs incredibly prototypical flyby Sopwith Pup Mike earned sixth place Expert Sport Scale event Bradley Fullers Sarasota FL Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber shown flight Bradley earned fourth place Sportsman Sport Scale event Wayne Siewert L pilot Jim Sandquist Waynes P-47 Thunderbolt Team Scale entry model available kit Waynes company AeroTech its like film covering can hit iron paint doesnt crack Several modelers used Fun Scale opportunity get taste Scale competition having feel pressure advanced classes Joe Franklin 11th flew Gee-Bee Model B Sportster built original Coverite kit Mark Brewer eighth Balsa USA Eindecker Elli Hank Kiel ninth Joe Lewis third flew CAP 232s James Hess 12th brought WACO few Expert pilots such Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Dave Fogarty also flew Fun Scale using lowpressure event let off steam Muncies Gary Bussell won Open Fun Scale Bob Underwood finished second place High static score Radio Control Scale Category 96333 went Team Scale entry builder Claude McCullough pilot Mike Gretz Claude Mike well-known among modelers designs Montezuma Iowa-based Sig Manufacturing Company Claudes 32-pound WACO biplane truly outstanding model Its WACO S3HD-A people just call WACO D much simpler Claude joked Smithsonian has WACO drawings made factory drawings engine Saito 300 opposed twin finish Sig dope over Sig Supercoat Complementing weekends distinguished contestant roster sizeable effort dedicated staffers volunteers RC Scale Event Director Dale Arvin headed crew extremely talented officials bore brunt scorekeeping impound operation static judging flight judging field maintenance much sincere debt gratitude owed hard-working selfless individual AMA hosts Nats Scale events cooperation its Scale Special Interest Group NASAthe National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA sponsors made significant contributions Scale Nats events Among contributed Multiplex Futaba Corporation America Bob Violett Models Airtronics Inc JR Zap Gang Pacer Technology Robart Red Max Fuel Jerry Bates Plans Powermaster Fuel Dave Brown Products Williams Bros CB/Tatone Byron Fuel RAM Radio Controlled Models Scale Model Research Bob Smith Industries youve never attended Scale Nats event plan doing next year Its experience youll surely keep forever mber 1999 43 Tripp Galasso Sarasota FL flew awesome P-47 razorbackone two Jugs RC Scale Nats events finished first Sportsman Sport Scale event Impressive 109 WW II German fighter Jeff Foleys Roanoke Rapids NC Static score 90s flights prototypical Jeff won Designer Scale Mark Brewer Sylcauga AL Fun Scale Balsa USA Eindecker Mark good flight scores model earned five static points eighth place
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43
RADIO CONTROL SCALE RADIO CONTROL RC Scale events 1999 National Aeromodeling Championships offered five AMA events Fun Scale Sportsman Sport Scale Expert Sport Scale Designer Scale Team Scale events began years Nats competition Friday July 9 static judging Horizon Convention Center downtown Muncie Indianahome Academy Model Aeronautics since early 1990s exception Fun Scale models have look something like prototype theyre claimed represent model event went through virtual gauntlet static judging Sport Team Scale models scrutinized craftsmanship accuracy outline finish color-and-markings distance 15 feet Designer Scale entries subject same criteria except judges may examine models zero feet airplane must pilots original design Anywhere judges choose look must rewarded accurate representation full-scale model would look Cockpits wheel well interiors bomb bays open access compartments can come under gun Static judging continued until late Friday afternoon suspense anxiety over contestant fared under judges battery red pens mounted through night following morning No static score awarded until pilot made least flight attempt awarded flight score least point first four rounds flight judging began Saturday moming Two rounds flown Saturday final two Sunday contestants awoke dreaded crosswind well-seasoned event directors flight judges permitted mandatory takeoff maneuver performed straight down runway adjacent cross-runway almost dead wind helped 40 Model Aviation ge Buso always has good time flew Fun Scale Miles Sparrowhawk Fun Scale lets modelers escape pressure advanced Scale classes Builder Claude Mccullough pilot Mike Gretzs Team Scale WACO D biplane entry earned static score 96333the highest score RC Scale events Kent Walters Douglas Dauntless convincing subject Interior shot Ernie Harwoods Fokker DVII shows level closer look accurate detail revealed detail expected modelerseven WW subject models especially lighter World War civilian types better negotiate first impression flight judges Dave Platt Teny Nitsch Mark Frankel Mike Gretz Claude McCullough Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Hal Gary Parenti Charlie Nelson Greg Hahn Mike Barbee Skip Mast others read about hobby magazines incredible airplanes contest also graced number up-and-coming pilots talented collection first-time competitors midday break action afforded spectators members press plenty photo opportunities well chance discuss magnificent works craftsmanship pilots interviewed several Nats contestants walking static area convention center pit areas flightline AMAs expansive flying site Saturday AeroTech Models Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN gave rundown Team Scale entrya razorback P-47RE flown Jim Sandquist Saint Joseph IL particular model all-carbonfiber airplane Wayne began horizontal surfaces elevators rudder carbon fiber too Theres no balsa exterior airplane whatsoever weighs 336 pounds AMA scale Its powered Brison 42 Carpenter CH ignition swinging 22 x 10 prop getting 7400-7600 rpm out flying Futaba PC radio Robart landing gear Waynes 82-inch 1/6-scale Jug short its nickname Juggernaut available kit AeroTech P-47 also available bubble-canopy D variant Charlie Nelson Berlin MA flew WACO YKS-7 powered Seidel sevencylinder engine Charlie finished fifth Designer Scale model constructed balsa plywood Charlie said Covering paint Stits system end other made cowl mold generated aluminum parts airplane well prop 22 x 10 Zinger use Airtronics Stylus radio Theres fairly complete interior ailerons fiberglass castings make have appropriate 34 corrugations continued airplanes also fitted fully operational anticollision beacon position lights retractable illuminated landing lights As long Ive known Charlie has flown WACO airplanes competition asked him felt about new model flew model first time competition 1999 Top Gun West Palm Beach FL Theres probably around 15 flights now badly damaged before ever flown sudden gust wind picked up edge runway tipped upside-down broke up pretty bad took several weeks repair concluded December 1999 41 High static score Designer Scale went Bob Underwood St Peters MO outstanding Russian llyushin dive-bomber Bob finished third event Ron Gagner North Oxford MA readies L-5 second-round flight attempt Dave Platt Palm Bay FL outstanding A-scale T-28B Trojan model subject Black Art video series Seventh Designer Scale Dave Platts T-28C Trojan excellent Scale subject tricycle gear low wing plenty dihedral right moments stable though very agile model aircraft Dave finished seventh Designer Scale C variant Dave told arrester hook Its /6scale making two inches foot Since 41-foot airplane makes 82-inch wingspan weighs 24 pounds has Mold 18 Flies great Im gonna retire now Dave said its last contest Trojan subject Daves sixpart Black Art Scale instructional videotape series asked Dave about T-28s remarkable finish last K&B Superpoxy I cant get Its Superpoxy over K&B glass Dave said short kit includes plans instructions canopy fiberglass cowling console hood some other parts like exhausts forth Any kit-cutters will wood plans Theres much good Nats just Designer Expert Scale pilots entries Kit projects out force including 81-inch Top Flite Gold Edition Beechcraft Bonanza V35B built Rolland Mast flown son Ryan Mast Hudsonville Michigan model uses Top Rites scale interior upholstered painted K&B cloth over airframe Hobbypoxy paint model features OS FX 61 Ring Robart 600series pneumatic retracts Top Right custom lighting Don Harris did special muffler Flying static props Zinger 15 x 8s Futaba handles guidance 17pound Team Scale entry David Fogartys Boca Raton FL Designer Scale Curtiss Junior interesting subject isnt seen too often contest circait stunning model stands apart increasingly broad collection heavy metal fighters high-performance turbinepowered jets flown upper-echelon airplane contests Dave finished ninth Curtiss Wright Junior has OS Max 91 FX engine fed fuel tank thats fuselage Dave said 95inch model weighs 17 pounds scale 1/5 Dave says Juniors construction prototypical tubing boom pod precise rib shape location Ive flown Top Gun last year Nats said Dave Its great flier its very nice project Like fabric-covered airplanes contest outstanding finish Daves Curtiss achieved F&M Stits Scale Finishing System first experience Stits wonderful said Its very nice product works very well Ive covered everythingsilk silkspan tissuethis forgiving fabric Ive ever used get kind wrinkies 42 Model Aviation Winter Sarasota Florida performs incredibly prototypical flyby Sopwith Pup Mike earned sixth place Expert Sport Scale event Bradley Fullers Sarasota FL Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber shown flight Bradley earned fourth place Sportsman Sport Scale event Wayne Siewert L pilot Jim Sandquist Waynes P-47 Thunderbolt Team Scale entry model available kit Waynes company AeroTech its like film covering can hit iron paint doesnt crack Several modelers used Fun Scale opportunity get taste Scale competition having feel pressure advanced classes Joe Franklin 11th flew Gee-Bee Model B Sportster built original Coverite kit Mark Brewer eighth Balsa USA Eindecker Elli Hank Kiel ninth Joe Lewis third flew CAP 232s James Hess 12th brought WACO few Expert pilots such Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Dave Fogarty also flew Fun Scale using lowpressure event let off steam Muncies Gary Bussell won Open Fun Scale Bob Underwood finished second place High static score Radio Control Scale Category 96333 went Team Scale entry builder Claude McCullough pilot Mike Gretz Claude Mike well-known among modelers designs Montezuma Iowa-based Sig Manufacturing Company Claudes 32-pound WACO biplane truly outstanding model Its WACO S3HD-A people just call WACO D much simpler Claude joked Smithsonian has WACO drawings made factory drawings engine Saito 300 opposed twin finish Sig dope over Sig Supercoat Complementing weekends distinguished contestant roster sizeable effort dedicated staffers volunteers RC Scale Event Director Dale Arvin headed crew extremely talented officials bore brunt scorekeeping impound operation static judging flight judging field maintenance much sincere debt gratitude owed hard-working selfless individual AMA hosts Nats Scale events cooperation its Scale Special Interest Group NASAthe National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA sponsors made significant contributions Scale Nats events Among contributed Multiplex Futaba Corporation America Bob Violett Models Airtronics Inc JR Zap Gang Pacer Technology Robart Red Max Fuel Jerry Bates Plans Powermaster Fuel Dave Brown Products Williams Bros CB/Tatone Byron Fuel RAM Radio Controlled Models Scale Model Research Bob Smith Industries youve never attended Scale Nats event plan doing next year Its experience youll surely keep forever mber 1999 43 Tripp Galasso Sarasota FL flew awesome P-47 razorbackone two Jugs RC Scale Nats events finished first Sportsman Sport Scale event Impressive 109 WW II German fighter Jeff Foleys Roanoke Rapids NC Static score 90s flights prototypical Jeff won Designer Scale Mark Brewer Sylcauga AL Fun Scale Balsa USA Eindecker Mark good flight scores model earned five static points eighth place
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43
RADIO CONTROL SCALE RADIO CONTROL RC Scale events 1999 National Aeromodeling Championships offered five AMA events Fun Scale Sportsman Sport Scale Expert Sport Scale Designer Scale Team Scale events began years Nats competition Friday July 9 static judging Horizon Convention Center downtown Muncie Indianahome Academy Model Aeronautics since early 1990s exception Fun Scale models have look something like prototype theyre claimed represent model event went through virtual gauntlet static judging Sport Team Scale models scrutinized craftsmanship accuracy outline finish color-and-markings distance 15 feet Designer Scale entries subject same criteria except judges may examine models zero feet airplane must pilots original design Anywhere judges choose look must rewarded accurate representation full-scale model would look Cockpits wheel well interiors bomb bays open access compartments can come under gun Static judging continued until late Friday afternoon suspense anxiety over contestant fared under judges battery red pens mounted through night following morning No static score awarded until pilot made least flight attempt awarded flight score least point first four rounds flight judging began Saturday moming Two rounds flown Saturday final two Sunday contestants awoke dreaded crosswind well-seasoned event directors flight judges permitted mandatory takeoff maneuver performed straight down runway adjacent cross-runway almost dead wind helped 40 Model Aviation ge Buso always has good time flew Fun Scale Miles Sparrowhawk Fun Scale lets modelers escape pressure advanced Scale classes Builder Claude Mccullough pilot Mike Gretzs Team Scale WACO D biplane entry earned static score 96333the highest score RC Scale events Kent Walters Douglas Dauntless convincing subject Interior shot Ernie Harwoods Fokker DVII shows level closer look accurate detail revealed detail expected modelerseven WW subject models especially lighter World War civilian types better negotiate first impression flight judges Dave Platt Teny Nitsch Mark Frankel Mike Gretz Claude McCullough Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Hal Gary Parenti Charlie Nelson Greg Hahn Mike Barbee Skip Mast others read about hobby magazines incredible airplanes contest also graced number up-and-coming pilots talented collection first-time competitors midday break action afforded spectators members press plenty photo opportunities well chance discuss magnificent works craftsmanship pilots interviewed several Nats contestants walking static area convention center pit areas flightline AMAs expansive flying site Saturday AeroTech Models Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN gave rundown Team Scale entrya razorback P-47RE flown Jim Sandquist Saint Joseph IL particular model all-carbonfiber airplane Wayne began horizontal surfaces elevators rudder carbon fiber too Theres no balsa exterior airplane whatsoever weighs 336 pounds AMA scale Its powered Brison 42 Carpenter CH ignition swinging 22 x 10 prop getting 7400-7600 rpm out flying Futaba PC radio Robart landing gear Waynes 82-inch 1/6-scale Jug short its nickname Juggernaut available kit AeroTech P-47 also available bubble-canopy D variant Charlie Nelson Berlin MA flew WACO YKS-7 powered Seidel sevencylinder engine Charlie finished fifth Designer Scale model constructed balsa plywood Charlie said Covering paint Stits system end other made cowl mold generated aluminum parts airplane well prop 22 x 10 Zinger use Airtronics Stylus radio Theres fairly complete interior ailerons fiberglass castings make have appropriate 34 corrugations continued airplanes also fitted fully operational anticollision beacon position lights retractable illuminated landing lights As long Ive known Charlie has flown WACO airplanes competition asked him felt about new model flew model first time competition 1999 Top Gun West Palm Beach FL Theres probably around 15 flights now badly damaged before ever flown sudden gust wind picked up edge runway tipped upside-down broke up pretty bad took several weeks repair concluded December 1999 41 High static score Designer Scale went Bob Underwood St Peters MO outstanding Russian llyushin dive-bomber Bob finished third event Ron Gagner North Oxford MA readies L-5 second-round flight attempt Dave Platt Palm Bay FL outstanding A-scale T-28B Trojan model subject Black Art video series Seventh Designer Scale Dave Platts T-28C Trojan excellent Scale subject tricycle gear low wing plenty dihedral right moments stable though very agile model aircraft Dave finished seventh Designer Scale C variant Dave told arrester hook Its /6scale making two inches foot Since 41-foot airplane makes 82-inch wingspan weighs 24 pounds has Mold 18 Flies great Im gonna retire now Dave said its last contest Trojan subject Daves sixpart Black Art Scale instructional videotape series asked Dave about T-28s remarkable finish last K&B Superpoxy I cant get Its Superpoxy over K&B glass Dave said short kit includes plans instructions canopy fiberglass cowling console hood some other parts like exhausts forth Any kit-cutters will wood plans Theres much good Nats just Designer Expert Scale pilots entries Kit projects out force including 81-inch Top Flite Gold Edition Beechcraft Bonanza V35B built Rolland Mast flown son Ryan Mast Hudsonville Michigan model uses Top Rites scale interior upholstered painted K&B cloth over airframe Hobbypoxy paint model features OS FX 61 Ring Robart 600series pneumatic retracts Top Right custom lighting Don Harris did special muffler Flying static props Zinger 15 x 8s Futaba handles guidance 17pound Team Scale entry David Fogartys Boca Raton FL Designer Scale Curtiss Junior interesting subject isnt seen too often contest circait stunning model stands apart increasingly broad collection heavy metal fighters high-performance turbinepowered jets flown upper-echelon airplane contests Dave finished ninth Curtiss Wright Junior has OS Max 91 FX engine fed fuel tank thats fuselage Dave said 95inch model weighs 17 pounds scale 1/5 Dave says Juniors construction prototypical tubing boom pod precise rib shape location Ive flown Top Gun last year Nats said Dave Its great flier its very nice project Like fabric-covered airplanes contest outstanding finish Daves Curtiss achieved F&M Stits Scale Finishing System first experience Stits wonderful said Its very nice product works very well Ive covered everythingsilk silkspan tissuethis forgiving fabric Ive ever used get kind wrinkies 42 Model Aviation Winter Sarasota Florida performs incredibly prototypical flyby Sopwith Pup Mike earned sixth place Expert Sport Scale event Bradley Fullers Sarasota FL Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber shown flight Bradley earned fourth place Sportsman Sport Scale event Wayne Siewert L pilot Jim Sandquist Waynes P-47 Thunderbolt Team Scale entry model available kit Waynes company AeroTech its like film covering can hit iron paint doesnt crack Several modelers used Fun Scale opportunity get taste Scale competition having feel pressure advanced classes Joe Franklin 11th flew Gee-Bee Model B Sportster built original Coverite kit Mark Brewer eighth Balsa USA Eindecker Elli Hank Kiel ninth Joe Lewis third flew CAP 232s James Hess 12th brought WACO few Expert pilots such Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Dave Fogarty also flew Fun Scale using lowpressure event let off steam Muncies Gary Bussell won Open Fun Scale Bob Underwood finished second place High static score Radio Control Scale Category 96333 went Team Scale entry builder Claude McCullough pilot Mike Gretz Claude Mike well-known among modelers designs Montezuma Iowa-based Sig Manufacturing Company Claudes 32-pound WACO biplane truly outstanding model Its WACO S3HD-A people just call WACO D much simpler Claude joked Smithsonian has WACO drawings made factory drawings engine Saito 300 opposed twin finish Sig dope over Sig Supercoat Complementing weekends distinguished contestant roster sizeable effort dedicated staffers volunteers RC Scale Event Director Dale Arvin headed crew extremely talented officials bore brunt scorekeeping impound operation static judging flight judging field maintenance much sincere debt gratitude owed hard-working selfless individual AMA hosts Nats Scale events cooperation its Scale Special Interest Group NASAthe National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA sponsors made significant contributions Scale Nats events Among contributed Multiplex Futaba Corporation America Bob Violett Models Airtronics Inc JR Zap Gang Pacer Technology Robart Red Max Fuel Jerry Bates Plans Powermaster Fuel Dave Brown Products Williams Bros CB/Tatone Byron Fuel RAM Radio Controlled Models Scale Model Research Bob Smith Industries youve never attended Scale Nats event plan doing next year Its experience youll surely keep forever mber 1999 43 Tripp Galasso Sarasota FL flew awesome P-47 razorbackone two Jugs RC Scale Nats events finished first Sportsman Sport Scale event Impressive 109 WW II German fighter Jeff Foleys Roanoke Rapids NC Static score 90s flights prototypical Jeff won Designer Scale Mark Brewer Sylcauga AL Fun Scale Balsa USA Eindecker Mark good flight scores model earned five static points eighth place
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/12
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43
RADIO CONTROL SCALE RADIO CONTROL RC Scale events 1999 National Aeromodeling Championships offered five AMA events Fun Scale Sportsman Sport Scale Expert Sport Scale Designer Scale Team Scale events began years Nats competition Friday July 9 static judging Horizon Convention Center downtown Muncie Indianahome Academy Model Aeronautics since early 1990s exception Fun Scale models have look something like prototype theyre claimed represent model event went through virtual gauntlet static judging Sport Team Scale models scrutinized craftsmanship accuracy outline finish color-and-markings distance 15 feet Designer Scale entries subject same criteria except judges may examine models zero feet airplane must pilots original design Anywhere judges choose look must rewarded accurate representation full-scale model would look Cockpits wheel well interiors bomb bays open access compartments can come under gun Static judging continued until late Friday afternoon suspense anxiety over contestant fared under judges battery red pens mounted through night following morning No static score awarded until pilot made least flight attempt awarded flight score least point first four rounds flight judging began Saturday moming Two rounds flown Saturday final two Sunday contestants awoke dreaded crosswind well-seasoned event directors flight judges permitted mandatory takeoff maneuver performed straight down runway adjacent cross-runway almost dead wind helped 40 Model Aviation ge Buso always has good time flew Fun Scale Miles Sparrowhawk Fun Scale lets modelers escape pressure advanced Scale classes Builder Claude Mccullough pilot Mike Gretzs Team Scale WACO D biplane entry earned static score 96333the highest score RC Scale events Kent Walters Douglas Dauntless convincing subject Interior shot Ernie Harwoods Fokker DVII shows level closer look accurate detail revealed detail expected modelerseven WW subject models especially lighter World War civilian types better negotiate first impression flight judges Dave Platt Teny Nitsch Mark Frankel Mike Gretz Claude McCullough Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Hal Gary Parenti Charlie Nelson Greg Hahn Mike Barbee Skip Mast others read about hobby magazines incredible airplanes contest also graced number up-and-coming pilots talented collection first-time competitors midday break action afforded spectators members press plenty photo opportunities well chance discuss magnificent works craftsmanship pilots interviewed several Nats contestants walking static area convention center pit areas flightline AMAs expansive flying site Saturday AeroTech Models Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN gave rundown Team Scale entrya razorback P-47RE flown Jim Sandquist Saint Joseph IL particular model all-carbonfiber airplane Wayne began horizontal surfaces elevators rudder carbon fiber too Theres no balsa exterior airplane whatsoever weighs 336 pounds AMA scale Its powered Brison 42 Carpenter CH ignition swinging 22 x 10 prop getting 7400-7600 rpm out flying Futaba PC radio Robart landing gear Waynes 82-inch 1/6-scale Jug short its nickname Juggernaut available kit AeroTech P-47 also available bubble-canopy D variant Charlie Nelson Berlin MA flew WACO YKS-7 powered Seidel sevencylinder engine Charlie finished fifth Designer Scale model constructed balsa plywood Charlie said Covering paint Stits system end other made cowl mold generated aluminum parts airplane well prop 22 x 10 Zinger use Airtronics Stylus radio Theres fairly complete interior ailerons fiberglass castings make have appropriate 34 corrugations continued airplanes also fitted fully operational anticollision beacon position lights retractable illuminated landing lights As long Ive known Charlie has flown WACO airplanes competition asked him felt about new model flew model first time competition 1999 Top Gun West Palm Beach FL Theres probably around 15 flights now badly damaged before ever flown sudden gust wind picked up edge runway tipped upside-down broke up pretty bad took several weeks repair concluded December 1999 41 High static score Designer Scale went Bob Underwood St Peters MO outstanding Russian llyushin dive-bomber Bob finished third event Ron Gagner North Oxford MA readies L-5 second-round flight attempt Dave Platt Palm Bay FL outstanding A-scale T-28B Trojan model subject Black Art video series Seventh Designer Scale Dave Platts T-28C Trojan excellent Scale subject tricycle gear low wing plenty dihedral right moments stable though very agile model aircraft Dave finished seventh Designer Scale C variant Dave told arrester hook Its /6scale making two inches foot Since 41-foot airplane makes 82-inch wingspan weighs 24 pounds has Mold 18 Flies great Im gonna retire now Dave said its last contest Trojan subject Daves sixpart Black Art Scale instructional videotape series asked Dave about T-28s remarkable finish last K&B Superpoxy I cant get Its Superpoxy over K&B glass Dave said short kit includes plans instructions canopy fiberglass cowling console hood some other parts like exhausts forth Any kit-cutters will wood plans Theres much good Nats just Designer Expert Scale pilots entries Kit projects out force including 81-inch Top Flite Gold Edition Beechcraft Bonanza V35B built Rolland Mast flown son Ryan Mast Hudsonville Michigan model uses Top Rites scale interior upholstered painted K&B cloth over airframe Hobbypoxy paint model features OS FX 61 Ring Robart 600series pneumatic retracts Top Right custom lighting Don Harris did special muffler Flying static props Zinger 15 x 8s Futaba handles guidance 17pound Team Scale entry David Fogartys Boca Raton FL Designer Scale Curtiss Junior interesting subject isnt seen too often contest circait stunning model stands apart increasingly broad collection heavy metal fighters high-performance turbinepowered jets flown upper-echelon airplane contests Dave finished ninth Curtiss Wright Junior has OS Max 91 FX engine fed fuel tank thats fuselage Dave said 95inch model weighs 17 pounds scale 1/5 Dave says Juniors construction prototypical tubing boom pod precise rib shape location Ive flown Top Gun last year Nats said Dave Its great flier its very nice project Like fabric-covered airplanes contest outstanding finish Daves Curtiss achieved F&M Stits Scale Finishing System first experience Stits wonderful said Its very nice product works very well Ive covered everythingsilk silkspan tissuethis forgiving fabric Ive ever used get kind wrinkies 42 Model Aviation Winter Sarasota Florida performs incredibly prototypical flyby Sopwith Pup Mike earned sixth place Expert Sport Scale event Bradley Fullers Sarasota FL Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber shown flight Bradley earned fourth place Sportsman Sport Scale event Wayne Siewert L pilot Jim Sandquist Waynes P-47 Thunderbolt Team Scale entry model available kit Waynes company AeroTech its like film covering can hit iron paint doesnt crack Several modelers used Fun Scale opportunity get taste Scale competition having feel pressure advanced classes Joe Franklin 11th flew Gee-Bee Model B Sportster built original Coverite kit Mark Brewer eighth Balsa USA Eindecker Elli Hank Kiel ninth Joe Lewis third flew CAP 232s James Hess 12th brought WACO few Expert pilots such Bob Underwood Jeff Foley Dave Fogarty also flew Fun Scale using lowpressure event let off steam Muncies Gary Bussell won Open Fun Scale Bob Underwood finished second place High static score Radio Control Scale Category 96333 went Team Scale entry builder Claude McCullough pilot Mike Gretz Claude Mike well-known among modelers designs Montezuma Iowa-based Sig Manufacturing Company Claudes 32-pound WACO biplane truly outstanding model Its WACO S3HD-A people just call WACO D much simpler Claude joked Smithsonian has WACO drawings made factory drawings engine Saito 300 opposed twin finish Sig dope over Sig Supercoat Complementing weekends distinguished contestant roster sizeable effort dedicated staffers volunteers RC Scale Event Director Dale Arvin headed crew extremely talented officials bore brunt scorekeeping impound operation static judging flight judging field maintenance much sincere debt gratitude owed hard-working selfless individual AMA hosts Nats Scale events cooperation its Scale Special Interest Group NASAthe National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA sponsors made significant contributions Scale Nats events Among contributed Multiplex Futaba Corporation America Bob Violett Models Airtronics Inc JR Zap Gang Pacer Technology Robart Red Max Fuel Jerry Bates Plans Powermaster Fuel Dave Brown Products Williams Bros CB/Tatone Byron Fuel RAM Radio Controlled Models Scale Model Research Bob Smith Industries youve never attended Scale Nats event plan doing next year Its experience youll surely keep forever mber 1999 43 Tripp Galasso Sarasota FL flew awesome P-47 razorbackone two Jugs RC Scale Nats events finished first Sportsman Sport Scale event Impressive 109 WW II German fighter Jeff Foleys Roanoke Rapids NC Static score 90s flights prototypical Jeff won Designer Scale Mark Brewer Sylcauga AL Fun Scale Balsa USA Eindecker Mark good flight scores model earned five static points eighth place
