Radio Control Scale Bob8eDollyWiseher WE RECENTLY received letter indicat ing someone trying breathe new life AMA Precision Scale event Larry DAttilio contest direc tor Milwaukee Flying Electrons Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest addition duties CD Larry highly qualified speak subject RC Scale top grade scale mod eler first portion letter an nouncement coming contest Fol lowing some probing questions enlightening answers concerning hobby sport view-point contest oriented person Milwaukee Flying Electrons Americas largest R/C clubs hosting its Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest 1n August 19 20 1978 Menomonee Falls Wisconsin suburb Milwaukee contest will give equal emphasis Scale Pattern will include heavy additional emphasis AMA Precision Scale event Sport Scale will divided separate military non-military events addition regular trophies prizes special award will pre sented winners AMA Precision Scale Contestants will eligible enter respective pattern event scale events have planes Contestants event will eligible Grand Champion Award Milwaukee Flying Electrons dedicated offering best Scale Pattern contest Mid-US course takes money club prefers obtain sponsorship within R/C industry have very fortu nate Rova Distributing nations larg est R/C battery distributor R/C Hobbies areas best R/C hobby shop jointly generously sponsoring contest have always put excep tional pattern contest interest sponsors have Scale has brought us further information Lawrence DAttilio 4112 N Downer Ave Shorewood WI 53211 Phone 414-332-7702 Bob remember December Lakeland Club meeting expressed concern over decision run AMA Precision Scale gathered felt terest declining Precision Scale part due popularity Sport Scale because lack AMA Precision Scale events contests Milwaukee Flying Electrons Continued page 84 24 Model Aviation Displaying effective usa soot oil smears realism Bob Freys Republic P-47N makes exciting Sport-Scale entry Late model Thunderbolts bubble canopy Note gun smoke smears mis z-an scale 80-in Spinks Acromaster Carl Millers Sport Scale entry ii nets achieved perfect finish using silk dope Engine K&B Slim Line muffler Larry Benningtons large 1/7-size Mustang subject ot well deserved admiration its excellent Super Poxy finish Fighters racers etc bulk large proportion scale Letters Editor continued page 58 EYE HOOKS 436T050 N 1 1 14 fr\~1f4 X 9 MUSIC WIRE NOTCH CLEAR WOOD IX3 36TO 50 LONG plauded three articles Foam Techniques Despite architectural background found difficult follow explanation foam cutter Could Bill Max draw finished foam cutter 1/4 j NOTCH SIDE VIEW CAL BOTH ENDS us Model viation readers Thanks David Strickland Oil City PA ing gear remove canopy streamline cockpit area reduce size left cheek cowl minimum air intake remove completely possible Id reduce flying sur face area including tail limits controlability would use light weight radio battery pack remove en gine control servo anything else non essential reduce weight 5 lb minimum weight would apply Id set up engine run 70% nitro methane use relatively large high pitched propeller doing wouldnt add 25 mph 18755 mph Id hold wing rubber bands George maybe Ill think get time Someday Gene W Sidwell Hollywood CA DeBolt did write about high-speed flight RC models assume Gene thinking account Houston Speed Trails Maynard Hill re ported April 77 MA DeBolt did write Form props May issue year know what timing set up during flights Gene describes Timing world record speed attempts highly complex matter witness Dick Webers account Austrian glider 2742 mph speed record flight page 73 December 1977 Hubert Bitner Jrs Setting RC Helicopter Speed Rec ord February 1978 MA errors can accumulate stop watch timing both ends traps can tens miles per hour split second inac curacyhence FAIs tough requirements order record accp ted evident Sidwell knows make Form 1 go really fast straight line Perhaps can enthuse fellow Californians setting up Houston-type Speed Trials No Sooner Said Done RC Technique/Myers continued page 15 Off stage down aisle Vince Hurd RS systems Ive heard rumors RS dropping out consumer market Vince true No way George Weve worked too hard get give up now advertising budget shifted other magazines order get some mil itary contracts target drones see factory keeps turning out systems before Vince showed two super-transmitters marked RS-XRS has controls optimized pattern flying other opti mized pylon racing primary dif ference pylon racing model has product review product review product review Tutor Patterred after original Nobler famout stuit model ever flown Top Flites 45-in 35-powered Control line aero batic trainer has wing area 410 sq flying weight 2 2/2 lbs Special construction feature assures easily built light-weight accurate warp-free wing 0-tube leading edgesaid 20 25% stronger conventional designs Structure balsa maple motor mounts preshaped flaps elevator One-piece plywood re-en forced fuselage precision machined ac curate cut-outs wing motor mounts stabilizer Die-cut parts have printed numbers identification Kit includes nylon elevator flap horns nylon motor mount spacers formed landing tail gear tank mountings nylon belicrank adjustable lead-out guide full-size plans Top Flite Models Inc 1901 N Narragansett Ave Chicago 1160639 Bill Evans Max Lester must ap- product review product review product review dual-rate switch changes both eleva tor aileron race pilot can have additional control takeoff landing plane going slow controls less effective aero-dynam ically pattern transmitter has dualrate aileron sports roll ton RS servos now enjoy motors tested before installation servo factory-aging process assembled servo Pro-Line super transmitter de scribed April issue Pro-Line also showing no frills Cadet series de signed compete bottom price range buddy-box systems turn off based fact can used two sets same manu facturer sometimes same series World Engines showed way Expert Mark II makes sense case students transmitter sends RF students plane instructors transmitter provides control modulation slave mode As result student now flies own plane buddy system instead yours Good thinking Thats about transmitter sub ject Next month Ill discussing GelCells George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 RC Scale Wischers continued page 24 sponsors anxious rekindle terest AMA Scale its ob vious Scale has tremendous spectator appeal AMA Precision Scale presents ultimate challenge excite ment ways scale aircraft uti lizes some persons important qualities instance what scale buff has endless dreams about building flying new project imagi nation work research docu 84 Model Aviation DONT IRMELE USE BALSARITE Balsarte sinks deep wood melts & intermixes adhesive iron-on coverings heat IAmaAdU applied No trapped air permanent ad hesion no fuel creep fillets cinch use Monokote So fim o Cove e Ga sa te sa must CQVERITE IL mentation probing intel lectual sense history Aesthetic judg ment applied choice color markings consideration surface tex ture gloss mention weathering Perhaps qualities should considered part scale modelers craftsmanship magic word Scale Craftsmanship has key quality human existence since humans began organize themselves civilizations What best remember past civilization craft art writing thought technology Visit museum what will see As disciplined builders fliers exercising crafts manship constantly thereby realizing best human potential does logic support con tinuation AMA Precision Scale cause scale event provides perfect goal theoretically impossible achieve could build 1 ft replica need far reaching goal Let answer drawing personal experience As symphony orchestra mu sician never knew way practice except work become best musician particular instrument fact unattain able goal judge what criteria would use However existence goal taught never satisfied mediocrity con tinue search perfection Usually search perfection stops bore dom follows should different craftsman scale models Sport Scale fliers satisfied models isnt exciting know once have consistent winner whole new class perfection Scale challenge Since will once again Contest Director Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Pattern-Scale contest am confron ted following problems running Sport Precision Scale 1 How can improve flight judging scale realism flight adequately judged 2 How can assure Sport Scale con testant ship cockpit engine rivet detail will receive better marks because details 3 How discourage AMA Scale ship modeler entering Sport Scale stimulate Sport Scale Fliers step AMA Scale competition make sure 3 1 ft scale model doesnt end up being eyeballed judge because ten feet two feet wing tip 4 Can encourage consistent winner Sport Scale enter AMA Scale least enter new ship Sport Scale 5 In contest also features pat tern assure Scale contestant will receive much attention Clubs Solutions 1 Announce full-scale flight realism will count Uncommon flight charac teristics plane will have docu mented writing Flight judges will have full-scale background trained fullscale people 2 Scale judges will made ignore AMA Scale details Sport Scale ships event director will closely observe judging make sure done 3 Our static Sport Scale judges will seated model will moved Large scale models will kept scale dis tance further judges smaller models Twin other multi-engined models will treated next larger scale size model 4 We will reward entrants AMA Pre cision Scale awarding special incen tive prize winner areasome thing very desirable like top-of-the-line Polaroid camera might suitable 5 While Pattern promised six flights Scale will promised minimum four during weekend will have na tionally known static-scale experienced judges Scale Jim Newman Scale flight judge Las Vegas Tournament will Don Hoover C/L Scale fame will another will What else can readers sug gest Are right track Let us know Signed Larry DAttilio apparent foregoing Larry deeply involved task con ducting contest Scale entrants can expect share flight time fair treatment conscientious efforts preserve Precision Scale local con test level sets excellent example Some concern result past experi ence contestants judges trying bend rules hear Jerry Farr Texas Flying Scale Championships Sport Scale judged ten feet dis tance plane ten-foot radius circle rule book states judging should done ten feet plane qualifies mean cen ter 20-foot diameter circle quite same thing Contest directors now taking matters own hands avoid controversy problem becoming acute planes increase size Scale Team Fund AMA headquarters has received another donation Scale Team Fund support seven team members being sent Woodvale England August check $50 received Hill Country Flyers organization 24 members formed conduct three RC Scale contests year Hill Country Morgan Hill California year will hosting WW II Scramble May 20-21 Golden Age July 16 Western Front WW Jamboree Sept 23-24 Previous donations Team Fund OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st RC Masters class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice let RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior 1st CL combat O & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb O & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr let CLCIassB Speed Op & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOE RC-FREE PLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733Y4119 83% 456129 94566% 77%139 10467149 106W 8W149 1065W159 114677% 7%7%8159 1165W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1556309 164%6389 W WIDE BLADE SW EXTRA WIDE June 1978 85 NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set new World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 Rev Up 8Y-6% new Pylon Rac ing prop 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESIGN NO 1 IN PYLDN RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3Y4129 755%6149 7SN5%N BN149 8156% 6% 7%7%199 96% 7% 715199 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%129 4%55%129 6788%149 77%10%11 169 889189 89N9%N189 8%77%189 91213219 FJFJARRAW came FAST Club Southern California $14124 $45000 sale airplane neckties made Dolly Wischer Three color patches being sold support 1978 Scale Team Price $150 three $400 available Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Scale Documentation Source Gene Thomas Classic Models has come up unprecedented innovation documentation booklets fur nished kits Heath Parasol Heath Baby Bullet Church Midwing kits will made two sizes Peanut 1 scale 3 scale kit plane will follow booklets contain 3-view drawings photos cutaways color schemes detail sketches showing ternal structure Also included brief history planes booklets available separately $200 Classic Models PO Box 681 Melville NY 11746 Ready made documentation would make life too easy modelers Bob Wiseher Ri 1 S-221 Lap/iam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 R C Aerobatics VanPutte continued page 25 varnish purchased has solvent will destroy foam covered too soon because core looked perfect ready cover day af ter painted polyure thane varnish have no problems Sears polyurethane varnish no matter soon wing skin applied after using varnish So suggest either us ing Sears polyurethane varnish testing other brands scrap foam before trying wing word out Southern R/C products going stop pro duction balsa fuselage kits due high price and/or unavailability quality balsa Pensacola Florida-based firm will expand fiberglass fuselage kit line now includes Rhett Millers Compensator Steve Helms Bootlegger Ron Chidgeys Tiger Tail Three hope also produce glass fuselage-foam wing verision Alley Kat because consider best intermediate trainer-sport airplane designs ever produced new Master class pattern rules have almost everyone involved Master pattern somewhat confused emotional Some competitors downright incensed over dramatic change rules caught everyone surprise Others delighted bright prospects see competition class new rules probably neither good nor bad currently being viewed big problem faces contest directors competitors infant contest season What now have already received contest flyers several clubs announce will use 1976/1977 rules classes attitude makes sense since rules decisions regarding what pattern will flown Expert Master class com petitors hasnt made Contest Board time written other hand some contest direct ors recognizing some form new FAI Masters pattern will ap proved AMA competition year have decided use modified schedule am contest director Jim Kirkland Memorial contest sched uled May 6 7th vacillating over approach use After long telephone call Don Lowe present Paris new pattern formulated decided use modified form new pattern Don swung argument favor new pattern admitting cant convince old friend use new pattern can hope convince stranger use Kirkland Memorial has always used abbreviated patterns order get least four rounds competition 86 Model Aviation discarded Apparently brand polyurethane
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/06
Page Numbers: 24, 84, 85, 86
Radio Control Scale Bob8eDollyWiseher WE RECENTLY received letter indicat ing someone trying breathe new life AMA Precision Scale event Larry DAttilio contest direc tor Milwaukee Flying Electrons Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest addition duties CD Larry highly qualified speak subject RC Scale top grade scale mod eler first portion letter an nouncement coming contest Fol lowing some probing questions enlightening answers concerning hobby sport view-point contest oriented person Milwaukee Flying Electrons Americas largest R/C clubs hosting its Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest 1n August 19 20 1978 Menomonee Falls Wisconsin suburb Milwaukee contest will give equal emphasis Scale Pattern will include heavy additional emphasis AMA Precision Scale event Sport Scale will divided separate military non-military events addition regular trophies prizes special award will pre sented winners AMA Precision Scale Contestants will eligible enter respective pattern event scale events have planes Contestants event will eligible Grand Champion Award Milwaukee Flying Electrons dedicated offering best Scale Pattern contest Mid-US course takes money club prefers obtain sponsorship within R/C industry have very fortu nate Rova Distributing nations larg est R/C battery distributor R/C Hobbies areas best R/C hobby shop jointly generously sponsoring contest have always put excep tional pattern contest interest sponsors have Scale has brought us further information Lawrence DAttilio 4112 N Downer Ave Shorewood WI 53211 Phone 414-332-7702 Bob remember December Lakeland Club meeting expressed concern over decision run AMA Precision Scale gathered felt terest declining Precision Scale part due popularity Sport Scale because lack AMA Precision Scale events contests Milwaukee Flying Electrons Continued page 84 24 Model Aviation Displaying effective usa soot oil smears realism Bob Freys Republic P-47N makes exciting Sport-Scale entry Late model Thunderbolts bubble canopy Note gun smoke smears mis z-an scale 80-in Spinks Acromaster Carl Millers Sport Scale entry ii nets achieved perfect finish using silk dope Engine K&B Slim Line muffler Larry Benningtons large 1/7-size Mustang subject ot well deserved admiration its excellent Super Poxy finish Fighters racers etc bulk large proportion scale Letters Editor continued page 58 EYE HOOKS 436T050 N 1 1 14 fr\~1f4 X 9 MUSIC WIRE NOTCH CLEAR WOOD IX3 36TO 50 LONG plauded three articles Foam Techniques Despite architectural background found difficult follow explanation foam cutter Could Bill Max draw finished foam cutter 1/4 j NOTCH SIDE VIEW CAL BOTH ENDS us Model viation readers Thanks David Strickland Oil City PA ing gear remove canopy streamline cockpit area reduce size left cheek cowl minimum air intake remove completely possible Id reduce flying sur face area including tail limits controlability would use light weight radio battery pack remove en gine control servo anything else non essential reduce weight 5 lb minimum weight would apply Id set up engine run 70% nitro methane use relatively large high pitched propeller doing wouldnt add 25 mph 18755 mph Id hold wing rubber bands George maybe Ill think get time Someday Gene W Sidwell Hollywood CA DeBolt did write about high-speed flight RC models assume Gene thinking account Houston Speed Trails Maynard Hill re ported April 77 MA DeBolt did write Form props May issue year know what timing set up during flights Gene describes Timing world record speed attempts highly complex matter witness Dick Webers account Austrian glider 2742 mph speed record flight page 73 December 1977 Hubert Bitner Jrs Setting RC Helicopter Speed Rec ord February 1978 MA errors can accumulate stop watch timing both ends traps can tens miles per hour split second inac curacyhence FAIs tough requirements order record accp ted evident Sidwell knows make Form 1 go really fast straight line Perhaps can enthuse fellow Californians setting up Houston-type Speed Trials No Sooner Said Done RC Technique/Myers continued page 15 Off stage down aisle Vince Hurd RS systems Ive heard rumors RS dropping out consumer market Vince true No way George Weve worked too hard get give up now advertising budget shifted other magazines order get some mil itary contracts target drones see factory keeps turning out systems before Vince showed two super-transmitters marked RS-XRS has controls optimized pattern flying other opti mized pylon racing primary dif ference pylon racing model has product review product review product review Tutor Patterred after original Nobler famout stuit model ever flown Top Flites 45-in 35-powered Control line aero batic trainer has wing area 410 sq flying weight 2 2/2 lbs Special construction feature assures easily built light-weight accurate warp-free wing 0-tube leading edgesaid 20 25% stronger conventional designs Structure balsa maple motor mounts preshaped flaps elevator One-piece plywood re-en forced fuselage precision machined ac curate cut-outs wing motor mounts stabilizer Die-cut parts have printed numbers identification Kit includes nylon elevator flap horns nylon motor mount spacers formed landing tail gear tank mountings nylon belicrank adjustable lead-out guide full-size plans Top Flite Models Inc 1901 N Narragansett Ave Chicago 1160639 Bill Evans Max Lester must ap- product review product review product review dual-rate switch changes both eleva tor aileron race pilot can have additional control takeoff landing plane going slow controls less effective aero-dynam ically pattern transmitter has dualrate aileron sports roll ton RS servos now enjoy motors tested before installation servo factory-aging process assembled servo Pro-Line super transmitter de scribed April issue Pro-Line also showing no frills Cadet series de signed compete bottom price range buddy-box systems turn off based fact can used two sets same manu facturer sometimes same series World Engines showed way Expert Mark II makes sense case students transmitter sends RF students plane instructors transmitter provides control modulation slave mode As result student now flies own plane buddy system instead yours Good thinking Thats about transmitter sub ject Next month Ill discussing GelCells George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 RC Scale Wischers continued page 24 sponsors anxious rekindle terest AMA Scale its ob vious Scale has tremendous spectator appeal AMA Precision Scale presents ultimate challenge excite ment ways scale aircraft uti lizes some persons important qualities instance what scale buff has endless dreams about building flying new project imagi nation work research docu 84 Model Aviation DONT IRMELE USE BALSARITE Balsarte sinks deep wood melts & intermixes adhesive iron-on coverings heat IAmaAdU applied No trapped air permanent ad hesion no fuel creep fillets cinch use Monokote So fim o Cove e Ga sa te sa must CQVERITE IL mentation probing intel lectual sense history Aesthetic judg ment applied choice color markings consideration surface tex ture gloss mention weathering Perhaps qualities should considered part scale modelers craftsmanship magic word Scale Craftsmanship has key quality human existence since humans began organize themselves civilizations What best remember past civilization craft art writing thought technology Visit museum what will see As disciplined builders fliers exercising crafts manship constantly thereby realizing best human potential does logic support con tinuation AMA Precision Scale cause scale event provides perfect goal theoretically impossible achieve could build 1 ft replica need far reaching goal Let answer drawing personal experience As symphony orchestra mu sician never knew way practice except work become best musician particular instrument fact unattain able goal judge what criteria would use However existence goal taught never satisfied mediocrity con tinue search perfection Usually search perfection stops bore dom follows should different craftsman scale models Sport Scale fliers satisfied models isnt exciting know once have consistent winner whole new class perfection Scale challenge Since will once again Contest Director Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Pattern-Scale contest am confron ted following problems running Sport Precision Scale 1 How can improve flight judging scale realism flight adequately judged 2 How can assure Sport Scale con testant ship cockpit engine rivet detail will receive better marks because details 3 How discourage AMA Scale ship modeler entering Sport Scale stimulate Sport Scale Fliers step AMA Scale competition make sure 3 1 ft scale model doesnt end up being eyeballed judge because ten feet two feet wing tip 4 Can encourage consistent winner Sport Scale enter AMA Scale least enter new ship Sport Scale 5 In contest also features pat tern assure Scale contestant will receive much attention Clubs Solutions 1 Announce full-scale flight realism will count Uncommon flight charac teristics plane will have docu mented writing Flight judges will have full-scale background trained fullscale people 2 Scale judges will made ignore AMA Scale details Sport Scale ships event director will closely observe judging make sure done 3 Our static Sport Scale judges will seated model will moved Large scale models will kept scale dis tance further judges smaller models Twin other multi-engined models will treated next larger scale size model 4 We will reward entrants AMA Pre cision Scale awarding special incen tive prize winner areasome thing very desirable like top-of-the-line Polaroid camera might suitable 5 While Pattern promised six flights Scale will promised minimum four during weekend will have na tionally known static-scale experienced judges Scale Jim Newman Scale flight judge Las Vegas Tournament will Don Hoover C/L Scale fame will another will What else can readers sug gest Are right track Let us know Signed Larry DAttilio apparent foregoing Larry deeply involved task con ducting contest Scale entrants can expect share flight time fair treatment conscientious efforts preserve Precision Scale local con test level sets excellent example Some concern result past experi ence contestants judges trying bend rules hear Jerry Farr Texas Flying Scale Championships Sport Scale judged ten feet dis tance plane ten-foot radius circle rule book states judging should done ten feet plane qualifies mean cen ter 20-foot diameter circle quite same thing Contest directors now taking matters own hands avoid controversy problem becoming acute planes increase size Scale Team Fund AMA headquarters has received another donation Scale Team Fund support seven team members being sent Woodvale England August check $50 received Hill Country Flyers organization 24 members formed conduct three RC Scale contests year Hill Country Morgan Hill California year will hosting WW II Scramble May 20-21 Golden Age July 16 Western Front WW Jamboree Sept 23-24 Previous donations Team Fund OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st RC Masters class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice let RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior 1st CL combat O & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb O & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr let CLCIassB Speed Op & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOE RC-FREE PLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733Y4119 83% 456129 94566% 77%139 10467149 106W 8W149 1065W159 114677% 7%7%8159 1165W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1556309 164%6389 W WIDE BLADE SW EXTRA WIDE June 1978 85 NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set new World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 Rev Up 8Y-6% new Pylon Rac ing prop 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESIGN NO 1 IN PYLDN RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3Y4129 755%6149 7SN5%N BN149 8156% 6% 7%7%199 96% 7% 715199 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%129 4%55%129 6788%149 77%10%11 169 889189 89N9%N189 8%77%189 91213219 FJFJARRAW came FAST Club Southern California $14124 $45000 sale airplane neckties made Dolly Wischer Three color patches being sold support 1978 Scale Team Price $150 three $400 available Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Scale Documentation Source Gene Thomas Classic Models has come up unprecedented innovation documentation booklets fur nished kits Heath Parasol Heath Baby Bullet Church Midwing kits will made two sizes Peanut 1 scale 3 scale kit plane will follow booklets contain 3-view drawings photos cutaways color schemes detail sketches showing ternal structure Also included brief history planes booklets available separately $200 Classic Models PO Box 681 Melville NY 11746 Ready made documentation would make life too easy modelers Bob Wiseher Ri 1 S-221 Lap/iam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 R C Aerobatics VanPutte continued page 25 varnish purchased has solvent will destroy foam covered too soon because core looked perfect ready cover day af ter painted polyure thane varnish have no problems Sears polyurethane varnish no matter soon wing skin applied after using varnish So suggest either us ing Sears polyurethane varnish testing other brands scrap foam before trying wing word out Southern R/C products going stop pro duction balsa fuselage kits due high price and/or unavailability quality balsa Pensacola Florida-based firm will expand fiberglass fuselage kit line now includes Rhett Millers Compensator Steve Helms Bootlegger Ron Chidgeys Tiger Tail Three hope also produce glass fuselage-foam wing verision Alley Kat because consider best intermediate trainer-sport airplane designs ever produced new Master class pattern rules have almost everyone involved Master pattern somewhat confused emotional Some competitors downright incensed over dramatic change rules caught everyone surprise Others delighted bright prospects see competition class new rules probably neither good nor bad currently being viewed big problem faces contest directors competitors infant contest season What now have already received contest flyers several clubs announce will use 1976/1977 rules classes attitude makes sense since rules decisions regarding what pattern will flown Expert Master class com petitors hasnt made Contest Board time written other hand some contest direct ors recognizing some form new FAI Masters pattern will ap proved AMA competition year have decided use modified schedule am contest director Jim Kirkland Memorial contest sched uled May 6 7th vacillating over approach use After long telephone call Don Lowe present Paris new pattern formulated decided use modified form new pattern Don swung argument favor new pattern admitting cant convince old friend use new pattern can hope convince stranger use Kirkland Memorial has always used abbreviated patterns order get least four rounds competition 86 Model Aviation discarded Apparently brand polyurethane
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/06
Page Numbers: 24, 84, 85, 86
Radio Control Scale Bob8eDollyWiseher WE RECENTLY received letter indicat ing someone trying breathe new life AMA Precision Scale event Larry DAttilio contest direc tor Milwaukee Flying Electrons Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest addition duties CD Larry highly qualified speak subject RC Scale top grade scale mod eler first portion letter an nouncement coming contest Fol lowing some probing questions enlightening answers concerning hobby sport view-point contest oriented person Milwaukee Flying Electrons Americas largest R/C clubs hosting its Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest 1n August 19 20 1978 Menomonee Falls Wisconsin suburb Milwaukee contest will give equal emphasis Scale Pattern will include heavy additional emphasis AMA Precision Scale event Sport Scale will divided separate military non-military events addition regular trophies prizes special award will pre sented winners AMA Precision Scale Contestants will eligible enter respective pattern event scale events have planes Contestants event will eligible Grand Champion Award Milwaukee Flying Electrons dedicated offering best Scale Pattern contest Mid-US course takes money club prefers obtain sponsorship within R/C industry have very fortu nate Rova Distributing nations larg est R/C battery distributor R/C Hobbies areas best R/C hobby shop jointly generously sponsoring contest have always put excep tional pattern contest interest sponsors have Scale has brought us further information Lawrence DAttilio 4112 N Downer Ave Shorewood WI 53211 Phone 414-332-7702 Bob remember December Lakeland Club meeting expressed concern over decision run AMA Precision Scale gathered felt terest declining Precision Scale part due popularity Sport Scale because lack AMA Precision Scale events contests Milwaukee Flying Electrons Continued page 84 24 Model Aviation Displaying effective usa soot oil smears realism Bob Freys Republic P-47N makes exciting Sport-Scale entry Late model Thunderbolts bubble canopy Note gun smoke smears mis z-an scale 80-in Spinks Acromaster Carl Millers Sport Scale entry ii nets achieved perfect finish using silk dope Engine K&B Slim Line muffler Larry Benningtons large 1/7-size Mustang subject ot well deserved admiration its excellent Super Poxy finish Fighters racers etc bulk large proportion scale Letters Editor continued page 58 EYE HOOKS 436T050 N 1 1 14 fr\~1f4 X 9 MUSIC WIRE NOTCH CLEAR WOOD IX3 36TO 50 LONG plauded three articles Foam Techniques Despite architectural background found difficult follow explanation foam cutter Could Bill Max draw finished foam cutter 1/4 j NOTCH SIDE VIEW CAL BOTH ENDS us Model viation readers Thanks David Strickland Oil City PA ing gear remove canopy streamline cockpit area reduce size left cheek cowl minimum air intake remove completely possible Id reduce flying sur face area including tail limits controlability would use light weight radio battery pack remove en gine control servo anything else non essential reduce weight 5 lb minimum weight would apply Id set up engine run 70% nitro methane use relatively large high pitched propeller doing wouldnt add 25 mph 18755 mph Id hold wing rubber bands George maybe Ill think get time Someday Gene W Sidwell Hollywood CA DeBolt did write about high-speed flight RC models assume Gene thinking account Houston Speed Trails Maynard Hill re ported April 77 MA DeBolt did write Form props May issue year know what timing set up during flights Gene describes Timing world record speed attempts highly complex matter witness Dick Webers account Austrian glider 2742 mph speed record flight page 73 December 1977 Hubert Bitner Jrs Setting RC Helicopter Speed Rec ord February 1978 MA errors can accumulate stop watch timing both ends traps can tens miles per hour split second inac curacyhence FAIs tough requirements order record accp ted evident Sidwell knows make Form 1 go really fast straight line Perhaps can enthuse fellow Californians setting up Houston-type Speed Trials No Sooner Said Done RC Technique/Myers continued page 15 Off stage down aisle Vince Hurd RS systems Ive heard rumors RS dropping out consumer market Vince true No way George Weve worked too hard get give up now advertising budget shifted other magazines order get some mil itary contracts target drones see factory keeps turning out systems before Vince showed two super-transmitters marked RS-XRS has controls optimized pattern flying other opti mized pylon racing primary dif ference pylon racing model has product review product review product review Tutor Patterred after original Nobler famout stuit model ever flown Top Flites 45-in 35-powered Control line aero batic trainer has wing area 410 sq flying weight 2 2/2 lbs Special construction feature assures easily built light-weight accurate warp-free wing 0-tube leading edgesaid 20 25% stronger conventional designs Structure balsa maple motor mounts preshaped flaps elevator One-piece plywood re-en forced fuselage precision machined ac curate cut-outs wing motor mounts stabilizer Die-cut parts have printed numbers identification Kit includes nylon elevator flap horns nylon motor mount spacers formed landing tail gear tank mountings nylon belicrank adjustable lead-out guide full-size plans Top Flite Models Inc 1901 N Narragansett Ave Chicago 1160639 Bill Evans Max Lester must ap- product review product review product review dual-rate switch changes both eleva tor aileron race pilot can have additional control takeoff landing plane going slow controls less effective aero-dynam ically pattern transmitter has dualrate aileron sports roll ton RS servos now enjoy motors tested before installation servo factory-aging process assembled servo Pro-Line super transmitter de scribed April issue Pro-Line also showing no frills Cadet series de signed compete bottom price range buddy-box systems turn off based fact can used two sets same manu facturer sometimes same series World Engines showed way Expert Mark II makes sense case students transmitter sends RF students plane instructors transmitter provides control modulation slave mode As result student now flies own plane buddy system instead yours Good thinking Thats about transmitter sub ject Next month Ill discussing GelCells George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 RC Scale Wischers continued page 24 sponsors anxious rekindle terest AMA Scale its ob vious Scale has tremendous spectator appeal AMA Precision Scale presents ultimate challenge excite ment ways scale aircraft uti lizes some persons important qualities instance what scale buff has endless dreams about building flying new project imagi nation work research docu 84 Model Aviation DONT IRMELE USE BALSARITE Balsarte sinks deep wood melts & intermixes adhesive iron-on coverings heat IAmaAdU applied No trapped air permanent ad hesion no fuel creep fillets cinch use Monokote So fim o Cove e Ga sa te sa must CQVERITE IL mentation probing intel lectual sense history Aesthetic judg ment applied choice color markings consideration surface tex ture gloss mention weathering Perhaps qualities should considered part scale modelers craftsmanship magic word Scale Craftsmanship has key quality human existence since humans began organize themselves civilizations What best remember past civilization craft art writing thought technology Visit museum what will see As disciplined builders fliers exercising crafts manship constantly thereby realizing best human potential does logic support con tinuation AMA Precision Scale cause scale event provides perfect goal theoretically impossible achieve could build 1 ft replica need far reaching goal Let answer drawing personal experience As symphony orchestra mu sician never knew way practice except work become best musician particular instrument fact unattain able goal judge what criteria would use However existence goal taught never satisfied mediocrity con tinue search perfection Usually search perfection stops bore dom follows should different craftsman scale models Sport Scale fliers satisfied models isnt exciting know once have consistent winner whole new class perfection Scale challenge Since will once again Contest Director Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Pattern-Scale contest am confron ted following problems running Sport Precision Scale 1 How can improve flight judging scale realism flight adequately judged 2 How can assure Sport Scale con testant ship cockpit engine rivet detail will receive better marks because details 3 How discourage AMA Scale ship modeler entering Sport Scale stimulate Sport Scale Fliers step AMA Scale competition make sure 3 1 ft scale model doesnt end up being eyeballed judge because ten feet two feet wing tip 4 Can encourage consistent winner Sport Scale enter AMA Scale least enter new ship Sport Scale 5 In contest also features pat tern assure Scale contestant will receive much attention Clubs Solutions 1 Announce full-scale flight realism will count Uncommon flight charac teristics plane will have docu mented writing Flight judges will have full-scale background trained fullscale people 2 Scale judges will made ignore AMA Scale details Sport Scale ships event director will closely observe judging make sure done 3 Our static Sport Scale judges will seated model will moved Large scale models will kept scale dis tance further judges smaller models Twin other multi-engined models will treated next larger scale size model 4 We will reward entrants AMA Pre cision Scale awarding special incen tive prize winner areasome thing very desirable like top-of-the-line Polaroid camera might suitable 5 While Pattern promised six flights Scale will promised minimum four during weekend will have na tionally known static-scale experienced judges Scale Jim Newman Scale flight judge Las Vegas Tournament will Don Hoover C/L Scale fame will another will What else can readers sug gest Are right track Let us know Signed Larry DAttilio apparent foregoing Larry deeply involved task con ducting contest Scale entrants can expect share flight time fair treatment conscientious efforts preserve Precision Scale local con test level sets excellent example Some concern result past experi ence contestants judges trying bend rules hear Jerry Farr Texas Flying Scale Championships Sport Scale judged ten feet dis tance plane ten-foot radius circle rule book states judging should done ten feet plane qualifies mean cen ter 20-foot diameter circle quite same thing Contest directors now taking matters own hands avoid controversy problem becoming acute planes increase size Scale Team Fund AMA headquarters has received another donation Scale Team Fund support seven team members being sent Woodvale England August check $50 received Hill Country Flyers organization 24 members formed conduct three RC Scale contests year Hill Country Morgan Hill California year will hosting WW II Scramble May 20-21 Golden Age July 16 Western Front WW Jamboree Sept 23-24 Previous donations Team Fund OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st RC Masters class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice let RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior 1st CL combat O & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb O & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr let CLCIassB Speed Op & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOE RC-FREE PLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733Y4119 83% 456129 94566% 77%139 10467149 106W 8W149 1065W159 114677% 7%7%8159 1165W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1556309 164%6389 W WIDE BLADE SW EXTRA WIDE June 1978 85 NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set new World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 Rev Up 8Y-6% new Pylon Rac ing prop 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESIGN NO 1 IN PYLDN RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3Y4129 755%6149 7SN5%N BN149 8156% 6% 7%7%199 96% 7% 715199 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%129 4%55%129 6788%149 77%10%11 169 889189 89N9%N189 8%77%189 91213219 FJFJARRAW came FAST Club Southern California $14124 $45000 sale airplane neckties made Dolly Wischer Three color patches being sold support 1978 Scale Team Price $150 three $400 available Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Scale Documentation Source Gene Thomas Classic Models has come up unprecedented innovation documentation booklets fur nished kits Heath Parasol Heath Baby Bullet Church Midwing kits will made two sizes Peanut 1 scale 3 scale kit plane will follow booklets contain 3-view drawings photos cutaways color schemes detail sketches showing ternal structure Also included brief history planes booklets available separately $200 Classic Models PO Box 681 Melville NY 11746 Ready made documentation would make life too easy modelers Bob Wiseher Ri 1 S-221 Lap/iam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 R C Aerobatics VanPutte continued page 25 varnish purchased has solvent will destroy foam covered too soon because core looked perfect ready cover day af ter painted polyure thane varnish have no problems Sears polyurethane varnish no matter soon wing skin applied after using varnish So suggest either us ing Sears polyurethane varnish testing other brands scrap foam before trying wing word out Southern R/C products going stop pro duction balsa fuselage kits due high price and/or unavailability quality balsa Pensacola Florida-based firm will expand fiberglass fuselage kit line now includes Rhett Millers Compensator Steve Helms Bootlegger Ron Chidgeys Tiger Tail Three hope also produce glass fuselage-foam wing verision Alley Kat because consider best intermediate trainer-sport airplane designs ever produced new Master class pattern rules have almost everyone involved Master pattern somewhat confused emotional Some competitors downright incensed over dramatic change rules caught everyone surprise Others delighted bright prospects see competition class new rules probably neither good nor bad currently being viewed big problem faces contest directors competitors infant contest season What now have already received contest flyers several clubs announce will use 1976/1977 rules classes attitude makes sense since rules decisions regarding what pattern will flown Expert Master class com petitors hasnt made Contest Board time written other hand some contest direct ors recognizing some form new FAI Masters pattern will ap proved AMA competition year have decided use modified schedule am contest director Jim Kirkland Memorial contest sched uled May 6 7th vacillating over approach use After long telephone call Don Lowe present Paris new pattern formulated decided use modified form new pattern Don swung argument favor new pattern admitting cant convince old friend use new pattern can hope convince stranger use Kirkland Memorial has always used abbreviated patterns order get least four rounds competition 86 Model Aviation discarded Apparently brand polyurethane
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/06
Page Numbers: 24, 84, 85, 86
Radio Control Scale Bob8eDollyWiseher WE RECENTLY received letter indicat ing someone trying breathe new life AMA Precision Scale event Larry DAttilio contest direc tor Milwaukee Flying Electrons Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest addition duties CD Larry highly qualified speak subject RC Scale top grade scale mod eler first portion letter an nouncement coming contest Fol lowing some probing questions enlightening answers concerning hobby sport view-point contest oriented person Milwaukee Flying Electrons Americas largest R/C clubs hosting its Seventh Annual Pattern-Scale Contest 1n August 19 20 1978 Menomonee Falls Wisconsin suburb Milwaukee contest will give equal emphasis Scale Pattern will include heavy additional emphasis AMA Precision Scale event Sport Scale will divided separate military non-military events addition regular trophies prizes special award will pre sented winners AMA Precision Scale Contestants will eligible enter respective pattern event scale events have planes Contestants event will eligible Grand Champion Award Milwaukee Flying Electrons dedicated offering best Scale Pattern contest Mid-US course takes money club prefers obtain sponsorship within R/C industry have very fortu nate Rova Distributing nations larg est R/C battery distributor R/C Hobbies areas best R/C hobby shop jointly generously sponsoring contest have always put excep tional pattern contest interest sponsors have Scale has brought us further information Lawrence DAttilio 4112 N Downer Ave Shorewood WI 53211 Phone 414-332-7702 Bob remember December Lakeland Club meeting expressed concern over decision run AMA Precision Scale gathered felt terest declining Precision Scale part due popularity Sport Scale because lack AMA Precision Scale events contests Milwaukee Flying Electrons Continued page 84 24 Model Aviation Displaying effective usa soot oil smears realism Bob Freys Republic P-47N makes exciting Sport-Scale entry Late model Thunderbolts bubble canopy Note gun smoke smears mis z-an scale 80-in Spinks Acromaster Carl Millers Sport Scale entry ii nets achieved perfect finish using silk dope Engine K&B Slim Line muffler Larry Benningtons large 1/7-size Mustang subject ot well deserved admiration its excellent Super Poxy finish Fighters racers etc bulk large proportion scale Letters Editor continued page 58 EYE HOOKS 436T050 N 1 1 14 fr\~1f4 X 9 MUSIC WIRE NOTCH CLEAR WOOD IX3 36TO 50 LONG plauded three articles Foam Techniques Despite architectural background found difficult follow explanation foam cutter Could Bill Max draw finished foam cutter 1/4 j NOTCH SIDE VIEW CAL BOTH ENDS us Model viation readers Thanks David Strickland Oil City PA ing gear remove canopy streamline cockpit area reduce size left cheek cowl minimum air intake remove completely possible Id reduce flying sur face area including tail limits controlability would use light weight radio battery pack remove en gine control servo anything else non essential reduce weight 5 lb minimum weight would apply Id set up engine run 70% nitro methane use relatively large high pitched propeller doing wouldnt add 25 mph 18755 mph Id hold wing rubber bands George maybe Ill think get time Someday Gene W Sidwell Hollywood CA DeBolt did write about high-speed flight RC models assume Gene thinking account Houston Speed Trails Maynard Hill re ported April 77 MA DeBolt did write Form props May issue year know what timing set up during flights Gene describes Timing world record speed attempts highly complex matter witness Dick Webers account Austrian glider 2742 mph speed record flight page 73 December 1977 Hubert Bitner Jrs Setting RC Helicopter Speed Rec ord February 1978 MA errors can accumulate stop watch timing both ends traps can tens miles per hour split second inac curacyhence FAIs tough requirements order record accp ted evident Sidwell knows make Form 1 go really fast straight line Perhaps can enthuse fellow Californians setting up Houston-type Speed Trials No Sooner Said Done RC Technique/Myers continued page 15 Off stage down aisle Vince Hurd RS systems Ive heard rumors RS dropping out consumer market Vince true No way George Weve worked too hard get give up now advertising budget shifted other magazines order get some mil itary contracts target drones see factory keeps turning out systems before Vince showed two super-transmitters marked RS-XRS has controls optimized pattern flying other opti mized pylon racing primary dif ference pylon racing model has product review product review product review Tutor Patterred after original Nobler famout stuit model ever flown Top Flites 45-in 35-powered Control line aero batic trainer has wing area 410 sq flying weight 2 2/2 lbs Special construction feature assures easily built light-weight accurate warp-free wing 0-tube leading edgesaid 20 25% stronger conventional designs Structure balsa maple motor mounts preshaped flaps elevator One-piece plywood re-en forced fuselage precision machined ac curate cut-outs wing motor mounts stabilizer Die-cut parts have printed numbers identification Kit includes nylon elevator flap horns nylon motor mount spacers formed landing tail gear tank mountings nylon belicrank adjustable lead-out guide full-size plans Top Flite Models Inc 1901 N Narragansett Ave Chicago 1160639 Bill Evans Max Lester must ap- product review product review product review dual-rate switch changes both eleva tor aileron race pilot can have additional control takeoff landing plane going slow controls less effective aero-dynam ically pattern transmitter has dualrate aileron sports roll ton RS servos now enjoy motors tested before installation servo factory-aging process assembled servo Pro-Line super transmitter de scribed April issue Pro-Line also showing no frills Cadet series de signed compete bottom price range buddy-box systems turn off based fact can used two sets same manu facturer sometimes same series World Engines showed way Expert Mark II makes sense case students transmitter sends RF students plane instructors transmitter provides control modulation slave mode As result student now flies own plane buddy system instead yours Good thinking Thats about transmitter sub ject Next month Ill discussing GelCells George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 RC Scale Wischers continued page 24 sponsors anxious rekindle terest AMA Scale its ob vious Scale has tremendous spectator appeal AMA Precision Scale presents ultimate challenge excite ment ways scale aircraft uti lizes some persons important qualities instance what scale buff has endless dreams about building flying new project imagi nation work research docu 84 Model Aviation DONT IRMELE USE BALSARITE Balsarte sinks deep wood melts & intermixes adhesive iron-on coverings heat IAmaAdU applied No trapped air permanent ad hesion no fuel creep fillets cinch use Monokote So fim o Cove e Ga sa te sa must CQVERITE IL mentation probing intel lectual sense history Aesthetic judg ment applied choice color markings consideration surface tex ture gloss mention weathering Perhaps qualities should considered part scale modelers craftsmanship magic word Scale Craftsmanship has key quality human existence since humans began organize themselves civilizations What best remember past civilization craft art writing thought technology Visit museum what will see As disciplined builders fliers exercising crafts manship constantly thereby realizing best human potential does logic support con tinuation AMA Precision Scale cause scale event provides perfect goal theoretically impossible achieve could build 1 ft replica need far reaching goal Let answer drawing personal experience As symphony orchestra mu sician never knew way practice except work become best musician particular instrument fact unattain able goal judge what criteria would use However existence goal taught never satisfied mediocrity con tinue search perfection Usually search perfection stops bore dom follows should different craftsman scale models Sport Scale fliers satisfied models isnt exciting know once have consistent winner whole new class perfection Scale challenge Since will once again Contest Director Milwaukee Flying Elec trons Pattern-Scale contest am confron ted following problems running Sport Precision Scale 1 How can improve flight judging scale realism flight adequately judged 2 How can assure Sport Scale con testant ship cockpit engine rivet detail will receive better marks because details 3 How discourage AMA Scale ship modeler entering Sport Scale stimulate Sport Scale Fliers step AMA Scale competition make sure 3 1 ft scale model doesnt end up being eyeballed judge because ten feet two feet wing tip 4 Can encourage consistent winner Sport Scale enter AMA Scale least enter new ship Sport Scale 5 In contest also features pat tern assure Scale contestant will receive much attention Clubs Solutions 1 Announce full-scale flight realism will count Uncommon flight charac teristics plane will have docu mented writing Flight judges will have full-scale background trained fullscale people 2 Scale judges will made ignore AMA Scale details Sport Scale ships event director will closely observe judging make sure done 3 Our static Sport Scale judges will seated model will moved Large scale models will kept scale dis tance further judges smaller models Twin other multi-engined models will treated next larger scale size model 4 We will reward entrants AMA Pre cision Scale awarding special incen tive prize winner areasome thing very desirable like top-of-the-line Polaroid camera might suitable 5 While Pattern promised six flights Scale will promised minimum four during weekend will have na tionally known static-scale experienced judges Scale Jim Newman Scale flight judge Las Vegas Tournament will Don Hoover C/L Scale fame will another will What else can readers sug gest Are right track Let us know Signed Larry DAttilio apparent foregoing Larry deeply involved task con ducting contest Scale entrants can expect share flight time fair treatment conscientious efforts preserve Precision Scale local con test level sets excellent example Some concern result past experi ence contestants judges trying bend rules hear Jerry Farr Texas Flying Scale Championships Sport Scale judged ten feet dis tance plane ten-foot radius circle rule book states judging should done ten feet plane qualifies mean cen ter 20-foot diameter circle quite same thing Contest directors now taking matters own hands avoid controversy problem becoming acute planes increase size Scale Team Fund AMA headquarters has received another donation Scale Team Fund support seven team members being sent Woodvale England August check $50 received Hill Country Flyers organization 24 members formed conduct three RC Scale contests year Hill Country Morgan Hill California year will hosting WW II Scramble May 20-21 Golden Age July 16 Western Front WW Jamboree Sept 23-24 Previous donations Team Fund OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st RC Masters class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice let RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior 1st CL combat O & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb O & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr let CLCIassB Speed Op & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOE RC-FREE PLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733Y4119 83% 456129 94566% 77%139 10467149 106W 8W149 1065W159 114677% 7%7%8159 1165W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1556309 164%6389 W WIDE BLADE SW EXTRA WIDE June 1978 85 NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set new World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 Rev Up 8Y-6% new Pylon Rac ing prop 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESIGN NO 1 IN PYLDN RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3Y4129 755%6149 7SN5%N BN149 8156% 6% 7%7%199 96% 7% 715199 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%129 4%55%129 6788%149 77%10%11 169 889189 89N9%N189 8%77%189 91213219 FJFJARRAW came FAST Club Southern California $14124 $45000 sale airplane neckties made Dolly Wischer Three color patches being sold support 1978 Scale Team Price $150 three $400 available Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Scale Documentation Source Gene Thomas Classic Models has come up unprecedented innovation documentation booklets fur nished kits Heath Parasol Heath Baby Bullet Church Midwing kits will made two sizes Peanut 1 scale 3 scale kit plane will follow booklets contain 3-view drawings photos cutaways color schemes detail sketches showing ternal structure Also included brief history planes booklets available separately $200 Classic Models PO Box 681 Melville NY 11746 Ready made documentation would make life too easy modelers Bob Wiseher Ri 1 S-221 Lap/iam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 R C Aerobatics VanPutte continued page 25 varnish purchased has solvent will destroy foam covered too soon because core looked perfect ready cover day af ter painted polyure thane varnish have no problems Sears polyurethane varnish no matter soon wing skin applied after using varnish So suggest either us ing Sears polyurethane varnish testing other brands scrap foam before trying wing word out Southern R/C products going stop pro duction balsa fuselage kits due high price and/or unavailability quality balsa Pensacola Florida-based firm will expand fiberglass fuselage kit line now includes Rhett Millers Compensator Steve Helms Bootlegger Ron Chidgeys Tiger Tail Three hope also produce glass fuselage-foam wing verision Alley Kat because consider best intermediate trainer-sport airplane designs ever produced new Master class pattern rules have almost everyone involved Master pattern somewhat confused emotional Some competitors downright incensed over dramatic change rules caught everyone surprise Others delighted bright prospects see competition class new rules probably neither good nor bad currently being viewed big problem faces contest directors competitors infant contest season What now have already received contest flyers several clubs announce will use 1976/1977 rules classes attitude makes sense since rules decisions regarding what pattern will flown Expert Master class com petitors hasnt made Contest Board time written other hand some contest direct ors recognizing some form new FAI Masters pattern will ap proved AMA competition year have decided use modified schedule am contest director Jim Kirkland Memorial contest sched uled May 6 7th vacillating over approach use After long telephone call Don Lowe present Paris new pattern formulated decided use modified form new pattern Don swung argument favor new pattern admitting cant convince old friend use new pattern can hope convince stranger use Kirkland Memorial has always used abbreviated patterns order get least four rounds competition 86 Model Aviation discarded Apparently brand polyurethane