Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features l/4Scale9O span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd Weaverville NC 28787 ELECTRIC FLIGHT SUPPLIES THROTTLES SC-5 02 05 2 8 cell $62 SC-4 05 407 26 cell $62 SC-3 25 10010 28 cell $127 #16 WIRE-259 strand $7 epted JOMAR 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 Cali 513-474-0985 Thermal competition looks though Owl will fill niche us flew Daves plane after contest either air vert up heck machine diving zooming over sky see handled just stayed up Several us decided spot build has fully-sheeted built-up wing Eppler 193 airfoil epoxy/glass fuselage has removable nose cone Ia Decker makes getting works very easy Theres hefty plywood keel fuse/nose cone dork landings wont break anything up point Dave has Thermic Sniffler prototype prefer build straight kit rather modify polyhedral kit Owl bears looking Chuck CaIdwell newsletter editor Corpus Christi TX RC Club wrote about interesting type cross-country contest held last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled Electric Flight estimated available mid-1987 will provide updating information becomes available warm feeling about cold-weather flying came over last evening read Jim Zarembskis Electric column January 1987 issue HIGH SPEED STEEL DRILL WITH EXTENSION CAPABLE OF REACHING 16 INCHES INTO YOUR MODELGREAT FOR PUTTING HOLE IN RIB OR BULKHEAD WEVE SOLD THOUSANDS EDROI81/8inch499 EDF325/32inch549 EDR3I63/16inch599 EDl41/4inch699 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC P o Box 532 GLENWOOD iLL 60425 March 1987 141 J-3 KITTEN ULTRALIGHT EXTENDED DRILL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/03
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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features l/4Scale9O span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd Weaverville NC 28787 ELECTRIC FLIGHT SUPPLIES THROTTLES SC-5 02 05 2 8 cell $62 SC-4 05 407 26 cell $62 SC-3 25 10010 28 cell $127 #16 WIRE-259 strand $7 epted JOMAR 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 Cali 513-474-0985 Thermal competition looks though Owl will fill niche us flew Daves plane after contest either air vert up heck machine diving zooming over sky see handled just stayed up Several us decided spot build has fully-sheeted built-up wing Eppler 193 airfoil epoxy/glass fuselage has removable nose cone Ia Decker makes getting works very easy Theres hefty plywood keel fuse/nose cone dork landings wont break anything up point Dave has Thermic Sniffler prototype prefer build straight kit rather modify polyhedral kit Owl bears looking Chuck CaIdwell newsletter editor Corpus Christi TX RC Club wrote about interesting type cross-country contest held last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled Electric Flight estimated available mid-1987 will provide updating information becomes available warm feeling about cold-weather flying came over last evening read Jim Zarembskis Electric column January 1987 issue HIGH SPEED STEEL DRILL WITH EXTENSION CAPABLE OF REACHING 16 INCHES INTO YOUR MODELGREAT FOR PUTTING HOLE IN RIB OR BULKHEAD WEVE SOLD THOUSANDS EDROI81/8inch499 EDF325/32inch549 EDR3I63/16inch599 EDl41/4inch699 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC P o Box 532 GLENWOOD iLL 60425 March 1987 141 J-3 KITTEN ULTRALIGHT EXTENDED DRILL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/03
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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features l/4Scale9O span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd Weaverville NC 28787 ELECTRIC FLIGHT SUPPLIES THROTTLES SC-5 02 05 2 8 cell $62 SC-4 05 407 26 cell $62 SC-3 25 10010 28 cell $127 #16 WIRE-259 strand $7 epted JOMAR 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 Cali 513-474-0985 Thermal competition looks though Owl will fill niche us flew Daves plane after contest either air vert up heck machine diving zooming over sky see handled just stayed up Several us decided spot build has fully-sheeted built-up wing Eppler 193 airfoil epoxy/glass fuselage has removable nose cone Ia Decker makes getting works very easy Theres hefty plywood keel fuse/nose cone dork landings wont break anything up point Dave has Thermic Sniffler prototype prefer build straight kit rather modify polyhedral kit Owl bears looking Chuck CaIdwell newsletter editor Corpus Christi TX RC Club wrote about interesting type cross-country contest held last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled Electric Flight estimated available mid-1987 will provide updating information becomes available warm feeling about cold-weather flying came over last evening read Jim Zarembskis Electric column January 1987 issue HIGH SPEED STEEL DRILL WITH EXTENSION CAPABLE OF REACHING 16 INCHES INTO YOUR MODELGREAT FOR PUTTING HOLE IN RIB OR BULKHEAD WEVE SOLD THOUSANDS EDROI81/8inch499 EDF325/32inch549 EDR3I63/16inch599 EDl41/4inch699 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC P o Box 532 GLENWOOD iLL 60425 March 1987 141 J-3 KITTEN ULTRALIGHT EXTENDED DRILL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/03
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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features l/4Scale9O span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd Weaverville NC 28787 ELECTRIC FLIGHT SUPPLIES THROTTLES SC-5 02 05 2 8 cell $62 SC-4 05 407 26 cell $62 SC-3 25 10010 28 cell $127 #16 WIRE-259 strand $7 epted JOMAR 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 Cali 513-474-0985 Thermal competition looks though Owl will fill niche us flew Daves plane after contest either air vert up heck machine diving zooming over sky see handled just stayed up Several us decided spot build has fully-sheeted built-up wing Eppler 193 airfoil epoxy/glass fuselage has removable nose cone Ia Decker makes getting works very easy Theres hefty plywood keel fuse/nose cone dork landings wont break anything up point Dave has Thermic Sniffler prototype prefer build straight kit rather modify polyhedral kit Owl bears looking Chuck CaIdwell newsletter editor Corpus Christi TX RC Club wrote about interesting type cross-country contest held last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled Electric Flight estimated available mid-1987 will provide updating information becomes available warm feeling about cold-weather flying came over last evening read Jim Zarembskis Electric column January 1987 issue HIGH SPEED STEEL DRILL WITH EXTENSION CAPABLE OF REACHING 16 INCHES INTO YOUR MODELGREAT FOR PUTTING HOLE IN RIB OR BULKHEAD WEVE SOLD THOUSANDS EDROI81/8inch499 EDF325/32inch549 EDR3I63/16inch599 EDl41/4inch699 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC P o Box 532 GLENWOOD iLL 60425 March 1987 141 J-3 KITTEN ULTRALIGHT EXTENDED DRILL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/03
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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features l/4Scale9O span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd Weaverville NC 28787 ELECTRIC FLIGHT SUPPLIES THROTTLES SC-5 02 05 2 8 cell $62 SC-4 05 407 26 cell $62 SC-3 25 10010 28 cell $127 #16 WIRE-259 strand $7 epted JOMAR 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 Cali 513-474-0985 Thermal competition looks though Owl will fill niche us flew Daves plane after contest either air vert up heck machine diving zooming over sky see handled just stayed up Several us decided spot build has fully-sheeted built-up wing Eppler 193 airfoil epoxy/glass fuselage has removable nose cone Ia Decker makes getting works very easy Theres hefty plywood keel fuse/nose cone dork landings wont break anything up point Dave has Thermic Sniffler prototype prefer build straight kit rather modify polyhedral kit Owl bears looking Chuck CaIdwell newsletter editor Corpus Christi TX RC Club wrote about interesting type cross-country contest held last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled Electric Flight estimated available mid-1987 will provide updating information becomes available warm feeling about cold-weather flying came over last evening read Jim Zarembskis Electric column January 1987 issue HIGH SPEED STEEL DRILL WITH EXTENSION CAPABLE OF REACHING 16 INCHES INTO YOUR MODELGREAT FOR PUTTING HOLE IN RIB OR BULKHEAD WEVE SOLD THOUSANDS EDROI81/8inch499 EDF325/32inch549 EDR3I63/16inch599 EDl41/4inch699 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC P o Box 532 GLENWOOD iLL 60425 March 1987 141 J-3 KITTEN ULTRALIGHT EXTENDED DRILL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/03
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Radio Control Soaring Byron Blakeslee Modellf Lug -Weitmeisterschoft 21.JuU2August 1987 Osnobrck Flugplotz Achmer Bundesrepubtik Deutschtond UPDATE F3B World Champs Assuming its about first February read will just 4 months until F3B team departs Germany compete Sixth World Championships Much remains done mainly raising enough money get guys over back too AMA supplies funding transportation entry fees bulk money has come kind-hearted phil anthropists like yourself Theres address end short report please send con tributions Assistant Team Manager Tom Thompson provided following personal infor mation could get better feeling exactly will assisting Steve Work Albuquerque NM Age 31 first US Finals Steve second person achieve LSF Level V member 1979 US F3B Team avid full-size soaring pilot employed Sperry Aerospace R&D electronics technician Richard Spicer San Jose CA Age 42 second US Finals Rich LSF Level IV was winner 1985 Western Soaring Chain pionshipsHe designer builder Synergy composite Sailplane employed AT&T Steve Lewis Santa Clara CA Third US finals Steve along Rich member South Bay Soaring Society also flew Syn ergy employed Brunswick Corp Lynn King Boulder Creek CA Age 40 Team Manager Lynn built winches used Team Synergy avid slope flier also South Bay member employed tool die maker Hewlett-Packard Tom Thompson Albuquerque NM Assistant Team Manager fund-raising chairman age 43 Tom managed Albuquerque teams successful effort got Steve Work top spot Finals Tom contractor has served transportation manager Coors International Bicycle Classic Phil Renaud Albuquerque NM Tactician Team Assistant age 42 placed ninth Finals Phil has MS degree Astronautical Engineer ing USAF Academy works Club month AMA club charter #135 proudly belongs Modesto Radio Control Club Modesto CA Boasting some 50 members 44 Model Aviation Members Above Modesto RC Clubs winning team 1986 FaIl Soaring Festival Visalia CA L R Steve Clasen 13th Fred Weaver 8th Shawn Lend 3rd Brad Clasen 11th Almostthewhole Below Modesto club Ito R Bernard SempierWindsOng Dave Mikkelsen Dave Darling Metrick Ben ClerxWindsong Howard CollinsOly II Jack Cotton Hybrid Tom Woehrle Camano 100 Arlie Stoner kneelingwith Comet Shawn Lend Windsong Gene Dias Meteor Tony Rezendes Pantera Jim Adams Oly II Dennis Dias Meteor Ron Lend Paul Lowrie Windsong USAF test pilot engineer assistant Please send donation F3B SOARING TEAM PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 97119 phone number 505/884-9635 Dave Thompsons 1 32-in-span Owl new kit market Blakeslee says its fine flier info column Kurt Rosner Regency MX-5000 fre quency scanner unit described January87 column very sensitive quite compact can see far Pennsylvania Japan club begins its second quarter-century service community modelers proud past Founded originally offshoot old Mod esto Flying Circus club originally pri marily power modelers club As radiocontrolled Soaring became popular sport majority members became Glider fliers club members fly fun nearly Sun day Beyer High School flying site Mod esto club also has serious com petitive side addition community service programs such demonstrations shopping malls scouting groups club has spon sored co-sponsored such prestigious events several regional League Silent Flight tour naments Two-Meter World Cup several Distance events recent contest undertaking Western United States RC Soaring Championships held past two years near Sacramento $500 first prize premier two-day contest country draws contestants spectators over United States Members also active comprehensive club contest schedule well Northern Cali fornial Soaring League consortium clubs within area Added next year Tri-club Challenge new event three central California clubs Officers 1986 Ron Lenci president Benard Simpier VP & CD Tern Dias SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor 1987 officers Benard Simpier president Shawn Lenci VP & CD Arlie Stoner SecretaryTreasurer Dave Darling newsletter editor description provided Dave Darling also puts Out terrific newsletter Thanks very much Dave Great Race good news Bill Christian SOAR Club reports will run Great Race again year Dates June 13 14 Bill will Contest Director said club intends malntain traditions race former CD Dan Pruss established un familiar its origins Great Race first held 1976 Bicentennial tribute course laid out covered 76 kilometers granddaddy other cross-country events now held around wold Im sure SASE Bill will get info address 1604 N Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 Continued page 135 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. 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300 employees Multiplex has 160 three what might call full-line model manufacturers make evertthing super-sophisticated radios very simple begin ners planesand kinds accessories go quite few other companies specialize smaller segments market Eis mann Bauer Roebers IBA Wanitschek come mind Sailplsnes Evidently playing toy airplanes well cars boats much bigger industry Germany three big ones Multiplex might greatest interest Sailplaners count 14 RC Gliders its catalog range very basic beginners planes some quite exotic Sailplanes four-meter wingspan 157 Alpina its companion semi-scale ASW-22 have Out some time first highlyprefabricated large Sailplsnes available country ships intended everybody oh fly just seem motor around sky eight pounds have momentum Standard Multiplex construc tion white-pigmented epoxy/glass fuselage obechi-skinned foam wings Im sure obechi comes its lightweight wood about equivalent heavier grade balsa makes nice smooth ding-resistant surface can covered MonoKote Mylar covering films Multiplex planes interest Thermal contest fliers would Flamingo Contest 113-in span Fiesta SF 128 Flamingo Contest replaced 100-in-span Flamingo build-up wing original Flamingo came out late Seventies very com petitive F3B ship advanced thing available country have such giant strides F3B de signs over past six years kit plane like Flamingo Contest isnt competitive arena its excellent plane club contests sport flying uses not-well-known Eppler 212 airfoil gives plane good thermaling ability wide speed range Fiesta SF also replaced previous Fiesta also built-up wing uses Wortmann FX 60-126 wing section similar used some full-size sailplanes Both very nice ships cant cover Sailplanes line Id like just mention three Multiplexs recent ones New 1985 scale model Glasser-Dirks DG-300 Elan 148-in span 33/s meters prototype Standard Class 15-meter span ship unique triple-taper wing planform New 1986 should Beem ersmore Beemer laterstock time read beartiful-booking flying 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Flamingo Contest Fiesta SF $180 Alpina $220 Contina $211 DG-300 Ka 6E about $315 DG-300 box too big UPS has shipped truck case youre wondering no Mr emer taken BMWs nickname long-time modeler Bob Boomer progressive proprietor Beemer RC West Kits half story Multiplex its radios causing special excitement available direct Beemer Multiplex has extensive line radios very popular Germany rest Europe well Bob importing two basic lines radios Royal Commander Royal next-to-top Multiplex line has bells whistles anyone could desire Multi plexs top-of-the-line Profi 2000 out sight pricewise Im sure Bob figures would little point stocking parts item lim ited sales potential way Bob has estab lished complete service department Scottsdale promises user-friendly service Multi plex radios Both Royal Commander radios feature FM transmission PCM pulse code modu lation microprocessors both transmitter receiver computer illiterates like self have some understanding microproces sors heart modem computers 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last Au gust Its closed-circuit course held Navy airfield Lets let Chuck also CD de scnbe fly four laps five-kilometer triangular course making 20 km total distance Navy cooperates giving us exclusive use field weekendit normally training airfield works out nice relatively headache-free contest theres no road traffic worry about contestants bring ownor share launching equipment Theres nice prize shoot $500 cash first team complete 20 km 32 minutes less special cash prize addition trophies other prizes awarded Nobody won money year low time turned Jim Farris flying 14-foot T-tailed Spirit wings sheeted formica making ultra-smooth surface Also Jims team Dick Reddy Chris Lee Next year may raise money time 40 minutes Dates 87 August 22 23 Thanks rundown Chuck sounds like exciting race because imagine planes view starting area whole time Hope theres good turnout Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 47 tape available through AMA entitled 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