S Soaring 0 Dan Pruss WHEN ONE considers number sailplane fliers around country small percentage competed FAI eliminations last year won ders relatively small number Since greatest number sailplane fliers competition oriented club level another question arises FAT rules club contests MA-sanctioned contests have involved last years team-selection program will first say rules such efficient contests cannot run Because round flying FAT competition made up three tasks namely duration speed distance round flying fair means determining winner yet round day about can expect current FAT rules Aside contest management problems glaring inequity tasks distance event Too much luck factor rides event flier can show rather consistent perform ance duration speed distance task can make him wish dedicated spare time racing pigeons brings up point article Only others like other countries can change FAT rules Please refer page 68 AMAs 1976-1977 Official Model Aircraft Regulations FAT RULES GENERAL pages 89 through 92 same publication current F3B FAT RC Soaring rules mechanics international rule making current policies can reviewed July 1976 issue ModelAviat ion Some points ponder rules use now will effective until 1979 Rules go effect 1979 will have four-year freeze means will 1984 before other proposals will accept ed Proposals submitted December ClAM meeting Paris must September 1 gives rules com mittee just year weigh out various suggestions recent F3B World Championship just past general air concerning current rules just could bean arm load new ideas After South Africa competition US team opportunity spend nearly week traveling through Kruger National Park company Brit ish Italian teams Germany Aus Continued page 79 22 Model Aviation Launching scratch-built Algebra last years Soaring Nats Mike Broadbent Canada Model designed Sean Bannister UK. placed third recent World Championships arroI Moffatt Schlelcher KU 1J UAH Nats scale gaining popularity RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 22 tria Canada also fliers re laxing after previous weeks hattie might have guessed rather discuss whether zebras white black stripes black white stripes fliers discussed rules change bus load unani mous change distance task No sure-fire solution among suggestions Suggestion 1 Eliminate task entire ly However L/D name game duration speed tasks dont necessarily allow development area Yet South African fliers finishing out season using dura tion speed task constitute round Suggestion 2 Combine distance speed task having four- six-lap event remember two FAI laps once upwind once downwind would put true sailplane performance back perspective eliminate luck factor Suggestion 3 six laps about aver age distance task award say hundred points per lap up six laps much lower value between 5 25 points lucky laps agreed extend 16 17 20 give 100 points per lap total 1000 points thinking behind takes good plane skill finish 20 laps four minutes evident last day WC competition Roos South Africa another flier boomed 20-lap attitude same time Roos flying course expertly anyone seen finished four minutes 19 laps challenger managed eke out 14 surely case better flier better machine Suggestion 4 Maybe Roos perform ance prompted someone came up one-on-one challenge Launch four time laps gets 1000 points other fliers get scores com mensurate distance covered relative heat winner isnt cure could step right direction Contest managing events like must also considered Whatever rule changes occur seems darn shame have locked four-year freeze Some time has spent playing catch-up rule book reprinting distribution countries involved Yet sport has flexible task de sign seems better way LSF tournaments past always speed/distance task sort cap tured interest good fliers Two totally different tasks yet alike some respects held separate years indicates kind imaginations have working sport Le Gray came up one-mile cross country first people mumbling themselves did Hannibal said First get herd elephants allenging bet best run events dared different us ever experi enced flier flew quarter mile up wind caller field phone told him turn plane flown back down wind past starting line point quarter mile downwind point another caller told him turn flier brought plane back quar ter mile starting line done flier having moveunless landed shortbut task choice three-minute pre cision task other realized club has mile paved runway field phones important prevailing winds allow such event programmed little no chance wind shifts event did show imagination flexibility sport event John Donelson Bob Hahn devised closer home us see Model Aviation Dec 1975 p 46 Four laps eight FAI laps over 150meter course flown 30 points per quarter-lap awarded course completed four minutesthe time lim itone earned 480 points time September 1977 79 less four minutes bonus earned based curve netted 1000 points near one-minute mark system merit evident top scorer meet earned just over 1000 points Duration scores normalized 1000 points brings up following point four-year freeze rules threeyear wait between world championships specific classes WC South Africa considered 1976 contest scheduling purposes perhaps soar ing could come up rule would establish basic set task criteria would flexible enough used best advantage host country necessarily fliers based manage ability geography weather conditions etc Such criteria could possibly include duration task time six min utes minimum Speed/distance task time six minutes minimum Speed/distance task no less 900 meters no leg less 150 meters Precision two three minute per AMA rules now basic set rules simple host country could provide home rules relative specifically devised tasks three years between world champion ships would give countries time gear themselves whatever program fered Perhaps last suggestion sounds like naive approach rules international competition South African contest showed modelersRC sailplane modelers anywayall speak same language past several sessions ClAM meetings FAI headquarters Paris rather difficult gain much support what good pro posals USA main argu ments some European coun tries FAI contests has USA run rules US experience FAI F3B contests up until year ago practically nil Last years team selection program changed Miller Nutter Payne got F3B world sit up take notice Lets follow through Dan Prus Box 490 Plainfield IL 60S44 Free Flight Championships continued page 1 True concept Old-Timer compe tition definite change pace say competition keen very much relaxed fun type competition activity really getting swing until mid-morning lots friendly chit chat com parison models engines going didnt hear single word engine controversy converted engines getting noticeably higher 25 seconds some brand-new ships hand being trimmed later flown official time Workmanship outstanding very little plas tic film covering evidence also some original old-time ships entered making wide variety subjects available abundant photog raphers 020 Replica highest entry 28 modelers battling out five trophies As last year contest brochure implied separate classes 020 Old-Timer 020 Antique however 020 models compete together Antiques tremendous disadvan G\\Vh Fh FNh PLETE THIS FORM III\IIIII1 J NDATFACH MAILING IEL FROM RECENT LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks re quired change address Attach current MA mailing label check appropriate box mail Subscription Dept. 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WASHINGTON DC 20005 tage flying against Zippers Rangers Playboys would appear size entry classes could split would certainly promote greater variety de signs entries Indoor flying Hand-Launch Glider Penny Plane Easy B P-Nutscale held two gymnasiums Taft good size crowd torn between events watch shifted back forth between buildings much dissatisfac tion event directors trying maintain stable air areas Hand Launch P-Nut flown beneath intricate girder roof system provided interesting challenge glider fliers able launch above beams sneak back through steel collisions same girders added excitement P-Nut scale ships orbiting precarious ly close sometimes too close ob structions contest size monumental task actually put together cooperation nine clubs North ern California Free Flight Clubs Free Flight Model Airplane Association Southern California As result quality event varies orga nization lack club involved least organized event Scale categories attending Four-A meet after traveling hundreds miles contestant normally expects quality small local meet case product review product review product review Falcon 56 Mark II years Gold berg Falcon 56 has extremely popular SportlPattern aircraft Good looking easy build stable excellent flier both sound trainer pleasant machine put through its paces Intended 19- 40-size engines Mark II san entirely new kit production tooling kit box Goldberg proclaims best efforts readily agree new kit cludes ailerons complete aileron hardware wider longer front end take larger en gines tanks heavy-duty landing gear steerable nose gear simplified strength ened construction greatly improved plans plans tour de force including numerous sketches leave nothing imagination Wood quality excellent die-cutting shaping Canopy included hardware package includes formed land ing gear struts nylon control horns devises etc Youll seeing full-fledged reports kit magazines MA does publish field-and-bench type reports leaving other publicationswe will say no would ever regret opting MK II Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 product review product review product review 80 Model Aviation MR MODELER manufacture special ized accessories make R/C modeling easier never out stock items manufacture Seeyour deal er send first class stamp catalog sheets listing over 70 items complete pictures prices OVER 12 YEARS SERVICE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/09
Page Numbers: 22, 79, 80
S Soaring 0 Dan Pruss WHEN ONE considers number sailplane fliers around country small percentage competed FAI eliminations last year won ders relatively small number Since greatest number sailplane fliers competition oriented club level another question arises FAT rules club contests MA-sanctioned contests have involved last years team-selection program will first say rules such efficient contests cannot run Because round flying FAT competition made up three tasks namely duration speed distance round flying fair means determining winner yet round day about can expect current FAT rules Aside contest management problems glaring inequity tasks distance event Too much luck factor rides event flier can show rather consistent perform ance duration speed distance task can make him wish dedicated spare time racing pigeons brings up point article Only others like other countries can change FAT rules Please refer page 68 AMAs 1976-1977 Official Model Aircraft Regulations FAT RULES GENERAL pages 89 through 92 same publication current F3B FAT RC Soaring rules mechanics international rule making current policies can reviewed July 1976 issue ModelAviat ion Some points ponder rules use now will effective until 1979 Rules go effect 1979 will have four-year freeze means will 1984 before other proposals will accept ed Proposals submitted December ClAM meeting Paris must September 1 gives rules com mittee just year weigh out various suggestions recent F3B World Championship just past general air concerning current rules just could bean arm load new ideas After South Africa competition US team opportunity spend nearly week traveling through Kruger National Park company Brit ish Italian teams Germany Aus Continued page 79 22 Model Aviation Launching scratch-built Algebra last years Soaring Nats Mike Broadbent Canada Model designed Sean Bannister UK. placed third recent World Championships arroI Moffatt Schlelcher KU 1J UAH Nats scale gaining popularity RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 22 tria Canada also fliers re laxing after previous weeks hattie might have guessed rather discuss whether zebras white black stripes black white stripes fliers discussed rules change bus load unani mous change distance task No sure-fire solution among suggestions Suggestion 1 Eliminate task entire ly However L/D name game duration speed tasks dont necessarily allow development area Yet South African fliers finishing out season using dura tion speed task constitute round Suggestion 2 Combine distance speed task having four- six-lap event remember two FAI laps once upwind once downwind would put true sailplane performance back perspective eliminate luck factor Suggestion 3 six laps about aver age distance task award say hundred points per lap up six laps much lower value between 5 25 points lucky laps agreed extend 16 17 20 give 100 points per lap total 1000 points thinking behind takes good plane skill finish 20 laps four minutes evident last day WC competition Roos South Africa another flier boomed 20-lap attitude same time Roos flying course expertly anyone seen finished four minutes 19 laps challenger managed eke out 14 surely case better flier better machine Suggestion 4 Maybe Roos perform ance prompted someone came up one-on-one challenge Launch four time laps gets 1000 points other fliers get scores com mensurate distance covered relative heat winner isnt cure could step right direction Contest managing events like must also considered Whatever rule changes occur seems darn shame have locked four-year freeze Some time has spent playing catch-up rule book reprinting distribution countries involved Yet sport has flexible task de sign seems better way LSF tournaments past always speed/distance task sort cap tured interest good fliers Two totally different tasks yet alike some respects held separate years indicates kind imaginations have working sport Le Gray came up one-mile cross country first people mumbling themselves did Hannibal said First get herd elephants allenging bet best run events dared different us ever experi enced flier flew quarter mile up wind caller field phone told him turn plane flown back down wind past starting line point quarter mile downwind point another caller told him turn flier brought plane back quar ter mile starting line done flier having moveunless landed shortbut task choice three-minute pre cision task other realized club has mile paved runway field phones important prevailing winds allow such event programmed little no chance wind shifts event did show imagination flexibility sport event John Donelson Bob Hahn devised closer home us see Model Aviation Dec 1975 p 46 Four laps eight FAI laps over 150meter course flown 30 points per quarter-lap awarded course completed four minutesthe time lim itone earned 480 points time September 1977 79 less four minutes bonus earned based curve netted 1000 points near one-minute mark system merit evident top scorer meet earned just over 1000 points Duration scores normalized 1000 points brings up following point four-year freeze rules threeyear wait between world championships specific classes WC South Africa considered 1976 contest scheduling purposes perhaps soar ing could come up rule would establish basic set task criteria would flexible enough used best advantage host country necessarily fliers based manage ability geography weather conditions etc Such criteria could possibly include duration task time six min utes minimum Speed/distance task time six minutes minimum Speed/distance task no less 900 meters no leg less 150 meters Precision two three minute per AMA rules now basic set rules simple host country could provide home rules relative specifically devised tasks three years between world champion ships would give countries time gear themselves whatever program fered Perhaps last suggestion sounds like naive approach rules international competition South African contest showed modelersRC sailplane modelers anywayall speak same language past several sessions ClAM meetings FAI headquarters Paris rather difficult gain much support what good pro posals USA main argu ments some European coun tries FAI contests has USA run rules US experience FAI F3B contests up until year ago practically nil Last years team selection program changed Miller Nutter Payne got F3B world sit up take notice Lets follow through Dan Prus Box 490 Plainfield IL 60S44 Free Flight Championships continued page 1 True concept Old-Timer compe tition definite change pace say competition keen very much relaxed fun type competition activity really getting swing until mid-morning lots friendly chit chat com parison models engines going didnt hear single word engine controversy converted engines getting noticeably higher 25 seconds some brand-new ships hand being trimmed later flown official time Workmanship outstanding very little plas tic film covering evidence also some original old-time ships entered making wide variety subjects available abundant photog raphers 020 Replica highest entry 28 modelers battling out five trophies As last year contest brochure implied separate classes 020 Old-Timer 020 Antique however 020 models compete together Antiques tremendous disadvan G\\Vh Fh FNh PLETE THIS FORM III\IIIII1 J NDATFACH MAILING IEL FROM RECENT LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks re quired change address Attach current MA mailing label check appropriate box mail Subscription Dept. Model Aviation 815 Fifteenth St. NW. Washington DC 20005 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTION LI CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates $1200 12 months Canada United States possession elsewhere $1400 NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE _____________________________________________ ZIP _______________ MODEL AVIATION 815 FIFTEENTH ST. NW. WASHINGTON DC 20005 tage flying against Zippers Rangers Playboys would appear size entry classes could split would certainly promote greater variety de signs entries Indoor flying Hand-Launch Glider Penny Plane Easy B P-Nutscale held two gymnasiums Taft good size crowd torn between events watch shifted back forth between buildings much dissatisfac tion event directors trying maintain stable air areas Hand Launch P-Nut flown beneath intricate girder roof system provided interesting challenge glider fliers able launch above beams sneak back through steel collisions same girders added excitement P-Nut scale ships orbiting precarious ly close sometimes too close ob structions contest size monumental task actually put together cooperation nine clubs North ern California Free Flight Clubs Free Flight Model Airplane Association Southern California As result quality event varies orga nization lack club involved least organized event Scale categories attending Four-A meet after traveling hundreds miles contestant normally expects quality small local meet case product review product review product review Falcon 56 Mark II years Gold berg Falcon 56 has extremely popular SportlPattern aircraft Good looking easy build stable excellent flier both sound trainer pleasant machine put through its paces Intended 19- 40-size engines Mark II san entirely new kit production tooling kit box Goldberg proclaims best efforts readily agree new kit cludes ailerons complete aileron hardware wider longer front end take larger en gines tanks heavy-duty landing gear steerable nose gear simplified strength ened construction greatly improved plans plans tour de force including numerous sketches leave nothing imagination Wood quality excellent die-cutting shaping Canopy included hardware package includes formed land ing gear struts nylon control horns devises etc Youll seeing full-fledged reports kit magazines MA does publish field-and-bench type reports leaving other publicationswe will say no would ever regret opting MK II Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 product review product review product review 80 Model Aviation MR MODELER manufacture special ized accessories make R/C modeling easier never out stock items manufacture Seeyour deal er send first class stamp catalog sheets listing over 70 items complete pictures prices OVER 12 YEARS SERVICE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/09
Page Numbers: 22, 79, 80
S Soaring 0 Dan Pruss WHEN ONE considers number sailplane fliers around country small percentage competed FAI eliminations last year won ders relatively small number Since greatest number sailplane fliers competition oriented club level another question arises FAT rules club contests MA-sanctioned contests have involved last years team-selection program will first say rules such efficient contests cannot run Because round flying FAT competition made up three tasks namely duration speed distance round flying fair means determining winner yet round day about can expect current FAT rules Aside contest management problems glaring inequity tasks distance event Too much luck factor rides event flier can show rather consistent perform ance duration speed distance task can make him wish dedicated spare time racing pigeons brings up point article Only others like other countries can change FAT rules Please refer page 68 AMAs 1976-1977 Official Model Aircraft Regulations FAT RULES GENERAL pages 89 through 92 same publication current F3B FAT RC Soaring rules mechanics international rule making current policies can reviewed July 1976 issue ModelAviat ion Some points ponder rules use now will effective until 1979 Rules go effect 1979 will have four-year freeze means will 1984 before other proposals will accept ed Proposals submitted December ClAM meeting Paris must September 1 gives rules com mittee just year weigh out various suggestions recent F3B World Championship just past general air concerning current rules just could bean arm load new ideas After South Africa competition US team opportunity spend nearly week traveling through Kruger National Park company Brit ish Italian teams Germany Aus Continued page 79 22 Model Aviation Launching scratch-built Algebra last years Soaring Nats Mike Broadbent Canada Model designed Sean Bannister UK. placed third recent World Championships arroI Moffatt Schlelcher KU 1J UAH Nats scale gaining popularity RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 22 tria Canada also fliers re laxing after previous weeks hattie might have guessed rather discuss whether zebras white black stripes black white stripes fliers discussed rules change bus load unani mous change distance task No sure-fire solution among suggestions Suggestion 1 Eliminate task entire ly However L/D name game duration speed tasks dont necessarily allow development area Yet South African fliers finishing out season using dura tion speed task constitute round Suggestion 2 Combine distance speed task having four- six-lap event remember two FAI laps once upwind once downwind would put true sailplane performance back perspective eliminate luck factor Suggestion 3 six laps about aver age distance task award say hundred points per lap up six laps much lower value between 5 25 points lucky laps agreed extend 16 17 20 give 100 points per lap total 1000 points thinking behind takes good plane skill finish 20 laps four minutes evident last day WC competition Roos South Africa another flier boomed 20-lap attitude same time Roos flying course expertly anyone seen finished four minutes 19 laps challenger managed eke out 14 surely case better flier better machine Suggestion 4 Maybe Roos perform ance prompted someone came up one-on-one challenge Launch four time laps gets 1000 points other fliers get scores com mensurate distance covered relative heat winner isnt cure could step right direction Contest managing events like must also considered Whatever rule changes occur seems darn shame have locked four-year freeze Some time has spent playing catch-up rule book reprinting distribution countries involved Yet sport has flexible task de sign seems better way LSF tournaments past always speed/distance task sort cap tured interest good fliers Two totally different tasks yet alike some respects held separate years indicates kind imaginations have working sport Le Gray came up one-mile cross country first people mumbling themselves did Hannibal said First get herd elephants allenging bet best run events dared different us ever experi enced flier flew quarter mile up wind caller field phone told him turn plane flown back down wind past starting line point quarter mile downwind point another caller told him turn flier brought plane back quar ter mile starting line done flier having moveunless landed shortbut task choice three-minute pre cision task other realized club has mile paved runway field phones important prevailing winds allow such event programmed little no chance wind shifts event did show imagination flexibility sport event John Donelson Bob Hahn devised closer home us see Model Aviation Dec 1975 p 46 Four laps eight FAI laps over 150meter course flown 30 points per quarter-lap awarded course completed four minutesthe time lim itone earned 480 points time September 1977 79 less four minutes bonus earned based curve netted 1000 points near one-minute mark system merit evident top scorer meet earned just over 1000 points Duration scores normalized 1000 points brings up following point four-year freeze rules threeyear wait between world championships specific classes WC South Africa considered 1976 contest scheduling purposes perhaps soar ing could come up rule would establish basic set task criteria would flexible enough used best advantage host country necessarily fliers based manage ability geography weather conditions etc Such criteria could possibly include duration task time six min utes minimum Speed/distance task time six minutes minimum Speed/distance task no less 900 meters no leg less 150 meters Precision two three minute per AMA rules now basic set rules simple host country could provide home rules relative specifically devised tasks three years between world champion ships would give countries time gear themselves whatever program fered Perhaps last suggestion sounds like naive approach rules international competition South African contest showed modelersRC sailplane modelers anywayall speak same language past several sessions ClAM meetings FAI headquarters Paris rather difficult gain much support what good pro posals USA main argu ments some European coun tries FAI contests has USA run rules US experience FAI F3B contests up until year ago practically nil Last years team selection program changed Miller Nutter Payne got F3B world sit up take notice Lets follow through Dan Prus Box 490 Plainfield IL 60S44 Free Flight Championships continued page 1 True concept Old-Timer compe tition definite change pace say competition keen very much relaxed fun type competition activity really getting swing until mid-morning lots friendly chit chat com parison models engines going didnt hear single word engine controversy converted engines getting noticeably higher 25 seconds some brand-new ships hand being trimmed later flown official time Workmanship outstanding very little plas tic film covering evidence also some original old-time ships entered making wide variety subjects available abundant photog raphers 020 Replica highest entry 28 modelers battling out five trophies As last year contest brochure implied separate classes 020 Old-Timer 020 Antique however 020 models compete together Antiques tremendous disadvan G\\Vh Fh FNh PLETE THIS FORM III\IIIII1 J NDATFACH MAILING IEL FROM RECENT LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING move please let us know advancesix weeks re quired change address Attach current MA mailing label check appropriate box mail Subscription Dept. Model Aviation 815 Fifteenth St. NW. Washington DC 20005 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTION LI CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscription rates $1200 12 months Canada United States possession elsewhere $1400 NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE _____________________________________________ ZIP _______________ MODEL AVIATION 815 FIFTEENTH ST. NW. WASHINGTON DC 20005 tage flying against Zippers Rangers Playboys would appear size entry classes could split would certainly promote greater variety de signs entries Indoor flying Hand-Launch Glider Penny Plane Easy B P-Nutscale held two gymnasiums Taft good size crowd torn between events watch shifted back forth between buildings much dissatisfac tion event directors trying maintain stable air areas Hand Launch P-Nut flown beneath intricate girder roof system provided interesting challenge glider fliers able launch above beams sneak back through steel collisions same girders added excitement P-Nut scale ships orbiting precarious ly close sometimes too close ob structions contest size monumental task actually put together cooperation nine clubs North ern California Free Flight Clubs Free Flight Model Airplane Association Southern California As result quality event varies orga nization lack club involved least organized event Scale categories attending Four-A meet after traveling hundreds miles contestant normally expects quality small local meet case product review product review product review Falcon 56 Mark II years Gold berg Falcon 56 has extremely popular SportlPattern aircraft Good looking easy build stable excellent flier both sound trainer pleasant machine put through its paces Intended 19- 40-size engines Mark II san entirely new kit production tooling kit box Goldberg proclaims best efforts readily agree new kit cludes ailerons complete aileron hardware wider longer front end take larger en gines tanks heavy-duty landing gear steerable nose gear simplified strength ened construction greatly improved plans plans tour de force including numerous sketches leave nothing imagination Wood quality excellent die-cutting shaping Canopy included hardware package includes formed land ing gear struts nylon control horns devises etc Youll seeing full-fledged reports kit magazines MA does publish field-and-bench type reports leaving other publicationswe will say no would ever regret opting MK II Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 product review product review product review 80 Model Aviation MR MODELER manufacture special ized accessories make R/C modeling easier never out stock items manufacture Seeyour deal er send first class stamp catalog sheets listing over 70 items complete pictures prices OVER 12 YEARS SERVICE