RADIO CONTROL SOARING r LL-NAI 'L1Z u ntec Pelikan has enthusiastically discussed Internet RC Radio Control Soaring Exchange has received enough rave comments Im starting think may breakthrough sailplane chance briefly fly two Pelikans first belonged Mark Howard kind enough let three us fly model hi-start late afternoon 1997 Nationals AMA Flying Site Muncie IN Gordy Stahl Louisville Area Soaring Society KY went first Gordys landing Hes high Going long Whats doing Catch Marks heart stopped know because beating very loud before said Steve Siebenaler North Alabama Silent Flyers Huntsville Steve flew model summarized impressions flight Marks Pelikan first breed After flying 88ounce lead-sled Peregrine earlier day Unlimited equated Pelikan flying Olympic II added benefit maneuverability plane flying slow ever have seen LID [lift-to-drag ratio] tremendous Finally took sticks though working below 300 feet airplane felt marvelously maneuverable completely controllable first launch rolled inverted flew figureeight pattern Airspeed minimal model got down 80-foot level Pelikan pulled out inverted smoothly half-loop finished one-handed catch Gordy summarized flying session Most would say its impossible catch big airplane bare hands Pelikan can hand tied behind back Three us proved first flights Mark calm throughout hijinks new model Its hard say whether confidence airplane pilots displayed maximum imperturbability Thanks Mark stick time sorry new gray hairs snappy aerobatic performance primary design goal important characteristic Open-class Thermal Duration sailplane two strong reasons smooth positive control instant responsiveness important thermal flying First control launch gusts poor release technique can get sailplane out shape tow strong control response can often save disaster Second flying lift Coring thermalfinding its hot high-lift center easier nimble airplane Fine adjustments circling flight path airplane encounters head wind tail wind simpler smooth control response apparent HandLaunched Gliders HLG partly explains trend toward four-servo HLGs its just important big models return trip Muncie got another chance fly Pelikanthis time Eastern Soaring League contest put Millstone Valley Soaring Club Allentown NJ flying site Designer Mike Popescu let fly personal airplane smooth responsivea tremendously fun sailplane fly windy conditions didnt catch thermal Reports Pelikans soaring performance come West Carl Otto Mill Valley CA overall runnerup 1997 missing Sacramento Valley Soaring Society championship few points relatively new Thermal Duration competition credits part rapid skill advancement Pelikan Carl offers observations design best flying thermal ship have owned performs slow flat turns tip-stalling giving confidence go developing thermals flight able maintain altitude about 40 feet very light lift April1998 75 124 ___________5525 _________ Inventec Pelikan Sailplane Inventec Pelikan Rocky Mountain Soaring Association field Inventec Pelikan designed Pennsylvania flies Denver Pilot Jack Zika Mark Howard photo Colorado Pilot Skip Miller Photo Mark Howard Now can make own repairs build things youve imagined Easy use— FREE training Versatilemake flu anything work S MoUsis $995 metalwood plastic starting quality work arm seven minutes timer before thermal lit off able get back up 1500 feet airplane delight land its large flaps wind will really slow down much wind though needs ballasted good control forewarned kit requires ability figure some things out own have able check adjust wing incidence determine own best CC [Center Gravity] towbook location Mark Howard second final standings 1997 Rocky Mountain 76 Model Aviation hy gives versatility need build high-end 4-cycle multi-cylinder engines giant-scale aircraft Ron Duryea AZ Tim McCanns Screw Driven Glue Injector repairs wing skin delaminations Made molded plastic machined brass Call today hr FREE Metalworking Basics Info Kit 800 orDept MA P0 Box 1517 LLJUIIUUI7 Ann Arbor MI4t1O6-1517 FREE 30-day IN-YOUR-SHOP trial Soaring Association Denver 1997 club champion Pikes Peak Soaring Society Colorado Springs Ive flown Pelikan head-to-head against Skip Miller former US F3B team member new Renaud Designs Emerald Pelikan compares very favorably traded wins last two contests last five contests Pelikan has two wins three second places missing five wins total less 40 points 5000 possible Ill working landings Mark said John Roe Laguna Niguel CA started Slope Soaring last year jumped Thermal Duration soaring both feet 1997 Torrey Pines Gulls Sportsman class club champion Harbor Soaring Society hand launch director 1977 worked out US F3B team Radio Shack Talking Timer has computer-generated female voice giving square-headed girlfriend new meaning flew US F3J Team Selection contest Michigan John comments Pelikan can described same way Joe Wurts describes new F3B Diamondas evolutionary revolutionary either Diamond F3B Pelikan F3J Thermal Duration anything less awesome just next proven logical steps march e&w 4atu 219 West 2nd Avenue 5210 Tel 602 649-1534 accept credit can COD orders video FREE clubs & Hobby Shops Please let us know youre hurry weli ship order same day Lazy Bees Are So Slow Lazy Bees slow maneuverable can fly video shows em taking off train tracks flying indoors Short Wing Bees Best windy condi tions aerobatics Can roll per second video shows out ailerons doing rolling circle Long Wing Bees Docile glider-like Aileron Wing Bees Lazy Bee Special doing side slips knife edges inverted flight better trainers traIners Cox bought license Kadet anything else good pilot flying aerobatic rou tine wih Bee will steal show expert pilot flying anything else cant fly within walking distance home YOU NEED BEE Get hour-long video $10 Guaranteed amazing R/C plane video youve ever seen Price includes Priority Mail shipping next big thing Norids smallest servos & speed controls Clancy has em WES Technik Servos weigh 27 grams! mazingI Coreless motor linear out 2ut compatible R/C systems sold easy-to-assemble kit WES rechnik high efficiency Speed Controls N/BEC weigh 7 grams handle t amps also have efficient small plane motors ever sold well pecial props super lightweight ondensor mylar coverings APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION P 0 Box 3384 Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% total order shippiog 50LMINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS MPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded fiats GMIVU Handy Held $335 Easy Use MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medlam Basset SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet AND EFFORT $230 SANDING BELTSAaatd Water Preet MINI$365 TEE 43MPrecision Sander Level Finishing & Corner Sanding PACKAGE COMPLETE WITH 3SNEETS PEEL & STICK SANDPAPER TIPS dAMES ANY GLUE TUBE INSTANT GLUE GUN PUT THE GLUE WHERE YOU WANT ITt Seats pie IING ANY WHERE e Sau has nagged dIe-cast frame caintertable chip-pseet plastic Innut handle Recedleg ens adinstable S blade gives geed went access Cab wand plestla metal HARDENED MUSIC WIRE MINI SAW BLADES3 FINE TOOTH REPLACEMENT HACK SAW BLADES 5 Inch TEMPERED las calgeg HARDENED MUSIC WIRE C&uwt J2iot 40 LAZY BEE KIT 049 15 size 48 LAZY BEE KIT Best eiectric 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL 15 size w/Ailerons 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL Best Aileron electric 40 SPEEDY BEE 15 25 size mid-wing FLOAT KIT above TREXLER Balloon Wheels 3-WHEEL SET above PUMP inflate Trexlers 72 BIG LAZY BEE up 20 cell electric 60 BIG LAZY BEE 25 60 sIze BIG LAZY BEE Wheel Set BIG LAZY BEE Heavy Duty 3-Wheel Set WES TECHNIK 27 gram servo Speed Control High Efficiency w/BEC 7 grams beautiful Speedy ee built Ken Gardner Murray Utah young man Kens 5 year old grandson Hunter Simpson Gardner $59 $65 $69 $79 $79 $20 $15 $4 $119 $109 $19 $32 $79 $60 progress soaring design Pelikan has large wingspan big airplanes fly better very light strong composite building techniques continue advance uses planform airfoil designed work together ways recently understood SD7080 airfoil several have wide speed range now really beginning catch US advantages airfoils launch higher range farther venerable 5D7037 still working lightest lift Europe hand-tow has flown years faster higher launches prime importance time tow working time lost round US especially West Coast making flight times usually problem making incredibly precise landings important Just opposite true European F3J thermal duration times either 10 15 minutes landing task relatively easy led US airplanes being smaller maneuverable spot-landers have higher sink rates Now advances design airplanes like Pelikan let have incredible dead-air hang time proper mixing setup very precise nimble spot-landing capabilities information 124-inch span 62-70 ounce full-house competition machine contact Inventec Corporation 808 David Drive Trevose PA 19053 Tel 215 953-1736 E-mail MPopescu@dynanetcom Inventec has unusual warranty will replace fuselage wing panel regardless cause failure within year 1 Radio Shack offers Talking Timer computer female voice speaks several timing functions its useful practicing purchase Cool Tools contest tasks help human timer hand-held device reads out LCD Liquid Crystal Display showing hours minutes seconds includes regular clock can set display time day announces time audibly press button timer counts down 24 hours reaches zero counts up 24 hours voice available count-up mode countdown mode talks timer continues past 000000 speaking time elapsed contest time slot long-task LSF Talking Timer designed bench use has small buttons does claim water resistance has stand pocket clip magnet mounting flexibility addition flight timing its useful keeping track epoxy pot life Its available Radio Shack Catalog Number 6 1-877 $1695 2 Sooner later youll have wing skin delaminate foam core Its happened after crashing sailplane after pulling new wings sheeting press Both conditions cause mental anguish wings often repairable problem becomes getting new adhesive under wing skin Inventor Tim McCann has developed Screw Driven Glue Injector solve problem injects glue high pressure flow easily controlled depth injector nozzle adjustable must-have shop tool build fly sheeted foam wings Screw Driven Glue Injector available $995 Tim McCann Box 2091 Harrison AR 72602 Tel 501 365-0023 E-mail TMccann@alItelnet Tim supplies several ingeniously-designed wellmade sailplane accessories including molded skegs sharks teeth receiver-off warning system n yrn VRemote gain VSpiral mounted Piezo element / Dynamic link Lilt Temperature compensation ch u Ize Slim 24be Speed Controller LIi Mc P ocessor Controlled Solders D rectly Motor Iso Available Act Competition GyroNew Radio Control Service Center Heading-Lock Adjustable Pulse rateComplete Service Brands Servo Throw adjustment & MoreDealer inquiries Welcome R/c_Direct_7750_Convoy Court San_Diego_Ca_92111_6192774531_fax_6195609695WWWRC-DIRECTCOM_ 78 Model Aviation i ruiform3iiiu -ioductsSehulze
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/04
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 77, 78
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/04
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 77, 78
RADIO CONTROL SOARING r LL-NAI 'L1Z u ntec Pelikan has enthusiastically discussed Internet RC Radio Control Soaring Exchange has received enough rave comments Im starting think may breakthrough sailplane chance briefly fly two Pelikans first belonged Mark Howard kind enough let three us fly model hi-start late afternoon 1997 Nationals AMA Flying Site Muncie IN Gordy Stahl Louisville Area Soaring Society KY went first Gordys landing Hes high Going long Whats doing Catch Marks heart stopped know because beating very loud before said Steve Siebenaler North Alabama Silent Flyers Huntsville Steve flew model summarized impressions flight Marks Pelikan first breed After flying 88ounce lead-sled Peregrine earlier day Unlimited equated Pelikan flying Olympic II added benefit maneuverability plane flying slow ever have seen LID [lift-to-drag ratio] tremendous Finally took sticks though working below 300 feet airplane felt marvelously maneuverable completely controllable first launch rolled inverted flew figureeight pattern Airspeed minimal model got down 80-foot level Pelikan pulled out inverted smoothly half-loop finished one-handed catch Gordy summarized flying session Most would say its impossible catch big airplane bare hands Pelikan can hand tied behind back Three us proved first flights Mark calm throughout hijinks new model Its hard say whether confidence airplane pilots displayed maximum imperturbability Thanks Mark stick time sorry new gray hairs snappy aerobatic performance primary design goal important characteristic Open-class Thermal Duration sailplane two strong reasons smooth positive control instant responsiveness important thermal flying First control launch gusts poor release technique can get sailplane out shape tow strong control response can often save disaster Second flying lift Coring thermalfinding its hot high-lift center easier nimble airplane Fine adjustments circling flight path airplane encounters head wind tail wind simpler smooth control response apparent HandLaunched Gliders HLG partly explains trend toward four-servo HLGs its just important big models return trip Muncie got another chance fly Pelikanthis time Eastern Soaring League contest put Millstone Valley Soaring Club Allentown NJ flying site Designer Mike Popescu let fly personal airplane smooth responsivea tremendously fun sailplane fly windy conditions didnt catch thermal Reports Pelikans soaring performance come West Carl Otto Mill Valley CA overall runnerup 1997 missing Sacramento Valley Soaring Society championship few points relatively new Thermal Duration competition credits part rapid skill advancement Pelikan Carl offers observations design best flying thermal ship have owned performs slow flat turns tip-stalling giving confidence go developing thermals flight able maintain altitude about 40 feet very light lift April1998 75 124 ___________5525 _________ Inventec Pelikan Sailplane Inventec Pelikan Rocky Mountain Soaring Association field Inventec Pelikan designed Pennsylvania flies Denver Pilot Jack Zika Mark Howard photo Colorado Pilot Skip Miller Photo Mark Howard Now can make own repairs build things youve imagined Easy use— FREE training Versatilemake flu anything work S MoUsis $995 metalwood plastic starting quality work arm seven minutes timer before thermal lit off able get back up 1500 feet airplane delight land its large flaps wind will really slow down much wind though needs ballasted good control forewarned kit requires ability figure some things out own have able check adjust wing incidence determine own best CC [Center Gravity] towbook location Mark Howard second final standings 1997 Rocky Mountain 76 Model Aviation hy gives versatility need build high-end 4-cycle multi-cylinder engines giant-scale aircraft Ron Duryea AZ Tim McCanns Screw Driven Glue Injector repairs wing skin delaminations Made molded plastic machined brass Call today hr FREE Metalworking Basics Info Kit 800 orDept MA P0 Box 1517 LLJUIIUUI7 Ann Arbor MI4t1O6-1517 FREE 30-day IN-YOUR-SHOP trial Soaring Association Denver 1997 club champion Pikes Peak Soaring Society Colorado Springs Ive flown Pelikan head-to-head against Skip Miller former US F3B team member new Renaud Designs Emerald Pelikan compares very favorably traded wins last two contests last five contests Pelikan has two wins three second places missing five wins total less 40 points 5000 possible Ill working landings Mark said John Roe Laguna Niguel CA started Slope Soaring last year jumped Thermal Duration soaring both feet 1997 Torrey Pines Gulls Sportsman class club champion Harbor Soaring Society hand launch director 1977 worked out US F3B team Radio Shack Talking Timer has computer-generated female voice giving square-headed girlfriend new meaning flew US F3J Team Selection contest Michigan John comments Pelikan can described same way Joe Wurts describes new F3B Diamondas evolutionary revolutionary either Diamond F3B Pelikan F3J Thermal Duration anything less awesome just next proven logical steps march e&w 4atu 219 West 2nd Avenue 5210 Tel 602 649-1534 accept credit can COD orders video FREE clubs & Hobby Shops Please let us know youre hurry weli ship order same day Lazy Bees Are So Slow Lazy Bees slow maneuverable can fly video shows em taking off train tracks flying indoors Short Wing Bees Best windy condi tions aerobatics Can roll per second video shows out ailerons doing rolling circle Long Wing Bees Docile glider-like Aileron Wing Bees Lazy Bee Special doing side slips knife edges inverted flight better trainers traIners Cox bought license Kadet anything else good pilot flying aerobatic rou tine wih Bee will steal show expert pilot flying anything else cant fly within walking distance home YOU NEED BEE Get hour-long video $10 Guaranteed amazing R/C plane video youve ever seen Price includes Priority Mail shipping next big thing Norids smallest servos & speed controls Clancy has em WES Technik Servos weigh 27 grams! mazingI Coreless motor linear out 2ut compatible R/C systems sold easy-to-assemble kit WES rechnik high efficiency Speed Controls N/BEC weigh 7 grams handle t amps also have efficient small plane motors ever sold well pecial props super lightweight ondensor mylar coverings APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION P 0 Box 3384 Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% total order shippiog 50LMINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS MPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded fiats GMIVU Handy Held $335 Easy Use MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medlam Basset SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet AND EFFORT $230 SANDING BELTSAaatd Water Preet MINI$365 TEE 43MPrecision Sander Level Finishing & Corner Sanding PACKAGE COMPLETE WITH 3SNEETS PEEL & STICK SANDPAPER TIPS dAMES ANY GLUE TUBE INSTANT GLUE GUN PUT THE GLUE WHERE YOU WANT ITt Seats pie IING ANY WHERE e Sau has nagged dIe-cast frame caintertable chip-pseet plastic Innut handle Recedleg ens adinstable S blade gives geed went access Cab wand plestla metal HARDENED MUSIC WIRE MINI SAW BLADES3 FINE TOOTH REPLACEMENT HACK SAW BLADES 5 Inch TEMPERED las calgeg HARDENED MUSIC WIRE C&uwt J2iot 40 LAZY BEE KIT 049 15 size 48 LAZY BEE KIT Best eiectric 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL 15 size w/Ailerons 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL Best Aileron electric 40 SPEEDY BEE 15 25 size mid-wing FLOAT KIT above TREXLER Balloon Wheels 3-WHEEL SET above PUMP inflate Trexlers 72 BIG LAZY BEE up 20 cell electric 60 BIG LAZY BEE 25 60 sIze BIG LAZY BEE Wheel Set BIG LAZY BEE Heavy Duty 3-Wheel Set WES TECHNIK 27 gram servo Speed Control High Efficiency w/BEC 7 grams beautiful Speedy ee built Ken Gardner Murray Utah young man Kens 5 year old grandson Hunter Simpson Gardner $59 $65 $69 $79 $79 $20 $15 $4 $119 $109 $19 $32 $79 $60 progress soaring design Pelikan has large wingspan big airplanes fly better very light strong composite building techniques continue advance uses planform airfoil designed work together ways recently understood SD7080 airfoil several have wide speed range now really beginning catch US advantages airfoils launch higher range farther venerable 5D7037 still working lightest lift Europe hand-tow has flown years faster higher launches prime importance time tow working time lost round US especially West Coast making flight times usually problem making incredibly precise landings important Just opposite true European F3J thermal duration times either 10 15 minutes landing task relatively easy led US airplanes being smaller maneuverable spot-landers have higher sink rates Now advances design airplanes like Pelikan let have incredible dead-air hang time proper mixing setup very precise nimble spot-landing capabilities information 124-inch span 62-70 ounce full-house competition machine contact Inventec Corporation 808 David Drive Trevose PA 19053 Tel 215 953-1736 E-mail MPopescu@dynanetcom Inventec has unusual warranty will replace fuselage wing panel regardless cause failure within year 1 Radio Shack offers Talking Timer computer female voice speaks several timing functions its useful practicing purchase Cool Tools contest tasks help human timer hand-held device reads out LCD Liquid Crystal Display showing hours minutes seconds includes regular clock can set display time day announces time audibly press button timer counts down 24 hours reaches zero counts up 24 hours voice available count-up mode countdown mode talks timer continues past 000000 speaking time elapsed contest time slot long-task LSF Talking Timer designed bench use has small buttons does claim water resistance has stand pocket clip magnet mounting flexibility addition flight timing its useful keeping track epoxy pot life Its available Radio Shack Catalog Number 6 1-877 $1695 2 Sooner later youll have wing skin delaminate foam core Its happened after crashing sailplane after pulling new wings sheeting press Both conditions cause mental anguish wings often repairable problem becomes getting new adhesive under wing skin Inventor Tim McCann has developed Screw Driven Glue Injector solve problem injects glue high pressure flow easily controlled depth injector nozzle adjustable must-have shop tool build fly sheeted foam wings Screw Driven Glue Injector available $995 Tim McCann Box 2091 Harrison AR 72602 Tel 501 365-0023 E-mail TMccann@alItelnet Tim supplies several ingeniously-designed wellmade sailplane accessories including molded skegs sharks teeth receiver-off warning system n yrn VRemote gain VSpiral mounted Piezo element / Dynamic link Lilt Temperature compensation ch u Ize Slim 24be Speed Controller LIi Mc P ocessor Controlled Solders D rectly Motor Iso Available Act Competition GyroNew Radio Control Service Center Heading-Lock Adjustable Pulse rateComplete Service Brands Servo Throw adjustment & MoreDealer inquiries Welcome R/c_Direct_7750_Convoy Court San_Diego_Ca_92111_6192774531_fax_6195609695WWWRC-DIRECTCOM_ 78 Model Aviation i ruiform3iiiu -ioductsSehulze
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/04
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 77, 78
RADIO CONTROL SOARING r LL-NAI 'L1Z u ntec Pelikan has enthusiastically discussed Internet RC Radio Control Soaring Exchange has received enough rave comments Im starting think may breakthrough sailplane chance briefly fly two Pelikans first belonged Mark Howard kind enough let three us fly model hi-start late afternoon 1997 Nationals AMA Flying Site Muncie IN Gordy Stahl Louisville Area Soaring Society KY went first Gordys landing Hes high Going long Whats doing Catch Marks heart stopped know because beating very loud before said Steve Siebenaler North Alabama Silent Flyers Huntsville Steve flew model summarized impressions flight Marks Pelikan first breed After flying 88ounce lead-sled Peregrine earlier day Unlimited equated Pelikan flying Olympic II added benefit maneuverability plane flying slow ever have seen LID [lift-to-drag ratio] tremendous Finally took sticks though working below 300 feet airplane felt marvelously maneuverable completely controllable first launch rolled inverted flew figureeight pattern Airspeed minimal model got down 80-foot level Pelikan pulled out inverted smoothly half-loop finished one-handed catch Gordy summarized flying session Most would say its impossible catch big airplane bare hands Pelikan can hand tied behind back Three us proved first flights Mark calm throughout hijinks new model Its hard say whether confidence airplane pilots displayed maximum imperturbability Thanks Mark stick time sorry new gray hairs snappy aerobatic performance primary design goal important characteristic Open-class Thermal Duration sailplane two strong reasons smooth positive control instant responsiveness important thermal flying First control launch gusts poor release technique can get sailplane out shape tow strong control response can often save disaster Second flying lift Coring thermalfinding its hot high-lift center easier nimble airplane Fine adjustments circling flight path airplane encounters head wind tail wind simpler smooth control response apparent HandLaunched Gliders HLG partly explains trend toward four-servo HLGs its just important big models return trip Muncie got another chance fly Pelikanthis time Eastern Soaring League contest put Millstone Valley Soaring Club Allentown NJ flying site Designer Mike Popescu let fly personal airplane smooth responsivea tremendously fun sailplane fly windy conditions didnt catch thermal Reports Pelikans soaring performance come West Carl Otto Mill Valley CA overall runnerup 1997 missing Sacramento Valley Soaring Society championship few points relatively new Thermal Duration competition credits part rapid skill advancement Pelikan Carl offers observations design best flying thermal ship have owned performs slow flat turns tip-stalling giving confidence go developing thermals flight able maintain altitude about 40 feet very light lift April1998 75 124 ___________5525 _________ Inventec Pelikan Sailplane Inventec Pelikan Rocky Mountain Soaring Association field Inventec Pelikan designed Pennsylvania flies Denver Pilot Jack Zika Mark Howard photo Colorado Pilot Skip Miller Photo Mark Howard Now can make own repairs build things youve imagined Easy use— FREE training Versatilemake flu anything work S MoUsis $995 metalwood plastic starting quality work arm seven minutes timer before thermal lit off able get back up 1500 feet airplane delight land its large flaps wind will really slow down much wind though needs ballasted good control forewarned kit requires ability figure some things out own have able check adjust wing incidence determine own best CC [Center Gravity] towbook location Mark Howard second final standings 1997 Rocky Mountain 76 Model Aviation hy gives versatility need build high-end 4-cycle multi-cylinder engines giant-scale aircraft Ron Duryea AZ Tim McCanns Screw Driven Glue Injector repairs wing skin delaminations Made molded plastic machined brass Call today hr FREE Metalworking Basics Info Kit 800 orDept MA P0 Box 1517 LLJUIIUUI7 Ann Arbor MI4t1O6-1517 FREE 30-day IN-YOUR-SHOP trial Soaring Association Denver 1997 club champion Pikes Peak Soaring Society Colorado Springs Ive flown Pelikan head-to-head against Skip Miller former US F3B team member new Renaud Designs Emerald Pelikan compares very favorably traded wins last two contests last five contests Pelikan has two wins three second places missing five wins total less 40 points 5000 possible Ill working landings Mark said John Roe Laguna Niguel CA started Slope Soaring last year jumped Thermal Duration soaring both feet 1997 Torrey Pines Gulls Sportsman class club champion Harbor Soaring Society hand launch director 1977 worked out US F3B team Radio Shack Talking Timer has computer-generated female voice giving square-headed girlfriend new meaning flew US F3J Team Selection contest Michigan John comments Pelikan can described same way Joe Wurts describes new F3B Diamondas evolutionary revolutionary either Diamond F3B Pelikan F3J Thermal Duration anything less awesome just next proven logical steps march e&w 4atu 219 West 2nd Avenue 5210 Tel 602 649-1534 accept credit can COD orders video FREE clubs & Hobby Shops Please let us know youre hurry weli ship order same day Lazy Bees Are So Slow Lazy Bees slow maneuverable can fly video shows em taking off train tracks flying indoors Short Wing Bees Best windy condi tions aerobatics Can roll per second video shows out ailerons doing rolling circle Long Wing Bees Docile glider-like Aileron Wing Bees Lazy Bee Special doing side slips knife edges inverted flight better trainers traIners Cox bought license Kadet anything else good pilot flying aerobatic rou tine wih Bee will steal show expert pilot flying anything else cant fly within walking distance home YOU NEED BEE Get hour-long video $10 Guaranteed amazing R/C plane video youve ever seen Price includes Priority Mail shipping next big thing Norids smallest servos & speed controls Clancy has em WES Technik Servos weigh 27 grams! mazingI Coreless motor linear out 2ut compatible R/C systems sold easy-to-assemble kit WES rechnik high efficiency Speed Controls N/BEC weigh 7 grams handle t amps also have efficient small plane motors ever sold well pecial props super lightweight ondensor mylar coverings APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION P 0 Box 3384 Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% total order shippiog 50LMINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS MPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded fiats GMIVU Handy Held $335 Easy Use MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medlam Basset SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet AND EFFORT $230 SANDING BELTSAaatd Water Preet MINI$365 TEE 43MPrecision Sander Level Finishing & Corner Sanding PACKAGE COMPLETE WITH 3SNEETS PEEL & STICK SANDPAPER TIPS dAMES ANY GLUE TUBE INSTANT GLUE GUN PUT THE GLUE WHERE YOU WANT ITt Seats pie IING ANY WHERE e Sau has nagged dIe-cast frame caintertable chip-pseet plastic Innut handle Recedleg ens adinstable S blade gives geed went access Cab wand plestla metal HARDENED MUSIC WIRE MINI SAW BLADES3 FINE TOOTH REPLACEMENT HACK SAW BLADES 5 Inch TEMPERED las calgeg HARDENED MUSIC WIRE C&uwt J2iot 40 LAZY BEE KIT 049 15 size 48 LAZY BEE KIT Best eiectric 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL 15 size w/Ailerons 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL Best Aileron electric 40 SPEEDY BEE 15 25 size mid-wing FLOAT KIT above TREXLER Balloon Wheels 3-WHEEL SET above PUMP inflate Trexlers 72 BIG LAZY BEE up 20 cell electric 60 BIG LAZY BEE 25 60 sIze BIG LAZY BEE Wheel Set BIG LAZY BEE Heavy Duty 3-Wheel Set WES TECHNIK 27 gram servo Speed Control High Efficiency w/BEC 7 grams beautiful Speedy ee built Ken Gardner Murray Utah young man Kens 5 year old grandson Hunter Simpson Gardner $59 $65 $69 $79 $79 $20 $15 $4 $119 $109 $19 $32 $79 $60 progress soaring design Pelikan has large wingspan big airplanes fly better very light strong composite building techniques continue advance uses planform airfoil designed work together ways recently understood SD7080 airfoil several have wide speed range now really beginning catch US advantages airfoils launch higher range farther venerable 5D7037 still working lightest lift Europe hand-tow has flown years faster higher launches prime importance time tow working time lost round US especially West Coast making flight times usually problem making incredibly precise landings important Just opposite true European F3J thermal duration times either 10 15 minutes landing task relatively easy led US airplanes being smaller maneuverable spot-landers have higher sink rates Now advances design airplanes like Pelikan let have incredible dead-air hang time proper mixing setup very precise nimble spot-landing capabilities information 124-inch span 62-70 ounce full-house competition machine contact Inventec Corporation 808 David Drive Trevose PA 19053 Tel 215 953-1736 E-mail MPopescu@dynanetcom Inventec has unusual warranty will replace fuselage wing panel regardless cause failure within year 1 Radio Shack offers Talking Timer computer female voice speaks several timing functions its useful practicing purchase Cool Tools contest tasks help human timer hand-held device reads out LCD Liquid Crystal Display showing hours minutes seconds includes regular clock can set display time day announces time audibly press button timer counts down 24 hours reaches zero counts up 24 hours voice available count-up mode countdown mode talks timer continues past 000000 speaking time elapsed contest time slot long-task LSF Talking Timer designed bench use has small buttons does claim water resistance has stand pocket clip magnet mounting flexibility addition flight timing its useful keeping track epoxy pot life Its available Radio Shack Catalog Number 6 1-877 $1695 2 Sooner later youll have wing skin delaminate foam core Its happened after crashing sailplane after pulling new wings sheeting press Both conditions cause mental anguish wings often repairable problem becomes getting new adhesive under wing skin Inventor Tim McCann has developed Screw Driven Glue Injector solve problem injects glue high pressure flow easily controlled depth injector nozzle adjustable must-have shop tool build fly sheeted foam wings Screw Driven Glue Injector available $995 Tim McCann Box 2091 Harrison AR 72602 Tel 501 365-0023 E-mail TMccann@alItelnet Tim supplies several ingeniously-designed wellmade sailplane accessories including molded skegs sharks teeth receiver-off warning system n yrn VRemote gain VSpiral mounted Piezo element / Dynamic link Lilt Temperature compensation ch u Ize Slim 24be Speed Controller LIi Mc P ocessor Controlled Solders D rectly Motor Iso Available Act Competition GyroNew Radio Control Service Center Heading-Lock Adjustable Pulse rateComplete Service Brands Servo Throw adjustment & MoreDealer inquiries Welcome R/c_Direct_7750_Convoy Court San_Diego_Ca_92111_6192774531_fax_6195609695WWWRC-DIRECTCOM_ 78 Model Aviation i ruiform3iiiu -ioductsSehulze
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/04
Page Numbers: 75, 76, 77, 78
RADIO CONTROL SOARING r LL-NAI 'L1Z u ntec Pelikan has enthusiastically discussed Internet RC Radio Control Soaring Exchange has received enough rave comments Im starting think may breakthrough sailplane chance briefly fly two Pelikans first belonged Mark Howard kind enough let three us fly model hi-start late afternoon 1997 Nationals AMA Flying Site Muncie IN Gordy Stahl Louisville Area Soaring Society KY went first Gordys landing Hes high Going long Whats doing Catch Marks heart stopped know because beating very loud before said Steve Siebenaler North Alabama Silent Flyers Huntsville Steve flew model summarized impressions flight Marks Pelikan first breed After flying 88ounce lead-sled Peregrine earlier day Unlimited equated Pelikan flying Olympic II added benefit maneuverability plane flying slow ever have seen LID [lift-to-drag ratio] tremendous Finally took sticks though working below 300 feet airplane felt marvelously maneuverable completely controllable first launch rolled inverted flew figureeight pattern Airspeed minimal model got down 80-foot level Pelikan pulled out inverted smoothly half-loop finished one-handed catch Gordy summarized flying session Most would say its impossible catch big airplane bare hands Pelikan can hand tied behind back Three us proved first flights Mark calm throughout hijinks new model Its hard say whether confidence airplane pilots displayed maximum imperturbability Thanks Mark stick time sorry new gray hairs snappy aerobatic performance primary design goal important characteristic Open-class Thermal Duration sailplane two strong reasons smooth positive control instant responsiveness important thermal flying First control launch gusts poor release technique can get sailplane out shape tow strong control response can often save disaster Second flying lift Coring thermalfinding its hot high-lift center easier nimble airplane Fine adjustments circling flight path airplane encounters head wind tail wind simpler smooth control response apparent HandLaunched Gliders HLG partly explains trend toward four-servo HLGs its just important big models return trip Muncie got another chance fly Pelikanthis time Eastern Soaring League contest put Millstone Valley Soaring Club Allentown NJ flying site Designer Mike Popescu let fly personal airplane smooth responsivea tremendously fun sailplane fly windy conditions didnt catch thermal Reports Pelikans soaring performance come West Carl Otto Mill Valley CA overall runnerup 1997 missing Sacramento Valley Soaring Society championship few points relatively new Thermal Duration competition credits part rapid skill advancement Pelikan Carl offers observations design best flying thermal ship have owned performs slow flat turns tip-stalling giving confidence go developing thermals flight able maintain altitude about 40 feet very light lift April1998 75 124 ___________5525 _________ Inventec Pelikan Sailplane Inventec Pelikan Rocky Mountain Soaring Association field Inventec Pelikan designed Pennsylvania flies Denver Pilot Jack Zika Mark Howard photo Colorado Pilot Skip Miller Photo Mark Howard Now can make own repairs build things youve imagined Easy use— FREE training Versatilemake flu anything work S MoUsis $995 metalwood plastic starting quality work arm seven minutes timer before thermal lit off able get back up 1500 feet airplane delight land its large flaps wind will really slow down much wind though needs ballasted good control forewarned kit requires ability figure some things out own have able check adjust wing incidence determine own best CC [Center Gravity] towbook location Mark Howard second final standings 1997 Rocky Mountain 76 Model Aviation hy gives versatility need build high-end 4-cycle multi-cylinder engines giant-scale aircraft Ron Duryea AZ Tim McCanns Screw Driven Glue Injector repairs wing skin delaminations Made molded plastic machined brass Call today hr FREE Metalworking Basics Info Kit 800 orDept MA P0 Box 1517 LLJUIIUUI7 Ann 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