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Radio Control: Soaring

Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat 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somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash 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Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 44 Model Aviation lete apofems andP 0 Box 3129 US CNRIsTI TX 78463-3129Add $456 SEN otherpreduefa available eens Isroesonivo & Cusevaro Sanvica 5121 61d-60d3SeedfoTX Residents FREE planes cam aedhoetoRoves M- F llashesCT FAX &Arvan Heens 51 2 814-5643catalog add 7875% CeO write defeds Tevosirvi Sever pmefnk@swknlleef s faa

Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 44 Model Aviation lete apofems andP 0 Box 3129 US CNRIsTI TX 78463-3129Add $456 SEN otherpreduefa available eens Isroesonivo & Cusevaro Sanvica 5121 61d-60d3SeedfoTX Residents FREE planes cam aedhoetoRoves M- F llashesCT FAX &Arvan Heens 51 2 814-5643catalog add 7875% CeO write defeds Tevosirvi Sever pmefnk@swknlleef s faa

Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 44 Model Aviation lete apofems andP 0 Box 3129 US CNRIsTI TX 78463-3129Add $456 SEN otherpreduefa available eens Isroesonivo & Cusevaro Sanvica 5121 61d-60d3SeedfoTX Residents FREE planes cam aedhoetoRoves M- F llashesCT FAX &Arvan Heens 51 2 814-5643catalog add 7875% CeO write defeds Tevosirvi Sever pmefnk@swknlleef s faa

Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 44 Model Aviation lete apofems andP 0 Box 3129 US CNRIsTI TX 78463-3129Add $456 SEN otherpreduefa available eens Isroesonivo & Cusevaro Sanvica 5121 61d-60d3SeedfoTX Residents FREE planes cam aedhoetoRoves M- F llashesCT FAX &Arvan Heens 51 2 814-5643catalog add 7875% CeO write defeds Tevosirvi Sever pmefnk@swknlleef s faa

Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living somewhere Bahamas LSF president Cal Posthuma Alden Shipp LSF/AMA Nats Director driving forces behind years Nats excellent team work including LSF Vice President Jack Strother Contest Directors Mark Howard Jim Frickey Mark Nankivil Dan Abma Jim Porter Jack lafret Mike McGowan Bob Harold Henry Bostick 100 members volunteer support staff ran winches Jim Frickey turnarounds Dana Fleming impound area Mama Jefferies scoring John Hazel etc did superlative job group together AMAs Steve Kaluf District Xs Al Williamsons constant attention make sure everything needed AMA made 98 Nats best ever really love fly variety sailplanes no better vacation week Nats As far cost goes Muncie reasonable places know accommodations great AMA site fantastic getting better year Plan spend unforgettable week Muncie next year 1999 Soaring Nats July 25-August 5 bring friend Z 42 Kec ble I-eec apovygluss roselage m tores Essy Assembly Complete lestrectiocs Smooth Responsive Easy Loedieg Made USA Send $100 cash 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Author: R. Scharck


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/12
Page Numbers: 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44

RADIO CONTROL SOARING U EACH YEAR Soaring Nats gets better year great Thanks drive tenacity League Silent Flight LSF leadership working harmony AMA improvements have substantial across board events better-organized run smoothly Soaring site equipment have improved dramatically someone arranging weather improve year No rain slight drizzle highs 80s period eight days nine Soaring events officially unofficial HL Golf event banquet held Two new events Cross Country RES Rudder Elevator-Spoiler well-attended pleased see 14 entries Junior/Senior divisions Jeff Pfeifer Ben duPont Jeff Martzal Jeff Decker Eric Lewis Nathan Enders Daniel Vest Luke Waters competed Seniors Dusty Miller Jim Brittin Chris Saunders Paul Griebenow Ryan Baldi Jon Miller competed Junior division Cross Country XC has absent schedule number years Eight teams competeda total 37 pilots crew members course 124 air miles took 161 miles road surface complete bit challenge included three blind spots canopies trees number 900 turns some heavy duty power lines fields mature corn threatened swallow errant sailplanes Most eight teams used variometers also known ears big XC models truck couple cases convertibles Rob Glover holding Bandit XC Sailplane explains flight plan didnt get very far sure improved launches fellow XC pilot Steve Siebenaler truck listens Muncie Hobby Shop Team flew Sig Riser 100 XC December 1998 35 Bob Harolds Bowlus Baby Albatross Sport Scale winner scoring 162 points possible 200 win point over Doug Barrys ASK-i 8 Team TPGs Don Richmond releases RnR SB-XC Arthur Markiewicz initiates takeoff winning cross-country flight RnR SB-XC airplane choice winning team opposite end tech spectrum Muncie Hobby Shop team flying Sig Riser 100 just about getting hang XC experience after 46 launches twomile trip down road time expired Guess fun Jay Schultz Henry Bostic Tracy Wagoner Henrys Boys scored first blazing 673-minute time retired see anyone could beat time realized real task distance time secondary too late successfully take another run course time did pay off tiebreaker gave third place over LOFT Team Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus Paul Rudy Siegel Ed Franz Team Viagra flying SB-XC wings Sealey Catalina fuselage first place wrapped up 172 miles until Torrey Pines Gulls team Arthur Markiewicz Don Richmond Ron Scharek went out second time came home distance 182 miles TPG team complete course twice did ears F3B Competing three separate soaring disciplines speed distance duration event makes F3B ultimate challenge pilots Soaring skills Eleven pilots participated 36 Model Aviation Miller Renaud Designs Emerald Dusty Miller Elipse used Nats practice F3J World Championships Jim McCarthy brother Howard prepare tow system using referred double-harness tow year s event including Daryl Perkins two-time current F3B world champion Skip Miller first F3B world champion Two rounds task flown air pretty decent dayno problem making times After first round Mark Howard led four-man cluster Jim McCarthy Daryl Perkins Rich Burnowski hot pursuit Perkins slow first speed run recovered well aided huge thermal Daryl great first distance task burying Skip Miller others flight group second round mistakes lack thereof made difference Perkins McCarthy cut speed runs enough take out running second third places respectively Rich Burnowski flying conservative consistent speed runs Mike Waters designer Logic HLG readies model Joe Hahn launches Paul Griebenows Monarch DLite Ryan next round Mike finished eighth place Baldi times flight Paul Ryan 12 years old December 1998 37 made no mistakes flew near-perfect second round take win Mark Howard finished fourth According pilots Alden Shipp did excellent job recruiting support staff needed run F3B event smoothly As Tom Kallevang put help great assured F3B will schedule again next year Come join fun F3J Thirty-five pilots gathered hear rules day CD Mark Nankivil As first group pilots tow men began set up could tell F3J fast developing high-tech art form Just couple years ago fanciest tow equipment field hand reel high gear ratio flyoffs virtually everyone using two-man tow pulley some sort haruess rig launches now getting 150-meter F3J towline approaching can get winch key factor however still human team pilot tow persons Molded sailplanes such Psyko Esprit Emerald beginning replace current composite favorites evolution lost F3J rather future high-performance sailplanes first F3J World Championships just days away lot attention paid father-son team Skip Dusty Miller both will represent US After five preliminary rounds Dusty leader 4989 possible 5000 points Nine points behind Dusty Tom Keisling flying wings-on-a-stick design Praying Mantis Also making flyoffs Mike Fox Daryl Perkins Paul Siegel Skip Miller Mike Lachowski Ron Scharek Richard Buruowski flyoffstwo 15-minute rounds everyone starts fresh group pilots such outcome usually determined avoid misfortune minimize its effects though pilot allowed two launches caliber competition second launch whatever reason usually means disaster Such case Millers few others McCarthy Perkins flew almost perfect rounds finish first second Scharck edged out Fox third Hand-Launch Gliders years HL event best have 64 pilots competing HL third-most-popular event after Unlimited 112 Two-Meter 94 most-popular airplane some version Monarch should come no ones surprise Joe Hahn Don Stackhouse have done advance design HL gliders anyone date products reflect new weapon got everyones attention year Logic new design Mike Waters very short period time has 38 Model Aviation Griebenow steps winch waits Dad launch Monarch 2M Next line waiting launch Senior winner Ben duPont Arthur Markiewicz center assesses damage done midair between Don Richmond Skip Miller Senior contestant Jeff Pfeifer L looks Daryl Perkins searches sky clues lift waiting launch Sal DeFrancescos new molded Psyko Sal placed ninth Unlimited become airplane own According have flown launch moon float forever Three top four including winner Mike Fox Daryl Perkins third Bruce Davidson fourth used design Designer Mike Waters finished eighth Skip Miller flying own design perfect through five rounds faltered slightly last two rounds allowing Mike Fox win 6800 7000 possible points Luke Waters High Senior flying Logic placed 22nd overall Junior champion Paul Griebenow also won last year Paul flew Monarch D-Lite placed 28th overall Two-Meter With two-day 10-round event things can happen shift leader board end first day Jay Schultz Texas flying seven-year-old Banshee first place some outstanding flying included hitting landings Dale Nutter flying Super V close second Mike Fox third Daryl Perkins fifth two missed landings flawed otherwisenearly-perfect first five rounds Day Two Daryl flying NSP Lazer regained landing skills Missing perfect five-round score 22 points 5500 Perkins won Two-Meter championship defeating Mike Fox Jim Thomas suffered couple mediocre flights managed move third place slim 15 points over Ken Bates Watching dreams win disappear eighth round Jay Schultz hung finish fifth notable recovery came Josh Glaab after disastrous first-day round 360 finished ninth moral Never quit Jeff Pfeifer placed 26th overall High Senior Dave Brittan High Junior 51st overall Fifteen-year-old Senior Ben duPont competing second contest placed 36th overall 40 Model Aviation Keisling nails another landing original Praying Mantis Model served him wellhe placed fourth Unlimited Launch equipment excellent worked almost flawlessly Jim Frickey staff did excellent job Jim Thomas prepares launch beautiful Nostalgia Grand Esprit timer Rob Glover sets watch Nostalgia models paint field rainbow colors Gorgeous works art have resurgence popularity 8326 including pop-off round 36 points Unlimited big show Big airplanes big attendance 112 big scores weather both days unusually cool 80s overcast skies Thermals few far between air very buoyant Most pilots made longer flight times 10 minutes did launching high cruising until hit area hyper-buoyant air made few 5turns possible stay area~ Efficiency keyword end Day Daryl Perkins molded Psyko two points off perfect 4398 score Mike Lachowski Richard Burnowski Tom Kieseling Bob Powers virtual four-way tie second Fewer 100 points separated top 16 places After Day Two top ten remained virtually intact aside some shuffling places addition Sal DeFrancesco second-best performance day Josh Glaab 5467 placed 13th discussing outstanding flying must include names Seniors Ben duPont Eric Lewis Jeff Pfeifer Junior Chris Saunders Ben finished 11th overall average score 1070 points per round High Senior Chris Saunders 29th High Junior hidden statistic tarnished overall standings Chris Eric Jeff disastrous flight less 500 points including zero Jeff young men talented pilots forces reckoned withnow Sport Scale first time number years contest No happier about competition Bob Harold has lone participant past several years Flying signature three-meter EMS SERVO REVERSER Works AM FM POM radios 4 5 cells Install line servo servo will move opposite direction 5 s 175 s 25 weight 25 ouncel EMS SR-2 connector $1495 wired connectors tsr $1995 EMS SR-2Y wired leg Y harness $2250 GEAR AND DOOR SEQUENCER microprocessor driver device controls segoences landing gear mechanism landing gear doors Works air and/or servo controlled systems Gear servo door servo travel time individually adjustable 1mm toll speed 10 seconds Gear doors may remain open ala P-47 close after lowering gear ala P-Si Gear doesnt move until doors travel fully completed unit retract system Size 15 v 1 5 s 75 Less 1 ounce Includes servo connector receiver $4495 Additional EMS Jomar Products Glitch Stop/Noise Trap 65-I$1250 Glitch Stop/Noise Trap YHarness GS-1Y1500 NEW SRE-2000 Micro-Processor Reverser2495 NEW Beepo Flight limer 2995 NEW Stop-Go-LightTM2495 Gear Door Cycler3495 Channel Failsafe3895 Opto-Isolated Electronic Switch3995 Dual E-S witch3995 Snitch3995 Autoretract U/C3995 NEW Multi-Mode Electronic Mixer4495 Glitch Buster/6 Channel Opto-Isolator7995 Twin Engine Sync System8995 NEW NanoMAXlndoorliltraiightESC4495 NEW MicroMAX Speed 400 ESC w/BEC5995 Electronic Model Systems 22605 E La Palma Ave Suite 516 Yorba Linda CA 92887 Info Only 7l4-692-1393 Orders Only 800-845-8978 wwwemsjomarcom e markc4emsjomar corn UL11MATE BATTERY BACKER BEST way insure reliable power model Use two packs Works standard 4 cell 5 cell GEL-CELL packs Battery packs can different capacity like 1200 600 15 v 15 0 76 weight 8 ounce $4995 wlrmd connectors $5995 GLOW DRIVER An opts-isolated glow driver switch ensures against radio noise ON point easily adjustable user small screwdriver Size 15 5 15 5 75 Less 1 ounce Supplied glow-plug wire connector User supplies own NICAD battery Includes servo connector receiver $4495 NEW MiniMAX40 ESC w/BECandBrake$9995 MInIMAX Original ESC w/Brake7995 Sport M4X ESC8995 SM-4ESC9995 Heavy Duty Reversible Nautical Throttle8995 BBC-1 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Futaba2595 BBC-2 Ball Bearing Conversion 1- Futaba695 BBC-3 Ball Bearing Conversion 4 Airtronics2595 BBC-4 Ball Bearing Conversion 1 Ajrtronics695 BBC-5 Ball Bearing Only forJR etc 41995 BBC-6 Bali Bearing Only JR etc 1500 Aramid Kevlar 29 Rigging Cable 201000 #22 Servo Wire-3cond lO-Fut JR Colors800 #22 Battery Wire -2 conductor 10800 EMS/SANYO Battery PacksCALL EMS Connectors ExtensionsCALL BEE HERO A. e Model 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $60 -35 gram 4-CH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff Box 4125 Mesa AZ 85211-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love Its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly nnywbnrn entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs December 1998 41 5300 Shipping Handling Per Order C4 Residents Add Sales Tax Oealer Inquiries Invited JUST THINK HOW GREAT YOUR PLANE WOULD LOOK WITH THIS SENSATIONAL PROPELLER new SYNTEC variable pitch propellers will make model look great will fly great well pitch two three four blade propellers fully adjustable 4 24 beautifully finished hard maple blades produced three styles size range 18 30 Blade pitch controlled calibrated dial front SYNTEC hub Mounting hardware available engines 12Oci larger Try airplane today experience convenience variable pitch beauty SYNTEC source MOKI engines BISSON midjilers Bowlus Baby Albatross Bob won event 162 possible 200 points Doug Barry flying four-meter ASK18 highest flight score finished second point David Elias Florida flew 34-meter Kestrel 19 third-place finish Oklahoman DO Darnell finished fourth sleek glass slipper four-meter Discus C Look some changes next years scheduling format including probability aerotowing LSF AMA working plan make possible Plan part great event 1999 Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator Spoiler Legionnaire Grand Esprit Bird Time Sailaire Windfree Challenger names go chance see great sailplanes past same thermal awe-inspiring Nostalgia sailplanes published before January 1 1980 gaining popularity 40 entries year Thirty-nine pilots competed new RES event Twenty-four 39 flew both events Nostalgia-legal airplanes format event fly four alternating rounds combination strong breeze fast-moving thermals airplanes dont penetrate too well made best pilots take walk shame Nostalgia winners 1 Jim Thomas 2 Johnny Berlin 3 Don Harris 4 Oliver Wilson 5 Leon Kincaid RES winners 1 Bob Johnson 2 John Schmoll 3 Leon Kincaid 4 Pat Flinn 5 Steve Siebenaler Hand-Launch Golf break real competition comes two afternoons Two-Meter event wild crazy group guys head off across Indiana back roads Cardinal Hills Golf Course Armed hand-launch gliders sufficient cache beverages golf carts drivers golf carts 30 normally sane adults handful youths turn otherwise-tranquil rural 42 Model Aviation EC varl-pitcla propellers distributed exclusively through IN rd Enterprises Inc GERARD ENTERPRISES INC W226 N825 Eastmound Dr Waukesha WI 53186 414 521-0547 Fax 414 521-0551 First Fremiem Speech Freedem @1 Press new theres Freedom Freight irs rmvslutlsmarv ESW way buY vmur sHuns rsmlacsmsnl bsmrlmus Now can call Boca Bearing Toll Free anywhere US Canada order two five ten hundred bearings inventory over million bearings never paya dime shipping handling TILL RIFE ENE 000-332-3256 TILL FREE FAX IIO-409-9191 E-MAIL hsarlnu@gatsJst Standard High Speed Hiah Heat Bnarinqs 500 Engines Stock Shipping Free 7040W PALMETTO PARK RD SUITE 2304 BOCA RATON FLORIDA 33433 USA k k PH 561-998-0004 FAX 561-998-0119 E-MAIL ADDRESS bearinggatenet WEB SITE WWWBOCABEARINGSCOM Makes staging easier safer Keeps the0 iso GLOWDRIVER glow plug hot just engine needs ACCESSORYS WITCH the connects borween throele ahility serve receiver avd is to add voleS function channel wOs reversiblewOhseleetablees out sacrificing channels ability off points Unit can drive control same Can central alectrical devices boo glow plugs turns vs drawing up 20 amps t2 volts 300 waos whentransmieer op 100% masimum power dissipation micro electronic made preeesserboseddesignisveiysimplefvsetay USA Compatible AM install ott points selected FM PCM mdiv systems simple dip swirches endue LtD indicator Low power consumption helps setup Unit automatically turns oP Comes hookup wire freesmiffer oft Made rhe USA Less radio nonnectec power cell plug clip Size 17 e t 2 o Od and designed use AM FM end PCM Weight Od ac Part No IIA $3495 $3796 w/coeeentor radio systems Low power cossumptive Less 54485 w/coeeectoe & piag slip CALL complete stogie malti- radio power connectors Size 16 s 090 o 05 Weight 12 ye engine asd maltI-aptloder systems Pert No OU 53495 $3780 wish radio coeseator SizesGives older Dun-OuwuTSERVOREVERSERstandard ELF VONMIXERi mOve ability reverse direct servothe abilty mio channels elevens operation lostallations setaps easerv-tails hops spoilers aileron/rudder convenierrt Provides both normaaimcoupling Easy setup installation reversed ourpat wdhout ase YRugged microprocessor-based design- cmrnecfor makes split elevator two servois 100% electronic high reliability ailerons double-servo rudder note tat onSimply connect miver between servos reesiner Features two miving modes supersasp 100% eleetrooc woo setup individual sarvo reversing loer different mining rates Theve feutures allvw lassHunt convect end forget C Made nyou toiler lbs miner needs pour model Will vet overdrive year servos USA works wifh AM FM POMaed options selected simple switches Made USA designed radio systems Usse-lowpowercsirsumptonfor AM FM PCM radio spstemn Very low power coevumptien Less radio Less radio connector Size 16 uS S vS dconnectors Size 16 oOgo gd Weight 025 ye Pan No SA $3s95 Weight 025 ye Pant No 2U 685 complete wlcoeeectors $2495 $2790 complete w/coeeectoe OTHER PME PRODUCTS Acceseerycetch Lon-Current 12 YVette - $2495 Pseertockap 3695 SloeDriver Multi-tyl/Eng Airploses - - 4095 Gloetriver Boots 3295 SloeDriver taro & Tracks 3295 IgnitionUnit Rocket Pocered Modelo - - 3995 Throttlecitch s/SEC & Timer 4095 Floptontroller 3295 Retroettestroller Electric Retrocto - 2995 Slolervo2895 ServoSeitch2995 Poceregolotor S Volt 1495 FALLCONNECTORS OPECIALStd Glontley Stanoless Steel 12 tech lead 5695 Scale GleeClip 12-inch lead695 12-INCH SERVOServe Figtehl Main 6 testd leeds 295 EXTENSIONChannel Pigtail Female 6 testd leads29S FOR FLITABA6-Inch Recension heasy-daty heisted leads425 $35012-Inch Euteosien hnavy-daty teisied leeds475 eachil-Inch Rotensien heavy-daty teisted leads525 or24-Inch B etenvien heavy-duty twisted leads573 6 $200036-tech totension heavy-duty twisted leads625 6-Inch Radio Cressbdapter 95 twisted leads .. 450 $25OS&Hse Mate Radie Connecter Shell & Pins unasnbld 150 CoftseefotOttItj Ferrule Radio Connector Shell & Fins unasnild . 156 st-doesCooveefom evadable forAirrroviee Fufaba I-Wee acri JR setting scene Keystone Kops appears lack names scores reason Itrs really important objective race tee box green fastest time least number throws shots get airplane within wingspan foam cup hole series steps repeated nine holes played After golf part over serious part evening fliers gather around last hole bet can knock cap off bottle HLG disturbing bottle costs buck try winner Rakes Most players pay dollar opportunity hear gathered crowd chant name unison After two nights countless attempts winner established Josh Glaab now retired living 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