RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-rn 7TW-faTU 151 u-i 1 Ii Airtronics name has played significant part Soaring during last three decades Lee Renauds designs especially Aquila Sagirta have become classics As contemporary glider design marched designs became dated discontinued advent Nostalgia class has sparked new interest some old designs Nostalgia class allows pre-1980 designs compete against other separate antique glider class Jack lafret creator Nostalgia rules intentionally set cutoff designs kitted published before January 1 1980 exclude Airtronics Sagitta Sagitta key features modern designs end column Web site address complete listing Nostalgia class rules April 23 1999 Roy Simpson Dream Catcher Hobbies Inc purchased rights old Airtronics designs tooling included 23 glider designs 12 power airplanes two electric airplanes Airtronics design Roy did purchase rights Olympic II still production under Whyte Wings label Roy said took him staff couple weeks inventory 112000 pieces hardware purchase glider designs Adante Aquila Aquila Grande Aquila XL Cadet UT-l Cumic Cumic Plus Duster BJ-lB Scale Esprit Gem HLG Grand Esprit Legend Olympic 650 Questor Sagitta 600 Sagitta 900 Sagitta XC Square Soar 72 Super Olympic Super Questor Vector 76 Whisper 95 Whisper Two-Meter Dont expect see old Airtronics designs sale year Roy has great deal work before appear must decide kits reintroduce ones first October 1999 97 Bob Lundstrom Silvis IL launching Wind Freak glider winch airplane placed second Thermal Duration contest Muscatine Iowa Bob Lundstrom Wind Freak Bob started model 20 years ago finished recently RCM plans Vintage Wind Freak vintage Kraft Father-and-son team Bob Nick Sywassink LeUs IA Muscatine Iowa contesttransmitter Narrowband frequency Dad gives Nick some last-minute strategic advice before launchlimitations dont apply 53 MHz Ham band whether beef up structures Roy will redraw plans CAD Computer-Aided Drafting system work up necessary machine fixtures prototypes redesigned kits must made testing marketing photos anxious find out current status check Dream Catcher Web page listed end article familiar Dream Catcher company manufacturer mail-order retail has real facilities garage Bristol Indiana fulltime employees company currently produces 14 kits under its own label another 56 contract other companies As manufacturing operations Dream Catcher does support storefront does allow visitors does accept telephone mail fax E-mail orders retail sales Dream Catcher has policy practice shipping date quotes Sailaire kit already successfully reintroduced Dream Catcher old Craft-Air Sailaire kit sold $15995 1976 can buy new Dream Catcher kit less $100 Tower Hobbies Lower cost benefits modern manufacturing hope prices reintroduced Airtronics designs follow same trend Most Nostalgia-legal airplanes have polyhedral wings high-lift airfoils Relative modern airplanes easy relaxing fly uncommon Sailaire fliers bring lawn chair sit thermaling Another practice seen big slow models dial thermal turn rudder trim set transmitter down Once get big floaters speck out thermal may stay up another 30 minutes finding additional lift relaxing style flying sounds like cup tea also check out product line Ray Hayes Sky Bench Aerotech subject Nostalgia long ago saw very rare old airplane attending contest Muscatine Iowa timed Bob Lundstrom Silvis Illinois Bob flying Wind Freak flying wing built Radio Control Modeler magazine RCM plans framed up wooden structure 1979 just got around finishing surprising age airplane Bob winchlaunching doing very well contest Winch-launching flying wing can tricky because low-lift airfoils little yaw control flight timed seven-minute max good landing Bob placed second contest Most contemporary flying-wing designs use trailing edge surfaces called elevons act ailerons elevator Wind Freak does have elevons has two-channel control rudder elevator surface center trailing edge functions solely elevator first time seen flying wing place contestespecially original Nostalgia-legal flying wing May SOAR Silent Order Aeromodeling Radio club Chicago held very special event Second Annual SOAR LSF League Silent Flight Task Achievement Contest Ron Kukral idea invite local Boy Scout troop Stan Watson Richard Burnoski organized event Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser Two Scouts assigned four winches Approximately 10 Boy Scouts few adult leaders participated However Scouts present day because some soccer games Launches dollar Scout providing chute retrieval pilot contest received six tickets five dollars flight task flights pilot needed total 30 minutes flight time no flight could longer 15 minutes end contest Boy Scout given some stick time crash-resistant EPP expanded polypropylene foam glider less hour Martin Doney taught Scout fly TG3 Daves Aircraft Works young man flew confidence did loops landings Jim Bacus asked Scout worry about him contests boy replied maybe next year Some Scouts got stick time Trick RC Zagi LEanother airplane crashresistant EPP foam construction type construction started Slope Soaring airplanes has found another niche basic trainers thermal flying Boy Scouts involvement contest win-win situation raised funds learned fly SOAR club members winch lines retrieved planted some good seeds heads young men looked involving Boy Scouts contest region procedure go through find willing Boy Scout troops area recommend starting process least five months before contest First identify local Boy Scout council region online Council finder Boy Scout Web page address end column dont have Internet access call national Boy Scout office find closest Regional Council Second make information sheet targeted adult Scout leaders mail Regional Council sure list benefits Scouts Will fund-raiser Will get learn fly Provide telephone contact information sheet Boy Scout Council will pass information sheet around local troops monthly meeting hopefully groups will interested call five-month lead time gives troop some time work event its schedule Boy Scout event successful events held SOAR club Read about club its activities its Web site SOAR members Steve Meyer Jim Bacus make Web pages cover Midwest-region contests using digital camera have 98 Model Aviation ts Boy Scouts SOAR club Chicago contest Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser got chance fly glider able get Web pages finished on-line couple days after event ces Dream Catcher Hobby Inc Box 77 Bristol IN 46507 219 523-1938 wwwdchobbycom Whyte Wings 774-A North Twin Oaks Valley Rd San Marcos CA 92069 760 744-1553 wwwtorreypinesgullsorglWWHomehtm Official Nostalgia rules list legal designs wwwnostalgiaclasscom Tower Hobbies Box 9078 Champaign IL 61826-9078 800 637-7303 wwwtowerhobbiescom Sky Bench Aerotech Box 316 Washington MI 48094 Tel/Fax 810 781-7018 wwwskybenchcom Wind Freak plans RCM plan number #743 Designed Roger Sanders RCM 11/78 RCM Magazine Plans Service Box 487 Sierra Madre CA 91025 800 523-1736 wwwmag-webcom/rc-modeler/indexhtml Daves Aircraft Works DAW 34455 Camino El Molino Capistrano Beach CA 92624 949 248-2773 wwwdavesaircraftworkscom Trick RC Products 938 Victoria Ave Venice CA 90291 310 301-1614 wwwzagicom/Home/homehtml SOAR club Chicago contact Bill Christian 1604 Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 wwwmcsnet/stmeyer/SOAR Jim Bacus Web site wwwmcsnetfbacuslab/soaringhtml Boy Scouts national home page wwwbsascoutingorg Boy Scouts Council finder wwwbsascoutingorg/nav/recruithtml rwu PUT ON SOME AlAS Sport-Airs Train-Airs October 1999 99 20 - $5795 Troin-Rir40 $7295 SflSW r.J ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 internet wwwnortheastaerodynamicscom Visa Mastercard Welcome Call write tull line catalog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/10
Page Numbers: 97, 98, 99
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/10
Page Numbers: 97, 98, 99
RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-rn 7TW-faTU 151 u-i 1 Ii Airtronics name has played significant part Soaring during last three decades Lee Renauds designs especially Aquila Sagirta have become classics As contemporary glider design marched designs became dated discontinued advent Nostalgia class has sparked new interest some old designs Nostalgia class allows pre-1980 designs compete against other separate antique glider class Jack lafret creator Nostalgia rules intentionally set cutoff designs kitted published before January 1 1980 exclude Airtronics Sagitta Sagitta key features modern designs end column Web site address complete listing Nostalgia class rules April 23 1999 Roy Simpson Dream Catcher Hobbies Inc purchased rights old Airtronics designs tooling included 23 glider designs 12 power airplanes two electric airplanes Airtronics design Roy did purchase rights Olympic II still production under Whyte Wings label Roy said took him staff couple weeks inventory 112000 pieces hardware purchase glider designs Adante Aquila Aquila Grande Aquila XL Cadet UT-l Cumic Cumic Plus Duster BJ-lB Scale Esprit Gem HLG Grand Esprit Legend Olympic 650 Questor Sagitta 600 Sagitta 900 Sagitta XC Square Soar 72 Super Olympic Super Questor Vector 76 Whisper 95 Whisper Two-Meter Dont expect see old Airtronics designs sale year Roy has great deal work before appear must decide kits reintroduce ones first October 1999 97 Bob Lundstrom Silvis IL launching Wind Freak glider winch airplane placed second Thermal Duration contest Muscatine Iowa Bob Lundstrom Wind Freak Bob started model 20 years ago finished recently RCM plans Vintage Wind Freak vintage Kraft Father-and-son team Bob Nick Sywassink LeUs IA Muscatine Iowa contesttransmitter Narrowband frequency Dad gives Nick some last-minute strategic advice before launchlimitations dont apply 53 MHz Ham band whether beef up structures Roy will redraw plans CAD Computer-Aided Drafting system work up necessary machine fixtures prototypes redesigned kits must made testing marketing photos anxious find out current status check Dream Catcher Web page listed end article familiar Dream Catcher company manufacturer mail-order retail has real facilities garage Bristol Indiana fulltime employees company currently produces 14 kits under its own label another 56 contract other companies As manufacturing operations Dream Catcher does support storefront does allow visitors does accept telephone mail fax E-mail orders retail sales Dream Catcher has policy practice shipping date quotes Sailaire kit already successfully reintroduced Dream Catcher old Craft-Air Sailaire kit sold $15995 1976 can buy new Dream Catcher kit less $100 Tower Hobbies Lower cost benefits modern manufacturing hope prices reintroduced Airtronics designs follow same trend Most Nostalgia-legal airplanes have polyhedral wings high-lift airfoils Relative modern airplanes easy relaxing fly uncommon Sailaire fliers bring lawn chair sit thermaling Another practice seen big slow models dial thermal turn rudder trim set transmitter down Once get big floaters speck out thermal may stay up another 30 minutes finding additional lift relaxing style flying sounds like cup tea also check out product line Ray Hayes Sky Bench Aerotech subject Nostalgia long ago saw very rare old airplane attending contest Muscatine Iowa timed Bob Lundstrom Silvis Illinois Bob flying Wind Freak flying wing built Radio Control Modeler magazine RCM plans framed up wooden structure 1979 just got around finishing surprising age airplane Bob winchlaunching doing very well contest Winch-launching flying wing can tricky because low-lift airfoils little yaw control flight timed seven-minute max good landing Bob placed second contest Most contemporary flying-wing designs use trailing edge surfaces called elevons act ailerons elevator Wind Freak does have elevons has two-channel control rudder elevator surface center trailing edge functions solely elevator first time seen flying wing place contestespecially original Nostalgia-legal flying wing May SOAR Silent Order Aeromodeling Radio club Chicago held very special event Second Annual SOAR LSF League Silent Flight Task Achievement Contest Ron Kukral idea invite local Boy Scout troop Stan Watson Richard Burnoski organized event Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser Two Scouts assigned four winches Approximately 10 Boy Scouts few adult leaders participated However Scouts present day because some soccer games Launches dollar Scout providing chute retrieval pilot contest received six tickets five dollars flight task flights pilot needed total 30 minutes flight time no flight could longer 15 minutes end contest Boy Scout given some stick time crash-resistant EPP expanded polypropylene foam glider less hour Martin Doney taught Scout fly TG3 Daves Aircraft Works young man flew confidence did loops landings Jim Bacus asked Scout worry about him contests boy replied maybe next year Some Scouts got stick time Trick RC Zagi LEanother airplane crashresistant EPP foam construction type construction started Slope Soaring airplanes has found another niche basic trainers thermal flying Boy Scouts involvement contest win-win situation raised funds learned fly SOAR club members winch lines retrieved planted some good seeds heads young men looked involving Boy Scouts contest region procedure go through find willing Boy Scout troops area recommend starting process least five months before contest First identify local Boy Scout council region online Council finder Boy Scout Web page address end column dont have Internet access call national Boy Scout office find closest Regional Council Second make information sheet targeted adult Scout leaders mail Regional Council sure list benefits Scouts Will fund-raiser Will get learn fly Provide telephone contact information sheet Boy Scout Council will pass information sheet around local troops monthly meeting hopefully groups will interested call five-month lead time gives troop some time work event its schedule Boy Scout event successful events held SOAR club Read about club its activities its Web site SOAR members Steve Meyer Jim Bacus make Web pages cover Midwest-region contests using digital camera have 98 Model Aviation ts Boy Scouts SOAR club Chicago contest Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser got chance fly glider able get Web pages finished on-line couple days after event ces Dream Catcher Hobby Inc Box 77 Bristol IN 46507 219 523-1938 wwwdchobbycom Whyte Wings 774-A North Twin Oaks Valley Rd San Marcos CA 92069 760 744-1553 wwwtorreypinesgullsorglWWHomehtm Official Nostalgia rules list legal designs wwwnostalgiaclasscom Tower Hobbies Box 9078 Champaign IL 61826-9078 800 637-7303 wwwtowerhobbiescom Sky Bench Aerotech Box 316 Washington MI 48094 Tel/Fax 810 781-7018 wwwskybenchcom Wind Freak plans RCM plan number #743 Designed Roger Sanders RCM 11/78 RCM Magazine Plans Service Box 487 Sierra Madre CA 91025 800 523-1736 wwwmag-webcom/rc-modeler/indexhtml Daves Aircraft Works DAW 34455 Camino El Molino Capistrano Beach CA 92624 949 248-2773 wwwdavesaircraftworkscom Trick RC Products 938 Victoria Ave Venice CA 90291 310 301-1614 wwwzagicom/Home/homehtml SOAR club Chicago contact Bill Christian 1604 Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 wwwmcsnet/stmeyer/SOAR Jim Bacus Web site wwwmcsnetfbacuslab/soaringhtml Boy Scouts national home page wwwbsascoutingorg Boy Scouts Council finder wwwbsascoutingorg/nav/recruithtml rwu PUT ON SOME AlAS Sport-Airs Train-Airs October 1999 99 20 - $5795 Troin-Rir40 $7295 SflSW r.J ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 internet wwwnortheastaerodynamicscom Visa Mastercard Welcome Call write tull line catalog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/10
Page Numbers: 97, 98, 99
RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-rn 7TW-faTU 151 u-i 1 Ii Airtronics name has played significant part Soaring during last three decades Lee Renauds designs especially Aquila Sagirta have become classics As contemporary glider design marched designs became dated discontinued advent Nostalgia class has sparked new interest some old designs Nostalgia class allows pre-1980 designs compete against other separate antique glider class Jack lafret creator Nostalgia rules intentionally set cutoff designs kitted published before January 1 1980 exclude Airtronics Sagitta Sagitta key features modern designs end column Web site address complete listing Nostalgia class rules April 23 1999 Roy Simpson Dream Catcher Hobbies Inc purchased rights old Airtronics designs tooling included 23 glider designs 12 power airplanes two electric airplanes Airtronics design Roy did purchase rights Olympic II still production under Whyte Wings label Roy said took him staff couple weeks inventory 112000 pieces hardware purchase glider designs Adante Aquila Aquila Grande Aquila XL Cadet UT-l Cumic Cumic Plus Duster BJ-lB Scale Esprit Gem HLG Grand Esprit Legend Olympic 650 Questor Sagitta 600 Sagitta 900 Sagitta XC Square Soar 72 Super Olympic Super Questor Vector 76 Whisper 95 Whisper Two-Meter Dont expect see old Airtronics designs sale year Roy has great deal work before appear must decide kits reintroduce ones first October 1999 97 Bob Lundstrom Silvis IL launching Wind Freak glider winch airplane placed second Thermal Duration contest Muscatine Iowa Bob Lundstrom Wind Freak Bob started model 20 years ago finished recently RCM plans Vintage Wind Freak vintage Kraft Father-and-son team Bob Nick Sywassink LeUs IA Muscatine Iowa contesttransmitter Narrowband frequency Dad gives Nick some last-minute strategic advice before launchlimitations dont apply 53 MHz Ham band whether beef up structures Roy will redraw plans CAD Computer-Aided Drafting system work up necessary machine fixtures prototypes redesigned kits must made testing marketing photos anxious find out current status check Dream Catcher Web page listed end article familiar Dream Catcher company manufacturer mail-order retail has real facilities garage Bristol Indiana fulltime employees company currently produces 14 kits under its own label another 56 contract other companies As manufacturing operations Dream Catcher does support storefront does allow visitors does accept telephone mail fax E-mail orders retail sales Dream Catcher has policy practice shipping date quotes Sailaire kit already successfully reintroduced Dream Catcher old Craft-Air Sailaire kit sold $15995 1976 can buy new Dream Catcher kit less $100 Tower Hobbies Lower cost benefits modern manufacturing hope prices reintroduced Airtronics designs follow same trend Most Nostalgia-legal airplanes have polyhedral wings high-lift airfoils Relative modern airplanes easy relaxing fly uncommon Sailaire fliers bring lawn chair sit thermaling Another practice seen big slow models dial thermal turn rudder trim set transmitter down Once get big floaters speck out thermal may stay up another 30 minutes finding additional lift relaxing style flying sounds like cup tea also check out product line Ray Hayes Sky Bench Aerotech subject Nostalgia long ago saw very rare old airplane attending contest Muscatine Iowa timed Bob Lundstrom Silvis Illinois Bob flying Wind Freak flying wing built Radio Control Modeler magazine RCM plans framed up wooden structure 1979 just got around finishing surprising age airplane Bob winchlaunching doing very well contest Winch-launching flying wing can tricky because low-lift airfoils little yaw control flight timed seven-minute max good landing Bob placed second contest Most contemporary flying-wing designs use trailing edge surfaces called elevons act ailerons elevator Wind Freak does have elevons has two-channel control rudder elevator surface center trailing edge functions solely elevator first time seen flying wing place contestespecially original Nostalgia-legal flying wing May SOAR Silent Order Aeromodeling Radio club Chicago held very special event Second Annual SOAR LSF League Silent Flight Task Achievement Contest Ron Kukral idea invite local Boy Scout troop Stan Watson Richard Burnoski organized event Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser Two Scouts assigned four winches Approximately 10 Boy Scouts few adult leaders participated However Scouts present day because some soccer games Launches dollar Scout providing chute retrieval pilot contest received six tickets five dollars flight task flights pilot needed total 30 minutes flight time no flight could longer 15 minutes end contest Boy Scout given some stick time crash-resistant EPP expanded polypropylene foam glider less hour Martin Doney taught Scout fly TG3 Daves Aircraft Works young man flew confidence did loops landings Jim Bacus asked Scout worry about him contests boy replied maybe next year Some Scouts got stick time Trick RC Zagi LEanother airplane crashresistant EPP foam construction type construction started Slope Soaring airplanes has found another niche basic trainers thermal flying Boy Scouts involvement contest win-win situation raised funds learned fly SOAR club members winch lines retrieved planted some good seeds heads young men looked involving Boy Scouts contest region procedure go through find willing Boy Scout troops area recommend starting process least five months before contest First identify local Boy Scout council region online Council finder Boy Scout Web page address end column dont have Internet access call national Boy Scout office find closest Regional Council Second make information sheet targeted adult Scout leaders mail Regional Council sure list benefits Scouts Will fund-raiser Will get learn fly Provide telephone contact information sheet Boy Scout Council will pass information sheet around local troops monthly meeting hopefully groups will interested call five-month lead time gives troop some time work event its schedule Boy Scout event successful events held SOAR club Read about club its activities its Web site SOAR members Steve Meyer Jim Bacus make Web pages cover Midwest-region contests using digital camera have 98 Model Aviation ts Boy Scouts SOAR club Chicago contest Boy Scouts retrieved winch lines fund-raiser got chance fly glider able get Web pages finished on-line couple days after event ces Dream Catcher Hobby Inc Box 77 Bristol IN 46507 219 523-1938 wwwdchobbycom Whyte Wings 774-A North Twin Oaks Valley Rd San Marcos CA 92069 760 744-1553 wwwtorreypinesgullsorglWWHomehtm Official Nostalgia rules list legal designs wwwnostalgiaclasscom Tower Hobbies Box 9078 Champaign IL 61826-9078 800 637-7303 wwwtowerhobbiescom Sky Bench Aerotech Box 316 Washington MI 48094 Tel/Fax 810 781-7018 wwwskybenchcom Wind Freak plans RCM plan number #743 Designed Roger Sanders RCM 11/78 RCM Magazine Plans Service Box 487 Sierra Madre CA 91025 800 523-1736 wwwmag-webcom/rc-modeler/indexhtml Daves Aircraft Works DAW 34455 Camino El Molino Capistrano Beach CA 92624 949 248-2773 wwwdavesaircraftworkscom Trick RC Products 938 Victoria Ave Venice CA 90291 310 301-1614 wwwzagicom/Home/homehtml SOAR club Chicago contact Bill Christian 1604 Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights IL 60004 wwwmcsnet/stmeyer/SOAR Jim Bacus Web site wwwmcsnetfbacuslab/soaringhtml Boy Scouts national home page wwwbsascoutingorg Boy Scouts Council finder wwwbsascoutingorg/nav/recruithtml rwu PUT ON SOME AlAS Sport-Airs Train-Airs October 1999 99 20 - $5795 Troin-Rir40 $7295 SflSW r.J ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 internet wwwnortheastaerodynamicscom Visa Mastercard Welcome Call write tull line catalog
