Radio Control: Soaring

RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-Trvig I1i-Y HOT AND HUMID understatements Soaring week Nationals Nats July 24-31 Temperatures reached 1000 heat indices averaging 1100 Midwest staying indoors 174 glider pilots out flying sun sweltering daytime heat accompanied similar nights Because minimal temperature differential thermals weaker typical Midwest thermals conditions made super pilots stand out intermediate pilots AMA provided incredible site Scale smooth blacktop mnways two directions surrounded lush mowed grass Thanks Bob Harold first year aerotowing used Scale sailplanes Nats past winches launched models year spectators got watch Pete Georges Dornier 27 tow up large Scale gliders Dornier equipped Brison 42 cubic-inch gas engine According Pete about 32 pounds static thrust could tow six-meter gliders authority Terry Edmonds Solon IA won Scale event four-meter ASW-20s smooth flying high static scores John December 1999 27 John Derstine carries five-meter ASW-27 after beautiful flight Note perfect Soaring site smooth blacktop runways acres grass Arthur Markiewiczs landing would have worth 95 points Unlimited mishap Text has details Derstine Gillett PA second five-meter ASW-27 Hans Wiederkelir Wading River NY put amazing exhibition six-meter Ventus 2-C big model streaked across sky thermaled light lift Hans detected some lift landing approach other pilots watched awe Ventus circled 30-40 feet five minutes before landing big Ventus 2-C legal competition because 27 pounds exceeded 25-pound AMA weight limit did meet builder-of-the-model rule Although Hans probably spent hundreds hours finishing model sells Almost Ready-to-Fly ARF molded fiberglass model Sailplanes Unlimited time read will proposals raise Scale glider weight limit create second Scale class 28 Model Aviation Garton Ankeny IA putts during Hand-Launch Golf event mix Soaring golf fun evening tradition held during Nationals Ray Hayes HLG Little Bird passes overhead weighed seven Chip Vignolini R Aiquippa PA scans skies before launch ounces nine typical design timer Michael Lachowski placed first F3B fourth-place Cross Country team traveled style crew consisted Joe Welch Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus ARF-type gliders combination near-perfect flying site aerotowing changes should make Scale event popular future Nationals year eight Scale competitors preregistered four airplanes competing Twelve teams competed Cross Country XC Skip Miller Paul Griebenow Skip Griebenow Doug Barry won event flying stock RnR Products SB-XC Thirteen-year-old Paul flew about 40% flight Skip Miller winch-launched model handed transmitter Paul instructed him yell thermaled high enough attempt course En route Skip flew straight-line legs Paul did thermaling combination allowed cover 277 miles day thermals seemed soft December1999 29 Eastern Soaring League ESL team won Dan Pruss Memorial Award Left right Luke Waters Esprit Phil Barnes Mantis Tom Kiesling Mantis Nationals Soaring event director Alden Senior Luke Waters pulled rabbit out Thirteen-year-old Junior Paul Griebenow Shipp Quincy IL kept things running hat beat Open pilots win Tazewell VA has reason smile smoothly seventh time Two-Meter event Mantis swept Junior-class Soaring events Skip Miller launches 10-pound RnR SB-XC Paul Griebenow piloted during winning 277-mile XC flight Don Richmond San Diego led second-place team managed 248 miles Jack Strothers team third 106 miles Seven pilots competed two rounds F3B Michael Lachowski Pittstown NJ won flying V-tailed Cobra Calypso won both distance rounds both speed rounds Michaels best speed task 19 seconds Crosswind and/or downwind launches during speed task prevented better times Tom Kiesling placed second flying Ellipse 2V computerized voice system used start prep times working times event system nice because precise frees up manpower keeps contest moving Torrey Pines Gulls have using similar system some time great success Michael Lachowski designed built particular system F3J Sunday 42 pilots competed groups 10 11 F3J Scale exciting events watch F3J just another Duration event Instead winches teammate two pulls glider up using monofilament line monofilament has less drag stretch nylon line tow men usually have pulley line gear-down pull 10-minute working time starts pilots launch combination two tow men pulley monofilament line result hardest launches Soaring Because massive launch power available F3J airplanes have evolved larger stronger typical three-meter Unlimited Duration models Approximately Jim Carlton left Soaring also volunteers coordinator RetrievalIS several years Carlton w volunteer retrieve w provides kids instri retrieving opera use retrieve Ii doesnt have much tin showing volunteers what field competing c isnt tiring says Thut sometin feel like work Carlton lives Parma OH si Cleveland has flying model airplanes 17 years Because lives isnt much rooni practice practiced couple times before Nats basically come out just have fun Jennifer Orebaugh 30 Model Aviation Kiesling Johnstown PA steers own-design 55-ounce Mantis yet another 100-point landing Tom won Unlimited event popular design Pete George St Louis readies Dornier 27 model aerotow glider DO Darnells Tulsa OK third-place four-meter Discus C 95% F3J airplanes Nats hollow molded composite models approximately 3 meters span mostcommon airplane Muller Esprit As spectator see simultaneous massive zoom launches airplanes fly far away search lift flight groups airplanes penetrate out near horizon looking lift amazing see pilots working lift models just specks Approximately aine minutes working time sky starts howling big molded models dive out thennals high speeds airplanes simultaneously set up landings 11 parallel landing zones Pilots try time landing within last two seconds working time Around 958 working time models plop landing spots buzzer goes off severe penalty being air buzzer sounds Near end day top 10 pilots compete two flyoffs flyoffs similar previous rounds except perfect flights just less 15 minutes long previous six rounds 10-minute maxes too easy 15-minute flyoffs dusk certainly separate men boys Skip Miller Boulder Colorado won F3J flying molded Emerald Skip top December 1999 31 [ See Results FOCUS ON COMPETITION Mike Foxs Davenport IA molded NSP Psyko heads up line F3J relaunch Jim McCarthy launches Tom Kallevangs F3B Diamond Compact winches ground made Gavin Botha have fast-change drums man during regular rounds US F3J team trials Jim McCarthy placed second Cal Posthuma placed third impressive see guys stay up nearly 15 minutes 8 pm heavy molded airplanes Monday started out sunny 5-10 mph winds Hand-Launch Gliders HLGs 77 entries minus few noshows computerized voice system also used class Four rounds completed before thunderstorm lightning closed down contest Skip Miller won flying 94-ounce Mirage Don Peters manufactures Mirage makes HLG Maple Leaf HLG Encore Two-Meter Image sailplanes Mirage two-channel polyhedral model modified 7035 airfoil Skip reports Mirage has better penetration Maple Leaf maintaining good climb rate thermals Second place HLG went Senior contestant Luke Waters Rockville MD flying NSP Northeast Sailplanes Products Logic Steve Meyer Park City IL placed third also Logic Mike Fox Davenport IA fourth Focus featured recent Soaring column Logics Maple Leafs variants either continue hot models Hand Launch Joe Hahn DJ Aerotech flying new unnamed prototype looked like stretched version DJs Nymph Mosquito Class airplane fiberglass pod carbon tube tailboom high-aspect-ratio wing Joe reports model promising point contest Joe Hahn very tall helping Junior flier Junior eye-to-eye him said launch plane yourself Yes Joe replied smile face Two-Meter 88 pilots competed during two days Senior Luke Waters took overall honors flying Two-Meter Mantis Tom Kiesling second also Mantis Arthur Markiewicz Encinitas CA placed third original design Skip Miller fourth flying Don Peters Image Unlimited popular Soaring event 100 entries two days flying Tom Kiesling designer Mantis earned first place Mantis seemed very much home light-air conditions Mantis distinctive because uses nontapered composite tube fuselage three-meter version weighs 34 Model Aviation 1100 Select *Giut 14 St5 Scale154SheetS *60 Size38Sheets *40 Sze38Sheets *iltaScale- -lZ2Sheete *116 Scate -22Sheets *tI 24 Seats22SheetS *ProneecalsATonlot2SheetsZor 3sieee *hilt MakiSs- AT ontt 6Sheets * Noerenelature Malzines 3 Sizes t2 Sheels Stack White copy * Let tes Narohers 14 -3Ot2-SO-34-7Ot-2-3-4-dt3tft ti Cclcrs See cotor chart * FtzSc Ameiczn Snited Kingdom Ccnteaeate * Stans 11 Cctcs 9 Sizes plus t Sheet Asscded Sizos *nips Cub Decalst/S 148 13 Scalest2 Obeets *C Seeker boards zes 8 ColorCOmbinations *Trim Shoots d3O 28 rr ColorsSee chart *Aircraft Markices50 Sets *Sgcadron Insianiaslid Sets DECALS* Melon Mounts14 per Pka PRESSURE SENSITIVE R TRANSFER Autheelie model issigeras pressure seesdine wale$400 teassle Son 1/41/6 aed 1/8 scale size propeller decalS44e World War II kill rrtaekiegs stars flags Intlets comberS . or decals trim sheets much much Cke- NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS OX 304 EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01020 TEL 413 525 4110 413-525-77R4 Eajey REUflLE S-L-D-D-W idle PLUS. E4SY S4FE uds Single Twin-cylinders Twin engines VO Interference Works Rxs Light Less 35 grams Ultra-simple installation K IJeU Wk !RL1 Multi-Cylinders Ask Super Fiji jt EectroqJpuzmks 31185 Schoclcraft Livonia Ml 48150 Website http//wwwelectrodynamcom 1-800-337-1638 Orders Info 1-734-422-5420 VISA Fax 1-734-422-5338 roughly 55 ounces light weight large V-tail help make very slow yet controlled landings Mantis design claimed first Unlimited first second Two-Meter seventh F3J beginning week pilots commented Mantiss ugly sticklike fuselage end week pilots asking could buy Mantis Web site httpIlpageshotbotcomlbiz/flymanti/index html Second place Unlimited went Jerry Robertson Flagstaff AZ flying NSP Bird Prey winglets Arthur Markiewicz placed third Esprit received Spirit Soaring award outstanding sportsmanship Arthur leading field after few rounds penny-sized piece fiberglass chipped off models nose skeg hard landing Arthur pointed out broken piece officials dutifully took zero score landing winds relatively calm week came up just time Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator-Spoiler flying winds started day about 15 mph increased 20 25 mph Landings wind did go well Possibly half airplanes turned final pilots learned could penetrate wind pilots managed land polyhedral airplanes spot have flip over before scored just like good old days Given calm day would expect two classes put impressive thermaling display midafternoon three rounds of two classes completed next flight group folded models wings launch contest stopped Nostalgia RES good concepts compatible highwind days calm day scores events would probably nearly high Unlimited scores 34 pilots Nostalgia Tom Kallevang placed first flying Olympic II Jim Thomas Marc Gellart placed second third respectively flying Grand Esprits Roy Simpson Dream Catcher Hobbies has announced will reintroduce Grand Esprit Some rarer models attendance included two Mirages Maestro Megan Cirrus Little Plank RES 41 entries Jim Thomas won Grand Esprit Jack lafret placed second Paragon Ed Wilson third 17-year-old stretched Sagitta Ed reports wings have re-MonoKoted three times structure still sound seventh time Alden Shipp director Soaring events Alden great work asks people things makes feel privilege chore banquet received Lee Gray award outstanding contribution Soaring Mama Jeffries received Spirit Soaring award uses vacation year come run transmitter impound Nats League Silent Flight officers other volunteers make Nats happen no paid positions Unlike other major contests Nats flown scored man-on-man Although laborintensive best means possible choosing national champion minimal luck factor People deserve high praise running great contest Cal Posthuma Mark Nankivil Dennis Phelan Bob Harold Jim Frickey Dennis Adamisin Doug Barry Jack Karen Strother Jack lafret Dan Abma John Vennerholm Mama Jeffries Dana Flemming Jim Carlton Jim Deck Mike Stump Jim Thomas Joyce Shipp Johnnie Berlin apologize missed anyone exception heat Nats went great site best nation a INC 05 P0 R AT E 0 WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF SUPERIOR EPOXY-GLASS COWLS WNEEL PANTS SSORIES CALL NOW 810677-0213 8106770414 orders onlyl u IN I P4W 36 Model Aviation line up aircrar ror long slow approach. Theres no fear flameouts GlowLites onboardl doesnt aet better this. Pence e Al/ad. last 11 Defter Meelte late eaased chaaael. Switch ca pear R Ye/lew re-charge. Red Check left, Send $100 forOpen $200 G..Monday Friday $300 oufaide USA 10 am -4 pm EST

RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-Trvig I1i-Y HOT AND HUMID understatements Soaring week Nationals Nats July 24-31 Temperatures reached 1000 heat indices averaging 1100 Midwest staying indoors 174 glider pilots out flying sun sweltering daytime heat accompanied similar nights Because minimal temperature differential thermals weaker typical Midwest thermals conditions made super pilots stand out intermediate pilots AMA provided incredible site Scale smooth blacktop mnways two directions surrounded lush mowed grass Thanks Bob Harold first year aerotowing used Scale sailplanes Nats past winches launched models year spectators got watch Pete Georges Dornier 27 tow up large Scale gliders Dornier equipped Brison 42 cubic-inch gas engine According Pete about 32 pounds static thrust could tow six-meter gliders authority Terry Edmonds Solon IA won Scale event four-meter ASW-20s smooth flying high static scores John December 1999 27 John Derstine carries five-meter ASW-27 after beautiful flight Note perfect Soaring site smooth blacktop runways acres grass Arthur Markiewiczs landing would have worth 95 points Unlimited mishap Text has details Derstine Gillett PA second five-meter ASW-27 Hans Wiederkelir Wading River NY put amazing exhibition six-meter Ventus 2-C big model streaked across sky thermaled light lift Hans detected some lift landing approach other pilots watched awe Ventus circled 30-40 feet five minutes before landing big Ventus 2-C legal competition because 27 pounds exceeded 25-pound AMA weight limit did meet builder-of-the-model rule Although Hans probably spent hundreds hours finishing model sells Almost Ready-to-Fly ARF molded fiberglass model Sailplanes Unlimited time read will proposals raise Scale glider weight limit create second Scale class 28 Model Aviation Garton Ankeny IA putts during Hand-Launch Golf event mix Soaring golf fun evening tradition held during Nationals Ray Hayes HLG Little Bird passes overhead weighed seven Chip Vignolini R Aiquippa PA scans skies before launch ounces nine typical design timer Michael Lachowski placed first F3B fourth-place Cross Country team traveled style crew consisted Joe Welch Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus ARF-type gliders combination near-perfect flying site aerotowing changes should make Scale event popular future Nationals year eight Scale competitors preregistered four airplanes competing Twelve teams competed Cross Country XC Skip Miller Paul Griebenow Skip Griebenow Doug Barry won event flying stock RnR Products SB-XC Thirteen-year-old Paul flew about 40% flight Skip Miller winch-launched model handed transmitter Paul instructed him yell thermaled high enough attempt course En route Skip flew straight-line legs Paul did thermaling combination allowed cover 277 miles day thermals seemed soft December1999 29 Eastern Soaring League ESL team won Dan Pruss Memorial Award Left right Luke Waters Esprit Phil Barnes Mantis Tom Kiesling Mantis Nationals Soaring event director Alden Senior Luke Waters pulled rabbit out Thirteen-year-old Junior Paul Griebenow Shipp Quincy IL kept things running hat beat Open pilots win Tazewell VA has reason smile smoothly seventh time Two-Meter event Mantis swept Junior-class Soaring events Skip Miller launches 10-pound RnR SB-XC Paul Griebenow piloted during winning 277-mile XC flight Don Richmond San Diego led second-place team managed 248 miles Jack Strothers team third 106 miles Seven pilots competed two rounds F3B Michael Lachowski Pittstown NJ won flying V-tailed Cobra Calypso won both distance rounds both speed rounds Michaels best speed task 19 seconds Crosswind and/or downwind launches during speed task prevented better times Tom Kiesling placed second flying Ellipse 2V computerized voice system used start prep times working times event system nice because precise frees up manpower keeps contest moving Torrey Pines Gulls have using similar system some time great success Michael Lachowski designed built particular system F3J Sunday 42 pilots competed groups 10 11 F3J Scale exciting events watch F3J just another Duration event Instead winches teammate two pulls glider up using monofilament line monofilament has less drag stretch nylon line tow men usually have pulley line gear-down pull 10-minute working time starts pilots launch combination two tow men pulley monofilament line result hardest launches Soaring Because massive launch power available F3J airplanes have evolved larger stronger typical three-meter Unlimited Duration models Approximately Jim Carlton left Soaring also volunteers coordinator RetrievalIS several years Carlton w volunteer retrieve w provides kids instri retrieving opera use retrieve Ii doesnt have much tin showing volunteers what field competing c isnt tiring says Thut sometin feel like work Carlton lives Parma OH si Cleveland has flying model airplanes 17 years Because lives isnt much rooni practice practiced couple times before Nats basically come out just have fun Jennifer Orebaugh 30 Model Aviation Kiesling Johnstown PA steers own-design 55-ounce Mantis yet another 100-point landing Tom won Unlimited event popular design Pete George St Louis readies Dornier 27 model aerotow glider DO Darnells Tulsa OK third-place four-meter Discus C 95% F3J airplanes Nats hollow molded composite models approximately 3 meters span mostcommon airplane Muller Esprit As spectator see simultaneous massive zoom launches airplanes fly far away search lift flight groups airplanes penetrate out near horizon looking lift amazing see pilots working lift models just specks Approximately aine minutes working time sky starts howling big molded models dive out thennals high speeds airplanes simultaneously set up landings 11 parallel landing zones Pilots try time landing within last two seconds working time Around 958 working time models plop landing spots buzzer goes off severe penalty being air buzzer sounds Near end day top 10 pilots compete two flyoffs flyoffs similar previous rounds except perfect flights just less 15 minutes long previous six rounds 10-minute maxes too easy 15-minute flyoffs dusk certainly separate men boys Skip Miller Boulder Colorado won F3J flying molded Emerald Skip top December 1999 31 [ See Results FOCUS ON COMPETITION Mike Foxs Davenport IA molded NSP Psyko heads up line F3J relaunch Jim McCarthy launches Tom Kallevangs F3B Diamond Compact winches ground made Gavin Botha have fast-change drums man during regular rounds US F3J team trials Jim McCarthy placed second Cal Posthuma placed third impressive see guys stay up nearly 15 minutes 8 pm heavy molded airplanes Monday started out sunny 5-10 mph winds Hand-Launch Gliders HLGs 77 entries minus few noshows computerized voice system also used class Four rounds completed before thunderstorm lightning closed down contest Skip Miller won flying 94-ounce Mirage Don Peters manufactures Mirage makes HLG Maple Leaf HLG Encore Two-Meter Image sailplanes Mirage two-channel polyhedral model modified 7035 airfoil Skip reports Mirage has better penetration Maple Leaf maintaining good climb rate thermals Second place HLG went Senior contestant Luke Waters Rockville MD flying NSP Northeast Sailplanes Products Logic Steve Meyer Park City IL placed third also Logic Mike Fox Davenport IA fourth Focus featured recent Soaring column Logics Maple Leafs variants either continue hot models Hand Launch Joe Hahn DJ Aerotech flying new unnamed prototype looked like stretched version DJs Nymph Mosquito Class airplane fiberglass pod carbon tube tailboom high-aspect-ratio wing Joe reports model promising point contest Joe Hahn very tall helping Junior flier Junior eye-to-eye him said launch plane yourself Yes Joe replied smile face Two-Meter 88 pilots competed during two days Senior Luke Waters took overall honors flying Two-Meter Mantis Tom Kiesling second also Mantis Arthur Markiewicz Encinitas CA placed third original design Skip Miller fourth flying Don Peters Image Unlimited popular Soaring event 100 entries two days flying Tom Kiesling designer Mantis earned first place Mantis seemed very much home light-air conditions Mantis distinctive because uses nontapered composite tube fuselage three-meter version weighs 34 Model Aviation 1100 Select *Giut 14 St5 Scale154SheetS *60 Size38Sheets *40 Sze38Sheets *iltaScale- -lZ2Sheete *116 Scate -22Sheets *tI 24 Seats22SheetS *ProneecalsATonlot2SheetsZor 3sieee *hilt MakiSs- AT ontt 6Sheets * Noerenelature Malzines 3 Sizes t2 Sheels Stack White copy * Let tes Narohers 14 -3Ot2-SO-34-7Ot-2-3-4-dt3tft ti Cclcrs See cotor chart * FtzSc Ameiczn Snited Kingdom Ccnteaeate * Stans 11 Cctcs 9 Sizes plus t Sheet Asscded Sizos *nips Cub Decalst/S 148 13 Scalest2 Obeets *C Seeker boards zes 8 ColorCOmbinations *Trim Shoots d3O 28 rr ColorsSee chart *Aircraft Markices50 Sets *Sgcadron Insianiaslid Sets DECALS* Melon Mounts14 per Pka PRESSURE SENSITIVE R TRANSFER Autheelie model issigeras pressure seesdine wale$400 teassle Son 1/41/6 aed 1/8 scale size propeller decalS44e World War II kill rrtaekiegs stars flags Intlets comberS . or decals trim sheets much much Cke- NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS OX 304 EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01020 TEL 413 525 4110 413-525-77R4 Eajey REUflLE S-L-D-D-W idle PLUS. E4SY S4FE uds Single Twin-cylinders Twin engines VO Interference Works Rxs Light Less 35 grams Ultra-simple installation K IJeU Wk !RL1 Multi-Cylinders Ask Super Fiji jt EectroqJpuzmks 31185 Schoclcraft Livonia Ml 48150 Website http//wwwelectrodynamcom 1-800-337-1638 Orders Info 1-734-422-5420 VISA Fax 1-734-422-5338 roughly 55 ounces light weight large V-tail help make very slow yet controlled landings Mantis design claimed first Unlimited first second Two-Meter seventh F3J beginning week pilots commented Mantiss ugly sticklike fuselage end week pilots asking could buy Mantis Web site httpIlpageshotbotcomlbiz/flymanti/index html Second place Unlimited went Jerry Robertson Flagstaff AZ flying NSP Bird Prey winglets Arthur Markiewicz placed third Esprit received Spirit Soaring award outstanding sportsmanship Arthur leading field after few rounds penny-sized piece fiberglass chipped off models nose skeg hard landing Arthur pointed out broken piece officials dutifully took zero score landing winds relatively calm week came up just time Nostalgia RES Rudder-Elevator-Spoiler flying winds started day about 15 mph increased 20 25 mph Landings wind did go well Possibly half airplanes turned final pilots learned could penetrate wind pilots managed land polyhedral airplanes spot have flip over before scored just like good old days Given calm day would expect two classes put impressive thermaling display midafternoon three rounds of two classes completed next flight group folded models wings launch contest stopped Nostalgia RES good concepts compatible highwind days calm day scores events would probably nearly high Unlimited scores 34 pilots Nostalgia Tom Kallevang placed first flying Olympic II Jim Thomas Marc Gellart placed second third respectively flying Grand Esprits Roy Simpson Dream Catcher Hobbies has announced will reintroduce Grand Esprit Some rarer models attendance included two Mirages Maestro Megan Cirrus Little Plank RES 41 entries Jim Thomas won Grand Esprit Jack lafret placed second Paragon Ed Wilson third 17-year-old stretched Sagitta Ed reports wings have re-MonoKoted three times structure still sound seventh time Alden Shipp director Soaring events Alden great work asks people things makes feel privilege chore banquet received Lee Gray award outstanding contribution Soaring Mama Jeffries received Spirit Soaring award uses vacation year come run transmitter impound Nats League Silent Flight officers other volunteers make Nats happen no paid positions Unlike other major contests Nats flown scored man-on-man Although laborintensive best means possible choosing national champion minimal luck factor People deserve high praise running great contest Cal Posthuma Mark Nankivil Dennis Phelan Bob Harold Jim Frickey Dennis Adamisin Doug Barry Jack Karen Strother Jack lafret Dan Abma John Vennerholm Mama Jeffries Dana Flemming Jim Carlton Jim Deck Mike Stump Jim Thomas Joyce Shipp Johnnie Berlin apologize missed anyone exception heat Nats went great site best nation a INC 05 P0 R AT E 0 WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF SUPERIOR EPOXY-GLASS COWLS WNEEL PANTS SSORIES CALL NOW 810677-0213 8106770414 orders onlyl u IN I P4W 36 Model Aviation line up aircrar ror long slow approach. Theres no fear flameouts GlowLites onboardl doesnt aet better this. Pence e Al/ad. last 11 Defter Meelte late eaased chaaael. Switch ca pear R Ye/lew re-charge. Red Check left, Send $100 forOpen $200 G..Monday Friday $300 oufaide USA 10 am -4 pm EST

RADIO CONTROL SOARING t-Trvig I1i-Y HOT AND HUMID understatements Soaring week Nationals Nats July 24-31 Temperatures reached 1000 heat indices averaging 1100 Midwest staying indoors 174 glider pilots out flying sun sweltering daytime heat accompanied similar nights Because minimal temperature differential thermals weaker typical Midwest thermals conditions made super pilots stand out intermediate pilots AMA provided incredible site Scale smooth blacktop mnways two directions surrounded lush mowed grass Thanks Bob Harold first year aerotowing used Scale sailplanes Nats past winches launched models year spectators got watch Pete Georges Dornier 27 tow up large Scale gliders Dornier equipped Brison 42 cubic-inch gas engine According Pete about 32 pounds static thrust could tow six-meter gliders authority Terry Edmonds Solon IA won Scale event four-meter ASW-20s smooth flying high static scores John December 1999 27 John Derstine carries five-meter ASW-27 after beautiful flight Note perfect Soaring site smooth blacktop runways acres grass Arthur Markiewiczs landing would have worth 95 points Unlimited mishap Text has details Derstine Gillett PA second five-meter ASW-27 Hans Wiederkelir Wading River NY put amazing exhibition six-meter Ventus 2-C big model streaked across sky thermaled light lift Hans detected some lift landing approach other pilots watched awe Ventus circled 30-40 feet five minutes before landing big Ventus 2-C legal competition because 27 pounds exceeded 25-pound AMA weight limit did meet builder-of-the-model rule Although Hans probably spent hundreds hours finishing model sells Almost Ready-to-Fly ARF molded fiberglass model Sailplanes Unlimited time read will proposals raise Scale glider weight limit create second Scale class 28 Model Aviation Garton Ankeny IA putts during Hand-Launch Golf event mix Soaring golf fun evening tradition held during Nationals Ray Hayes HLG Little Bird passes overhead weighed seven Chip Vignolini R Aiquippa PA scans skies before launch ounces nine typical design timer Michael Lachowski placed first F3B fourth-place Cross Country team traveled style crew consisted Joe Welch Marc Gellart Mike Peg Remus ARF-type gliders combination near-perfect flying site aerotowing changes should make Scale event popular future Nationals year eight Scale competitors preregistered four airplanes competing Twelve teams competed Cross Country XC Skip Miller Paul Griebenow Skip Griebenow Doug Barry won event flying stock RnR Products SB-XC Thirteen-year-old Paul flew about 40% flight Skip Miller winch-launched model handed transmitter Paul instructed him yell thermaled high enough attempt course En route Skip flew straight-line legs Paul did thermaling combination allowed cover 277 miles day thermals seemed soft December1999 29 Eastern Soaring League ESL team won Dan Pruss Memorial Award Left right Luke Waters Esprit Phil Barnes Mantis Tom Kiesling Mantis Nationals Soaring event director Alden Senior Luke Waters pulled rabbit out Thirteen-year-old Junior Paul Griebenow Shipp Quincy IL kept things running hat beat Open pilots win Tazewell VA has reason smile smoothly seventh time Two-Meter event Mantis swept Junior-class Soaring events Skip Miller launches 10-pound RnR SB-XC Paul Griebenow piloted during winning 277-mile XC flight Don Richmond San Diego led second-place team managed 248 miles Jack Strothers team third 106 miles Seven pilots competed two rounds F3B Michael Lachowski Pittstown NJ won flying V-tailed Cobra Calypso won both distance rounds both speed rounds Michaels best speed task 19 seconds Crosswind and/or downwind launches during speed task prevented better times Tom Kiesling placed second flying Ellipse 2V computerized voice system used start prep times working times event system nice because precise frees up manpower keeps contest moving Torrey Pines Gulls have using similar system some time great success Michael Lachowski designed built particular system F3J Sunday 42 pilots competed groups 10 11 F3J Scale exciting events watch F3J just another Duration event Instead winches teammate two pulls glider up using monofilament line monofilament has less drag stretch nylon line tow men usually have pulley line gear-down pull 10-minute working time starts pilots launch combination two tow men pulley monofilament line result hardest launches Soaring Because massive launch power available F3J airplanes have evolved larger stronger typical three-meter Unlimited Duration models Approximately Jim Carlton left Soaring also volunteers coordinator RetrievalIS several years Carlton w volunteer retrieve w provides kids instri retrieving opera use retrieve Ii doesnt have much tin showing volunteers what field competing c isnt tiring says Thut sometin feel like work Carlton lives Parma OH si Cleveland has flying model airplanes 17 years Because lives isnt much rooni practice practiced couple times before Nats basically come out just have fun Jennifer Orebaugh 30 Model Aviation Kiesling Johnstown PA steers own-design 55-ounce Mantis yet another 100-point landing Tom won Unlimited event popular design Pete George St Louis readies Dornier 27 model aerotow glider DO Darnells Tulsa OK third-place four-meter Discus C 95% F3J airplanes Nats hollow molded composite models approximately 3 meters span mostcommon airplane Muller Esprit As spectator see simultaneous massive zoom launches airplanes fly far away search lift flight groups airplanes penetrate out near horizon looking lift amazing see pilots working lift models just specks Approximately aine minutes working time sky starts howling big molded models dive out thennals high speeds airplanes simultaneously set up landings 11 parallel landing zones Pilots try time landing within last two seconds working time Around 958 working time models plop landing spots buzzer goes off severe penalty being air buzzer sounds Near end day top 10 pilots compete two flyoffs flyoffs similar previous rounds except perfect flights just less 15 minutes long previous six rounds 10-minute maxes too easy 15-minute flyoffs dusk certainly separate men boys Skip Miller Boulder Colorado won F3J flying molded Emerald Skip top December 1999 31 [ See Results FOCUS ON COMPETITION Mike Foxs Davenport IA molded NSP Psyko heads up line F3J relaunch Jim McCarthy launches Tom Kallevangs F3B Diamond Compact winches ground made Gavin Botha have fast-change drums man during regular rounds US F3J team trials Jim McCarthy placed second Cal Posthuma placed third impressive see guys stay up nearly 15 minutes 8 pm heavy molded airplanes Monday started out sunny 5-10 mph winds Hand-Launch Gliders HLGs 77 entries minus few noshows computerized voice system also used class Four rounds completed before thunderstorm lightning closed down contest Skip Miller won flying 94-ounce Mirage Don Peters manufactures Mirage makes HLG Maple Leaf HLG Encore Two-Meter Image sailplanes Mirage two-channel polyhedral model modified 7035 airfoil Skip reports Mirage has better penetration Maple Leaf maintaining good climb rate thermals Second place HLG went Senior contestant Luke Waters Rockville MD flying NSP Northeast Sailplanes Products Logic Steve Meyer Park City IL placed third also Logic Mike Fox Davenport IA fourth Focus featured recent Soaring column Logics Maple Leafs variants either continue hot models Hand Launch Joe Hahn DJ Aerotech flying new unnamed prototype looked like stretched version DJs Nymph Mosquito Class airplane fiberglass pod carbon tube tailboom high-aspect-ratio wing Joe reports model promising point contest Joe Hahn very tall helping Junior flier Junior eye-to-eye him said launch plane yourself Yes Joe replied smile face Two-Meter 88 pilots competed during two days Senior Luke Waters took overall honors flying Two-Meter Mantis Tom Kiesling second also Mantis Arthur Markiewicz Encinitas CA placed third original design Skip Miller fourth flying Don Peters Image Unlimited popular Soaring event 100 entries two days flying Tom Kiesling designer Mantis earned first place Mantis seemed very much home light-air conditions Mantis distinctive because uses nontapered composite tube fuselage three-meter version weighs 34 Model Aviation 1100 Select *Giut 14 St5 Scale154SheetS *60 Size38Sheets *40 Sze38Sheets *iltaScale- -lZ2Sheete *116 Scate -22Sheets *tI 24 Seats22SheetS *ProneecalsATonlot2SheetsZor 3sieee *hilt MakiSs- AT ontt 6Sheets * Noerenelature Malzines 3 Sizes t2 Sheels Stack White copy * Let tes Narohers 14 -3Ot2-SO-34-7Ot-2-3-4-dt3tft ti Cclcrs See cotor chart * FtzSc Ameiczn Snited Kingdom Ccnteaeate * Stans 11 Cctcs 9 Sizes plus t Sheet Asscded Sizos *nips Cub Decalst/S 148 13 Scalest2 Obeets *C Seeker boards zes 8 ColorCOmbinations *Trim Shoots d3O 28 rr ColorsSee chart *Aircraft Markices50 Sets *Sgcadron Insianiaslid Sets DECALS* Melon Mounts14 per Pka PRESSURE SENSITIVE R TRANSFER Autheelie model issigeras pressure seesdine wale$400 teassle Son 1/41/6 aed 1/8 scale size propeller decalS44e World War II kill rrtaekiegs stars flags Intlets comberS . or decals trim sheets much much Cke- NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS OX 304 EAST LONGMEADOW MA 01020 TEL 413 525 4110 413-525-77R4 Eajey REUflLE S-L-D-D-W idle PLUS. 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