IN CASE wondering what might going summer some cases whether will let records show soaring fraternity optimistic inter ested contests either player grandstander take look fol lowing calendar June 16 17NSS con test districts July 4 thru 8F3B World Championships Belgium July 14 thru 16Canadian Nationals July 23 thru 27LSF International Tournament July 29 thru August 5AMA Nationals NSS Stan Pfost president Na tional Soaring Society announced na tionwide event year held June 16 17 Coordinator event Dick Crowley coordinators respective AMA districts will NSS vice-presidents task scheduled will AMA Three Flights Fifteen entry fee $1500 two days Non-NSS members will also get membership NSS receive Sailplane No Sailplane class distinction has yet announced further infor mation contact regional NSS vicepresident Dick Crowley 16413 E Stanford Place Aurora CO 80015 F3B World Championships second World Championships RC Sailplanes scheduled summer airfied far Brussels first Cham pionships recall held 1977 Pretoria South Africa air fare close thousand dollars didnt lend itself getting planeload supporters cheer bleachers now airfares Europe competitive reasonable might want give event some thought logo depicted can yours proudly display will also indicate US Team supporter As events such Olympics US teams depend financial sup port some other countries receive state support taint good ole US Aand thats complaint So easing financial burden fund raising chairman Lee Renaud will send decal sew-on patch $500 send FAT RC Soar ing Team Fund P 0 Box 4319 Irvine CA 92716 support team instrumental achieving impressive victory two years ago team Steve Work Terry Koplan repeat team member Skip Miller needs sup port team like wont nickel wasted Canadian Nationals three-day event will held Huron Park about 20 miles north London tario Contest Director Bud Wallace nounced Unlimited Standard Two-Meter classes will flown winches would provided Open Standard classes hi-starts Two-Meter class Stand-off Scale will also scheduled either launch ing device will provided permit ted event On-campus housing planning stages camping available $15 further information contact Bud Wallace 1060 Eastmount Ave Missis sauga Ontario L5E 1 Z3 Canada LSF International Tournament has scheduled part two-year program began last August Qualifiers 12 regionals have already notified missed last years events bridesmaid will have other chance honeymoon Sunday Monday July 22 23 Last Chance contest will held two-day contest will flown Continued page 101 May1979 27 colorful patch $5see texti helps support US team com plementing AMA payment overocean transport entry fees governments give financial amistance teamsUS doesnt Invader MK IV Herb Smith became 78 Rocky Mountain Soar ing Assoc club champion racked up number important firsts including 1978 LSF Regional Tournament Plans future issue rate ailerons make Slow Roll easy Similar cases can made other controls maneuvers Rate switches buttons may convenient help some degree important ingredient maneuver quality still pilot should course current technology does permit use rate sensors autopilots micro processors aircraft Combinations other devices like air density speed sensors would permit virtual prepro gramming aerobatic flight dont think anyone would propose using such systems aerobatic pattern competition least hope such systems show up contests Im sure abolishment would forthcoming very quickly RC Contest Board voting proposed rules changes left questions mind also resolved several controversial areas significant resolutions involved definition kind outside loops would performed Novice Ad vanced Expert classes con tests during 1978 including Nats con testants did know definition would used until told during pilots briefing Nats judges didnt know until judges meeting held eve pattern competition RC Contest Board voted define maneuver Reverse Outside Loops start bottom maneuvers would same 1976/1977 Rule Book second controversial rule change proposal passed Contest Board will permit attempt per official flight 1978/1979 rule book permits up two attempts per official flight allowing flier go end round less two maneuvers other takeoff landing have judged during first attempt passed unanimously Elimination Rectangular Approach Spot Landing will cause very few ffiers mourn Contest Directors already eliminated maneuvers con tests recent years rule changes will have greatest impact ones related advancement system advancement points will based number fliers lower place way everyone except last place flier will earn advance ment points top fliers will earn advance ment points equal number fliers lower placing multiplied factor corres ponding fliers placing What Im sure about exactly what multiplying factors will used what phase points advancing will factors will probably something like 6 first 5 second 4 third 3 fourth 2 fifth place phase point advancing set 200 means ten-man event would yield advancement points 54 4028 18 104 3 2 1 0 fliers like kind system because fourth place finishes would earn some points after Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Dr Shalimar FL 32579 RC Soaring /Pruss continued page 27 same rules 1 978 Regional Tournament Qualifiersthere will 10will compete Tourna ment further information contact Warren Tiahrt LSF Secretary 7647 Twilight Court Glarkston MI 48016 Some recent announcements LSF Board Directors Any AMAsanctioned club has three members attending Tournament can name three members compete team trophy tasks Tourna ment will six-minute duration four-lap cross-wind speed/distance event will norepeat nolanding coupled speed/distance task announced earlier Time task will begin moment tow release Two hundred-meter tow linestied off winch drumsfor tasks Four rounds eight tasks will scheduled scores count banquetin best tradition past SOAR Natsis scheduled Thursday July 26th Friday will rain date contest An important note LSF Secretary biggest obstacle re stricting factor staging large contests has frequenciesor lack fre May1979 101 r IF YOU BUILD FIBERGLASS MODELS YOU NEED PFC brilliant white polyester resin putty form PEG made levelling dents dips ripples chips other imperfections fiberglass parts PEG non-sagging fast setting feathers out zero thickness peeling flaking can filed drilled sanded its completely fuel proof Use PEG filling repairing reinforcing bonding shaping making fillets build anything made fiberglass need PEG KDVU1UV UEIIHP1 Division Pettit Paint co Inc imuinuuirwiu I1UHUIIIU 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 AMA Nationals DiCK MATH1S DESiGN GROUP TAKES CIL STUNT VERY SERIOUSLY. $5500 GENESiS 40 56 SPAN BY 1978 0/C BOB HUNT DESiGN GROUP BOX 338 / STiLETTO 6 SPAN BY 1976 WIC LES MCDONALD LONE OAK TEXAS 75453 214/662-5326 quencies saturation point reached 1976 last SOAR Nats 206 pre-registrations logged 27 MHz still used about 20% fliers 27 MHz impractical RC Sailplane use has requested contestants prepared avail themselves frequencies order allow qualified fliers par ticipate especially directed fliers Last Chance contest SOAR has given reins host Tournament club has assured Leagues front office contest will conducted same degree attention dedication past SOAR Nats Incidentally site Lewis University same site facilities old SOAR Nats now Romeoville Illinois address So its now Lewis/Romeoville instead Lewis/Lockport Same site new address Great Race IV has also nounced SOAR its scheduled Saturday July 21the day before th LSF activities major change course has still will over 76 kilometers countryside set up 1976 big change will no relaunching course However team will allowed launch times sees fit launch site travel far can 76 km course Longest distance wins case tie best time wins means specialized chase vehicles launching equipment will required individual teams what its worth course area has provided lift has produced doz ens two-hour flights three-hour flights four-hour 32 minute flight Cross-country flights have flown up 32 miles planning committee event regards chances slim make complete circuit single launch Yet course has flown well under three hours So conditions ripe knows course basically rectangular shape truest sense goal-and-return course once get half way around it isand besides its same conditions So tune up favorite ship ships prepare Great Race IV Itll heckuva lot less work past com peting teams launching equip ment timers will provided SOAR further information con tact Neil Liptak CD 325 ONeil St Joliet IL 60436 AMA Nationals year Lincoln Nebraska site has labeled ex cellent keep wagon packed circle calendar geo graphy says could attract largest Soaring body ever attend Well thats quite contest calendar Attend could qualify gypsy year Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plain field IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Chesney continued page 29 side frames skid struts re inforcement profiles skids tail boom may polished using Mag Brite prepared painting using Scotch Brite Mag Brite Scotch Brite may picked up auto accessory store machine black anodized rather painted am told anodized finish may cause radio prob lems due insulating properties mind Id recommend pol ishing metal rather painting anodizing assemble parts just come box little problem tight ening set screw swash-plate ball No 452 because upper bearing block cut too deep inner race bearing below outer edge block remove block side frames remove bearing sand top block slightly bring down correct level Check correct problem before starting Stage 3 sure tighten set screw swash plate ball securely otherwise shaft may slip downward Stage 5 found easier install drive shaft 351 tail tube 350 before attaching gear bearing assembly drive shaft Grease drive shaft lightly before sembly gear bearing assembly positioned between side frames tail tube drive shaft mated adjusted per instructions Stage 6 assembly tail rotor gear box no sweat make sure pack bearings assemble sealed side out use Lock Tite gear set screws Set gear back lash dollar bill fill trans mission case grease assemble per instructions Close lower holes gear case screws pro vided dont screw too far Before installing tail fin pre-as sembled bearing block T/R control assembly remove screw con trol arm install two washers between arm bearing block washers will provide additional clear ance arm avoid interference between control arm under side transmission box sure reposition control rod avoid bind ing well tail skid provided has proven little flimsy may made rigid bracing wire 102 Model Aviation COONEY cockpit coaming EXTRUDEO FLEXIBLE BLACK VINYL GLUABLE & PAINTABLE TWO SIZES 3/32 & 3/16 DIA FOURMOST RACING PRODUCTS ForestAvenue Or97116
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/05
Page Numbers: 27, 101, 102
IN CASE wondering what might going summer some cases whether will let records show soaring fraternity optimistic inter ested contests either player grandstander take look fol lowing calendar June 16 17NSS con test districts July 4 thru 8F3B World Championships Belgium July 14 thru 16Canadian Nationals July 23 thru 27LSF International Tournament July 29 thru August 5AMA Nationals NSS Stan Pfost president Na tional Soaring Society announced na tionwide event year held June 16 17 Coordinator event Dick Crowley coordinators respective AMA districts will NSS vice-presidents task scheduled will AMA Three Flights Fifteen entry fee $1500 two days Non-NSS members will also get membership NSS receive Sailplane No Sailplane class distinction has yet announced further infor mation contact regional NSS vicepresident Dick Crowley 16413 E Stanford Place Aurora CO 80015 F3B World Championships second World Championships RC Sailplanes scheduled summer airfied far Brussels first Cham pionships recall held 1977 Pretoria South Africa air fare close thousand dollars didnt lend itself getting planeload supporters cheer bleachers now airfares Europe competitive reasonable might want give event some thought logo depicted can yours proudly display will also indicate US Team supporter As events such Olympics US teams depend financial sup port some other countries receive state support taint good ole US Aand thats complaint So easing financial burden fund raising chairman Lee Renaud will send decal sew-on patch $500 send FAT RC Soar ing Team Fund P 0 Box 4319 Irvine CA 92716 support team instrumental achieving impressive victory two years ago team Steve Work Terry Koplan repeat team member Skip Miller needs sup port team like wont nickel wasted Canadian Nationals three-day event will held Huron Park about 20 miles north London tario Contest Director Bud Wallace nounced Unlimited Standard Two-Meter classes will flown winches would provided Open Standard classes hi-starts Two-Meter class Stand-off Scale will also scheduled either launch ing device will provided permit ted event On-campus housing planning stages camping available $15 further information contact Bud Wallace 1060 Eastmount Ave Missis sauga Ontario L5E 1 Z3 Canada LSF International Tournament has scheduled part two-year program began last August Qualifiers 12 regionals have already notified missed last years events bridesmaid will have other chance honeymoon Sunday Monday July 22 23 Last Chance contest will held two-day contest will flown Continued page 101 May1979 27 colorful patch $5see texti helps support US team com plementing AMA payment overocean transport entry fees governments give financial amistance teamsUS doesnt Invader MK IV Herb Smith became 78 Rocky Mountain Soar ing Assoc club champion racked up number important firsts including 1978 LSF Regional Tournament Plans future issue rate ailerons make Slow Roll easy Similar cases can made other controls maneuvers Rate switches buttons may convenient help some degree important ingredient maneuver quality still pilot should course current technology does permit use rate sensors autopilots micro processors aircraft Combinations other devices like air density speed sensors would permit virtual prepro gramming aerobatic flight dont think anyone would propose using such systems aerobatic pattern competition least hope such systems show up contests Im sure abolishment would forthcoming very quickly RC Contest Board voting proposed rules changes left questions mind also resolved several controversial areas significant resolutions involved definition kind outside loops would performed Novice Ad vanced Expert classes con tests during 1978 including Nats con testants did know definition would used until told during pilots briefing Nats judges didnt know until judges meeting held eve pattern competition RC Contest Board voted define maneuver Reverse Outside Loops start bottom maneuvers would same 1976/1977 Rule Book second controversial rule change proposal passed Contest Board will permit attempt per official flight 1978/1979 rule book permits up two attempts per official flight allowing flier go end round less two maneuvers other takeoff landing have judged during first attempt passed unanimously Elimination Rectangular Approach Spot Landing will cause very few ffiers mourn Contest Directors already eliminated maneuvers con tests recent years rule changes will have greatest impact ones related advancement system advancement points will based number fliers lower place way everyone except last place flier will earn advance ment points top fliers will earn advance ment points equal number fliers lower placing multiplied factor corres ponding fliers placing What Im sure about exactly what multiplying factors will used what phase points advancing will factors will probably something like 6 first 5 second 4 third 3 fourth 2 fifth place phase point advancing set 200 means ten-man event would yield advancement points 54 4028 18 104 3 2 1 0 fliers like kind system because fourth place finishes would earn some points after Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Dr Shalimar FL 32579 RC Soaring /Pruss continued page 27 same rules 1 978 Regional Tournament Qualifiersthere will 10will compete Tourna ment further information contact Warren Tiahrt LSF Secretary 7647 Twilight Court Glarkston MI 48016 Some recent announcements LSF Board Directors Any AMAsanctioned club has three members attending Tournament can name three members compete team trophy tasks Tourna ment will six-minute duration four-lap cross-wind speed/distance event will norepeat nolanding coupled speed/distance task announced earlier Time task will begin moment tow release Two hundred-meter tow linestied off winch drumsfor tasks Four rounds eight tasks will scheduled scores count banquetin best tradition past SOAR Natsis scheduled Thursday July 26th Friday will rain date contest An important note LSF Secretary biggest obstacle re stricting factor staging large contests has frequenciesor lack fre May1979 101 r IF YOU BUILD FIBERGLASS MODELS YOU NEED PFC brilliant white polyester resin putty form PEG made levelling dents dips ripples chips other imperfections fiberglass parts PEG non-sagging fast setting feathers out zero thickness peeling flaking can filed drilled sanded its completely fuel proof Use PEG filling repairing reinforcing bonding shaping making fillets build anything made fiberglass need PEG KDVU1UV UEIIHP1 Division Pettit Paint co Inc imuinuuirwiu I1UHUIIIU 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 AMA Nationals DiCK MATH1S DESiGN GROUP TAKES CIL STUNT VERY SERIOUSLY. $5500 GENESiS 40 56 SPAN BY 1978 0/C BOB HUNT DESiGN GROUP BOX 338 / STiLETTO 6 SPAN BY 1976 WIC LES MCDONALD LONE OAK TEXAS 75453 214/662-5326 quencies saturation point reached 1976 last SOAR Nats 206 pre-registrations logged 27 MHz still used about 20% fliers 27 MHz impractical RC Sailplane use has requested contestants prepared avail themselves frequencies order allow qualified fliers par ticipate especially directed fliers Last Chance contest SOAR has given reins host Tournament club has assured Leagues front office contest will conducted same degree attention dedication past SOAR Nats Incidentally site Lewis University same site facilities old SOAR Nats now Romeoville Illinois address So its now Lewis/Romeoville instead Lewis/Lockport Same site new address Great Race IV has also nounced SOAR its scheduled Saturday July 21the day before th LSF activities major change course has still will over 76 kilometers countryside set up 1976 big change will no relaunching course However team will allowed launch times sees fit launch site travel far can 76 km course Longest distance wins case tie best time wins means specialized chase vehicles launching equipment will required individual teams what its worth course area has provided lift has produced doz ens two-hour flights three-hour flights four-hour 32 minute flight Cross-country flights have flown up 32 miles planning committee event regards chances slim make complete circuit single launch Yet course has flown well under three hours So conditions ripe knows course basically rectangular shape truest sense goal-and-return course once get half way around it isand besides its same conditions So tune up favorite ship ships prepare Great Race IV Itll heckuva lot less work past com peting teams launching equip ment timers will provided SOAR further information con tact Neil Liptak CD 325 ONeil St Joliet IL 60436 AMA Nationals year Lincoln Nebraska site has labeled ex cellent keep wagon packed circle calendar geo graphy says could attract largest Soaring body ever attend Well thats quite contest calendar Attend could qualify gypsy year Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plain field IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Chesney continued page 29 side frames skid struts re inforcement profiles skids tail boom may polished using Mag Brite prepared painting using Scotch Brite Mag Brite Scotch Brite may picked up auto accessory store machine black anodized rather painted am told anodized finish may cause radio prob lems due insulating properties mind Id recommend pol ishing metal rather painting anodizing assemble parts just come box little problem tight ening set screw swash-plate ball No 452 because upper bearing block cut too deep inner race bearing below outer edge block remove block side frames remove bearing sand top block slightly bring down correct level Check correct problem before starting Stage 3 sure tighten set screw swash plate ball securely otherwise shaft may slip downward Stage 5 found easier install drive shaft 351 tail tube 350 before attaching gear bearing assembly drive shaft Grease drive shaft lightly before sembly gear bearing assembly positioned between side frames tail tube drive shaft mated adjusted per instructions Stage 6 assembly tail rotor gear box no sweat make sure pack bearings assemble sealed side out use Lock Tite gear set screws Set gear back lash dollar bill fill trans mission case grease assemble per instructions Close lower holes gear case screws pro vided dont screw too far Before installing tail fin pre-as sembled bearing block T/R control assembly remove screw con trol arm install two washers between arm bearing block washers will provide additional clear ance arm avoid interference between control arm under side transmission box sure reposition control rod avoid bind ing well tail skid provided has proven little flimsy may made rigid bracing wire 102 Model Aviation COONEY cockpit coaming EXTRUDEO FLEXIBLE BLACK VINYL GLUABLE & PAINTABLE TWO SIZES 3/32 & 3/16 DIA FOURMOST RACING PRODUCTS ForestAvenue Or97116
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/05
Page Numbers: 27, 101, 102
IN CASE wondering what might going summer some cases whether will let records show soaring fraternity optimistic inter ested contests either player grandstander take look fol lowing calendar June 16 17NSS con test districts July 4 thru 8F3B World Championships Belgium July 14 thru 16Canadian Nationals July 23 thru 27LSF International Tournament July 29 thru August 5AMA Nationals NSS Stan Pfost president Na tional Soaring Society announced na tionwide event year held June 16 17 Coordinator event Dick Crowley coordinators respective AMA districts will NSS vice-presidents task scheduled will AMA Three Flights Fifteen entry fee $1500 two days Non-NSS members will also get membership NSS receive Sailplane No Sailplane class distinction has yet announced further infor mation contact regional NSS vicepresident Dick Crowley 16413 E Stanford Place Aurora CO 80015 F3B World Championships second World Championships RC Sailplanes scheduled summer airfied far Brussels first Cham pionships recall held 1977 Pretoria South Africa air fare close thousand dollars didnt lend itself getting planeload supporters cheer bleachers now airfares Europe competitive reasonable might want give event some thought logo depicted can yours proudly display will also indicate US Team supporter As events such Olympics US teams depend financial sup port some other countries receive state support taint good ole US Aand thats complaint So easing financial burden fund raising chairman Lee Renaud will send decal sew-on patch $500 send FAT RC Soar ing Team Fund P 0 Box 4319 Irvine CA 92716 support team instrumental achieving impressive victory two years ago team Steve Work Terry Koplan repeat team member Skip Miller needs sup port team like wont nickel wasted Canadian Nationals three-day event will held Huron Park about 20 miles north London tario Contest Director Bud Wallace nounced Unlimited Standard Two-Meter classes will flown winches would provided Open Standard classes hi-starts Two-Meter class Stand-off Scale will also scheduled either launch ing device will provided permit ted event On-campus housing planning stages camping available $15 further information contact Bud Wallace 1060 Eastmount Ave Missis sauga Ontario L5E 1 Z3 Canada LSF International Tournament has scheduled part two-year program began last August Qualifiers 12 regionals have already notified missed last years events bridesmaid will have other chance honeymoon Sunday Monday July 22 23 Last Chance contest will held two-day contest will flown Continued page 101 May1979 27 colorful patch $5see texti helps support US team com plementing AMA payment overocean transport entry fees governments give financial amistance teamsUS doesnt Invader MK IV Herb Smith became 78 Rocky Mountain Soar ing Assoc club champion racked up number important firsts including 1978 LSF Regional Tournament Plans future issue rate ailerons make Slow Roll easy Similar cases can made other controls maneuvers Rate switches buttons may convenient help some degree important ingredient maneuver quality still pilot should course current technology does permit use rate sensors autopilots micro processors aircraft Combinations other devices like air density speed sensors would permit virtual prepro gramming aerobatic flight dont think anyone would propose using such systems aerobatic pattern competition least hope such systems show up contests Im sure abolishment would forthcoming very quickly RC Contest Board voting proposed rules changes left questions mind also resolved several controversial areas significant resolutions involved definition kind outside loops would performed Novice Ad vanced Expert classes con tests during 1978 including Nats con testants did know definition would used until told during pilots briefing Nats judges didnt know until judges meeting held eve pattern competition RC Contest Board voted define maneuver Reverse Outside Loops start bottom maneuvers would same 1976/1977 Rule Book second controversial rule change proposal passed Contest Board will permit attempt per official flight 1978/1979 rule book permits up two attempts per official flight allowing flier go end round less two maneuvers other takeoff landing have judged during first attempt passed unanimously Elimination Rectangular Approach Spot Landing will cause very few ffiers mourn Contest Directors already eliminated maneuvers con tests recent years rule changes will have greatest impact ones related advancement system advancement points will based number fliers lower place way everyone except last place flier will earn advance ment points top fliers will earn advance ment points equal number fliers lower placing multiplied factor corres ponding fliers placing What Im sure about exactly what multiplying factors will used what phase points advancing will factors will probably something like 6 first 5 second 4 third 3 fourth 2 fifth place phase point advancing set 200 means ten-man event would yield advancement points 54 4028 18 104 3 2 1 0 fliers like kind system because fourth place finishes would earn some points after Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Dr Shalimar FL 32579 RC Soaring /Pruss continued page 27 same rules 1 978 Regional Tournament Qualifiersthere will 10will compete Tourna ment further information contact Warren Tiahrt LSF Secretary 7647 Twilight Court Glarkston MI 48016 Some recent announcements LSF Board Directors Any AMAsanctioned club has three members attending Tournament can name three members compete team trophy tasks Tourna ment will six-minute duration four-lap cross-wind speed/distance event will norepeat nolanding coupled speed/distance task announced earlier Time task will begin moment tow release Two hundred-meter tow linestied off winch drumsfor tasks Four rounds eight tasks will scheduled scores count banquetin best tradition past SOAR Natsis scheduled Thursday July 26th Friday will rain date contest An important note LSF Secretary biggest obstacle re stricting factor staging large contests has frequenciesor lack fre May1979 101 r IF YOU BUILD FIBERGLASS MODELS YOU NEED PFC brilliant white polyester resin putty form PEG made levelling dents dips ripples chips other imperfections fiberglass parts PEG non-sagging fast setting feathers out zero thickness peeling flaking can filed drilled sanded its completely fuel proof Use PEG filling repairing reinforcing bonding shaping making fillets build anything made fiberglass need PEG KDVU1UV UEIIHP1 Division Pettit Paint co Inc imuinuuirwiu I1UHUIIIU 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 AMA Nationals DiCK MATH1S DESiGN GROUP TAKES CIL STUNT VERY SERIOUSLY. $5500 GENESiS 40 56 SPAN BY 1978 0/C BOB HUNT DESiGN GROUP BOX 338 / STiLETTO 6 SPAN BY 1976 WIC LES MCDONALD LONE OAK TEXAS 75453 214/662-5326 quencies saturation point reached 1976 last SOAR Nats 206 pre-registrations logged 27 MHz still used about 20% fliers 27 MHz impractical RC Sailplane use has requested contestants prepared avail themselves frequencies order allow qualified fliers par ticipate especially directed fliers Last Chance contest SOAR has given reins host Tournament club has assured Leagues front office contest will conducted same degree attention dedication past SOAR Nats Incidentally site Lewis University same site facilities old SOAR Nats now Romeoville Illinois address So its now Lewis/Romeoville instead Lewis/Lockport Same site new address Great Race IV has also nounced SOAR its scheduled Saturday July 21the day before th LSF activities major change course has still will over 76 kilometers countryside set up 1976 big change will no relaunching course However team will allowed launch times sees fit launch site travel far can 76 km course Longest distance wins case tie best time wins means specialized chase vehicles launching equipment will required individual teams what its worth course area has provided lift has produced doz ens two-hour flights three-hour flights four-hour 32 minute flight Cross-country flights have flown up 32 miles planning committee event regards chances slim make complete circuit single launch Yet course has flown well under three hours So conditions ripe knows course basically rectangular shape truest sense goal-and-return course once get half way around it isand besides its same conditions So tune up favorite ship ships prepare Great Race IV Itll heckuva lot less work past com peting teams launching equip ment timers will provided SOAR further information con tact Neil Liptak CD 325 ONeil St Joliet IL 60436 AMA Nationals year Lincoln Nebraska site has labeled ex cellent keep wagon packed circle calendar geo graphy says could attract largest Soaring body ever attend Well thats quite contest calendar Attend could qualify gypsy year Dan Pruss Rt 2 Box 490 Plain field IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Chesney continued page 29 side frames skid struts re inforcement profiles skids tail boom may polished using Mag Brite prepared painting using Scotch Brite Mag Brite Scotch Brite may picked up auto accessory store machine black anodized rather painted am told anodized finish may cause radio prob lems due insulating properties mind Id recommend pol ishing metal rather painting anodizing assemble parts just come box little problem tight ening set screw swash-plate ball No 452 because upper bearing block cut too deep inner race bearing below outer edge block remove block side frames remove bearing sand top block slightly bring down correct level Check correct problem before starting Stage 3 sure tighten set screw swash plate ball securely otherwise shaft may slip downward Stage 5 found easier install drive shaft 351 tail tube 350 before attaching gear bearing assembly drive shaft Grease drive shaft lightly before sembly gear bearing assembly positioned between side frames tail tube drive shaft mated adjusted per instructions Stage 6 assembly tail rotor gear box no sweat make sure pack bearings assemble sealed side out use Lock Tite gear set screws Set gear back lash dollar bill fill trans mission case grease assemble per instructions Close lower holes gear case screws pro vided dont screw too far Before installing tail fin pre-as sembled bearing block T/R control assembly remove screw con trol arm install two washers between arm bearing block washers will provide additional clear ance arm avoid interference between control arm under side transmission box sure reposition control rod avoid bind ing well tail skid provided has proven little flimsy may made rigid bracing wire 102 Model Aviation COONEY cockpit coaming EXTRUDEO FLEXIBLE BLACK VINYL GLUABLE & PAINTABLE TWO SIZES 3/32 & 3/16 DIA FOURMOST RACING PRODUCTS ForestAvenue Or97116