HOW times have thermal contest lean about 30 degrees off plumb keep wind blowing over during launch heard someone holler hold planes down Ill hold winch Well lets share bit pity poor guys gals South Bay Soaring Society cancel annual RCM Trophy Race last May 5 6 because ofyou guessed itno wind What really hurt year first time would have international event England came Tony Baker Solent Sailplanes Paul Richard Gerrard However such impressive array racing machines fliers invitation made US fliers compete British racing event held September sponsored Radio Controlled Models Electronics magazine site comes com plete wind Bob Mattei SBSS said RCM Race rescheduled October registrations have reopened information contact Bob Mattei 1580 Parrot Ave Sunnyvale CA 94087408 732-3009 RCM&E Race contact Tony Baker 10 & 11 Carlton Place Southamton Hampshire England attempt break own FAI distance record 3186 miles 5128 kilometers Jack Hiner set out goal 6025 miles last May 28 over Memorial Day weekend under ideal conditions plane hybrid Astro-Jeff fuselage wearing set Aquila X-L sheeted wings After several tempts hook lift late morning alr midwest noon balloon went up did Aquila-Jeffor whatever its called course pre-flighted sometime after checked bridge taken out some record attempt flown foot chase car finding suitable detour Once obstacle overcome Jack Astro-XL-or whatever calls pressed 40 miles conditions favorable last 20 miles cake walk transmitter batteries other ideas 41 miles gave up ghost before Jack could juggle spare transmitter plane pitched over Sometime between transmitter shuffling getting eyes back bird plane shedding awing requirements FAI distance records must establish goal before flight commences 41 miles merely exercise cross-country flying old record established 1975 still stands Meanwhile Australia came word John Gottschalk Brian Laglng Geelong Victoria established new endurance record 28 hours 28 seconds surpassed Russian held record 25 hours 44 minutes 08 seconds established 1975 Some details First its definitely team Repogle Barograph fits inside podsame type carried full-scale ships effort list supporters Down Under included three co-pilots alded thing except touching transmitter Five ficial observers four different clubs made legal meteorologlst guessed wea ther no fewer ten spotlight operators tried simulate daylight through witching hour plane 1/5 scale Foka 5 wing span 14 feet 10 inches Wing fully built up boxed spruce spar plywood webbing fully sheeted surfaces Spoilers ailerons servos wings elevator rudder servos built moving surfaces case elevator servo acted mass balance Total weight came 10 pounds 14 ounces plan fly night expect include few innovations seen average ten-minute-max sod-biter Lagings machine included separate battery power lights Illumination included green light 18-inch probe extending forward nose red light similar probe trailing tail low voltage warning light built wheel well light indicated airWed like greeted monument great soaring site sky IS some unidentified flier holding 16-8 Carrera SB-laa great cross-country machine Continued page 112 Typical ships used cross-country attempts Jack Hiners ship Ungainly pod sets apartnecessary altitude record attempts PECKS MODEL MENAGERIE PEANUT SCALE KITS $395 PIETENPOL GIPSY MOTH P PER J3 CUB ANORRASON URRULENTGANAGOR MU5TANGCOUGAR COMPLETE CATALOG $100 GA0E TO RWSER MOOR SUPPLIES 7Cat4aee P 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA ME5A CAUP 92041 PHONE 714 4695675 714 442-4636 WHY PAY MORE SINCE 1948 big buy high performance *FIREBALL #H30 HOT 3 volts faster starts #S20 STANDARD 24 volts general use #C15 COOL 15 volts cures pre-ignition 9RBB BLOW-OUT PROOF SEAL IS HERE 98 000000000 00 04 0000 00 @00 6 LONGER LIFE GLOW PLUGS gooses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 0004 SWANSON ASSOCIATES PO BOX lIEWAYNE NEW IEEWET 07470 0 LOWEST DRAIN flier Dont compromise fine event have just few too lazy put good finish planes Thats month Keep contest reports coming new address Bill Hager 4622 Bridge port Drive Garland TX 75043 RC Soaring/Pruss continued tram page 35 borne pack dropped 45 volts would allow about hour safe flying What makes record incredible attempt began preparations two-thirty morning sun came up schedule wind didnt wasnt until two-twelve afternoon Foka launched flight continued through night through next day finally landed six-eighteen second evening Dip wing Brian Laging company heckuvan effort Clean Living Pays Off Department does anybody wanna buy 9-volt rabbits foot know beer commercial TV shows sports celebrities having finally tears top off beer can says cheers everybody happy ever wanted run modelers ad men should have traveled east recent York Pennsylvania contest As Keith Finkenbiner recently transplanted midwesterner LSF Treasurer no wasnt run out town related story went something like Its first round York boys using oft-mentioned Don Goughnour retrieval sys tem still works like charm after two years Now retrieval portion winch has fine monofilament line attached ring end tow line plane comes off monofila ment reeled bringing hack chute ring However monofilament difficult see thats seldom problem Seldom except Don Clark Thermal Sniffler fame has Paragon air search lift What Don doesnt know has flown monofilament now draped over center wing No problem except monofilament being spooled Dons Paragon wing holddown rubber bands being sawed through sawed through Don low-key Clark some say low key has awakened during ten-minute max watched wing flutter down wondering hmmm must way out checking voltage rabbits foot Don saw fuselage get entangled monofilament weight fuselage overtook speed take-up spool parachute caused enough drag allow fuselage lowered gently ground hard luck boys yelling foul uttering some guys will anything relaunch becomes part future strategy might want consider long will take saw through 9/32-in wing rod something like Aquila Grande Donwithout missing puff pipewent CD calmly asked could get reflight Oh yes Don got reflight maxed out four four won event Cheers Dan Pruss Route 2 Box 490 Plainfiel4 IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Chesney continued page 37 starts pilot announces starting altitude minimum 20 feet Upon calling maneuver pilot stops engine Helicopter des cends controlled landing such helicopter can flown immediately afterwards engine restart helicopter lands helipad landing scored 0 10 points landing takes place within 100-foot circle around helipad #4 helipad scored 0 5 points maximum 29 Landing Maneuver proceeds smooth translational descent minimum altitude 20 feet touchdown Touchdown must soft maximum score downgrade skid touches down first long helicopter does bounce second skid touches down Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensborn NC 27409 RC Old Timer/Mathews continued page 38 bottom access RC unit switch course placed cockpit Wing tail construction multi-spar construction sheet-covered leading edge wing aisfoil section indeterminate lineage undercambered relatively thin double elliptical surfaces constructed sheet outlines bent 3/16 sq leading edge undercarriage semi-torque-rod singlewire unit held firewall originally grooved wooden blocks No epoxy nor apparent ly J-bolts available 1940 Editor J-bolts requiring excellent craftsmanship used could anticipate gear staying Ambroid wire tail skid attached balsa block tall end 112 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-RAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andreas Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Support AMA Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em all
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 35, 112
HOW times have thermal contest lean about 30 degrees off plumb keep wind blowing over during launch heard someone holler hold planes down Ill hold winch Well lets share bit pity poor guys gals South Bay Soaring Society cancel annual RCM Trophy Race last May 5 6 because ofyou guessed itno wind What really hurt year first time would have international event England came Tony Baker Solent Sailplanes Paul Richard Gerrard However such impressive array racing machines fliers invitation made US fliers compete British racing event held September sponsored Radio Controlled Models Electronics magazine site comes com plete wind Bob Mattei SBSS said RCM Race rescheduled October registrations have reopened information contact Bob Mattei 1580 Parrot Ave Sunnyvale CA 94087408 732-3009 RCM&E Race contact Tony Baker 10 & 11 Carlton Place Southamton Hampshire England attempt break own FAI distance record 3186 miles 5128 kilometers Jack Hiner set out goal 6025 miles last May 28 over Memorial Day weekend under ideal conditions plane hybrid Astro-Jeff fuselage wearing set Aquila X-L sheeted wings After several tempts hook lift late morning alr midwest noon balloon went up did Aquila-Jeffor whatever its called course pre-flighted sometime after checked bridge taken out some record attempt flown foot chase car finding suitable detour Once obstacle overcome Jack Astro-XL-or whatever calls pressed 40 miles conditions favorable last 20 miles cake walk transmitter batteries other ideas 41 miles gave up ghost before Jack could juggle spare transmitter plane pitched over Sometime between transmitter shuffling getting eyes back bird plane shedding awing requirements FAI distance records must establish goal before flight commences 41 miles merely exercise cross-country flying old record established 1975 still stands Meanwhile Australia came word John Gottschalk Brian Laglng Geelong Victoria established new endurance record 28 hours 28 seconds surpassed Russian held record 25 hours 44 minutes 08 seconds established 1975 Some details First its definitely team Repogle Barograph fits inside podsame type carried full-scale ships effort list supporters Down Under included three co-pilots alded thing except touching transmitter Five ficial observers four different clubs made legal meteorologlst guessed wea ther no fewer ten spotlight operators tried simulate daylight through witching hour plane 1/5 scale Foka 5 wing span 14 feet 10 inches Wing fully built up boxed spruce spar plywood webbing fully sheeted surfaces Spoilers ailerons servos wings elevator rudder servos built moving surfaces case elevator servo acted mass balance Total weight came 10 pounds 14 ounces plan fly night expect include few innovations seen average ten-minute-max sod-biter Lagings machine included separate battery power lights Illumination included green light 18-inch probe extending forward nose red light similar probe trailing tail low voltage warning light built wheel well light indicated airWed like greeted monument great soaring site sky IS some unidentified flier holding 16-8 Carrera SB-laa great cross-country machine Continued page 112 Typical ships used cross-country attempts Jack Hiners ship Ungainly pod sets apartnecessary altitude record attempts PECKS MODEL MENAGERIE PEANUT SCALE KITS $395 PIETENPOL GIPSY MOTH P PER J3 CUB ANORRASON URRULENTGANAGOR MU5TANGCOUGAR COMPLETE CATALOG $100 GA0E TO RWSER MOOR SUPPLIES 7Cat4aee P 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA ME5A CAUP 92041 PHONE 714 4695675 714 442-4636 WHY PAY MORE SINCE 1948 big buy high performance *FIREBALL #H30 HOT 3 volts faster starts #S20 STANDARD 24 volts general use #C15 COOL 15 volts cures pre-ignition 9RBB BLOW-OUT PROOF SEAL IS HERE 98 000000000 00 04 0000 00 @00 6 LONGER LIFE GLOW PLUGS gooses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000 0004 SWANSON ASSOCIATES PO BOX lIEWAYNE NEW IEEWET 07470 0 LOWEST DRAIN flier Dont compromise fine event have just few too lazy put good finish planes Thats month Keep contest reports coming new address Bill Hager 4622 Bridge port Drive Garland TX 75043 RC Soaring/Pruss continued tram page 35 borne pack dropped 45 volts would allow about hour safe flying What makes record incredible attempt began preparations two-thirty morning sun came up schedule wind didnt wasnt until two-twelve afternoon Foka launched flight continued through night through next day finally landed six-eighteen second evening Dip wing Brian Laging company heckuvan effort Clean Living Pays Off Department does anybody wanna buy 9-volt rabbits foot know beer commercial TV shows sports celebrities having finally tears top off beer can says cheers everybody happy ever wanted run modelers ad men should have traveled east recent York Pennsylvania contest As Keith Finkenbiner recently transplanted midwesterner LSF Treasurer no wasnt run out town related story went something like Its first round York boys using oft-mentioned Don Goughnour retrieval sys tem still works like charm after two years Now retrieval portion winch has fine monofilament line attached ring end tow line plane comes off monofila ment reeled bringing hack chute ring However monofilament difficult see thats seldom problem Seldom except Don Clark Thermal Sniffler fame has Paragon air search lift What Don doesnt know has flown monofilament now draped over center wing No problem except monofilament being spooled Dons Paragon wing holddown rubber bands being sawed through sawed through Don low-key Clark some say low key has awakened during ten-minute max watched wing flutter down wondering hmmm must way out checking voltage rabbits foot Don saw fuselage get entangled monofilament weight fuselage overtook speed take-up spool parachute caused enough drag allow fuselage lowered gently ground hard luck boys yelling foul uttering some guys will anything relaunch becomes part future strategy might want consider long will take saw through 9/32-in wing rod something like Aquila Grande Donwithout missing puff pipewent CD calmly asked could get reflight Oh yes Don got reflight maxed out four four won event Cheers Dan Pruss Route 2 Box 490 Plainfiel4 IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Chesney continued page 37 starts pilot announces starting altitude minimum 20 feet Upon calling maneuver pilot stops engine Helicopter des cends controlled landing such helicopter can flown immediately afterwards engine restart helicopter lands helipad landing scored 0 10 points landing takes place within 100-foot circle around helipad #4 helipad scored 0 5 points maximum 29 Landing Maneuver proceeds smooth translational descent minimum altitude 20 feet touchdown Touchdown must soft maximum score downgrade skid touches down first long helicopter does bounce second skid touches down Dave Chesney Rt 9 Box 621A Greensborn NC 27409 RC Old Timer/Mathews continued page 38 bottom access RC unit switch course placed cockpit Wing tail construction multi-spar construction sheet-covered leading edge wing aisfoil section indeterminate lineage undercambered relatively thin double elliptical surfaces constructed sheet outlines bent 3/16 sq leading edge undercarriage semi-torque-rod singlewire unit held firewall originally grooved wooden blocks No epoxy nor apparent ly J-bolts available 1940 Editor J-bolts requiring excellent craftsmanship used could anticipate gear staying Ambroid wire tail skid attached balsa block tall end 112 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-RAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andreas Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Support AMA Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em all