Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss PROBABLY easiest way run con test extends beyond own clubs boundaries let Post Office legwork dont know would assign task responsible tim ing running impound area retriev ing towlines since department hard find weekends holidays Contest Directors sidekick can fit right scheme certain events Im referring postal contests new idea Pinellas Soaring Association PSA however adding new dimension such event contest started off rather low key couple years ago has become almost World-class affair no cost postage year eight teams seven countries partici pated what sign things come As mentioned September 1984 column PSA runs event according its own version F3B rules What heck its party Flying sixminute Duration task landing zone per rules also fly four-lap Speed task rules ever both tasks must flown Sailplane same weight within round Because Distance task requires L Gary Jordan president Brisbane Model Soaring ClublAustralia has conventional competition bird Europa Australian kit using glass Keviar foam Span 135 Photo K Harden Mark Triebes orlglnai design R features ailerons elevator control onlyit slopeflying aerobatics Quick Guess wingspan answer column Hint background tree elephants leg Graceful craft yellow white Photo Mark Triebas 44 Model Aviation wanted watch two contestants Fioridas Pinellas Soaring Associations World Postal Contest fly p arson youd have go far corners earth photo left Australias Martin Vels shows quarter-scale bird flaw right Horst Wehmann launches Hermann Zahlmanns Elf flying wing Germ flying site FSV Versmold Club flies tailless Sallplanes 1984 second year annual contest number entries increased lot Photos Kale Harden much manpower run task isnt flown makes event appealing smaller clubs Top flier year event third Enrico Vetterman Germany 7730 points out possible 8000 four rounds flying also best speed run 250 seconds John Gun sullus PSA finished second 7073 points third John Lightfoot South Afri ca 7068 points Teams comprised five fliers top dogs Southern Soaring Club South Africa 30800 out possible 40000 points Following PSA USA teams Germany Australia England Chile Germany again team flew flying wings New Zealand event spread around world weather important factor sometimes rain date backContinued Page 128 Californias Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Raceand happy group left winners LR Joe Wurts Gary Ward Janet Navone Norm Timbe picture Model designed Aeronauticai Engineering Caiifornia Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo right iook innards Don Northerns Sagitta XC roject servos high-capacity battery packs mandatory cross-country flying Chuck Griswoid photos FROM THE DESIGNERS OF THE I4 RETRIEVER SPORT SCALE DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER Three channels Bolt-on wing 5t span 1s25 sq 142 os vit 7 ceUs OS motor/reducer AND THE PROPHET TWO METER COMPETITION SAILPLANE $5395 4 YOUR SOURCE FOR QUIET FLIGHT SUPPLIES Optional wing configurations electric fuselage plans 65 7 oz/sqftwirag loading Designed 12 v launches Modified B-i 93 airfoil hin DAVEY ISYSTEMS U CORPORATION ONE wooo LANEMALVERNPA19355 215644-6772 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED March 1985 45 ft $4495 RC Soaring Pruss Continued page 45 lashes team affected take lumps send scores wait see fared Its rather refreshing see event protesters could have field daybut instead modelers word form airmailed score sheet accepted never questioned So club would like competejust fun itin worldwide event straying too far own clubhouse get contact Pinellas Soaring Association Write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Mark Triebes Saratoga CA sent shot series own designs calls Mariah just case thought very large tree supporting Mariah its Mariah one-meter bird weighs 16 ounces very acrobatic ailerons elevator its functions designed flown slope Con struction very basic using balsa Airply covering MonoKote Lets s see now over past several months weve covered five-meter birds few fours lotsa threes some twos now next step obviously nometer bird Send best shots expert panel will determine best class Without doubt success ful cross country events 1984 Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Race some things going site Taft synonymous Free Flight great contests area has miles miles nothing miles miles Thirteen teams entered Sailplanes cross section fine cross country flying machines Included Larry Jollys new design soon kitted Comet bird wing span nearly 15 feet Airfoil Eppler 205 fuselage fiberglass its large enough carry radio gear plus small lunch Geminis modified Sagitta XCs Merlyn several original designs stretched Gemini sported 12-foot wing Mike Bame-designed airfoil course goal-and-return totaling 20 miles six 13 teams finished keep score airfoils used reports TOSS president Chuck Griswold say Eppler 205 did well Eppler 374 did bettermake best Yes airfoil four-meter wing Sailplane designed three Cal Poly aeronautical engineering students won first place Norm Timbs Gary Ward Joe Wurts combined talents three beat comers plane called Silent Knight flown maximum FAI weight limit five kilograms 11 lb truly race abovenamed team flew its bird over 20-mile course 004443 28 seconds faster second-place team Art Ames Wayne Meredith Ken Pattie Sinclair TOSS Comet took Bob Goldie Keith Kin drick Trent McGee 005044 cover 20 miles Gemini good enough third place Larry Jolly minute 46 seconds behind Comet finished exactly minute ahead John Lewis Dick Madison Clarence Nikkel Vein Oldershaw Merlyn Sixth place went another TOSS team Percy Megginson Bret Don Northern Sagitta XC time 010448 As can tell times logged excitement want part next summer contact TOSS details Write Chuck Griswold TOSS President Thousand Oaks Soaring Society P0 Box 1955 Thousand Oaks CA 91360 meantime support USA/F3B team contest early side year time April Mike Reagan Mike Bame Steve Neu team manager Blame Rawdon will head Australia contribution will help five dollars contributed youll receive patch can wear show team support Whether youre weekend flier contest chaser benefit teams efforts Support Contributions can sent Ms Helen Olsen USA/F3B Fund-Raising Manager 8875 Oveida Plaza Westmin ster CA 92683 Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 Wind has no effect whatsoever reactions aircraft flight turbu lence wind shear springs mind acknowledge existence refer wind article am referring constant-moving air mass Wind will affect aircraft relative ground will drift 100% wind aircraft carrier story originally youve already read itright dig out August 1984 issue read about Safety Comes First R VP gentlemen quite simple really except diehards perpetuate fallacies As said before does have way sticking needle critics doesnt Nevertheless hes got some great ideas debunk theories wind affects aircraft articles forward ed following delightful idea 1 28 Model Aviation Power Soar New Heights LT-50 GEAR MOTOR Leisures Gear Drive conversion 31 powerful LT-50 develops up 2 lbs static trhrust Gear Drive also features ball bearing Delrin/brass gearing glass loaded polycarbonate housing Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog ap plication notes Leisure 11 DeerspringllrvinelCA 92714 h Wa,t REV-UP Props Average Inventory ODO Props! Over SO Sizes Events New 4heut Custom Tuned Engines Combat Racing Free Flight 6 Sport Cenepetitien Accessories 6 Parts Pyloa Raciag Pattera 6 Sport FF 6 V/C. Rage Inventory! Specialists Custom Ce 1D 6 Reed Engines Std 6 R/C Custom Parts Ce Engines Complete Inventory OF Indi v/dual Stick Parts Current 1D 6 Medalliea Engines New Parts Discontinued Co Engines Replica Orwick 23 29 *nd 6 Engines Ignition Engine Accessories Visa 6 MasterCard Welcome Detailed Drechure Send 75t Kustem KraFtsmanshp PO 5ev 26DP Laguna Sills CA 92S Ph 71130-5162
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 128
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 128
Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss PROBABLY easiest way run con test extends beyond own clubs boundaries let Post Office legwork dont know would assign task responsible tim ing running impound area retriev ing towlines since department hard find weekends holidays Contest Directors sidekick can fit right scheme certain events Im referring postal contests new idea Pinellas Soaring Association PSA however adding new dimension such event contest started off rather low key couple years ago has become almost World-class affair no cost postage year eight teams seven countries partici pated what sign things come As mentioned September 1984 column PSA runs event according its own version F3B rules What heck its party Flying sixminute Duration task landing zone per rules also fly four-lap Speed task rules ever both tasks must flown Sailplane same weight within round Because Distance task requires L Gary Jordan president Brisbane Model Soaring ClublAustralia has conventional competition bird Europa Australian kit using glass Keviar foam Span 135 Photo K Harden Mark Triebes orlglnai design R features ailerons elevator control onlyit slopeflying aerobatics Quick Guess wingspan answer column Hint background tree elephants leg Graceful craft yellow white Photo Mark Triebas 44 Model Aviation wanted watch two contestants Fioridas Pinellas Soaring Associations World Postal Contest fly p arson youd have go far corners earth photo left Australias Martin Vels shows quarter-scale bird flaw right Horst Wehmann launches Hermann Zahlmanns Elf flying wing Germ flying site FSV Versmold Club flies tailless Sallplanes 1984 second year annual contest number entries increased lot Photos Kale Harden much manpower run task isnt flown makes event appealing smaller clubs Top flier year event third Enrico Vetterman Germany 7730 points out possible 8000 four rounds flying also best speed run 250 seconds John Gun sullus PSA finished second 7073 points third John Lightfoot South Afri ca 7068 points Teams comprised five fliers top dogs Southern Soaring Club South Africa 30800 out possible 40000 points Following PSA USA teams Germany Australia England Chile Germany again team flew flying wings New Zealand event spread around world weather important factor sometimes rain date backContinued Page 128 Californias Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Raceand happy group left winners LR Joe Wurts Gary Ward Janet Navone Norm Timbe picture Model designed Aeronauticai Engineering Caiifornia Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo right iook innards Don Northerns Sagitta XC roject servos high-capacity battery packs mandatory cross-country flying Chuck Griswoid photos FROM THE DESIGNERS OF THE I4 RETRIEVER SPORT SCALE DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER Three channels Bolt-on wing 5t span 1s25 sq 142 os vit 7 ceUs OS motor/reducer AND THE PROPHET TWO METER COMPETITION SAILPLANE $5395 4 YOUR SOURCE FOR QUIET FLIGHT SUPPLIES Optional wing configurations electric fuselage plans 65 7 oz/sqftwirag loading Designed 12 v launches Modified B-i 93 airfoil hin DAVEY ISYSTEMS U CORPORATION ONE wooo LANEMALVERNPA19355 215644-6772 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED March 1985 45 ft $4495 RC Soaring Pruss Continued page 45 lashes team affected take lumps send scores wait see fared Its rather refreshing see event protesters could have field daybut instead modelers word form airmailed score sheet accepted never questioned So club would like competejust fun itin worldwide event straying too far own clubhouse get contact Pinellas Soaring Association Write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Mark Triebes Saratoga CA sent shot series own designs calls Mariah just case thought very large tree supporting Mariah its Mariah one-meter bird weighs 16 ounces very acrobatic ailerons elevator its functions designed flown slope Con struction very basic using balsa Airply covering MonoKote Lets s see now over past several months weve covered five-meter birds few fours lotsa threes some twos now next step obviously nometer bird Send best shots expert panel will determine best class Without doubt success ful cross country events 1984 Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Race some things going site Taft synonymous Free Flight great contests area has miles miles nothing miles miles Thirteen teams entered Sailplanes cross section fine cross country flying machines Included Larry Jollys new design soon kitted Comet bird wing span nearly 15 feet Airfoil Eppler 205 fuselage fiberglass its large enough carry radio gear plus small lunch Geminis modified Sagitta XCs Merlyn several original designs stretched Gemini sported 12-foot wing Mike Bame-designed airfoil course goal-and-return totaling 20 miles six 13 teams finished keep score airfoils used reports TOSS president Chuck Griswold say Eppler 205 did well Eppler 374 did bettermake best Yes airfoil four-meter wing Sailplane designed three Cal Poly aeronautical engineering students won first place Norm Timbs Gary Ward Joe Wurts combined talents three beat comers plane called Silent Knight flown maximum FAI weight limit five kilograms 11 lb truly race abovenamed team flew its bird over 20-mile course 004443 28 seconds faster second-place team Art Ames Wayne Meredith Ken Pattie Sinclair TOSS Comet took Bob Goldie Keith Kin drick Trent McGee 005044 cover 20 miles Gemini good enough third place Larry Jolly minute 46 seconds behind Comet finished exactly minute ahead John Lewis Dick Madison Clarence Nikkel Vein Oldershaw Merlyn Sixth place went another TOSS team Percy Megginson Bret Don Northern Sagitta XC time 010448 As can tell times logged excitement want part next summer contact TOSS details Write Chuck Griswold TOSS President Thousand Oaks Soaring Society P0 Box 1955 Thousand Oaks CA 91360 meantime support USA/F3B team contest early side year time April Mike Reagan Mike Bame Steve Neu team manager Blame Rawdon will head Australia contribution will help five dollars contributed youll receive patch can wear show team support Whether youre weekend flier contest chaser benefit teams efforts Support Contributions can sent Ms Helen Olsen USA/F3B Fund-Raising Manager 8875 Oveida Plaza Westmin ster CA 92683 Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 Wind has no effect whatsoever reactions aircraft flight turbu lence wind shear springs mind acknowledge existence refer wind article am referring constant-moving air mass Wind will affect aircraft relative ground will drift 100% wind aircraft carrier story originally youve already read itright dig out August 1984 issue read about Safety Comes First R VP gentlemen quite simple really except diehards perpetuate fallacies As said before does have way sticking needle critics doesnt Nevertheless hes got some great ideas debunk theories wind affects aircraft articles forward ed following delightful idea 1 28 Model Aviation Power Soar New Heights LT-50 GEAR MOTOR Leisures Gear Drive conversion 31 powerful LT-50 develops up 2 lbs static trhrust Gear Drive also features ball bearing Delrin/brass gearing glass loaded polycarbonate housing Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog ap plication notes Leisure 11 DeerspringllrvinelCA 92714 h Wa,t REV-UP Props Average Inventory ODO Props! Over SO Sizes Events New 4heut Custom Tuned Engines Combat Racing Free Flight 6 Sport Cenepetitien Accessories 6 Parts Pyloa Raciag Pattera 6 Sport FF 6 V/C. Rage Inventory! Specialists Custom Ce 1D 6 Reed Engines Std 6 R/C Custom Parts Ce Engines Complete Inventory OF Indi v/dual Stick Parts Current 1D 6 Medalliea Engines New Parts Discontinued Co Engines Replica Orwick 23 29 *nd 6 Engines Ignition Engine Accessories Visa 6 MasterCard Welcome Detailed Drechure Send 75t Kustem KraFtsmanshp PO 5ev 26DP Laguna Sills CA 92S Ph 71130-5162
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 128
Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss PROBABLY easiest way run con test extends beyond own clubs boundaries let Post Office legwork dont know would assign task responsible tim ing running impound area retriev ing towlines since department hard find weekends holidays Contest Directors sidekick can fit right scheme certain events Im referring postal contests new idea Pinellas Soaring Association PSA however adding new dimension such event contest started off rather low key couple years ago has become almost World-class affair no cost postage year eight teams seven countries partici pated what sign things come As mentioned September 1984 column PSA runs event according its own version F3B rules What heck its party Flying sixminute Duration task landing zone per rules also fly four-lap Speed task rules ever both tasks must flown Sailplane same weight within round Because Distance task requires L Gary Jordan president Brisbane Model Soaring ClublAustralia has conventional competition bird Europa Australian kit using glass Keviar foam Span 135 Photo K Harden Mark Triebes orlglnai design R features ailerons elevator control onlyit slopeflying aerobatics Quick Guess wingspan answer column Hint background tree elephants leg Graceful craft yellow white Photo Mark Triebas 44 Model Aviation wanted watch two contestants Fioridas Pinellas Soaring Associations World Postal Contest fly p arson youd have go far corners earth photo left Australias Martin Vels shows quarter-scale bird flaw right Horst Wehmann launches Hermann Zahlmanns Elf flying wing Germ flying site FSV Versmold Club flies tailless Sallplanes 1984 second year annual contest number entries increased lot Photos Kale Harden much manpower run task isnt flown makes event appealing smaller clubs Top flier year event third Enrico Vetterman Germany 7730 points out possible 8000 four rounds flying also best speed run 250 seconds John Gun sullus PSA finished second 7073 points third John Lightfoot South Afri ca 7068 points Teams comprised five fliers top dogs Southern Soaring Club South Africa 30800 out possible 40000 points Following PSA USA teams Germany Australia England Chile Germany again team flew flying wings New Zealand event spread around world weather important factor sometimes rain date backContinued Page 128 Californias Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Raceand happy group left winners LR Joe Wurts Gary Ward Janet Navone Norm Timbe picture Model designed Aeronauticai Engineering Caiifornia Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo right iook innards Don Northerns Sagitta XC roject servos high-capacity battery packs mandatory cross-country flying Chuck Griswoid photos FROM THE DESIGNERS OF THE I4 RETRIEVER SPORT SCALE DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER Three channels Bolt-on wing 5t span 1s25 sq 142 os vit 7 ceUs OS motor/reducer AND THE PROPHET TWO METER COMPETITION SAILPLANE $5395 4 YOUR SOURCE FOR QUIET FLIGHT SUPPLIES Optional wing configurations electric fuselage plans 65 7 oz/sqftwirag loading Designed 12 v launches Modified B-i 93 airfoil hin DAVEY ISYSTEMS U CORPORATION ONE wooo LANEMALVERNPA19355 215644-6772 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED March 1985 45 ft $4495 RC Soaring Pruss Continued page 45 lashes team affected take lumps send scores wait see fared Its rather refreshing see event protesters could have field daybut instead modelers word form airmailed score sheet accepted never questioned So club would like competejust fun itin worldwide event straying too far own clubhouse get contact Pinellas Soaring Association Write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Mark Triebes Saratoga CA sent shot series own designs calls Mariah just case thought very large tree supporting Mariah its Mariah one-meter bird weighs 16 ounces very acrobatic ailerons elevator its functions designed flown slope Con struction very basic using balsa Airply covering MonoKote Lets s see now over past several months weve covered five-meter birds few fours lotsa threes some twos now next step obviously nometer bird Send best shots expert panel will determine best class Without doubt success ful cross country events 1984 Thousand Oaks Soaring Societys TOSS Western Great Race some things going site Taft synonymous Free Flight great contests area has miles miles nothing miles miles Thirteen teams entered Sailplanes cross section fine cross country flying machines Included Larry Jollys new design soon kitted Comet bird wing span nearly 15 feet Airfoil Eppler 205 fuselage fiberglass its large enough carry radio gear plus small lunch Geminis modified Sagitta XCs Merlyn several original designs stretched Gemini sported 12-foot wing Mike Bame-designed airfoil course goal-and-return totaling 20 miles six 13 teams finished keep score airfoils used reports TOSS president Chuck Griswold say Eppler 205 did well Eppler 374 did bettermake best Yes airfoil four-meter wing Sailplane designed three Cal Poly aeronautical engineering students won first place Norm Timbs Gary Ward Joe Wurts combined talents three beat comers plane called Silent Knight flown maximum FAI weight limit five kilograms 11 lb truly race abovenamed team flew its bird over 20-mile course 004443 28 seconds faster second-place team Art Ames Wayne Meredith Ken Pattie Sinclair TOSS Comet took Bob Goldie Keith Kin drick Trent McGee 005044 cover 20 miles Gemini good enough third place Larry Jolly minute 46 seconds behind Comet finished exactly minute ahead John Lewis Dick Madison Clarence Nikkel Vein Oldershaw Merlyn Sixth place went another TOSS team Percy Megginson Bret Don Northern Sagitta XC time 010448 As can tell times logged excitement want part next summer contact TOSS details Write Chuck Griswold TOSS President Thousand Oaks Soaring Society P0 Box 1955 Thousand Oaks CA 91360 meantime support USA/F3B team contest early side year time April Mike Reagan Mike Bame Steve Neu team manager Blame Rawdon will head Australia contribution will help five dollars contributed youll receive patch can wear show team support Whether youre weekend flier contest chaser benefit teams efforts Support Contributions can sent Ms Helen Olsen USA/F3B Fund-Raising Manager 8875 Oveida Plaza Westmin ster CA 92683 Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 Wind has no effect whatsoever reactions aircraft flight turbu lence wind shear springs mind acknowledge existence refer wind article am referring constant-moving air mass Wind will affect aircraft relative ground will drift 100% wind aircraft carrier story originally youve already read itright dig out August 1984 issue read about Safety Comes First R VP gentlemen quite simple really except diehards perpetuate fallacies As said before does have way sticking needle critics doesnt Nevertheless hes got some great ideas debunk theories wind affects aircraft articles forward ed following delightful idea 1 28 Model Aviation Power Soar New Heights LT-50 GEAR MOTOR Leisures Gear Drive conversion 31 powerful LT-50 develops up 2 lbs static trhrust Gear Drive also features ball bearing Delrin/brass gearing glass loaded polycarbonate housing Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog ap plication notes Leisure 11 DeerspringllrvinelCA 92714 h Wa,t REV-UP Props Average Inventory ODO Props! Over SO Sizes Events New 4heut Custom Tuned Engines Combat Racing Free Flight 6 Sport Cenepetitien Accessories 6 Parts Pyloa Raciag Pattera 6 Sport FF 6 V/C. Rage Inventory! Specialists Custom Ce 1D 6 Reed Engines Std 6 R/C Custom Parts Ce Engines Complete Inventory OF Indi v/dual Stick Parts Current 1D 6 Medalliea Engines New Parts Discontinued Co Engines Replica Orwick 23 29 *nd 6 Engines Ignition Engine Accessories Visa 6 MasterCard Welcome Detailed Drechure Send 75t Kustem KraFtsmanshp PO 5ev 26DP Laguna Sills CA 92S Ph 71130-5162
