RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL N Larry Jolly IF YOU missed 1980 Nationals missed best Helicopter contest year past has amazed author few Helicopter fliers willing travel contest Perhaps higher number entries Nationals indicates healthy change better year contest held Wright Field approximately half mile US Air Force Museum site grass plenty roomideal anyones book meet professionaily run veteran CD Dwayne Stephens able crew helpers judges would like thank Dwayne behalf fliers did great job Speaking fliers 23 entries 18 precision five Scale great variety equipment flown definitely one-design contest impressed Fay Peoples scratchbuilt entry machine-work immacu late flew well looked Faye towed banner around sky after contest Another standout Hubert Bitners ori ginal design Horizon Horizon rigidrotor flybarless machine unique futur istic appearance Star Wars included Heli copters Im sure would resemble Horizon After contest permitted fly Huberts ship have say has very powerful feel Horizon best flybarless helicopter have ever flown flown contest much attendance Crickets Gorham Model Products counted nine Crickets field after-contest fun flying flying very well precision flying became apparent very rapidly fliers done homework three classes very tight right start Novice class Chris Patton won first Senior age divi sion Open Novice Gary Saia slid past Scott Slayman Rick Chin place first Scott Rick too busy dueling out notice Gary intermediate scoring very close Doug Law held together took first Bill Cheng flew second place Bruce Buchanan ending up third Expert real contest first second Hubert Bitner started out strong flew better round Defending champ Mike Mas disappointing first flight came back succeeding flight keep 30 Model Aviation RC Helicopters Fays Peoples Warminster PA flew own design scratch-built 60-powered chopper Expert class Faye early people America fly RC Helicopters winners Export class L-R Mike Mas 1st Hubert Bitner 2nd Larry Jolly 3rd Re spectively choppers Heliboy Horizon Bolkow BO 105 Mas repeat winner Hubert Bitners Horizon 60-size job rigid rotor flybarless head certainly has unique appearance Took 2nd Expert Bitner hails Houston TX DIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL pace Hubert end Mike pulled through succeeded winning two National Championships back-to-back Con gratulations Mike did great job Larry Jolly placed third John Clark took home fourth point Id like pass obser vation listen up Helicopter Advisory Com mittee Something should done about Expert category closely watched top contenders surprised see have two flying styles practice maneuvers smooth well placedin general properly executed official flying contenders rushed flying stylesome borderline sloppy others almost danger ous three minutes allocated RADIO CONTROL Expert free-style maneuvers unrealistic encourages rough flying Perhaps Master class should created pilots fly set schedule like RC Pattern maybe FAI Helicopter rules could used Either way two good things would happen indi viduals Intermedlate would encouraged move up Expert class pres ent Expert fliers could calm down compete am sure wed see lot better safer flying Scale Kavan Jet Ranger still rules supreme three top contenders choos ing design Bill Cheng took first two-tone yellow-and-white Ranger Dave Davidson took second Toledo winner Bruce Buchanan placed third RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. metallic-blue Channel 4 News chopper good Nats lot good fly ing good people really enjoyed myself saw lot old friends made lot new ones think its tlme us realize Helicopters axe stay have few growing pains yet resolved general things look super far future concerned machines definitely getting better pilots fine-honing skills have good set rules judging guide So you can spare time enjoy yourself like Hell dopters lets get together next year Nats have bigger better contest 1981 See December 1980 31 pilots meeting helps get event off good start Answering questions Owayne Stevens directed Helicopter events Putting Scale 2nd place Jet Ranger through its paces Dave Davi son chopper high static scorer bevy Irlckets ney wereri t enterea ma contest Out partici pated fun-fly conclusion official contest Lineup ot Scale entries Jet Ranger predominates evident Bill Cheng winner yellow-and-white version inues wow everyone wmtfl Inverted tlught Author notes cxperts have difficulty 3-mm limit free-style maneuvers Jonn uornams Mirobo un i its anosner choppers participated after-Nats fun-fly
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/12
Page Numbers: 30, 31
RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL N Larry Jolly IF YOU missed 1980 Nationals missed best Helicopter contest year past has amazed author few Helicopter fliers willing travel contest Perhaps higher number entries Nationals indicates healthy change better year contest held Wright Field approximately half mile US Air Force Museum site grass plenty roomideal anyones book meet professionaily run veteran CD Dwayne Stephens able crew helpers judges would like thank Dwayne behalf fliers did great job Speaking fliers 23 entries 18 precision five Scale great variety equipment flown definitely one-design contest impressed Fay Peoples scratchbuilt entry machine-work immacu late flew well looked Faye towed banner around sky after contest Another standout Hubert Bitners ori ginal design Horizon Horizon rigidrotor flybarless machine unique futur istic appearance Star Wars included Heli copters Im sure would resemble Horizon After contest permitted fly Huberts ship have say has very powerful feel Horizon best flybarless helicopter have ever flown flown contest much attendance Crickets Gorham Model Products counted nine Crickets field after-contest fun flying flying very well precision flying became apparent very rapidly fliers done homework three classes very tight right start Novice class Chris Patton won first Senior age divi sion Open Novice Gary Saia slid past Scott Slayman Rick Chin place first Scott Rick too busy dueling out notice Gary intermediate scoring very close Doug Law held together took first Bill Cheng flew second place Bruce Buchanan ending up third Expert real contest first second Hubert Bitner started out strong flew better round Defending champ Mike Mas disappointing first flight came back succeeding flight keep 30 Model Aviation RC Helicopters Fays Peoples Warminster PA flew own design scratch-built 60-powered chopper Expert class Faye early people America fly RC Helicopters winners Export class L-R Mike Mas 1st Hubert Bitner 2nd Larry Jolly 3rd Re spectively choppers Heliboy Horizon Bolkow BO 105 Mas repeat winner Hubert Bitners Horizon 60-size job rigid rotor flybarless head certainly has unique appearance Took 2nd Expert Bitner hails Houston TX DIO CONTROL. RADIO CONTROL pace Hubert end Mike pulled through succeeded winning two National Championships back-to-back Con gratulations Mike did great job Larry Jolly placed third John Clark took home fourth point Id like pass obser vation listen up Helicopter Advisory Com mittee Something should done about Expert category closely watched top contenders surprised see have two flying styles practice maneuvers smooth well placedin general properly executed official flying contenders rushed flying stylesome borderline sloppy others almost danger ous three minutes allocated RADIO CONTROL Expert free-style maneuvers unrealistic encourages rough flying Perhaps Master class should created pilots fly set schedule like RC Pattern maybe FAI Helicopter rules could used Either way two good things would happen indi viduals Intermedlate would encouraged move up Expert class pres ent Expert fliers could calm down compete am sure wed see lot better safer flying Scale Kavan Jet Ranger still rules supreme three top contenders choos ing design Bill Cheng took first two-tone yellow-and-white Ranger Dave Davidson took second Toledo winner Bruce Buchanan placed third RADIO CONTROL . RADIO CONTROL. metallic-blue Channel 4 News chopper good Nats lot good fly ing good people really enjoyed myself saw lot old friends made lot new ones think its tlme us realize Helicopters axe stay have few growing pains yet resolved general things look super far future concerned machines definitely getting better pilots fine-honing skills have good set rules judging guide So you can spare time enjoy yourself like Hell dopters lets get together next year Nats have bigger better contest 1981 See December 1980 31 pilots meeting helps get event off good start Answering questions Owayne Stevens directed Helicopter events Putting Scale 2nd place Jet Ranger through its paces Dave Davi son chopper high static scorer bevy Irlckets ney wereri t enterea ma contest Out partici pated fun-fly conclusion official contest Lineup ot Scale entries Jet Ranger predominates evident Bill Cheng winner yellow-and-white version inues wow everyone wmtfl Inverted tlught Author notes cxperts have difficulty 3-mm limit free-style maneuvers Jonn uornams Mirobo un i its anosner choppers participated after-Nats fun-fly