xig9Qc/AUAJfl MAECA NATIONALS Duane Gall THE QUESTION Are having fun yet words first uttered Zippy Pin head circa 1978 echoed scores RC Py lon contestants 1990 Nats Entries record near-record levels events demanded serious hustle both pilots officials hustle did Wayne Karen Veager Bob Brown rest highly professional Pylon crew managed move em through average rate heat six minutes starting dawn going until 100 pm maybe 200 pm day Al though inevitably couple glitches still first-rate contest Out 356 heats nine reflown Hats off offi cials tip fedora Nats planners putting Quickie 500 first schedule time As lowest cost lowest hassle Pylon event Quickie natural choice warm-up duties site excellent enjoyed good weather week generally 80o90o sunny hu mid light variable winds Its next impossible distill event magnitude down length editor Carl Wheeley wanted six double-spaced type written pagesbut goes Please see Competition Newsletter section maga zine official listing contest results tro phy winners Quickie 500 saw largest turnout ever 96 entrants start apparent would no easy heatsthese guys came fly hard Mike Langlois Greenville NC prevalled four-plane dogfight set early fast time 121 using neat T-tail named Pole Duster Ur ban Jackie Lindhe Honolulu HI posted 118 using stock Scat Cat equipped standard-size Futaba S-48 servos 500-mAh battery pack Paul Benezra Atlanta GA flying Viper V-tail went 117 end Day after three rounds seven-way tie first among Cralg Grunkemeyer Columbus OH Duane Hulen Lees Summit MO Mike Pate Collierville TN Bob Lamb St Louis MO Fast Freddie French Round Rock TX Racer Rick Landers Ellenwood GA Larry Burns Rossville GA Six other pilots tied sec ond point away perfect score Monday morning featured popcorn munch er duel between Doug Whiteaker Nash ville TN Racer Rick planes V-tail conventional-tail versions Dougs Viper designperformed high five wing tip wing tip between pylons 2 3 other exciting moments very few mishaps Quickie 500 still pilots event planes closely matched speed despite original designs propeller engine mythol ogy high-tech materials etc prove point Bob Lamb posted 115 using plainly stock Scat Cat equipped Rossi 40 Rev-Up 9 x 8 narrow-blade prop somebody thought smelled nitro fueling station moved out front God everybody remained QM FAI well times continued good teardown trophy winners engines revealed no hanky-panky super times resulted new thinking propeller department sizes up 9 x 8 rpm down 15300 Lamb 15500 nezra Except Whiteaker two oth ers using Webras engine choice Rossi large-bore 0330 carb barrel displays good sportsman ship Fred French fourth-place winner inter rupted awards ceremony acknowledge caller Paul Polanek attending first Nats Fred gave Paul fourth-place prize Texas Outlaw Q500 kit donated Dick Ritch also saw competitors giving other pointNovember 1990 43 Father-and-son team Bob Bucky Mil ler Pearland TX have flying together year Bucky won Best Junior tro phy Quickie 500 total six points Reporter Duane Gall hates hap pens Clark Wades new Nelson FAi Pylon Special 40 got bit scratched up hit pavement Clark did better Formula Rich Verano set new world record FAI Nelson-powered Gary Hover P-Si Nelson FAI Special comes longstinger pipe photo below turns Jett carbon-fiber 7 x 7 prop Just under 25000 rpm ground no-nitro FAi fuel Airspeeds compare well Formula above scene typical Pylon Races flown everywhere hold up planes distant Pylon No 1 fiag men can iden Meanwhile starter Kathy Waters takes names Sha Iks m peed Cailerslpilots race Shinoharal AIIIIIE rford Dible/McWilllams Whiteaker/Lem taken pit area shows tight pianes about turn left around pylons 2 3 Photo left shows hard-working officials Starter Kathy Waters records times preceding heat Timers protective cage L R Morris Atchiey Vincennes IN John Diouhy South Bend IN Jim Brenda Holbrook Grand County KY shown judges pyions 2 3 Marlan Osborne John Sedietzeck Terre Haute IN study contrast R foreground reporter Gails Gager/Booth-designed Estreilita 10-year-old design background JR Radio team member Junichi Fujimoto caller Yoshikazu Sak ural readies own rendition same subjectalthough true scale its much elegant probably 5-10 seconds faster Photo icif shows FAI trophy winners front row L-R Rich Verano 1st Fast Time Dave Sfladei 2na Brian naaei Jim Katz 3rd caller Racer Rick Landers Back row has L-R Caller Jim Shinohara Dub Jett 4th caller John Shannon caller Greg Doe Mike Langiols 5th caller Diana Doyle husband Dave Doyle 6th Photo right has Formula champs Front row L-R Shino hara Wade 1st Dave Layman 2nd Best Show Henry Bartie Lyle Larson 3rd Brian Dave Shadel 4th Mike Heisel 5th Pete Reed Back row L-R Gary Schmidt Best Senior JP Hanway Bill Hager 6th Mike Langiols 7th Greg Doe Rich V rano 8th Jeff Hubert Chuck Wahi 9th Taxiway wet infrequent showers occurred during Nats week Photo left has Quarter Midget winners Front row L-R Paul Benezra 1st Fast Time Dub Jeff 2nd Craig Grunkemayer 3rd Ken Heatlie 4th Jim Katz 5th Back row L-R Henry Bartie 6th BIll Johansen 7th Duane Gail 8th Bob Greer 9th caller Marc Greer Pete Waters Jr 10th Quickie 500 winners photo right Front row L-R Craig Grunkemeyer 1st Bucky Miller Best Junior Bob Lamb 2nd Fast Time Mike Pate 3rd Best Senior Fast Freddie French 4th Duane Huien 5th Racer Rick Landers 6th Back row L-R Doug Whines 7th Mike Taliman 8th Doug Whiteaker 9th Marc Greer 10th Bob Greer Ron Grey 11th Joe Dodd 12th Paul Benezra 13th Gail Jake Jacobson 14th Fliers ages ranged 11 mid-sixties 90 Nats over 90 Q500 entries ers flying helping repairs ad justments generally acting like grownups regard Mike Pate deserves special mention did above placed third posted fourth fastest time Mike 15 Quarter Midget 42 entries halfday fly another hurry-up deal As usual tremendous variety aircraft de signs Nelson 15 near-universal choice power plant just about propel ler would let engine turn between 27000 28200 rpm ground seemed work carbon fiber props going fast est fast Benezra set new record 11120 addition capturing first place flew Miss RJ P-St produced Gail Jake Jacobson College Park GA prop diameter six inches progressive pitch ranging 4 station 2 pitch gauge 53 station 4 55 stations 5 6 Paul wasnt fast though rac ing extremely tight point Landers Jake Joe Dodd Columbus OH Brad Clay ton Decatur AL matched up sure barnburner After Clayton nosed over takeoff others pummeled other until three double-cut four planes four zeroes1 high point QM came early round six Ray Blake Detroit MI won hotly contested heat against JP Hanway Gordon McWilliams Wes Acton Ray has hard charger 16 years hadnt yet won heat Nats should have heard pit area erupt winner heat nounced Congratulations Ray FM event showed tremendous improvement 1990 Last year topped field six using spit-and-baling-wire technology year 18 entries fast Much credit goes Henry Nelson Zelienople PA Dave Shade Carlsbad CA introducing FAT version new Pylon Special 40 complete pipe Now can buy decent nitro-free horsepower right off shelf Five top six used power plant Aircraft designs have come long way too wildly original Jim Katzs 1930s Tiger Moth monoplanes flown him Mike Langlois featuring ultralong plywood-skinned tissue-finished foam wings carbon fiber spars about 1 % airfoil tip two flew against other point going 115 ever leaving knife-edge looking like couple storks acid Nobody used retracts year although re tracts allowed FAT Apparently light weight simplicity fixed gear make up 44 Model Aviation Jim Katzs DH Tiger Moth monoplane L raced FAi its tuned pipe enciosed exhaust stream split internal defiector cockpit area Wing sheeted % ply reinforced carbon fiber spar covered Japanese tissue Mighty Mouse Racing Team R shows its colors members Kentucky Cardinals club will host TURN 0500 champs October 21-22 1990 extra drag Almost no used wooden props popular props Dub Jetts carbon fiber ones copies same diam eter about 74 progressive pitches 61 65 67 69 70 725 75 stations 2 through 8 gauge airfoil undercam bered stations 2 3 Most pilots reported ground rpm about 25000 Using CF props 40s scares sure work Seven rounds FAI flownone too Dave Shadel would have sewn up tremendous performance compatriot Richard Verano Los Angeles CA last flight went 111 flat estab lish new world record can imagine conver sation later Thanks Dave engine sold works real good Formula 49 entries began dawn Thurs day background music Aerosmith whiff excitement air die-hard racers Main Eventthe fastest loud est glitziest four Pylon classes Its also subtle would first appear high-nitro engines need deft touch needle valve changing weather conditions during day require slight adjustments heat next Richard Verano re minded hard way flamed out early heat against Lyle Larson San Juan Cap istrano CA Bob Petrinec Chicago IL Paul Benezra similar problems day long Shadel couldnt make 10 laps come Friday morning Clearly nobody going sweep Nats pilot maldng very strong showing MA s regular RC Pylon Racing columnist Bill Hager Conroe TX returning after sixyear absence serious competition Bill posted 117 right off bat losing narrowly Clark Buckwheat Wade Chicago IL round two would go 111 before over Dave Layman fielding best-of-show Pole cat glorious multimetallic paint proved wasnt hangar queen going 111 well After round four Shadel Wade Chip Hyde yes same flies Pattern tied first Larson Stormin Norman Johnson tied second Layman Langlois Chuck WahI tied third Meanwhile talk pits Great Channel 14 Conspiracy seems 12 49 entriesone-quarter field including some worlds fastest pilotsall registered Shadels frequency RC14 As result Wade Layman Helsel Verano Johnson Hyde Cran fill Telford Allen Jett Lime never fly against Shadel other rela tively easy pickings amongst rest us duf fers scores show No doubt some gentlemen ended up Channel 14 purely chancebut shame didnt What good trophy dont earn next-to-last round Hager pushed Shadel 1098 would stand fast time meet Verano squeaked out victory over WahI Langlois Jim Young Garland TX regain spot top 10 WahI Verano re matched flyoff yours truly eighth ninth 10th Verano won Finally very nervous Layman edged out Lar son flyoff second third breaking best-of-show curse keeping shiny bird intact Wade solidly first points remained above fray take home Formula Na tional Championship trophy 1990 Nats RC Pylon events big contest good thanks workers pilots cooperation made such success November 1990 45 Great racers likely have greet families Visible photo left L-R Joeseph Langlois Thomas Doe Steven Langlois Mabel Langlois Kelly Landers Mike Langlois Formula Little Toni foreground hard-working officials right L-R Paul Page Bristol CT Nancy Telford Bethesda MD Emil Page Pauls dad kept track scores transmitter impound Pauls nifty computer program enabled muckraking author Duane Gall unearth expose Gang Fourteenof said text
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 43, 44, 45
xig9Qc/AUAJfl MAECA NATIONALS Duane Gall THE QUESTION Are having fun yet words first uttered Zippy Pin head circa 1978 echoed scores RC Py lon contestants 1990 Nats Entries record near-record levels events demanded serious hustle both pilots officials hustle did Wayne Karen Veager Bob Brown rest highly professional Pylon crew managed move em through average rate heat six minutes starting dawn going until 100 pm maybe 200 pm day Al though inevitably couple glitches still first-rate contest Out 356 heats nine reflown Hats off offi cials tip fedora Nats planners putting Quickie 500 first schedule time As lowest cost lowest hassle Pylon event Quickie natural choice warm-up duties site excellent enjoyed good weather week generally 80o90o sunny hu mid light variable winds Its next impossible distill event magnitude down length editor Carl Wheeley wanted six double-spaced type written pagesbut goes Please see Competition Newsletter section maga zine official listing contest results tro phy winners Quickie 500 saw largest turnout ever 96 entrants start apparent would no easy heatsthese guys came fly hard Mike Langlois Greenville NC prevalled four-plane dogfight set early fast time 121 using neat T-tail named Pole Duster Ur ban Jackie Lindhe Honolulu HI posted 118 using stock Scat Cat equipped standard-size Futaba S-48 servos 500-mAh battery pack Paul Benezra Atlanta GA flying Viper V-tail went 117 end Day after three rounds seven-way tie first among Cralg Grunkemeyer Columbus OH Duane Hulen Lees Summit MO Mike Pate Collierville TN Bob Lamb St Louis MO Fast Freddie French Round Rock TX Racer Rick Landers Ellenwood GA Larry Burns Rossville GA Six other pilots tied sec ond point away perfect score Monday morning featured popcorn munch er duel between Doug Whiteaker Nash ville TN Racer Rick planes V-tail conventional-tail versions Dougs Viper designperformed high five wing tip wing tip between pylons 2 3 other exciting moments very few mishaps Quickie 500 still pilots event planes closely matched speed despite original designs propeller engine mythol ogy high-tech materials etc prove point Bob Lamb posted 115 using plainly stock Scat Cat equipped Rossi 40 Rev-Up 9 x 8 narrow-blade prop somebody thought smelled nitro fueling station moved out front God everybody remained QM FAI well times continued good teardown trophy winners engines revealed no hanky-panky super times resulted new thinking propeller department sizes up 9 x 8 rpm down 15300 Lamb 15500 nezra Except Whiteaker two oth ers using Webras engine choice Rossi large-bore 0330 carb barrel displays good sportsman ship Fred French fourth-place winner inter rupted awards ceremony acknowledge caller Paul Polanek attending first Nats Fred gave Paul fourth-place prize Texas Outlaw Q500 kit donated Dick Ritch also saw competitors giving other pointNovember 1990 43 Father-and-son team Bob Bucky Mil ler Pearland TX have flying together year Bucky won Best Junior tro phy Quickie 500 total six points Reporter Duane Gall hates hap pens Clark Wades new Nelson FAi Pylon Special 40 got bit scratched up hit pavement Clark did better Formula Rich Verano set new world record FAI Nelson-powered Gary Hover P-Si Nelson FAI Special comes longstinger pipe photo below turns Jett carbon-fiber 7 x 7 prop Just under 25000 rpm ground no-nitro FAi fuel Airspeeds compare well Formula above scene typical Pylon Races flown everywhere hold up planes distant Pylon No 1 fiag men can iden Meanwhile starter Kathy Waters takes names Sha Iks m peed Cailerslpilots race Shinoharal AIIIIIE rford Dible/McWilllams Whiteaker/Lem taken pit area shows tight pianes about turn left around pylons 2 3 Photo left shows hard-working officials Starter Kathy Waters records times preceding heat Timers protective cage L R Morris Atchiey Vincennes IN John Diouhy South Bend IN Jim Brenda Holbrook Grand County KY shown judges pyions 2 3 Marlan Osborne John Sedietzeck Terre Haute IN study contrast R foreground reporter Gails Gager/Booth-designed Estreilita 10-year-old design background JR Radio team member Junichi Fujimoto caller Yoshikazu Sak ural readies own rendition same subjectalthough true scale its much elegant probably 5-10 seconds faster Photo icif shows FAI trophy winners front row L-R Rich Verano 1st Fast Time Dave Sfladei 2na Brian naaei Jim Katz 3rd caller Racer Rick Landers Back row has L-R Caller Jim Shinohara Dub Jett 4th caller John Shannon caller Greg Doe Mike Langiols 5th caller Diana Doyle husband Dave Doyle 6th Photo right has Formula champs Front row L-R Shino hara Wade 1st Dave Layman 2nd Best Show Henry Bartie Lyle Larson 3rd Brian Dave Shadel 4th Mike Heisel 5th Pete Reed Back row L-R Gary Schmidt Best Senior JP Hanway Bill Hager 6th Mike Langiols 7th Greg Doe Rich V rano 8th Jeff Hubert Chuck Wahi 9th Taxiway wet infrequent showers occurred during Nats week Photo left has Quarter Midget winners Front row L-R Paul Benezra 1st Fast Time Dub Jeff 2nd Craig Grunkemayer 3rd Ken Heatlie 4th Jim Katz 5th Back row L-R Henry Bartie 6th BIll Johansen 7th Duane Gail 8th Bob Greer 9th caller Marc Greer Pete Waters Jr 10th Quickie 500 winners photo right Front row L-R Craig Grunkemeyer 1st Bucky Miller Best Junior Bob Lamb 2nd Fast Time Mike Pate 3rd Best Senior Fast Freddie French 4th Duane Huien 5th Racer Rick Landers 6th Back row L-R Doug Whines 7th Mike Taliman 8th Doug Whiteaker 9th Marc Greer 10th Bob Greer Ron Grey 11th Joe Dodd 12th Paul Benezra 13th Gail Jake Jacobson 14th Fliers ages ranged 11 mid-sixties 90 Nats over 90 Q500 entries ers flying helping repairs ad justments generally acting like grownups regard Mike Pate deserves special mention did above placed third posted fourth fastest time Mike 15 Quarter Midget 42 entries halfday fly another hurry-up deal As usual tremendous variety aircraft de signs Nelson 15 near-universal choice power plant just about propel ler would let engine turn between 27000 28200 rpm ground seemed work carbon fiber props going fast est fast Benezra set new record 11120 addition capturing first place flew Miss RJ P-St produced Gail Jake Jacobson College Park GA prop diameter six inches progressive pitch ranging 4 station 2 pitch gauge 53 station 4 55 stations 5 6 Paul wasnt fast though rac ing extremely tight point Landers Jake Joe Dodd Columbus OH Brad Clay ton Decatur AL matched up sure barnburner After Clayton nosed over takeoff others pummeled other until three double-cut four planes four zeroes1 high point QM came early round six Ray Blake Detroit MI won hotly contested heat against JP Hanway Gordon McWilliams Wes Acton Ray has hard charger 16 years hadnt yet won heat Nats should have heard pit area erupt winner heat nounced Congratulations Ray FM event showed tremendous improvement 1990 Last year topped field six using spit-and-baling-wire technology year 18 entries fast Much credit goes Henry Nelson Zelienople PA Dave Shade Carlsbad CA introducing FAT version new Pylon Special 40 complete pipe Now can buy decent nitro-free horsepower right off shelf Five top six used power plant Aircraft designs have come long way too wildly original Jim Katzs 1930s Tiger Moth monoplanes flown him Mike Langlois featuring ultralong plywood-skinned tissue-finished foam wings carbon fiber spars about 1 % airfoil tip two flew against other point going 115 ever leaving knife-edge looking like couple storks acid Nobody used retracts year although re tracts allowed FAT Apparently light weight simplicity fixed gear make up 44 Model Aviation Jim Katzs DH Tiger Moth monoplane L raced FAi its tuned pipe enciosed exhaust stream split internal defiector cockpit area Wing sheeted % ply reinforced carbon fiber spar covered Japanese tissue Mighty Mouse Racing Team R shows its colors members Kentucky Cardinals club will host TURN 0500 champs October 21-22 1990 extra drag Almost no used wooden props popular props Dub Jetts carbon fiber ones copies same diam eter about 74 progressive pitches 61 65 67 69 70 725 75 stations 2 through 8 gauge airfoil undercam bered stations 2 3 Most pilots reported ground rpm about 25000 Using CF props 40s scares sure work Seven rounds FAI flownone too Dave Shadel would have sewn up tremendous performance compatriot Richard Verano Los Angeles CA last flight went 111 flat estab lish new world record can imagine conver sation later Thanks Dave engine sold works real good Formula 49 entries began dawn Thurs day background music Aerosmith whiff excitement air die-hard racers Main Eventthe fastest loud est glitziest four Pylon classes Its also subtle would first appear high-nitro engines need deft touch needle valve changing weather conditions during day require slight adjustments heat next Richard Verano re minded hard way flamed out early heat against Lyle Larson San Juan Cap istrano CA Bob Petrinec Chicago IL Paul Benezra similar problems day long Shadel couldnt make 10 laps come Friday morning Clearly nobody going sweep Nats pilot maldng very strong showing MA s regular RC Pylon Racing columnist Bill Hager Conroe TX returning after sixyear absence serious competition Bill posted 117 right off bat losing narrowly Clark Buckwheat Wade Chicago IL round two would go 111 before over Dave Layman fielding best-of-show Pole cat glorious multimetallic paint proved wasnt hangar queen going 111 well After round four Shadel Wade Chip Hyde yes same flies Pattern tied first Larson Stormin Norman Johnson tied second Layman Langlois Chuck WahI tied third Meanwhile talk pits Great Channel 14 Conspiracy seems 12 49 entriesone-quarter field including some worlds fastest pilotsall registered Shadels frequency RC14 As result Wade Layman Helsel Verano Johnson Hyde Cran fill Telford Allen Jett Lime never fly against Shadel other rela tively easy pickings amongst rest us duf fers scores show No doubt some gentlemen ended up Channel 14 purely chancebut shame didnt What good trophy dont earn next-to-last round Hager pushed Shadel 1098 would stand fast time meet Verano squeaked out victory over WahI Langlois Jim Young Garland TX regain spot top 10 WahI Verano re matched flyoff yours truly eighth ninth 10th Verano won Finally very nervous Layman edged out Lar son flyoff second third breaking best-of-show curse keeping shiny bird intact Wade solidly first points remained above fray take home Formula Na tional Championship trophy 1990 Nats RC Pylon events big contest good thanks workers pilots cooperation made such success November 1990 45 Great racers likely have greet families Visible photo left L-R Joeseph Langlois Thomas Doe Steven Langlois Mabel Langlois Kelly Landers Mike Langlois Formula Little Toni foreground hard-working officials right L-R Paul Page Bristol CT Nancy Telford Bethesda MD Emil Page Pauls dad kept track scores transmitter impound Pauls nifty computer program enabled muckraking author Duane Gall unearth expose Gang Fourteenof said text
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 43, 44, 45
xig9Qc/AUAJfl MAECA NATIONALS Duane Gall THE QUESTION Are having fun yet words first uttered Zippy Pin head circa 1978 echoed scores RC Py lon contestants 1990 Nats Entries record near-record levels events demanded serious hustle both pilots officials hustle did Wayne Karen Veager Bob Brown rest highly professional Pylon crew managed move em through average rate heat six minutes starting dawn going until 100 pm maybe 200 pm day Al though inevitably couple glitches still first-rate contest Out 356 heats nine reflown Hats off offi cials tip fedora Nats planners putting Quickie 500 first schedule time As lowest cost lowest hassle Pylon event Quickie natural choice warm-up duties site excellent enjoyed good weather week generally 80o90o sunny hu mid light variable winds Its next impossible distill event magnitude down length editor Carl Wheeley wanted six double-spaced type written pagesbut goes Please see Competition Newsletter section maga zine official listing contest results tro phy winners Quickie 500 saw largest turnout ever 96 entrants start apparent would no easy heatsthese guys came fly hard Mike Langlois Greenville NC prevalled four-plane dogfight set early fast time 121 using neat T-tail named Pole Duster Ur ban Jackie Lindhe Honolulu HI posted 118 using stock Scat Cat equipped standard-size Futaba S-48 servos 500-mAh battery pack Paul Benezra Atlanta GA flying Viper V-tail went 117 end Day after three rounds seven-way tie first among Cralg Grunkemeyer Columbus OH Duane Hulen Lees Summit MO Mike Pate Collierville TN Bob Lamb St Louis MO Fast Freddie French Round Rock TX Racer Rick Landers Ellenwood GA Larry Burns Rossville GA Six other pilots tied sec ond point away perfect score Monday morning featured popcorn munch er duel between Doug Whiteaker Nash ville TN Racer Rick planes V-tail conventional-tail versions Dougs Viper designperformed high five wing tip wing tip between pylons 2 3 other exciting moments very few mishaps Quickie 500 still pilots event planes closely matched speed despite original designs propeller engine mythol ogy high-tech materials etc prove point Bob Lamb posted 115 using plainly stock Scat Cat equipped Rossi 40 Rev-Up 9 x 8 narrow-blade prop somebody thought smelled nitro fueling station moved out front God everybody remained QM FAI well times continued good teardown trophy winners engines revealed no hanky-panky super times resulted new thinking propeller department sizes up 9 x 8 rpm down 15300 Lamb 15500 nezra Except Whiteaker two oth ers using Webras engine choice Rossi large-bore 0330 carb barrel displays good sportsman ship Fred French fourth-place winner inter rupted awards ceremony acknowledge caller Paul Polanek attending first Nats Fred gave Paul fourth-place prize Texas Outlaw Q500 kit donated Dick Ritch also saw competitors giving other pointNovember 1990 43 Father-and-son team Bob Bucky Mil ler Pearland TX have flying together year Bucky won Best Junior tro phy Quickie 500 total six points Reporter Duane Gall hates hap pens Clark Wades new Nelson FAi Pylon Special 40 got bit scratched up hit pavement Clark did better Formula Rich Verano set new world record FAI Nelson-powered Gary Hover P-Si Nelson FAI Special comes longstinger pipe photo below turns Jett carbon-fiber 7 x 7 prop Just under 25000 rpm ground no-nitro FAi fuel Airspeeds compare well Formula above scene typical Pylon Races flown everywhere hold up planes distant Pylon No 1 fiag men can iden Meanwhile starter Kathy Waters takes names Sha Iks m peed Cailerslpilots race Shinoharal AIIIIIE rford Dible/McWilllams Whiteaker/Lem taken pit area shows tight pianes about turn left around pylons 2 3 Photo left shows hard-working officials Starter Kathy Waters records times preceding heat Timers protective cage L R Morris Atchiey Vincennes IN John Diouhy South Bend IN Jim Brenda Holbrook Grand County KY shown judges pyions 2 3 Marlan Osborne John Sedietzeck Terre Haute IN study contrast R foreground reporter Gails Gager/Booth-designed Estreilita 10-year-old design background JR Radio team member Junichi Fujimoto caller Yoshikazu Sak ural readies own rendition same subjectalthough true scale its much elegant probably 5-10 seconds faster Photo icif shows FAI trophy winners front row L-R Rich Verano 1st Fast Time Dave Sfladei 2na Brian naaei Jim Katz 3rd caller Racer Rick Landers Back row has L-R Caller Jim Shinohara Dub Jett 4th caller John Shannon caller Greg Doe Mike Langiols 5th caller Diana Doyle husband Dave Doyle 6th Photo right has Formula champs Front row L-R Shino hara Wade 1st Dave Layman 2nd Best Show Henry Bartie Lyle Larson 3rd Brian Dave Shadel 4th Mike Heisel 5th Pete Reed Back row L-R Gary Schmidt Best Senior JP Hanway Bill Hager 6th Mike Langiols 7th Greg Doe Rich V rano 8th Jeff Hubert Chuck Wahi 9th Taxiway wet infrequent showers occurred during Nats week Photo left has Quarter Midget winners Front row L-R Paul Benezra 1st Fast Time Dub Jeff 2nd Craig Grunkemayer 3rd Ken Heatlie 4th Jim Katz 5th Back row L-R Henry Bartie 6th BIll Johansen 7th Duane Gail 8th Bob Greer 9th caller Marc Greer Pete Waters Jr 10th Quickie 500 winners photo right Front row L-R Craig Grunkemeyer 1st Bucky Miller Best Junior Bob Lamb 2nd Fast Time Mike Pate 3rd Best Senior Fast Freddie French 4th Duane Huien 5th Racer Rick Landers 6th Back row L-R Doug Whines 7th Mike Taliman 8th Doug Whiteaker 9th Marc Greer 10th Bob Greer Ron Grey 11th Joe Dodd 12th Paul Benezra 13th Gail Jake Jacobson 14th Fliers ages ranged 11 mid-sixties 90 Nats over 90 Q500 entries ers flying helping repairs ad justments generally acting like grownups regard Mike Pate deserves special mention did above placed third posted fourth fastest time Mike 15 Quarter Midget 42 entries halfday fly another hurry-up deal As usual tremendous variety aircraft de signs Nelson 15 near-universal choice power plant just about propel ler would let engine turn between 27000 28200 rpm ground seemed work carbon fiber props going fast est fast Benezra set new record 11120 addition capturing first place flew Miss RJ P-St produced Gail Jake Jacobson College Park GA prop diameter six inches progressive pitch ranging 4 station 2 pitch gauge 53 station 4 55 stations 5 6 Paul wasnt fast though rac ing extremely tight point Landers Jake Joe Dodd Columbus OH Brad Clay ton Decatur AL matched up sure barnburner After Clayton nosed over takeoff others pummeled other until three double-cut four planes four zeroes1 high point QM came early round six Ray Blake Detroit MI won hotly contested heat against JP Hanway Gordon McWilliams Wes Acton Ray has hard charger 16 years hadnt yet won heat Nats should have heard pit area erupt winner heat nounced Congratulations Ray FM event showed tremendous improvement 1990 Last year topped field six using spit-and-baling-wire technology year 18 entries fast Much credit goes Henry Nelson Zelienople PA Dave Shade Carlsbad CA introducing FAT version new Pylon Special 40 complete pipe Now can buy decent nitro-free horsepower right off shelf Five top six used power plant Aircraft designs have come long way too wildly original Jim Katzs 1930s Tiger Moth monoplanes flown him Mike Langlois featuring ultralong plywood-skinned tissue-finished foam wings carbon fiber spars about 1 % airfoil tip two flew against other point going 115 ever leaving knife-edge looking like couple storks acid Nobody used retracts year although re tracts allowed FAT Apparently light weight simplicity fixed gear make up 44 Model Aviation Jim Katzs DH Tiger Moth monoplane L raced FAi its tuned pipe enciosed exhaust stream split internal defiector cockpit area Wing sheeted % ply reinforced carbon fiber spar covered Japanese tissue Mighty Mouse Racing Team R shows its colors members Kentucky Cardinals club will host TURN 0500 champs October 21-22 1990 extra drag Almost no used wooden props popular props Dub Jetts carbon fiber ones copies same diam eter about 74 progressive pitches 61 65 67 69 70 725 75 stations 2 through 8 gauge airfoil undercam bered stations 2 3 Most pilots reported ground rpm about 25000 Using CF props 40s scares sure work Seven rounds FAI flownone too Dave Shadel would have sewn up tremendous performance compatriot Richard Verano Los Angeles CA last flight went 111 flat estab lish new world record can imagine conver sation later Thanks Dave engine sold works real good Formula 49 entries began dawn Thurs day background music Aerosmith whiff excitement air die-hard racers Main Eventthe fastest loud est glitziest four Pylon classes Its also subtle would first appear high-nitro engines need deft touch needle valve changing weather conditions during day require slight adjustments heat next Richard Verano re minded hard way flamed out early heat against Lyle Larson San Juan Cap istrano CA Bob Petrinec Chicago IL Paul Benezra similar problems day long Shadel couldnt make 10 laps come Friday morning Clearly nobody going sweep Nats pilot maldng very strong showing MA s regular RC Pylon Racing columnist Bill Hager Conroe TX returning after sixyear absence serious competition Bill posted 117 right off bat losing narrowly Clark Buckwheat Wade Chicago IL round two would go 111 before over Dave Layman fielding best-of-show Pole cat glorious multimetallic paint proved wasnt hangar queen going 111 well After round four Shadel Wade Chip Hyde yes same flies Pattern tied first Larson Stormin Norman Johnson tied second Layman Langlois Chuck WahI tied third Meanwhile talk pits Great Channel 14 Conspiracy seems 12 49 entriesone-quarter field including some worlds fastest pilotsall registered Shadels frequency RC14 As result Wade Layman Helsel Verano Johnson Hyde Cran fill Telford Allen Jett Lime never fly against Shadel other rela tively easy pickings amongst rest us duf fers scores show No doubt some gentlemen ended up Channel 14 purely chancebut shame didnt What good trophy dont earn next-to-last round Hager pushed Shadel 1098 would stand fast time meet Verano squeaked out victory over WahI Langlois Jim Young Garland TX regain spot top 10 WahI Verano re matched flyoff yours truly eighth ninth 10th Verano won Finally very nervous Layman edged out Lar son flyoff second third breaking best-of-show curse keeping shiny bird intact Wade solidly first points remained above fray take home Formula Na tional Championship trophy 1990 Nats RC Pylon events big contest good thanks workers pilots cooperation made such success November 1990 45 Great racers likely have greet families Visible photo left L-R Joeseph Langlois Thomas Doe Steven Langlois Mabel Langlois Kelly Landers Mike Langlois Formula Little Toni foreground hard-working officials right L-R Paul Page Bristol CT Nancy Telford Bethesda MD Emil Page Pauls dad kept track scores transmitter impound Pauls nifty computer program enabled muckraking author Duane Gall unearth expose Gang Fourteenof said text