1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 171, 173
1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 171, 173
1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 171, 173
1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 171, 173
1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 171, 173
1990 JAMAt-1 S MID-AMERICA NATIONALS Larry Kruse MIDWESTERN friendliness no myth us attended 1990 Nats Back home again Indiana has become familiar lyrics state song catchphrase stamped license plate sums up atmosphere created great people Lawrenceville IL/Vincennes IN area kind enough host 1990 National Model Air plane Championships Mid-American Air Center near Lawrenceville Using familiar words Indianas state song lead no way intended minimize hospitality good Illinois neighbors across Wabash also went out way welcome AMA competitors offer congenial atmosphere possible cause have covered almost Nats since 1974 modeling press can say some sense perspective nowhere have mem bers host communities con scious AMAs presence done make modelers came over world feel home As Nats week progressed community areawide interest heightened Everyone looked forward bigger throngs spectators queen Nats events RC Scale set Saturday Sunday last two days As luck weatherman would have though Saturdays weather moderate excellent flying spectating purposes Sunday bad case cruds brought forth weather front floated wave after spo radic wave showers over flying field Need less say spectator interest model aviation played off against staying dry opt ing latter Weather notwithstanding 62 aircraft en tered five fixed-wing power categories specified AMA FM rules alwayspopular Sport Scale class attracted largest number total 22 entries Sportsman Expert Giant Scale reveled its continually growing popularity fielding 21 behemoths Fun Scale drew 14 models its entrylevel competition other five entries split two AMA Precision Scale three FAT judged flown under interna tional rules As matter practicality should noted close examination models entered various events would tend blur distinctions between categories Significant num bers models entered Sport Scale ex ample could just easily have competed Pre cision Scale Likewise several Fun Scale entries could have flown Sport Scale should pilots have opted finish work manship extensive detail several models would have served well rigorous judging categories As example though Steve Cummings rather smallish creamand-maroon-trimmed Culver flight prob lems attracted enough interest attention during static judging Fun Scale future con sideration Sport Scale subject Nats showed full range options available RC Scale competition modeler limited experience Fun Scale entry-level RC Scale event plac ing emphasis upon flying skills rather Scale building proficiency rules specify static judging go/no-go proposition ie model receives five static judging points contestant can show proof full-size airLeft Bob Wiacher won PAl Scale immaculately rendered Piper Pacer done up red black one-of-a-kind model plane isa reproduction full-scale plane converted trike gear tail-dragger Right Hal Parentis Piper Comanche PA- 39 awaits static judges FAI Scale Hal ended up second FAI won Expert Sport Scale twin-prop Cessna Skymaster Left Kim Fosters Mansfield OH Nieuport proved too much competition Sportsman Sport Scale Kim chose use 09 70 Surpass power first-place bipe finished Worldtex covering Sig dope Right Bill Hiller Marion IN flew F-16 to second place Fun Scale after overcoming engine problem after another Bill unintentionally entertained crowd happened throttle stuck wide open forced fly ship fashion until fuel tanks run dry 46 Model Aviation Left Mel Whitley Lynn Haven FL scratch-built Giant Scale Sea Fury Crammed full 10 servos running off its Futaba 7UAF system model features electric retracts pulled through air 09 twin Sea Fury broke trophy chase finishing sixth place Right Mike Winter Columbia MD shutting down great-flying Tiger Moth Giant Scale bird after suc cessful flight rain red-and-silver ship narrowly missed Nats trophy finishing seventh place exceptional field models full-scale existence using colored il lustrations imprinted T-shirts shirt neatly folded next airplane pictured Fun Scale theres no question flying name game So much event won Junior entrant Jerad Cheney certainly can wring convincing pattern Out fully acrobatic Extra 230 Andrew Terrell up-and-coming Senior garnered fourth place Laser 200 another fully aerobatic ship nerves-of-steel award went Bill Hiller placed second class its first time up ducted-fan F-16 engine flameout Left Lee Rice Ft Worth TX did quite nice job unusual Kawasski Ki-100 Japanese fighter model weighed 189 lb powered SuperTigre 2500 Lee chose Futaba gear weathered-looking model finished fifth place Giant Scale Right Bill Carper took part real WW ii shoot-out Giant Scale P-47 razorback its powered SuperTigre 3000 Bill steers around sky using Airtronics gear 25-lb craft started out Yellow Aircraft kit Bill comes Jackson OH November 1990 47 Left Well-known modeler Steve Sauger L came close being Steve Soggy rains came caused him cancel final flight Skip Mast R tries keep things dry Right Bill Brucken center Belibrook OH confers Interested spectator about Sopwith Scout Brucken brought biggest Giant Scale model took off landed grass added Dawn Patrol realism Left Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN placed fifth Expert Sport Scale 08 108-powered Mooney PFM 3200 Mooney finished fiberglass automotive iacquer Right Frank McCracken Leiand MS flew OV-1OA Bronco Expert Sport Scale Left One ducted-fan aircraft Scaie competition tnis i--lB painted desert camoufiage lsraeil Air Force Buiit Lynn Elston Carterviiie iL model fiown Expert Sport Scaic Right Dr Chuck Gray Terre Haute IN flew superb Pober Pixie Expert Sport Scale orange-and-white replica Poberezny design quite stable easily handled flight Left Chauncey ijance OT tamiord CT entered Expert Sportsman well-crafted 0S 120 four-stroke-powered Travel Air Mys tery S Chauncey earned scale score 8457 put him middle pack Right Jerry Skreckoski Apalachin NY built twin K&B 35-powered Cessna Citation ducted-fan entered Sportsman Sport Scale weighs 95 lb uses Futaba gear left him ineffectual 12-point flight score Going extreme misfortune other subsequent flight Bills F-16 throt tle stuck wide open making landing approach Calmly explaining predicament judges tooled very realistically about sky until engine finally starved fuel Gauging glide sink perfectly Bill brought patriotically painted bird exquisite maingear-to-nose-wheel landing squarely feet judges Needless say roundly ap plauded Somewhat surprisingly count three ducted-fan airplanes entered RC Scale events addition Hillers F-16 Expert Sport Scale flier Lynn Elston entered sister F-16 ap parently also Byron kit decked out desert camouflage markings raeli Air Force Sportsman Sport Scale Jerry Skreckoskis twin-jet Cessna Citation two piped K&B 35s 48 Model Aviation Left Steve Cummings Greenfleld IN entered Cuiver Pun Scaie has eye-catching imron maroon-and-cream-colored tin ish aiso weil-detaiied dummy engine Right just pretty face Skip Masts C-130 cargo ship has compiete crew vivid orange-and-white Coast Guard coior scheme Although big weighs just 158 ib Ample power supplied four K&B 21 engines sucking air through RK 20 fans convincing jet whine setup equaled combined power sources Hillers Elstons models Though little short static points Citation showstopper air eventually ending up respectable fifth its class Considering well ducted fans flew abundance kits engines now available can expect see high-speed whin ers future Sport Scale divided Expert Sportsman classes drew nice array aircraft types evaluate flight realism everything Lynn Elstons F-16 fighter Joe Tschirgis Floh its almost cartoonlike appearance judges flexible Sportsman Kim Fosters cream-colored Nieuport Proctor kit forged ahead first round stayed its secondhighest static score bolstered consistently high flight scores Scoring almost six points higher static Maxie Hesters Sig Bravo Nieu ports real challenger its flight score wasnt quite good enough overtake Fosters WW bird Sam Harts nicely done Hurricane another consistent performer though lagging some 10 points back mid-to-upper seven ties Well out trophy chase first realm own venerable Woody Blanchard six-motored electric-powered French Latecoere 631 seaplane interesting craft Sport Scale As permitted AMA rules Latecoeres mandatory takeoff effected nonscale fairly unobtrusive dolly slung low over pavement give illusion flying off water keep models weight acceptable level considering need multiple battery packs combined weight six electric As tro Cobalt 035s Woody borrowed built-up rib structure commonly used Free Flight added planked fuselage lightweight hol low formers large ship weighed 8 lb flew effortlessly appearing almost capa ble thermaling Its graceful landings always brought applause crowd As Latecoere sped almost silently aloft high whine its six motors spectator observed Thats eerie Woodys model also announces important trend RC Electric Scale technology provides smaller powerful motors battery packs will eclipse efficiency todays weighing half much Expert Sport Scale provided its own drama heightened threatening weather cancel/no-cancel rumors flirted about succeeding squall line drifted over field two chief protagonists Hal Pa renti Skip Mast flying different flight lines approximately quarter-mile apart pivotal points scores shuttled back forth posted able track action like watching shoot-out long range Masts magnificent four-engined C- 130 began three-point static score bulge 9618 over Parentis 9385 twin push-pull Cessna Skymaster Mast added margin ex cellent cargo-dropping flight first round good 87 points Skymasters solid enough performance trailed 85 points Mast dropped 72 points second flight Parenti forged lead sizzling 9233 rain began look serious particularly Mast needed another flight least equivalent first regain lead As rains swept repeatedly across field Mast real gut check picked spot put up 9067 between squalls complete soggy parachute cargo drop Unbeknown Mast however Parenti almost simultaneously re corded another 9233 sew up first-place tro phy 18618 18502 such minute margins championships decided Steve Sauger led second tier fliers meticulously constructed Aeronca Though second static points Saugers ship wasnt equal air Skymaster big C130 Its pilot also beset worries over whether fly rain order fend Continued page 171 November 1990 49 Left Scale judges Bert Dugan L Hal Parenti C Skip Mast R give eagie eye Al Kretzs P-40E Giant Scale big birds judged distance 15 feet just Sport Scale entries Right Joe Tschirgis wonderful wacky-iooking DFW T28 Pioh experImental German aircraft pumpkinseed-shaped fuselage provides wing gap necessary adequate stablilty line FM Sporting Code effort made reduce conflict between AMA FAI guidelines includes thing definitions contest procedures may important proposal made will five Pattern classes proposed 1992 will follows 1 Novice no changes 2 Sportsman no changes 3 Advanced Turnaround 4 Expert Turnaroundeliminated always viewed temporary 5 Master Turnaround using current FAI sequence 6 FAI sequence will change 1992 will no mandatory advancement out Master class fact flier will have qual ify enter FM current FM flier can move back Master FAI would have re qualify go back FAI 98-dB noise proposal will resubmitted proposed last time will include clause make form silencer legal Novice includ ing tuned pipes K-factors will used classes sys tem has already tested Southeast great success NSRCA Rules Committee has Advisory Committee status Contest Board proposals will bypass preliminary Ini tial Vote go directly Contest Boards Fi nal Vote way Pattern flier currently member NSRCA need join Dues $20 per year includes K-Factor newsletter money can sent Suzi Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Well did Paul end up qualified fin ished 17th FAI proud against strong field did Ron end up fin ished 17th Master no excuses time writing no decision has made about location next years Nats Nats RC Scale/Kruse Continued page 49 off challenge Bill McCallies fine-flying FW-190 Ironically Saugers final flight aborted victim wet engine McCal lie couldnt improve position fell less two half points short Saugers third-place finish Giant Scale however battle DU-BRO KWI K-Fl LL Fueling Valve. Safe Clean way Fill Tank Disconnecting Fuel Line Carburetor Perfect Models Enciosed Engines Easy Instali Fuel Tank~To F Fuel Connector DU-BRO PRODUCTS INC 480 Bonner Road Wauconda IL 60084 FIREBALL 1940 ReplIca Razorback Templates Plans instructions $1000 check postal Money Order Damon Ruseeli-2324 N Main Belton TX 76613 biggies dominated WW II types McCal lie didnt falter Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker sole exception WW II theme leader static scores finished third As warbirds first place went P40 followed P 51D Ki 100 Sea Fury respectively Growling past flyby diving Out turn big thunder wagons uncannily like full-scale counterparts sound speed visual effects models literally whistled through air G-forces accumulated After third round flights Bill Carpers big P-47 razorback Yellow Aircraft kit ahead Bill McCallies P-40 scant 056 November 1990 171 Bob Fiorenzej Hobby Center Inc UPS Orde, shipped Daily Dealer Fo vef low Aircraft Send *200 Yellow Info Package Visit oor 5howroon 135 win Dieney World NEW coerom Boilding Service 420 West SR 434407 327-6353 Winter Springs FL 32708Fax 40713277146 hope see WINDOW FLANGE P rice Three sizesD 4 ft $295 availableAThe Fourmost Window Small - 1 50 inchFlange flexible black Medium 250 perfect flange Large 350ma~ strip preformed As well securing window place Fourmost Window Flange provides realistic black outline inconvenience tape Fourmost Window Flange easy install rectangular well contoured windows just razor blade CA adhesive FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24TH AVEFOREST GROVE OR 97116503 357-2732 Over 5000 RCD customers already know. ALL AM&LISTW 1981 QUAU THERE ARE TESTS AND THERE ARE TEST 1991-LISTED receivers claim meet Testing guidelines FAIL TEST really matters SURVIVABILITY IN THE REAL WORLD * RCD offers ONLY DUAL-CONVERSION AM receivers pass laboratory TEST SURVIVE PAGER-INFESTED SKIES! * RCD FM DUAL-CONVERSION receivers selective therefore RELIABLE FM receiver currently available other guys AT FRACTION OF THEIR COST! 5 MODELS FOR MOST RIC SYSTEMS IRCDI See Complete Line RCD Receivers Local Hobby Shop Radio Control Development Inc 9419 Abraham Way Santee CA 92171 Ph 619 449-1112 FAX 619 449-1002 point followed closely Bruce Tharpes Spacewalker contrast between flying styles warbirds tore through air Tharpes pristine home-built its sedate flight pattern couldnt have marked As everyone prepared planes final round Charlie Chambers P-S iD lagging just 008 point behind Spacewalker Though Tharpes flying remained consistent wasnt able improve position enough overtake leaders McCallie other hand bettered score point last flight drop Carper second scantest marginsiS385 18374 Whew Can get closer Trophy winners big models hands-down Scale favorites crowd biggest years biggies Bill Bruckens Sopwith Scout powered Zenoah weighing 305 lb Its popcorn-pan cowl lithoplated nose area complemented 300 yards hand-sewn rib stitching laced wing covering just way prototypes covering attached almost 75 years ago Bills bird took off grass adjoining runways say wasnt off solitary sortie over German lines realistic RC Scale models course found AMA Precision FAI Scale Aircraft entered two exacting classes can penalized substantially mis placed seam fabric covering exact color match isnt Traditionally few modelers have chosen submit such stringent stan dards Lawrenceville two contestants Claude McCullough Bill Brucken chose enter Precision Scale McCulloughs original first-place Rawdon T-1 duplicated striking red-and-blue finish its prototype 1940 design intended compete Fairchild PT-19 Army Air Corps trainer Brucken obvious lover bipes chose enter model early Pitts acr obatic ship Pitts S-i good choice Precision Scale because large number aerobatic manuevers available options flight program FM Scale has scoring regime suited dec imal system Both flight performance static scale conformity scored four digits plus two decimal places rather three digits two decimal places common AMA classes note explanation will help understand veteran Bob Wischers immaculate red-andblack conventionally geared Piper Pacer amassed over 3543 points edge out Hal Parentis fine twin Comanche just over 15 points pre cise scale fidelity Pacer proved margin difference yellow-and-white Comanche its twin engines perfect sync outfiew one-of-akind Pacer average slightly over 220 points per flight enough however make up 236-point edge scale fidelity held Wischers masterpiece twin pinna cles scale points flight points needed pro duce truly competitive FAI ship perhaps greatest challenge Scale modeling Wischer Parenti two best plea sure watch perform Pleasure what RC Scale about Law renceville year terrific public rela tions job done Geoff Styles crew prior Nats sensory enjoyment watching hearing fine aircraft attempt du plicate flight larger brothers two days RC Scale immensely enjoyable Sundays rains some value cut down crowds also heightened drama competition adding degree tension uncertainty thoroughly well-run show National Model Airplane Championships should come off well SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire nichrome Pkg B Send $400 pius $225 shipping hsndiing Worden WoodworksDealer inquiries 14935 Maria Warren MI 48093invited 313-294-0990 C EVELAND QUALITY PLANSi WORLD S GREATtST TRUE SCALE PLANS VARIETY B ess Mid Ofle outhoity 00w tha hr ispie orrdj~oubookt1oth1j * w d ye occunt oioatt pumns Procticol build models wond ond tobnic rostuutior Soesuow OCourooy C0StUCtIOn srototypeliho Now guollottod ejflaIloOlhs life Thoyll SoauthertiC toplico buildors rely o thee ororoulOtrt moo Child, bo ioyied thorn too howilderins oroyCvr 1400 plao i stock send $2 catalog today US Cm Mao L _ roreig Aitmari odd St too credit cards piosse 5- day service itS ift ELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO 15307e Doyroit Ave Clocelooci Dhto 44t5 November 1990 173 Order Phone OWGO RC 18006694672 * Plus $595 S & H/Order & CA sales tax CA residents Allow 2-4 weeks delivery L4TNES 0 -MrLLf MOTOL 0001 P1ECISION I0000lJlAERTf PLETE COTIILOG $200 4-ti lT0L Ion 1C4MPIELL iDOLS ce 91111 rIo/