Gary Shaw 7 @ Xiii3c fiy .-vsfl 1 mU IN Pits contrast recent summers spent fair amount time field year number new student pilots teaching another fly style has always set good example through adherence field rules AMA Safety Code During several recent trips field Ive noticed its become somewhat standard practice land model taxi back car field commonly go has paved runway vehicles can pull up Its convenient safe provided pilots respect yellow line runs near center line separates runway pits cross line puts behind flightlinea no-no clubs Back original concern Because vehicles nearby pilots routinely start up taxi out fly taxi back cars care occasion quarterscale models throttle got stuck taxiing toward cars model moving high speed toward area people sat lawn chairs watching pilot averted disaster pulling back stick taking off just feet before plowing people diving cover vehicles another incident pilot landed model did high-speed turn toward yellow line pit area try shorten distance recover model What got everyones attention narrow spacing among several pilots line flying airplanes size sudden proximity model /3-scale its 22-inch propeller arc prompted other pilots get out way No got hurt models being flown scattering pilots returned safely field However potential severe injury As explaln students occasionally veteran modelers pit area assembly disassembly aircraft other thing permitted social activity Notice didnt include assembly run-up Run-ups should usually done model run-up area case thats asphalt far vehicles although other clubs its reserved area next taxiway Once started model should taxied away pits toward runway After landing taxiing back pilot station always face model down runway models should shut off transported back pits Its plain safe simple Everyone errs now err side arrogance ignorance acceptable modeler wrote tell about what happens things go wrong people standing arc prop Thats reason said models should started designated starting area pits recently preparing scratch-built 15-size pusher B-70 model its maiden flight new balanced wooden prop tuning engine ground everybody engine side arc propeller loud pop pieces flew propeller clearly broken tried stop engine form transmitter would quite stop until pulled fuel line off very relieved find no injured Upon close examination engine mount screws missing recovered piece propeller screw-shaped dent seems screw vibrated out found its way prop Hying debris pierced vertical fins am normally careful check engine mount screws other critical fasteners trip field falled trip because thought checked everything mounted engine because two engine mount screws inaccessible due muffler Further engine mount screws Phillips head cannot get angle Lessons learned 1 Stay out arc prop 2 Use socket head fasteners engine mounting especially cant get straight shot screw checking torque 3 cant get head fastener put locking nut other end 4 Always check critical fasteners trip field Pusher arrangements tend suck airparts airplane prop sobe cognizant working engine running Later day airplane flew successfully IfI could add line above recommendations would start model in designated starting run up area Im glad Th no got hurt Pass Fail L telling story 73scale models throttle getting stuck taxiing pits brought mind similar //situationinwhichthepilots f reflexes tested Jcntical moment story above pilot able take off moments before model slammed people cars really best decision Shouldnt modeler have nosed airplane over dirt rather risk possibly injuring people past summer Andrew Benjamin decided sacrifice twinengined Grumman Tigercat John Hunton FARM flying field provided following life seems fractions seconds character person defineda time soul person bared us see aviation happens often Pilots put test pass/fall test blamed fall human pass ajoy see Andrew Benjamin faced such test August 1 1998 passed flying colors Dave Ott made infrequent visit FARM flying field glorious day treated superlative show Branwell TOC [Tournament January1999 55 WaEwJWVAUWurLUSEwIwaVIWZWIEEwMWIVAWWWM[IasE SSS0S1 SANYO RC-2000 CELLS$550 Ea SANYO RC-2000 CELLS MATCHED $600 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS new $400 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS MATCHED $450 Ea SANYO KR1400 AE $350 En SANYO N1000 SCR CELLS $350 En SANYO N700AACELLS $150 Ea SANYO N500 AR CELLS $350 En SANYO KR600 AE CELLS $250 En SANYO N800 AR CELLS $350 En SANYO N350 AA CELLS $250 En SANYO 700 AA CELLS $150 En 4 CELL 270AA RECEIVER PACK $1000 Ea 5 CELL 1000 AE RECEIVER PACK $1800 En CONNECTORS RED & BLACK $150 Pr WIRE SHRINK fl Al Buff Stuff $150 per sheet105iSOorSBOGrirs tripsTeeBar $350 11 oll Garnet $675 $ t5for4-1/2 $515 22 20150 320 GUtse4Q YrIIoo 12 raIl saluojirumoxV Supreme 66•75e___ LoonShapesSelf-Adhesive Sanding Strips y$210Lots Good Stuff DC Applied Design Corporation U 3384 Torrance CA 90510Mini Glue Tips Add 20% shippieg Seod SASt far Catalon4 fsr $110 i-Strips tiepiacemeet Sanding B Available Champions] model will anything wishes between 2-30 feet gound perhaps within 100-foot circle think saw model fly backward Later eyes Andy Benjamins beautiful twin Grnmman Tigercat has about ten-foot span retracts twin Quadras something similar Andy flying airplane smoothly having trouble engine would drop out somewhat less full throttle So making full-throttle passes across field pulling up fast past crowd maneuvers safely Andys Tigercat turning left make another fast pass very instant model pointing right us heard shout Andy strange noise engine suddenly making like running away high rpm Andy felt problem shouted warning before strange sound got us Something wrong right engine loss power right engine produced just enough asymmetric force bring model out turn hot low headed right toward us instant decision made Andy whether continue turn away dead engine right toward us try correct problem land farther down runway plenty left other decision turn dead engine safely away onlookers probably sacrifice model Andy opted second decision remarkable thing obvious decision utmost safety people made quickly hesitation reflexive manner model headed direction instant defining instant safest decision irrevocably made Andy struggled model through good pilotage almost made around field model can probably repaired can imagine however much damage could have done other decision made try save crippled model model proved uncontrollable modelers got medals Andrew Benjamin would deserve reflexive safety action Would pass similar test hope Until next month ON OWER LESS HASSLE MOE NiH DeselzewthDavsDesel Its Awesome Up 50 51 Som EasyS ug y NM C Pug DAVIS 05 R ltv asLong So Sand MIfdCTOOAOO 208 ider $335 56 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/01
Page Numbers: 55, 56
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/01
Page Numbers: 55, 56
Gary Shaw 7 @ Xiii3c fiy .-vsfl 1 mU IN Pits contrast recent summers spent fair amount time field year number new student pilots teaching another fly style has always set good example through adherence field rules AMA Safety Code During several recent trips field Ive noticed its become somewhat standard practice land model taxi back car field commonly go has paved runway vehicles can pull up Its convenient safe provided pilots respect yellow line runs near center line separates runway pits cross line puts behind flightlinea no-no clubs Back original concern Because vehicles nearby pilots routinely start up taxi out fly taxi back cars care occasion quarterscale models throttle got stuck taxiing toward cars model moving high speed toward area people sat lawn chairs watching pilot averted disaster pulling back stick taking off just feet before plowing people diving cover vehicles another incident pilot landed model did high-speed turn toward yellow line pit area try shorten distance recover model What got everyones attention narrow spacing among several pilots line flying airplanes size sudden proximity model /3-scale its 22-inch propeller arc prompted other pilots get out way No got hurt models being flown scattering pilots returned safely field However potential severe injury As explaln students occasionally veteran modelers pit area assembly disassembly aircraft other thing permitted social activity Notice didnt include assembly run-up Run-ups should usually done model run-up area case thats asphalt far vehicles although other clubs its reserved area next taxiway Once started model should taxied away pits toward runway After landing taxiing back pilot station always face model down runway models should shut off transported back pits Its plain safe simple Everyone errs now err side arrogance ignorance acceptable modeler wrote tell about what happens things go wrong people standing arc prop Thats reason said models should started designated starting area pits recently preparing scratch-built 15-size pusher B-70 model its maiden flight new balanced wooden prop tuning engine ground everybody engine side arc propeller loud pop pieces flew propeller clearly broken tried stop engine form transmitter would quite stop until pulled fuel line off very relieved find no injured Upon close examination engine mount screws missing recovered piece propeller screw-shaped dent seems screw vibrated out found its way prop Hying debris pierced vertical fins am normally careful check engine mount screws other critical fasteners trip field falled trip because thought checked everything mounted engine because two engine mount screws inaccessible due muffler Further engine mount screws Phillips head cannot get angle Lessons learned 1 Stay out arc prop 2 Use socket head fasteners engine mounting especially cant get straight shot screw checking torque 3 cant get head fastener put locking nut other end 4 Always check critical fasteners trip field Pusher arrangements tend suck airparts airplane prop sobe cognizant working engine running Later day airplane flew successfully IfI could add line above recommendations would start model in designated starting run up area Im glad Th no got hurt Pass Fail L telling story 73scale models throttle getting stuck taxiing pits brought mind similar //situationinwhichthepilots f reflexes tested Jcntical moment story above pilot able take off moments before model slammed people cars really best decision Shouldnt modeler have nosed airplane over dirt rather risk possibly injuring people past summer Andrew Benjamin decided sacrifice twinengined Grumman Tigercat John Hunton FARM flying field provided following life seems fractions seconds character person defineda time soul person bared us see aviation happens often Pilots put test pass/fall test blamed fall human pass ajoy see Andrew Benjamin faced such test August 1 1998 passed flying colors Dave Ott made infrequent visit FARM flying field glorious day treated superlative show Branwell TOC [Tournament January1999 55 WaEwJWVAUWurLUSEwIwaVIWZWIEEwMWIVAWWWM[IasE SSS0S1 SANYO RC-2000 CELLS$550 Ea SANYO RC-2000 CELLS MATCHED $600 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS new $400 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS MATCHED $450 Ea SANYO KR1400 AE $350 En SANYO N1000 SCR CELLS $350 En SANYO N700AACELLS $150 Ea SANYO N500 AR CELLS $350 En SANYO KR600 AE CELLS $250 En SANYO N800 AR CELLS $350 En SANYO N350 AA CELLS $250 En SANYO 700 AA CELLS $150 En 4 CELL 270AA RECEIVER PACK $1000 Ea 5 CELL 1000 AE RECEIVER PACK $1800 En CONNECTORS RED & BLACK $150 Pr WIRE SHRINK fl Al Buff Stuff $150 per sheet105iSOorSBOGrirs tripsTeeBar $350 11 oll Garnet $675 $ t5for4-1/2 $515 22 20150 320 GUtse4Q YrIIoo 12 raIl saluojirumoxV Supreme 66•75e___ LoonShapesSelf-Adhesive Sanding Strips y$210Lots Good Stuff DC Applied Design Corporation U 3384 Torrance CA 90510Mini Glue Tips Add 20% shippieg Seod SASt far Catalon4 fsr $110 i-Strips tiepiacemeet Sanding B Available Champions] model will anything wishes between 2-30 feet gound perhaps within 100-foot circle think saw model fly backward Later eyes Andy Benjamins beautiful twin Grnmman Tigercat has about ten-foot span retracts twin Quadras something similar Andy flying airplane smoothly having trouble engine would drop out somewhat less full throttle So making full-throttle passes across field pulling up fast past crowd maneuvers safely Andys Tigercat turning left make another fast pass very instant model pointing right us heard shout Andy strange noise engine suddenly making like running away high rpm Andy felt problem shouted warning before strange sound got us Something wrong right engine loss power right engine produced just enough asymmetric force bring model out turn hot low headed right toward us instant decision made Andy whether continue turn away dead engine right toward us try correct problem land farther down runway plenty left other decision turn dead engine safely away onlookers probably sacrifice model Andy opted second decision remarkable thing obvious decision utmost safety people made quickly hesitation reflexive manner model headed direction instant defining instant safest decision irrevocably made Andy struggled model through good pilotage almost made around field model can probably repaired can imagine however much damage could have done other decision made try save crippled model model proved uncontrollable modelers got medals Andrew Benjamin would deserve reflexive safety action Would pass similar test hope Until next month ON OWER LESS HASSLE MOE NiH DeselzewthDavsDesel Its Awesome Up 50 51 Som EasyS ug y NM C Pug DAVIS 05 R ltv asLong So Sand MIfdCTOOAOO 208 ider $335 56 Model Aviation
