Scale World Championships

SCALE ORLD ploip U Stan Alexander Sce Aeromodeling World Championships N held Pretoria South Africa Held Swartkop Air Force Base Museum site featured beautiful runway taxiways grass/dirt fly FAT Scale competition pilot has right take off land wind especially useful multitude WW aircraft air base second-oldest Air Force world based accommodated modelers need first Scale World Championships held South African Model Aircraft Association organizing committee say Championships resounding success would understatement group well-organized friendly enough seasoned staff carry off major event fine fashion 8 Model Aviation ith Triplane Peter McDermott Engine problems kept A-scale model out contention F4C Peters static score 17625 second-highest Championships held two years Control Line Radio Control categories 1996 Championships held Perigueux France year 2000 Championships will held Interlaken Switzerland Modelers compete regional national level selected represent country Championships US national finals decide makes team three modelers F4B F4C team Team Individual competition FAI Scale runs slower pace AMA Scale contestants standpoint because aircraft time flown RC CL allows little no distractions pilot flies museumscale model also eliminates chance midair crashes allows other teams chance watch see whos doing what flightilne scoring flight scores posted World War aircraft particularly popular because much surface detail can added aircraft flying wires rigging spoked wheels airspeed indicators Some people would say stuff could easily bought today true just point almost cases itemsalong tires dummy engines other detail partsare handmade modelers Some modelers go extreme featuring operational joysticks rudder pedals cockpits going meet always hear people talk about contest weather means weather can mess up contest either rain humid weather cross winds high winds blowing sand anything else will occur contest days fair skies wind almost nonexistent temperatures mid SOs during day high 40s evening very low humidity prevailed week didnt see cloud sky twelve days Swartkop Air Base biplanes dream site crashes Championships past events may have because competitors Northern Hemisphere unable practice before arrived South Africa Equipment failure lack practice dumb thumbs accounted lost flights aircraft frequency analyzer stayed clear week Several turbines entered Mick Reeves powered DH Venom homemade turbine wouldnt allowed compete under ALMA rules unable put flight because 4790-foot elevation fact oaly turbine-powered model F-iS Urs Maylander Switzeriand managed fly competition Urss F15 built Philipe Avonds fuselage powered AMT kerosene turbine field altitude would allow engines run properly always different aircraft types international competition like thisaircraft dont normally see competition Text continued page 14 Phnt- fl.,tnn Mth ,thn flnkir flncinn hulill Ann C2,nniinh October 1998 9 Netherlands Gerald Rutten Beechcraft Model 18 new model right 10kg weight limit finished 24th F4C Carlos Eduardo Rivoira Argentina -scale Fokker E-lll able get flight placed 44th F4C team 14th Tsuyoshi Oue youngest modelers age 32 represented Team Japan flying A6M2 Zero first World Championships placed 26th Vladimir Kusys Percival Proctor MkIV first F4B 05 91 power 1/6 scale Second static made up almost 200 points flight competition Curtiss Jenny Hans Annan Switzerland third F4C Laser 150 power wingspan just over nine feet Weighed 17A2 pounds FMT Scale plans 10 Model Aviation Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION SCALE WORLD w Pavel Fends Knoller CII First place F4C Knoller CII observation/bomber built AustriaHungary Used during WW Germany original aircraft built 1916 CII powered 185-hp Austro Daimler engine crew two could drop three bombs trenches belowquite payload time original aircrafts wings very thin 6% airfoil profile thin Pavel used variety materials construct save weight build stronger wing process leading edge main spar constructed beech plywood wing ribs also built beech plywood lightening holes decrease weight ribs capstripped carbon fiber trailing edge constructed steel wire shaped form reinforced carbon-fiber strips fuselage built spruce stringers longerons covered 04mm plywood forward portion fuselage covered 03mm aluminum panels formed panels prototype aircraft panels held place scale handmade fasteners landing gear inner cabanes constructed 2mm hard aluminum covered balsa Pavel fabricated hinges brackets landing gear cabanes struts hard aluminum scratch-built tires forming negative half-form molds wire wheels constructed using lathe form hubs outer rims 40 wires wheel attached Czech Republic fabric called Upraca used fabriccovered portions aircraft synthetic fabric has natural white color very thin strong fabric applied wet varnish dope coat wings tail surfaces trailing edge wing surfaces held place plywood forms till dried covered rest fabric portions model added pinked tape seven-color hexagonal lozenge paint scheme achieved painting color aircraft sticking plastic hexagonal strips over areas saved next color applied final clear coat applied after crosses markings painted aircraft scale details constmcted frum original aircraft materials dummy inline Austro-Dainiler engine scratch-built models exhaust exits scale stack anemometer outboard cabane strut rotates after engine starts Other details include scale control linkage rudder elevator ailerons controlled 07mm steel wire connected cockpit scale steering gear joystick rudder pedals operate control surfaces deflect Both cockpits have complete detailing down woven leather seats Stan Alexander October1998 11 Dornier Do-23 Al Kretz 28th F4C Scratch-built Al US team member Wayne Frederick runs engine up fellow documentation Dornier company team member Ramon Torres holds Fokker DVIII place uI # SCALE roRLD~4 Scratch-built airframe turbine DH Venom Mick Reeves UK Technical problems grounded large jet Vernon Altamirano holds Fiat CR-32 Chirri Victor Longbon Australia Wingspan 72 inches 05 12 power BUcker Jungmeister Andreas Luthi its way first place F4C Large Scale Impressively quiet flight Sopwith Camel Glen Roberts Mick Reeves plans finished fourth F4C model powered Laser 200 12 Model Aviation eas Luthis 1910 Avro placed second F4C Completely scratch-built model took five years build Received high static score 1773 points jet model flew Championships F-15c Urs Maylander Switzerland AMT turbine engine Spring Air retracts October 1998 13 Max Merckenschlagers F4C Large Scale Brewster Buffalo placed second model has electric retracts smoke system Scale WoridlAlexander Continued page 9 Germanys Max Merkenschlager F4C Champion 1996 competed new model F4C Large Scalean aircraft Ive personally never seen duplicated before Brewster Buffalo original Buffalo has electric retracts powered Kingl4Ocm RV engine swings 28 x 12 prop wingspan 104 inches weight just over 41 pounds Max flew Buffalo second-place finish equivalent old Giant Scale Class Another aircraft dont see often America Fiat CR-32 Victor Longbon Australia model built drawings museum Turin Italy CR-32 last biplane fighters WW II model sported splinter camouflage paint scheme used North Africa model has six-foot wingspan fuselage length 65 inches Power OS 12 four-stroke CH spark ignition OS British Laser four-strokes powered models competition F4B Control Line Scale field limited 12 models European countries compete regular basis field didnt appear South Africa loss because site great very smooth circle stated before very litfie wind years winner came compete Czech Republic Percival Proctor MkIV British colors Vladimir Kusys Proctor scratch-built I/ scale wingspan 76 inches powered OS 91 FS win 925 points over 1996 winner Marian Kazirod Poland flying Avro Lancaster Boguslaw Malota also Polish team flew 1941 Yak-6 third-place finish Polish F4B team also placed first team competition US F4B team consisted Team Manager Darlene Frederick Jack Sheeks Ralph Burnstine Steve Ashby F4B teams aircraft World Championships before Steve Ashby finished sixth familiar Do-17z Jack Sheeks flew Hellcat F6F-5 eighth-place finish Ralph Burnstine flew Chipmunk eleventh place team finished second F4C competition always has very large field models competitor Czech Republic Pavel Fenci see sidebar walked away first place 4150 points total 3304 points competition second place Switzerlands Andreas Luthi flying 1910 Avro type aircraft featured movie Magnfi cent Men & Flying Machines took Andreas five years 4000 hours build aircraft After contest 14 Model Aviation just flown Avro its sixth flight model has wingspan seven feet powered Laser 150 engine weighs just over 171/2 pounds well below maximum weight 10kg 22 pounds Swiss team member Hans Ammann flying Curtis Jenny took third place aircraft painted familiar Love Field color scheme exquisitely detailed model built FMT Scale aircraft drawings Ralph Beck wingspan just over nine feet weighing just over 17 pounds model powered Laser 150 four-stroke engine contestants elect use engine because physical engine size its reputation repeated reliable performance Biplanes dominated F4C competition nine top ten aircraft NW types South Africas Glen Roberts flew Mick Reeves Sopwith Fl Camel fourth place another Laser-powered model non-biplane entry finish top ten US team member Ramon Torres Beechcraft T-42 military version Barron finished fifth Wayne Fredericks Fokker DVIII Al Kretzs Dornier DO-23 rounded out US F4C team Al flying first Championships finished very respectable 28th F4C Large-Scale class number entries down possibly because distance competitors travel size weight large models modeler has time patience skill could enter three types competition Andreas Luthi entered F4C F4C Large Scale entered Avro F4C finished second F4C Large Scale entered BIicker Jungmeister scale model flew beautifully dunng three flights smoothest-flying biplane Ive ever witnessed Painted Swiss colors large biplane took Andreas first-place finish Max Merckenschlager finished close second South Africas Kiis Pretorius third flying Harvard Midi formal banquet held Holiday Inn Crown Plaza downtown Pretoria Several modelers received awards Dennis Thumpston Memorial Trophy presented Denniss widow Irene Dennis Thumpston FAT Scale Subcommittee Chairman until 1995 Thanks South African Airways South African Air Force Air Force Museum Lt Col Dave Knoesen Maj Neil Thomas neverending work acconrmodation everyone involved Championships would like compete next world championships represent US contact AMA Competitions Department details about next qualifier Stan Alexander 3709 Valley Ridge Dr Nashville TN 37211 16 Model Aviation

SCALE ORLD ploip U Stan Alexander Sce Aeromodeling World Championships N held Pretoria South Africa Held Swartkop Air Force Base Museum site featured beautiful runway taxiways grass/dirt fly FAT Scale competition pilot has right take off land wind especially useful multitude WW aircraft air base second-oldest Air Force world based accommodated modelers need first Scale World Championships held South African Model Aircraft Association organizing committee say Championships resounding success would understatement group well-organized friendly enough seasoned staff carry off major event fine fashion 8 Model Aviation ith Triplane Peter McDermott Engine problems kept A-scale model out contention F4C Peters static score 17625 second-highest Championships held two years Control Line Radio Control categories 1996 Championships held Perigueux France year 2000 Championships will held Interlaken Switzerland Modelers compete regional national level selected represent country Championships US national finals decide makes team three modelers F4B F4C team Team Individual competition FAI Scale runs slower pace AMA Scale contestants standpoint because aircraft time flown RC CL allows little no distractions pilot flies museumscale model also eliminates chance midair crashes allows other teams chance watch see whos doing what flightilne scoring flight scores posted World War aircraft particularly popular because much surface detail can added aircraft flying wires rigging spoked wheels airspeed indicators Some people would say stuff could easily bought today true just point almost cases itemsalong tires dummy engines other detail partsare handmade modelers Some modelers go extreme featuring operational joysticks rudder pedals cockpits going meet always hear people talk about contest weather means weather can mess up contest either rain humid weather cross winds high winds blowing sand anything else will occur contest days fair skies wind almost nonexistent temperatures mid SOs during day high 40s evening very low humidity prevailed week didnt see cloud sky twelve days Swartkop Air Base biplanes dream site crashes Championships past events may have because competitors Northern Hemisphere unable practice before arrived South Africa Equipment failure lack practice dumb thumbs accounted lost flights aircraft frequency analyzer stayed clear week Several turbines entered Mick Reeves powered DH Venom homemade turbine wouldnt allowed compete under ALMA rules unable put flight because 4790-foot elevation fact oaly turbine-powered model F-iS Urs Maylander Switzeriand managed fly competition Urss F15 built Philipe Avonds fuselage powered AMT kerosene turbine field altitude would allow engines run properly always different aircraft types international competition like thisaircraft dont normally see competition Text continued page 14 Phnt- fl.,tnn Mth ,thn flnkir flncinn hulill Ann C2,nniinh October 1998 9 Netherlands Gerald Rutten Beechcraft Model 18 new model right 10kg weight limit finished 24th F4C Carlos Eduardo Rivoira Argentina -scale Fokker E-lll able get flight placed 44th F4C team 14th Tsuyoshi Oue youngest modelers age 32 represented Team Japan flying A6M2 Zero first World Championships placed 26th Vladimir Kusys Percival Proctor MkIV first F4B 05 91 power 1/6 scale Second static made up almost 200 points flight competition Curtiss Jenny Hans Annan Switzerland third F4C Laser 150 power wingspan just over nine feet Weighed 17A2 pounds FMT Scale plans 10 Model Aviation Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION SCALE WORLD w Pavel Fends Knoller CII First place F4C Knoller CII observation/bomber built AustriaHungary Used during WW Germany original aircraft built 1916 CII powered 185-hp Austro Daimler engine crew two could drop three bombs trenches belowquite payload time original aircrafts wings very thin 6% airfoil profile thin Pavel used variety materials construct save weight build stronger wing process leading edge main spar constructed beech plywood wing ribs also built beech plywood lightening holes decrease weight ribs capstripped carbon fiber trailing edge constructed steel wire shaped form reinforced carbon-fiber strips fuselage built spruce stringers longerons covered 04mm plywood forward portion fuselage covered 03mm aluminum panels formed panels prototype aircraft panels held place scale handmade fasteners landing gear inner cabanes constructed 2mm hard aluminum covered balsa Pavel fabricated hinges brackets landing gear cabanes struts hard aluminum scratch-built tires forming negative half-form molds wire wheels constructed using lathe form hubs outer rims 40 wires wheel attached Czech Republic fabric called Upraca used fabriccovered portions aircraft synthetic fabric has natural white color very thin strong fabric applied wet varnish dope coat wings tail surfaces trailing edge wing surfaces held place plywood forms till dried covered rest fabric portions model added pinked tape seven-color hexagonal lozenge paint scheme achieved painting color aircraft sticking plastic hexagonal strips over areas saved next color applied final clear coat applied after crosses markings painted aircraft scale details constmcted frum original aircraft materials dummy inline Austro-Dainiler engine scratch-built models exhaust exits scale stack anemometer outboard cabane strut rotates after engine starts Other details include scale control linkage rudder elevator ailerons controlled 07mm steel wire connected cockpit scale steering gear joystick rudder pedals operate control surfaces deflect Both cockpits have complete detailing down woven leather seats Stan Alexander October1998 11 Dornier Do-23 Al Kretz 28th F4C Scratch-built Al US team member Wayne Frederick runs engine up fellow documentation Dornier company team member Ramon Torres holds Fokker DVIII place uI # SCALE roRLD~4 Scratch-built airframe turbine DH Venom Mick Reeves UK Technical problems grounded large jet Vernon Altamirano holds Fiat CR-32 Chirri Victor Longbon Australia Wingspan 72 inches 05 12 power BUcker Jungmeister Andreas Luthi its way first place F4C Large Scale Impressively quiet flight Sopwith Camel Glen Roberts Mick Reeves plans finished fourth F4C model powered Laser 200 12 Model Aviation eas Luthis 1910 Avro placed second F4C Completely scratch-built model took five years build Received high static score 1773 points jet model flew Championships F-15c Urs Maylander Switzerland AMT turbine engine Spring Air retracts October 1998 13 Max Merckenschlagers F4C Large Scale Brewster Buffalo placed second model has electric retracts smoke system Scale WoridlAlexander Continued page 9 Germanys Max Merkenschlager F4C Champion 1996 competed new model F4C Large Scalean aircraft Ive personally never seen duplicated before Brewster Buffalo original Buffalo has electric retracts powered Kingl4Ocm RV engine swings 28 x 12 prop wingspan 104 inches weight just over 41 pounds Max flew Buffalo second-place finish equivalent old Giant Scale Class Another aircraft dont see often America Fiat CR-32 Victor Longbon Australia model built drawings museum Turin Italy CR-32 last biplane fighters WW II model sported splinter camouflage paint scheme used North Africa model has six-foot wingspan fuselage length 65 inches Power OS 12 four-stroke CH spark ignition OS British Laser four-strokes powered models competition F4B Control Line Scale field limited 12 models European countries compete regular basis field didnt appear South Africa loss because site great very smooth circle stated before very litfie wind years winner came compete Czech Republic Percival Proctor MkIV British colors Vladimir Kusys Proctor scratch-built I/ scale wingspan 76 inches powered OS 91 FS win 925 points over 1996 winner Marian Kazirod Poland flying Avro Lancaster Boguslaw Malota also Polish team flew 1941 Yak-6 third-place finish Polish F4B team also placed first team competition US F4B team consisted Team Manager Darlene Frederick Jack Sheeks Ralph Burnstine Steve Ashby F4B teams aircraft World Championships before Steve Ashby finished sixth familiar Do-17z Jack Sheeks flew Hellcat F6F-5 eighth-place finish Ralph Burnstine flew Chipmunk eleventh place team finished second F4C competition always has very large field models competitor Czech Republic Pavel Fenci see sidebar walked away first place 4150 points total 3304 points competition second place Switzerlands Andreas Luthi flying 1910 Avro type aircraft featured movie Magnfi cent Men & Flying Machines took Andreas five years 4000 hours build aircraft After contest 14 Model Aviation just flown Avro its sixth flight model has wingspan seven feet powered Laser 150 engine weighs just over 171/2 pounds well below maximum weight 10kg 22 pounds Swiss team member Hans Ammann flying Curtis Jenny took third place aircraft painted familiar Love Field color scheme exquisitely detailed model built FMT Scale aircraft drawings Ralph Beck wingspan just over nine feet weighing just over 17 pounds model powered Laser 150 four-stroke engine contestants elect use engine because physical engine size its reputation repeated reliable performance Biplanes dominated F4C competition nine top ten aircraft NW types South Africas Glen Roberts flew Mick Reeves Sopwith Fl Camel fourth place another Laser-powered model non-biplane entry finish top ten US team member Ramon Torres Beechcraft T-42 military version Barron finished fifth Wayne Fredericks Fokker DVIII Al Kretzs Dornier DO-23 rounded out US F4C team Al flying first Championships finished very respectable 28th F4C Large-Scale class number entries down possibly because distance competitors travel size weight large models modeler has time patience skill could enter three types competition Andreas Luthi entered F4C F4C Large Scale entered Avro F4C finished second F4C Large Scale entered BIicker Jungmeister scale model flew beautifully dunng three flights smoothest-flying biplane Ive ever witnessed Painted Swiss colors large biplane took Andreas first-place finish Max Merckenschlager finished close second South Africas Kiis Pretorius third flying Harvard Midi formal banquet held Holiday Inn Crown Plaza downtown Pretoria Several modelers received awards Dennis Thumpston Memorial Trophy presented Denniss widow Irene Dennis Thumpston FAT Scale Subcommittee Chairman until 1995 Thanks South African Airways South African Air Force Air Force Museum Lt Col Dave Knoesen Maj Neil Thomas neverending work acconrmodation everyone involved Championships would like compete next world championships represent US contact AMA Competitions Department details about next qualifier Stan Alexander 3709 Valley Ridge Dr Nashville TN 37211 16 Model Aviation

SCALE ORLD ploip U Stan Alexander Sce Aeromodeling World Championships N held Pretoria South Africa Held Swartkop Air Force Base Museum site featured beautiful runway taxiways grass/dirt fly FAT Scale competition pilot has right take off land wind especially useful multitude WW aircraft air base second-oldest Air Force world based accommodated modelers need first Scale World Championships held South African Model Aircraft Association organizing committee say Championships resounding success would understatement group well-organized friendly enough seasoned staff carry off major event fine fashion 8 Model Aviation ith Triplane Peter McDermott Engine problems kept A-scale model out contention F4C Peters static score 17625 second-highest Championships held two years Control Line Radio Control categories 1996 Championships held Perigueux France year 2000 Championships will held Interlaken Switzerland Modelers compete regional national level selected represent country Championships US national finals decide makes team three modelers F4B F4C team Team Individual competition FAI Scale runs slower pace AMA Scale contestants standpoint because aircraft time flown RC CL allows little no distractions pilot flies museumscale model also eliminates chance midair crashes allows other teams chance watch see whos doing what flightilne scoring flight scores posted World War aircraft particularly popular because much surface detail can added aircraft flying wires rigging spoked wheels airspeed indicators Some people would say stuff could easily bought today true just point almost cases itemsalong tires dummy engines other detail partsare handmade modelers Some modelers go extreme featuring operational joysticks rudder pedals cockpits going meet always hear people talk about contest weather means weather can mess up contest either rain humid weather cross winds high winds blowing sand anything else will occur contest days fair skies wind almost nonexistent temperatures mid SOs during day high 40s evening very low humidity prevailed week didnt see cloud sky twelve days Swartkop Air Base biplanes dream site crashes Championships past events may have because competitors Northern Hemisphere unable practice before arrived South Africa Equipment failure lack practice dumb thumbs accounted lost flights aircraft frequency analyzer stayed clear week Several turbines entered Mick Reeves powered DH Venom homemade turbine wouldnt allowed compete under ALMA rules unable put flight because 4790-foot elevation fact oaly turbine-powered model F-iS Urs Maylander Switzeriand managed fly competition Urss F15 built Philipe Avonds fuselage powered AMT kerosene turbine field altitude would allow engines run properly always different aircraft types international competition like thisaircraft dont normally see competition Text continued page 14 Phnt- fl.,tnn Mth ,thn flnkir flncinn hulill Ann C2,nniinh October 1998 9 Netherlands Gerald Rutten Beechcraft Model 18 new model right 10kg weight limit finished 24th F4C Carlos Eduardo Rivoira Argentina -scale Fokker E-lll able get flight placed 44th F4C team 14th Tsuyoshi Oue youngest modelers age 32 represented Team Japan flying A6M2 Zero first World Championships placed 26th Vladimir Kusys Percival Proctor MkIV first F4B 05 91 power 1/6 scale Second static made up almost 200 points flight competition Curtiss Jenny Hans Annan Switzerland third F4C Laser 150 power wingspan just over nine feet Weighed 17A2 pounds FMT Scale plans 10 Model Aviation Results FOCUS ON COM PETITION SCALE WORLD w Pavel Fends Knoller CII First place F4C Knoller CII observation/bomber built AustriaHungary Used during WW Germany original aircraft built 1916 CII powered 185-hp Austro Daimler engine crew two could drop three bombs trenches belowquite payload time original aircrafts wings very thin 6% airfoil profile thin Pavel used variety materials construct save weight build stronger wing process leading edge main spar constructed beech plywood wing ribs also built beech plywood lightening holes decrease weight ribs capstripped carbon fiber trailing edge constructed steel wire shaped form reinforced carbon-fiber strips fuselage built spruce stringers longerons covered 04mm plywood forward portion fuselage covered 03mm aluminum panels formed panels prototype aircraft panels held place scale handmade fasteners landing gear inner cabanes constructed 2mm hard aluminum covered balsa Pavel fabricated hinges brackets landing gear cabanes struts hard aluminum scratch-built tires forming negative half-form molds wire wheels constructed using lathe form hubs outer rims 40 wires wheel attached Czech Republic fabric called Upraca used fabriccovered portions aircraft synthetic fabric has natural white color very thin strong fabric applied wet varnish dope coat wings tail surfaces trailing edge wing surfaces held place plywood forms till dried covered rest fabric portions model added pinked tape seven-color hexagonal lozenge paint scheme achieved painting color aircraft sticking plastic hexagonal strips over areas saved next color applied final clear coat applied after crosses markings painted aircraft scale details constmcted frum original aircraft materials dummy inline Austro-Dainiler engine scratch-built models exhaust exits scale stack anemometer outboard cabane strut rotates after engine starts Other details include scale control linkage rudder elevator ailerons controlled 07mm steel wire connected cockpit scale steering gear joystick rudder pedals operate control surfaces deflect Both cockpits have complete detailing down woven leather seats Stan Alexander October1998 11 Dornier Do-23 Al Kretz 28th F4C Scratch-built Al US team member Wayne Frederick runs engine up fellow documentation Dornier company team member Ramon Torres holds Fokker DVIII place uI # SCALE roRLD~4 Scratch-built airframe turbine DH Venom Mick Reeves UK Technical problems grounded large jet Vernon Altamirano holds Fiat CR-32 Chirri Victor Longbon Australia Wingspan 72 inches 05 12 power BUcker Jungmeister Andreas Luthi its way first place F4C Large Scale Impressively quiet flight Sopwith Camel Glen Roberts Mick Reeves plans finished fourth F4C model powered Laser 200 12 Model Aviation eas Luthis 1910 Avro placed second F4C Completely scratch-built model took five years build Received high static score 1773 points jet model flew Championships F-15c Urs Maylander Switzerland AMT turbine engine Spring Air retracts October 1998 13 Max Merckenschlagers F4C Large Scale Brewster Buffalo placed second model has electric retracts smoke system Scale WoridlAlexander Continued page 9 Germanys Max Merkenschlager F4C Champion 1996 competed new model F4C Large Scalean aircraft Ive personally never seen duplicated before Brewster Buffalo original Buffalo has electric retracts powered Kingl4Ocm RV engine swings 28 x 12 prop wingspan 104 inches weight just over 41 pounds Max flew Buffalo second-place finish equivalent old Giant Scale Class Another aircraft dont see often America Fiat CR-32 Victor Longbon Australia model built drawings museum Turin Italy CR-32 last biplane fighters WW II model sported splinter camouflage paint scheme used North Africa model has six-foot wingspan fuselage length 65 inches Power OS 12 four-stroke CH spark ignition OS British Laser four-strokes powered models competition F4B Control Line Scale field limited 12 models European countries compete regular basis field didnt appear South Africa loss because site great very smooth circle stated before very litfie wind years winner came compete Czech Republic Percival Proctor MkIV British colors Vladimir Kusys Proctor scratch-built I/ scale wingspan 76 inches powered OS 91 FS win 925 points over 1996 winner Marian Kazirod Poland flying Avro Lancaster Boguslaw Malota also Polish team flew 1941 Yak-6 third-place finish Polish F4B team also placed first team competition US F4B team consisted Team Manager Darlene Frederick Jack Sheeks Ralph Burnstine Steve Ashby F4B teams aircraft World Championships before Steve Ashby finished sixth familiar Do-17z Jack Sheeks flew Hellcat F6F-5 eighth-place finish Ralph Burnstine flew Chipmunk eleventh place team finished second F4C competition always has very large field models competitor Czech Republic Pavel Fenci see sidebar walked away first place 4150 points total 3304 points competition second place Switzerlands Andreas Luthi flying 1910 Avro type aircraft featured movie Magnfi cent Men & Flying Machines took Andreas five years 4000 hours build aircraft After contest 14 Model Aviation just flown Avro its sixth flight model has wingspan seven feet powered Laser 150 engine weighs just over 171/2 pounds well below maximum weight 10kg 22 pounds Swiss team member Hans Ammann flying Curtis Jenny took third place aircraft painted familiar Love Field color scheme exquisitely detailed model built FMT Scale aircraft drawings Ralph Beck wingspan just over nine feet weighing just over 17 pounds model powered Laser 150 four-stroke engine contestants elect use engine because physical engine size its reputation repeated reliable performance Biplanes dominated F4C competition nine top ten aircraft NW types South Africas Glen Roberts flew Mick Reeves Sopwith Fl Camel fourth place another Laser-powered model non-biplane entry finish top ten US team member Ramon Torres Beechcraft T-42 military version Barron finished fifth Wayne Fredericks Fokker DVIII Al Kretzs Dornier DO-23 rounded out US F4C team Al flying first Championships finished very respectable 28th F4C Large-Scale class number entries down possibly because distance competitors travel size weight large models modeler has time patience skill could enter three types competition Andreas Luthi entered F4C F4C Large Scale entered Avro F4C finished second F4C Large Scale entered BIicker Jungmeister scale model flew beautifully dunng three flights smoothest-flying biplane Ive ever witnessed Painted Swiss colors large biplane took Andreas first-place finish Max Merckenschlager finished close second South Africas Kiis Pretorius third flying Harvard Midi formal banquet held Holiday Inn Crown Plaza downtown Pretoria Several modelers received awards Dennis Thumpston Memorial Trophy presented Denniss widow Irene Dennis Thumpston FAT Scale Subcommittee Chairman until 1995 Thanks South African Airways South African Air Force Air Force Museum Lt Col Dave Knoesen Maj Neil Thomas neverending work acconrmodation everyone involved Championships would like compete next world championships represent US contact AMA Competitions Department details about next qualifier Stan Alexander 3709 Valley Ridge Dr Nashville TN 37211 16 Model Aviation