Toledo-'91

Interior view Arena Including Radio Control balloons massed race held Saturday morning Slightly half booths floor space can seen photo As always quite show LJO three decades after its humble beginnings Ohio log cabin annual Toledo exposition RC modelers go find out whats new year variety industry response realities 1991 much evidence EGeorge M Myers snowy windy members got ABSTRACT Club & Show history RC idea should go someplace warm systems news 1991 Show review 1992 mid-winter social affair arranged location with Detroit RC club held Trophy Log Cabin Toledo Ohio 1954 JOE DAVID founded Weak Signals meeting success became RC Club Toledo Ohio 1952 annual event Attendance grew middle typical Ohio winter cold gathering moved Miracle Mile Bill Hershberger AMA Frequency Commit tee member demonstrates prototype scan ner Bill Chafer Joe Stalker IMPBA digital unit being built custom ba sis AMA displays transmitters working whole 72-73 MHz band well showing occupied spectrum single transmitters IMPBA wants use impound area International meets August 1991 27 Sports Arena Toledo Ohio site Weak Signals 37th Annual RC Exposition Ballroom Toledo Part growth due fact names addresses attendees collected meeting Brochures mailed following event activity became habit Joe described grew larger moved Sunnydale Golf Club manufacturers represented booths attendance up 1000 people 1964 meeting move Champion Spark Plug hanger Toledo Airport 1965 through 1975 show held Lucas County Recreation Center moved Sports Arena 1976 stayed up meeting counted 320 booths never has enough room 1992 38th Annual RC Exposition Pazmany PL-45 Walt Moucha spans 108 weighs 25 lb powered 05 300 twin finish DuPont enamel model typical entered beauty contest significant prizes will held Seagate Center 101 Summit Street diagonally across bridge river Sports Arena members Weak Signals required scheduled work support show Adequate excuses accepted failure appear scheduled can result loss status relegation Associate Member outright dismissal club Associate Members neither permitted vote club matters nor hold office present 90 Regular members 30 Life Associate members 15 prospective members fruit effort addition fellowship 40-acre flying field 100 x 400-ft paved runways gravel driveway parking area 2000 sq Travel Air Mystery Ship Jamie Feacain Akron OH Gee Bee Z Ron Dehlinger Michigan City IN DC-3 M Madrigal Miami FL typical high level com petition indicative distances peo ple will travel attend Exposition 28 Model Aviation Balsa USA showed 30%-size scale Stearman hundred sixteen span qu 4 lb THy ing weight 42 cu engines larger Two hundred dollar $200 deposit against $695 delivered price will popular kit Georges friend Norm Rosenstock came up West Palm Beach Florida attend show shown holding proto type Polks/Aristocraft Valiant 8 system comment want Anderson Pylon scratch-built Chuck Schooley Taylor MN features Forster 99 power Old-Timers have strong support hobby ft clubhouse electricity water phone nearby Lascille Michigan purchased 1980 Weak Signals primarily sailplane pylon race club though other activities encouraged Meetings held clubhouse May through September club hosts three four AMA-Sanctioned contests year plus club contest other weekend Members required fly least club contest per year re-qualify demonstrate pilot proficiency drop Associate Member status Points Late Sunday afternoon presenters line up collect awards garnered handiwork Booths being dismantled background accumulated contest toward yearend club championship no conflict between contest fliers sport fliers because above rules known followed Member has key field clubhouse Visitors welcome shown great courtesy David Howard Vice President Joe David Life Member plus members working show such its Coordinator Wayne Yeager news items standpoint RC systems follows PolkslAristocraft showed prototype Valiant 8 FM/PCM system features scan before select synthesizer generating RC frequencies other interesting features inexpensive $350 list price PCM radio expected available Hobby Shop October 1992 Valiant 8 system uses dualThe Giant Scale brotherhood repre sented civilian P-51 built Henry Kasprowicz Detroit Ml Stinson SR 9 created Leldon George Halerville AL August 1991 29 U John Tatone wife Tern represent Mom & Pop shops have sup ported hobby long Formerly manufacturer such well-known products Tatone timers Free Flight models cast mufflers engines now offer metal engine mounts vibration iso lators scale instrument panel dials Snuffler line muffler cartridges doing bus iness JTec Weak Signals reward effort fine facility both grass paved runways supported clubhouse back ground Interior view part clubhouse right showing trophy case picnic tables windows screened conversion narrow-band airplane receiver scanning receiver phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer generates frequencies allow system scan 50 RC Airplane Only frequencies search find open channel LEDs flash buzzer sounds announce interference Once open channel found Valiant 8 can locked channel Projected availability Oct 1991 Price $350 full equipment four servos Sold through normal hobby channels Airtronics described dealerconfigurable synthesized RF system idea dealer stocks sample line time purchase dealer sets whatever channel user desires simplifies stock Percival Mew Gull racer Dr Keith Shaw spans 745 weighs 95 lb powered Astro Cobalt 60 28 Sanyo 1200 SCR batteries through Jomar SC-6 control ler Electric airplanes now phase hobby showing development George believes Electrics soon will bigger ducted fans Giant Scale situation because no need stock 50 sets crystals 50 different receivers just make sale After being set system acts like fixed-crystal system concept may satisfy believe user-selectable frequency synthesizers dangerous Futaba reports Attack transmitters manufactured after May 1990 narrow-band its 114 117 receivers worthy listing narrow-band list Model Aviation 1991 sticker will identify narrow-band Futaba receivers future should remember Futaba has providing narrow-band transmitters its FM PCM systems several years Upgrades 75 MHz systems will announced after rush 72 MHz updates diminishes Synthesized RF Continued page 103 Next year meet Seagate Center wonderful facility offering amenities available arena entrance building other side joined parking building across street way overhead enclosed walkway 30 Model Aviation rearward flight character can change groovy twitchy no control allD Toledo 91/Myers Continued page 30 modules expected later year both 72 MHz 75 MHz Futaba will continue sell crystal pairs both 72 75 MHz Hobby Shack showed Excell line new addition its Cirrus line began 1972 described digitized FM/PCM system 512-bit code dual conversion narrow-band receiver accepts either 512 1024-bit code PCM PPM versions available Made Futaba prices range $110 three-servo four-channel FM set $230 four-servo sevenchannel PCM system Cox Hobbies showed prototypes dual conversion narrow-band AM receiver Cobra line now features bean-shaped narrow-band two-and three-channel transmitters $35 upgrade has announced older wideband versions radio system Cox radios usually appear high-production toys like RTF airplanes predict system will find favor among sailplane pilots Users 75 MHz systems have loss sanction 30 channels because 75 MHz AM systems wont modified narrow-band performance IMPRA International Model Power Boat Association held its Directors meeting Toledo during show invited address matter frequencies Afterwards voted sanction use 30 75 MHz channels proviso oddchannel radios must FM think excellent decision because will allow continue wideband radios phase narrow-band equipment becomes available Narrow-band FM transmitters odd channels likely interfere decent wideband receivers channels narrow-band FM receivers odd channels should ignore decent wideband transmitters channels decent wideband system would qualify old RCMA/AMA silver sticker some discussion beginning RCMA/IMPBA sticker system 75 MHz radios nothing settled Now lets look some pictures showD RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 31 glass tail rotor blades providing enhanced performance models well-known smooth flying qualities Magic 60 L Helicopter pilots accustomed counterclockwise ThkeA Load Off needs carry around dead weight Sullivan Skylite Its lightest conventional style wheel can buy Engineered unique foam core thin tough rubber skin Skylite cuts weight conventional wheel about half So can take off easier fi ion er maneuver better Whats Skylites rugged build handles repeated take-offs landings bit well its heftiest competitors never falls spring back round atter long model sits runway workbench So youve thinking about takingCIdfllij off weight talk dealer about seeingPRODUCTS light Skylite isP0 Dcx 5166 Baltimore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rotor-system rotation will surely appreciate new Magic 60 L Robbe/Schluter Heli copter kit will now able enjoy Schluter engineering its fullest machine retains extensively engi neered qualities standard Magic 60 kit mechanics have rede signed accept new spur gear re verses rotor systems rotation 60 60 L Robbe offers attractive Schluter alternative pilots whether used clockwise- counterclockwise-rotation systems Junior 50 II Robbe/Schluters smallest hottest performing 50-size Helicopter now better tedious job building wooden servo trays has become thing past Schluter Helicopters sharing system 88 mechanics Like Scout 60 Magic 60 Junior 50 II now equipped plastic servo structure redesigned canopy canopy has sleeker aerodynamic shape extends yond rear side frames give Junior II whole new look newly de signed canopy matching bulkhead plastic servo structure available ac cessories existing Junior 50 Heli copters Champion fairing Originally designed option Magic 60 side fairings have proven popular effective now available Champion Continued page 108 August 1991 103

Interior view Arena Including Radio Control balloons massed race held Saturday morning Slightly half booths floor space can seen photo As always quite show LJO three decades after its humble beginnings Ohio log cabin annual Toledo exposition RC modelers go find out whats new year variety industry response realities 1991 much evidence EGeorge M Myers snowy windy members got ABSTRACT Club & Show history RC idea should go someplace warm systems news 1991 Show review 1992 mid-winter social affair arranged location with Detroit RC club held Trophy Log Cabin Toledo Ohio 1954 JOE DAVID founded Weak Signals meeting success became RC Club Toledo Ohio 1952 annual event Attendance grew middle typical Ohio winter cold gathering moved Miracle Mile Bill Hershberger AMA Frequency Commit tee member demonstrates prototype scan ner Bill Chafer Joe Stalker IMPBA digital unit being built custom ba sis AMA displays transmitters working whole 72-73 MHz band well showing occupied spectrum single transmitters IMPBA wants use impound area International meets August 1991 27 Sports Arena Toledo Ohio site Weak Signals 37th Annual RC Exposition Ballroom Toledo Part growth due fact names addresses attendees collected meeting Brochures mailed following event activity became habit Joe described grew larger moved Sunnydale Golf Club manufacturers represented booths attendance up 1000 people 1964 meeting move Champion Spark Plug hanger Toledo Airport 1965 through 1975 show held Lucas County Recreation Center moved Sports Arena 1976 stayed up meeting counted 320 booths never has enough room 1992 38th Annual RC Exposition Pazmany PL-45 Walt Moucha spans 108 weighs 25 lb powered 05 300 twin finish DuPont enamel model typical entered beauty contest significant prizes will held Seagate Center 101 Summit Street diagonally across bridge river Sports Arena members Weak Signals required scheduled work support show Adequate excuses accepted failure appear scheduled can result loss status relegation Associate Member outright dismissal club Associate Members neither permitted vote club matters nor hold office present 90 Regular members 30 Life Associate members 15 prospective members fruit effort addition fellowship 40-acre flying field 100 x 400-ft paved runways gravel driveway parking area 2000 sq Travel Air Mystery Ship Jamie Feacain Akron OH Gee Bee Z Ron Dehlinger Michigan City IN DC-3 M Madrigal Miami FL typical high level com petition indicative distances peo ple will travel attend Exposition 28 Model Aviation Balsa USA showed 30%-size scale Stearman hundred sixteen span qu 4 lb THy ing weight 42 cu engines larger Two hundred dollar $200 deposit against $695 delivered price will popular kit Georges friend Norm Rosenstock came up West Palm Beach Florida attend show shown holding proto type Polks/Aristocraft Valiant 8 system comment want Anderson Pylon scratch-built Chuck Schooley Taylor MN features Forster 99 power Old-Timers have strong support hobby ft clubhouse electricity water phone nearby Lascille Michigan purchased 1980 Weak Signals primarily sailplane pylon race club though other activities encouraged Meetings held clubhouse May through September club hosts three four AMA-Sanctioned contests year plus club contest other weekend Members required fly least club contest per year re-qualify demonstrate pilot proficiency drop Associate Member status Points Late Sunday afternoon presenters line up collect awards garnered handiwork Booths being dismantled background accumulated contest toward yearend club championship no conflict between contest fliers sport fliers because above rules known followed Member has key field clubhouse Visitors welcome shown great courtesy David Howard Vice President Joe David Life Member plus members working show such its Coordinator Wayne Yeager news items standpoint RC systems follows PolkslAristocraft showed prototype Valiant 8 FM/PCM system features scan before select synthesizer generating RC frequencies other interesting features inexpensive $350 list price PCM radio expected available Hobby Shop October 1992 Valiant 8 system uses dualThe Giant Scale brotherhood repre sented civilian P-51 built Henry Kasprowicz Detroit Ml Stinson SR 9 created Leldon George Halerville AL August 1991 29 U John Tatone wife Tern represent Mom & Pop shops have sup ported hobby long Formerly manufacturer such well-known products Tatone timers Free Flight models cast mufflers engines now offer metal engine mounts vibration iso lators scale instrument panel dials Snuffler line muffler cartridges doing bus iness JTec Weak Signals reward effort fine facility both grass paved runways supported clubhouse back ground Interior view part clubhouse right showing trophy case picnic tables windows screened conversion narrow-band airplane receiver scanning receiver phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer generates frequencies allow system scan 50 RC Airplane Only frequencies search find open channel LEDs flash buzzer sounds announce interference Once open channel found Valiant 8 can locked channel Projected availability Oct 1991 Price $350 full equipment four servos Sold through normal hobby channels Airtronics described dealerconfigurable synthesized RF system idea dealer stocks sample line time purchase dealer sets whatever channel user desires simplifies stock Percival Mew Gull racer Dr Keith Shaw spans 745 weighs 95 lb powered Astro Cobalt 60 28 Sanyo 1200 SCR batteries through Jomar SC-6 control ler Electric airplanes now phase hobby showing development George believes Electrics soon will bigger ducted fans Giant Scale situation because no need stock 50 sets crystals 50 different receivers just make sale After being set system acts like fixed-crystal system concept may satisfy believe user-selectable frequency synthesizers dangerous Futaba reports Attack transmitters manufactured after May 1990 narrow-band its 114 117 receivers worthy listing narrow-band list Model Aviation 1991 sticker will identify narrow-band Futaba receivers future should remember Futaba has providing narrow-band transmitters its FM PCM systems several years Upgrades 75 MHz systems will announced after rush 72 MHz updates diminishes Synthesized RF Continued page 103 Next year meet Seagate Center wonderful facility offering amenities available arena entrance building other side joined parking building across street way overhead enclosed walkway 30 Model Aviation rearward flight character can change groovy twitchy no control allD Toledo 91/Myers Continued page 30 modules expected later year both 72 MHz 75 MHz Futaba will continue sell crystal pairs both 72 75 MHz Hobby Shack showed Excell line new addition its Cirrus line began 1972 described digitized FM/PCM system 512-bit code dual conversion narrow-band receiver accepts either 512 1024-bit code PCM PPM versions available Made Futaba prices range $110 three-servo four-channel FM set $230 four-servo sevenchannel PCM system Cox Hobbies showed prototypes dual conversion narrow-band AM receiver Cobra line now features bean-shaped narrow-band two-and three-channel transmitters $35 upgrade has announced older wideband versions radio system Cox radios usually appear high-production toys like RTF airplanes predict system will find favor among sailplane pilots Users 75 MHz systems have loss sanction 30 channels because 75 MHz AM systems wont modified narrow-band performance IMPRA International Model Power Boat Association held its Directors meeting Toledo during show invited address matter frequencies Afterwards voted sanction use 30 75 MHz channels proviso oddchannel radios must FM think excellent decision because will allow continue wideband radios phase narrow-band equipment becomes available Narrow-band FM transmitters odd channels likely interfere decent wideband receivers channels narrow-band FM receivers odd channels should ignore decent wideband transmitters channels decent wideband system would qualify old RCMA/AMA silver sticker some discussion beginning RCMA/IMPBA sticker system 75 MHz radios nothing settled Now lets look some pictures showD RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 31 glass tail rotor blades providing enhanced performance models well-known smooth flying qualities Magic 60 L Helicopter pilots accustomed counterclockwise ThkeA Load Off needs carry around dead weight Sullivan Skylite Its lightest conventional style wheel can buy Engineered unique foam core thin tough rubber skin Skylite cuts weight conventional wheel about half So can take off easier fi ion er maneuver better Whats Skylites rugged build handles repeated take-offs landings bit well its heftiest competitors never falls spring back round atter long model sits runway workbench So youve thinking about takingCIdfllij off weight talk dealer about seeingPRODUCTS light Skylite isP0 Dcx 5166 Baltimore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rotor-system rotation will surely appreciate new Magic 60 L Robbe/Schluter Heli copter kit will now able enjoy Schluter engineering its fullest machine retains extensively engi neered qualities standard Magic 60 kit mechanics have rede signed accept new spur gear re verses rotor systems rotation 60 60 L Robbe offers attractive Schluter alternative pilots whether used clockwise- counterclockwise-rotation systems Junior 50 II Robbe/Schluters smallest hottest performing 50-size Helicopter now better tedious job building wooden servo trays has become thing past Schluter Helicopters sharing system 88 mechanics Like Scout 60 Magic 60 Junior 50 II now equipped plastic servo structure redesigned canopy canopy has sleeker aerodynamic shape extends yond rear side frames give Junior II whole new look newly de signed canopy matching bulkhead plastic servo structure available ac cessories existing Junior 50 Heli copters Champion fairing Originally designed option Magic 60 side fairings have proven popular effective now available Champion Continued page 108 August 1991 103