Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/09
Page Numbers: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Terry Nitsch does ft again U Stan Alexander ONCE YEAR aeromodelings best best converge West Palm Beach Florida compete worlds prestigious Scale eventsthe Top Gun Invitational international competition held Palm Beach Polo Club April 27-30 Hosted Palm Beach Aero Club meet marked its fifth year polo field Its different events onean air show spectators world-class championship competitor great September 1995 7 Terry Nitsch repairs nose gear winning BVM F-86 Sabre Jet Gear collapsed during first-round landing Jim Sandquist preps Super Stearman Jess Larsons flight Team Scale event team took sixth place Above The P-38 Team Scale entry Bob Fiorenze Graeme Mears Yellow Aircraft model took fourth event Left Spectators admire Dave Plafts Grumman Mohawk /e scale model lost after left engine failure 8 Model Aviation w Inset Bob Underwoods Hiporbipe features full interior well 600 indivIdual scale rivets Phillips-head screws Bob will enter craft FAI Scale Team Selection Muncie August Expert pilot DennIs Crooks managed keep Lear 35A crashing after engine Jeff Foley placed fourth Expert class 1895 points 85-inch-span seized during first round Lockheed T-33 Total weight 19 pounds Bud Roanes $opwltti Pup goes through Its maneuvers Buds clessic WW effort finIshed 13th Expert class opportunity show off products hobby industry Contestants came Canada England Germany Brazil Columbia United States different countries origin spoke understood same plane language Rain threatened field several times during week couple downpours though polo field wet wasnt unmanageable didnt affect flying very much wind behaved itself during eventseveral biplane pilots really seemed enjoying themselves know vendors manufacturers appreciated having walled exhibition tent Static judging started 830 am Thursday April 27 Most Expert Class judged day several late arrivals Friday judged Team Scale aircraft Friday afternoon Chief Judge George Len runs tight ship Competitors strict time schedule judgingthis keeps entire process moving along During judging some pilots practiced routines put show audience Nearly 15000 spectators attended four-day competition An air show also held Friday gave competitors time make repairs talk friends watched show Air shows also held Saturday Sunday during halftime breaks After pilots meeting Saturday morning opening ceremonies started Star Spangled Bannercomplete Pitts biplane doing aerobatics overhead first round competition flying usually pilots work out jitters mechanical problems make final adjustments routine Garland Hamiltons F-80 Shooting Star first off runway interesting aircraft lined pits during week first time great Messerschmitt Bf 1 09G sliced through sky above polo grounds aircraft built Pat McCurry Dave Platt kit aircraft finished Erich Hartmann markings study Scale detail details seemed appear longer looked No area overlookedhatches vents engine cowl hinges cockpit showed remarkable attention detail Pat scratchbuilt canopy G- 14 model well other details Pat used Dave Platt s painting technique apply custom-mixed K&B epoxy standard Luftwaffe winter camouflage scheme followed several light-gray washes finish rubbed fine steel wool effect familiar name flying OV-ID Mohawk years competition Dave Platt replaced Mohawk lost midair collision during last years competition latest version slightly larger last years model 1/6-scale craft has 96-inch span powered two OS 91 fourstroke engines Unfortunately bit history repeated itself Daves first competition flight model went down Mohawks left engine died during right turn craft went Hamilton Lake Fortunately water minimized damage model Wayne Siewert represented Imperial Japanese Army Air Force WW Il-era Nakajima Ki-84 Frank new breed hightech models Top Gunits constructed carbon fiber fighter has aluminum spar runs length 88-inch-span wing Plates epoxied spar leading edge wrapped Kevlar support 32pound weight model during landing According Wayne its first carbon-fiber kit Aero Tech Models company will soon release its version North American P-51D will have approximately same dimensions weight Ki-84 prototype 10 Model Aviation weekend information write Aero Tech Models 2740 31st Ave S Minneapolis MN 55406 Tel 602 721-1285 Saturday night traditional suitand-tie banquet Top Gun competitors sponsors officials isnt usual Scale meet dinnerits formal event dinner dancing Special awards given out after dinner first-time Top Gun entrant claimed High Static Score award Canadas Sepp Uiberlacher won scratch-built 84inch span Hawker Tempest Pat McCurry took home Top Buns award presented annually Top Gun Hussies cocktail parties fantastic formal banquet held Wellington Country Club special California red wine furnished makers Zap banquet rated four stars everyones book end third round Terry Nitschs F-86 Sabre held lead slim marginany top six competitors chance win Although standings remained close throughout competition Terry held took top honors Expert class final placement less thanfive points separated first tenth place Terrys win excellent example what skill practice presentation excellent aircraft can second time won Expert class BVM F-86 Sabrethe first two-time winner history event both victories Sabre has featured US Air #191 Extra Hands below Makes covering easy #401 Digger left Easiest use hinging tool available $355 ELDON J LIND COMPANY 3151 Caravelle Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86406 520-453-7970 Send self-addressed stamped envelope catalog products M/C & Visa accepted September 1995 11 Build fast easy accurate straight Without access #SOOA $14985 access #50GB $20280 #202 Duplicator Contour Sander Turn out beautiful edges Simple easy Standard $2178 Deluxe $6310 -I Ufl Expert Standings After Round 4 Static Pilot/Model Tony F-86 2Garland F-80 Sho Ramon Tv Cessna 04Jeff Foley T-33A 5Nick Zirol Hellcat 8KIm Fosto Sopwith F Score Flight 1 Score Flight 2 Score Flight 3 Score Flight 4Total ScoreScore 96750 92750 95750 94375 91000 94750 92125 12 Model Aviation 0 e Ban DH 82T tohan Du 3 C Ve4ze kit NoModelPrice 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 1 0-300s$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 300S$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 Send $1 otoIog outside USA 52 Dealer Inquiries Invited ~hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheran Church Rd Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 859-1660 FAX 513859-7202 Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack U Team Scale Standings After Round 4 StaticFlight 1Flight 2Fight 3Flight 4Total Pilot/Builder/ModlerScore Score ScoreScore ScoreScore September 1995 13 Uun David Hayes 82-inch-span crop-dusting Thrush Robart air cylinders propel dust through twin wing booms Force Minute Men paint scheme now has first-place trophies AMA Nats Scale Masters Top Gun Hes won three competitions twice second time years Garland Hamilton took second place F-80 Shooting Star excellent flier flight routines bombing run over North Korea gave him slight edge Garland very consistent flier Ramon Torres finished third Expert class Cessna O-2A twin push & pull Cessna smooth flier twin gave Ramon three mechanical options flight routine non-aerobatic observation aircraft Jet Model Products T-33 campaigned Jeff Foley 8 5-inchspan model powered OS 91 turning Dynamax fan unit Jeff used finish fourth overall Expert class flight presentation uniquehe used flying maneuvers no mechanical options complete flights Three biplanes finished top ten Expert class Kim Foster finished sixth 1/4-scale Sopwith Pup constructed Mick Reeves plans Its powered Laser 200 four-stroke engine weighs 15 pounds Kim member US FAI Scale team went 1994 World Championships Arnhem Holland Mike Barbee AMA District III Associate Vice President finished eighth Tiger Moth Charlie Nelson flew WACO VKS-7F ninth place Germanys Stephen Durrstein first Europeans crack top 10 Expert class flew Fiber Classics Douglas DC-3 tenth place Stephens Dakota has 126-inch wingspan finished color scheme aircraft San Francisco area large twin powered OS 91s Fiber Classics retracts Its controlled Multiplex radio David Hayes came Top Gun complete plumbing system scratchbuilt Aires Thrush crop duster features operational dusting system Two Robart air cylinders blow powder dust tank brassSeptember 1995 15 -iiin F-Troop McCurry Digiorgia Alexander Nitsch DeVerna Digiorgia Tiano Ziroli Bernier Leu Meister Right Eighth-place Team Scale Ziroli DC-3 Geoff Combs Alvin Brown 144-inch span two Saito 15 FSs Between flights Bill McCallies mechanic holds P-40 place during engine run-up placed 24th tubing system powder exits through scale booms rear wings An unusual project like requires great deal ingenuity David experimented several different liquids powders crop dust before finally settling fire extinguisher powder spraying system presented its own challenges Ive got little bit everything including part Super Soaker water gun said According David real trick compensating powder weight loss after spraying David finished just out money 11th place Another modeler competes unique aircraft Bob Underwood year came Hiperbipe model third Hiperbipe effort spans 74 inches weighs 155 pounds Bob scratch-built entire model including spinner turned lathe balsa block covered 16 Model Aviation e Ray Labonte managed repair A6M5 Zero after early accident Mike Barbees 1/4-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth yellow 88-inch-span model placed 8th Expert Right Meister Models P-47 Dean Dma Digiorgio has sound system machine guns turbo Sidel radial engine 103-inch span 51 pounds fiberglass Bob turned two spinnersone flight other static judging cant wait see Bobs 1/3-scale Bonzo Raceranother unique aircraft An F-80 Shooting Star built Jerry Caudle flown Bob Violett won Team Scale 50s-era fighter-bomber has 80-inch wingspan weighs 16 pounds ducted-fan model powered BVM 91 Viojett fan unit Appropriately model Bob Violett kit father-and-son team Dave Tony Maichione took second place Team Scale T-33 also BVM kit Its great see fatherand-son teams like Nick Ziroli Sr Nick Jr contest circuit Dean Dino Digiorgio also attended Both members Southern Californias infamous F-Troop Frank Mr Top Gun Tiano flew third place Team Scale Ki-61 Tony model Ed Newman effort Japanese fighter flew well throughout meet Bob Fiorenze flew striking P-38 Lightning fourth place Team Scale Yellow Aircraft kit built Graeme Mears Its finished D-Day invasion markings Mamas Boy nose art best P-38 Ive ever seen flight aircraft features two Moki 1 5 glow engines McDaniel glow drivers Four separate pneumatic systems operate September 1995 17 Uun Bob Karisson shows realistic landing gear retract system Grumman F3F Wildcat judges Jim Semonian John Smith gear doors tank drop brakes Fowler flaps fork-tailed devil painted Endura similar Imron gyro used rudders case engine flame-out Its great insurance policy investment time money model represents documentation Graeme contacted pilot full-scale Mamas Boy Lt Edward Wassell Lt Wassell flew aircraft out Kingscliff England now lives California Another Scale competition Top Gun Free-Right Mass Launch Dave Platt started event several years agoand until last year did good job winning year Steve Sauger de Havilland Hornet Moth took home trophy prizes first place five years Palm Beach Aero Club has hosted Top Gun Polo Club PBAC members crew flight lines taking care air-traffic control parking admittance general behind-the-scenes work makes contest run smoothly Contest Director Kevin Clark headed up years effort Kevin told club has about 130 membersalmost active fliers club wants build new field Top Gun helps promote effort Scorekeeping again handled Rosella Cuny used new scoring program developed specifically Scale competition Cliff Tacie vice president National Association Scale Aeromodelers Its very fast systemfinal results printed 10 minutes after end Round Four Cliffs program Simply Scale Scoremaster targeted AMA US Scale Masters Top Gun FAI Scale competition Its available Seneca Ridge Products Box 640 Ocean City MD 21842 Tel 410 641-9457 year sponsors very generous prize money merchandise Pacer Technology Model Airplane News Airtronics Aeroplane Works BOCA Bearing Bob Violett Models Dave Platt Models Dry-Set Markings Eagle Editions Futaba Glen Torrance Models HiTec Inc JR Radios Lanier R/C Madden Model Productions McDaniel RC Moki/Gerard Enterprises Precision Eagle R/C Report Robart Manufacturing Saito Engines Scale Model Research Super Tigre Engines Top Flite Models Jan Deu Jewelers Air Flair Midwest Model Products Frank Tiano Enterprises Model Aviation Tech Top Gun Hussies Herr Engineering Aeroloft Designs As always Top Gun continues grow change youre interested going next years Top Gun make reservations now See odel Aviation * John Chevaliers aluminum-covered Ryan STA spans 92 inches powered Quadra 42 Golden Age kit Ernie Harwood built -scale SE5a Proctor kit WW model powered Saito 12 Above Beautiful BVM T-33 Englands Steve Elias Ian Richardson placed fifth Team Scale