RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 170, 174, 176, 179
RECORDBREAKING performances big numbers dash two adverse weather highlighted years US Free Flight Championships Lost Hills CA venue new Nineties re placement vaunted Taft Field now facing bulldozer fever Very much up task hand Contest Director Bill Booth Jr business manager Bob Beecroft oversaw arrival 600 700 competi ied mak tors spectators family members intent pursuing delights truly unfettered Free Flight activities Memorial Day weekend classic holiday onslaught modelers effectively tripled population tiny namesake community nearby AAA motor club maps show Lost Hills dot Interstate 5 about 300 miles north San Diego 200-odd south Sacra mento 180 Los Angeles 50 60 tior caw Jsw newh miles due east Pacific Ocean per haps another 45 Bakersfield Its out speak freeway intersection some eight miles fly ing site approximately 200 rooms very inexpensive huge truck stop several chain restaurants mini-markets plus RY/tent commercial campsite Overflow crowds headed Buttonwillow 30 miles away facilities roughly du 66 Model Aviation Top picture D Gas entry rotates upward after clean VTO vertical takeoff maneuver telephoto view iiiustrates endless horizons Lost Hiiis site Above isif Del Adams Visalia CA sets up 1 6-year-old Mexi-Boy 980 fore fiight D Gas highiy decorated craft powered K&B 66 engine Opening day gorgeous skies fabulous thermais indicated swlriing streamer back ground Above right Gumband great Bob White tried hand Old-Timer Texaco ciassic 60-in-span Taibi Powerhouse Bob flew Cox-powered ship fifth piece popuiar event Au accompanying photos taken author John Oldenkamp Left Bill Cohens 108-inch-span Dailaire Texaco comes back hangar atop Baja-type chase vehicle fiat benign terrain Lost Hills allows easy retrieval foot wheel long isnt lot rain turn quagmire Right Current Junior World Champs team member Mike Keller flashes big smile over much-flown Satellite racked up new Category iii record Gas 4 Left No USFFC would complete Free Flight stalwart Sal Taibi seen new 630-sq-in l/aA Texaco its equipped custom-designed 14cc fuel tank available through Sals company Superior Aircraft Materials 12020-G Centraila Hawaiian Gar dens CA 90716 Right Longtime P-30 activist Harry Steinmetz back fray after 10-year hiatus waits lift latest P-30 has roiled-tube fuselage popup wing dethermalizer wing tipiets graceful shape yellow Peck tissue finished Aerodyne nitrate dope prop imported Czech product available through FAI Modei Supply PO Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510 Left As ViA Power gains popularity does design sophistication Fl H entry Bill Lynch Auburn CA weighs 75 oz has fullhouse auto features high aspect ratio model finished event over 37 minutes its timecard Right Some front-end details Bills F1H ship calls Hurry Up heart system lathe Seelig timer Other gadgets provide auto rudder stabilizer fuel shutoff bunt mechanism Bills thumb rests dead-mans switch activates whole works Instant launch plicated Wandering off flying field firsttime attendees bedazzled huge yet benign scale things Soft enough underfoot comfort firm enough ac cept anything mountain bikes Cadil lacs chase site big enough three five miles flat enough very flat unobstructed enough no bushes trees ditches pipes utility poles gates fences etc meet anyones definition worldclass FF venue central launch area HQ com pound 80 acres leased activi ties named Bissonette-Mirage Field after late Al Bissonette An adjoining 630acre parcel escrow moment will secured operated exclusively Free Flight yet-to-be-formed not-forprofit trust An additional 600 800 acres likely will added purchase package near future thus guaranteeing down stream needs Free Flight has its first perma nent home Geography aside Lost Hills presents other challenges especially thermal pick ing since whole area known AnteSeptember 1990 67 V I Left The one-shot dawn P-30 mass launch 630 am Saturday attracted 32 entries Nine maxes flown topped Bob Whites impres sive 247 truly neutral air Harry Steinmetz Sarapico top left spilt-second after launch Right An interesting design concept Dick Drakes Garden Grove CA Pollywog very consistent performer has twin Coupe dHiver form P-30 event 66 entries Left FAI Team Selection Coordinator Bill Gibbons Boulder CO heaves off winning Mulvihiil machine hold-pin prop firmly tween teeth Note oversize prop thin wing section very iight construction necessary win field 41 entrants Right Writereditor Paul Masterman flew over London weekend fiy largish Euro-style Coupe right home Mondays rain Left Ed Wiiliamson El Paso TX no less five Wakefields stashed lightweight airilne carry-on box Parts three Wakefields plus accessories detailed Note plug-in wings pylon-mounted timer VIT DT detachable booms pylons lightweight glass fiber iayup built over male moldexcellent workmanship Right far background Lee Hines can seen video camera Carmen Critchiow Ai Ulm Patty Ulm wait out strong gusts Sundays Wakefield rounds neat Fl B features carbon fiber rib caps spars two-piece wing conventional locked-in control mode no auto surface mechanics lope Valley less open four compass points miles Gigantic boomers example might preceded followed nasty little broomstick risers can end max attempt very quickly Thermal streamers can also blow several different directions simultane ously making old-fashioned seat-of-thepants thermal search must subject re learn observation thus far above-mentioned factors put little equity back game fun too As contest began capricious lateseason arctic storm front moved down West Coast making things very interesting weather department practical purposes unexpected weather fractured normal USFFC format three sepa rate contests Hardy folks Free Flight ers 58 events went off scheduled good humor prevailed Opening day Saturday dream about temperatures seven ties bright skies light drift generally fantastic air conditions dawn events P 30 360 Wakefield went off great 68 Model Aviation Coupe dHlver winner Stan Buddenbohm crams motor design made 90 FAI specs eliminate 311-sq-ln cross section rule makes category mini-Wakefield higher performance would attractive new builders enthusiasm Bob Piserchia flier have done far repeated himself put up over six minutes duration FiB Wakefield appointed 545 am launch time considers scant 10 years ago 75% max rate regular day time Wake competition considered good thats superlative performance what about Bob White zooming up 33 others gala mass P-30 launch outlast ing wide margin 247 al though eight others did max As witness timer could detect no sign positive lift rather chilly two events true tests both fliers airplanes Conditions improved following epi sodes An abundance smiling faces swarmed back forth between entry table flight lines patient ones re warded powerful boomers some discovered intervening broom sticks fell bottom list As good symphonic performance dynam ics always shifting high drama 1hA Texaco perhaps artistic gentler events contest official Bob Beecroft broke 52 minutes three flights brand-new neverflown Taibi Powerhouse closely followed Charles Yost 28-minute score earned flying Leisure Systems Lanzo Bomber converted electric Cox power directly overhead far away fifth place other Wakefield standout Bob White another new Powerhouse flew very smoothly Although Texaco has no size weight limits craft must pre-1938 OldTimer Antique design powered 049 Cox reed-valve engine must have 14cc fuel capacity Engine runs four seven minutes depending prop 25-minute flights quite spectacu lar indeed considering timer per son cannot wander 50 yards required ROG rise-off-ground lift-off spot Continued page 170 Left Close-up Putty dethermalizer system developed marketed tfle udc2enDonm orotners o meinnarat wealmin ster CA 92680 Send SASE info $500 ppd per unit Its versatile lightweight unit application pops both wing tail ensure full recovery strongest thermals Right left right Vic Cunningham Jr USFFC Financial Director Bob Beecroft CD Bill Booth Jr discuss Vics B Gas entry Copy Cat powered K&B 35 gorgeous red black white plane dates back late Sixties Unfortunately Vic wasnt able make official flights because unusually bad weather plagued event Trophy time Monday rains cleared sky tried brighten little Len Kendy Bill Swalley Winton CA prepares NorIn dark glasses holding trophy stands out crowd Bob Beecroft CD Bill dic A2 action vast open spaces Booth hand out trophies other winners Prior ceremonies attendee Lost Hills site allowed both FAI Nordic issued large plastic trash bag instructed scour field four quadrants Power flown well downwind elimi collect debris Contest CDs take notethats good practice flying field nating interference regular events September 1990 69 couple weeks Bladder Grabber year Northeast Reglonals didnt fly Fast Combat because problem fly-aways contest held airport Eugene OR lots expensive commercial jets cruising around Its bad enough having fly-away model come rest flying areabut worse cads up area inhabited nonfliers Lets hope some can come up reliable fuel shutoff could used eventsor minimum something would destabilize model keep within confines flying area competitors ones have dodge youre thinking buying Fox Mark VI engines youd best get phone Duke Fox now current price engine $100 its available factory tel 1-501/646-1656 report have 100 engines left theyre gone. well know rest giant leap technology new Shur iken engine seems just what its 29000-rpm red line about 50% power current Cox TD 049 Look some very large models using engine ap pear sometime soon word got manufacturer tally swamped orders little jewel about $200 copy fast guys going going faster will difficult fly current 35-ft lines may forced move up 42 ft Somebody asked thought best Combat pilot world US have legend Riley Wooten Joining very elite group would guys like Richard Stubblefield Howard Rush entertaining watch doesnt win have whole bunch top-notch fliers category too close callpeople like Fluker Cleveland McFad den mention twin terrors John Stubblefield Michael WilIcox Theres bunch foreigners deserve try out worlds finest too British have Richard Evans Dave Wood Mick Tiernan always-tough Mr Vernon Hunt about Soviet stars like Doroshenko Beliaev Necheutkhinand reigning World Champion Fai xov No list would complete Wak kermans Fred Meyer remember Ostemans performance 1984 World Champs John Madden can have all-American team should entitled all-world team Maybe after next World Champs Ill give some thought may safer pick people have already retired Stuka Stunt/Baxter Continued page 65 Maybe want weekend flier Maybe want model thatll leave smile face AA day con tests arrive maybe want both Off contest trail Stuka guaran teed unusual AA Stunt ships aroundand ablest fliers designed win USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 69 Mother Natures support system pre vailed well late afternoon Two very significant records established Paul Herbst broke 1984 P-30 mark record 3008 spite being away chase best two hours day weakened crack six-minute flight barrier oldest stan dards Bobby Morgans 3109 Junior Gas 1977 fell newcomer JonMark Carman 4049 Finally Terry Thorkildsen copped Ocie Randall High Time Gas Trophy posting 6918 just shy own record category Model Aviation plan Astrostar Out standing climaxes great day As dusk approached us out test sport fly eye toward night session Sundays bigger slate Dark scud horizon announced change weather Some periodic dust cells blew through temperature droppedbut before author man aged sacrifice brand-new Wakefield BoomBox IV violent thermal literContinued page 174 EI Amount lock No DescriptionPrice III Toorder HI II HoI3lwIm3Iw NTRNAIIOHAI INC IERICANHANDLING CHARGESub Total EXPIESCredit Card order7l% Tax TN Only Check wIth order orI order ~$490Handling COD Order TOTALIblank Name 1* Street Address CityStateZipI call EMasterCard EVisa DAmerExp Exp Date615 Card No ElShip CODJMy Check enclosed $I nrn El 170 Model Aviation ma Name Street Addreas City State Zip AFTER YOU DID ALL THE WORK WHY LET YOUR AIRPLANE DO ALL THE FLYING INFO $300 AWARDED Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight 1989 Sun-N-Fun Fly-In BUILD & FLY THE miniMAX YOURSELF Computer Designed3 Axis Control * Part 1 03 Ultralight Easy Construction Wood Construction TEAM INC BOX 338M BRADYVILLE TN 37026 615 765-5397 USFFC/Oldenkamp Continued page 170 ally broke ship apart about two minutes flight worry though Id come fly lots machinery use up watched Fleetwood Enterprise CEO John Crean corporate sponsors meet put up endless flights P 30 delighted went up ever higher time sudden Sahara blast ran us fine playthings back stor age cubbies town night end long day promise joy tomorrow Such Free Flight second day competition Sun day trifle challenging mythic guys fat cheeks blew stiff constant gale hovered between 15 18 mph plus gusts CD Bill Booth im mediately declared Category m rule book situation experience gutsy approach day yours two-minute flight could land distant oil patch mile half east definitely out normal drift pattern Dark skies prevailed ships suffered tumbleitis touchdown dinged max Some lighter Scale ships seen flying backwards headed wind Old-Timer Gas AMA subjects once engines shut down Fine grit infil trated almost nook cranny mak ing flight boxes look like Lawrence Arabia safari gear best times still fun intrepid trophy hounds Senior flier Mike Keller bright new dime real charger overcame ele ments set records both Gas C Gas Forty-four gallants stepped up Wakefield starting line under devil ishly trying conditions San Diegan Bob Pi serchio record maxes seven rounds although risked ex cellent craft process author did instant shoot-in-the-foot routine BoomBox No 2 putting wrong prop set right airplane causing embar rassing stallout ground Once prob lem corrected did manage flight two out mile strong drift Chicago-style conditions caused abandon chase temporarily interim Truman Puckett charcoaled doz ens burgers dogs hot truck shaved-ice yummies moved bit slowly Saturday back row campsites became cozy conversation pits George Schroedter Champion Mod els set up shop sold out nearly thing aboard trailer Just time threw tarp over goods retreated town rest tired feet make phone calls enjoy quiet feast Lennys make Dennys Dawn broke Monday third Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation Send $2 illustrated catalog & technical literature ANOTHER GREA T RC HELICOPTER FROM THE WIDE RANGE OF GMP HELISI w Gorham Model Products Inc 23961 Craftsman Rd Calabasas CA USA 91302 818 992-0195 Introducing Chip Hydes . Jekyll SPEC Length 67 66 Area 770 eq ne 60 KIT FEATURES y glass fuselage a foam 2 piece wing design $205 Also available Silent St Miss Beetle F3C Epoxy Fiberglass Bodies 1989 World Champion Black Shark V $225 yr Elirjet Introducin. STI NIREIY Latest Design] $245 contest indicated earlier entire state California experiencing un usual record-level rains winds other disasters date Overnight driz zle soaked evenly field dawn lightning dark clouds loom ing distance obvious um brella weather could upon us mo ment Engines barked flight line Hand-Launched Glider gang looking thermals Coupe fliers wound up five-rounder having fun Yes indeed go-home day anyhow contestants good spirits Boom squall line get ting closer 900 am several contes tants double maxes AMA events half-dozen clean through two Coupe flights Stu Bennet led Catapult event Boom Whoops rain began pour down ground already saturated overnight semideluge became banana peel slick quagmire less 10 minutes Some people RVs other heavy vehicles beat quick retreat back safety asphalt roads east organizers declared 1000 am clo sure safety reasons thing else since impossible tra verse goo let alone mount chase motorcycle brollies umbrellas came out rest us hunkered down under awnings cruised good-naturedly around like bunch ebriated penguins Packing up trip back must have trying unac customed conditions Around noon rain stopped field cleanup commenced brief trophy presen tation took place followed raffle survivors good ending thrill-packed stimulating three days total immersion what wait want mostthe chance really let rip aero wise along camaraderie idea shar ing maybe little voyeuring watch weather notwithstanding heroes legends stuff Some statistics may interest Two hundred eighty-four fliers registered competitors collectively laid down coin 647 event entries Thirteen states represented well four foreign countries Canada Mexico New Zealand England Ten women competed along 20 Juniors five Seniors rest us trashed-out adults Nine new national records pending aftermath USFFC three will fill rule book vacancies created recognizing FiG Coupe FlH Al Glider F1J Power FM events under AMA sanction Ima-Jean Villnave won Womens High Time award 1115 Open Mul vihill Full contest results entries plus names addresses contestant very useful item correspondence will soon available fat computer printout Continued page 179 176 Model Aviation p OUT OF THE ASHES . imo THE WINNERS CIRCLE PHOENIX SPAN 122 AREA 1047 SQ IN WEIGHT 72-76 OL AiOIL 84061 WINGLOAD 10 OZ/SQ FT ASPECT RATIO 1671 COMPETITION PRODUCTS 921 BIRDIE WAY APOLLO BEACH FL 33672 FOR ADOONAL INFORMATION SENO LEASE 648 6171 THE SCHNEIDER SPORT SPORT MODEL R/C FLOATPLANE RECOMMENDED ENGINES 45/60 2STROKE 60/80 4STROKE QTF FLOATS INCLUDED LENGTH 34 IN CAP 6/10 LBS 60 SPAN 57 INAREA 600 SQ INLENGTH 47 INEIGHT 65 / 70 LB L STREAM INCORPORATED BLUR 04 873-6604 NEWS VA 23606 ALER INQUIRIES INVITED j $10 postpaid USFFC 1990 PO Box 4203 Carlsbad CA 92008 Before leaving off would like address some new site specifics previous 19 USFFCs held Taft over years developed justly deserved reputa tion Free Flights equivalent Mecca said Taft special charisma great feeling community true extreme time goes particular site no longer available us variety rea sons mostly economic ones Lost Hills its first hosting FF ex travaganza proved bit much firstclass setting contests Taft other contests throughout year will held including upcoming USA FAT Team Selection Finals late September rumors site may offered bid 1993 World Free Flight Championships enterprise certainly well within reason Lost Hills has great appeal FAT crowd cause almost complete lack obstruc tions hamper operations damage pricey aircraft Above safe se rene sometime soon secured time viable Free Flight field Also Indoor site available Wasco half hours drive away needed miss Taft course trade offs obviously favor Lost Hills cant bring back Mecca anyway Its true Lost Hills lacks feeling com munity Itll up us establish USFFC pageant does severely over load restaurant facilities out Inter state 5 junction matter en trepreneurial opportunity will hap pen Beyond remaining chore die-hards resist change re think air-picking methods adapting Lost Hills conditions Bring lunch guys enjoy Kudo time Grand events like USFFC dont spring reality own 20th production FFMAASC Free Flight Model Aircraft Association Southern California composite govern ing body clubs less south Bakersfield President Hal Cover heads all-volunteer team calls meetings sees paperwork flows effort intensifies average FF fanatic lights off fuse another max whole bunch folks digging deep holes per sonal time make things happen us Cheers unlisted stamp enve lope lickers families Hal CD Bill Booth business manager Bob Beecroft meeting now advise next team coming design run USFFC 1991 Lastly 90 edition solidly plus column financially due great part strong corporate industry support following Fleetwood Enterprises Cox Hobbies K&B Champion Models SR Bat teries Satellite City Leisure Electronics Model Research Laboratories Bob Wilder Design Truman Puckett Ice Cream n Things catered us well Plus zillion individuals concerns ponied up raffle thanks Let motto 91 through 2091 Get lost Free Flight Lost Hills responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation September 1990 179 850 PHOTOGRAPHS NEARLY 100 PAGES EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED R/C AIRPLANES $1395 HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425