IN THE WAKE heated competition 1988 World Championships twoday US FiD International Contest held part US Indoor Championships seemed somewhat anticlimax member Polish team heard re mark Today holiday flyingyesterday work Certainly atmosphere re laxed less demanding World Championships Running two major events tandem inevitably creates some overload however effects timers contest management staff visible Before three days USIC flying over hardworking offi cials ready see anything FiD models contestants entered both world international contests latter AMA fliers chance pit themselves against competitors other countries 12 35 entrants outside U S Bud Romak Ce zar Banks plus manager Bob Randolph entered USIC also offi cial Team Selection Regional Contest al Coming heels World Indoor Champs almost looked like foreign invasion Over one-third contestants countries outside US EBud Tenny lowing U S entrants qualify Team Finals event held 1989 final scores Fl D International Con test Jim Richmond 7951 Cezar Banks 7901 Sylwester Kujawa 7613 Andras Ree 7503 Dezso Orsoval 7414 Six competitors improved World Championships scores seven failed well Earl Hoffman high est scoring US competitors broke tie Bud Romak sixth place Earls score 7238 would have earned him sixth place individual World Champion ships Larry Cailliaus time 7228 corresponded 11th-place WC standing Scale 2 pm 6 pm HandLaunched Glider Catapult Glider 6 pm 9 pm similar schedule two subsequent days total 20 offi cial events crammed three days flying making championships much intensive Indoor Nats Entrants two Easy B events could designate flights posted either events both Since isnt total compatibility among rules various countries models processed whichever rules builders followed seemed make event classic shoot-out prove set rules makes best Easy B thats valid extrapolation would appear U S rules superior since highest-placing foreign models belonged Laurie Barr England sixth 1601 Dave Yates England seventh 1550 Edu ardo Molfino Argentina 10th 1445 First place International Easy B went G R Nolin 2001 Don Slusar czyks 1607 score took Junior/Senior Easy B Open Easy Bthe popalar event meet 77 entries compared 26 International Easy BEarl Hoffman captured marbles score 2121 Junior/Senior Intermediate Stick first place went Don Slusarczyk 2521 score Earl Hoffmans 2903 time won Open Intermediate Stick competi 64 Model Aviation first day normal US Indoor Championships kicked off Easy B International Easy B Intermediate Stick scheduled 9 am until 2 pm Peanut Scale AMA Scale Pistachio II Nancy Beitz takes time out picture 6th-place-finishing Novice Pennyplane GR Noun 5th place pauses reassem bles AJI Oldtimer model another flight An assortment some catapult glid ers present rubberband launched models popular category limited 12-in span 3-in chord nifty-looking model famous manpowered Gossamer Condor John Slaters Ron Gansers Ornithopter put flight 956 take home tops honors its category tion 33 entries Intermediate Stick showed potential becoming bridg ing event fliers progress Novice Pennyplane FTD top times sat isfactorily close FiD scores average site much better suited Intermediate Stick FTD margin difference could well significantly smaller Maximum FAT wingspan major compromise optimum Intermedi ate design gram should easy weight class sup pose future team selection programs will have entries some fliers using Intermedi ate Stick real news Scale arena much competition some esoteric projects John Slater friend Juergen Kortenbach Canada honor ary member MIAMA club mod els Sikorsky Sky Crane both Pea nut Pistachio sizes Over past three years John has developed method ro tor construction balance controlhe avers anyone can build models fly both very well very realisti cally Peanut Sikorsky frag ile airplane fact its hardiness such John very casually flies crowded places John also very good model Gossamer Condor needs minor work become competitive ambitious project four-engine Scale model uses single long motor four-way gearbox nose Four flex shafts go out wing drive props Its flyable lack dihedral makes very tricky John has mastered flex shaft technology used Helicopters will doubtless apply other Scale projects well truly innovative builder Another amazing model Hewitt Phil lips Peanut derivation Maxims 1984 steam-powered plane model climbed like homesick Pennyplane glided like Scale job Maxim never allowed air plane fly Hewitt has essentially proved soundness design Junior/Senior Peanut Scale first place went Don Slusarcyzk 765 Scale points final score 1527 Don Continued page 150 John Slater also built beautiful four-engined model single rubber motor drives four-way gearbox Attached gear box four flexible shafts seen during models construction Power system works fine lack dihedral wing makes trimming tough Left Chuck Markos flew good-looking entry Novice Pennyplane Right Jim Clem went claim 3rd place Novice Pennyplane model Note radical differences prop design Pennyplane rules limit prop diameter thats resulted some unique features Left Although Maxims 1894 steam-powered airplane never flew Hewitt Phillips model certainly proved theory could fly Right Walt Van Gorders Manhattan Cabin entry Walt covered entire model plastic Ray Harlan went win event time 1051 September 1988 65 Ai APPLIED DESIGN CORP flightCezar Banks Paul Tissandier AwardJim Richmond Awarded out standing contribution aviation Jim has won five World Championships special award youngest flier given Laszlo Ree anonymous donor award unannounced sum matched NFFS total matched AMA 19-year-old flier Hungary Ree placed ninth cham pionships outscored other Hungar ian fliers Dezso Orsovai father An dras Ree well-deserved award banquet also bore stamp good management speeches short point awards ceremony moved briskly along United States Indoor modeling owe great debt di rectors National Free Flight Society maldng resources available host World Championships Also no way repay Tony Italiano cease less efforts secure sites repeatedly host United States Indoor Champion ships hallmarks both champi onships two-day FiD International Meet followed technology involved Variable-geometry propellers troduced British team West Baden 1980 showed up form another least some models flown top teams trouble some problem encountered use vanable props sensor initiates pitch diameter change difficult make difficult calibrate usually un reliable Richmond Canadians reliable setups Mike Thomas variable-pitch prop represented opposite extreme Only very careful rpm measure ment could reveal began very smooth gradual transition lower pitch Again during Richmond 4409 flight fifth blinked missed change over model dead center prop running 33 rpm kicked ap proximately 1930 rpm jumped 33 55 Diameter now effec tively about 4 lower pitch also decreased rpm dropped during remainder flight 50 rpm touch down Wont wear out Makes sanding easy No141li inch No 14222 inch $415 / Add 20% far postage best results use Self Adhesive Sheet Sandpaper No glue No drying tme Ideal special sanding shapes Adheres materiats Oxi 1 sheets Choice Medium Fine Super Fine 1l5each PO Box 330 Torrance CA 90510 consequence early prop change over could have serious model climbed about four minutes after prop kicked Fortunately flight airplane dropped well away ceiling big prop mode prop changed four minutes earlier model would have gone iron work certain Cezar Banks brought several variablepitch prop mechanisms including bi stable version behavior bi-stable variable-pitch prop standard until changeover flight airplane climbed out 45 rpm ultimately dropping 31 rpm peak altitude flight about 90 ft model came down about 45 ft before prop kicked climbed 345 rpm gaining about 15 ft particular mechanism governed motor tension worked somewhat like freewheeling device blades locked high pitch until release snapped low pitch Swiss Team pioneered longfuselage model configuration adopted top fliers today employed new pro peller technology blade out lines molded carbon fiber ep oxy prop spar abbreviated reach ing second prop rib technology fully developed yetthe outline too stiff results slightly higher desirable average rpm However didnt prevent Swiss placing third 41/2-minute mar gin Larry Cailliau demonstrated previ ous championships lightweight plastic tube around balloon string reduced mod el damage caught props during steer ing technological advance very prevalent year Over half balloons used plastic tubes textured plastic tape other attachments good effect carefully spaced processing launch schedule imposed air traffic con trol along restricting number timers didnt totally eliminate midair colli sions collision occurred occa sionally caused scheduling problems three-man teams example typical day top team would make six flights 30 minutes longerover half total time . ERICAN JR OM RIDGE CAMPBELL T RITE DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS FLYUNE Fox BERG DUBOIS LOW K&B MICRO x OS MAX RA PECK-POLYMER ECT MODELS SEAGLEN STERUNG vAN SUPER TIGER INDER FLITE LER WILLIAMSS PRODUCTS RS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send SI Cagh chek Stampa eur 32 page tabloId elmej DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrationsover 700 Kits choose MAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY DOIlY CENTER 817 W Main Zt Lansdalmla 19446 allotted entire session Thus team member collision days flying time became pressing reason Day Three schedule ex panded houran example con test management fine-tuning rules make best possible meet As usual contests models pushed hard moderate number airplanes hanging girders However recovery attempts led un commonly large number destroyed mod els unusual source During would-be rescue forays several balloons shattered shredding models pro cess two balloons exploded contact structure leading suggestion balloons weakened earlier contact gird ers US Team five-time World Champion Jim Richmonds wins impres sive considering en ergy skill demonstrated fliers other 12 Indoor teams around world 13 teams did countries proud US Ind Champs/Tenny Continued page 65 McGillivray first Peanut Scale 118/236 AMA Scale Jack McGil livray top scorer 91/181 traditional powerhouses Hand-Launched GliderBernie Boehm Paul Shaior Bill Schlarball turn up contest know will show Bernie Bill stacks Gliders poised secluded areanot needed Maybe trying psych out competition pic ture what shows Bernies handsdown win however average Ber nies nine flights 064497% of ficial score divided two Bernie HLG master caliber seldom see sort consistency phenom enal First place Junior HLG went Jeff Plassman 508 score Charles Gagli anos 1172 time took Senior HLG Ber 150 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT FibergI~ nuIings Canopies Available DC-31A 1140 Span$4200 F4UCORSAIR2 193Span$3000 A6M5ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN24 1ioi Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2W 188 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 183 Tripe$2700 Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Boehms 1323 score captured Open event Catapult Glider competition run same time HLG events quite compatible issue con sistent launching might expect catapult flier HLG flier equal com petence would also show comparable de gree consistency should slight edge person flying catapult arm has given out before forgets trim Glider Checking out supposition compared average consistency top five HLG fliers top five catapulters re sults HLG 86% catapult 875% Individual-to-individual however Chuck Markos approached Bernies consis tency 96% silly numbers may mean anything Although winning catapult time 12% higher HLG score both fifth-place scores 88% win ning time Another observation gives food thought Catapult Gliders limited 12-in span 3-in chord contrast l00-sq-in maximum HLG Are catapults efficient did just make better use site First place Junior Catapult went R Smith time 626 Jim Buxton won Senior Catapult 902 score Robert Warmanns 1484 score sewed up Open competition Manhattan Cabin Bostonian both brainchilds Ed Whitten flew same time 41 entries versus 27 Bostonian popular two 27 Manhattan entries tantamount about five Nats worth interest Bostonian models usual mix average de signs beautiful unusual ones As Manhattan advent ultralight plastic film has changed look models something nearly resembling door Cabin planes intended theres concept intent again appear time permanently retire Indoor Cabin event replace Manhattan Cab nows time rules cycle again question use ultralight film two schools thought prevailed Most fliers attempt get smooth covering looks like microfilm two crumpled film kill ten dency toward static cling make easier handle Chuck Markos used heavier 1 mil thick Mylar cover Manhattan fu selage heat shrinking additional tor sional stiffness fuselage Manhattan Cabin first place went Ray Harlan 1051 score Rich ard Miller took marbles Bostonian 109/4272 Speed events always bash classicor often models go wildly astray event models free flown around two balloons act py ions marking 25-ft diameter timed accordingly event can count ed among select group aerodynamic challenges few equally se lect group fliers have proficiency attempt Trying make rubber-powered model ROG fly two uniform laps high speed isnt easy First place Peanut Speed went Blair score 89 mph Chuck Mar kos took Unlimited Speed 137 mph Ornithopters Helicopters Autogyros shared time slot entry levels 11 12 4 respectively Some Helicopter times good Autogyro scores lagged well behind Neither event has seen growth Ornithopter has since formation Omithopter Modelers Society availability newsletter Flapper Facts Far away greatest innovation nowadays being applied Ornithopter both materials linkage concepts J Krush took first place Ornithopter 1226 time Helicopter Jim Rich mond winning score 755 Ron Gansers 956 time led Autogyro 70 Open entries Novice Pennyplane may fiercely competitive event Indoor today minimum weight speci fication coupled favorable lati tude wing area choice Easy B pro duces generally less critical model part successful performance ap pears hinge two factorsmaximizing efficiency limited prop diameter better choice prop/rubber combina tions Pennyplane competitor aims greater aerodynamic efficiency designachieving given time less rubbermay ultimately winning edge However cur rent winners using brute force traditional Pennyplane ploy finesse possible better aerodynamics very fine trim Open results go sixth place special reason Nancy Beitz member MIAMA excels Scale events cap tured sixth placeand trounced lot guys have competitive longer has alive Yea Nancy Pennyplane 40 entries generally proved Battle Bipes usual interesting note top Open Pennyplane score 1408 achieved Lester Garber significantly better C Slusarczyks winning score 1246 Open Novice Pennyplane Junior Nov ice Pennyplane R Smiths score 906 made him top finisher Senior Novice Pennyplane won D Slusar czyk time 1153 AMA Stick AJI Old-Timer Stick ROG Stick last meet selves nothing majestic bat tle between Big Birdsthe spectacle full-size AMA Stick gracefully easing up ceiling back down again class personified AJI Old-Timer models resurrect some Indoors past illu sion isnt much harmed use mod em materials ROG Stick however other story class hardest fly well necessarily small wing area difficult-to-cut rubber sizes ROG requirement make preserve brave skilled Jim Richmonds time 4447 earned him top award AMA Stick Larry Loucka took Old-Timer 2350 score ROG Stick Richmond top finisher again 1522 time Federation ROG unofficial event loosely based Skinny Minnie see Tony DAlessandros article FF Indoor Skinny Minnie May 1987 Model Aviation event team challenge ganized states last-minute addi September 1988 151 MODELS NICK ZIROLI Jets too * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $250 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $250 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $220 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $220 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75C shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 center Line Michigan 48015 tion publicized word-of-mouth Fed eration ROG drew sizable entry 12 fliers representing six states Vito Gagliano top scorer achieving both best two-flight total 909 Tom laco belli best team score 1735 New York Federation ROG seems show po tential developing first-class fi nesse event Following heels hard-driving World Championships US Indoor Championships much lowkeyed contestbut definitely wasnt re cess 20 official events plus several off record 35 entrants saw lots action competition brisk FF Scale/Warner Continued page 67 lack anything scrufl little spotters three-view next little Peanut register Belgian see what imagination can come up making letters heres little help September 1950 issue Modele Magazine France height letters should % wing chord % fuse lage height measured narrowest part width letters should 21 height thickness should 1/6 height spacing between letters should /2 width letter dash should width letter Use contrasting color Emmanuel Fillon remark able modelers have ever met Although re tired south France has undertaken tasks would have frightened off mod elers long ago has modeled rubber-powered fan jets geared Helicopters tyrofoam Scale models built solar-powered models me hes done Once jokingly asked him ever tried RC Well yes ad mitted hastened add de own radio competition won 1937 Wakefield Championship still bringing home trophies Scale models Let us just say fantastic modeler series French civil monoplanes Thirties likely definitive set plans era series con sists two plans sets 20 Peanut plans nothing short fantastic second series just out contains names never heard before modelers side pond Have ever heard 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 150, 151, 152
IN THE WAKE heated competition 1988 World Championships twoday US FiD International Contest held part US Indoor Championships seemed somewhat anticlimax member Polish team heard re mark Today holiday flyingyesterday work Certainly atmosphere re laxed less demanding World Championships Running two major events tandem inevitably creates some overload however effects timers contest management staff visible Before three days USIC flying over hardworking offi cials ready see anything FiD models contestants entered both world international contests latter AMA fliers chance pit themselves against competitors other countries 12 35 entrants outside U S Bud Romak Ce zar Banks plus manager Bob Randolph entered USIC also offi cial Team Selection Regional Contest al Coming heels World Indoor Champs almost looked like foreign invasion Over one-third contestants countries outside US EBud Tenny lowing U S entrants qualify Team Finals event held 1989 final scores Fl D International Con test Jim Richmond 7951 Cezar Banks 7901 Sylwester Kujawa 7613 Andras Ree 7503 Dezso Orsoval 7414 Six competitors improved World Championships scores seven failed well Earl Hoffman high est scoring US competitors broke tie Bud Romak sixth place Earls score 7238 would have earned him sixth place individual World Champion ships Larry Cailliaus time 7228 corresponded 11th-place WC standing Scale 2 pm 6 pm HandLaunched Glider Catapult Glider 6 pm 9 pm similar schedule two subsequent days total 20 offi cial events crammed three days flying making championships much intensive Indoor Nats Entrants two Easy B events could designate flights posted either events both Since isnt total compatibility among rules various countries models processed whichever rules builders followed seemed make event classic shoot-out prove set rules makes best Easy B thats valid extrapolation would appear U S rules superior since highest-placing foreign models belonged Laurie Barr England sixth 1601 Dave Yates England seventh 1550 Edu ardo Molfino Argentina 10th 1445 First place International Easy B went G R Nolin 2001 Don Slusar czyks 1607 score took Junior/Senior Easy B Open Easy Bthe popalar event meet 77 entries compared 26 International Easy BEarl Hoffman captured marbles score 2121 Junior/Senior Intermediate Stick first place went Don Slusarczyk 2521 score Earl Hoffmans 2903 time won Open Intermediate Stick competi 64 Model Aviation first day normal US Indoor Championships kicked off Easy B International Easy B Intermediate Stick scheduled 9 am until 2 pm Peanut Scale AMA Scale Pistachio II Nancy Beitz takes time out picture 6th-place-finishing Novice Pennyplane GR Noun 5th place pauses reassem bles AJI Oldtimer model another flight An assortment some catapult glid ers present rubberband launched models popular category limited 12-in span 3-in chord nifty-looking model famous manpowered Gossamer Condor John Slaters Ron Gansers Ornithopter put flight 956 take home tops honors its category tion 33 entries Intermediate Stick showed potential becoming bridg ing event fliers progress Novice Pennyplane FTD top times sat isfactorily close FiD scores average site much better suited Intermediate Stick FTD margin difference could well significantly smaller Maximum FAT wingspan major compromise optimum Intermedi ate design gram should easy weight class sup pose future team selection programs will have entries some fliers using Intermedi ate Stick real news Scale arena much competition some esoteric projects John Slater friend Juergen Kortenbach Canada honor ary member MIAMA club mod els Sikorsky Sky Crane both Pea nut Pistachio sizes Over past three years John has developed method ro tor construction balance controlhe avers anyone can build models fly both very well very realisti cally Peanut Sikorsky frag ile airplane fact its hardiness such John very casually flies crowded places John also very good model Gossamer Condor needs minor work become competitive ambitious project four-engine Scale model uses single long motor four-way gearbox nose Four flex shafts go out wing drive props Its flyable lack dihedral makes very tricky John has mastered flex shaft technology used Helicopters will doubtless apply other Scale projects well truly innovative builder Another amazing model Hewitt Phil lips Peanut derivation Maxims 1984 steam-powered plane model climbed like homesick Pennyplane glided like Scale job Maxim never allowed air plane fly Hewitt has essentially proved soundness design Junior/Senior Peanut Scale first place went Don Slusarcyzk 765 Scale points final score 1527 Don Continued page 150 John Slater also built beautiful four-engined model single rubber motor drives four-way gearbox Attached gear box four flexible shafts seen during models construction Power system works fine lack dihedral wing makes trimming tough Left Chuck Markos flew good-looking entry Novice Pennyplane Right Jim Clem went claim 3rd place Novice Pennyplane model Note radical differences prop design Pennyplane rules limit prop diameter thats resulted some unique features Left Although Maxims 1894 steam-powered airplane never flew Hewitt Phillips model certainly proved theory could fly Right Walt Van Gorders Manhattan Cabin entry Walt covered entire model plastic Ray Harlan went win event time 1051 September 1988 65 Ai APPLIED DESIGN CORP flightCezar Banks Paul Tissandier AwardJim Richmond Awarded out standing contribution aviation Jim has won five World Championships special award youngest flier given Laszlo Ree anonymous donor award unannounced sum matched NFFS total matched AMA 19-year-old flier Hungary Ree placed ninth cham pionships outscored other Hungar ian fliers Dezso Orsovai father An dras Ree well-deserved award banquet also bore stamp good management speeches short point awards ceremony moved briskly along United States Indoor modeling owe great debt di rectors National Free Flight Society maldng resources available host World Championships Also no way repay Tony Italiano cease less efforts secure sites repeatedly host United States Indoor Champion ships hallmarks both champi onships two-day FiD International Meet followed technology involved Variable-geometry propellers troduced British team West Baden 1980 showed up form another least some models flown top teams trouble some problem encountered use vanable props sensor initiates pitch diameter change difficult make difficult calibrate usually un reliable Richmond Canadians reliable setups Mike Thomas variable-pitch prop represented opposite extreme Only very careful rpm measure ment could reveal began very smooth gradual transition lower pitch Again during Richmond 4409 flight fifth blinked missed change over model dead center prop running 33 rpm kicked ap proximately 1930 rpm jumped 33 55 Diameter now effec tively about 4 lower pitch also decreased rpm dropped during remainder flight 50 rpm touch down Wont wear out Makes sanding easy No141li inch No 14222 inch $415 / Add 20% far postage best results use Self Adhesive Sheet Sandpaper No glue No drying tme Ideal special sanding shapes Adheres materiats Oxi 1 sheets Choice Medium Fine Super Fine 1l5each PO Box 330 Torrance CA 90510 consequence early prop change over could have serious model climbed about four minutes after prop kicked Fortunately flight airplane dropped well away ceiling big prop mode prop changed four minutes earlier model would have gone iron work certain Cezar Banks brought several variablepitch prop mechanisms including bi stable version behavior bi-stable variable-pitch prop standard until changeover flight airplane climbed out 45 rpm ultimately dropping 31 rpm peak altitude flight about 90 ft model came down about 45 ft before prop kicked climbed 345 rpm gaining about 15 ft particular mechanism governed motor tension worked somewhat like freewheeling device blades locked high pitch until release snapped low pitch Swiss Team pioneered longfuselage model configuration adopted top fliers today employed new pro peller technology blade out lines molded carbon fiber ep oxy prop spar abbreviated reach ing second prop rib technology fully developed yetthe outline too stiff results slightly higher desirable average rpm However didnt prevent Swiss placing third 41/2-minute mar gin Larry Cailliau demonstrated previ ous championships lightweight plastic tube around balloon string reduced mod el damage caught props during steer ing technological advance very prevalent year Over half balloons used plastic tubes textured plastic tape other attachments good effect carefully spaced processing launch schedule imposed air traffic con trol along restricting number timers didnt totally eliminate midair colli sions collision occurred occa sionally caused scheduling problems three-man teams example typical day top team would make six flights 30 minutes longerover half total time . ERICAN JR OM RIDGE CAMPBELL T RITE DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS FLYUNE Fox BERG DUBOIS LOW K&B MICRO x OS MAX RA PECK-POLYMER ECT MODELS SEAGLEN STERUNG vAN SUPER TIGER INDER FLITE LER WILLIAMSS PRODUCTS RS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send SI Cagh chek Stampa eur 32 page tabloId elmej DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrationsover 700 Kits choose MAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY DOIlY CENTER 817 W Main Zt Lansdalmla 19446 allotted entire session Thus team member collision days flying time became pressing reason Day Three schedule ex panded houran example con test management fine-tuning rules make best possible meet As usual contests models pushed hard moderate number airplanes hanging girders However recovery attempts led un commonly large number destroyed mod els unusual source During would-be rescue forays several balloons shattered shredding models pro cess two balloons exploded contact structure leading suggestion balloons weakened earlier contact gird ers US Team five-time World Champion Jim Richmonds wins impres sive considering en ergy skill demonstrated fliers other 12 Indoor teams around world 13 teams did countries proud US Ind Champs/Tenny Continued page 65 McGillivray first Peanut Scale 118/236 AMA Scale Jack McGil livray top scorer 91/181 traditional powerhouses Hand-Launched GliderBernie Boehm Paul Shaior Bill Schlarball turn up contest know will show Bernie Bill stacks Gliders poised secluded areanot needed Maybe trying psych out competition pic ture what shows Bernies handsdown win however average Ber nies nine flights 064497% of ficial score divided two Bernie HLG master caliber seldom see sort consistency phenom enal First place Junior HLG went Jeff Plassman 508 score Charles Gagli anos 1172 time took Senior HLG Ber 150 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT FibergI~ nuIings Canopies Available DC-31A 1140 Span$4200 F4UCORSAIR2 193Span$3000 A6M5ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN24 1ioi Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2W 188 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 183 Tripe$2700 Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Boehms 1323 score captured Open event Catapult Glider competition run same time HLG events quite compatible issue con sistent launching might expect catapult flier HLG flier equal com petence would also show comparable de gree consistency should slight edge person flying catapult arm has given out before forgets trim Glider Checking out supposition compared average consistency top five HLG fliers top five catapulters re sults HLG 86% catapult 875% Individual-to-individual however Chuck Markos approached Bernies consis tency 96% silly numbers may mean anything Although winning catapult time 12% higher HLG score both fifth-place scores 88% win ning time Another observation gives food thought Catapult Gliders limited 12-in span 3-in chord contrast l00-sq-in maximum HLG Are catapults efficient did just make better use site First place Junior Catapult went R Smith time 626 Jim Buxton won Senior Catapult 902 score Robert Warmanns 1484 score sewed up Open competition Manhattan Cabin Bostonian both brainchilds Ed Whitten flew same time 41 entries versus 27 Bostonian popular two 27 Manhattan entries tantamount about five Nats worth interest Bostonian models usual mix average de signs beautiful unusual ones As Manhattan advent ultralight plastic film has changed look models something nearly resembling door Cabin planes intended theres concept intent again appear time permanently retire Indoor Cabin event replace Manhattan Cab nows time rules cycle again question use ultralight film two schools thought prevailed Most fliers attempt get smooth covering looks like microfilm two crumpled film kill ten dency toward static cling make easier handle Chuck Markos used heavier 1 mil thick Mylar cover Manhattan fu selage heat shrinking additional tor sional stiffness fuselage Manhattan Cabin first place went Ray Harlan 1051 score Rich ard Miller took marbles Bostonian 109/4272 Speed events always bash classicor often models go wildly astray event models free flown around two balloons act py ions marking 25-ft diameter timed accordingly event can count ed among select group aerodynamic challenges few equally se lect group fliers have proficiency attempt Trying make rubber-powered model ROG fly two uniform laps high speed isnt easy First place Peanut Speed went Blair score 89 mph Chuck Mar kos took Unlimited Speed 137 mph Ornithopters Helicopters Autogyros shared time slot entry levels 11 12 4 respectively Some Helicopter times good Autogyro scores lagged well behind Neither event has seen growth Ornithopter has since formation Omithopter Modelers Society availability newsletter Flapper Facts Far away greatest innovation nowadays being applied Ornithopter both materials linkage concepts J Krush took first place Ornithopter 1226 time Helicopter Jim Rich mond winning score 755 Ron Gansers 956 time led Autogyro 70 Open entries Novice Pennyplane may fiercely competitive event Indoor today minimum weight speci fication coupled favorable lati tude wing area choice Easy B pro duces generally less critical model part successful performance ap pears hinge two factorsmaximizing efficiency limited prop diameter better choice prop/rubber combina tions Pennyplane competitor aims greater aerodynamic efficiency designachieving given time less rubbermay ultimately winning edge However cur rent winners using brute force traditional Pennyplane ploy finesse possible better aerodynamics very fine trim Open results go sixth place special reason Nancy Beitz member MIAMA excels Scale events cap tured sixth placeand trounced lot guys have competitive longer has alive Yea Nancy Pennyplane 40 entries generally proved Battle Bipes usual interesting note top Open Pennyplane score 1408 achieved Lester Garber significantly better C Slusarczyks winning score 1246 Open Novice Pennyplane Junior Nov ice Pennyplane R Smiths score 906 made him top finisher Senior Novice Pennyplane won D Slusar czyk time 1153 AMA Stick AJI Old-Timer Stick ROG Stick last meet selves nothing majestic bat tle between Big Birdsthe spectacle full-size AMA Stick gracefully easing up ceiling back down again class personified AJI Old-Timer models resurrect some Indoors past illu sion isnt much harmed use mod em materials ROG Stick however other story class hardest fly well necessarily small wing area difficult-to-cut rubber sizes ROG requirement make preserve brave skilled Jim Richmonds time 4447 earned him top award AMA Stick Larry Loucka took Old-Timer 2350 score ROG Stick Richmond top finisher again 1522 time Federation ROG unofficial event loosely based Skinny Minnie see Tony DAlessandros article FF Indoor Skinny Minnie May 1987 Model Aviation event team challenge ganized states last-minute addi September 1988 151 MODELS NICK ZIROLI Jets too * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $250 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $250 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $220 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $220 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75C shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 center Line Michigan 48015 tion publicized word-of-mouth Fed eration ROG drew sizable entry 12 fliers representing six states Vito Gagliano top scorer achieving both best two-flight total 909 Tom laco belli best team score 1735 New York Federation ROG seems show po tential developing first-class fi nesse event Following heels hard-driving World Championships US Indoor Championships much lowkeyed contestbut definitely wasnt re cess 20 official events plus several off record 35 entrants saw lots action competition brisk FF Scale/Warner Continued page 67 lack anything scrufl little spotters three-view next little Peanut register Belgian see what imagination can come up making letters heres little help September 1950 issue Modele Magazine France height letters should % wing chord % fuse lage height measured narrowest part width letters should 21 height thickness should 1/6 height spacing between letters should /2 width letter dash should width letter Use contrasting color Emmanuel Fillon remark able modelers have ever met Although re tired south France has undertaken tasks would have frightened off mod elers long ago has modeled rubber-powered fan jets geared Helicopters tyrofoam Scale models built solar-powered models me hes done Once jokingly asked him ever tried RC Well yes ad mitted hastened add de own radio competition won 1937 Wakefield Championship still bringing home trophies Scale models Let us just say fantastic modeler series French civil monoplanes Thirties likely definitive set plans era series con sists two plans sets 20 Peanut plans nothing short fantastic second series just out contains names never heard before modelers side pond Have ever heard Peyret-Nessler Nicolas-Claude Gerard Club 45 Bourgeois Sen emaud Greisch-Thuet old favorites like Mauboussin Hemiptere Fauvel fly ing wing Bernard 201-T HM-21 Pou du Ciel youd like specimen work list plans including two Thirties series send three international reply coupons available US Post Offlee F Fillon 60 Rue du Bocage 83700 Saint Raphael France ordering plans please use Interna tional Money Order bank amount francs past hes orders two dollarsand winds up hole French banks charge $4 change dol lars francs price Thirties series 150 francs 20 plans franc usu ally worth neighborhood 20 cents have rough idea Postage extra st office should able tell what will take get 7 oz plans across France can add IMO will cost about $4 up adventure will cost about $45or around $225 per plan outrageous sounds considering rare high-quality material involved Happy hints department Writing MaxFax newsletter DC Maxecuters Pat Daily reports Stew Myers have using Teflon tubing knockoff applications small models Tubing 23 24 gauge roughed up outside CyAed hole struc ture forms female portion structural joint part sewing pin embedded strut-to-wing attachment whatever fits snugly can use thin CyA make fit snug Dont worry Teflon will re lease type attachment has double advan tage absorbing crash momentum break ing parts also allows easy separation transportation storage smaller boxes plastic insulation off small wire might work well also late Chuck Connors used use tiny neoprene tubing glued profile models nose bearings can get glue stick al anything roughen its surface first Want make great filler cracks uneven surfaces balsa parts use fine sanding dust handy-dandy little disc sander made old electric motor disc plywood having 60-grit garnet paper stuck face mixed about half-and-half tal cum powder add nitrate dope until obtain mixture having consistency somewhere tween honey January glaziers putty Ap 152 Model Aviation AIAhThe Zj NA OMVVO femous line hobby eawe Razor #200 universal #500 Replacement Blades available ai dealer FAl Model Supply U P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90610 14 Wingspan Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 *ALL PARTS PRE-CUT & PRE-PAINTED 0411 *BUILD & FLY IN TWO HOURS R AIRPLANES 1521 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE BURBANK GA 91506 USA CATALOG 750 Contains lOOua paper airplanes postage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Die-cut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING CataLo CORSAIR ppet aL4plane above $1050 pttsh $250 pohtage
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 150, 151, 152
IN THE WAKE heated competition 1988 World Championships twoday US FiD International Contest held part US Indoor Championships seemed somewhat anticlimax member Polish team heard re mark Today holiday flyingyesterday work Certainly atmosphere re laxed less demanding World Championships Running two major events tandem inevitably creates some overload however effects timers contest management staff visible Before three days USIC flying over hardworking offi cials ready see anything FiD models contestants entered both world international contests latter AMA fliers chance pit themselves against competitors other countries 12 35 entrants outside U S Bud Romak Ce zar Banks plus manager Bob Randolph entered USIC also offi cial Team Selection Regional Contest al Coming heels World Indoor Champs almost looked like foreign invasion Over one-third contestants countries outside US EBud Tenny lowing U S entrants qualify Team Finals event held 1989 final scores Fl D International Con test Jim Richmond 7951 Cezar Banks 7901 Sylwester Kujawa 7613 Andras Ree 7503 Dezso Orsoval 7414 Six competitors improved World Championships scores seven failed well Earl Hoffman high est scoring US competitors broke tie Bud Romak sixth place Earls score 7238 would have earned him sixth place individual World Champion ships Larry Cailliaus time 7228 corresponded 11th-place WC standing Scale 2 pm 6 pm HandLaunched Glider Catapult Glider 6 pm 9 pm similar schedule two subsequent days total 20 offi cial events crammed three days flying making championships much intensive Indoor Nats Entrants two Easy B events could designate flights posted either events both Since isnt total compatibility among rules various countries models processed whichever rules builders followed seemed make event classic shoot-out prove set rules makes best Easy B thats valid extrapolation would appear U S rules superior since highest-placing foreign models belonged Laurie Barr England sixth 1601 Dave Yates England seventh 1550 Edu ardo Molfino Argentina 10th 1445 First place International Easy B went G R Nolin 2001 Don Slusar czyks 1607 score took Junior/Senior Easy B Open Easy Bthe popalar event meet 77 entries compared 26 International Easy BEarl Hoffman captured marbles score 2121 Junior/Senior Intermediate Stick first place went Don Slusarczyk 2521 score Earl Hoffmans 2903 time won Open Intermediate Stick competi 64 Model Aviation first day normal US Indoor Championships kicked off Easy B International Easy B Intermediate Stick scheduled 9 am until 2 pm Peanut Scale AMA Scale Pistachio II Nancy Beitz takes time out picture 6th-place-finishing Novice Pennyplane GR Noun 5th place pauses reassem bles AJI Oldtimer model another flight An assortment some catapult glid ers present rubberband launched models popular category limited 12-in span 3-in chord nifty-looking model famous manpowered Gossamer Condor John Slaters Ron Gansers Ornithopter put flight 956 take home tops honors its category tion 33 entries Intermediate Stick showed potential becoming bridg ing event fliers progress Novice Pennyplane FTD top times sat isfactorily close FiD scores average site much better suited Intermediate Stick FTD margin difference could well significantly smaller Maximum FAT wingspan major compromise optimum Intermedi ate design gram should easy weight class sup pose future team selection programs will have entries some fliers using Intermedi ate Stick real news Scale arena much competition some esoteric projects John Slater friend Juergen Kortenbach Canada honor ary member MIAMA club mod els Sikorsky Sky Crane both Pea nut Pistachio sizes Over past three years John has developed method ro tor construction balance controlhe avers anyone can build models fly both very well very realisti cally Peanut Sikorsky frag ile airplane fact its hardiness such John very casually flies crowded places John also very good model Gossamer Condor needs minor work become competitive ambitious project four-engine Scale model uses single long motor four-way gearbox nose Four flex shafts go out wing drive props Its flyable lack dihedral makes very tricky John has mastered flex shaft technology used Helicopters will doubtless apply other Scale projects well truly innovative builder Another amazing model Hewitt Phil lips Peanut derivation Maxims 1984 steam-powered plane model climbed like homesick Pennyplane glided like Scale job Maxim never allowed air plane fly Hewitt has essentially proved soundness design Junior/Senior Peanut Scale first place went Don Slusarcyzk 765 Scale points final score 1527 Don Continued page 150 John Slater also built beautiful four-engined model single rubber motor drives four-way gearbox Attached gear box four flexible shafts seen during models construction Power system works fine lack dihedral wing makes trimming tough Left Chuck Markos flew good-looking entry Novice Pennyplane Right Jim Clem went claim 3rd place Novice Pennyplane model Note radical differences prop design Pennyplane rules limit prop diameter thats resulted some unique features Left Although Maxims 1894 steam-powered airplane never flew Hewitt Phillips model certainly proved theory could fly Right Walt Van Gorders Manhattan Cabin entry Walt covered entire model plastic Ray Harlan went win event time 1051 September 1988 65 Ai APPLIED DESIGN CORP flightCezar Banks Paul Tissandier AwardJim Richmond Awarded out standing contribution aviation Jim has won five World Championships special award youngest flier given Laszlo Ree anonymous donor award unannounced sum matched NFFS total matched AMA 19-year-old flier Hungary Ree placed ninth cham pionships outscored other Hungar ian fliers Dezso Orsovai father An dras Ree well-deserved award banquet also bore stamp good management speeches short point awards ceremony moved briskly along United States Indoor modeling owe great debt di rectors National Free Flight Society maldng resources available host World Championships Also no way repay Tony Italiano cease less efforts secure sites repeatedly host United States Indoor Champion ships hallmarks both champi onships two-day FiD International Meet followed technology involved Variable-geometry propellers troduced British team West Baden 1980 showed up form another least some models flown top teams trouble some problem encountered use vanable props sensor initiates pitch diameter change difficult make difficult calibrate usually un reliable Richmond Canadians reliable setups Mike Thomas variable-pitch prop represented opposite extreme Only very careful rpm measure ment could reveal began very smooth gradual transition lower pitch Again during Richmond 4409 flight fifth blinked missed change over model dead center prop running 33 rpm kicked ap proximately 1930 rpm jumped 33 55 Diameter now effec tively about 4 lower pitch also decreased rpm dropped during remainder flight 50 rpm touch down Wont wear out Makes sanding easy No141li inch No 14222 inch $415 / Add 20% far postage best results use Self Adhesive Sheet Sandpaper No glue No drying tme Ideal special sanding shapes Adheres materiats Oxi 1 sheets Choice Medium Fine Super Fine 1l5each PO Box 330 Torrance CA 90510 consequence early prop change over could have serious model climbed about four minutes after prop kicked Fortunately flight airplane dropped well away ceiling big prop mode prop changed four minutes earlier model would have gone iron work certain Cezar Banks brought several variablepitch prop mechanisms including bi stable version behavior bi-stable variable-pitch prop standard until changeover flight airplane climbed out 45 rpm ultimately dropping 31 rpm peak altitude flight about 90 ft model came down about 45 ft before prop kicked climbed 345 rpm gaining about 15 ft particular mechanism governed motor tension worked somewhat like freewheeling device blades locked high pitch until release snapped low pitch Swiss Team pioneered longfuselage model configuration adopted top fliers today employed new pro peller technology blade out lines molded carbon fiber ep oxy prop spar abbreviated reach ing second prop rib technology fully developed yetthe outline too stiff results slightly higher desirable average rpm However didnt prevent Swiss placing third 41/2-minute mar gin Larry Cailliau demonstrated previ ous championships lightweight plastic tube around balloon string reduced mod el damage caught props during steer ing technological advance very prevalent year Over half balloons used plastic tubes textured plastic tape other attachments good effect carefully spaced processing launch schedule imposed air traffic con trol along restricting number timers didnt totally eliminate midair colli sions collision occurred occa sionally caused scheduling problems three-man teams example typical day top team would make six flights 30 minutes longerover half total time . ERICAN JR OM RIDGE CAMPBELL T RITE DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS FLYUNE Fox BERG DUBOIS LOW K&B MICRO x OS MAX RA PECK-POLYMER ECT MODELS SEAGLEN STERUNG vAN SUPER TIGER INDER FLITE LER WILLIAMSS PRODUCTS RS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send SI Cagh chek Stampa eur 32 page tabloId elmej DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrationsover 700 Kits choose MAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY DOIlY CENTER 817 W Main Zt Lansdalmla 19446 allotted entire session Thus team member collision days flying time became pressing reason Day Three schedule ex panded houran example con test management fine-tuning rules make best possible meet As usual contests models pushed hard moderate number airplanes hanging girders However recovery attempts led un commonly large number destroyed mod els unusual source During would-be rescue forays several balloons shattered shredding models pro cess two balloons exploded contact structure leading suggestion balloons weakened earlier contact gird ers US Team five-time World Champion Jim Richmonds wins impres sive considering en ergy skill demonstrated fliers other 12 Indoor teams around world 13 teams did countries proud US Ind Champs/Tenny Continued page 65 McGillivray first Peanut Scale 118/236 AMA Scale Jack McGil livray top scorer 91/181 traditional powerhouses Hand-Launched GliderBernie Boehm Paul Shaior Bill Schlarball turn up contest know will show Bernie Bill stacks Gliders poised secluded areanot needed Maybe trying psych out competition pic ture what shows Bernies handsdown win however average Ber nies nine flights 064497% of ficial score divided two Bernie HLG master caliber seldom see sort consistency phenom enal First place Junior HLG went Jeff Plassman 508 score Charles Gagli anos 1172 time took Senior HLG Ber 150 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT FibergI~ nuIings Canopies Available DC-31A 1140 Span$4200 F4UCORSAIR2 193Span$3000 A6M5ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN24 1ioi Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2W 188 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 183 Tripe$2700 Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Boehms 1323 score captured Open event Catapult Glider competition run same time HLG events quite compatible issue con sistent launching might expect catapult flier HLG flier equal com petence would also show comparable de gree consistency should slight edge person flying catapult arm has given out before forgets trim Glider Checking out supposition compared average consistency top five HLG fliers top five catapulters re sults HLG 86% catapult 875% Individual-to-individual however Chuck Markos approached Bernies consis tency 96% silly numbers may mean anything Although winning catapult time 12% higher HLG score both fifth-place scores 88% win ning time Another observation gives food thought Catapult Gliders limited 12-in span 3-in chord contrast l00-sq-in maximum HLG Are catapults efficient did just make better use site First place Junior Catapult went R Smith time 626 Jim Buxton won Senior Catapult 902 score Robert Warmanns 1484 score sewed up Open competition Manhattan Cabin Bostonian both brainchilds Ed Whitten flew same time 41 entries versus 27 Bostonian popular two 27 Manhattan entries tantamount about five Nats worth interest Bostonian models usual mix average de signs beautiful unusual ones As Manhattan advent ultralight plastic film has changed look models something nearly resembling door Cabin planes intended theres concept intent again appear time permanently retire Indoor Cabin event replace Manhattan Cab nows time rules cycle again question use ultralight film two schools thought prevailed Most fliers attempt get smooth covering looks like microfilm two crumpled film kill ten dency toward static cling make easier handle Chuck Markos used heavier 1 mil thick Mylar cover Manhattan fu selage heat shrinking additional tor sional stiffness fuselage Manhattan Cabin first place went Ray Harlan 1051 score Rich ard Miller took marbles Bostonian 109/4272 Speed events always bash classicor often models go wildly astray event models free flown around two balloons act py ions marking 25-ft diameter timed accordingly event can count ed among select group aerodynamic challenges few equally se lect group fliers have proficiency attempt Trying make rubber-powered model ROG fly two uniform laps high speed isnt easy First place Peanut Speed went Blair score 89 mph Chuck Mar kos took Unlimited Speed 137 mph Ornithopters Helicopters Autogyros shared time slot entry levels 11 12 4 respectively Some Helicopter times good Autogyro scores lagged well behind Neither event has seen growth Ornithopter has since formation Omithopter Modelers Society availability newsletter Flapper Facts Far away greatest innovation nowadays being applied Ornithopter both materials linkage concepts J Krush took first place Ornithopter 1226 time Helicopter Jim Rich mond winning score 755 Ron Gansers 956 time led Autogyro 70 Open entries Novice Pennyplane may fiercely competitive event Indoor today minimum weight speci fication coupled favorable lati tude wing area choice Easy B pro duces generally less critical model part successful performance ap pears hinge two factorsmaximizing efficiency limited prop diameter better choice prop/rubber combina tions Pennyplane competitor aims greater aerodynamic efficiency designachieving given time less rubbermay ultimately winning edge However cur rent winners using brute force traditional Pennyplane ploy finesse possible better aerodynamics very fine trim Open results go sixth place special reason Nancy Beitz member MIAMA excels Scale events cap tured sixth placeand trounced lot guys have competitive longer has alive Yea Nancy Pennyplane 40 entries generally proved Battle Bipes usual interesting note top Open Pennyplane score 1408 achieved Lester Garber significantly better C Slusarczyks winning score 1246 Open Novice Pennyplane Junior Nov ice Pennyplane R Smiths score 906 made him top finisher Senior Novice Pennyplane won D Slusar czyk time 1153 AMA Stick AJI Old-Timer Stick ROG Stick last meet selves nothing majestic bat tle between Big Birdsthe spectacle full-size AMA Stick gracefully easing up ceiling back down again class personified AJI Old-Timer models resurrect some Indoors past illu sion isnt much harmed use mod em materials ROG Stick however other story class hardest fly well necessarily small wing area difficult-to-cut rubber sizes ROG requirement make preserve brave skilled Jim Richmonds time 4447 earned him top award AMA Stick Larry Loucka took Old-Timer 2350 score ROG Stick Richmond top finisher again 1522 time Federation ROG unofficial event loosely based Skinny Minnie see Tony DAlessandros article FF Indoor Skinny Minnie May 1987 Model Aviation event team challenge ganized states last-minute addi September 1988 151 MODELS NICK ZIROLI Jets too * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $250 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $250 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $220 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $220 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75C shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 center Line Michigan 48015 tion publicized word-of-mouth Fed eration ROG drew sizable entry 12 fliers representing six states Vito Gagliano top scorer achieving both best two-flight total 909 Tom laco belli best team score 1735 New York Federation ROG seems show po tential developing first-class fi nesse event Following heels hard-driving World Championships US Indoor Championships much lowkeyed contestbut definitely wasnt re cess 20 official events plus several off record 35 entrants saw lots action competition brisk FF Scale/Warner Continued page 67 lack anything scrufl little spotters three-view next little Peanut register Belgian see what imagination can come up making letters heres little help September 1950 issue Modele Magazine France height letters should % wing chord % fuse lage height measured narrowest part width letters should 21 height thickness should 1/6 height spacing between letters should /2 width letter dash should width letter Use contrasting color Emmanuel Fillon remark able modelers have ever met Although re tired south France has undertaken tasks would have frightened off mod elers long ago has modeled rubber-powered fan jets geared Helicopters tyrofoam Scale models built solar-powered models me hes done Once jokingly asked him ever tried RC Well yes ad mitted hastened add de own radio competition won 1937 Wakefield Championship still bringing home trophies Scale models Let us just say fantastic modeler series French civil monoplanes Thirties likely definitive set plans era series con sists two plans sets 20 Peanut plans nothing short fantastic second series just out contains names never heard before modelers side pond Have ever heard Peyret-Nessler Nicolas-Claude Gerard Club 45 Bourgeois Sen emaud Greisch-Thuet old favorites like Mauboussin Hemiptere Fauvel fly ing wing Bernard 201-T HM-21 Pou du Ciel youd like specimen work list plans including two Thirties series send three international reply coupons available US Post Offlee F Fillon 60 Rue du Bocage 83700 Saint Raphael France ordering plans please use Interna tional Money Order bank amount francs past hes orders two dollarsand winds up hole French banks charge $4 change dol lars francs price Thirties series 150 francs 20 plans franc usu ally worth neighborhood 20 cents have rough idea Postage extra st office should able tell what will take get 7 oz plans across France can add IMO will cost about $4 up adventure will cost about $45or around $225 per plan outrageous sounds considering rare high-quality material involved Happy hints department Writing MaxFax newsletter DC Maxecuters Pat Daily reports Stew Myers have using Teflon tubing knockoff applications small models Tubing 23 24 gauge roughed up outside CyAed hole struc ture forms female portion structural joint part sewing pin embedded strut-to-wing attachment whatever fits snugly can use thin CyA make fit snug Dont worry Teflon will re lease type attachment has double advan tage absorbing crash momentum break ing parts also allows easy separation transportation storage smaller boxes plastic insulation off small wire might work well also late Chuck Connors used use tiny neoprene tubing glued profile models nose bearings can get glue stick al anything roughen its surface first Want make great filler cracks uneven surfaces balsa parts use fine sanding dust handy-dandy little disc sander made old electric motor disc plywood having 60-grit garnet paper stuck face mixed about half-and-half tal cum powder add nitrate dope until obtain mixture having consistency somewhere tween honey January glaziers putty Ap 152 Model Aviation AIAhThe Zj NA OMVVO femous line hobby eawe Razor #200 universal #500 Replacement Blades available ai dealer FAl Model Supply U P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90610 14 Wingspan Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 *ALL PARTS PRE-CUT & PRE-PAINTED 0411 *BUILD & FLY IN TWO HOURS R AIRPLANES 1521 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE BURBANK GA 91506 USA CATALOG 750 Contains lOOua paper airplanes postage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Die-cut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING CataLo CORSAIR ppet aL4plane above $1050 pttsh $250 pohtage
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 150, 151, 152
IN THE WAKE heated competition 1988 World Championships twoday US FiD International Contest held part US Indoor Championships seemed somewhat anticlimax member Polish team heard re mark Today holiday flyingyesterday work Certainly atmosphere re laxed less demanding World Championships Running two major events tandem inevitably creates some overload however effects timers contest management staff visible Before three days USIC flying over hardworking offi cials ready see anything FiD models contestants entered both world international contests latter AMA fliers chance pit themselves against competitors other countries 12 35 entrants outside U S Bud Romak Ce zar Banks plus manager Bob Randolph entered USIC also offi cial Team Selection Regional Contest al Coming heels World Indoor Champs almost looked like foreign invasion Over one-third contestants countries outside US EBud Tenny lowing U S entrants qualify Team Finals event held 1989 final scores Fl D International Con test Jim Richmond 7951 Cezar Banks 7901 Sylwester Kujawa 7613 Andras Ree 7503 Dezso Orsoval 7414 Six competitors improved World Championships scores seven failed well Earl Hoffman high est scoring US competitors broke tie Bud Romak sixth place Earls score 7238 would have earned him sixth place individual World Champion ships Larry Cailliaus time 7228 corresponded 11th-place WC standing Scale 2 pm 6 pm HandLaunched Glider Catapult Glider 6 pm 9 pm similar schedule two subsequent days total 20 offi cial events crammed three days flying making championships much intensive Indoor Nats Entrants two Easy B events could designate flights posted either events both Since isnt total compatibility among rules various countries models processed whichever rules builders followed seemed make event classic shoot-out prove set rules makes best Easy B thats valid extrapolation would appear U S rules superior since highest-placing foreign models belonged Laurie Barr England sixth 1601 Dave Yates England seventh 1550 Edu ardo Molfino Argentina 10th 1445 First place International Easy B went G R Nolin 2001 Don Slusar czyks 1607 score took Junior/Senior Easy B Open Easy Bthe popalar event meet 77 entries compared 26 International Easy BEarl Hoffman captured marbles score 2121 Junior/Senior Intermediate Stick first place went Don Slusarczyk 2521 score Earl Hoffmans 2903 time won Open Intermediate Stick competi 64 Model Aviation first day normal US Indoor Championships kicked off Easy B International Easy B Intermediate Stick scheduled 9 am until 2 pm Peanut Scale AMA Scale Pistachio II Nancy Beitz takes time out picture 6th-place-finishing Novice Pennyplane GR Noun 5th place pauses reassem bles AJI Oldtimer model another flight An assortment some catapult glid ers present rubberband launched models popular category limited 12-in span 3-in chord nifty-looking model famous manpowered Gossamer Condor John Slaters Ron Gansers Ornithopter put flight 956 take home tops honors its category tion 33 entries Intermediate Stick showed potential becoming bridg ing event fliers progress Novice Pennyplane FTD top times sat isfactorily close FiD scores average site much better suited Intermediate Stick FTD margin difference could well significantly smaller Maximum FAT wingspan major compromise optimum Intermedi ate design gram should easy weight class sup pose future team selection programs will have entries some fliers using Intermedi ate Stick real news Scale arena much competition some esoteric projects John Slater friend Juergen Kortenbach Canada honor ary member MIAMA club mod els Sikorsky Sky Crane both Pea nut Pistachio sizes Over past three years John has developed method ro tor construction balance controlhe avers anyone can build models fly both very well very realisti cally Peanut Sikorsky frag ile airplane fact its hardiness such John very casually flies crowded places John also very good model Gossamer Condor needs minor work become competitive ambitious project four-engine Scale model uses single long motor four-way gearbox nose Four flex shafts go out wing drive props Its flyable lack dihedral makes very tricky John has mastered flex shaft technology used Helicopters will doubtless apply other Scale projects well truly innovative builder Another amazing model Hewitt Phil lips Peanut derivation Maxims 1984 steam-powered plane model climbed like homesick Pennyplane glided like Scale job Maxim never allowed air plane fly Hewitt has essentially proved soundness design Junior/Senior Peanut Scale first place went Don Slusarcyzk 765 Scale points final score 1527 Don Continued page 150 John Slater also built beautiful four-engined model single rubber motor drives four-way gearbox Attached gear box four flexible shafts seen during models construction Power system works fine lack dihedral wing makes trimming tough Left Chuck Markos flew good-looking entry Novice Pennyplane Right Jim Clem went claim 3rd place Novice Pennyplane model Note radical differences prop design Pennyplane rules limit prop diameter thats resulted some unique features Left Although Maxims 1894 steam-powered airplane never flew Hewitt Phillips model certainly proved theory could fly Right Walt Van Gorders Manhattan Cabin entry Walt covered entire model plastic Ray Harlan went win event time 1051 September 1988 65 Ai APPLIED DESIGN CORP flightCezar Banks Paul Tissandier AwardJim Richmond Awarded out standing contribution aviation Jim has won five World Championships special award youngest flier given Laszlo Ree anonymous donor award unannounced sum matched NFFS total matched AMA 19-year-old flier Hungary Ree placed ninth cham pionships outscored other Hungar ian fliers Dezso Orsovai father An dras Ree well-deserved award banquet also bore stamp good management speeches short point awards ceremony moved briskly along United States Indoor modeling owe great debt di rectors National Free Flight Society maldng resources available host World Championships Also no way repay Tony Italiano cease less efforts secure sites repeatedly host United States Indoor Champion ships hallmarks both champi onships two-day FiD International Meet followed technology involved Variable-geometry propellers troduced British team West Baden 1980 showed up form another least some models flown top teams trouble some problem encountered use vanable props sensor initiates pitch diameter change difficult make difficult calibrate usually un reliable Richmond Canadians reliable setups Mike Thomas variable-pitch prop represented opposite extreme Only very careful rpm measure ment could reveal began very smooth gradual transition lower pitch Again during Richmond 4409 flight fifth blinked missed change over model dead center prop running 33 rpm kicked ap proximately 1930 rpm jumped 33 55 Diameter now effec tively about 4 lower pitch also decreased rpm dropped during remainder flight 50 rpm touch down Wont wear out Makes sanding easy No141li inch No 14222 inch $415 / Add 20% far postage best results use Self Adhesive Sheet Sandpaper No glue No drying tme Ideal special sanding shapes Adheres materiats Oxi 1 sheets Choice Medium Fine Super Fine 1l5each PO Box 330 Torrance CA 90510 consequence early prop change over could have serious model climbed about four minutes after prop kicked Fortunately flight airplane dropped well away ceiling big prop mode prop changed four minutes earlier model would have gone iron work certain Cezar Banks brought several variablepitch prop mechanisms including bi stable version behavior bi-stable variable-pitch prop standard until changeover flight airplane climbed out 45 rpm ultimately dropping 31 rpm peak altitude flight about 90 ft model came down about 45 ft before prop kicked climbed 345 rpm gaining about 15 ft particular mechanism governed motor tension worked somewhat like freewheeling device blades locked high pitch until release snapped low pitch Swiss Team pioneered longfuselage model configuration adopted top fliers today employed new pro peller technology blade out lines molded carbon fiber ep oxy prop spar abbreviated reach ing second prop rib technology fully developed yetthe outline too stiff results slightly higher desirable average rpm However didnt prevent Swiss placing third 41/2-minute mar gin Larry Cailliau demonstrated previ ous championships lightweight plastic tube around balloon string reduced mod el damage caught props during steer ing technological advance very prevalent year Over half balloons used plastic tubes textured plastic tape other attachments good effect carefully spaced processing launch schedule imposed air traffic con trol along restricting number timers didnt totally eliminate midair colli sions collision occurred occa sionally caused scheduling problems three-man teams example typical day top team would make six flights 30 minutes longerover half total time . ERICAN JR OM RIDGE CAMPBELL T RITE DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS FLYUNE Fox BERG DUBOIS LOW K&B MICRO x OS MAX RA PECK-POLYMER ECT MODELS SEAGLEN STERUNG vAN SUPER TIGER INDER FLITE LER WILLIAMSS PRODUCTS RS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send SI Cagh chek Stampa eur 32 page tabloId elmej DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrationsover 700 Kits choose MAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY DOIlY CENTER 817 W Main Zt Lansdalmla 19446 allotted entire session Thus team member collision days flying time became pressing reason Day Three schedule ex panded houran example con test management fine-tuning rules make best possible meet As usual contests models pushed hard moderate number airplanes hanging girders However recovery attempts led un commonly large number destroyed mod els unusual source During would-be rescue forays several balloons shattered shredding models pro cess two balloons exploded contact structure leading suggestion balloons weakened earlier contact gird ers US Team five-time World Champion Jim Richmonds wins impres sive considering en ergy skill demonstrated fliers other 12 Indoor teams around world 13 teams did countries proud US Ind Champs/Tenny Continued page 65 McGillivray first Peanut Scale 118/236 AMA Scale Jack McGil livray top scorer 91/181 traditional powerhouses Hand-Launched GliderBernie Boehm Paul Shaior Bill Schlarball turn up contest know will show Bernie Bill stacks Gliders poised secluded areanot needed Maybe trying psych out competition pic ture what shows Bernies handsdown win however average Ber nies nine flights 064497% of ficial score divided two Bernie HLG master caliber seldom see sort consistency phenom enal First place Junior HLG went Jeff Plassman 508 score Charles Gagli anos 1172 time took Senior HLG Ber 150 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT FibergI~ nuIings Canopies Available DC-31A 1140 Span$4200 F4UCORSAIR2 193Span$3000 A6M5ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN24 1ioi Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2W 188 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 183 Tripe$2700 Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Boehms 1323 score captured Open event Catapult Glider competition run same time HLG events quite compatible issue con sistent launching might expect catapult flier HLG flier equal com petence would also show comparable de gree consistency should slight edge person flying catapult arm has given out before forgets trim Glider Checking out supposition compared average consistency top five HLG fliers top five catapulters re sults HLG 86% catapult 875% Individual-to-individual however Chuck Markos approached Bernies consis tency 96% silly numbers may mean anything Although winning catapult time 12% higher HLG score both fifth-place scores 88% win ning time Another observation gives food thought Catapult Gliders limited 12-in span 3-in chord contrast l00-sq-in maximum HLG Are catapults efficient did just make better use site First place Junior Catapult went R Smith time 626 Jim Buxton won Senior Catapult 902 score Robert Warmanns 1484 score sewed up Open competition Manhattan Cabin Bostonian both brainchilds Ed Whitten flew same time 41 entries versus 27 Bostonian popular two 27 Manhattan entries tantamount about five Nats worth interest Bostonian models usual mix average de signs beautiful unusual ones As Manhattan advent ultralight plastic film has changed look models something nearly resembling door Cabin planes intended theres concept intent again appear time permanently retire Indoor Cabin event replace Manhattan Cab nows time rules cycle again question use ultralight film two schools thought prevailed Most fliers attempt get smooth covering looks like microfilm two crumpled film kill ten dency toward static cling make easier handle Chuck Markos used heavier 1 mil thick Mylar cover Manhattan fu selage heat shrinking additional tor sional stiffness fuselage Manhattan Cabin first place went Ray Harlan 1051 score Rich ard Miller took marbles Bostonian 109/4272 Speed events always bash classicor often models go wildly astray event models free flown around two balloons act py ions marking 25-ft diameter timed accordingly event can count ed among select group aerodynamic challenges few equally se lect group fliers have proficiency attempt Trying make rubber-powered model ROG fly two uniform laps high speed isnt easy First place Peanut Speed went Blair score 89 mph Chuck Mar kos took Unlimited Speed 137 mph Ornithopters Helicopters Autogyros shared time slot entry levels 11 12 4 respectively Some Helicopter times good Autogyro scores lagged well behind Neither event has seen growth Ornithopter has since formation Omithopter Modelers Society availability newsletter Flapper Facts Far away greatest innovation nowadays being applied Ornithopter both materials linkage concepts J Krush took first place Ornithopter 1226 time Helicopter Jim Rich mond winning score 755 Ron Gansers 956 time led Autogyro 70 Open entries Novice Pennyplane may fiercely competitive event Indoor today minimum weight speci fication coupled favorable lati tude wing area choice Easy B pro duces generally less critical model part successful performance ap pears hinge two factorsmaximizing efficiency limited prop diameter better choice prop/rubber combina tions Pennyplane competitor aims greater aerodynamic efficiency designachieving given time less rubbermay ultimately winning edge However cur rent winners using brute force traditional Pennyplane ploy finesse possible better aerodynamics very fine trim Open results go sixth place special reason Nancy Beitz member MIAMA excels Scale events cap tured sixth placeand trounced lot guys have competitive longer has alive Yea Nancy Pennyplane 40 entries generally proved Battle Bipes usual interesting note top Open Pennyplane score 1408 achieved Lester Garber significantly better C Slusarczyks winning score 1246 Open Novice Pennyplane Junior Nov ice Pennyplane R Smiths score 906 made him top finisher Senior Novice Pennyplane won D Slusar czyk time 1153 AMA Stick AJI Old-Timer Stick ROG Stick last meet selves nothing majestic bat tle between Big Birdsthe spectacle full-size AMA Stick gracefully easing up ceiling back down again class personified AJI Old-Timer models resurrect some Indoors past illu sion isnt much harmed use mod em materials ROG Stick however other story class hardest fly well necessarily small wing area difficult-to-cut rubber sizes ROG requirement make preserve brave skilled Jim Richmonds time 4447 earned him top award AMA Stick Larry Loucka took Old-Timer 2350 score ROG Stick Richmond top finisher again 1522 time Federation ROG unofficial event loosely based Skinny Minnie see Tony DAlessandros article FF Indoor Skinny Minnie May 1987 Model Aviation event team challenge ganized states last-minute addi September 1988 151 MODELS NICK ZIROLI Jets too * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $250 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $250 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $220 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $220 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75C shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 center Line Michigan 48015 tion publicized word-of-mouth Fed eration ROG drew sizable entry 12 fliers representing six states Vito Gagliano top scorer achieving both best two-flight total 909 Tom laco belli best team score 1735 New York Federation ROG seems show po tential developing first-class fi nesse event Following heels hard-driving World Championships US Indoor Championships much lowkeyed contestbut definitely wasnt re cess 20 official events plus several off record 35 entrants saw lots action competition brisk FF Scale/Warner Continued page 67 lack anything scrufl little spotters three-view next little Peanut register Belgian see what imagination can come up making letters heres little help September 1950 issue Modele Magazine France height letters should % wing chord % fuse lage height measured narrowest part width letters should 21 height thickness should 1/6 height spacing between letters should /2 width letter dash should width letter Use contrasting color Emmanuel Fillon remark able modelers have ever met Although re tired south France has undertaken tasks would have frightened off mod elers long ago has modeled rubber-powered fan jets geared Helicopters tyrofoam Scale models built solar-powered models me hes done Once jokingly asked him ever tried RC Well yes ad mitted hastened add de own radio competition won 1937 Wakefield Championship still bringing home trophies Scale models Let us just say fantastic modeler series French civil monoplanes Thirties likely definitive set plans era series con sists two plans sets 20 Peanut plans nothing short fantastic second series just out contains names never heard before modelers side pond Have ever heard Peyret-Nessler Nicolas-Claude Gerard Club 45 Bourgeois Sen emaud Greisch-Thuet old favorites like Mauboussin Hemiptere Fauvel fly ing wing Bernard 201-T HM-21 Pou du Ciel youd like specimen work list plans including two Thirties series send three international reply coupons available US Post Offlee F Fillon 60 Rue du Bocage 83700 Saint Raphael France ordering plans please use Interna tional Money Order bank amount francs past hes orders two dollarsand winds up hole French banks charge $4 change dol lars francs price Thirties series 150 francs 20 plans franc usu ally worth neighborhood 20 cents have rough idea Postage extra st office should able tell what will take get 7 oz plans across France can add IMO will cost about $4 up adventure will cost about $45or around $225 per plan outrageous sounds considering rare high-quality material involved Happy hints department Writing MaxFax newsletter DC Maxecuters Pat Daily reports Stew Myers have using Teflon tubing knockoff applications small models Tubing 23 24 gauge roughed up outside CyAed hole struc ture forms female portion structural joint part sewing pin embedded strut-to-wing attachment whatever fits snugly can use thin CyA make fit snug Dont worry Teflon will re lease type attachment has double advan tage absorbing crash momentum break ing parts also allows easy separation transportation storage smaller boxes plastic insulation off small wire might work well also late Chuck Connors used use tiny neoprene tubing glued profile models nose bearings can get glue stick al anything roughen its surface first Want make great filler cracks uneven surfaces balsa parts use fine sanding dust handy-dandy little disc sander made old electric motor disc plywood having 60-grit garnet paper stuck face mixed about half-and-half tal cum powder add nitrate dope until obtain mixture having consistency somewhere tween honey January glaziers putty Ap 152 Model Aviation AIAhThe Zj NA OMVVO femous line hobby eawe Razor #200 universal #500 Replacement Blades available ai dealer FAl Model Supply U P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90610 14 Wingspan Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 *ALL PARTS PRE-CUT & PRE-PAINTED 0411 *BUILD & FLY IN TWO HOURS R AIRPLANES 1521 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE BURBANK GA 91506 USA CATALOG 750 Contains lOOua paper airplanes postage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Die-cut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING CataLo CORSAIR ppet aL4plane above $1050 pttsh $250 pohtage
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 150, 151, 152
IN THE WAKE heated competition 1988 World Championships twoday US FiD International Contest held part US Indoor Championships seemed somewhat anticlimax member Polish team heard re mark Today holiday flyingyesterday work Certainly atmosphere re laxed less demanding World Championships Running two major events tandem inevitably creates some overload however effects timers contest management staff visible Before three days USIC flying over hardworking offi cials ready see anything FiD models contestants entered both world international contests latter AMA fliers chance pit themselves against competitors other countries 12 35 entrants outside U S Bud Romak Ce zar Banks plus manager Bob Randolph entered USIC also offi cial Team Selection Regional Contest al Coming heels World Indoor Champs almost looked like foreign invasion Over one-third contestants countries outside US EBud Tenny lowing U S entrants qualify Team Finals event held 1989 final scores Fl D International Con test Jim Richmond 7951 Cezar Banks 7901 Sylwester Kujawa 7613 Andras Ree 7503 Dezso Orsoval 7414 Six competitors improved World Championships scores seven failed well Earl Hoffman high est scoring US competitors broke tie Bud Romak sixth place Earls score 7238 would have earned him sixth place individual World Champion ships Larry Cailliaus time 7228 corresponded 11th-place WC standing Scale 2 pm 6 pm HandLaunched Glider Catapult Glider 6 pm 9 pm similar schedule two subsequent days total 20 offi cial events crammed three days flying making championships much intensive Indoor Nats Entrants two Easy B events could designate flights posted either events both Since isnt total compatibility among rules various countries models processed whichever rules builders followed seemed make event classic shoot-out prove set rules makes best Easy B thats valid extrapolation would appear U S rules superior since highest-placing foreign models belonged Laurie Barr England sixth 1601 Dave Yates England seventh 1550 Edu ardo Molfino Argentina 10th 1445 First place International Easy B went G R Nolin 2001 Don Slusar czyks 1607 score took Junior/Senior Easy B Open Easy Bthe popalar event meet 77 entries compared 26 International Easy BEarl Hoffman captured marbles score 2121 Junior/Senior Intermediate Stick first place went Don Slusarczyk 2521 score Earl Hoffmans 2903 time won Open Intermediate Stick competi 64 Model Aviation first day normal US Indoor Championships kicked off Easy B International Easy B Intermediate Stick scheduled 9 am until 2 pm Peanut Scale AMA Scale Pistachio II Nancy Beitz takes time out picture 6th-place-finishing Novice Pennyplane GR Noun 5th place pauses reassem bles AJI Oldtimer model another flight An assortment some catapult glid ers present rubberband launched models popular category limited 12-in span 3-in chord nifty-looking model famous manpowered Gossamer Condor John Slaters Ron Gansers Ornithopter put flight 956 take home tops honors its category tion 33 entries Intermediate Stick showed potential becoming bridg ing event fliers progress Novice Pennyplane FTD top times sat isfactorily close FiD scores average site much better suited Intermediate Stick FTD margin difference could well significantly smaller Maximum FAT wingspan major compromise optimum Intermedi ate design gram should easy weight class sup pose future team selection programs will have entries some fliers using Intermedi ate Stick real news Scale arena much competition some esoteric projects John Slater friend Juergen Kortenbach Canada honor ary member MIAMA club mod els Sikorsky Sky Crane both Pea nut Pistachio sizes Over past three years John has developed method ro tor construction balance controlhe avers anyone can build models fly both very well very realisti cally Peanut Sikorsky frag ile airplane fact its hardiness such John very casually flies crowded places John also very good model Gossamer Condor needs minor work become competitive ambitious project four-engine Scale model uses single long motor four-way gearbox nose Four flex shafts go out wing drive props Its flyable lack dihedral makes very tricky John has mastered flex shaft technology used Helicopters will doubtless apply other Scale projects well truly innovative builder Another amazing model Hewitt Phil lips Peanut derivation Maxims 1984 steam-powered plane model climbed like homesick Pennyplane glided like Scale job Maxim never allowed air plane fly Hewitt has essentially proved soundness design Junior/Senior Peanut Scale first place went Don Slusarcyzk 765 Scale points final score 1527 Don Continued page 150 John Slater also built beautiful four-engined model single rubber motor drives four-way gearbox Attached gear box four flexible shafts seen during models construction Power system works fine lack dihedral wing makes trimming tough Left Chuck Markos flew good-looking entry Novice Pennyplane Right Jim Clem went claim 3rd place Novice Pennyplane model Note radical differences prop design Pennyplane rules limit prop diameter thats resulted some unique features Left Although Maxims 1894 steam-powered airplane never flew Hewitt Phillips model certainly proved theory could fly Right Walt Van Gorders Manhattan Cabin entry Walt covered entire model plastic Ray Harlan went win event time 1051 September 1988 65 Ai APPLIED DESIGN CORP flightCezar Banks Paul Tissandier AwardJim Richmond Awarded out standing contribution aviation Jim has won five World Championships special award youngest flier given Laszlo Ree anonymous donor award unannounced sum matched NFFS total matched AMA 19-year-old flier Hungary Ree placed ninth cham pionships outscored other Hungar ian fliers Dezso Orsovai father An dras Ree well-deserved award banquet also bore stamp good management speeches short point awards ceremony moved briskly along United States Indoor modeling owe great debt di rectors National Free Flight Society maldng resources available host World Championships Also no way repay Tony Italiano cease less efforts secure sites repeatedly host United States Indoor Champion ships hallmarks both champi onships two-day FiD International Meet followed technology involved Variable-geometry propellers troduced British team West Baden 1980 showed up form another least some models flown top teams trouble some problem encountered use vanable props sensor initiates pitch diameter change difficult make difficult calibrate usually un reliable Richmond Canadians reliable setups Mike Thomas variable-pitch prop represented opposite extreme Only very careful rpm measure ment could reveal began very smooth gradual transition lower pitch Again during Richmond 4409 flight fifth blinked missed change over model dead center prop running 33 rpm kicked ap proximately 1930 rpm jumped 33 55 Diameter now effec tively about 4 lower pitch also decreased rpm dropped during remainder flight 50 rpm touch down Wont wear out Makes sanding easy No141li inch No 14222 inch $415 / Add 20% far postage best results use Self Adhesive Sheet Sandpaper No glue No drying tme Ideal special sanding shapes Adheres materiats Oxi 1 sheets Choice Medium Fine Super Fine 1l5each PO Box 330 Torrance CA 90510 consequence early prop change over could have serious model climbed about four minutes after prop kicked Fortunately flight airplane dropped well away ceiling big prop mode prop changed four minutes earlier model would have gone iron work certain Cezar Banks brought several variablepitch prop mechanisms including bi stable version behavior bi-stable variable-pitch prop standard until changeover flight airplane climbed out 45 rpm ultimately dropping 31 rpm peak altitude flight about 90 ft model came down about 45 ft before prop kicked climbed 345 rpm gaining about 15 ft particular mechanism governed motor tension worked somewhat like freewheeling device blades locked high pitch until release snapped low pitch Swiss Team pioneered longfuselage model configuration adopted top fliers today employed new pro peller technology blade out lines molded carbon fiber ep oxy prop spar abbreviated reach ing second prop rib technology fully developed yetthe outline too stiff results slightly higher desirable average rpm However didnt prevent Swiss placing third 41/2-minute mar gin Larry Cailliau demonstrated previ ous championships lightweight plastic tube around balloon string reduced mod el damage caught props during steer ing technological advance very prevalent year Over half balloons used plastic tubes textured plastic tape other attachments good effect carefully spaced processing launch schedule imposed air traffic con trol along restricting number timers didnt totally eliminate midair colli sions collision occurred occa sionally caused scheduling problems three-man teams example typical day top team would make six flights 30 minutes longerover half total time . ERICAN JR OM RIDGE CAMPBELL T RITE DUBRO EASY BUILT MODELS FLYUNE Fox BERG DUBOIS LOW K&B MICRO x OS MAX RA PECK-POLYMER ECT MODELS SEAGLEN STERUNG vAN SUPER TIGER INDER FLITE LER WILLIAMSS PRODUCTS RS ESTES MODEL ROCKETS Send SI Cagh chek Stampa eur 32 page tabloId elmej DISCOUNT Catalog 900 illustrationsover 700 Kits choose MAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STORE IENN VALLEY DOIlY CENTER 817 W Main Zt Lansdalmla 19446 allotted entire session Thus team member collision days flying time became pressing reason Day Three schedule ex panded houran example con test management fine-tuning rules make best possible meet As usual contests models pushed hard moderate number airplanes hanging girders However recovery attempts led un commonly large number destroyed mod els unusual source During would-be rescue forays several balloons shattered shredding models pro cess two balloons exploded contact structure leading suggestion balloons weakened earlier contact gird ers US Team five-time World Champion Jim Richmonds wins impres sive considering en ergy skill demonstrated fliers other 12 Indoor teams around world 13 teams did countries proud US Ind Champs/Tenny Continued page 65 McGillivray first Peanut Scale 118/236 AMA Scale Jack McGil livray top scorer 91/181 traditional powerhouses Hand-Launched GliderBernie Boehm Paul Shaior Bill Schlarball turn up contest know will show Bernie Bill stacks Gliders poised secluded areanot needed Maybe trying psych out competition pic ture what shows Bernies handsdown win however average Ber nies nine flights 064497% of ficial score divided two Bernie HLG master caliber seldom see sort consistency phenom enal First place Junior HLG went Jeff Plassman 508 score Charles Gagli anos 1172 time took Senior HLG Ber 150 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT FibergI~ nuIings Canopies Available DC-31A 1140 Span$4200 F4UCORSAIR2 193Span$3000 A6M5ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN24 1ioi Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2W 188 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 183 Tripe$2700 Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Boehms 1323 score captured Open event Catapult Glider competition run same time HLG events quite compatible issue con sistent launching might expect catapult flier HLG flier equal com petence would also show comparable de gree consistency should slight edge person flying catapult arm has given out before forgets trim Glider Checking out supposition compared average consistency top five HLG fliers top five catapulters re sults HLG 86% catapult 875% Individual-to-individual however Chuck Markos approached Bernies consis tency 96% silly numbers may mean anything Although winning catapult time 12% higher HLG score both fifth-place scores 88% win ning time Another observation gives food thought Catapult Gliders limited 12-in span 3-in chord contrast l00-sq-in maximum HLG Are catapults efficient did just make better use site First place Junior Catapult went R Smith time 626 Jim Buxton won Senior Catapult 902 score Robert Warmanns 1484 score sewed up Open competition Manhattan Cabin Bostonian both brainchilds Ed Whitten flew same time 41 entries versus 27 Bostonian popular two 27 Manhattan entries tantamount about five Nats worth interest Bostonian models usual mix average de signs beautiful unusual ones As Manhattan advent ultralight plastic film has changed look models something nearly resembling door Cabin planes intended theres concept intent again appear time permanently retire Indoor Cabin event replace Manhattan Cab nows time rules cycle again question use ultralight film two schools thought prevailed Most fliers attempt get smooth covering looks like microfilm two crumpled film kill ten dency toward static cling make easier handle Chuck Markos used heavier 1 mil thick Mylar cover Manhattan fu selage heat shrinking additional tor sional stiffness fuselage Manhattan Cabin first place went Ray Harlan 1051 score Rich ard Miller took marbles Bostonian 109/4272 Speed events always bash classicor often models go wildly astray event models free flown around two balloons act py ions marking 25-ft diameter timed accordingly event can count ed among select group aerodynamic challenges few equally se lect group fliers have proficiency attempt Trying make rubber-powered model ROG fly two uniform laps high speed isnt easy First place Peanut Speed went Blair score 89 mph Chuck Mar kos took Unlimited Speed 137 mph Ornithopters Helicopters Autogyros shared time slot entry levels 11 12 4 respectively Some Helicopter times good Autogyro scores lagged well behind Neither event has seen growth Ornithopter has since formation Omithopter Modelers Society availability newsletter Flapper Facts Far away greatest innovation nowadays being applied Ornithopter both materials linkage concepts J Krush took first place Ornithopter 1226 time Helicopter Jim Rich mond winning score 755 Ron Gansers 956 time led Autogyro 70 Open entries Novice Pennyplane may fiercely competitive event Indoor today minimum weight speci fication coupled favorable lati tude wing area choice Easy B pro duces generally less critical model part successful performance ap pears hinge two factorsmaximizing efficiency limited prop diameter better choice prop/rubber combina tions Pennyplane competitor aims greater aerodynamic efficiency designachieving given time less rubbermay ultimately winning edge However cur rent winners using brute force traditional Pennyplane ploy finesse possible better aerodynamics very fine trim Open results go sixth place special reason Nancy Beitz member MIAMA excels Scale events cap tured sixth placeand trounced lot guys have competitive longer has alive Yea Nancy Pennyplane 40 entries generally proved Battle Bipes usual interesting note top Open Pennyplane score 1408 achieved Lester Garber significantly better C Slusarczyks winning score 1246 Open Novice Pennyplane Junior Nov ice Pennyplane R Smiths score 906 made him top finisher Senior Novice Pennyplane won D Slusar czyk time 1153 AMA Stick AJI Old-Timer Stick ROG Stick last meet selves nothing majestic bat tle between Big Birdsthe spectacle full-size AMA Stick gracefully easing up ceiling back down again class personified AJI Old-Timer models resurrect some Indoors past illu sion isnt much harmed use mod em materials ROG Stick however other story class hardest fly well necessarily small wing area difficult-to-cut rubber sizes ROG requirement make preserve brave skilled Jim Richmonds time 4447 earned him top award AMA Stick Larry Loucka took Old-Timer 2350 score ROG Stick Richmond top finisher again 1522 time Federation ROG unofficial event loosely based Skinny Minnie see Tony DAlessandros article FF Indoor Skinny Minnie May 1987 Model Aviation event team challenge ganized states last-minute addi September 1988 151 MODELS NICK ZIROLI Jets too * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $250 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $250 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $220 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $220 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75C shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Box 3786 center Line Michigan 48015 tion publicized word-of-mouth Fed eration ROG drew sizable entry 12 fliers representing six states Vito Gagliano top scorer achieving both best two-flight total 909 Tom laco belli best team score 1735 New York Federation ROG seems show po tential developing first-class fi nesse event Following heels hard-driving World Championships US Indoor Championships much lowkeyed contestbut definitely wasnt re cess 20 official events plus several off record 35 entrants saw lots action competition brisk FF Scale/Warner Continued page 67 lack anything scrufl little spotters three-view next little Peanut register Belgian see what imagination can come up making letters heres little help September 1950 issue Modele Magazine France height letters should % wing chord % fuse lage height measured narrowest part width letters should 21 height thickness should 1/6 height spacing between letters should /2 width letter dash should width letter Use contrasting color Emmanuel Fillon remark able modelers have ever met Although re tired south France has undertaken tasks would have frightened off mod elers long ago has modeled rubber-powered fan jets geared Helicopters tyrofoam Scale models built solar-powered models me hes done Once jokingly asked him ever tried RC Well yes ad mitted hastened add de own radio competition won 1937 Wakefield Championship still bringing home trophies Scale models Let us just say fantastic modeler series French civil monoplanes Thirties likely definitive set plans era series con sists two plans sets 20 Peanut plans nothing short fantastic second series just out contains names never heard before modelers side pond Have ever heard Peyret-Nessler Nicolas-Claude Gerard Club 45 Bourgeois Sen emaud Greisch-Thuet old favorites like Mauboussin Hemiptere Fauvel fly ing wing Bernard 201-T HM-21 Pou du Ciel youd like specimen work list plans including two Thirties series send three international reply coupons available US Post Offlee F Fillon 60 Rue du Bocage 83700 Saint Raphael France ordering plans please use Interna tional Money Order bank amount francs past hes orders two dollarsand winds up hole French banks charge $4 change dol lars francs price Thirties series 150 francs 20 plans franc usu ally worth neighborhood 20 cents have rough idea Postage extra st office should able tell what will take get 7 oz plans across France can add IMO will cost about $4 up adventure will cost about $45or around $225 per plan outrageous sounds considering rare high-quality material involved Happy hints department Writing MaxFax newsletter DC Maxecuters Pat Daily reports Stew Myers have using Teflon tubing knockoff applications small models Tubing 23 24 gauge roughed up outside CyAed hole struc ture forms female portion structural joint part sewing pin embedded strut-to-wing attachment whatever fits snugly can use thin CyA make fit snug Dont worry Teflon will re lease type attachment has double advan tage absorbing crash momentum break ing parts also allows easy separation transportation storage smaller boxes plastic insulation off small wire might work well also late Chuck Connors used use tiny neoprene tubing glued profile models nose bearings can get glue stick al anything roughen its surface first Want make great filler cracks uneven surfaces balsa parts use fine sanding dust handy-dandy little disc sander made old electric motor disc plywood having 60-grit garnet paper stuck face mixed about half-and-half tal cum powder add nitrate dope until obtain mixture having consistency somewhere tween honey January glaziers putty Ap 152 Model Aviation AIAhThe Zj NA OMVVO femous line hobby eawe Razor #200 universal #500 Replacement Blades available ai dealer FAl Model Supply U P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90610 14 Wingspan Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 *ALL PARTS PRE-CUT & PRE-PAINTED 0411 *BUILD & FLY IN TWO HOURS R AIRPLANES 1521 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE BURBANK GA 91506 USA CATALOG 750 Contains lOOua paper airplanes postage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Die-cut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING CataLo CORSAIR ppet aL4plane above $1050 pttsh $250 pohtage