Free Flight: Indoor
HANGAR NEWS: The previous column may have been pessimistic about the use of Hangar #1 at Tustin, but the latest word is that the expected lease deal for the hangar fell through. So for now, the guys are still flying there regularly. Meanwhile, the hangar at Moffett Field, near San Francisco, is used for monthly sessions on the third Saturday each month. This hangar has problems, including a huge opening for truck access that has no door. The fliers are cautiously feeling out the hangar, learning when turbulence is less, etc. Indoor RC Electric Duration: Bob Wilder has done it again! On February 19, Bob upped the ante with a time of 48:09 at the Cat. I Bedford site. Is this guy unstoppable, or what? The airplane is his original design with 40-inch span, 250 sq. in. area, and weighs 110 grams. He used a DC5 West-Tek (?) coreless motor, 8:1 home-built gears and four 600 ma cells. The prop was a carbon-fiber 9 × 4.5 West Tek.
Free Flight: Indoor
END OF HOUR-LONG FLIGHTS? After the Marines moved out of Tustin, the two hangars are being leased. First to go was the second hangar, but the one used for Indoor is expected to be next. The hangars seem to be viewed as excellent locations for movie sets The International E-Mail A-6 Indoor Contest: This landmark event is getting a lot of activity, with raw flight times posted on the Internet. Before the contest finishes (March 31, 1998) the raw times will be adjusted according to ceiling heights to produce final scores. Sample raw scores (time/ceiling height): 4:45/22.25; 5:05/26.5.
Free Flight: Indoor
FINALLY! Thanks to faithful scribe Ken Johnson, we have the following report. Ken has continued to report each biweekly session since Steve Brown's 64:54 unofficial flight last September. "Yes, we did fly on June 15, at the Tustin Hangar, but everything was rather quiet after the session of June 1, 1997. On that day, a historic event took place: Steve Brown of the Tustin Group set a national and world Indoor microfilm record of 60:01.
Free Flight: Indoor
INTERNATIONAL POSTAL MEET: Sixty-five entrants from eight countries flew in nineteen sites in this contest. Larry Coslick and other fliers from St. Louis scheduled the contest to cover the time from January 1-March 31, 1977. The abbreviated results below include the traditional award winners plus the high time from each country. The fudge factors were rounded to four significant digits and the corrected time was rounded to 1/10 second. Standing, Country, Time, Ceiling (ft), Fudge Factor, Time First Overall: Collins, Walt, USA, 438, 8.166, 2.101, 920.2 First USA: Van Gorder, Walt: USA, 528, 17.91, 1.734, 915.3 First International: Danjo, Akihiro, Japan, 527, 24.23, 1.594, 839.9 Second USA: Clem, Jim, USA, 519, 23, 1.618, 839.5 Third USA: Brocks, Peter, USA, 390, 8.166, 2.101, 819.3 Mzik, Larry, USA, 485, 20, 1.682, 815.9 Platt, Bob, USA, 386, 8.166, 2.101, 810.9
Free Flight: Indoor
JUNIOR PROGRAMS: The following notice has circulated for some time on the Internet. The stated purpose has almost timed out, but there will be a continuing need for Junior Program sponsorship: Thanks to efforts by Vern Hacker and Steve Kaluf, AMA has agreed to be the collection and distribution point for any funds sent to it for the purpose of sending a Junior flier to the international contest for F1D models at Slanic, Romania in October. The monies donated should be sent to Teresa McKee at AMA HQ and should be marked for this cause. AMA has indicated that any monies received will be tax-deductible. If stock is given, AMA's taxpayer ID is 52-07-99408. I hope that we will generate a considerable interest, since the Academy is unable to support any Junior program as part of the normal commitments.
