Free Flight: Indoor
From the Tulsa Glue Dobbers' newsletter: "The other day at one of our Thursday flying sessions, I met a beautiful little girl. I happened to look up while I was winding my Embryo, and discovered her watching me intently. I asked her name and doll's name, and I told her my name. "She followed me out to the middle of the floor and watched as I launched the plane, and it circled up toward the ceiling. The little girl was entranced, and walked under the ship as it circled up and then back down to the floor. "As I put it back into the stooge, she asked, "can I wind it?" I replied, `sure.' I held the winder as she cranked in the turns.
Free Flight: Indoor
SAD NEWS: About the time this typing effort began, word came that modeling pioneer Tony Becker died recently. I always enjoyed working with Tony, who had many good ideas and a boundless enthusiasm for models. Tony's latest project was to promote the Federation ROG-one of the most challenging unofficial events to come along in some time. Modeling has lost another friend, but we are richer for having known Tony, and we will miss him. Speaking of Federation ROG, early in the development of the class, some fliers felt that no one would top five minutes with one. Wrong again! David Aronstein did 5:07 with his Liberty Bell Federation ROG in the Delta hangar in Tampa, FL on New Year's Day, 1989. Is anyone ready to predict another time that won't be beaten?
Free Flight: Indoor
BOYD FELSTEAD: Late in May, Boyd Felstead passed away two hours after speaking with his daughter. Boyd was an Indoor pioneer in Australia and New Zealand. When Indoor began its comeback after AMA's adoption of ceiling categories in 1960, Boyd began corresponding with Indoor fliers all over the world. Boyd was literally 'way out in the boondocks: no place to fly and no one to fly with.
Free Flight: Indoor
"Are you one of the many unfortunate individuals who like to build free flight models but can't seem to get them to fly worth a damn? Do you feel like the other modelers are snickering at you behind your back? Perhaps you are suffering from congenital tail heaviness, warposis, churnchophobia, tall grass allergy, or one of the many other modelers' afflictions. Do not despair! Help is on the way.
Free Flight Indoor
STAN STOY: We have lost another of our innovative thinkers: Stan Stoy passed away in September, 1993, after an illness. Three of Stan's accomplishments help me remember him: the Coot, folding-wing HLGs, and turbulence rectification. Each of these projects involved a new concept. The Coot featured a deep undercamber, formed by a curved flap that comprised the wing trailing edge and the rearmost one-fourth of the wing. The flap was not attached to the fuselage, leaving it free to deflect under load. During launch stress, the flap flexed enough to reduce the camber, reducing the drag.
