NSRCA Championships
The NSRCA 1976 Championships were held in Southern California at Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley on September 4, 5, and 6. Novice, Advanced, Expert and Master Classes were flown with a total entry of 47 competitors. The largest entry was in Novice with 15, Advanced had 9 as did Expert, and the Master Class managed 14. Tony Bonetti from New Jersey (now known as the Albanian Prince), Bob Beltrano from Hawaii, George Hill from Virginia, Bill Hemple and son from Tucson, Arizona, Curt Oberg from Litchfield, Arizona, and Howard Danforth from New Mexico represented the fliers from outside California.
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I ATTENDED THE Valley Flyers Formula One Race at Sepulveda Basin in July and observed some very competitive racing. Whit Stockwell showed up with his Prather Lil Toni and walked off with all the marbles. Not bad after not flying since the Nats in 1975. Same racer he used at the '75 Nats too. Jack Stafford was having trouble keeping the engine tied down in his Top Turkey (modified Stafford Rickey Rat) so he came up with one of the most elaborate magnesium motor mounts I have seen. It is based on the same idea as the aluminum speed pans used in CL Speed (see Fig. 1).
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GREETINGS TO ALL you fellow modelers out there in the modeling world. This is a first for this (writer?) modeler as a contributing writer to a monthly magazine, so please bear with me. Probably a lot of you modelers are wondering-who is this nut Dave Lane? Well, I will try to give you a short resume of my activities. I have been involved with models since 1941. Between '41 and '60 most of my experience was in free flight and FF scale. In 1961 RC discovered me and I have been hooked ever since. I became involved with Pylon in 1965 and have either competed or called regularly up to the present time. I also judge pattern competition as a USPJA member.
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WELL, IT IS TIME to start tuning that racing jewel for the 1977 season. I have had some interest expressed in setting up the fuel system for racing. Let's look at the Q.M. problem first. Keep the centerline of the fuel tank as close to the center of the spray bar of the carburetor as possible. If the tank is too high, the engine will tend to run rich and if the tank is too low, the engine will run lean. Be sure the fuel tank is clean before assembly! Keep in mind that you cannot run pressure in Q.M.! I use 1/8" nylon tubing for the vent lines and surgical tubing with a "clunk weight" for the fuel pick-up. You need the flexible pick-up line so you won't kill the engine accidentally when the fuel gets low.
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LAST MONTH we talked about fuel tank installation, so this month let's talk about that hunk of aluminum that the fuel tank feeds. One of the most important items is the motor mount. The mount should be the proper size for the engine being used. If you are mounting a Rossi .15, use a mount that is made for the .15-sized engines. Don't use a mount that is made for a .29 or .35 because these mounts are too large. The engine should be a slip fit between the mounting rails of the mount. These rails should be flat and zero degrees thrust to the vertical face in the back of the mount. The vertical face of the mount that touches the firewall should be flat.
