The Greatest Show on Earth

THE GREATEST SHOW on earth-in scale modeling-is Top Gun. This invitational meet just completed its fifth successful year and was held once more at the beautiful West Palm Beach Polo Club. All the planes that flew at Top Gun were beaten by a scratch-built civilian aircraft, the Globe Swift, copied by Corvin Miller from a blue, white, and gold pinstriped full-size privately-owned plane from Venice, Florida.

The Scale Masters: 1992 Finale of Premier RC Scale Contests

THIRTEEN. Yes, the 1992 Scale Masters Tournament in Irving, Texas, was the 13th time this great event has been held. It featured some new faces and some old faces this year. Irving is the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The Fort Worth/Dallas Holiday Inn served as the headquarters hotel, as it did two years ago at the Scale Masters. That meet also used the same runway at the George F. Myer Memorial Park, which is located about two miles northeast of the motel in the Irving city park. Ernest Harwood did a great job as Contest Director, aided by the Irving R/C Flyers Association, which is made up of some 400 members. Dr. Miles Poor is the 1992 president of the association. The field was new two years ago but had suffered some weather damage, with the worst of it right on the centerline of the runway. As a result, the centerline was not used. For purposes of rules interpretations, the centerline was determined to be the part of the runway used by the plane for takeoff.

Toledo '93

There are always new products, goodies, and kits introduced at the Toledo show, and the 1993 show had lots of new Scale stuff, too. The newest software program from Model CAD is Wingmaster. President and program designer Bob Webster indicated that there is a great deal of interest in this new Windows program. This was the greatest aid for the Scale builder seen at Toledo '93. Wingmaster, known as the model wing designer, designs wings and more. You can design the wing shape in any size you want, customize the airfoils, and print the wing layout, wing ribs, and everything you need to build. You can also select from 250 airfoil designs, including the series of Clark, Curtis, USA, Gottingen, RAF, and over 100 Eppler air foils.

Scale Masters

"This really feels good," responded Dennis Crooks after winning Scale Masters '93, held October 21-24. The 40-year-old Big Rock, Illinois native won the event with his twin ducted-fan Learjet 35A, which had a fiberglass fuselage with a full interior, complete lighting system, and brakes. The facilities at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley, California were great: there was a huge runway and protected pit area designed for model airplane events. The site was prepared by the host club, the Scale Squadron of Southern California, and the Scale Masters Championship Board. The club even went so far as to plant trees along the boundary line in order to dampen the noise.

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