Fixed-geometry model for 1/2A-F1J has a winning pedigree: "Evolution not revolution"
Most competitive Free Flight models are the result of evolution, not revolution; Genie is no exception. Genie was designed in the fall of 1995 and evolved from the ShuriKing (1994 NFFS Model of the Year; first place in F1J and 1/2A and second in A at the 1992 Westover Nats); and the ShocKing (first in 1/2A at the 1988 and 1989 Eastern States Championships; third at the 1988 Lawrenceville Nats). Genie placed first in F1J at the 1996 Muncie Nats, first in 1/2A at the 1995 Florida King Orange, and first in F1J at the 1996 SkyScrapers International Challenge.
1/2A Streaker
DESIGNED AND BUILT during the winter of 1970/71 (mainly because Barry wanted to build and fly an airplane of "his own," rather than just a duplicate of brother Bruce's 1970 Nationals-winning Red Baron), the original "Streaker" is still going strong. Its latest achievement is the first official 1/2A Profile Proto flight, and national record, over 90 miles per hour: 91.80 mph on 9/15/74, using coupled-lines. We emphasize the use of coupled-lines because the Control Line Contest Board has since prohibited their use in this event and thereby voided that record. While we agree very much with the decision to prohibit their use in the 1/2A Profile Proto event and in other events normally flown on two-lines, we do feel that coupled-lines have been unfairly maligned by the C/L columnists who wrote negatively about them but who did not take the time and trouble to experiment with them as we did. As a matter of fact, the 91.80 mph record was really just a side result of that experimentation, and we want to take this opportunity to get our 2¢-worth expressed on the subject.
Speaking of Indoor Flying Sites...
TO EVERYTHING there is a season. A season of the sun: To play baseball, To fly outdoors. A season of the snow: To play hockey, To fly indoors. At least, that's the way it is in most parts of the U.S....so, we thought, why not capitalize on the existence of so many indoor ice skating and hockey rinks and try to combine the season-of-the-snow sports and hobby activities under one roof? That's just about what we've done on Long Island. The results has been a continuing progression of two annual Indoor Meets (plus practice flying beforehand) at two excellent (though, admittedly chilly) sites. While we don't actually fly off the ice, the L.I. Association of Model Airplane Clubs
Bumbled-Bee
IT WAS ORIGINALLY intended to christen our little Easy-B canard the "Bassackwards," but in deference to the tender young eyes which may be reading this text we settled for "Bumbled-Bee." In either case, the entire project has been a bumbled, bassackwards comedy of contradictions. But then you ought to expect the collaboration of an RC columnist and a CL Contest Board member to result in an unusual Indoor model! The author (past CLCB chairman and present CLCB member) developed the design from a concept initiated by George Myers (writer of the monthly Radio Technique column in Model Aviation). The original fun-fly model evolved into a competitive airplane and we are now experimenting with a larger version of the Bumbled-Bee in the Indoor Paper Stick event (page 15 of the December 1976 issue of MAN has photos of Barry Pailet with the canard he flew in the Paper Stick event at the 1976 Nationals).
