FREE FLIGHT INDOOR ONE HOUR phone call Ken Johnson passed astounding news Steve Brown flying model 320-squareinch wing 116-square-inch stab posted 6354 flight 9/1/96 unsanctioned session Santa Ana model weighed 042 ounce used 18-inch loop 069 Tan II weighing 065 ounce flight went off 2480 turns deadsticked somewhere above 30 feet about 30 feet motor came off prop dangled rear hook causing model settle straight down Steve admits very good air realized model still climbing slowly just above catwalks 45 minutes flight Homolgated Yet Tillamook hangar session held following WCh activity Andy Tagliaficos record-holding MiniStick model posted 1428 Trivia what recent contest would two 45-minute flights put ninth place two 48-minute flights third place Answer 1996 Indoor WCh such fierce competition hallmark meet what didnt happen also noteworthy China Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia able make would have 15 entrants Also Junior teams China Poland Romania Ukraine initial entrants leaving lake Palmer Junior entrant Kibbie Dome AnnualThis meet sponsored Andy Tagliafico three-day session unique competition format results spirited competition more- relaxed atmosphere major events Most fliers require visit contest get hooked growing steadily can attend major Indoor contest year choice between Kibbie Nats can agonizing Besides sometimes-intense rivalry certain events two events stand out Jesse Shepherd Jr flew experimental 35cm tandem model model two 65-inch-wide wings 35cm span cabane rear wing covered form rudder prototype totally unflown start meet Jesse cram course adjusting tandem models Bernard Hunt has pioneering tandem FiD models excellent results hand offer advice critical tandem parameter CG location Although Jesse didnt get zeroed prop/rubber combination 1958 used far less full available altitude lent credence Bernards Figure 1 pivoted pendulum holds motorstick motor drive test prop see text Tenny sketch prediction 30-minute capability model second event Ornithopter Mass Launch impromptu very little fanfare nine fliers lined up launched visual impact covey quail flushed hunter Although Gil Coughlin almost always brings between two ten ornithopters sizes meet apparently didnt get word time watched launch holding two flappers neither wound up What other contest entire history Indoor could have hosted mass launch nine 11 ornithopters Entry esoteric event quite high included very energetic determined young lady Anita Taylor seemed go nonstop during meet steadily boosting time fourth place 721 meets end Easy B International Meet Second Annual Easy B International contest well attended really hardfought event AMA Easy B Rules used flights made six rounds no-launch periods between rounds Scoring best two six flights Competition strong Larry Coslick placed fourth no quite made 30 minutes single flight closest 30 Laurie Barr England Larry Cailliau 2900 2848 respectively popular design flown meet Larry Coslicks Easy B times design flying once almost impossible timers sure timing right model continued development Easy B super-light models weighing 57g few Easy B fliers becoming discouraged difficulty reaching weights few fliers thinking about introducing weight limit Easy B FlL provisional event weightlimit Easy B class Perhaps CDs larger meets could schedule both classes Indoor Group Thanks contacts made WCh responses previous announcements Indoor Group now 26 growing takes join send E-mail address rten@intexnet benefit group has accrued received word Steve Browns 6354 Andy Tagliaficos 1428 142 Model Aviation nidentified team used carrier move models processing area Tenny photo Figure 2 pivoted parallelogram serves alternate prop-test rig Carriage displacement measured Tenny sketch MiniStick flights within couple days learning news Another benefit member gets E-mail address whole group Now Hear E-mail Roger Schroeder Kansas City-LawrenceTopeka area have lot Indoor activity small-but-adequate flying sites available monthly weekly during winter months also have annual Heart America FF Club State contest Topeka Washburn University 35 feet spring Unfortunately losing active Indoor fliers Some move away like Hideo Benito some die Bill Langley remaining fliers have discussed problem want get modelers participate flying open suggestions what works Help spread word about group Internet connections have put together may another approach Please give thought will happy suggestions Inquiries Topeka area can directed Jack Koehlor 913 273-9554 Lawrence Ed Wiley 913 842-1308 Kansas City area 913 648- 4265 Roger J Schroeder Overland Park KS rsch@idirnet Electric Power Report Ken Johnson flew experimental Electric duration model flew about four minutes model weighs 18 grams about 16 grams power train two grams airframe includes wing 295 inches span five inches wide Tapered tips bring area down about 130 square inches stab about 50 percent wing area CU 90% wing chord Ken has promised information may available time next column Two 5OmAh cells power miniature Kenway motor driving 15-inch diameter prop very low pitch Glider Consistency quick reminder consistency calculation done dropping lowest two flights nine averaging rest dividing average highest score very high consistency score shows flier getting best time model capable isnt good enough win new glider needed HLG Bernie Boehm Rob Eberle R Romash MC Thompson John Koptonak W Passarelli Std Cat M Thompson WLSchlarb Ralph Schlarb Keith Fulmer Dan Belieff Dan Belieff Unlim Cat Bob Warmann M Thompson WL Schlarb Ralph Schlarb Keith Fulmer Std Cat Bob DeShields M Thompson Wally Miller Ed Berray John Lenderman Unlim Cat Bob DeShields M Thompson Darryl Stevens John Buskell Rob Eberle USIC 990% 790% 988% 960% 945% 950% 967% 990% 980% 965% 950% 930% 896% 970% 981% 982% 950% Kibbie Annual 940% 970% 989% 956% 958% 930% 970% 850% 930% 980% Flying Opportunities sessions listed below latest information available Contact-persons other areas included See previous column 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Cottage Grove MN 55016 Tel 612 459-6140 John OLeary 11425 Kell St Bloomington MN 55437 Tel 612 8880638 OklahomaOklahoma City 1996-97 flying sessions/contests Armory beginning October 1996 Contact Edsel Ford 10613 WCountry Dr Oklahoma City OK 73170 Tel 405 691-5411 OklahomaTulsa Flying sessions National Guard Armory Nov 1996 through March 1997 Feb 15 Mar 15 1997 last two sessions March session annual contest Contact Bob Hanford 918 251-7564 details WisconsinMilwaukee Bong Eagles have scheduled flying sessions Hamilton High School Auditorium 6214 W Warnimont Ave Milwaukee information about 1997 schedule contact Tony Italiano 1655 Revere Dr Brookfield WI 53005 Tel 414 782-6256 Super Mystery Out west . er north somewhere came mysterious envelope return address MiniStick Journal 430 MGM Way Minneapolis MN 00015 postmarked South Jersey NJ 080 Inside Vol No1 MiniStick Journal proclaimed Finally official recognition Governing Body Recognizes Minis Parties Galore Under banner whimsical description celebration parties over country technical article also interesting Technical Tips Pros going blunt idea flying MiniSticks just have some fun reading wrong newsletter MiniStick Journal dedicated highest level competition world Indoor free flight designing constructing flying sophisticated state-of-the-art miniature aircraft serious builder competitor welcome Read find out latest technical engineering information may want have old calculus textbook handy well college-level Physics book column will using imaginary numbers inverse negative freecell numbers Reynolds Wrap numbers serious about sport month will talk about two subjects Tip Vorhees effect Antimacassar phenomenon tip Vorhees effect predominantly East Coast effect Occurrences reported often New Jersey specific some speculation happening due part proximity ocean currents oil refineries lots manure used grow vegetables course Vorhees effect can noticed fully wound MiniStick released released facing ocean usually rolls hard left often doing series torque rolls released away ocean will roll counterclockwise viewed rear model See model displays either tendencies MiniSticks Living Room Sticks sometimes called subject another phenomenon causes drawn toward covered furniture known antimacassar phenomenon Causes unknown speculation among particle physicists perhaps incompletely polymerized rubber unwinding proximity Mylar covering generates flux capacitor capable transcending time boundaries thereby inducing opposite polarity attraction Still theory course perhaps true Let us know what think Thats now Build light strong until next issue leave motto toys Coming Attraction Prop testing very serious matter unless have weekly access site cant much flight testing past years several newsletters have discussed static testing schemes Figures 1 2 show basic idea two such test schemes case prop driven rubber motors instrumentation records time static thrust function carriage displacement RPM measured some attached sensor What happened Idea 1980 indoor WCh West Baden team used transporter quickly move models processing area assembled model clipped place carrier closed protect model during transport
