ONE OF THE exciting changes upcoming AMA rule book entirely new event introducing 1/12 Scale RC Combat event introduced International Dogfight Association IDA has become quite popular Europe activity US has restricted areas groups have locally active new RC Combat event has structure similar ways Control Line Combat some interesting differences Like Control Line Combat streamers flown attached model during timed round Unlike CL Combat however Scale models aircraft allowed Since combat aircraft 1935 1955 allowed hundreds potential prototypes model some obvious WW II favorites seen often model entered has meet rigid size weight engine displacement requirements As example typical P-51D Mustang built Combat meet would have wingspan 37 inches 321/2 inches long weigh 22 pounds less would have three channels throttle control safety requirement built landing gear hand launching belly landings grass norm in-line-powered designs like Mustang allowed 15-sized engine radial-powered designs like P-47 Thunderbolt allowed 20 adjust Continued page 48 winners 1991 Mid-West Regionals meet held Richmond IN left Wayne Norris 224 NICK jones u points Gary Hardwick 200 Congratulations guys entries lined up start R left Wayne Norris FW-1 90 Tom Ransom Spitfire Greg Rose A-36 Gary Hardwick Me-i 09 Vic Verhasselt P-47 Nick Jones P-40 July1992 21 Weigh-in safety check Tom Ransoms Cleveland OH Spitfire unlucky aircraft cartwheeled grass just after launch out rest meet fZENOAH & QUADRA ENGINES ERCOUPE TOMAHAWK & J-3 KITTEN KITS CECONITE ZINGER PROPS WHEELS CARBON FIBER ARROW SHAFTS SIG CB B & B PRODUCTS DU-BRO FUEL TANKS QUARTER SCALE SPECIALISTS SEND $100 FOR CATALOG NMPRA Champs/Hager Continued page 7 raced Luna Brogdon emerged fast time 10965 held rest contest finished close second 1 1000 Helsel Tocci Wills Martinson raced heat six Tocci pulled ahead Wills hed back top 10 Helsel won hed tied Norm Johnson Wills lost Tocci could drop out top 10 turned out closest racing day start flag Tocci Helsel sped off like pistols Wills took disciplined laid-back approach Between first third pylons Toccis Helsels planes married floated apart quiet gasp pits Bodies bumped Planes bumped Smoke everywhere Willss steadfast racing won heat Helsel took second place single cut Tocci third double cut So Helsel Cady Huber dropped point leaving Norm Johnson perfect scoreand championship title Congratulations Norm way chance youre part Eskimo step weathermans predictions conditions changed worse rounds end Temperatures falling skies clouded over Decision time second pilots meeting voted 34 six call race Knowing thered no racing Sunday began flyoffs determine second through ninth places Tenth 11th places settled race times time Tony Huber Mike Helsel Darrol Cady flew off second third fourth places sun already set darkness closing Helsels caller couldnt see number pylon cut sank him third place behind Cadys second Fourth place went Tony Huber Lou Rodriguez Hubert Wills start line ready fly off sixth seventh places realized could no longer see pylons Evening set good nothing call race Rodriguezs sixth place Williss seventh settled race times alone Saturday night banquet began awarding 1991 National Points trophies contest trophies shown accompanying tables ended light note terrific comedy act Dave Doyle Despite being cut short weather last years championship race will remembered great thanks intrepid workers stayed out day cold Six good people spent day Sunday bed required hospital care pilots thought bad least got huddle around Jerry Smalls propane stove between races Thanks guys California will venue 1992 NMPRA Championship Race Well look forward seeing e SA-32T/Bookbinder Continued page 15 actual operations standard SA-32T doesnt fit category hard points external stores bombs rockets etc can built customers request Because airplanes minimal size however can assumed load bombs fuel tanks hanging wings would seriously compromise performance todays environment shrinking military budgets plane such SA-32T stands chance meeting new requirements designed train fewer pilots save money date however airplane remains prototype stage ombat Here/Rose Continued page 21 larger frontal area Another big difference Control Line event six models may air same 1/5 scale ITimecssi Wood Beech D-18/C-45 114 SpanConstruction twin Q35s G38s $40 Compact Giant 1/7th Scale P-47 Thunderboh 70 Span 90-120 G-23/Q35 $25 1st New Series1 P-51 Mustang 100 Span 3 cu up gas power $32 ENO CER! 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