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COMPETITION NEWSLETTERRACING - SPEED - COMBAT - STUNT - CARRIER August 2017
USA $20.00
Rouille, France World Cup results. Stunt, Speed, and Racing.
Bill Hughes won F2A World Cups in Switzerland and France plus second in Germany.His 297.0kph in Sebnitz was topped by Hungarian Imre Elekes with 298.0kph.
Get Bill's tip on saving money on airfares and attending three World Cup events. The electric F2G posted a 276.2kph time! There's a picture of a free flight F2C too.
Also in this issue: Selected AMA National results and lots of pictures of things the Editor finds interesting. Probably no drones.
2017 Whittier Narrows Speed, Combat, & Racing Contest Calendar Whittier Narrows Park, S. El Monte, CA. 34.042737, -118.070392
August 19-20 KOTRC Combat F2d Fast Combat (kills) and 80mph Speed Limit (cuts) Start your own engine, shutoffs required. Wanda is working this weekend, you'll have to get your lunch from the Knights. [email protected]
September 9-10 Vic Garner Memorial Speed and RacingAll Speed events including Electric, 301-310 & 334, 335 + Perky and
NASS Sport Jet and C Speed Official flights both days.Racing events include: SCAR/Dallas Goodyear, NCLRA Clown and Super Slow Rat, NCLRA Quickie Rat Racing Sunday only. CD & Racing ED: Charlie Johnson [email protected]
October 21-22 Virgil Wilbur Memorial Speed, Combat, and RacingAll Speed events including Electric, 301-310 & 334, 335 + Perky and NASS Sport Jet and C Speed Official flights both days. Racing Events include: SCAR/Dallas Goodyear, NCLRA Clown and Super Slow Rat, NCLRA Quickie Rat Racing Sunday only.Combat events: 80mph and F2d Fast Combat. Fuel shutoffs required.Contact Don Jensen for details: [email protected] CD & Speed ED: Howard Doering h.714-638-4937 c.714-394-5304
December 2-3 Toys For Tots Speed, Combat, and RacingAll Speed events including Electric, 301-310 & 334, 335 + Perky and NASS Sport Jet and C Speed plus Torquette Speed and Hollow Log Speed. Official flights both days. Racing events include: SCAR/Dallas Goodyear, NCLRA Clown and Super Slow Rat, NCLRA Quickie Rat, Musciano Log Racing Racing Sunday only. Combat events: 80mph and F2d Fast Combat. Fuel shutoffs required. Contact Don Jensen for details: [email protected] CD & Racing ED: Ron Duly h.818-843-1748
Entry fee: One new unwrapped toy, approximate value $10-2
Before you set out on a cross-country trek check with the CD or ED to confirm contest dates.Whittier Narrows Park charges $6.00 per day entry on weekends. A yearly pass is available but generally needs to be obtained from the Park Office during the week. Occasionally they do offer the pass at the front gate. Check with Howard Doering to make sure you're onthe list.
Link to F2 World Cup Events: http://www.fai.org/world-cups/f2-control-line Link to Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ Link to McMaster-Carr: http://www.mcmaster.com/Link to Delphi Speed Forum: http://forums.delphiforums.com/flyfast/messagesLink to Stunt Hangar: http://stunthanger.com/smf/rat-racing-and-team-racing/?PHPSESSID=31ecadcb9fcddb8aeb74412b476767d6 Link to kill time: http://www.flightradar24.com/SKW6211Link to Club Tamaran: http://www.control-line.eu/
HOBBY SUPPLIERSPartner Productions: Current & Vintage Speed Plane plans. Box 205 Maple Ridge, BCV2X – 7G1 Canada 604-612-4060 [email protected] Chris Sackett Eichenberger Products: Carbon Fibre and Composite Epoxy/Glass props for Speed and Racing. Carbon tops for 21-40’s and more. Steve Eichenberger 480-730-0016 [email protected]
Old Magazine Plans On CD: e-mail Tom Wilk at: [email protected] If he doesn’t have it, you probably don’t need it.
Eliminator Props: http://eliminatorprops.com/store/
Mike’s Racing Products: See June 2012 S.C.A.R. Newsletter http://controlline.org.uk/phpBB2/files/mikenorthlist_209_423.pdf
OPS Engines America: Bill Hughes [email protected] Engines/Parts Prices start at around $150.
Core House: http://home.earthlink.net/~philcartier/webcat/catalog.html Kits, cores, SLC covering material
Marc Warwashana: Don’s wheels, fastfills, etc. [email protected]
Pat King's website: www.pdkllc.com Mockingbird Slow Rat and more.
Brodak Manufacturing: http://www.brodak.com
Goodyear Plans: Doug Mayer: [email protected]
Fuel Shutoffs: Dale Long: [email protected] Guaranteed to work! USA only.
Adriano Molteni: Ultra high quality flying lines, Nelson style plug, F2d models, props and mounts. [email protected]
The Craftsman: Stunt and Racing Engine Tuning (OS, S.T., Fox, K&B, Cox) Custom Kit Building - Ready to cover. Contact: Jed Kusik [email protected] Doctor Diesel (Eric Clutton) P.A.W. Diesels: www.cafes.net/[email protected] Streamer Shuttle: http://streamershuttle.blogspot.com
Fast Hippy Speed Products: Tanks, torque units, titanium bell cranks, etc.Marty Higgs [email protected]
Sportsman Goodyear: Parts and accessories including venturis and needle valve assemblies for the Magnum/ASP 15, landing gear, and fuel tanks. [email protected] The ASP 15 with proper venturi is now available from MBS Model Supply for $80.00.
ZZ Props: Full line of quality Glass & Carbon Fiber props for Control Line Speed & Racing.Contact Mike Hazel at: 503-859-2905 Day Phone or 503-871-1057 24 Hour [email protected]
BMJR Models: Freeflight, R/C, Control Line and Accessories. Laser kits. www.bmjrmodels.com
MBS Model Supply P.O. Box 282 Auburn, KS 66402-0282 http://mbsmodelsupply.com/ Phone: After 5:00p.m. Central time or weekends only (785) 256-2583 Cell: (785) 221-7042
TCA Racing Accessories http://www.tca-srl.it/Home/SITO/index.html High tech Italianglowplugs, click on the Blue Line (Nelson and GloBee styles). E-mail for info: [email protected] or [email protected]
John Newton Speed Products: Fiber glass shells for B-C-D Speed. Aluminum wing skins. N Newtron 21 Sport Speed kit. Props for D-Speed and many other items. Contact John on his
cell phone: 909-720-1940R Robin's View Productions: Foam wings, cores and Lost-Foam building fixtures for built-up
wings. Nifty electric motor mount called the Hardnose Mount also available. PDF building manuals available for free! Just e-mail your request to Bob Hunt. [email protected]
Barry Baxter's Vintage Control Line Combat Plans: http://www.controllineplans.com
Doug Galbreath: Cyclon 049, Nelson 65, and Audio Tachs 530-757-6058 3408 Topsail Place Davis, California 95616
Lee Machine Shop: Syringes, venturi selection for many engines, prop bushings, motor mount drill guides, etc. http://www.leemachineshop.com/ [email protected]
827 SE 43rd Street Topeka, Kansas 66609 785-266-7714
Planet Hobby: NovaRossi aircraft engines are the world's standard for power, performance, and reliability. Phone: 901-755-1536 Web address: www.PlanetHobby.com
e Enya U.S. Engines+Parts: Complete Enya parts inventory. We specialize in C/L parts. Call or e-mail for your needs. Shipping worldwide. Http://stores.ebay.com/thecontrol-linestore Bob Brooks 954-234-0863 [email protected] Microfasteners: Hobby enthusiasts of all types trust MicroFasteners for all of their hardware needs. www.microfasteners.com [email protected] 1-800-892-6917 610-438-6177 Kathy Bechtel – Owner
Membership For Everyone
National Control Line Racing Association: http://www.nclra.org/ Membership is now FREE! Go to the NCLRA website and click on the Join or Renew tab. Members, as well as Non-members, can view all the electronic newsletters from October 2002 through the most recent (June 2017 as of this posting). A paper copy of the
newsletter will incur a $10.00 fee. NCLRA President Bill Bischoff has added NCLRA to the Vendor's Corner on Stunt Hangar, here's the link: http://stunthanger.com/smf/nclra/
Navy Carrier Society: http://www.navycarriersociety.org/joinNCS.aspx
North American Speed Society: http://clspeed.com/membership Membership is $35 for USA and Canadian residents and $45 international. A special membership with a digital only newsletter is available for only $20.00. PayPal OK
MACA Miniature Aircraft Combat Association: http://www.macasite.org/
Academy of Model Aeronauticshttp://www.modelaircraft.org/ If your permanent residence is outside the USA and you want to compete in a AMA sanctioned contest be sure to check out Affiliate Membership.
PAMPA Precision Aerobatics Model Pilots Associationhttp://www.pampacl.org/ Membership starts at $35.00.
Combat Flyers Associationhttp://combatflyers.co.uk/index.htm Vintage and F2d Combat in the UK
It's been fifty years since Terry Prather won the Nats with his Winder. Terry sent a battle worn Winder to Bob Mears for his vintage combat collection in Lubbock. Big Steve Photo
Neil Simpson, Joe Fustolo, and Brian Stas (1-3rd) at the Wingbuster Summer Championship.Andy Mears in his race car (far right). Ace F2C pitman Steve Wilk ready for action. “HeyDave, could you land a little slower next time so I don't spill my mint julep?”
19 Th Annual Shortest Day Contest Mercer Rugby Field (near Auckland, New Zealand
It’s no secret that weather plays a huge part in determining the success of contests, so it was with a lot of trepidation I made the call to go ahead with the 19th Annual Shortest Day Contest on the scheduled date.
Last year we switched to the option date and lost a lot of entries. The forecast this year predicted thirty knot winds on the day but I was mildly confident that the forecasts didn’t apply to the Mercer Rugby League club field.
Events proved that I was lucky. When I arrived to set up at 0745 the adjacent Waikato River was a mirror and the hills to the southwest protected us from the worst of the winds. I was anxious to test the latest upgrade to my Combat clock. Yup, a 130 Db truck horn is quite audible.
This year we had a near even split in North Island and South Island entries with five resident and one transplanted South Islander (Kevin Barnes) flying and six from the North, the forecast had put a few locals off so no Dave Thornley or John Ryan this year.Once some faulty streamers were sorted we were underway.
Early matches were notable for being largely even on cuts once airborne, but non starting motors plagued some of us. Last year too, we had a lot of trouble with no one’s starter batteries being up to it. In some cases this year, the reverse was true.
I loaned Bob Morgan my freshly charged no voltage drop back up battery which gave two starts and two fried plugs in quick succession, oops sorry Bob!
Early stand out matches were Kevin V Simon which had a pretty spectacular line tangle and Rob Wallace V Glen for another reason. It resulted in a very second hand ASP 15 for Rob and a very third hand model for Glen, the last of my Spain 2006 models I believe. That’s approximately 700 years old in combat model years.
Glen was out of the contest after both his allowed models were destroyed. He reversed sharply into my propeller yer honour.
Danny Walker was flying in his usual unruffled fashion but some narrow losses finished his campaign after lunch. Speaking of lunch, the 12.30-1pm break saw the wind shift round to the North West and intensify. The match between Bob Morgan and I was probably the most effected but it wasn’t too bad. Shortly after the wind went back to the South West for the rest of the day and apart from the odd light rain shower, it was okay all day.
The last three fliers were Doug and James Palmer and Bryce Gibson.
Doug made short work of James and Bryce but because of the draw and the two life system, Doug had to fly James again for the final.
A great full on match ensued with James taking home the $100 First Prize.Post Contest we retired to the adjacent roadhouse for refreshments and mouth racing, a good competition flown in great spirit. Andrew Robinson who drove up from New Plymouth to assist, reckoned it was the best Shortest Day Contest he’d been to; he didn’t have to do anything!
As ever, thanks go to the contestants as well as Dave Ackery (who circle marshalled every match) and Kevin Barnes for arranging the use of the field.
We’ll do it again for the twentieth edition next year, we welcome all previous and new contestants along to fly, assist or spectate, see you at the solstice June 2018. Bryce Gibson
Doug and James Palmer in the final wearing classy Canterbury Combat Team shirts. Photo on the right is Bob Morgan vs. Adrian Hamilton. Dave Ackery photos
World Cup Events: There will be two F2A World Cup events held in St. Louis later this summer. One is the USA event and the other is Canadian but they're both flown at the Buder Park site in St. Louis. Here's a link to the F2 site that Jo Halman manages: http://www.fai.org/world-cups/f2-control-line Just scroll down and click on the 2017 section. You'll find results for various events along with the jury report and there's a cumulative total for each category so you'll be able to see who is leading the charge.
Bill Hughes has been active in World Cup competition over the years and your Editor had a chance to sit down with Bill at the Nationals and catch up on his latest accomplishments.He'd won both the Swiss and French rounds and was able to take in the Sebnitz, Germany round too where he placed second. Bill said he was able to save $400 on his airfare (Air Canada) by going a week early which made competing in Sebnitz possible. His departure date was still within the “shoulder season” rather than summer season where fares sky rocket.
Serge Delabarde sent photos and results from the French World Cup in Rouille, France.These events are open to anyone holding an FAI license which is available to Americans through the AMA.
Luc Dessaucy has his lines cut during a race at the Rouille World Cup. No report on where the model landed. Gena Saccavino (daughter of Cesare Saccavino) mixes it up withMathieu Perret and Thierry Ougen in one of the F2C heat races.
F2G Speed (electric)
Guy Ducas Switzerland 255.0kph 274.4kph 276.2kph 276.2kphDaniel Janan France 226.1kph - - 226.1kph
F2A Speed
William Hughes USA 294.7kph 290.4kph - - 294.7kphAnthony Rostislavov France 290.3kph 278.5kph 287.3kph 285.0kph 290.3kphJean-Marc Aube France 283.9kph 284.8kph 280.1kph - 284.8kphMathieu Perret France 277.4kph - - - 277.4kphDamien David France 236.0kph 241.7kph - - 241.7kph Alexandre Gauthier France - - - - -
F2C Team Racing
Thierry Ougen/Roland Surugue FRA/FRA 3:15.2 Best Heat 6:26.6 FinalMathieu Perret/Jean Paul Perret FRA/FRA 3:14.9 6:40.1Luc Dessaucy/Cesare Saccavino BEL/SUI 3:14.0 67 lapsPascal Surugue/Georges Surugue FRA/FRA 3:15.6Hugh Simons/Jens Geschwendtner DEN/DEN 3:30.6Gena Saccavino/Valentino Saccavino SUI/SUI 4:03.6
F2B Aerobatics
1. Andrei Yatsenko UKR 1063.50 1085.17 1064.87 2150.042. Nicolas Chapoulaud FRA 1048.77 1082.00 1060.43 2142.433. Vladimir Salomatin RUS 1059.00 1057.00 1081.50 2140.50 4. Luc Dessaucy BEL 1028.33 1062.43 1022.87 2090.775. Alexandre Gauthier FRA 1048.50 1042.03 1034.53 2090.536. Serge Delabarde FRA 1021.23 1033.43 997.50 2054.677. Philippe Gauthier FRA 1003.00 1029.00 996.40 2032.008. Letong XU CHN 1031.53 978.60 992.93 2024.479. Henk De Jong NED 985.33 999.57 961.25 1984.9010. Philippe Rampnoux FRA 961.27 990.17 966.03 1956.2011. Jacky Pigout FRA 948.33 960.97 988.40 1949.3712. Marc Lavalette FRA 954.60 990.77 948..80 1945.3713. Paul Winter GBR 967.10 955.97 942.50 1923.0714. Yoann Charon FRA 913.03 941.00 955.73 1896.7315. Michel Caillaud FRA 837.13 939.93 930.20 1870.1316. Thierry Saunier FRA 908.07 934.63 934.90 1869.5317. Baptiste Gauthier FRA 868.53 935.07 891.87 1826.9318. Hui Xu CHN 907.97 905.40 903.77 1813.3719. Killian Caillaud FRA 832.27 879.07 496.53 1711.33
AMA Nationals in Muncie – Bryce and Serge sent the previous two reports which I wanted to fit into the August newsletter. The coverage of the National events will be a little shorter than anticipated but you can find full coverage at Nats Scores and Nats News, here are the links: http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/nats/scores.aspx http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/nats/natsnews.aspx
Lester Haury, Andy Minor, and Mark Rudner will be the USA's 2018 World Championship Senior team. Rylan Ritch is the Junior member (in picture below) with Eddie Hein, Austin Minor, 2016 team member Sasha Nadein, and Event Director Dave Edwards.
Speed Limit Combat winners: Jeff Rein 1st, Don Jensen 2nd, Neil Simpson 3rd, Henry Nelson 4th, Rylan Ritch top Senior, and Samuel Londke top Junior.
1/2A Combat winners: Neil Simpson 1st, Don Jensen 2nd, Richard Stubblefield 3rd,George Cleveland 4th, Rylan Ritch top Senior.
F2d Combat double elimination open to all entrants:
Alexander Prokofiev 1st, Cary Minor 2nd, David Owen 3rd, Andy Minor 4th
Andy Mears, Dave Fischer, and Andrey Nadein tied for 5th.
AMA Fast Combat (36 max size engines):
Ron Colombo 1st, James Ehlen 2nd, Ed Brzys 3rd, Bill Maywald 4th
F2d Fast Combat (kills):
John Knoppi 1st, Andy Mears 2nd, Don Jensen 3rd, Phil Cartier 4th, Rylan Ritch top Senior
Jeff Rein took first place in Speed Limit Combat and teammate John Knoppi took first in F2d
Fast Combat. Shown here during practice for AMA Fast Combat. They claim their Finnish
heritage helps. John is the son of famed F2C pitman Tom Knoppi.
Sasha Nadein vs. Andy Minor during the Team Trials. A big line tangle had everyone out in the circle helping. Sasha could have pulled this one out but Andy is on the team again.
First it's Mark Rudner then Chuck against Cary Minor. It doesn't get easy.If you haven't noticed, Andy and Cary Minor are pretty good.
Your Editor arrived at the Nats in time to help pit Ron Duly's 5-engine He111z. How could five .049's generate so much vibration? With Bob Whitney's help we were able to get four running at the same time. Maybe a smooth running engine like an AAC Jet 061 would make life easier or just use four electrics like on Fred Cronenwett's B-29. There's great coverage of the Scale events in Nats News, it's well worth a long, long look.
USA 2018 F2A World Championship Team: Alex Valishev 291.25kph best speed, Bill Hughes 288.45kph, James Van Sant 284.25kph. Ivan Valishev took the Junior spot with 285.2kph.Two time World Champion Carl Dodge put in some nice runs with his vintage F2A model.
Glen Van Sant (next to James) is first alternate, Chris Montagino on far left and Howard Doering on the far right. Howard drove from California in his new motorhome.
Mouse Race: Barnes/Barnes 5:01.27 Hempel/Robinson 5:09.36 Bischoff/Lee 5:51.24
Quickie Rat: Hempel/Lee 6:55.42 Bischoff/Greb 7:24.60 Barnes/Barnes 7:42.56
F2C Teamrace: Fischer/Wilk 3:27.00 Topunov/Sobala 3:34.45 Fluker/Lambert 3:37.00This is also the same group that will represent the USA at the 2018 World Championship.
The Weston engine (from England and made by Webra) was used by Bill Bischoff in AMA Slow Rat. With an engine/tank swap the Pat King Mockingbird was also used in Super Slow Rat. Car engines are common in Clown and Slow Rat (GO 25). Stiff competition for the Trax 15 from proven engines like the OS TZ 18 in Clown and Rossi/Nelson in Goodyear.
Super Slow Rat: Bischoff/Lee 5:40.96 Barnes/Greb 5:49.97 Duly/Johnson 5:54.99Pat King gets his picture in three times for sponsoring AMA Slow Rat and SSR trophies.
AMA Slow Rat: Barnes/Oge 6:49.09 Bischoff/Greb 7:07:89 Hempel/Lee 7:37.54That's Melvin Schuette on the far left. Thanks for running all the control line racing events.
AMA Goodyear: Bischoff/Greb 6:33.69 Hempel/Lee 7:03.57 Barnes/Oge 7:42.39
NCLRA Clown: Hempel/Lee 278 laps Barnes/Barnes 211 laps Duly/Johnson 195 laps
Sport Goodyear: Bill Lee 8:29.60 Mike Greb 8:43.85 Bill Bischoff 9:16.91
Precision Aerobatics: 1st David Fitzgerald 2nd Derek Berry 3rd Orestes Hernandez4th Paul Walker 5th Chris Rudd Steven Daley (Junior) Samantha Hines (Senior)
Dallas Model Aircraft AssociationFall Finale 2017
Control Line Speed and RacingSeptember 29, 30 & October 1, 2017
Hobby Park, Dallas Texas
Pilots' meeting 9:00a.m. each day
Friday Sept 29 Saturday Sept 30 Sunday Oct 1 all three daysF2C dropped from Quickie Rat AMA Goodyear Sport Jet Speedschedule. Speed Super Slow Rat Mouse I Record Ratio &events only. Sportsman Goodyear Fox Goldberg Perky Speed
Clown Race (first event of the day)
Any speed class can be flown on a percent of current record basis. Goldberg and Sportsman Goodyear racing flown per DMAA rules. (dmaa-1902.org). Super Slow Rat, Quickie Rat, and Clown flown per NCLRA rules. (nclra.org) Sport Jet and Perky speed flown per NASS rules. (clspeed.com) 10% fuel generously provided by Ritch's Brew.
First event $10.00 and additional events $5.00 each with a maximum of $25.00.
Contest Director: Bill Bischoff [email protected] Director: Patrick Hempel [email protected] Sponsored by: Dallas Model Aircraft Association http://www.dmaa-1902.org
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