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News and Reports 2003
SCAT Electronic News 30 Dec 2003 issue 842
Table of Contents
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desert challenge - Norton
Patra Available - Dana
The Isaacson Winter Classic - Furutani
Jap tissue grain - Segrave
How to send to SCAT Electronic News
F1A models available - Bolgov
Arizona FF Champs FAI Report - Nelson
What? No grain in Esaki tissue? - Clemens
recommending on Baby AL
fuze engine - Shirley
desert challenge
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Roger,
Would you be kind enough to post a reminder that the Desert Challenge is
this weekend, Jan 3 - 4. Four rounds on Saturday, starting at 1200, and
three rounds on Sunday, starting at 800. Fire Marshall Allnutt assures
me that all is in readiness, and yes, ladies, we have a portapotty.
Thank you,
Bob Norton
Patra Available
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Hi~! My Name Is John G. Dana, And I Work For Village Hobby In Austin, Texas.
We Have A Large Amount Of Pactra 'aero-Gloss' In 1 Oz. Bottles; Many Are
Discontinued Colors, Including Some Metallics. Amounts Range From Boxes Of 12
To Cases Of 144 Bottles. If Interested, Please Inquire Or
Cost $.60 Per Bottle, 12 Minimum; E-Mail For List Of
Colors. Thanks, And A Happy Holiday! =
John G. Dana
C/O Village Hobby
2700 West Anderson Lane Ste. 402
Austin, Texas 78757
Please Post If Possible! Thanks!!
The Isaacson Winter Classic
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The Isaacson Winter Classic
We invite all of you to the first Lost Hills contest of the year!
This is a week before the World Cup, Maxmen International. Many flyers stay
the entire week. This may also be the only F1E (FF slope soaring) event
held in the USA! In addition to the FAI events, there will be Gollywock,
P-30, catapult glider (it's back!) and Nostalgia Wakefield.
- Norm Furutani and Roger Morrell
THE ISAACSON WINTER CLASSIC
February 7 - 9, 2004 at Lost Hills, California
Saturday, February 7
F1A, F1B & F1C
Round 1, 8:00am!
Round Schedule:
1 8:00am-9:00am
2 9:00am-10:00am
3 10:00am-11:00am
4 11:00am-12:00am
5 12:00am-1:00pm
6 1:00pm-2:00pm
7 2:00pm-3:00pm
Round One Maxes:
F1A 210 seconds
F1B 240 seconds
F1C 240 seconds
Fly-Off Schedule:
Round eight, 5 minute max.
F1A 3:30pm-3:40pm
F1B 3:45pm-3:55pm
F1C 4:00pm-4:10pm
Additional rounds to be announced
Saturday, Special Event:
Gollywocks!
Five, 3 min. max. 8:00am-3:00pm
Sorry!
Due to overwhelming popularity, we are no longer able to offer the Burger
BBQ! We can still join together and potluck Saturday night!
Sunday, February 9
"Mini" Events
Round one, 8:00am!
F1G (Coupe D' Hiver)
F1H (A-1)
F1J (1/2 A power)
Round Schedule:
All events two minute max.
1 8:00am-8:45am
2 8:45am-9:30am
3 9:30am-10:15am
4 10:15am-11:00am
5 11:00am-11:45am
Fly-Off Schedule:
12:00am-12:10pm, 4 minute max
Additional rounds to be announced
Sunday, Special Events:
8:00am - 1:00pm
P - 30 and Catapult Glider
AMA rules.
Nostalgia Wakefield
3 - three minute maxes. Must weigh 8 oz. inc. rubber.
Bob White, event director
Monday, February 10
F1E Slope Soaring
12 noon - 5:30pm
What could be the ONLY, USA F1E contest will be held on Monday. Five rounds,
45 minutes each, starting at 12 noon. Event director - Peter Brocks.
Entry Fee:
F1A, B and C, $10.00 each event. All others $5.00 each event.
(Must be current member AMA, MAAC or AMA Affiliate. Also Lost Hills Assoc.
member)
Awards:
Jr.-Sr. Open Class combined.
Saturday, First through third, each event.
Sunday, First through third, each event.
Perpetual Gollywock and Nos. Wake awards, courtesy of Bob White
General:
AMA rules except as indicated. This is a time one, fly one contest!
Contest Directors:
Norm Furutani
15423 Haas Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249
(310) 323-1943
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Roger Morrell
1916 B Gates Ave.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310) 374-2136
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In memory of
our dear friends,
Bob and LaVera Isaacson
Jap tissue grain
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I was interetsed in the various comments on the grain of Jap tissue. My
usual procedure is to the take hold of the sheet at one corner and try to
tear it down one side. If it tears easily ,then the grain is parallel to the
tear. Conversely, if you try to tear it at 90 degrees to the first try on
the same sheet, you will find it very difficult to get a clean tear, the
actual tear zig-zagging along. This is what I have been doing all through
the years. Even the current Jap from Mike Woodhouse, the only source that I
use at present, can be treated and reacts in this way.
On the second point, I agree, the gloss side up is the best.
Regards
Mike S
How to send to SCAT Electronic News
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Hello,
I can't seen to figure out how to send stuff to the SCAT Electronic news.
I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction?
I have info about Aeromodeling in central Florida, Palm Bay, King Orange,
ect.
Charlie Hendrickson
Melbourne, Fl.
[Charlie and others
mail it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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F1A models available
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Hello,Merry Chrismas and Happy New Year !!
I manufacture and sell class models F1A.
Models of sufficiently high quality and level under comparatively nonhigh
price.
More detailed information possible to hear www.bolgov.arziz.uptel.net
If you this interests write me.
Vyacheslav Bolgov.
Arizona FF Champs FAI Report
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Arizona Free Flight Champs, Eloy, AZ
The Arizona FF Champs held December 6 &7 got off to a brisk start on Saturday
morning with winds that were considerably stronger than normal. Round one
drift became severe about half way thru the round. Round two was limited to two
minutes. Thereafter, regular three minute rounds continued. The America's Cup
designation helped draw several people from considerable distances as you can
see by the names in the report below. Sunday saw better conditions, but the
fly-off rounds were delayed for about two hours because of sudden, severe winds.
The coupe fly-off will be held on January 15th prior to the SWR.
F1C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Faust Parker 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 1,200
Ed Carroll 180 120 167 180 180 180 180 1,187
F1J
Austin Gunder 120 120 120 120 120 240 840
Ed Carroll 120 120 120 120 120 137 737
Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 120 600
F1A
Andrew Barron 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 291 1,491
Dean Clark 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 200 1,400
Lee Hines 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 187 1,387
Mike McKeever 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 177 1,377
Jim Parker 180 103 180 180 180 180 180 1,183
Pierre Brun 159 120 180 180 180 180 180 1,179
Peter Barron 180 120 180 142 180 180 180 1,162
Peter Brocks 180 120 180 106 180 180 180 1,126
Brian Van Nest 180 120 143 180 142 180 180 1,125
Norm Smith 180 120 180 122 17 180 180 979
F1H
Mike McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 180 186 966
Brian VanNest 120 120 120 120 120 180 175 955
Ryan Archer (JR) 120 120 120 120 120 151 751
Jim Farmer 120 120 120 120 120 600
Lee Hines 120 120 120 120 120 600
Jim Parker 120 120 120 120 120 600
Norm Smith 120 120 120 81 120 561
Sam Farmer (JR) 120 45 120 120 120 525
Pierre Brun 0 120 120 120 81 441
Andrew Barron 120 120 120 DNF DNF 360
Billy Farmer (JR) 0 0 0 0 0 -
F1B
Jack Emery 180 120 180 180 180 180 180 1,200
Charlie Jones 154 120 159 180 180 180 180 1,153
Dick Wood 180 120 180 81 180 180 180 1,101
Elmer Nelson 177 120 139 112 180 180 180 1,088
F1G
Dick Wood 120 120 120 120 120 600
Jack Emery 120 120 120 120 120 600
Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 120 600
Alex Rodgers 120 120 120 115 120 595
John Clapp 120 120 120 120 73 553
Charlie Jones 80 120 106 120 120 546
Elmer Nelson 120 120 77 65 DNF 382
Come fly with us at the upcoming Southwest Regionals, January 17, 18, 2004.
Elmer Nelson
What? No grain in Esaki tissue?
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George Shroedter told us:
"Someone here recently mentioned that one should pay attention to the grain
of Japanese tissue. I don't know what
tissue he was referring to, but having imported many thousands of sheets of
Esaki tissue from Japan during the 18 years I ran Champion Model Products, I
can say with certainty that Esaki tissue is a multi-layer tissue. As a
result, it has NO grain."
With all due respect, George, you could have fooled me, as well as a bunch
of guys from the Free Flight Mailing List, all of whom a firm believers in
Esaki grain. I've found the grain in every sheet (including Sig) I've used
over the past few decades by tearing near the edge of the sheet along one
dimension, then the other. One way will tear in a straight line. That's the
grain direction. Tear at 90 degrees to this line and the tear will be ragged
and irregular. That's cross grain. If there was no grain, both tears would
both be either ragged or straight.
Hank Sperzel, who many of you know, had this to say on the FFML:
"Bob, I have some of the old Champion Model Products Esaki tissue and some
of the new. I concur with you. ALL the sheets have grain that you can see if
held up to the light."
Bob Clemens
Rochester, NY
recommending on Baby AL
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Hi all,
This year I have reached into the Israeli national junior team and thinking
about buying a short model.
I am very confused about which wing is the best and maybe some one can
assist me.
Vasily's model, the Baby AL seems to me as the best choice right now.
Still, I am not sure at all which model is the best for me.
If any one can recommend me on the Baby AL or maybe try to make me think
about something different I will be very glad to hear.
Sincerely yours,
Ofer Ben- Noon
Sincerely yours,
Ofer Ben- Noon
[
I'm not especially recommending any particular F1A,...although
I clearly have to take a chauvanistic point of view and say that
as long as it has a Black or Red Magic timer it has to be great !!
That aside ..
You need to make the decision but these are some ideas ...
Talk to the supplier of the model to see which is the best for your flying
conditions. Do you want a thermal model ? a still air flyoff, windy
or all around general purpose model ? What other models do you have in your
box and how will this compliment them ?
Talk to others who have that model.
Look at the contest results.
I believe it is important to choose a model that has been flown sucessfully
by many others besides the original builder. This shows a model that
is not temperamental.
]
fuze engine
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hey just in case anyone got a bunch of money for christmas and didn't
know what to buy me. there is a brand new monolith (fuzeyev) engine on
ebay it bids jan 7th.
search f1c and you should find it. oh by the way the bids start at $1000(ouch)
sort of makes VE and hummers seem cheap.
dave.
[and it does not even include the folding wings !]
…………………………
Roger Morrell
