SEN-422 May 31 2000 
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News and Reports 2000 - First half
 SCAT Electronic News 31 May 2000 issue 422
 SCAT Electronic News 31 May 2000 issue 422
Table of Contents
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Big Al's FAI shootout - Dukie
Stopwatch caution - Brokenspar
Lost and Found at Big Al's - Markos
811 airfoil details & Phillips entry - Pennington & Horejsi
Various and sundry - Hines
What have you done lately ?! - Dukie
Big Al's FAI shootout
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Roger
Big Al's is in the history book. A great contest, with 62 entrants and a good 
entry in all six events. Weather was exactly as ordered and on-time. We will 
be using the same supplier next time, I'm sure.
Results:
F1G
1   Dick Myers      1020
2   Richard Wood    1015
3   Jack Emery      896
4   Mike Davis      858
5   Roger Morrell   843
6   John Pratt      546
7   Bob Van Nest    509
8   Dan Protheroe   401
9   Paul Crowley    349
10  Larry Norval    328
11  Bill Davis      310
12  Hank Cole       269
13  G. Schroedter   120
    Bob Tymchek 120
F1H
1   Martyn Cowley   1680
2   E. Bushnelli    1483
3   Walt Ghio       1182
4   Don Zink        780
5   Pierre Brun     577
6   Norm Smith      576
7   Brian Van Nest  532
8   Lee Hines       456
9   Chuck Markos    400
F1J
1   Doug Galbreath  1020
2   Charlie Stiles  918
3   B. Augustus 900
4   Terry kerger    598
5   Mike Roberts    591
6   Wes Funk        582
7   Peter Sahlberg  545
8   Dave Parsons    526
9   Ray Sahlberg    507
10  Bill Lynch      491
F1A (210 sec first round)
1   Dan Protheroe   2715
2   Jim Parker      2682
3   Martyn Cowley   2166
4   Don Zink        1986
5   Lee Hines       1274
6   Mike McKeever   1224
7   Randy Weiler    1215
8   Hector Diez     1180
9   Pierre Brun     1156
10  S. Coussens 1143
11  Norm Smith  1110
12  Ken Bauer       1106
13  Chuck Markos    1056
14  Ben Coussens    1019
15  Tom Coussens    1003
16  Dallas Parker   1001
17  Juan Livotto    636
18  Brian Van Nest  530
19  Matthew Kruse   390
    E. Bushnelli    390
20  Craig Cusick    246
F1B (210 sec first round)
1   Norm Furutani   2785
2   John Sessums    2550
3   Rich Rohrke     1895
4   Al Brush        1872
5   Walt Ghio       1828
6   John Pratt      1796
7   Roger Morrell   1282
8   Jim Leuken      1276
9   Bob Piserchio   1274
10  Mike Davis      1239
    Alex Andriukov  1239
12  Dick Myers      1226
13  Larry Norval    1195
14  Richard Wood    1185
15  Bob Tymchek 1179
16  Tom Laird       1165
17  Paul Crowley    1161
18  Al Ulm          1002
19  Chris Borland   920
20  Len Kendy       570
F1C (7 180 sec rounds)
1   Terry Kerger    2377
2   Charlie Stiles  2252
3   Daryl Perkins   2206
4   Peter Sahlberg  1840
5   Ken Oliver      1494
6   John Warren     1254
7   Doug Joyce      1243
8   Roger Simpson   1231
9   Randy Archer    1222
10  Ken Happersett  1201
11  David Halliday  1102
12  Fred Ginder     837
13  Ron McBurnett   637
            
Stopwatch caution
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Friends,
Radio Shack sells a stopwatch called 'SPORTS', - yellow case, catalogue 
# 63 5014.
Be careful not to leave this stopwatch exposed to the sun, such that it 
gets hot
from the exposure. The display goes crazy!   Just about the time it 
takes to
wind a P30, you're screwed.
Seems to be OK otherwise .Keep it in your pocket.
Brokenspar
Lost and Found at Big Al's
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A Walston Transmitter was found at Lost Hills in the parking area partially
buried in the ground.  I tested it with my 16-channel receiver and found
that it still works.  If there is a person out there who thinks it belongs
to him/her and can identify it by the Walston catalog number and the
frequency on which it operates, I will be happy to arrange for return to its
rightful, if somewhat careless, owner.  Oh well, it was HOT and we were all
tired at the end of the day.
Chuck
811 airfoil details & Phillips entry
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Roger,
Here's the real story from Ivan re the 811 section.
Also can anyone from the 'scat community'throw any light on why a phillips entr
y stab would behave in such a fashion, or perhaps (showing my ignorance) what i
s a phillip's entry (other than the front door to phillip's house) section or a
re the rest of us still finding mike fantham's comments on 'victors ribs and bb
q recipe funny.
Yours in ignorance
Julian
I have found your request in the mail today. I will try to help you, though I d
o not know if it is possible as I guess you need the coordinates.
The 811 airfoil evolved as follows: The previous model was of 150 mm wing chord
. The airfoil was B-6356b, with lower front part (about 30%) flattened. The bui
lding jig was made, following the bottom surface. Then, the 811 was designed, w
ith 160 mm chord. The top surface was 160 mm B-6356b, bottom surface according 
to the jig mentioned above.
The tip airfoil was created by simple cutting away the last 35 mm of the airfoi
l and connecting these two curves back.
By the way, the stab airfoil with some "Phillips entry" proved to be source of 
troubles, the models surprisingly spinned in. It was completely removed when a 
more conventional stab airfoil was used.
Yours
Ivan  Horejsi
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Tel/fax +44 (0) 117 9568683
Various and sundry
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Hi Roger,
Several quick things;
After seeing a comment re motel rooms availability for finals in Oct,
I stopped at
Motel 6 on my way to Lost Hills for the Big Al comp and was able to 
reserve a double-bed room with no problem. So try again, you never know.
Secondly, Sunday after the comp, I went to Carl's Jr for a sumptuous meal( with
endless drink refills to quench my thirst!) and a flat tire greeted me
upon returning
to my Honda.  I put on my temp spare(50 mph max)and went to Burn's Brothers
where the nice lady called---guess who?---Gutierrez Tire (24 HR!) 
Service in Lost Hills, and yes, they could help me out right away.
Well, I met them at 9:30pm at their shop, and was on the way home by 10pm
for the nominal cost of 15$, same as Norm Furutani quoted in his 
email(ref SEN 17Feb2000).  By the way Norm: congrats on victory at Big Al comp!
So everyone who comes to Lost Hills should be well advised to remember 
these good people:
Gutierrez Tire, 21167 Hwy 46, Lost Hills, CA 93249. Tel: (616) 797-2742
I asked for and was given several business cards, so please ask me for one next
time you see me.
Thirdly, I want to contact Ron St Jean---can anyone help with address or
phone no?
Lastly, I was very interested and relieved to read the "E-Timer Gremlin"
troubleshooting commentary.  It ilustrates clearly the advise to isolate 
and insulate
the electronic devises with care and some physical space.  A point to be noted
and well heeded by all using such EE devices, as the "problems" include the
dreaded flyaways and costly retrieval searches!
Ciao,
LEE 
[ - Lee I do not think you were the only FAI  customer that Gutierrez Tire
had this weekend!]
What have you done lately ?!
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Hey Roger!
How come you didn't put in the winner of the F1J event at Big Al's?
Boy, these journalists!
Dukie
[I thought that was the way to incentivize you to send the full results!]
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Roger Morrell