SCAT Electronic News 1 June 2001 issue 585

SCAT Electronic News 1 June 2001 issue 585


Table of Contents
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SIERRA CUP 25 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Simpson
Rubber comment and Too Young - Cole
von Hafe Cup 2001- CHANGE OF PLACE - Gustavo
F1C model for sale Correction - Augustus
Uppsala result
Holloway Motorcycle Storage Facility #3 - Poti
Nelson Threads - Mattes
11/32 - 32 - Dukie

SIERRA CUP 25 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
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25TH SIERRA CUP

SIERRA CUP FAI INTERNATIONAL FREE FLIGHT COMPETITION
OCTOBER 18-21, 2001

WAEGELL FIELD, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

WORLD CUP AND AMERICA'S CUP EVENT

FOR CLASSES: F1A, F1B, F1C, F1G, F1H, F1J

Thursday, October 18................... F1A Competition, and F1C
Competition

Round 1 starts at 8:00 A.M., all rounds are 180 seconds, flyoffs
start after round 7

Friday, October 19....................... F1B Competition

Round 1 starts at 8:00 A.M., all rounds are 180 seconds, flyoffs
start after round 7

Saturday, October 20................... F1G Competition, F1H
Competition, and F1J Competition

5 Rounds, each Round 1 Hour long, Round 1 starts at 10:00 A.M.
Flyoffs start after Round 5, 1st flyoff round is 240 seconds, 2nd
flyoff round is 360 seconds, etc.

Saturday Evening, October 20....... BANQUET AND TROPHY PRESENTATION

Frasinetti's Winery in Old Town Florin

Sunday, October 21..................... RESERVE DAY

Important Timing Note: Due to no timekeepers available, timers will
not be provided. Please find someone to fly and time
with you at your pole position.

If you qualify for the flyoff in
your class, you are required to provide a timer for the
flyoff timer pool who will be
assigned to a flier during that flyoff round. You will be
required to provide a timer for each flyoff round you fly.

Awards Engraved Sterling Silver Plates will be awarded for First
Place through Third Place for all six classes.
In addition, engraved Sterling Silver Trays will be
awarded for Junior First and Second Places in each class.


------------- ENTRY FEE SCHEDULE (INCLUDES BANQUET) ------------------------

Group 1 (F1A, F1B, F1C)................................ $45.00

Group 2 (F1G, F1H, F1J)................................ $45.00

Entry in Both Group 1 and Group 2..................... $60.00

Late Entry Penalty.................................... $35.00

ENTRY FEES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OCTOBER 1, 2001, OR LATE ENTRY PENALTY
WILL BE ASSESSED.

FOREIGN COMPETITORS MUST SEND ENTRY FORMS IN ADVANCE, BUT MAY PAY ON THE
FIELD ON FINAL REGISTRATION DAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, BETWEEN 9:00
A.M.AND 5:00 P.M.

FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, AMA REQUIRES THAT ALL ENTRIES, INCLUDING FOREIGN
ENTRIES, BE MEMBERS OF AMA. MEMBERSHIP IS AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD FOR
$28.00.

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Contest Directors : Roger Simpson
Doug Galbreath
9159 Hubbard Ct.
3408 Topsail Place
Elk Grove, CA 95624 USA
Davis, CA 95616
Phone 916-686-1301
Phone 530-757-6058
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SIERRA CUP 25 ENTRY FORM
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NAME______________________________________
AMA NUMBER_______________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS____________________________
CITY, STATE, ZIP_____________________________
COUNTRY___________________________________

NATIONALITY AND AEROCLUB INTERNATIONAL LICENSE NUMBER _____________________

FOREIGN ENTRANTS; do you have AMA Affilliate membership? if yes (____),
what is your AMA license
number _______________. If not, you must purchase Manatory AMA
Affilliate Membership. Cost is $28.00

AMA AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP ............................. $28.00
___________

PLEASE ENTER ME IN GROUP 1
F1A (____) F1B (_____) F1C (_____) $45.00
___________

PLEASE ENTER ME IN GROUP 2
F1G (____) F1H (_____) F1J (_____) $45.00
___________ =20

PLEASE ENTER ME IN BOTH GROUPS
........PLEASE CHECK EVENTS ABOVE $60.00
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ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ATTENDING BANQUET (___) X $20.00 ____________

I SEND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ........................... $____________

PLEASE SEND ALL ENTRIES AND FEES TO: ROGER SIMPSON

9159 HUBBARD CT
ELK GROVE, CA 95624 USA

MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO: SIERRA EAGLES MAC


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION::

FOOD STAND There will be a food stand on the field on Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday. Food and drinks will be available.

BANQUET The Sierra Cup Banquet will be held at Frasinetti's
Winery in Old Town Florin on Saturday evening October 20th. No-host bar
available 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Dinner will be served at 8:30 P.M.
Award presentation will take place after the dinner is served.

Requests for Banquet reservations must be received no later than
9:00 A.M.Saturday .

AWARD PRESENTATION
Awards for all classes concluded will be
presented at the Banquet Saturday night.
Awards for those events not concluded will
be awarded on the field the following day.

MAPS AND MOTEL LISTINGS
A map of Waegell Field location, and a
listing of local hotels and Motels are available upon receipt of written
request to contest director. A map for the Banquet location will be
provided at time of registration.

REGISTRATION All competitors must check in with the contest =
organizers to receive their Sierra Cup Pin, pole assignments, banquet
tickets, maps, etc.

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Rubber comment and Too Young
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Roger,
Your comments on the rubber situation were quite to the point. I have not
tested the new rubber so I don't know how it compares to the 97 July rubber
I used at the meet. In my opinion July 97 is the best rubber we have had
since Aug 93 although May 99 comes very close. One of the things the
rubber testers do not do is test the rubber at elevated temperatures. The
best rubber at 70 degrees may not be the best rubber at 205 degrees which
was the temperature at my stooge last Saturday. Under those conditions
cooling the rubber with a wet towel can be important. Another possibility
is to use cooling effect of lube. Back in the early days of Jasco, I
believe John Zaic put ethyl alcohol in the rubber lube to cool the rubber.
It is funny that a few years ago we were heating rubber and now we are
worrying about keeping it cool. As you point out, using each batch is the
final test.

On "Too Young for Coupe" it would be nice to think that my age gives me an
edge in coupe. I know that there are too many of you young fellows just
one round of air picking away for me to get over confident.

Hank



von Hafe Cup 2001- CHANGE OF PLACE
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Dear friends

Could you kindly publish the attached text in the next SCAT NEWS.
Best regards
Jorge Gustavo


To the attention of the 2001 participants-Please pass this information =
to fellows

Dear friends

As you know, von Hafe Cup was held over a large field, next to Beja Air
Force Base, from the beginning. So it would be this year.
Nevertheless, some days ago, we received the information, from Beja Air
Force Command, that during the same days of von Hafe Cup ( 30/06 and 01/07
), air exercises where going to take place over Beja Base and because
security reasons, nobody could stay in the surroundings, with model planes.
As you can imagine this was a terrific new for us.
Wishing to be able to receive you in the same way as always, we looked for
an alternative place.
Time was very short but we think we managed to overcame the problem.
So this year 2001, von Hafe Cup will be, not in Beja, but in the =C9v=
ora,
in the local airfield, in the very same days.
The airfield is large enough for free flight, and we are sure that you
may
consider positively this other place.
As you may know, =C9vora is an old and historic town, at about 70 kilometers
north of Beja and is served by a motorway, direct from Lisbon. With a large
camping, swimming pools, good hotels, restaurants and other interests, we
believe that =C9vora will by a good solution, at least this year.
People with hotel booking in Beja, have to change for =C9vora.
We are preparing personal indications for all of you to be posted today.
If you intend to need further informations, please do not exitate to call
or mail me or Anibal Paiva
We are sure that you may understand this alteration and forgive us for
disturbing your plans.
Have a good journey to von Hafe Cup 2001 - =C9vora - Portugal
See you and kind regards
Jorge Gustavo


F1C model for sale
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Roger,
My ad for the F1C model in issue No. 582 contained a typo (mine, not
yours). The model is 96 inches not 86
B




Uppsala result
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Place Competitor Origin FAI licence   Rounds
          1  2  3  4  5  Sum Flyoff
1 Mikael Holmbom Matfors MFK SWE-6127 150 150 180 180 150 810 300
2 Jes Nyhegn Denmark DEN-2242 150 150 180 180 150 810 262
3 Stefan Rumpp Germany GER-45 150 150 180 180 150 810 246
4 Robert Hellgren Norbergs FK SWE-40391 150 150 180 180 150 810 244
5 Ulf Edlund Norbergs FK SWE-25387 150 150 180 180 150 810 200
6 Per Findahl Norbergs FK SWE-15125 150 150 180 180 150 810 167
7 Tommi Isotalo Finland FIN-3655 150 150 180 180 150 810 162
8 David J Oldfield England GBR-31734 150 150 180 180 150 810 92
9 Anti Kordemets Estonia EST-0166 150 150 180 180 150 810 87
10 Lars Larsson MFK Sländan SWE-174 150 150 180 180 150 810 17
11 Per Johansson MFK Linköping SWE-6743 150 150 180 150 150 780  
12 John Petterson AKM SWE-465 150 150 140 180 150 770  
13 Pekka Ronkanen Finland FIN-3575 142 150 140 180 150 762  
14 Henrik Hellgren Norbergs FK SWE-40390 101 150 180 180 150 761  
15 Herbert Hartman MFK Sländan SWE-1861 102 150 180 180 147 759  
16 Göran Trogen Gagnefs FK SWE-54265 150 150 180 124 150 754  
17 Bo Nyhegn Denmark DEN-1183 94 150 180 180 150 754  
18 Sofia Wivardsson Matfors MFK SWE-20984 150 150 118 180 150 748  
19 Inge Sundstedt Gagnefs FK SWE-240 150 139 180 167 83 719  
20 Atle Klungrehaug Norway NOR-1496 150 110 118 180 150 708  
21 Per Larsson MFK Gladiatorerna SWE-51225 35 141 180 180 150 686  
22 Jari Valo Finland FIN-1654 59 117 180 180 150 686  
23 Lars Hafner Solna MSK SWE-41769 130 139 180 82 150 681  
24 Karl-Johan Qvarfordt Solna MSK SWE-29065 150 21 180 180 150 681  
25 Vegar Nereng Norway NOR-5769 150 122 163 83 150 668  
26 Anders Persson AKM SWE-8335 75 150 180 180 72 657  
27 Lauri Kutvonen [J] Finland FIN-4441 89 150 180 81 150 650  
28 Ingolf Steffensen Norway NOR-3660 150 150 161 77 98 636  
29 Tuomo Kiiskinen [J] Finland FIN-4442 150 135 86 97 150 618  
30 Deniz Varhos UFK SWE-33987 150 94 66 180 80 570  
31 Laura Leino Finland FIN-3932 110 150 180 3 -  443  
32 Gyri Klungrehaug [J] Norway NOR-47658 84 150 29 56 58 377

F1B
1 Michael J Woodhouse England GBR-34262 150 150 180 180 150 810 420
2 Ari Kutvonen Finland FIN-1842 150 150 180 180 150 810 285
3 Rolands Mackus Lithuania LTU-232 150 150 180 180 150 810 284
4 Yrjo Waltonen Finland FIN-621 150 150 180 180 150 810 282
5 Nils-Eril Hollander Karlstads FK SWE-77 150 150 180 180 150 810 225
6 Johan Åkerman UFK SWE-6995 150 150 180 180 150 810 193
7 Håkan Broberg Gagnefs FK SWE-376 150 150 180 180 150 810 183
8 Ivan Taylor England GBR-63252 150 150 180 180 150 810 101
9 Riku Posa Finland FIN-1817 150 150 180 180 150 810 - 
10 Bror Eimar Norbergd FK SWE-42 150 150 180 180 150 810 - 
11 Janne Forsman Gagnefs FK SWE-36531 141 150 180 180 150 801  
12 Mr. Pink England GBR 150 141 180 180 150 801  
13 Gunnar Wivardsson Mfk Sländan SWE-10011 150 150 180 180 131 791  
14 Anders Broberg Gagnef SWE-53249 150 150 180 180 130 790  
15 David Greaves England GBR-9641 128 150 180 180 150 788  
16 Viktors Rosonoks Lithuania YL-6 150 150 158 180 150 788  
17 Markku Kiiskinen Finland FIN-297 150 150 180 140 150 770  
18 David Thorsen UFK SWE-30719 144 150 180 144 150 768  
19 Jan Wold Norway NOR-1897 101 150 180 180 150 761  
20 Juhani Isotalo Finland FIN-3639 150 100 180 180 150 760  
21 Thomas Holm Finland FIN-2914 146 93 180 180 150 749  
22 Jan-Erik Andersson AKM SWE-1850 150 150 158 180 98 736  
23 Ossi Kilpeläinen Finland FIN-275 150 104 180 180 101 715  
24 Magnus Söderling UFK SWE-33989 134 144 180 103 150 711  
25 Brian Russell Peers England GBR-27418 150 150 180 180 -  660  
26 Janne Isotalo Finland FIN-3721 150 150 127 180 -  607
27 Rolf Astervik MFK Albatros SWE-558 150 13 -  -  -  163
28 Bernard Aslett England GBR-65857 125 -  -  -  -  125

F1C

          1  2  3  4  5  Sum
1 John Cuthbert England GBR-1781 150 150 180 180 150 810
2 Gunnar Ågren UFK SWE-60 146 150 180 159 150 785
3 Timo Niiranen Finland FIN-2763 147 124 180 180 150 781
4 Tommy Eriksson Karlskoga FK SWE-440 150 150 140 180 150 770
5 Juri Roots Estonia EST-39 104 150 81 180 150 665
6 Lars Dahlström UFK SWE-13330 150 149 61 26 69 455
7 Eddy Astfeldt Eskilstuna FK SWE-1886 101 138 175 -  -  414

F1G

1 Anders Sjöberg Solna MSK SWE-51994 120 86 120 120 90 536
2 Ginger Sjöberg Solna MSK SWE-51995 74 92 83 120 120 489
3 Holger Sundberg UFK SWE-7368 94 88 94 120 85 481
4 Rolf Astervik MFK Albatros SWE-558 120 0 120 62 120 422
5 Curt Högberg MFK Linköping SWE-6695 110 65 108 -  -  283
6 Lasse Eriksson Västra Gästrike FK SWE-220 99 58 -  -  -  157
7 Magnus Astervik MFK Albartos SWE-58994 97 -  -  -  -  97



Holloway Motorcycle Storage Facility #3
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Most flyers frequenting the Lost Hills flying site are aware of the
motorcycle storage facilities located at the Holloway Gypsum headquarters.
Currently there are two storage containers housing 22 motorcycles as well as
support equipment such as chairs, coolers and canopies. Negotiations have
take place and approval has been obtained to add a 3rd storage container.
Specifications and cost estimates for the 3rd storage facility are currently
being finalized. The new facility will include spaces for 14 additional
motorcycles and is scheduled for delivery in July 2001. Storage spots are
being sold for a one-time fee of $500, on a first come first serve basis. This
will be the last opportunity to obtain storage at the Holloway location since
officials there have limited us to 3 storage containers. To obtain your space
send a check payable to:

Poti's Hangar Products
5695 Marshall Rd.
Dayton, Ohio 45429-6022

For questions contact Norman Poti (937) 439-4831 or E-mail:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Note that spots in the first two facilities sold immediately
so act now if interested. Get your spot now and be prepared for the 2001
World Championships this fall.




Nelson Threads
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Update on the poorly formed upper threads on Nelson plugs. I purchased
a 11/32X32 TPI die and chased the threads on my Nelson plugs and notices
numerous small metal shaving being remover near the last few threads
towards the hex. Installed the plugs which previously would not
properly tighten and all was good. The plugs came to a crisp stop and
torqued to a good seal with little additional torque. This is the
proper repair and other approaches such as excessive torque, removing a
thread from your engine's head, and filing off a thread from the plug
are not the best approach.

The die can be obtained from MSC Industrial supply for about $10 plus a
few bucks for shipping. MSC's part number is "03932126". They can be
reached via the web at http://www.mscdirect.com/ . Their toll free
number is 1-800-645-7270. They have many branches which may have the
part. If you order the die you might ask for one of their "Big Books".
It has about any machinist thing you could desire and then some.

Bob Mattes

11/32 - 32
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Roger
The 11/32-32 thread die is available from MSC in new york. I would be simpler
to just take out about 1/2 of one thread at the top of the head. You can do
that with a countersink. I think that batch of plugs is gone and the problem
will disappear as the plugs are used up.
I have found that you can actually just turn them in until they seat and then
the next plug go in without much interference.


.................
Roger Morrell