SCAT Electronic News 5 March 2001 issue 551
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SCAT Electronic News 5 March 2001 issue 551
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2001 AMERICA'S CUP FAI FREE FLIGHT CONTEST SCHEDULE
survey/misc - Rocket
Circle Tow Magic - Coussens
Drag Center - Bogie
NZ Maps - Malkin
Suckers or Blowers ? - Thorkildsen
Aeromodeller magazine - Lagan
Foot and mouth. - for UK flyers
2001 AMERICA'S CUP FAI FREE FLIGHT CONTEST SCHEDULE
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DATE CONTEST MINI- EVCD/SPONSOR ADDRESS PHONE
1 13 - 14 JAN SOUTHWEST REGIONALS - ELOY, AZ YES JOHN NYSTEDT 10340 E. CORTEZ SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85253 (480) 657-9824
2 17 - 19 FEB MAX MEN 14 ROUND FAI INTL - LOST HILLS, CA YES GEORGE BATIUK 1759 SOUTHWOOD DR. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 91401 (805) 546-8231
3 16 - 17 MAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AERO TEAM ANNUAL YES TOM COUSSENS 25442 VIA DONA CHRISTA VALENCIA, CA 91355 (661) 222-7137
4 21 - 22 APR EASTERN FREE FLIGHT CHAMPS - INGLESIDE, MD YES TOM KERR 7733 AIRY HILL RD CHESTERTOWN, MD 21620 (410) 778-4939
5 APR SPRING CUP - SEGUIN, TX YES FAUST PARKER 103 BLUE WILLOW DR HOUSTON, TX 77042 (713) 266-2961
6 5 - 6 MAY NORCAL FF CHAMPS - WAEGELL FIELD - SACRAMENTO, C YES BILL VANDERBEEK 13300 SIMON LANE LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA 94022 (650) 949-3366
7 MAY FFAMS ANNUAL ONLY JOE MEKINA 2404 BANYON DR DAYTON, OH 45431 (937) 429-5864
8 26 - 27 MAY BIG AL'S SHOOT-OUT - LOST HILLS, CA YES DOUG GALBREATH 3408 TOPSAIL PL DAVIS, CA 95616 (530) 757-6058
9 2 - 3 JUN SKYSCRAPERS FAI CHALLENGE - WAWAYANDA, NY YES ANDREW BARRON 5 OLIVER DR NORHT HAVEN, CT 06473 (203) 248-5383
10 16 - 17 JUN FIESTA OF FIVE FLAGS/ TOM MC LAUGHLAN SOUTHEASTE YES BOB JUNK 984 WILLIAMSDITCH RD CANTONMENT, FL 32533 (904) 968-9619
11 JUN INTERCITY FAI - MUNCIE , IN YES BOB SIFLEET RD #3 BOX 56 GLEN ROCK, PA 17327 (717) 235-2421
12 JUL MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN MEN 14 ROUND FAI - DENVER, NO BILL GIBBONS 10950 W. UNION HILLS #2021 SUN CITY, AZ 85373 (602) 815-7526
13 JUL TEXAS CLOUD CLIMBERS - WAXAHACHIE, TX YES HENRY SPENCE 1111 COUNTRY CLUB CT MANSFIELD, TX 76063 (817) 473-1673
14 29 JUL -US OUTDOOR CHAMPS/NATS - MUNCIE, IN YES ART ELLIS 80 DENISON DR GUILDFORD, CT 06437 (203) 453-1850
15 AUG NORTHWEST FREE FLIGHT CHAMPS - TANGENT, OR ONLY RON MC BURNETT 2265 GREENWOOD RD RICKREALL, OR 97371 (503) 363-7180
16 AUG EMPIRE STATE FF CHAMPS - GENESEO, NY YES ED KECK 484 PELLET RD WEBSTER, NY 14580 (716) 671-6086
17 AUG FAI INVITATIONAL - CHICAGO AERONUTS - MUNCIE, IN YES CHUCK MARKOS 655 CARLISLE AV DEERFIELD, IL 60015 (847) 945-9225
18 TBD CIA HOOSIER CUP - MUNCIE, IN YES MARK WOOD 5923 HOPI RD DANVILLE, IN 46122 (313) 745-6770
19 SEP AUTUMN CUP - CFB BORDEN, ONTARIO, CANADA NO LESLIE FARKAS aljolie@n21 MISTY MOOR DR RICHMOND HILL, ONT L4C 6P9 (905) 886-6959
20 1 - 2 SEP WESTERN FAI CHALLENGE - HARTS LAKE - FT LEWIS, W YES MIKE ROBERTS 2435 53RD SW SEATTLE, WA 98116 (206) 937-2740
21 SEP DYNASTY CUP - DENVER, CO YES KEN PHAIR 3022 S. YARNELL CT DENVER, CO 80231 (303) 750-6320
22 29 - 30 SEP SOUTHWEST FAI CHALLENGE - BOULDER CITY, NV YES JON ZEISLOFT 4620 VICTORIA BEACH WAY LAS VEGAS, NV 89130 (702) 656-3850
23 6 - 7 OCT CALIFORNIA FAI - LOST HILLS, CA YES JUAN LIVOTTO 13212 LAKE ST LOS ANGELES, CA (310) 391-5986
24 19 - 21 OCT SIERRA CUP - RANCHO CORDOVA, CA YES ROGER SIMPSON 133 GARDENIA AVE SACRAMENTO, CA 95828 (916) 682-6010
25 OCT SKYSCRAPERS ANNUAL - WAWAYANDA, NY YES ART ELLIS 80 DENISON DR GUILDFORD, CT 06437 (203) 453-1850
26 NOV AUTUMN CUP - SEGUIN, TX YES REID SIMPSON 9207 HAZELHURST AUSTIN, TX 78729 (512) 258-4793
27 10 - 12 NOV US FREE FLIGHT CHAMPS - LOST HILLS, CA YES
28 17 - 18 NOV PATTERSON FAI CHALLENGE - LOST HILLS, CA YES DON LEATH 38104 HIGH COUNTRY RD PALMDALE, CA 93551-4415 (661) 273-8668
29 29 - 30 DEC KING ORANGE INTL - PALM BAY, FLA YES JIM BRADLEY 1337 PINE SAP CT ORLANDO, FL 32825 (407) 277-9132
WARNING!! DO NOT TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES TO A CONTEST WITHOUT CALLING THE CD TO CONFIRM DATES AND DETAILS!!
SEND CHANGES TO :
TOM COUSSENS
25442 VIA DONA CHRISTA
VALENCIA, CA
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The schedule is also on the web site in a more attractive format.
Go to the SCAT Home page at www.aeromodel.com/scat and follow
the America's Cup 2001 link.
survey/misc
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Roger
Saw you at the max men but was too wraped up to say hi(bad excuse). I lost a
new model on saterday but recieved a call from the lost hills FD yesterday and
model was found in good shape!!!
Rocket
Akaska, USA
F1-A at the Nordic Cafe:
http://www.bristolbay.com/~rocket/RONF1A.HTM
[ A number of people lost airplanes at the Isaacson or MaxMen and
most have found them. This includes Rocket Ron, Pim Ruyter and Pavel
Bogach. I think that Bernard Aslett's F1B was last seen over the
Pecan factory going towards Doug Joyce's house ! and is still
out there.]
Circle Tow Magic
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Roger-
Young Ben is a budding towline flying HW Longfellow. Attached is his creation,
crafted on a long Saturday afternoon...
Circle Tow Magic by Ben Coussens
When I think of lost hills,
The first thing that comes to mind
Is my fair Share of spills,
But the pain I will go through for circle towing I will
continue.
When ever I am circle towing
I often find my face glowing.
Finding a thermal is a process of healing
For if you are towing as long as you should
Your skin is most likely peeling.
Flying as a junior
I often get experienced flyers' humor.
Maxing out is your goal,
So you're one step Closer
To winning the big golden bowl.
In the beginning of a contest it's all a bunch of fun
But, by the end of the contest flyers attitudes might be spun
At the finals rough and mean the flyers might seem
But they're just trying their best to make the free flight team.
But in the end it's all great
Except when you launch in a thermal and you're late
In this sport much money is spent
But never are the rules and regulations bent.
Often towline feels like spaghetti
So you better have the speed of Mario Andretti
But one thing you can be assured,
To downers lift I will never be lured.
Drag Center
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At what height above the wing root chord does the drag act?
Drag for the airplane is made up of skin friction and lift-induced drag.
The fuselage contribution, being small in most cases, can be estimated
from skin friction and drag from exposed motor cylinders and timer
parts. I would guess the amount for this is small as is the
drag for the empennage.
For a mulit-paneled wing, there is skin friction and induced drag. Profile
drag is estimated as a multiplying factor applied to the skin friction
and is dependent on the thickness of the airfoil section. When
the span loading is determined, the induced drag can be estimated and
it would act at the cen troid of the loading. The skin friction acts
all along the wing panel as do es the induced drag. I would guess
that the total drag would act at the pa nel mean aerodynamic chord. Its
height above the X-Y plane through the root chord can be determined
from the location of the MAC.
For multi-panelled wings, the same process is used, but each panel
has to be determined independently. The most likely vertical
position would be where the wing MAC is located above the X-Y plane.
I gave Peter King a method fo r determining the MAC for a multi-panelled
wing which is in his Rubber Sim p rogram. Basically, it is the individual
panel MAC times its segment area times the height above the X-Y plane.
The sum of each segment divided by the wing area gives the height above
the X-Y plane. For our models, the vertical position of the CG is
always above the root chord. All aerodynamic data act about the
CG by convention.
In full size aircraft, wind tunnel data give the lift, drag, and
pitching mo ment of each part as it is added to the wind tunnel
model. Moments are taken about a certain position on the X-Z plane.
Then the aircraft company changes the moment center, rejiggering the
aerodynamics to fore and aft longitudinal positions.
If Jean W wants any further information, I will be in Lausanne by 21 March,
deo volenti.
Bill Bogart
NZ Maps
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Roger,
We now have a Web site that contains NZ Maps with a lot of detail
including such items as ATM's, Pubs, restaurants , etc , more pubs, so
any Omarama Odyssey aspirant contemplating a first trip out here would
do well to have a look at it.The address is http://www.mapzone.co.nz.
John.
Suckers or Blowers ?
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I hate to say it but they could suck or blow based on that definition. I
think the correct terminology would be that attract or repel depending on
polarity of the mating item.
i.e. like poles of magnets reply and unlike poles attract.
Sorry for the engineer coming out in me.
Thermals,
Terry Thorkildsen
Aeromodeller magazine
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Roger,
The old English standard "Aeromodeller" may have at last given up the
ghost. As you well know, it served the FF community faithfully for over
65 years under many esteemed editors. In recent years it has been like a
geriatric on life-support and it seems that the publisher "Nexus" has
finally pulled the plug. The February 2001 issue may well be the last
and in their web site (www.modelflying.co.uk) the following has appeared:
"Press release: future of Aeromodeller
Following a decision to re-structure the consumer division of Nexus
Media, we are currently in discussion with a number of interested parties
regarding the future of Aeromodeller, Scale Models International, Clocks,
Regiment and Model Cars Plus.
All subscribers to these titles will be contacted shortly.
The decision to re-structure does NOT effect other Nexus Special
Interests titles which will continue to publish as scheduled.
As soon as more news is available it will be posted on this website.
Dawn Frosdick-Hopley
Publisher"
One by one, the icons of our youth are fading into obscurity.
Regards,
Paul Lagan
[Paul, some of the English contingent at the MaxMen told me this -
and that the name was up for sale, suggesting the SEN buy it!
Now if this had been a couple of years back maybe we could have floated
and IPO to do it, but not with the current state of the "market".]
Foot and mouth. - for UK flyers
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Guys
the second area meeting (18/03/01) is postponed. Thet FFTC are drawing up
contingency plans.
Michael J Woodhouse. - Free Flight Supplies is now Rapier powered!
All mail to: -
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Roger Morrell
