Muncie IN • Rantoul IL

2016 90 years

July 20 RC Pylon | CL Combat | CL Racing | CL Speed | CL Stunt | RC Combat | CL Navy Carrier

CL NAVY CARRIER Photos by Jenni Alderman

ElectricProfileClass 1 PETEROMAZUR 2 JOHNRVLNA

265.9 263

NavyCarrier(Profile) 1 BURTONBROKAW 2 PETEROMAZUR 3 MICHAELAANDERSON 4 ARTHURJJOHNSON 5 JOHNRVLNA

355.1 332.7 261.3 239.5 219.8

RC COMBAT Text and photos by Don Grissom

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e now have day two in the books and what a nice day it was. It was sunny with very little wind which was really nice, though later in the day, it got really hot. It should be some hot Combat these next two days with many rounds still to go. We started the morning with SSC Combat which got off to a great start. We once again had the Civil Air Patrol assisting with the judging. We really do enjoy having them out here helping. Andy Runte once again had a great day, starting the day with some very high-scoring rounds such as 452 and 472. Andy ended up in first with a score of 4,188. In second place was Bill Geipel with a score of 2,436. Finally, in third place is Doug Goldman with a score of 2,236. I do want to give a shoutout to the last-place finisher, Dirk Oosting, who has his grandson helping him this year because he has issues with his foot. After SSC, we went straight into Open B and finished all 10 rounds. After having a night to work on his planes, Heath Bartel was able to get his electric aircraft running strong, which

allowed him to have some high-scoring rounds. He ended up in first place at his first Nats with a score of 2,156. In second place was George Pritchett with a score of 1,580. Finally, Donald Grissom came in third with a score of 1,528. This year, we have an additional event with Gnat Combat happening the next two days, so we added another class of Combat today with the first five rounds of 2948 Scale Combat. We had a total of five pilots for the event and were able to get through five rounds before we needed the night to repair all of the planes. In first place, which should make him smile, was Bob Loescher with a score of 896. George Pritchett is second with a score of 812, and Court Jarrett is currently third with a score of 724. Wednesday should be interesting because we should have Eric Gilkey in town to try and knock out the leaders. We will be starting at 8 a.m. with Gnat Combat, and then finishing 2948 before we go to Limited B in the afternoon. Hope to see you here.

Andy Runte really put on a show in SSC.

Wait is that a smile on Bob’s face?

Twin Scale planes are really nice in the air.

Heath Bartel shows off his Open B Electric Combat model.

2016NATSͲ2948Scores Mike Gullikson wins for best RC Combat Hat.

1 2 3 4 5 6

#RoundsFlown: 5 Name Total BobLoescher 896 GeorgePritchett 812 CourtJarrett 724 MikeGullikson 620 DonGrissom 164 EricGilkey 0

Avg. 179.2 162.4 144.8 124.0 32.8 0.0

1 140 360 24 0 44 0

2 96 156 140 220 120 0

3 360 176 40 240 0 0

4 40 0 260 0 0 0

5 260 120 260 160 0 0

2016NATSͲOpenBScores 1 2 3 4 5 6

#RoundsFlown: Name HeathBartel GeorgePritchett DonGrissom CourtJarrett MikeGullikson BobLoescher

10 Total 2156 1580 1528 1436 1140 640

Avg. 215.6 158.0 152.8 143.6 114.0 64.0

1 140 140 124 140 140 160

2 140 120 148 0 40 240

3 140 220 240 140 40 0

4 140 20 356 260 140 0

5 0 120 160 160 160 0

6 616 140 240 156 40 240

7 140 160 140 0 140 0

8 144 240 40 240 40 0

9 556 160 40 140 40 0

10 140 260 40 200 360 0

1 640 396 240 100 440 200 244 92 148 344 56 24

2 240 260 160 120 8 160 160 140 160 168 160 40

3 544 240 220 240 40 220 164 100 140 0 220 20

4 540 140 240 140 260 120 140 0 240 140 64 0

5 440 240 252 156 160 156 200 40 160 140 120 220

6 440 240 140 176 152 140 260 368 40 440 20 20

7 452 60 444 388 40 340 140 348 160 0 120 44

8 160 140 140 340 340 200 160 120 40 220 200 160

9 472 360 140 460 124 148 140 308 220 0 200 360

10 260 360 260 72 400 160 188 196 248 0 108 260

2016NATSͲSSCScores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

#RoundsFlown: Name AndyRunte BillGeipel DougGoldman GeorgePritchett BrianDelahunty DonGrissom CourtJarrett DaveDavis HeathBartel BobLoescher MikeGullikson DirkOosting

10 Total 4188 2436 2236 2192 1964 1844 1796 1712 1556 1452 1268 1148

Avg. 418.8 243.6 223.6 219.2 196.4 184.4 179.6 171.2 155.6 145.2 126.8 114.8

CL RACING Text and photos by Melvin Schuette

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hat a difference a day makes. Yesterday we woke up to thunderstorms and today we woke up to clear skies and little-to-no wind. In fact, by the end of the day, a little more wind would have been nice to help offset the heat. Mouse, despite its difficulties in getting a motor that is good enough to put you into the hunt for a trophy, tends to have the largest draw with nine entries. This year was no exception with nine contestants fighting it out for bragging rights. While there are no design requirements on the airframe, the Streaker Class I Mouse is the predominant design. The results for Mouse are: 1. Bill Lee/Bill Bischoff 2. Charles Barnes/Chuck Barnes 3. Melvin Schuette/Jason Allen

5:13.33 5:24.48 5:30.29

After Mouse Racing, we held NCLRA Clown Racing. No, the pilots do not dress up in funny costumes and run around the circle. The name refers to the plane that is required to be flown in the event. The plane must be a PDQ clown copy, and instead of seeing who can complete a set number of laps in the shortest time, you see who can fly the most laps in a given time limit. The results for Clown Racing are:

1. Bill Lee/Bill Bischoff 2. Bob Whitney/Jason Allen 3. Charles Barnes/Chuck Barnes

7:30 heat 133 laps 114 laps 100 laps

15:00 final number of laps 266 laps 225 laps 231 laps

Today will be the first running of the Muncie 500—a 500-lap Sport Goodyear race.

Bob Oge then.

How much longer?

Bob Oge 40 years later.

The Mouse winners with Mike Greb.

1/2AMouseͲͲI 1 WILLIAMRLEE 2 CHARLESDBARNES 3 MELVINLSCHUETTE 4 CHARLESWBARNES 5 MIKEGREB 6 ANDREWJKNIGHT 7 DAVIDOBETZ 8 MARKSKNIGHT 9 ROBERTLWHITNEY

02:29.6 02:39.5 02:33.6 02:43.1 02:49.0 03:29.3 04:06.5 04:35.1 2LAPS

F2CTeamRace 1 ROBERTLWHITNEY 2 MIKEGREB 3 ALEKSEYATOPUNOV

03:45.7 04:06.0 05:34.9

CL COMBAT Text and photos by Phil Cartier

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peed Limit Combat aims at drawing fliers who just aren’t up to the time and equipment required for the International Class F2D event. It’s a simple one-on-one plane, air time, and cuts kind of Combat that is easy to set up and run. It’s kind of like soccer— two teams, one ball, a few officials, and a field. Soccer uses the same rules for everything from a scrum of kids playing in a park to the World Cup. In any case, this year a record 20 fliers showed up to compete. We saw quite a few new Nats fliers from as far as California and Colorado. Everyone had

at least two matches and the winners had as many as six. Using the AMA alternate matching system, 10 out of 20 fliers qualified with wins. The losers flew another round and five more fliers got back into the fray. Dave Edwards drew a new 16slot pyramid; 14 matches and one lucky pilot drew a bye. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the contest was the final match between Bill Maywald and Chuck Rudner. Chuck was leading two cuts to one when Bill hit the ground with no damage to the plane. He got back up

with time to spare and Bill pushed hard to get another cut. In the melee, Chuck let go of his handle but the safety thong did its job and he managed to get control back with his left hand. Unfortunately for him, the rules penalize letting go of the handle with zero points for the match. Once again, many thanks to Dave Edwards and his official crew for a fine job, and to the fliers and pit crews for all of their cooperation in getting planes out onto the circles and into the air. Nobody lost a match for lack of help the whole time.

Rich Perry (CO) going after Greg Hill (CA). Rick used a big 36-powered foam wing against Greg Hill’s Brodak 40-powered oversize F2D-style Wakkerman-style plane with an integral elevator. Officials and winners. Back row: Reubenking, Mal Fawley, Bob Nelson, and Ron Colombo, streamer tier and contestant. Middle row: Rylan Ritch, Best Junior; Greg Hill, fourth; Ed Bryzs, third; Chuck Rudner, second; and Bill Maywald, first. In front, Dave Edwards, the event director and all-purpose gopher.

Bill Maywald and Chuck Rudner duke it out for first place. In some of the wild maneuvering, Chuck unfortunately let go of his handle, costing him the match.

Ed Bryzs’ big foamie plane pulls a piece of Greg Hill’s streamer on its wingtip. Ed went on to win the match 2-1 for third place.

After a spectacular midair and a helicopter crash, Rod Christie spirals into the dirt. His opponent, Ron Colombo, lost most of his inboard wing. Rod’s pit crew looks on.

CL SPEED Text and photos by Warren Gregory

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uesday was F2A and 21 Sport Speed day. As Carl Dodge was preparing his vintage 1972 TWA F2A World Championship model for its flight, I asked if he remembered what the rpm would be inflight. He replied, “I don’t remember.” I suggested we place an audible tachometer in the center of the circle and find out. He had a great flight and the tach registered just over 30,000 rpm and turned 216 kph. Alex Valishev was on deck to fly one of his current Profi powered models. I asked him to use the tach to compare the two models. Alex turned 287.6 kph

and 40,300 rpm! Wow, two state of the art model airplane engines—one 44 years old and one current. The newer version turned 10,300 rpm more. We and technology have come a long way. Today’s F2A competition was very tight. Just before lunch, Chris Montagino put up a fine flight of 290.9 kph. Shortly thereafter, William Hughes went 291.7 kph for a personal best in Muncie. Late in the day, Alex Valishev turned 293.7 kph and is our National Champion this year. Ivan Valishev, his son, turned a fine speed of 279.7 kph to be the National Champion in the Junior class—all of this

in the presence of his grandfather, Alex’s dad, visiting from Russia. It was quite a day for the Valishev family. 21 Sport Speed was also quite competitive. Chris Montagino posted 147.06 early, and later bumped it to 147.69. He would again be our National Champion for 2016. Howard Doering went 146.47 on his second attempt to end up in second place. William Hughes took third with 145.91 with his OPS power. Chris and Howard both used Novarossi power. Today is the standing start events: F-40, 21 Proto, and Perky.

F2ASpeedJunior 1 IVANVALISHEV

279.77

1/2AProfileProtoJunior 1 IVANVALISHEV 69.28

F2ASpeed 1 ALEXANDERVALISHEV 2 WILLIAMHUGHES 3 CHRISTOPHERAMONTAGINO 4 GLENJVANSANT 5 JAMESDVANSANT 6 CLDODGE

21SportSpeedCORRECTRESULTS 1 CHRISTOPHERMONTAGINO 2 HOWARDDOERING 3 WILLIAMHUGHES 4 JAMESVANSANT 5 CARLDODGE

293.7 291.2 290.9 279.2 267.5 216

1/2AProfileProto 1 JAMESDVANSANT 2 HOWARDWDOERING 3 GLENJVANSANT 4 WILLIAMHUGHES 5 CHRISTOPHERAMONTAGINO 6 CLDODGE 7 ROSSLEGG 8 KEVINLHINES

91.66 90.71 89.33 88.58 88.66 84.56 84.1 70.44

147.69 146.47 145.91 142.76 128.83

1/2ASpeed 1 CLDODGE 2 CHRISTOPHERAMONTAGINO 3 HOWARDWDOERING 4 GLENJVANSANT 5 CHARLESELEGG

139.69 130.3 117.61 91.86 72.01

RC PYLON Text and photos by Santiago Panzardi

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ur second day of racing is marked by the beginning of AMA 426 Q-500. Quickie 500 is still the most popular event in Pylon Racing, and this year we have 71 pilots eager to try their racers and their luck. The large group is divided into two matrixes that race alternate rounds until reaching seven to eight rounds total each, then the top 14 from each matrix transfer to the final, where the winner is declared. The weather cooperated quite nicely, although it was hot with very little wind at times. The lack of wind actually can cause bigger problems as the airplanes displace a large amount of air in the turns. With no wind, the disturbed air (better known as turbulence) will stay in the turns and any airplane flying through it can, and sometimes will, have its path change despite its speed and momentum, resulting in a violent pitch

up or down, and possibly a crash. Such was the fate of aircraft flown by John McDermott and Tom Scott on Heat 34 when both encountered “bad air” during back-to-back laps around Pylon Three, destroying their airplanes. After six rounds of Matrix A, we have Richard Verano leading, followed by Dennis Cranfill, Richard Beers, Robert Bess, Randy Ritch, and Tim Lampe. Richard Verano also holds the preliminary fast time for the event with a low 1:03.36. Matrix B also completed six rounds with Mike Langlois in first, Lloyd Burnham in second, Jason Oliver in third, followed by Duane Hulen, Brian Blanchard, and Mark Parker. The best and the lucky will race in the finals today after the conclusion of A & B matrixes. Don’t forget to visit the AMA Nats Flickr website for action photos of the event at www. flickr.com/photos/modelaircraft/albums.

New Nats competitor Calvin Steward.

Rocket Ray Brown’s awkward but effective start engine stance.

Joe Tropea fills up another tank with Ritch’s Brew, the premier fuel sponsor for the Pylon Nats.

Rick Vogelsang with the best slogan.

Competitors return to the pits; winners go directly to the weight station.

Hank Kauffmann refuels.

The always-smiling Kurt Beachler.

Verano and Andraka.

Flynn and Kane.

Jason Oliver preparing his Strega.

Winner of heat 35, Steve Baker.

Joe Tropea and Elise. Jason Duda and John McDermott are ready to take on the competition.

Tim Lampe and Jim Nikodem.

Steve Baker and Terry Frazer do technical inspections, with Doug Killebrew on the right.

Blanchard calls for Rocket Ray while Oliver calls for Jason Duda.

In the foreground, Rusty Van Varen refueling while Richard Verano and Hank Kauffmann watch the race.

CL STUNT Text and photos by Bob Hunt

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lthough they are not “official” Nats events, Old Time Stunt (OTS) and Classic Stunt continue to draw huge numbers each year in Muncie. This year, there were 20 entrants in Classic and 18 in OTS. The total rivals the number of contestants entered this year in the official Advanced and Open Stunt events! Where last year’s weather during the two vintage Stunt events was extremely windy, this year’s conditions were virtually perfect. If anything, it was too calm for the first-round flights. I don’t think anyone was complaining! Last year, the two vintage events were moved from the grass circles to the L-Pad due to the extremely wet conditions that made driving to the circles a challenge. In fact, many cars had to be towed out of the mud during the week. The move proved to be popular with the contestants, so the contest was once again scheduled to be flown on the “pad.” In OTS, the big winner was that party-looking-for-a-place-to-happen,

The old master, three-time F2B World Champion Bill Werwage, signals the judges to start his winning flight in Classic Stunt. The model he flew is a replica of his original-design Vulcan from the mid-1950s.

Dan Banjock. Dan flew his well-traveled and beautiful Red Reinhardt-designed Galloping Comedian that features a handspun aluminum cowl and hand-molded aluminum wheel pants. John Wright captured second place in OTS with his checkerboard-trimmed Big Job, and our own PAMPA president, Dennis Adamisin, placed third flying his 1,100-square-inch electric-powered Big Wing. Over in Classic, the old master—and three-time F2B World Champion—Bill Werwage secured the win flying his Vulcan, which is a replica of a model that he designed in the mid-1950s. Bill built this “new” Vulcan in 1984! Bill’s win this year did not come easy, as Tom Dixon bested Bill’s first-round score on his first flight, and just missed catching Bill in the second round. Tom posted a 593.5 to Bill’s 594! That’s drama. Bill and Tom were nearly upstaged by third-placing Joe Gilbert, who flew an OTS Ringmaster! Brett Buck, one of the

Classic judges, told Joe that he got every bit of the 1952 technology out of that non-flapped ship. The Best Appearing OTS model award went to Mike McHenry and his Floyd Carter-designed Wildman 60. Mike also received the Spirit of ’64 award for his A-7 Corsair, which was designed by his father! Dan Banjock’s Galloping Comedian received the Spirit of ’52 plaque. The Best Appearing Classic model award went to Jim Lynch for his fantastic rendition of Lew McFarland’s Humbler. The two events ran without a hitch, thanks to Event Director Doug Patterson and his dedicated crew that consisted of OTS judges Joan Cox and Dale Gleason, Classic judges Brett Buck and Dave Trible, tabulators Kathleen Patterson and Janice Stokey, and pit boss Dave Wenzel. There were also several score runners: Edie Oliver, Marilee McMillan, Nan Beaver, and Stella Hill. It was a long, hot day of volunteer work by all, and we salute them!

Bob McDonald launches Bill’s Vulcan. Bill built this replica in 1984 and it still looks like new!

Our Canadian friend, Joan Cox (L), and Dale Gleason (R) were the Old Time Stunt judges. Here they visit with Marilee McMillan, who was one of the score runners.

Here’s our event director, Doug Patterson. Doug ran two extremely smooth events, and all of the contestants thank him and his great crew for a wonderful contest.

The Classic Stunt judges were Dave Trible (L) and Brett Buck. It was a long, hot day for them out in the sun.

You don’t know who scored what without tabulators. Kathleen Patterson (L) and Janice Stokey did a fantastic job of totaling the scores for both events.

Mike McHenry must have a 55-gallon drum of Diana Cream paint because his models just seem to always be that color! Mike captured the Best Appearing OTS Plane award with his Floyd Carter-designed Wildman 60.

For the second year in a row, Tom Dixon came up just short of winning the Classic Stunt event with his Jim Van Loo-designed Chipmunk. He was nipping at Bill Werwage’s heals all day!

PAMPA President Dennis Adamisin flew his 78-inch wingspan, 1,100-square-inch wing area Big Wing to third in OTS. This replica of his father’s Big Art design is electric powered and is just awesome in the air!

Check out the nifty checkerboard finish on John Wright’s Addie Naccarato-designed Big Job. John placed second in OTS.

Joe and Collen Gilbert ready Joe’s Ringmaster for a flight in OTS. Joe placed a close third in Classic with this same model!

Jim Lynch captured the Best Appearing Classic Model award with his stunning rendition of the Lew McFarlanddesigned Humbler.

And to the victors go the spoils. Dan Banjok (L) hoists the huge Nats OTS perpetual trophy, and Bill Werwage displays the Classic Stunt perpetual trophy. You have to bring them back next year, guys …

Dan Banjok has fun wherever he goes, but he had even more fun on Tuesday because he won the Old Time Stunt event and captured the Spirit of ’52 award with his gorgeous rendition of Red Reinhardt’s Galloping Comedian.

Academy of Model Aeronautics International Aeromodeling Center, Muncie IN website: www.modelaircraft.org; email: [email protected] Copyright Academy of Model Aeronautics 2016 Designer: Ashley Rauen; Editor: Rachelle Haughn