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25 Years Ago in MA:
November
1983
The cover shows the RC flightline at the
1983 Nats, held at Westover Air Force Base
in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Thirty-five
pages of this issue are devoted to giving
you a feel for the event, which, for the
first time, included the AMA National
Convention.
The fourth RC Soaring World Championships
was held in York, England. Dan Pruss reports
that Ralf Decker and his West German
teammates were the big winners. Ralf won the
individual title, and West Germany took the
team crown.
The RC construction article for this month
is a variation of a 1937 Ben Shereshaw
design. Bob Oslan's 96-inch-wingspan Cloud
Cruiser (plans set 423) can be built with
either a one- or two-piece wing and is best
powered by an old Super Cyclone or modern
.60-size four-stroke engine. According to
Bob, this model handles smoothly and looks
majestic in the air.
Allen Wulf converted a .15-size CL profile
kit of a Grumman Skyrocket into a twin
1/2A-powered version (plans set 425) that
not only looks good but also flies well.
Allen's plans allow you to build this
fun-scale model without starting with a kit.
The Good Tern (plans set 424) is an
Embryo-class, rubber-powered FF model for
ROT (rise-off-table) or ROG
(rise-off-ground) flight. Bill Noonan
designed this little airplane to be great
fun in a small, inexpensive package.
Dee B. Mathews reports on the 1983 SAM
Champs, held at the La Junta Municipal
Airport in La Junta, Colorado. Despite the
heat and high winds, Dee reports that many
attendees went home happy and with new
friends.
New products include a 25 ounce-inch KPS30
miniservo from Kraft Systems for $44.95;
Tower Hobbies' BJ Prop Balancer, which
utilizes Teflon pads on each end of a
threaded aluminum shaft, for $14.98; and
Byron Originals' F-16 ducted-fan RC Scale
model, which spans 47 inches and weighs 11
pounds, for $264.98.
MA
Rich LaGrange
AMA Librarian
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