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- Variable or Mixed pitch?
- Lost Talent
- 2020 Am Cup Cup Scores
Variable or Mixed pitch?
From: Dave Edmonson
Gil Morris has used variable pitch in the past. A 6″ propeller turning at 33,000 rpm, and a larger geared prop turning at whatever. I am sure the two were not of the same pitch.
I was just looking at some old pictures of me at the 1959 NATS and and am still flying the same design again in 2020.
That is real progress! Must stick with perfect when you find it.
Dave Edmonson
Lost Talent
From: gilbert morris
We had a very talented machinist in our club. Bruce Underwood was his name.
He was best known for manufacturing the Yellow Jacket racing engine for
miniature race cars. He got too old to drive so I’d pick him up each Friday
evening and take him to our club meeting. One night he told me he made a 60
size engine that was so powerful that when he put a 10″ wooden prop on it,
it ran so fast that wood particles would separate from the tips which only
made it go faster and faster and as the prop got smaller and smaller the
room filled with a cloud of wood particles. He saw it pass 100,000 rpm and
shortly afterwords it flew apart into a million pieces. But, he said his
greatest achievement was when he drilled a 0.001″ dia. hole through a 1″
thick slab of steel. He was one of a kind!
2020 Am Cup Cup Scores
From: James Parker
The FAI FF year started off with great competitions then Covid slammed on the brakes. Several contests have been cancelled and the rest of the year looks murky in my crystal ball. The contests that I have seen cancelled have been hidden in the Excel spreadsheet. I’m missing the Lost Hills Fab Feb F1E scores and the Hatschek International scores, I’ll get those for the next report. Nevertheless we’ll continue and see what we have at the end of the year with regard to the Award Banquet. Jim Parker
America Cup results – with individual placings
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 12 1
Ike 15 2
NAC 9 3
MM 17 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 2 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1A
1 Parker, Jim 72 SWR-1 Ike-4* NAC-2 MM-3
2 VanNest, Brian 62 SWR-4 NAC-3 MM-5 Cas-2
3 Danier, Jama 58 Ike-1 NAC-1 MM-2*
4 Farmer, Jim 49 SWR-3 MM-1
5 Pecenkovic, Enes 47 SWR-2 Ike-5 NAC-4
6 Bauer, Ken 35 Ike-3 MM-4
7 Rosenzweig, Shlomi 34 SWR-5 Ike-2
8 McKeever, Mike 25 Cas-1
8 Fedor, Mike 25 Spe-1
10 Bevan, Dave 20 Spe-2
11 Pukakka, Risto 15 Cas-3
12 Pecenkovic, Jasminka 8 NAC-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 10 1
Ike 19 2
NAC 15 3
MM 17 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 1 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1B
1 Jensen, Blake 67 SWR-2 Ike-4 MM-1
2 O’dell, Tiffany 57 SWR-1 Ike-5 MM-3
3 Andriukov, Alex 50 Ike-3 NAC-1
3 Booth, Bill 50 Ike-1 NAC-3
5 Richardson, Mike 32 SWR-5 Cas-1
6 Schlosberg, Aram 25 NAC-2
6 Horak, Ladi 25 MM-2
6 Malkhasyan, Sevak 25 Ike-2
9 Fitch, Jerry 17 SWR-3
10 Jones, Charles 15 MM-4
10 Ghio, Walt 15 NAC-4
12 Davis, Mike 12 SWR-4
13 Felix, Ron 10 MM-5
13 Obligenarz, Tomer 10 NAC-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1 1
Ike 7 2
NAC 7 3
MM 9 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn 1 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky 0 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1C
1 Parker, Faust 79 SWR-1 NAC-4 MM-4 Srn-1 Spe-1*
2 Chesson, Don 44 Ike-3* NAC-3 MM-2
3 Shvedenkov, Yury 34 NAC-1 MM-5
4 Ellington, Jeff 28 MM-1
5 Carroll, Ed 26 Ike-1
5 Buskell, John 26 NAC-1
7 Menanno, Guy 24 Ike-5 MM-3
8 Roberts, Mike 22 Ike-4 NAC-5
9 Malkhasyan, Taron 21 Ike-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1 1
Ike -x- 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 4 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky 0 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1P
1 Kerger, Terry 25 MM-1
1 Fedor, Mike 25 SWR-1
1 Hanford, Bob 25 Spe-1
4 Rounsaville, Dave 20 MM-2
5 Secor. Randy 15 MM-3
6 Kelly, Jim 10 MM-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 9 1
Ike 9 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 12 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 2 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1G
1 O’Dell, Tiffaney 83 SWR-1 Ike-1 MM-1
2 Richardson, Mike 68 SWR-5 Ike-2 MM-4 Cas-1
3 Fitch, Jerry 41 SWR-3 MM-2
4 Horak, Ladi 26 Ike-3 MM-5
5 Ghio, Walt 22 SWR-2
6 Jones, Darlod 20 Cas-2
7 Clapp, John 19 MM-3
8 Mathews, Tony 12 Ike-4
8 Petersen, Alan 12 SWR-4
10 Brocks, Peter 7 Ike-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 4 1
Ike 3 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 3 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky 0 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1H
1 Jensen, Blake 60 SWR-1 Ike-2 MM-3
2 Parker, Jim 55 SWR-4 Ike-1 MM-2
3 VanNest, Brian 48 SWR-2 Ike-3 MM-1
4 Fedor, Mike 25 Spe-1
5 Bauer, Ken 15 SWR-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 5 1
Ike 7 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 6 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky 0 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1J
1 Parker, Faust 72 SWR-2 Ike-1 MM-1
2 Mennano, Guy 46 SWR-1 Ike-2
3 Fedor, Mike 36 SWR-2 Ike-3
4 McKeever, Mike 27 SWR-5 Ike-4 MM-4
5 Kerger, Terry 21 MM-2
6 Mennano, Neal 16 MM-3
7 Schneider, Glenn 15 SWR-4
8 Roberts, Mike 6 MM-5
8 Carroll, Ed 6 Ike-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2 1
Ike 2 2
NAC 4 3
MM 4 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 3 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1Q
1 Tarcher, Ben 75 Ike-1 NAC-2* MM-1 Cas-1
1 Murphy, Jack 75 SWR-2 Ike-2 NAC-4* MM-2 Cas-2
3 Ioerger, Tom 60 SWR-1 NAC-1 MM-4
4 Schlosberg, Aram 30 NAC-3 MM-3
5 Richardson, Mike 10 Cas-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR -x- 1
Ike -x- 2
Cal -x- 3
MM -x- 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1E
1 McKeever, Mike 25 Cas-1
2 Richardson, Mike 20 Cas-2
3 Greening, Jack 15 Cas-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 8 1
Ike 8 2
NAC 0 3
MM 7 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn 1 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 2 10
Sky 0 17
Cas 4 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat 0 13
CEN 0 14
COL 0 15
Hur 0 18
Can 0 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 0 17
NAT 0 21
NWF 0 22
NW 0 23
I-C 0 16
Bro 0 24
Rck 0 25
Har 0 27
USF 0 26
TCC 0 28
Ser 0 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 0 32
Pat 0 33
AZC 0 34
F1S
1 Murphy, Jack 73 Ike-1 MM-2 Cas-1
2 Parker, Julie 66 Ike-4* MM-3 Srn-1 Spe-1
3 DeLoach, Don 42 Ike-2 Spe-2
4 Donnelly, Robert 35 SWR-4 Ike-3 MM-5
5 Brooks, Clint 27 SWR-1
6 Achterberg, Mike 26 MM-1
7 Morris, George 22 SWR-2
8 Murphy, Jerry 20 Cas-2
9 Morris, Charlie 17 SWR-3
10 Mecham, Allan 15 Cas-3
11 Sechrist, David 11 MM-4
12 Tarcher, Ben 10 Cas-4
13 Norvall, Larry 7 Ike-5
13 Buddenbohm, Stan 7 SWR-5