Millard Wells 1999 Great Florida Keys ROWby G. Nunez | |
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In the idillic setting of Plantation Key Jurgen shows the beautiful watercolor by Millard Wells , the award for first place and the neat Piaggio-Pegna Schneider prototype. Despite balance problems he kept on flying and accumulated enough points to win over Jorge Nunez sr by one point, who fly a very realistic Ryan ST. |
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Jurgen Kortenbach of Canada was there with a rare Piaggio-Pegna on hydrofoils cut from foam plates. It would skim along the surface for a few feet and lift-off quite amazingly. He too had cg problems, as the plane soaked up water, it got progressively tail heavy. |
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George Nunez jr launching the Gipsy Moth. After a few flights the plane would not take off but I did not discover the reason until the meet was almost over. A waterlogged nose made it nose heavy, some clay on the tail was all that was needed. Flying right,againt the torque, made for very straight, realistic take-off runs, rather than the arcs it used to make when flying left. Power is now two loops of 1/4, but it seems a bit overpowered. |
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Doc Martin, fearless leader of the MIAMA Club gets a flight from his Dornier Komet. Wind had picked up by now as can be seen by the ripples, this made flying the smaller models more difficult. |
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Unsuccesful attempt by Sal G. while still trimming his Herr Helio Courier. Additional right thrust fixed it and he got a good flight in just before the meet ended. |
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The Turbo Beaver of Rich MacEntee, excellent worksmanship and very lightly built. Too light a model has problems when the wind picks up, in my opinion, and are more prone to damage. Unfortunately this model ended in some trees. |