MODAL AEROPLANE NOTES and General Hobbicrafts

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 126, 29 May 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

MODAL AEROPLANE NOTES and General Hobbicrafts

PLANS FOR THE NEW SEVERSKY P-35 SOLID SCALE MODEL

AMAZING CHANGE IN MOFFETT REGULATIONS AT LAST MOMENT.

You will see from the above heading: to hand it over until the position is that something astonishing has hap- ; cleared up. I am of the opinion that j • * i n -»r nr j j j t., ' this trophv can be legally held in our pened in regard to the Monett tropin 71 . r * , , «? J 1 . , T ° ~ , ~ * * I possession under the circumstances, and rules; and I consider that these facts . fc should not be d with ' until should be put before every model builder the rllles governing it j disposal can immediately. Just after last years con-, sed b our re * res entative. test whichus everyone knows , w»s won j It ex J ceedin lx ': disappoint i ng that by \. B. Gray, the leader of the !sucll a osition sh * ould have aris | n> and Zealand team of six, the New Zealand-,. ig tQ be that fof thp d o{ governing body took immediate steps to: the t in ral thc whole thi a find out the conditions for the next mistake and will be amicablv settled, year s contest so that there would be Here ig the official ruling received with none of the rush and bustle usually regard to the Wake fi e ld ? and it is to be attendant on these matters. reme nibered that for the Moffett the word was received from the National same rules now apply. Aeronautic Association of America that g Wakefield Team Competition.— the weight rule would be raised from This contest will be in the nature of an two up to three ounces per square foot elimination contest with the six leading wing area. All the clubs were acquainted contestants winning the privilege of with the conditions and during the last representing the United States in the few months the elimination competitions Wakefield International Contest, which, were held and the team finally selected dll€ to the British win at Detroit last and the models shipped away by the last year, will be held at Fairey's<Aerodrome, boat that would ensure them being at Haves, Middlesex, England, on August the scene of contest in good time. Every- ]. This contest is for cabin models with one was happy, for there were some good ■ main wing area of not more than 210 models sent, and the team should have j square inches or less than 190 square had a great chance of retaining the j inches. Models must weigh at least Boz international trophy. Now comes the, avoirdupois. The competition shall be amazing and disturbing news. On May, for duration of flight, such duration be--17 word came that the Nationals, as j ing taken from the time the model is j these contests are termed in the United | released until it first touches some solid

States, would l>e held on June 30, July | 1, 2 and 3 (which was more or less the dates expected and prepared for), and that the Moffett rules WOULD BE PRECISELY THE SAME AS THOSE GOVERNING THE WAKEFIELD COMPETITION". This means that the weight rple must be four ounces to the square foot, with a minifnum of eight ounces weight. Therefore, the models sent are useless. All the time and trouble gone to has been knocked flat bv this very unfair last-minute chango. It is quite incomprehensible why such a stand should be taken, and you can rest assured that! the X.Z.M.A.A. is not going to take this matter lying down. As the defending country it undoubtedly has the right to be given a fair chance to retain the trophy. Every fair-minded person will admit that such is the case and we can only think that there must be some misunderstanding to cause such an action. The X.Z.M.A.A. has immediately entered an official protest and demanded that the matter be rectified by: — (a) The contest being run under the rules as notified previously. (b) The contest being postponed until new elimination trials can be run and a new team of models picked and sent over. I do not pretend to be a lawyer, but I would say that by every law of equity this last minute change is out of order, unfair, and that the protest entered could be legally upheld. In a contest such as this, however, no one wants to bring such actions to bear on what should be a sporting fixture and we can only hope that our American friends will see the error of their ways and take immediate steps to rectify the position. In the meantime the trophy itself has | been sent back to America, but is being | placed in British hands with orders not

object, after flight, or until passing out of sight of the judges. Each model must rise from the ground from a standstill entirely under its own power, transmitted" by the propeller or propellers, no push whatever permitted. Each entrant shall be allowed three attempts during the competition; the average duration of three attempts to be counted. When called by the judges each model must be ready for flight within three minutes or the entrant will be liable for disqualification in that round. Minor adjustments may be made between competition flights, but trial flights can only be made with the permission of the judges- This contest is unlimited as to age of contestants and is for fuselage " rubberdriven models. The rubber motor must be concealed inside the fuselage and the fuselage must be fully covered and conform to the formula (Overall length of model squared 100) area of maximum cross section."