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FLIGHT, MAY 6, 1982 Ttkdds SOCIETY OF MODEL AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERS. (S.M.A.E.) /V COLD and gusty wind made things very uncomfortable for competitors in the Pilcher Cup Competition which was held at Wimbledon on Saturday, April 23. The start of the competition was delayed until the evening in the hope that conditions would improve, but at 6 o'clock, with the wind, if anything, stronger, Mr. L. A. Ward made the first flight of the competition. Just prior to this Mr. A. M. Willis hand-launched a very small fuselage model on its first real " flip," which was timed to 3 min. out of sight, the model disappearing in the direction of Wimble don. Mr. G. F. C. Saunders won the Cup with a duration of 75.2 sec. with Mr. J. E. Pelly-Fry second 70.8 sec. and Mr. T. H. Ives third 55.2 sec. Mr. Saunders has thus carried off the first two cups in this year's competitions. The full list of results is as follows: — PILCHER CUP—DURATION FUSELAGE R.O.G. Competitor. G. F. C. Saunders J. E. Pelly-Fry T. H. Ives A. T. Wails .. A. M. Willis L. A. Woods .. C. Pearce Club. T.M.A.C. S.M.A.E. S.M.A.E. T.M.A.C. b.M.A.L. S.M.A.E. T.M.A.C. Type. H.W. L.W. H.W. H.W. H.W, H.W. H.W. Flights. 75-2 64-2 70 46'0 35 6 29-8 6-4 18-4 : 7-8 55-2 6-8 45 -a 9-0 7-8 300 66-8 25-4 33-7 fill 8'1 7'3 Result. 1 2 3 4 6 7 Wakefield International Cup Trials. 1. The trials will be held on May 21 at Wimbledon Common, and in the case of bad weather will be postponed until next day (Sunday, May 22). 2. Members of the S.M.A.E. and affiliated clubs wishing to enter trials and who cannot attend personally, should send their models to the Hon. Sec, S. G. Mullins, 72, West minster Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey, carriage paid. These models will be flown by proxy. Members of the T.M.A.C. squadrons are asked to send their models to then- London headquarters. 3. Competitors chosen from the trials for the team must satisfy the judges of the capabilities of any model they may wish to substitute for that flown by them in the trials. 4. The S.M.A.E. members, or members of affiliated clubs, who fly models sent to be flown by proxy, will not hold themselves responsible for any damage done by or to a model either in the trials or during transport. 5. Each model will be allowed six flights and the team will be chosen by the Council of the S.M.A.E. judged on duration and general performance. Any entrant whose model puts up a duration of less than 3 min. will only be included in the team at the discretion of the Council of the S.M.A.E. 6. The models chosen for the team will be sent to America by the S.M.A.E., but the cost will be borne by the clubs of which the owners of the models are members. S. G. Mullins, Hon. Sec, S.M.A.E., 72, Westminster Avenue, Thornton Heath, Surrey. THE MODEL AIRCRAFT CLUB. (T.M.A.C.) THE competition for the T.M.A.C. Challenge Cup will be held on Hackney Marshes on Saturday, May 14, at 3.30 p.m. The rules for this competition are as follow: — Open to teams representing wings of T.M.A.C. Each team to consist of three fuselage models of the same design flown by members of a wing nominated by the Wing Commander. Each member of a team will be allowed three flights and the aggregate duration in seconds of the best three flights of each team to count as points scored. Additional points to be awarded to each team for R.O.G., stability and landing. The Cup to be awarded to the team scoring the highest number of points. Competition Sec, T. Newell, 32, Veroan Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent. m m m m Soaring Flight MR. CHARLES A. RIPPON, of Crouch End, sends us the following interesting letter: — *' At Parliament Hill, N.W., on Sunday, March 20, 1982, in the presence of hundreds of onlookers, a model aeroplane (enclosed type, of about 80 in. span.), con structed and flown by a young enthusiast of about one year's experience, was carrying out some good flights. The weather was warm, hazy, and a light breeze high up, blowing down the hill in a south-easterly direction. On the model being launched on what proved to be the last time for its owner, it climbed to a great height, and after the rubber motor had run down, continued to circle in a gently undulating glide due to the initial bias on the vertical fin. This in itself was not unusual, neither was the loss of the model for that matter ; what was unusual was the tremendous height it attained and the fact that it literally disappeared into the clouds. In my 24 years of model flying I have never seen anything like it, and you can imagine the mixed feelings of exultation and loss of our young friend. At least he has made model history! '' In conclusion I should like to place on record the grow ing interest of the general public as shown at these meet ings, both in models and in full-sized craft and topics. Many is the discussion and argument I have overheard about the problems of flying and aircraft, and candid opinions of the people who control our air destiny." m $s *% * PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Verslagen en Verhandelingen van den Rijks-Studiedienst voor de LuMvaart, Amsterdam. 1931. Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, 's-Gravenhage, Holland. Aluminium Foundry Data. The British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Adelaide House, King William Street, London, E.C.4. Illustrierte Technische W lirterbucher. Vol. XVII. Aeronautics. Compiled by A. Schlomann. VDI-Verlag, Berlin, N.W. 7. Price M. 30. Cat>6 Town to Clyde, By Ricbard Humble. London : Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd. Price 5s. net. Nickel : Heat-Resisting Alloys. The Bureau of Information on Nickel, The Mond Nickel Co., Ltd., Imperial Chemical House, Millbank, London, S.W.l. Photogrammetry: Collected Lectures and Essays. Edited by O. von Gruber. Translated from the German original by G. T. McCaw, M.A., and F. A. Cazalet. London : Chapman and Hall, Ltd. Price 30s. net. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 1413. Wind Tunnel Experiments on the Cowling of Air Cooled Engines. By W. G. A. Perring. April, 1930. Price 2s. 6d. net. No. 1438. Wind Tunnel Experi ments on High Tip Airscrews. By A. S. Hartshorn and G. P. Douglas. July, 1931. Price 9d. net. London : H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, W.C.2. Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda : No. 1418. Addition of Rolling Moments due to Roll and Sideslip. By H. B. Irving. June, 1931. Price id. net. London : H.M. Stationery Office, W.C.2. Aviation and the Aerodrome. By H. Angley Lewis-Dale, M.B.E. London: Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd. Price 15s. net. A General Text on Aeronautics. By Hilton F. Lusk, B.S., M.S. New York : The Ronald Press Co. Price $3-25. Korrosion. Report on the First Corrosion Conference, October 20, 1931, in Berlin. V.D.I.-Verlag G.m.b.H., Berlin, N.W.7. Price M. 7-50. ffi St 85 & AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : Cyl. — cylinder ; i.e. = internal combustion : m. = motors The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specification will be printed and abridged, etc.) APPLIED FOR IN 1930 Published May 5, 1932 36,913. L. W. WINTER. Landing and beaching gears for land and water aircraft. (370,441.) APPLIED FOR IN 1931 Published May 5, 1932 1,261. G. P. HERRICK. Aeroplanes. (370,504.) 4,126. SCINTILLA AKT.-GES. Ignition switching-apparatus for use in aircraft. (370,559.) 4,242. AERO PICKUP SERVICE CORPN. Apparatus for transferring loads to aircraft in flight. (370,563.) 5,278. W. H. LANE. Model aeroplane. (370,576.) 6,904. C. A. N. WAUTON. Device for anchoring aircraft. (370,594.) 7,863. SUPERMARINE AVIATION WORKS (VICKERS), LTD., and R. J . MITCHELL. Construction of aircraft. (370,610.) 15,513. G. CASTAGNERIS. Flying machines. (370,715.) FLIGHT, The Aircraft Engineer and Airships. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. Telephone (2 lines): Holborn, 3211. Holborn, 1884. Telegraphic address: Truditur, Westcent, London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES POST FREE UNITED KINGDOM s. d. 3 Months 8 3 6 16 6 12 „ 33 0 UNITED STATES 3 Months $2-20 6 „ $4-40 12 „ $8-75 OTHER COUNTRIES s. d. 3 Months 8 9 6 „ 17 6 12 „ 35 0 Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of " FLIGHT," 36, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C.2, and crossed " Westminster Bank." Should any difficulty be experienced in procuring " FLIGHT " from local newsvendors, intending readers can obtain each issue direct from the Publishing Office, by for warding remittance as above.
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