SAM World Championship Hungary - Antik Modell Világbajnokság, Jakabszállás 2024. (AEROsport.hu)

 

  https://www.rajce.idnes.cz/feroswiety/album/i-sam-world-championship-for-rc-models-jakabszallas-hungary-23-2

Shereshaw Nimbus

Second Flight of Jack Hiner's Anderson Pylon (1,500 square inches)

 

 

Remembering Bob Galler

Hello all.  Like you, I am greatly saddened by our friend Bob’s passing.  He was one of the first people in SAM who welcomed me and we became frequent flying companions at most of the events here in the United States.

Here are a few photos of Bob that I took.  I will be sharing several more with you all, and also Don DeLoach, SAM Speaks editor, for possible inclusion in the magazine.

If you pass along or include any of these photos in newsletters of your own, I would appreciate the photo being attributed to me.

As I searched through my photos this morning for images of Bob, my heart was heavy, but quickly warmed as I remembered how many wonderful times we shared together flying model airplanes.  I hope you all can take comfort in all the good times that you also  shared with the very kind and warm Bob Galler.

Brian Chan

Attached are some pics I took at the 2021 SAM Champs in Muncie with Bob getting his Rubber FF model ready and flying at the mass launch. Also Bob awarding Tom Boice his Hall of Fame award. Love the picture of the Fillon Champion.  Bob and I both built one and worked together figuring out some of the building challenges that the kit presented. Sure wish we could have got pictures of the two models together. Bob was quite a prolific builder. Jay Burkart

SAM Pilots, Attached are photos from the 2016 SAM Champs in Muncie. Dave Kern

https://neptunesociety.com/obituaries/albuquerque-nm/robert-galler-11926978

 

Stardust Special

 

1500 square inch Anderson Pylon

I took my simple point and shoot camera (2meg. pix - 20yrs old) out to the field for some quick shots.

Have one in the distance flying.

Others are of me ( Meaghan) holding the plane and one of Jack in his chair with the plane.

Jack can fill you in on the flying/ handling of the plane.

Regards,

Meaghan McIntyre

Folks,

 

Yes, I flew the big Andersen Pylon this morning early at the sod farm.  Meaghan and Glen present and helped.  Perfect weather for first flights.  I made four flights.  Light wind and sunny sky.

 

The four flights ranged from 11:34 to just under 13 minutes.  I was hoping for 20-minute flights.  And the take offs were rather long.  10 cell 2500 mAh Ni-Cd motor battery.  Neu 1107/6D geared 6.7 with Falcon 21/14 CF prop.

 

I figured this power train would handle the 1520 sq. in. Andersen Pylon at the 9 pounds needed with the big Ni-Cd motor pack.  After the four flights we weighed the model with batteries and to my surprised total weight was 11 pounds 6 ounces.  That is a wing loading of 17.24 ounces per square foot.

 

At 11 pounds 6 ounces I could use a 4S2200 mAh Lipo motor pack.  I wonder what kind of flight times I would get with this size Lipo?  Maybe Jay can run the numbers on this change?  Would it be worth it to go with this size Lipo motor battery?

 

It is a nice handling model.  Also, glide is much better than I would have thought at that weight.  Just need to get flight times to 20 minutes early mornings.  If that is possible?

 

Jack

Jack,

I can't run ECALC,  my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago and the disc is toast.

I won't be able to do tasks like that until I get a new computer and just haven't been able to to do so with other stuff happening. Plus I need to get the $$ together to make the new computer.

My old computer was about 20 years old.

Sorry,

Jay