Gluedobbers Contest

LAST EDITED ON Sep-30-03 AT 10:40 PM (CDT)
 
We had a great turnout for our contest with mild temperatures and some tricky winds both afternoons. Flite Streak Stunt was well received and Balloon Bust was very popular with 13 entries. Hope to post the results tomorrow. Here's a couple of pics of the action. Our esteemed webmaster, Catdaddy, will probably have more coverage at our internet site before long. http://www.tulsacl.com
Thanks to all who came and flew.

Jim Lee has been using this autogiro (Otto the gyro) in balloon bust for over 30 years!

Joe Bowman won the Spirit of '64 award in Classic stunt with this beautiful JD Falcon.

Great meet, guys, I had a ball! Thanks for your hard work.

You Tulsa Gluedobbers did a great job. I had a ball. Weather was perfecy, especially on Sunday afternoon when the breeze got high enough yo blow the wake turbulence out of the circle. Let's do it again next year.

Marvin

We do hope everyone enjoyed themselves, I know I sure did. We did lose a few airplanes which I hated to see but the pilots seemed to take it in stride. We had a total of 38 contestants with 10 beginner entries and 7 Intermediates. It was great to see this many entries at this level.

I did learn it is tough to judge and fly at the same contest

Way to go Gluedobbers! Ya'll did it again. Each contest has it's own "feel" and this one is special because it is more like the '50-'60s (to me). Good competition but a laid back and fun attitude. Well run and you all go out of your way to make sure everyone has a good time.

Also want to commend you on the condition of the field. You guys have really done a job on making it the best grass field I know of and I'll just bet it is better next year.

Bob, That judging thing is a whole lot of fun isn't it? I think all who carp about judging should take the opportunity to sit in the "electric" chair and enjoy the experience. You guys done good! (I would have thought that the $50.00 I slipped you would have been worth more than 2nd)

See you next year.

Nope, I paid 'em $60.

Just kidding. Great fun. Good to see you again, John!

I have been wanting to build one of those auto gyro airplanes like the one in the picture but I can not fine any plans. It looks like it would be fun to play around with. I am sure my Son would love it too. Where can I get plans?

>I have been wanting to build one of those auto gyro
>airplanes like the one in the picture but I can not fine any
>plans. It looks like it would be fun to play around with.
>I am sure my Son would love it too. Where can I get plans?

There was another AG published recently in either Model Aviation or Flying Models. So there are some modern plans available for sure.

Otto the Gyro was published in one of the major magazines(Flying MOdels?) and is probably still available.

Hey, Elwyn, are we going to see some more of your pictures???

I'm going to email a bunch to Catdaddy and let him pick out what he needs for our website.

>I have been wanting to build one of those auto gyro
>airplanes like the one in the picture but I can not fine any
>plans. It looks like it would be fun to play around with.
>I am sure my Son would love it too. Where can I get plans?

"Otto the Giro" by Dick Mathis was published in Model Airplane News, January 1974. Plans might still be available from MAN.

>>I have been wanting to build one of those auto gyro
>>airplanes like the one in the picture but I can not fine any
>>plans. It looks like it would be fun to play around with.
>>I am sure my Son would love it too. Where can I get plans?
>
>"Otto the Giro" by Dick Mathis was published in Model
>Airplane News, January 1974. Plans might still be available
>from MAN.

I'm not sure on the MAN plans- last catalog I had from them a few years back listed only a handful and I don't think that the Otto was one of them.
Bill Darkow's Kayaba Ka-1 was in Model Builder- I think Bill Northrop still is selling plans from the mag list, I have the mag article and full-size plans, it's a neat model. One thing Bill found out about gyros is that a reverse rotation crankshaft is a HUGE help at maintaining line tension.

Where do you guys get those score sheets to post the scores of each pilot?

>Where do you guys get those score sheets to post the scores
>of each pilot?

I make them. Pretty cool huh?

They are very nice. You have encouraged me to do something different for our contest next year. Any advice you can give me would be great.

We had 38 contestants at our contest. That is the biggest turnout ever! I know 38 doesn't seem that large to those of you in the larger cities. But out here in the wilds of Oklahoma, considering the long distances our contestants must drive, 38 is great!

De,

Considering that many folks drove 5-6 hours (fairly normal for the "wilds" of the southwest) and some people even drove from Houston and Iowa (wherever that is) perhaps you should consider that just maybe you guys put on a great show. I will however take exception to the statement that this was the biggest turnout ever. Recent history, probably, but I attended the 1st annual Gluedobbers contest as well as the 25th annual contest. More folks showed up in the old days but you are gaining on it. See Ya'

LAST EDITED ON Oct-02-03 AT 06:03 PM (CDT)
 
John had opined:
>
>Considering that many folks drove 5-6 hours (fairly normal
>for the "wilds" of the southwest) and some people even drove
>from Houston and Iowa (wherever that is) perhaps you should
>consider that just maybe you guys put on a great show.

I missed seeing any familiar face from over there in Houston, but San Antonio is farther yet, at 500 miles, and over seven hours of driving the way I go (through Ft. Worth & OKC because of the better roads that way).

> ... More folks showed up in the old days but you are gaining on it. See Ya'
>
I didn't get that far very often back then. There were usually enough Texas contests to keep me inside the state, but I don't recall really huge attendance in either OKC (or Tulsa, I'm pretty sure I did get there at least once back then) when I did go that far (late 60's, early 70's, probably already past the peak attendance you speak of).

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Kiwi

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