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Bill, I have had airplanes that when I took off in a ''jack rabbit mode'' some did the same thing. I think the fuel in the tank is shoved back so fast it is causing the problem. In you video once airborn there is a lot of smoke coming out the exhaust. Maybe it is not a leanout...could it be shoving the fuel back so fast on take-off it kinda creates a few seconds of too much pressure and makes the mix too rich???? My fix was just too not take off like a car at the drag strip. Worked in all cases. Capt,n
Yes i have seen that in other plane,s with the same thought as you do as why..it pretty much runs awesome and i like the to rich smoke when i am flying it looks cool Dean Koger was 1st owner this was one of the first flight with that motor and i believe i got it dialed in later until my pump came loose and i took it out...i got into Jets and poor bipe is just sitting as a piece of history
1984
Steve Rojecki
USA
$30,000
Steve Stricker
USA
$15,000
Ivan Kristensen
Canada
$10,000
Wolfgang Matt
Liechtenstein
$6,500
Gunter Hoppe
West Germany
$6,000
From Bill Glaze:
Some years ago, when there was a biplane bonus, 3 flyers entered Steen Skybolts in the TOC. One of them was the fellow from Oklahoma, whose name escapes me; the 3rd person, I never heard his name.
The judging committee was looking these over, and remarked that Prettner's airplane didn't look scale enough to them to qualify. somebody on the committee said: Well, Steen himself is here; let's show him the planes and see what he says." The others agreed it was a great idea.
They put all three planes together in a room, and asked Steen to comment. He looked at the first version. He commented: "Gee, that looks just like my airplane, paint and all, just like it was shrunk."
Looking at the second airplane: "Boy, that's a perfect version; paint looks just like (Joe Blow's.)
Looking at the third airplane, (Prettner's): "That sure is a pretty model; what's it supposed to be a model of?"
They sent Prettner home.
Later a model magazine in Germany made a big stink about the whole deal. The article was shown to Bill Bennett, who blew his stack, and threatened right then and there to cancel all future T.O.C.'s. Shortly after, Prettner wrote to the magazines saying that, in essence, he had tried to get away with a non-scale airplane, and bore no ill will for his rejection. End of story.
Prettner, of course, went on to win other T.O.C's [1988]. One thing about living in Las Vegas, (as I did for many years) you are privy to the "poop from group." I thought you might be interested.
From Gordon Price:
I think the last contest I was judging was when Hanno claimed he had a 'scale skybolt' ..........(you had to be a thinking contortionist to agree.)
I still admire Hanno for his skills. I have great memories of TOC and would love to go back be involved in some way and see all the friends we made there. Those are real good memories. Chip was a novice then....glad I could help him climb the ladder.
From Mike McConville:
As a point of interest, the two other guys with Skybolts were John Britt and Dean Koger. Both were flying the Dave Skully designed model. That took place at the 1984 TOC, which Steve Rojecki won.
FWIW, there was no 1986 TOC. The next one after that deal was in 1988, which Prettner won (with a Skybolt) and was his last TOC.
From Jon Britt, Grain Valley, MO (near Kansas City):
Mike McConville's commentary about the biplanes at the 1984 TOC is correct. In 1984, Dean Koger and I each flew a Skybolt designed by Dave Scully (Dayton, OH). Hanno Prettner's was disqualified.
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