February 2015 - First State Radio Control Club

AMA #1256
Official Newsletter of the
2015 Club Officers
President: Ron Becker
VP: Fred Nwokobia
Treasurer: John Gardiner
Secretary: Mike Hunter
Editor: Tim Mihalski
District IV AVP: John Kirchstein
FIRST STATE R/C CLUB
Established 1973
http://www.firststaterc.org
FEBRUARY 2015
Volume 42 Issue 2
UNOFFICIAL JANUARY MEETING MINUTES
No meeting held in January… next meeting in March.
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February 3rd Larry Nowland
February 11th Mike Poore
February 16th Tim Mihalski
February 18th Artie Harris
February 25th Justine Rickert
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The events listed, as well as others, can be found at your AMA's
Contest Calendar Site on the WWW: go to URL:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/calendar.aspx. Others listed
are from Club newsletters and/or flyers
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35TH ANNUAL RC FLEA MARKET.
3/14/2015 -- Lebanon, PA (E)
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GENERAL ADMISSION IS $8 (8:30am) ADVANCE
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(8:30am) FIRST TIME RENTERS EMAIL OR CALL"TODD
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SKYLARKS ANNUAL MODEL SWAP MEET.
3/15/2015 -- Hermitage, PA (E)
Site: Hickory VFW Post 6166. Gordon Longstreet CD PH: 724301-9903 Email: [email protected]. Visit:
skylarksofsharon.org. Location; 5550 E State St. Admission
$4.00, Tables $10.00. Set up 8am. Open 9am. For info: Call
Gordon 724-301-9903 or go online.
Sponsor: SKYLARKS OF SHARON PA
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ERIE PA SWAP MEET.
3/22/2015 -- Erie, PA (E)
Site: Perry Hiway Hose Co Station 43. Murray Steinberg CD PH:
814-449-0748 Email: [email protected]. Visit:
thermalgrcclub.org. Location- 8281 Oliver Rd. Hours- 9am-3pm.
Set up starts at 7am. $3 entry fee; women and children under 17
free entry. $10 for 8 foot table (includes one entry ticket) Door
prizes and raffles. Food and drinks.
Sponsor: THERMAL G R/C CLUB
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HAMBURG RC SWAP MEET.
3/28/2015 -- Hamburg, PA (E)
Site: Field House 501 Pine St. Richard Kratzer CD PH: 610-6575286 Email: [email protected]. Visit: www.tcws.org. Located
near Cabela Rt 78 & 61. Over 240 spaces, 16000 Sq. Ft. of floor
space. Free parking. Food available. Open's 8:00 Am. Admission
$5.00, Aisle Tables $7.00, Wall Tables $12.00. Sponsor: TRI
COUNTY WING SNAPPERS INC
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LUMS POND IMAC CHALLENGE.
4/25/2015 - 4/26/2015 -- Kirkwood, DE (A)
Site: Lums Pond Rc Field. William Bouchard CD PH: 302-8243497 Email: [email protected]. Visit: www.delawarerc.org.
15/663. Events 411-415 (JSO).
Sponsor: DELAWARE RC CLUB
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JANUARY’S MYSTERY AIRCRAFT
JANUARY’S MYSTERY AIRCRAFT
propeller-blades move faster than the speed of sound, making it
one of the noisiest military aircraft. Its distinctive swept-back
wings are at a 35° angle.
Tupolev Tu-95
Role
Strategic bomber, missile carrier, airborne surveillance
National Origin: Soviet Union
Manufacturer: Tupolev
First flight: 12 November 1952
Introduction: 1956
Status: Active in service
Primary users: Soviet Air Forces, Soviet Navy, Russian Air Force
Produced 1952–1994
Number built 500+
Variants
Tupolev Tu-114 passenger airliner
Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol
Tupolev Tu-95LAL nuclear-powered
Tu-95MS at Engels Air Force Base
The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO
reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered
strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the
Tu-95 entered service with the Soviet Union in 1956 and is
expected to serve the Russian Air Force until at least 2040. A
development of the bomber for maritime patrol is designated Tu142, while a passenger airliner derivative was called Tu-114.
The aircraft has four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines, each
driving contra-rotating propellers. It is the only propeller-powered
strategic bomber still in operational use today. The tips of the
A Tu-95MS in flight over Russia in 2007.
Design and Development:
The design bureau led by Andrei Tupolev designed the
Soviet Union's first intercontinental bomber, the 1949 Tu-85, a
scaled up version of the Tu-4, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress copy.
A new requirement was issued to both Tupolev and
Myasishchev design bureaus in 1950: the proposed bomber had to
have an un-refueled range of 8,000 km (4,970 mi)—far enough to
threaten key targets in the United States. Other goals included the
ability to carry an 11,000 kg (11 ton) load over the target.
The big problem for Tupolev was the engine choice: the Tu4 showed that piston engines were not powerful enough to fulfill
that role, while the fuel-hungry AM-3 jet engines of the proposed
T-4 intercontinental jet bomber did not provide adequate range.
Turboprops offered more power than the piston engines and better
range than jets available for the new bomber's development at the
time, while offering a top speed in between these two alternative
choices.
Tupolev's proposal was selected and Tu-95 development was
officially approved by the government on 11 July 1951. It
featured four Kuznetsov coupled turboprops fitted with eightbladed contra-rotating propellers, producing a nominal 8,948 kW
(12,000 eshp) power rating. The then-advanced engine was
designed by a German team of ex-Junkers prisoner-engineers
under Ferdinand Brandner. In contrast, the fuselage was
conventional: a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with 35 degrees
of sweep, an angle which ensured the main wing spar passed
through the fuselage in front of the bomb bay. Retractable tricycle
landing gear was fitted, with all three gear strut units retracting
rearwards, with the main gear units retracting rearwards into
extensions of the inner engine nacelles.
The Tu-95/I, with 2TV-2F engines, first flew in the
November 1952 with test pilot Alexey Perelet at the controls.
After six months of test flights this aircraft suffered a propeller
gearbox failure and crashed, killing Perelet. The second aircraft,
Tu-95/II featured four of the 12,000 ehp Kuznetsov NK-12
turboprops which proved more reliable than the coupled 2TV-2F.
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After a successful flight testing phase, series production of the Tu95 started in January 1956.
accommodate 20 people in VIP seating, and the rest of the 70 m³
cabin configured as a normal airliner. Both aircraft were
eventually used as crew ferries by the various Tu-95 squadrons.
One of these machines is preserved at Ulyanovsk Central Airport.
Operational History
Cold War Symbol
The Tu-95RT variant in particular was a veritable icon of the
Cold War as it performed a maritime surveillance and targeting
mission for other aircraft, surface ships and submarines. It was
identifiable by a large bulge under the fuselage, which reportedly
housed a radar antenna and that was used to search and detect
surface ships.
In a series of nuclear surface tests that were carried out by
the Soviet Union in the early through mid 1960s, on October 30,
1961 a modified Tu-95 carried and dropped the AN602 device
named Tsar Bomba, which was the most powerful thermonuclear
device ever detonated. The bomb was attached outside underneath
of the aircraft, as it could not be carried internally inside the Tu95's bomb-bay. Video footage of that particular test exists as it
was filmed for documentation, and shows the plane taking off
carrying the bomb, in flight scenes of the interior and exterior of
the plane and the detonation.
Present and Future Status
In 1992, newly independent Kazakhstan began returning the
Tu-95 aircraft of the 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division at
Dolon air base to the Russian Federation. The bombers joined
those already at the Far Eastern Ukrainka air base.
All Tu-95s now in Russian service are the Tu-95MS variant,
built in the 1980s and 1990s. On August 18, 2007, President
Vladimir Putin announced that Tu-95 patrols would resume, 15
years after they had ended.
NATO fighters are often sent to intercept Tu-95s as they
perform their missions along the periphery of NATO airspace,
often in close proximity to each other.
Russian Tu-95s reportedly took part in a naval exercise off
the coasts of France and Spain in January 2008, alongside Tu22M3 Backfire strategic bombers and airborne early-warning
aircraft.
During the Russian Stability 2008 military exercise in
October 2008, Tu-95MS aircraft fired live air-launched cruise
missiles for the first time since 1984. The long range of the
Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile means Tu-95MS Bears can once
again serve as a strategic weapons system.
Variants and Derivatives
• Tupolev Tu.95LL Tu-95/1: The first prototype powered
by Kuznetsov 2TV-2F coupled turboprop engines.
• Tu-95/2: The second prototype powered by Kuznetsov
NK-12 turboprops.
• Tu-95/Tu-95M: Basic variant of the long-range strategic
bomber and the only model of the aircraft never fitted
with a nose refueling probe. Known to NATO as the
Bear A.
• Tu-95K: Experimental version for air-dropping a MiG19 SM-20 jet aircraft.
• Tu-95K22: Conversions of the older Bear bombers,
reconfigured to carry the Raduga Kh-22 missile and
incorporating modern avionics. Known to NATO as the
Bear G.
View of a Tu-95 showing its swept-wing platform and anti-shock
bodies
For a long time, the Tu-95 was known to U.S./NATO
intelligence as the Tu-20. While this was the original Soviet Air
Force designation for the aircraft, by the time it was being
supplied to operational units it was already better known under
the Tu-95 designation used internally by Tupolev, and the Tu-20
designation quickly fell out of use in the USSR. Since the Tu-20
designation was used on many documents acquired by U.S.
intelligence agents, the name continued to be used outside the
Soviet Union.
Initially the United States Department of Defense evaluated
the Tu-95 as having a maximum speed of 644 km/h (400 mph)
with a range of 12,500 km (7,800 mi). These numbers had to be
revised upward numerous times.
Like its American counterpart, the Boeing B-52
Stratofortress, the Tu-95 has continued to operate in the Russian
Air Force while several subsequent iterations of bomber design
have come and gone. Part of the reason for this longevity was its
suitability, like the B-52, for modification to different missions.
Whereas the Tu-95 was originally intended to drop free-falling
nuclear weapons, it was subsequently modified to perform a wide
range of roles, such as the deployment of cruise missiles,
maritime patrol (Tu-142), and even civilian airliner (Tu-114). An
AWACS platform (Tu-126) was developed from the Tu-114. An
icon of the Cold War, the Tu-95 has served not only as a weapons
platform but as a symbol of Soviet and later Russian national
prestige. Russia’s air force has received the first examples of a
number of modernized strategic bombers Tu-95MSs following
upgrade work. Enhancements have been confined to the bomber’s
electronic weapons and targeting systems.
Tupolev Tu-116
A Tu-116 preserved at Ulyanovsk Aircraft Museum.
Designed as a stopgap in case the Tu-114A was not finished on
time, two Tu-95 bombers were fitted with passenger
compartments. Both aircraft had the same layout: office space, a
passenger cabin consisting of 2 sections which could each
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Tu-95K/Tu-95KD: Designed to carry the Raduga Kh-20
air-to-surface missile. The Tu-95KD aircraft were the
first to be outfitted with nose probes. Known to NATO
as the Bear B.
• Tu-95KM: Modified and upgraded versions of the Tu95K, most notable for their enhanced reconnaissance
systems. These were in turn converted into the Bear G
configuration. Known to NATO as the Bear C.
• Tu-95M-55: Missile carrier.
• Tu-95MR: Bear A modified for photo-reconnaissance
and produced for Naval Aviation. Known to NATO as
the Bear E.
• Tu-95MS/Tu-95MS6/Tu-95MS16: Completely new
cruise missile carrier platform based on the Tu-142
airframe. This variant became the launch platform of the
Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile and put into serial
production in 1981.[21] Known to NATO as the Bear H
and was referred to by the U.S. military as a Tu-142 for
some time in the 1980s before its true designation
became known.
• Tu-95N: Experimental version for air-dropping an RS
ramjet powered aircraft.
• Tu-95RTs: Razvedchik Tseleukazatel: Variant of the
basic Bear A configuration, redesigned for maritime
reconnaissance and targeting as well as electronic
intelligence for service in the Soviet Naval Aviation.
Known to NATO as the Bear D.
• Tu-95U Uchebnyy: Trainer: Training variant, modified
from surviving Bear As but now all have been retired.
Known to NATO as the Bear T.
• Tu-95V: Special carrier aircraft to test-drop the largest
thermonuclear weapon ever designed, the Tsar Bomba.
• Tu-96: long-range intercontinental high-altitude strategic
bomber prototype, a high-altitude version of the Tupolev
Tu-95 aircraft with high-altitude augmented turboprop
TV-16 engines and with a new, enlarged area wing. Plant
tests of the aircraft were performed with non-high
altitude TV-12 engines in 1955–1956.
• Tu-114: Airliner derivative of Tu-95.
• Tu-116: Tu-95 fitted with passenger cabins as a stop-gap
while the Tu-114 was being developed. Only two
converted.
• Tu-95LAL: Experimental nuclear-powered aircraft
project.
• Tu-126: AEW&C derivative of Tu-114, itself derived
from the Tu-95.
• Tu-142: Maritime reconnaissance/anti-submarine
warfare derivative of Tu-95. Known to NATO as the
Bear F. Several other modification of the basic Tu95/Tu-142 airframe have existed, but these were largely
unrecognized by Western intelligence or else never
reached operational status within the Soviet military.
Operators
Current:
Russian Federation
Russian Air Force: 63 Tu-95MS strategic bombers. As of 2012,
55 of them are combat-ready.
Former:
Ukraine
1 Tu-95MS in museum.
Ukrainian Air Force: Retired from military service.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Air Forces, Long Range Aviation: Passed on to
Russia and Ukraine. The first Tu-95 division, 106th TBAD
(Heavy Bomber Air Division), was formed in 1956. The division
commander was twice-Hero of the Soviet Union A. G. Molodchi.
The 106th TBAD incorporated the 409th TBAP (Heavy Bomber
Air Regiment) (commander – Colonel M. M. Kharitonov) which
was raised late in 1956 and the 1006th TBAP (commander –
Colonel V. P. Pavlov) raised in 1956. The 106th TBAD's base
was Uzin near Kiev.
The 1223rd TBAP in Semipalatinsk, under the command of
Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel V. M. Bezbokov, was raised in
1957, within the 79th Air Division (commander – twice-Hero of
the Soviet Union General Major M. P. Taran). The 1223rd's
targets were Canada and the north of the US.
Soviet Naval Aviation
Specifications (Tu-95MS)
Data from Combat Aircraft since 1945
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General characteristics
• Crew: 6–7; pilot, co pilot, flight engineer, communications
system operator, navigator, tail gunner plus sometimes
another navigator.
• Length: 46.2 m (151 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 50.10 m (164 ft 5 in)
• Height: 12.12 m (39 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 310 m² (3,330 ft²)
• Empty weight: 90,000 kg (198,000 lb)
• Loaded weight: 171,000 kg (376,200 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 188,000 kg (414,500 lb)
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OLD PHOTOS…
• Powerplant: 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12M turboprops, 11,000 kW
(14,800 shp) each
Performance
• Maximum speed: 920 km/h (510 knots, 575 mph)
• Range: 15,000 km (8,100 nmi, 9,400 mi) unrefueled
• Service ceiling: 13,716 m (45,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 606 kg/m² (124 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 235 W/kg (0.143 hp/lb)
Armament
• Radar-controlled guns: 1 or 2 × 23 mm AM-23
autocannon in tail turret.
• Missiles: Up to 15,000 kg (33,000 lb), including the
Raduga Kh-20, Kh-22, and Kh-55/101/102 Air-tosurface missiles.
FEBRUARY’S MYSTERY AIRCRAFT
Flying Field 2006 Vintage…
Year 2000 - McDade,
Stare, and McNulty
Until next month,
Tim Mihalski, Editor
My E-Mail Address:
[email protected]
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FIRST STATE R/C CLUB
2015 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
01/31/15 Last Date for Club Membership Renewal
02/01/15 Club Membership Late Fee Applies
Monday 10:30 A.M. 03/28/15 Club Meeting @ Flying Field (weather permitting)
Saturday 09:00 A.M. 04/11/15 Club Spring Field Cleanup Day
Saturday 09:00 A.M. 04/18/15 Club Spring Field Cleanup Day (Raindate)
Saturday 10:30 A.M. 06/13/15 Club Meeting at Field (weather permitting)
Saturday 10:00 A.M. 07/11/15 Joe Berry Dedication & Memorial Cub Fly at Field.
Contact: Ron Becker
Saturday 10:00 A.M. 07/18/15 Joe Berry Dedication & Memorial Cub Fly at Field. (Raindate)
Contact: Ron Becker
Saturday 10:30 A.M. 10/10/15 Club Meeting at Field (weather permitting)
Nominations of 2016 Club Officers
Saturday 10:30 A.M. 11/14/15 Club Meeting at Field (weather permitting)
Election of 2016 Club Officers
11/30/15 Club 2016 Membership Dues Deadline
12/01/15 Induction of 2016 Club Officers
Friday 10:00 A.M. 01/01/2016 Freeze Fly 2016 at Field
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FEBRUARY’S MYSTERY AIRCRAFT
A mystery aircraft for you to ponder… you
can read all about this mystery ship in
March’s issue of Contact…
IMPORTANT REMINDERS...
Monday 10:30 A.M. 03/28/15 Club Meeting @ Flying Field (weather permitting)
Saturday 09:00 A.M. 04/11/15 Club Spring Field Cleanup Day
Saturday 09:00 A.M. 04/18/15 Club Spring Field Cleanup Day (Raindate)
Saturday 10:30 A.M. 06/13/15 Club Meeting at Field (weather permitting)
Timothy I. Mihalski, Editor
First State R/C AMA # 1256
13 Jacqueline Drive
Hockessin, DE 19707-1008