The Big One

[Bill Glaze]

Ron:
By and large, you'd get the same answer.  Bill Glaze

Ron Van Putte wrote:

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>
> On Apr 6, 2004, at 10:16 PM, Edward C. Hernandez wrote:
>
>        Ok, I've waited long enough and I'm ready to pop the big newbie
>     question: what is(are) the difference(s) between NSRCA and IMAC? I
>     understand that for IMAC you need a scale model(except for basic
>     class), while it is clear to me that NSRCA models have evolved
>     into a characteristic shape. From this I deduce that scale models
>     just don't perform NSRCA schedules as well as pattern models do.
>     But I have a sneaky, perhaps incorrect, suspicion that the
>     differences go beyond the models. What are these differences, and
>     does anyone compete in both aerobatics groups?
>
>
> Ed - You are going to get a lot of different answers to your question. 
> My view is that the people who fly NSRCA events like to fly aerobatic 
> airplanes with no limits other than weight and size. The IMAC people 
> like to fly aerobatic airplanes which are scale-like. There is a 
> difference. There are a few other differences, like box size, but the 
> type of airplanes are the main difference. Neither is better than the 
> other. It is a personal preference, like preferring vanilla to 
> chocolate ice cream.
>
> I wonder what answers you'd get if you sent the same question to the 
> IMAC discussion list (mini-iac at yahoogroups.com).
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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