Class Structure

[Bill Glaze]

Yep--entirely possible.  I well remember Bill Williams at several Nats' 
around '57 or so, could do a spin with his Mambo.  Couldn't control 
where it exited, but his feeling was:  "Well, they've got to give me 
"something" for it."  Must have worked; he won the Nats' rudder only 
class several years running  Bill Glaze.

Bob Richards wrote:

> It has been a LONG time, but I remember doing rolls and loops with a 
> rudder-only airplane!
>
> Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
>     Ron:
>     You are correct. The figures you describe below were the
>     compulsories..You were then cut loose to fly from a series of listed
>     figures.(Remember?) You "cherry picked" the list; the rudder-only
>     guys
>     had a lot fewer figures of which they were capable; the Class 2
>     (Mickey
>     Mouse) contestants could do more, due to their movable elevator. .
>     (Sort of) The class 3 folks, (multi-channel) had better be able to
>     do it
>     all if they wanted to place. I sure like the good old days, but not
>     with the good old equuipment.
>     Ah, reminisces.
>
>     Bill Glaze
>
>     BTW: remember the crossover point for the "8" was ideally centered
>     exactly over the flier's transmitter antenna. It'd get you
>     disqualified
>     today!
>
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