Fw: Growing Pattern ** klipped to repost **

[Del K. Rykert]

Had a comment on the 1 day contests Stuart made.  The main reason I don't 
attend some contests is they are only one day and for me don't justify the 5 
or 7 hour drive to possibly get rained out or blown out at one day events. 
If they were local would be different story but For years I have not 
attended 1 day contests because they were only 1 day and long drive.
    So there is, as always, two sides to every equation. CD's make their 
choices and we live with the consequences. I no longer go to contests that 
camping isn't allowed at flying field either...  My attendance has declined 
for this very reason to some regional contests. We all have different issues 
that we personally need to address to justify making the choice to fly 
pattern and which contests we can or will attend.

                     Del
               nsrca - 473
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stuart Chale
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:49 AM
  Subject: FW: [SPAM] Growing Pattern






  I will throw an additional 1½ cents in with some ramblings.



  Ed and Dave make some interesting points and comparisons between IMAC (I 
means scale aerobatics) and pattern.  As some of you who know me, I have 
been away from pattern for a while. (kids and other hobbies).  I started 
flying in the early 80's.  Most contests were 1 day and less than 30 
entrants would be unusual.  IMAC may have been in existence, I really do not 
know but it surely wasn't as widely known as it is today.



  I just did a google search on IMAC history and found this article. 
http://www.iac.org/featured/Featured%20Article%20-%20Vol.30,%20No.07%20July%202001.html



  An excerpt reads as follows:

  In 1976 the National Sport Biplane Association became affiliated with the 
IAC and became IMAC.

  In the next few years, membership in IMAC grew, and more model aircraft 
manufacturers began producing scale acrobatic aircraft. The Pitts still was 
popular, but monoplanes like Leo's Laser and CAP 21s were also being built. 
At this time (early to mid-80s), most of the scale aerobatic models used in 
competition were 1/4 scale or less, meaning they had wingspans between 60 
and 80 inches and engines ranging from 0.60 to 2.0 cubic inches running on 
model airplane fuel (glow fuel).

  In the late 80s and early 90s, new high-performance mono-planes began to 
appear on the IAC flight line and also at IMAC contests. Extras, Sukhois, 
and CAPs became the hot ride of choice. Here is one major advantage of 
flying models over their full-scale counterparts-the price difference 
between a clipped-wing Cub and an Extra is a nonissue!

  During the 90s every kit manufacturer was producing these hot rods in 
sizes from 1/6 scale to 35 percent scale (54- to 105-inch wingspans), with 
the larger aircraft powered by gas engines in the 2.4-to 6.0-cubic-inch 
range. These scale acrobatic aircraft were very popular with all modelers. 
This trend was helpful to IMAC. Formerly, the soley recognized form of model 
aerobatic competition involved  "pattern" aircraft that appeared dissimilar 
to their full-size cousins- narrow, ultra streamlined, and unnaturally long 
moments.

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