Growing Pattern One or Two Day Contest

[Ron Lockhart]

Here is an in-between concept that might work in some cases.

Hold a contest on Saturday.  And a seperate one on Sunday.

Lakehurst NJ did that in the 80's, the Lakehurst home club held one,
and a neighboring club held the othere.

Ron Lockhart

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Del K. Rykert" <drykert2 at rochester.rr.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Fw: Growing Pattern ** klipped to repost **


>
>
> 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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