[NSRCA-discussion] NATS discussions (was Rule 8.1.1)

[Fred Huber]

The only NATS I have attended was the time it was held at Olathe, Kansas (1968 or 1969?).  At that point the NATS were still able to be held in less than a month of flying competitions... and all sorts of events were being flown simultaneously.  I was just a kid, with a group of Cub Scouts, flying in the AMA Delta Dart competition. (because the Cub Scout leaders arranged for us to go)  It was more a field trip to get to see the other events though.

There's a "double edged sword" effect of flying many events at once.  You may have to pick and choose which to participate in if you desire to compete in several different events.  

Sure, its nice for the spectators to be able to go from site to site and see many different aspects of aeromodeling all in one day.  But if you are actually competing in an event such as Pattern... you aren't going to be doing much spectating until you are done flying.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Richards 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1


  Thanks, Tony, I was not aware of that.

  Part of the allure of attending the NATS as a competitor is (was) being able to observe the other modeling disciplines, such as pylon or CL combat. I guess it is nice in one way to have the whole site for pattern, but not having other events going on simultaneously is a bit of a bummer. It makes it less of a spectator draw.

  Bob R.


  Tony Stillman <tony at radiosouthrc.com> wrote:
    No.  We have the Pattern Nats as a stand alone event, as we use all three flying sites at the same time.  That could change, by allowing some Control Line events, but the problem we have with aerobatics is that many times we over-fly the control line circles from the "Stage Center" site.  That would be a safety issue that we would have to somehow address..
     
     
    Tony Stillman, President
    Radio South
    3702 N. Pace Blvd
    Pensacola, FL 32505
    1-800-962-7802
    www.radiosouthrc.com
     

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    From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
    Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:04 AM
    To: NSRCA Mailing List
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rule 8.1.1
     
    Buddy,
     
    Actually, the NSRCA share might be less than what you say. Don't they hold multiple events simultaneously? I have not been to Muncie yet, but both times I was at Lawrenceville that was the case.
     
    Bob R.





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