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

[John Konneker]

I was just getting into RC in 1981.
There was a very old/wise modeler mentoring me.
I was at the point that I wanted to make a decision as to which direction 
within RC I wanted to go.
I think he was trying to lean me toward "giant scale".
:-)
The Seguin Nats were about 250 miles from where I lived at the time, 
Beaumont, Texas.
He told me to go watch and see what all was out there.
I did...seemed like everything was going on at once...cl stunt, speed, free 
flight, pylon and in the afternoon pattern.
I had never seen a true pattern plane or pattern flying.
It was like watching the solo man of the Thunderbirds!
Saw a guy flying Expert that I was really impressed with.
I went up and talked to him after his flight.
Very nice guy.
His name was Bill Cunningham.
When I left to drive home I was hooked on pattern!
JLK





>From: "Fred Huber" <fhhuber at clearwire.net>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] NATS discussions (was Rule 8.1.1)
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 15:00:08 -0500
>
>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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>[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
>     Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:04 AM
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>     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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