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

[Rick Sweeney]

My first NATS experience was the last year that they had the BIG TOP with
all events going on at the same time. Looking back, I am glad that I had the
opportunity to attend that year as going forward the Pattern NATS always
seemed a bit barren to me, not much going on. I will never forget watching a
Pylon racer practice at one of the practice fields, going by hotel rooms
filled with competitors working on helicopters, contol line planes, kids
dusted after a long hot day in the sun competing. Something was always going
on. I had never seen FAI Pylon, speed, and have not since. It was one of the
most memorable NATS that I ever attendid, other then the time I won..lol.

Rick Sweeney



On 5/1/07, Fred Huber <fhhuber at clearwire.net> wrote:
>
>  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 <bob at toprudder.com>
> *To:* NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> *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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