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

Tue May 1 12:35:50 AKDT 2007

And guess who I saw at the Toledo Show who said he was thinking of  
getting back into R/C aerobatics?  None other than Bill Cunningham.

Ron Van Putte

On May 1, 2007, at 3:19 PM, John Konneker wrote:

> 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
>
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>> 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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>>     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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