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

[Rick Sweeney]

Also the year that Verne Keoster ran over my tansmitter with his van, was
one I will not soon forget, and it was 10 years or so ago...

On 5/1/07, Rick Sweeney <bacabbey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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> > www.radiosouthrc.com
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >  *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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