[NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

[billglaze]

Remembering one year when Bill Williams (a several-time Nats winner) showed up at the Nats in Glenwood with a 3-position Bonner escapement on his Mambo.  He also had arranged a brake.  Not only was he told he had to disconnect the brake, but "rudder only MEANS RUDDER ONLY" said the contest management  after he had been protested by some jealous competitors.  That year nobody had a working throttle. (Class 1 only.)  Bill, (who was in fact, a Para Ranger with combat jumps on his Service Record, and nobody to mess with) was absolutely livid.  Even those of us who were his friends, kept a distance for a while.
Bill
(No protests about this stuff, so far?)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BUDDYonRC at aol.com 
  To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:13 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year


  We also had three classes, Class 1 = rudder and throttle only, Class 2 = rudder, throttle, and elevator and Class 3 = all control surfaces throttle and brakes.
  All classes flew the same schedule and omitted maneuvers they couldn't do
  Class 1 was normally used a drag brake to allow stopping were required.
  The killer was the touch and go which I think was the third maneuver in the schedule,
  Miss it and the flight is over.

  Buddy Brammer





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