[NSRCA-discussion] F3A Championships circa 1971

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I just made time to watch the vid about the '71 WC! What an era that was. Jon commented about flying those planes -- well, we fly just those planes in the Senior Pattern Association. Despite the bad image we have among you NSRCA guys, we are now enforcing the to-plan building of our planes, and only allow 4-stroke engines and computer radios for convenience and as a nod to "progress". I'm not advertising for SPA, just sayin'... 

My comment earlier was those guys didn't have computer mixing to trim their planes with (when someone commented on Strt Inv. Flight as a maneuver). I still have a Kraft 6-channel '83 Series radio with synthesized channel selection that has been narrow-banded (by KMI) , so I could use it -- but I won't. ;-{) It uses the 3-lead battery pack, so I'd have to build a new pack for it before I could fly it. Anyway, first 60-degree day (next Monday, here in TN) I plan to go out and pretend to be Ron or Jim. lol 

I couldn't recognize what Phil K was flying in Doylestown -- what was his plane? 

Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus 
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Thanks for this Scott, Mike, and the guy who made this, Jay Gerber. 
I went to that WC with my Dad as a spectator. Amazing to see Jim Whitley, Phil Kraft, and Ron Chidgey at their prime. I remember Doc Edwards, Team Manager, as a super nice guy. 
The thing I remember most from that WC in those days of ballistic pattern was that the Europeans had taken to throttling back on the downline of loops, etc. Not many people were doing that at the time. Most Americans kept full bore all the way around. 
As to the simplicity of the sequence, try flying a plane of that period. Limited power, fairly high wing loadings, and fairly short coupled tails made them a handful. 
I noticed also that virtually none of the radio equipment manufacturers that I saw in the film are around today. Kinda sad. 
Amazing film. 

Jon 

On Jan 27, 2016 11:42 AM, Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote: 
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> Here's a video that Mike Mueller posted on Facebook and was produced by our own Jay Gerber. If you have some time, it's a "swell" video about our past and origins. 
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jogGq_L320 
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> Scott 
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> Scott A. McHarg 
> VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot 
> Texas A&M University 
> PPL - ASEL 
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