SCAT Electronic News Aug 5 1998b

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SCAT Electronic News Aug 5 1998

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Nats news
Bill Cushenbery
Spin this one ! - Alan Edwards


            
Timekeeping yet again
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Roger,


            Nothing like flogging a dead horse.

Back when Wakefield was a real rubber event (no rubber limit), team 

            selection in 1953 was at 6AM with 3, 5min rounds followed by unlimited 

            max if necessary.  No binocs were allowed yet it had to be exceptionally 
windy for that time of day or foggy that with a reasonably adept timer 
would clock one off early.

It was nice to go have brunch after a contest.

I miss the point of flying 7 flights that are only timed to 2/3 of the 
model's potential.  3, 5min maxes early in the day do a much better job 
of weeding and don't cram the flyoffs into waning sunlight.  The 1hr 
rounds also eliminate the problem of trying to roundup timers for the 
10minute flyoff window when 80% of the potential timers are not available 
by virtue of being in the flyoffs.  This is a major problem at small 
contests, and even at WC when 3 timers are assigned per contestant.

Still comes down to suitable fields, otherwise 10 minute maxes could be 
used and it would be a few years before a flyoff was necessary.

					Them's my thoughts,
						Hermann Andresen



Some Nats Info by way of Walt Rozelle .. and others
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Roger,
Here's some info passed on to me by Walt Rozelle concerning the Muncie 
FF Nats.	Fred T.

Louis Joyner called this morning to give me a blow-by-blow account of 
last weeks' Nats:

Louis provided an interesting Nats tale in F1A: Andy Barron's 12-yr-old 
son John, who was going to fly on the Jr. Team, fell from his bike and 
broke his foot. That, of course, will cancel his international plans. 
So, Andy starts his 10 yr-old son to towing Nordics (does this string of 
Barrons NEVER end?) In an early round, the 10-yr-old had a flight that 
was definitely sinking, and at about 75 ft it started going up...and 
up...and out. No DT. Andy jumped in the van and chased it, eventually 
finding the model 18 miles away. Meanwhile, that youngster calmly 
returned to the model box, prepared a model, and completed flights in 
two rounds before his father returned. Pretty cool thinking for a 
passport and visa in time.

Louis also said that Ed Keck provided the evening's entertainment at the 
NFFS cookout by continuing to put up max after max, setting a new C 
record with his Nelson 36 powered model. Well over 30 maxes, before 
darkness overtook him.
Class A also provided a winner with something like 40 maxes. Sheer 
lunacy . . . something has to be done to rectify this Cat III situation.

More Nats details (courtesy of a phone call from Faust Parker this 
morning):
(1) Ronnie Thompson set a new A Gas record with 40-plus maxes! Bob 
Johannes placed second, with one less max, due to a short DT.

(2) Ed Keck's new record, in C Gas, was about 30 maxes, cut short by 
darkness.

(3) Faust estimates 70% of FF Power was VIT, and most of those were 
bunting.
"Even 20-year-old designs were VIT and bunting, "says Faust. "People are 
learning models are easier to fly with VIT, but it does take more 
concentration."

Best regards,	Walt Rozelle	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Bill Cushenberry
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Long time SCAT memeber, expert Rubber flyer, custom car builder
Bill Cushenberry is seriously ill.  He is staying with his
daugher. I'm sure Bill would like to hear from his friends.
He is with :
Dave and Misty King
25669 Lockmoor
Valencia CA, 91355
805 254 1627


Spin this one - Alan Edwards
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Not to be out done by Verbitski, Australian F1B flyer Alan Edwards
has come up with a contra rotataing prop unit.  See attached
photo - supplied as usual by John Malkin, our technology scout down under.
More details later.

 

...............................................
Roger Morrell