Control Line: Scale
PROFILE SCALE activity update: During the past several years, the Profile Scale event has grown considerably in popularity. Most clubs that have been constant promoters of CL Scale are also including Profile Scale in their list of contest events, and, according to newsletters and reports received, the Profile Scale category has also been included in many mall and trade shows around the country. While rules governing the event vary from one section of the country to another, a concerted effort has been made by George Gaydos of the Garden State Circle Burners (GSCB) of New Jersey to bring some sort of stability and commonality to the rules being used by many.
Control Line: Scale
BONDING AND ADHESIVES are subjects for which Chris Shearer, member of the Orbiting Eagles of Omaha, has some words for us. While I suspect from his writing that Chris is not into Scale but Combat, his comments on bonding and adhesives do apply to all of us. Chris starts his comments by indicating that most of us are certainly aware of the importance of adhesives, but are we all aware of the importance of a bond? A bond is made up of an adhesive and the contact between the surfaces being bonded. Most adhesives found today are extremely good at bonding two materials as long as the materials make good contact. A problem occurs when the two materials being bonded do not make good contact.
Control Line: Scale
URGENT! URGENT! URGENT! I am sure that by the time you read this column you will have in hand the 1988-1989 Competition Regulations book. I also hope that you have taken the time to review the many rules changes pertaining to our CL Scale events. There are several significant changes that affect general rules, static judging, flight operations, and in some cases just clarification of the rules. Of the 44 Scale proposals submitted during this past rules change cycle, 38 of them made it to the Final Vote procedure. Of the 38 in the Final Vote, 26 were passed, and 16 (or 60% of the 26) pertained to changes in our CL events. The 10 other proposals that passed were spread over Indoor and RC events which also included Helicopter. I point out these statistics to emphasize the large number of CL rules that are affected for the coming two years. While I urge all of you concerned with competition to go over the new rules on your own, I also thought a review here in the column might help you to a better understanding of the changes.
Control Line: Scale
CRAFTSMANSHIP is one of the items that all models are judged for when entered in any of the Scale events: CL, RC, or FF. It is also probably one of the most difficult, subjective, and-perhaps-least understood areas of the Scale judging process. This point was brought out quite clearly, at least to this columnist, in a recent article by the National Association of Scale Aeromodelers (NASA) President, John Guenther, that appeared in that organization's latest newsletter (January-February 1988).
