Free Flight: Indoor
BIG SHOW TIME AGAIN! The 1991 U.S. Indoor Championships will be held at Johnson City, Tennessee on June 6 through 9, 1991, sponsored again by the National Free Flight Society. No details are presently available, but you can get entry blanks when they are available. Just send a business-sized SASE to Tony Italiano, 1655 Revere Rd., Brookfield WI 53005. To bag or not to bag. The January 1991 column raised a warning about certain plastic rubber storage bags. This topic has generated more comments than any other topic ever presented here. I have received questions, suggestions, reports of bad rubber and letters from one skeptic who personally has lost no rubber. Roy Stewart asked about the disposable plastic from rolls in the grocery store.
Free Flight Indoor
STEERING BAN REVISITED: The Indoor Contest Board rejected the proposed ban on steering of AMA class models on the initial vote. This vote affirms that steering will remain a part of AMA contest strategy. The following passages from the Competition Regulations can serve as a review for CDs and contestants alike regarding an important steering parameter: change of altitude during steering. 11. Steering of Model. Steering is intended to alter the direction of flight and the general location of a model which is approaching the structure of the building. The intent of the rule is to avoid influencing either the altitude of the model or its rate of climb or descent during the period of steering.
Free Flight: Indoor
A LETTER TO THE EAST Coast Indoor Modelers: "I regret to begin this letter with sad news. Long time ECIM member Manny Radoff left us Wednesday, October 5. Manny's dedication to Indoor modeling and Lakehurst spanned many decades. "His ability to be a keen competitor and light builder won him top honors of a National Record and team member status at the World Championships. He was a pioneer in the evolution of Indoor model design. Not being satisfied with the multirib wings that were the standard, Manny was the first to utilize the five-rib wing planform that we all use in our models today. "Locally, Manny was a good friend. You could always count on seeing him at our flying sessions and at every one of our social gatherings.
Free Flight: Indoor
INDOOR NATS SITE: Abram Van Dover, Category Manager for free flight at the 1994 Nats, shared this information with us: If you plan to fly Indoor at the Nats in Lubbock, here's an overview of the site, the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum: The available floor space is 105 × 210 feet in an oval shape. As you stand in the middle of the floor and look up, there is a scoreboard directly overhead. This scoreboard is cube shaped, about 10 feet high and 12 feet square that will be covered with polyfilm to make it as modelproof as possible. The scoreboard is too large to remove from the building without dismantling it.
Free Flight: Indoor
CDS NOTE! Last year, some experimental Easy B models using wood bracing on the fuselage were flown in contests. Pending a formal clarification from the Indoor Contest Board, be aware that only Easy B wings may have any form of bracing, and that bracing must be wood, according to a limited informal poll of ICB members. Change of Address: A previous column listed two E-mail addresses for me. Both have been replaced by this: rten@intex.net. It is likely that every FF and Indoor club has at least one member who has an E-mail address. Can we form a quick-response network? Drop me an E-mail and sign up! Also, if you have anything for the column, E-mail is much easier unless you have to send drawings or photos.
