Control Line: Navy Carrier
This month's column includes a correction to the previous column, a discussion on wingtip weight, some sources of tools and plans, some information on Burt Rutan's Carrier flying, a trip to the Marine Coprs Air-Ground Museum, and documentation of the real MO-1's carrier activities. Oops! Those of you who lost your train of thought between the bottom of page 181 and the top of page 182 in the last (August) issue of this column weren't alone. About seven lines of text were misplaced, causing the problem. I haven't found them elsewhere in the magazine after a short search, so I can only assume they ended up on the editing room floor.
'91 All American Nationals: CL Navy Carrier
EXCEPT FOR THE CORN growing in the background, this year's Nationals had me imagining the USS Smallfry deployed to the tropics. The weather was certainly appropriate-hot and humid. Although the temperature, humidity, and sunshine did little to enhance personal comfort, Carrier contestants enjoyed conditions well suited to the event-light winds and low turbulence-throughout both days of official flying. The Carrier events were adjacent to the AMA Headquarters tent and right along the path to the Radio Control flight areas. This location ensured a continual source of spectators, with ample opportunity to show the event to the uninitiated.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
Nationals Analysis. The Nationals provides an opportunity to see a wider variety of equipment than is usual for local contests. The space allocated for Nationals coverage of the Navy Carrier events doesn't provide sufficient space to go into detail on the equipment used, so I want to devote the first column after the Nationals coverage to discussing the equipment trends at the Nationals. Information is derived from discussions with the contestants and from the data sheets which most contestants fill out at processing.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
Synopsis: This month's offering discusses ways of improving contests, revisits the MO-1 "beauty" issue and realistic paint and markings, and looks at some throttle work by John Castiglioni. IMPROVING CARRIER for contestants and spectators: Since returning from the Nationals I've heard from a number of people about the running of contests. The comments are not directed at the big things we normally think about but, rather, at the things which, though they can seem insignificant, can make a difference in attendance and in spectator appeal.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
MUSEUM GUIDE: There was a new book published last year that looks as though it would be a good addition to a modeler's library. That book is Kitty Hawk to NASA: A Guide to U.S. Air & Space Museums and Exhibits by Michael Morlan. The book is published by Bon A Tirer Publishing and should be available for order from any book store if it is not already on the shelves. The publisher can be reached at 913/236-4828 if you can't find a book store willing to order it.
