NEFI 2017
June 16-18, was a busy weekend at the AMA International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana. The National Electric Fly-In (NEFI), the Ready Made RC FPV Fest, and the AMA Foundation’s RC Resale all took place. As the NEFI contest director, I didn’t have a chance to visit the other two venues, but I was told that both events were well attended and raised a respectable amount of money for the AMA Foundation.
We will have coverage of all three events combined in a future issue of Model Aviation. If you would like to see photos of the gatherings before the article appears in the magazine, you can find them on AMA’s Flickr page.
Events like these can’t happen without the support of the model aviation industry, volunteers, and of course, the pilots in attendance. I want to thank everyone who took part for their support, and I hope to see everyone again next June at NEFI 2018.
Grumman Albatross
This month we have free plans available from Keith Sparks for the Grumman Albatross. I originally wanted to publish it in our July “How-To” issue, but we simply ran out of space. We published Keith’s “Sectional Foam Construction” article in the July issue and that technique is used on the Albatross, so if you are interested in building this model, I recommend that you take a look.
If you do decide to build the aircraft, send me a picture of your completed Albatross and it might appear in the pages of Model Aviation!
Correction
In the “E-Buster” feature in the June issue, the flying weight of the aircraft was listed at 26.5 pounds. The E-Buster actually weighs 26.5 ounces.
—MA staff
