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AMA Build Month Tips
Web: To kick off building season and to celebrate AMA Build Month in October, AMA members shared some tips for aeromodelers’ workshops and fun building model aircraft on Facebook Reels. You can view them at www.facebook.com/reel/5920812251271818.
World Championships Podcast
Web: The 2022 FAI F3D/F3E World Championships for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft took place at the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana, in July. You can read about it in this issue of Model Aviation. On Episode 96 of the AMA Podcast, host Matt Ruddick discusses this event and other FAI world championships. Check it out at www.modelaircraft.org/podcast.
More About Helicopters
In Tim DiPeri’s “RC Helicopters” column this month, he discusses watching pilot Nick Maxwell fly an XLPower Nimbus 550 with ease. The Nimbus 550 is a 3D-capable heli, but how do collective-pitch helicopters fly? Matt Ruddick talked to Nats competitor Ben Storick about how helicopters are able to perform 3D aerobatics, in this “Nats Demystified” video from the 2019 Nats: https://youtu.be/x-tj3kXZwIE.
The following are some comments that viewers made about the video:
Paul Cataldo: This is really a fantastic video! The slo motion portion of this video is tremendous—extremely clear and provides insight into to these complex 3d tricks—this would be a great training aid to show how piro flips and other maneuvers are structured and performed. I would love to see someone put together a training video using slow motion to help aspiring 3d pilots!
Charles Cartwright: SIMPLE??? It’s not easy for a newbie to even hover and not crash. My hat is off to these guys
