NSRCA KFactor October 2020 Volume 49 Issue 10

K-FACTOR

October 2020 Volume 49 Issue 10

Official Publication of the National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics

“The lineup at LARKS. Even during these trying times, we still try to get out and enjoy the weekend.” ~Photo: Rich Whitlow

In This Issue: NSRCA Officers...3 | Member Article...6 | District News...7 Contact Us...21 | Membership Application...22

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NSRCA Executive Elections

By Salvatore Piu I was nominated and accepted to be this year’s NSRCA Executive Elections Chairperson.

Justin Wells also volunteered to assist me in recommending candidates to run for the next two-year executive officer positions, which includes President,Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Note that all District VP positions are also held for two-year intervals, but are elected in alternating years from the executive officers.This was intentionally done so that an overlap of personal occurred every year.This effort has been started as of this article submission, 9/15/20. Although the leadership calendar on the NSRCA site states nominees need to submit campaign statements by October 1st, I am uncertain if candidates will be identified, or have statements ready for KFactor publication by then.

In reality, candidate statements will be needed by October 15th, which is the regular KFactor article submission deadline.The plan is to have all candidates’ statements included in the November 2020 k-factor edition in order to support elections in December 2020.

At the moment, I am in the process of confirming if any of the existing officers would be considered in running for their respective office again. Even if all current officers say yes, that still leaves the position of executive Vice President open, as no one has filled this spot since Charlie moved up from VP to President after Archie Stafford resigned from the President spot. If anyone is interested in having a strong input into NSRCA issues, please consider submitting your name to me or Justin Wells and include which position you are interested in. You’ll find our email addresses and other contact information in the D1 and D6 articles as well as at the back of the KFactor.

Nominations are being accepted for the following NSRCA positions: • • • •

President Vice President Treasurer Secretary

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NSRCA OFFICERS

Hear from Your NSRCA Officers President

Charlie Barrera 2627 Silver Shadow | Conroe, TX. 77304 936.404.0063 charliebarrera@consolidated.net Hello again, everyone. Our pattern season is coming to a close. We will chalk up the 2020 pattern season as one of many disappointments. The Covid virus has had its effect on many contests, cancelling most in the US, including the Pattern NATS. That was one of the hardest decisions this board has made. Other contests have canceled not only because of the virus, but on the lack of participants that they expected. Many clubs depend on income from entry fees to make their budget for the year. Not only did pattern effect these contests, but also Electric, Big Bird, Fun Fly and other events were canceled. As a whole, these add up to a sizeable amount of revenue for the club. I heard of a club where member donations were collected in order to make the annual lease payment.

It is a sad time for all of us in the hobby.

I am hoping that a permanent solution can be made so that we can get back to a normal lifestyle.

The Board of Directors are evaluating future sequence development. In this current year, our procedures require a review of our Pattern Guideline Procedures and convening the Sequence Development committee. I have asked our Sequence Guideline Committee to

review the guideline documents and make changes, as needed, to keep our process current. I’ve also asked the District Vice Presidents to conduct polls in their respective districts for feedback from our members about sequence development.

Some of the poll questions that are asked concern the level of skill required to fly competitively in a members’ respective class – have the sequences become too hard, too easy, and so on. We are also evaluating the use of FAI maneuvers to build our sequences. It has been suggested that the FAI A sequence be used for our Advanced pattern. However, FAI k factors are slightly different from AMA k’s, FAI tending to be a little easier. This inequity will be addressed if the decision is made to use the FAI schedule for our Advanced schedule. The BoD will meet later this week (late September, as I write this), so by the time you read this, the decision as to the direction we take will have been made.

We will use the member poll to make this decision. Hopefully, you have responded to this poll.

The BoD continues to evaluate ways to grow pattern. We are seeking input from our members in ways to make pattern more attractive to the average modeler.

I mentioned Grow Pattern and the I-60 proposal last month in my article. I have received member feedback. The following is a proposal from Don Ramsey and Mike Harrison, Masters and FAI pilots, respectively.

Proposal – Small Plane Subset Promote a small plane provisional class as a subset of AMA classes.

Objective of Proposal 1. Generate interest in trying Pattern for entry level 2. Much less expensive-50-75% less expensive 3. Much easier to transport 4. Plenty of models available 5. Determine that small models can compete effectively with 2 meter planes.

6. More interest generated by competing pilots if they want to try a smaller design.

Description: 1. Limit both power plant and model size.

a. 1.75 meter sized model-maximum 69” span.

b. .65 cid 2 stroke or .95 4 stroke engine.

Mufflers only, -no tuned pipes.

c. 1400 watts maximum power electric.

2. Models can compete in ALL AMA classes. Implementation in all classes will encourage the development of the smaller planes since almost all of this R&D occurs at the higher classes.

3. Models will be recognized as placing in both the AMA classes in which they compete and also the small plane subset of the AMA class. Example: A small plane pilot competes in 402 and places 3rd in the 402 class but 1st among the small planes in that class. He will be awarded a third place trophy in 402 and a 1st place trophy in 402 (small plane). Should the same pilot place first in 402 he will be awarded both 1st place trophies.

Implementation: 1. Small plane pilot registers in the class in which he competes and is treated no different from other pilots other than a notation of some symbol in his name field to indicate he is also in the small plane subset. Example: Don Ramsey * 2. No change to the scoring program is required.

3. Give only 1st place plaque to the small plane subset. Suggest this be a printed page supplied by NSRCA to the CD so no additional work is required at the contest.

---------------I believe this is a viable alternative for someone wanting to get into pattern or wanting to progress from Sportsman into Intermediate without the expense of buying additional and more expensive 2-meter equipment. It also doesn’t add to the workload of the CD, except having to buy an additional plaque for awards.

Scoring would be the same scoring used for intermediate. It would demonstrate that a pilot can be competitive with smaller equipment and at less expense. The Board of Directors will continue to explore methods to develop interest in pattern flying. If you have ideas as to how we can

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NSRCA Officers grow our SIG, please email your respective DVP, or you may email me directly.

Secretary 3.

Until next time…

Fly straight; keep your radiuses constant and stay in the box.

Charlie Barrera…OUT!

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Vice President

Heedo Yun 4610 Willow Pond Ct. \ Sugar Land, Tx 77479 281.512.9163 | Heedo.Yun@gmail.com Hi, this is your Secretary. I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy during this global pandemic.

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Each year, NATS reports a summary of equipment that were used by pilots during the annual NATS Championship. A summary of this data can be found in the NSRCA website under the top drop-down menu “NATS.” I found this to be interesting information and wanted to share with our club members. I have studied the lists of the 2017 and 2019 NATS, and summarized the results below. Hope this helps; data presented can be inaccurate, and must be used for reference purposes only.

1. Number of Aircraft Data Reported: A total of 62 pilots – 0 Sportsman, 11 Intermediate, 14 Advanced, 24 Masters, and 13 F3A class pilots – attended and competed in the 2019 NATS; equipment data for 37 aircrafts were reported. A total of 76 pilots – 5 Sportsman, 12 Intermediate, 16 Advanced, 20 Masters, and 23 F3A class pilots – attended the 2017 NATS; equipment data for 57 aircrafts were reported. Some supplementary data were not reported, so totals below may not align with the total number of aircrafts.

2. Aircraft Brand:There were 11 BJ Craft, 11 CK Aero, 4 AJ Aircraft, 4 Insight RC, and 7 other brand aircrafts reported for the 2019 NATS. There were 16 BJ Craft, 15 CK Aero, 4 Insight RC, 3

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Top RC, 3 Seb Art, and 16 other brand aircrafts reported for the 2017 NATS. Aircraft Weight: The 2019 NATS did not report aircraft weight. The 2017 NATS reported 47 full size and 10 smaller than full size aircrafts. Among the full size aircrafts 8 planes weighed between 4,500g and 4,800g, 33 weighed between 4,801g and 5,000g, and 6 weighed more than 5,001g.

The lightest among full size aircrafts weighed 4,560g.

Motor/Engine: 35 electric motors and 2 glow engines were reported for the 2019 NATS. 52 electric motors and 5 glow engines were reported for the 2017 NATS. All glow engines were either OS or YS brand for both years.

13 contra-rotating prop systems were reported for the 2019 NATS. A wide range of motor brands were reported – 11 Plettenberg, 8 HiMax, 7 Kontronik, and 9 others for 2019, as well as 20 Plettenberg, 9 Hacker, 4 HiMax, 4 NEU, and 15 other brands for 2017.

ESC Brand: 15 Jeti, 9 Castle Creation, 7 OS, and 4 other brands were reported for the 2019 NATS. 27 Jeti, 11 Castle Creation, 8 OS, and 5 other brands were reported for the 2017 NATS. Propeller: The 2019 NATS reported 18 2-blade, 6 3-blade, and 13 contrarotating prop systems; 34 carbon fiber and 3 glass fiber materials; and 22 Falcon, 6 PT, 6 APC and 3 other brand propellers.

Power Battery: A wide range of different brands were used. 9 Zippy, 7 Gator, and 18 other brands were reported for the 2019 NATS. 12 Gator, 10 Zippy, and 33 other brands were reported for the 2017 NATS. Capacities varied between 5,000mah and 6,000mah for both years. Weight of 5s units varied between 519g and 650g with the majority between 550g and 600g.

Transmitter/Receiver: Futaba was the most popular brand – 24 Futaba, 3 JR, 2 Airtronics, 2 Graupner, 2 Spectrum, 1 Jeti, and 3 other brands were reported for the 2019 NATS. 36 Futaba, 9 JR, 6 Spectrum, 1 Jeti, 1 Airtronics and 2 other brands were reported for the 2017 NATS. Receiver Battery Capacity: The 2019 NATS reported 8 receiver batteries with capacity up to 500mah, 20

NSRCA Officers with capacity between 501mah and 1,000mah, and 7 with capacity 1,001mah or more.

10. Servo Brand: Futaba and JR were most popular. 17 Futaba, 7 JR, 4 MKS, 2 Kingmax, and 4 other brands were reported used for the 2019 NATS. 32 Futaba, 19 JR, 2 Spectrum, 1 MKS, and 1 Kingmax were reported used for the 2017 NATS.

I may move some things around to get it more toward the nose, but I’ll reserve judgement till I get more flights on it. I started with a Xoar 20x8 but have gone to a 19x8 for break in on the Bowman ring. I really enjoy this plane and AJ Aircraft can be proud of the quality.

That’s all. Wishing you all a great Fall season of 2020!

Best Regards, Heedo Yun.

Treasurer

John Decker 2878 Carrera Ct | League City, TX 77573 281-627-9474 | johndecker@sbcglobal.net Not much to report this month. Invoices went out to our advertisers in the Kfactor for the first six months of 2020 and checks were promptly received. We should always support our pattern vendors by buying from them whenever possible.

As you will see noted elsewhere in this edition, Executive elections for the NSRCA are in December. If you want to have a voice and influence decisions about our sport, step up and let Sal or Justin know you are interested.

Following is the starter setup on my AJ Laser with the DLE35ra on a cannister. It is so much fun to not have to stand in front of the plane or put my hands near a prop.

This plane is amazing. It does not bother it with the additional weight of the starter and starter battery. Right now, I have the CG where the plane flies perfectly neutral.

Always land wheels down, John Decker

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Member Article

Opportunities for Improvement

by Jim Hiller

{Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the July 2015 issue of the KFactor as part of Patrick Harris’ article for District 8 and is written by our own Jim Hiller} The first step in improving our flying and judging is being aware of geometric deficiencies such as, Inconsistent Radiuses, Rectangular and Nonsymmetrical Maneuvers. The accompanying illustrations of three common maneuvers show geometric violations.

Here’s an illustration of a simple Reverse Cuban Eight having a forty-five degree up-line. We probably thumbed our way through these before competing and finding it easy. A Reverse Cuban Eight is comfortable to fly but far from easy. They are often started late forcing it off center, if not flown smaller. In upper classes, smaller isn’t an option due to more complex rolling requirements. When in doubt start early, forcing a larger maneuver that allows it to be centered with symmetry.

Half loop segment present in many maneuvers such as Split - S, Half Reverse Cuban Eight, Figure Nine, Immelmann etc. often have an extending or sweeping out the bottom of a down-line radius or pinching the top of an up-line radius.While appearing smooth and free of corners or flat spots, the gradual change of radius can severely distort the geometry.

The ability to visualize angles is extremely important and needs to be learned.

Through practice, we may fly more consistent but not necessarily better. Fly several maneuvers consecutively while having your coach, caller or a bystander watch with an angle reference, which needs to be no more than a square piece of paper folded corner to corner and held at arm’s length.

As we advance our skills and compete in higher classes, geometric errors become more subtle but remain present for most of us. Paying close attention to these simple defects is an opportunity to improve both flying and judging. Complacency is our enemy.

Double Immelmann geometry with a variety of rolling elements and line enhancements are found in all classes.

In addition to inconsistent or varying radiuses, the lines between the half loops not being equal to the diameter, (AMA classes) with lines being angled and exit not on the entry line.

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SAFETY FIRST

Have you selected the correct model on the transmitter?

Districts

District News

D1 |Salvatore Piu spiurc@comcast.net

In the meantime, some contest results are presented here. Jim Quinn submitted the following article and photos from his contest.

In February of 2020 The Mohawk Valley Firebirds were planning the 2020 calendar. They were very enthusiastic to host another AMA sanctioned aerobatic contest. The past contests were well attended and the pilots thought the flying site was fantastic. We fly at an airport with a 4,000 foot paved runway with clear skies all around. A few weeks later our sanction for August 29/30 was granted. We were all happy.

Then March Coronavirus.

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Last month, I wrote about getting rid of old batteries. Some folks read it, and were kind enough to send me feedback regarding other noted facilities that will accept lipo batteries. One person basically stated Lowe’s in his area takes LiPos, in fact all rechargeable batteries. They have a recycle station in the enclosed area before entering the store. Place your single pack in the plastic bag provided, tie it off and put it in the bin. Lowe’s asks the batteries be turned in at a safe discharge voltage.

A second person noted a chain called Batteries Plus Bulbs will take a lipo in any condition. No tearing apart batteries. No discharging, etc.

I am gathering completed D1 contests results in order to apply appropriate points towards this year’s championship.

From what I observed, all D1 contests had lower than typical attendance, average 3 to 10 contestants per event, with even fewer contestants participating in more than one event. This may make this year’s championships difficult to determine under existing D1 point-rules.

Here’s hoping to see you all again in 2021.

Stay safe and well until we see each other again.

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D1 contest 2020 season is essentially done for the year. One out-of-state contest could still be counted towards district points. The 2020 combined D4 district championship and team trials event results could have counted!

contest began, the Firebirds strongly recommended a 2021 aerobatic contest regardless of what happened in 2020.

As summer grew closer more and more contests were being cancelled. I did attend the Marcellus, “Dave Mathewson Memorial” as well as my sister club, Aeroguidance Society’s 65th annual contest.

Joe Valvo (Pilot) John McMakin (Caller), with Judges: Mike Gosson and Jim Quinn

The forecast of winds and thunderstorms for the Firebird contest didn’t look good and Covid 19 was as strong as ever.

Saturday morning arrived, as well as wind and thunderstorm predictions. Four contestants also arrived. I was a willing judge, but all four pilots were Intermediate.

Gratefully, Mike Gosson gracefully left the pilot cue to sit in the judges’ chair for the next six rounds.

Because of the winds (a direct crosswind) we all agreed that takeoffs and landings would not be scored. The best approaches were about a 60 to 75 degree base leg and a very short final to an immediate landing.

Then the rain came, giving us a lunch break.

After the rain stopped and the skies cleared the wind also lessened. The final three rounds were completed and all went home happy with better wishes for 2021.

Why did we have such a low turnout?

Probably most of the 15+ pilots from 2019 thought better of two nights away from home, flying in the rain and eating out for several meals. Weeks before this

Tom Avedisian’s 51” AJ Slick

John McMakin’s Vanquish on final

Final results, Intermediate (only class flown): 1. John McMakin 2. Tom Avedisian 3. Joe Valvo Thanks again Jim! On September 12, I attended Augie’s Fellowship of R/C Flyers (AFRCF) contest run by Joe Lachowski. The flying site is located in on Jacques Lane, Franklin

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Districts township in Somerset, NJ, which is not the same as another more commonly referred to Somerset RC flying site run by a combination of 3 clubs. 11 pilots registered and flew at least one round, with most completing all 3 rounds. Although the Sportsman class was the only one not represented, 3 pilots did compete in the Club class!

Weather was better than good, with good temperatures and great visibility, but did have a slight in-bound cross wind with sporadic gusts creating occasional challenges. I reviewed a bunch of NSRCA news at the pilots meeting, and raised the question about handling this year’s district championship in lieu of covid-19 impacting contests and RC activity in general. It was unanimously agreed this year’s district championship is meaningless, and will not be done, because very few pilots attended a maximum of 2 contests, with most attending only one of 5 possible D1 contest options.

D2 | Tim Pritchett 1417 Deer Forest Drive Fort Mill, SC 29707 | tjpritchett@aol.com DC•DE•MD•NC•SC•VA

Above are photos of club class pilots.

Here are the results of the AFRCF contest: Club Class: 1) Tom Tiarks 2) Bob Roseman 3) Domecq Smith Intermediate: 1) Rob Afflerback 2) Bob Both Advanced: 1) Dale Hart Masters: 1) Joe Lachowski FAI: 1) David Lockhart 2) Anthony Romano 3) Salvatore Piu 4) Richard Afflerback Maneuver complete, Sal Piu

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I want to spin a different web this month and talk about something that is affecting all of us. In these unprecedented times, we mostly find ourselves suffering from a lot more isolation that we’re used to. My guess would be that the more northerly, colder states deal with this better, due to the harsher weather, but even getting out to the grocery store has added restrictions everywhere in our country. Just about every venue now requires masks, and social distancing, and with it (for me anyway) the ‘oh crap’ factor of having forgotten to comply, causing a quick run back to the car for the face rag.

While we could opt to resist, this only leads to further isolation, as private institutions are cracking down on those that don’t go along. I heard of a University just this week that expelled 3 students for not adhering to the social distancing rules, without returning their tuition, room & board monies. So, it’s getting real. Individuals

Districts are getting more hostile about adherence as well; like when you get those looks for choosing not to wear a mask in places that make it optional. Beyond the actual pandemic threat, if the politicians and their ‘news’ outlets ever relent, there will be a languishing stigma of mask wearing that will be with us a while.

As most are aware, our competition season has been decimated by the pandemic.

Local rule and ordinance changes under state of emergency declarations have given politicians more power and authority than they’ve ever had…or taken, successfully.

From the NATS, down to local contest CD’s deciding to cancel events due to local or state threat levels, and individual pilot turnout being extremely low it has put our season at an all-time low. You may argue ‘we had a great turnout this year…’ at your event, but I’m here to tell you, you’re the exception for sure! My greatest fear is that the ‘new norm.’ will take hold, compounding our already dwindling numbers of participation over the years.

So what are we to do? Well, necessity is the mother of invention, they say. When doors are shut, we as the human race always find windows to crawl through.

The most notable of these in this time is the use of ‘social media’. While most forms of SM have been around for a while, the lock downs have significantly ampedup their use for everything from doctor visits to church services. Zoom, Google, Teams, FB Live, and plenty of other medias for video streaming is incredible. I’m honestly surprised that video conferencing alone hasn’t completely knee-capped the internet, it’s become so widely used.

In addition, FB and Twitter are on the rise, where the text media industry had probably plateaued, or at least slowed its rocket ship grown over the past 10 years.

While I’m certainly not an expert in these areas, our use in the pattern community has increased as well, quite a bit in fact.

Our KFactors now incorporate video and video links for those that have them, our Districts all have their own FB Groups, and conversations among pilots are on the rise; a.k.a.; we’re communicating more!

Where once we’d only see other pilots at weekend contests for a few hours, or at regional/national events, there was always that sentiment when leaving that, “I didn’t

get a chance to talk to so-and-so.” Now, with social media, there’s the potential of talking year around, sharing ideas, thoughts, experiences, and assistance that all help us to grow closer together…if we let it.

There’s a downside, well actually, several downsides we need to be aware of. First is the fear factor. Can I be tracked? Is someone watching/listening in? Are they coming to get me? Well, let’s be honest.

While that’s a real fear, should it be a concern? Maybe; you’ll have to sort that one out yourself. But honestly, with 330M people in the US, I wouldn’t be to scared that I have gleaned that much attention for the FBI to show up at my door with a printed-out Facebook post. And if they did, maybe they should actually be there!

But another more relevant issue is what anonymity does for, and to, some people.

We tend to change our thoughts, and our discourse when we’re assured there’s no imminent reprisal. We say things or do things in ‘secret’ that we don’t do in public.

You can see this in some people’s caustic demeanor when online, but then in person, they’re sweet as honey! That’s also a real issue that gets played out every day on social media. There’s also the very real possibility that people are just jerks, and you don’t need/want to talk with them! But dealing with that is pretty straightforward; just mute them.

Another one is the tech-impediment. I’m an engineer, but I’m not really a ‘techie’, at least not anymore. Even with radios, I always try to keep in mind that it’s me, the sticks, and the plane; nothing else. If it starts talking to me, beeping at me, flashing lights, vibrating in my hands, or whatever, I’m more likely to crash than improve my performance. Nevertheless, new features are coming out all the time, and I’m challenged by the plethora of options thrown my way. Computers and the internet are no different. It seems like just a few months ago, I was introduced to Compu-serve, and Prodigy. Who would have guessed then I could now watch a streamed movie, or converse on live video with someone half-way around the world?

As we all know we’ve had to improve our flying with the advent of computer radio’s; computer communications have to be the same. It seems like every day something changes on the HMI’s we use, but that’s the

game; we just have to keep up, or get left out.

When I was a motorcycle fanatic (Ducati, in case you were wondering), I used to go down to Road Atlanta every year to watch the races. I was always impressed by the approachability of the the riders; they were really fan minded. They’d just be walking around the pits or paddock area, you could converse with them, they’d sign something, or talk shop with you. The rest of the season, I’d watch them on SpeedVision (dating myself here...!), remembering our conversations. Our top world level pilots, builders, and manufacturers are the same way. I’m awestruck at the talent and discipline they demonstrate, but even more impressed by the approachability, and comradery these guys exhibit. While I don’t know if Carl Fogerty (A great Ducati rider from the 90’s; we named our cat after him…) would accept a member request from my fb page, these guys are generous enough to share their time, talents, and thoughts like the rest of us on SM. That makes it all worth the while. ) However, if I ever get another pet, I’m NOT naming it Szczur!!

So while there’s an oppressive, restrictive side to pandemic interrelationships, it has brought out new ways to interact, and help one another further along our sport and efforts. I think we should try and avail ourselves to this opportunity as much as we can, if just to keep our sport going.

Maybe we’ll return to full swing next year, maybe not. But our sport has a natural ‘social distance’ to it when we practice at empty fields, with calm evening breezes, flying in the groove, one with the plane, cruising along a straight flat line. But now we have a way to share the experiences with others, as well as our thoughts on how we move forward. Let’s make the future happen…together.

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Districts

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cases and it tells you little about the feel of the event.

But that’s not what I want to write about here, I want to write about gifts.

D4 | Scott McNickle P.O. Box 163 | Mt. Pleasant, OH 43939 nelson_jett@comcast.net | 740.769.7882 IN•KY•MI•OH•WV

Gifts and Contest Reports…Sorta There haven’t been a whole lot of contests in the US so far this year, and so very few contest reports, not that I do a whole lot of them anyway.

D4 has actually had six contests and will likely will have hit the seven mark with the D4 Championships/USA Team Trials by the time you read this, but it’s only due to a whole bunch of scrambling, adapting and head scratching. Many of our pilots haven’t felt safe traveling to contests this season and the somewhat last-minute nature of the schedule we have cobbled together has reduced attendance a little more, too.

Most of the time contest reports go something like, “The Mudville Gear Snappers hosted their annual Pattern even in August. Attendance was a little down this year due to (insert a due to here) but those who could make it had a good time.

Sam Samuel won Sportsman in his first try, Joe Josephson won Intermediate, Pete Peters came first in Advanced, Luigi Lewis took Masters and Alphonse Bisibisibisibosawatney ran roughshod over the F3A field. No one was killed and the next event will be at the Jonesville Flaming Asteroids field in two weeks” Interesting, really only if you’re Sam, Joe, Pete, Luigi or Alphonse. You could look up the results on patternscoring.com in most

It goes without saying that being able to fly Pattern is a gift. We’re in a financial position to be able to afford airplanes and travel and we have the gift of talent. Most of us have worked hard to earn those things, but there are many who work just as hard and never reap the rewards. Some aren’t compensated well for their efforts.

Some are so trapped by their quest for financial security that they can’t let go and enjoy time off.

could actually pull off a contest since our club had shrunk and people previously involved in the contest had lost interest.

Many hours on the lawnmower helped me appreciate what a fine flying site our club has, however, and I decided to try to put something together.

My buddy Wild Bill, who has been semiretired from model flying due to work, moving and other interests agreed to help me. Matt Finley agreed to be the CD of record and got us a sanction. We scrambled around and put together a contest.

We have the gift of amazingly developed airplanes to fly. Some of us have been part of that development, but most of us ride on their backs.

The weather forecast for contest looked dismal, and, indeed, a lot of Saturday was spent watching the rain, but sufficient flyers braved the forecast and attended. All worked hard to get the contest in, there was a minimum of bitching and whining, and we went home happy.

We have the gift of contests to attend.

Many, if not most of us have been involved with putting on contests and understand how much work it is. Sometimes we make a little money for our clubs, but gain nothing for ourselves.

The gifts I received that weekend were the availability of the venue, the help from Bill and Matt and the willingness of the flyers to brave an awful forecast and the uncertainty of traveling and dining during the pandemic to make it all work.

There’s another side to that coin, too, the gift of contestants for our contests. Until recently I regarded the contest promoters as the gift givers, until this latest St Clairsville contest.

Also two Sportsman pilots manned up to attend. Remember how scary your first couple of contests were as a Sportsman?

Brenner Sharp came despite no other FAI pilots attending and gamely flew Masters… as an unknown.

At this time in 2019 we believed that the last St Clairsville contest had been held.

We were scheduled to lose out field at the end of the year and a two-year plus search for a new location had come up empty.

There were a couple of available sites with willing owners but nothing that could be turned into a Pattern-contest quality venue. We gave away our traditional date to Jon Dieringer and the Screaming Eagles and prepared to say goodbye to a great location. At the turn of the year, however, we learned that the field was ours to use “until it’s not” so I continued mowing and practicing there.

When pandemic-related things resulted in the cancellation of the Nats in July Jon offered to move his contest to that month and give us back our traditional August date. I still had doubts as to whether we would be permitted by state rules to host a gathering, and had doubts whether we

I felt amazingly grateful to all who helped the event happen, especially those who

The Gift of Friendship Photo and Edit: Matt Finley

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Districts took a chance on attending.

A couple of weeks later something similar happened in Hebron, Kentucky. Dave Johnstone, Steve Stricker and the rest of the Flying Cardinals rescheduled what was supposed to be our season opener for August 29 and 30. A couple of days before, the weather projections showed the remnants of Hurricane Mutant Murder Hornet (or whatever it was called) sitting squarely atop the contest site on Saturday.

In typical D4 fashion, 22 pilots showed up anyway and were rewarded with a windy but flyable Saturday and a gorgeous Sunday.

Dave and Steve’s perseverance and the optimistic faith of the pilots was rewarded.

I received an extra gift that weekend. On a Friday practice flight I heard a “WHAPP!” and something fluttered away from my airplane. Turns out about three quarters of the covering had blown off the bottom of one wing! Dave Johnstone went home, found a roll of matching Monokote and invited me to come to his house to use his tools and splendid granite bar top to do some quick repairs. Thanks Dave!

The gifts you can give, and receive, are finite in number. Never miss a chance to give one, and never, ever fail to appreciate those that are given.

D5 | Vicente Bortone vincebrc@gmail.com IL•IA•KS•MN•MO•NE•ND•SD•WI

As usual, I like to provide District 5 activities. Unfortunately, the last pattern contest was also cancelled. This is the Phantom Flyers R/C Club Pattern Contest.

There are no more pattern contests schedule this year in D5.

We’ve been fortunate not to have had a D4 pilot infected by the virus so far. And remember, all of life is ‘so far’. That has to be regarded as something of a gift, too.

The essence of love is not only in giving gifts, but in receiving them as well. When you’re given a gift it means that someone has spent time and effort and thought and resources on you.

Understand that it’s not just something they tossed your way. That is, after all, the meaning of “It’s the thought that counts.”

One of my favorite lines from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy is when the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins announces he’s found the closing line for his book: “And he lived happily ever after…to the end of his days.”

The appeal of the “happily ever after” part is obvious, but the real important message lies in “to the end of his days.”

It acknowledges that none of us are here forever, all of us will come to an end of our days.

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The Flying Tigers organized one day (08/01/2020) pattern contest in Columbia, Missouri. The contest was well run and the weather was perfect. The Club and the CD Jeff Buchner did a great job preparing the field and lunches. There was no cost to register but the Flying Tigers Club collected donations for a children food pantry. We had 8 pilots. Two pattern pilots came just to visit from St. Louis and helped to judge many times. After each fly the judges gave coaching to pilots. We had a great time. The electronic scribe was used.

We have been using the electronic scribe since 2015. We had small issue when the UPS battery failed after the generator ran out of gas because we were having lunch.

This is reminder for those running the electronic scribe to check the UPS battery and replace it if necessary. The following picture shows the CD calling for Mark Robert that won the Sportsman class. In the picture you can see how nice was the field with the box lines.

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Contest results can be viewed at this web site: h t t p s : / / w w w. p a t t e r n s c o r i n g . c o m / af3ecd67-6772-4a53-bb0a-e699198e08c4 Before adding the Part II of Mariano Gosanian article. I want to mention very interesting case that brings back the point of Mariano article: “THE IMPORTANT IS NOT THE ARROW IS THE ARCHER. I want to share information about a top-ranked archer in the country is a 36-year-old Matt Stutzman of Fairfield, Iowa.

Take the time to view the video. It is just amazing. Here the link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thearmless-archer-matt-stutzman/

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Districts Monoplane vs. Biplane - PART II By: Mariano Gostanian However, we can be seduced to get a biplane thinking that we will be able to get an almost instantaneous gratification that many things will be easier to do, like rollers, knife edge fly, etc. Let me tell you that really is not like that, at least in part.

Let’s think about the following. In general, a biplane has better performance in knife edge flying than a monoplane and also even with T-canalizer. Let’s study a fuselage traveling in knife edge like a wind of long chord and little wingspan, where the canopy is the highest point in one side and the belly is the highest point in the other side. In general, in the biplane, the air flow is trapped between the wings increasing the efficiency of the fuselage because it does not allow that the air scape to the sides helping to equalize the pressures on both sides. We always think about this when the plane is in knife edge. Now, lets to the same in level straight fly. That capacity to fly in knife edge is still there and the air surrounding it does not knowns in what position is the model flying. This capacity is still in any position so pilot needs to keep attention in avoiding wrong corrections and makes easier that the planes loses tracking. This is one of the problems that we can find in biplanes in regard precision flying. The biplane is a model with better capacity of flying in knife edge also requires superior control yaw corrections by the pilot.

This includes cross wind and its effects.

Before we mentioned that the trimming and the pilot level are very important factors that needs to be taking into account together. Imagine that a pilot has already difficulties to set up and trim a monoplane. How this pilot could get the correct set up for incidences and CG when using a biplane? Do you remember the approximate values when we mention a monoplane in Part I? I don’t want to discourage you but there are two wings producing sustentation, the upper and lower wings. I am sure that results will be different for each configuration and they will affect the airplane trimming, stability and tracking.

After reading all this you will be thinking that I won’t like the biplanes at all, well on the contrary, I had designed and built 4 different biplanes models (Austral, Austral

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bip, Andes and Quark). I am also helped to design few biplanes for top pilots. I have been doing many trials and I have been gained a lot of experience how to trim and adjust biplanes.

The process of producing a pattern model has been a collaboration between designers and pilots. Clearly, they have been producing new generations of more capable monoplanes. Similarly, this process has been happening with biplanes and the progress has been reducing the disadvantages.

In regard to the question: What is the ideal model (monoplane or biplane) won’t have a definitive answer in a long time. I believe so after having the experience designing, building and flying both. The decision depends of many factors and the pilot will need to weight all factors and make a decision. I hope that this article helps you to find a better answer. My final recommendation, spend more time sharpening the tip of the arrow. When you are sure of your capabilities sharpen a superior one if you feel that you need it.

Mariano Gostanian Thanks Mariano!

This article is available in Spanish as well.

If you’re interested, send me an email and let me know.

D6 |Justin Wells 20811 Surrey Creek Ct. | Katy, TX 77450 832-356-6408 | justin@jtwells.com AR•CO•LA•NM•OK•TX

As I write this, we are headed into the last month of our contest season here in D6. I’m certain this contest season will be considered the most unique one we have had in our history. I for one have missed the contests, I’ve enjoyed the smaller gatherings and extensive coaching, but getting together and flying in front of judges is one of the main reasons I enjoy this portion of the hobby. I hope each of you have made the best out of our “downtime” and we can pickup next year with a clean slate. I would say the term, out of practice can’t be used next year as an excuse.

LAMA Pattern Contest Submitted by Dan Underkofler

Report.

We got a welcome relief from the August heat and oppressive smoke to make a great weekend for flying. 16 contestants made a busy, but fast-moving, event while running 2 flight lines. A large Sportsman class was great to see.

Districts EDF jets was added to the contest after having good interest (and fun) at the earlier Arvada CO contest. We had 4 entrants in the Basic/Scale EDF class. I hope more CDs will consider adding EDF to their contests.

LAMA Scores 1-3:

I had also scheduled and promoted the Club class for this contest. I tried to do everything possible to make it a low-stress and low-cost opportunity to give Pattern a try. It was to be non-judged, with a coach/ caller supplied for each flyer. Unfortunately, it was a terrible flop, with just one entrant.

These special events designed to attract newcomers just don’t seem to work. I’m even more convinced that the only way to get new blood is to latch on to potential pattern flyers and befriend/encourage/ mentor on a one-on-one basis. – Dan

Intermediate: 1.

Mark Dennis 2.

Bill Bancroft 3.

Bill Peck

Sportsman: 1.

Bill Whichelo 2.

Kevin Archer 3.

Rick Redden

F3A Silver: 1. John Bently F3A: 1.

2.

Daniel Underkofler Joe Pirozzoli ‘Till Next Time, Justin

Advanced: 1.

Lanny Hansen Masters: 1.

Charles Schone 2.

Chris Hogue 3.

Scott Wait

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D7 - Dan Lipton nsrcad7dvp@gmail.com AZ•CA•HI•NV•UT

Hello District 7 I’m sorry to say, though I’m sure most of you already know, that I have cancelled the District 7 championship scheduled for October 24th and 25th due to combination of a lack of contests (for which to be the champion of) and my concerns about hosting such an event, requiring travel, during the pandemic. The good news is that the Bear Mountain Flyers in Arvin, CA will host a 2 day contest for the same weekend. Please register on the NSRCA website if you wish to attend.

In other news, the “Back in the Saddle” contest, also hosted by the Bear Mountain Flyers in Arvin, a one day event held the Saturday before Labor day was a big success. Kudos to Tony Frackowiak for making this happen. It attracted 15 pilots, with some new names on the competition this year. The top 3 in each class are as follows: Club: 1st: 2nd :

Greg Jacobson Bruce Giumarra

Sportsman: 1st: Mervin Ory 2nd: Don Brown 3rd: Don Hendricks Advanced: 1st: Leon Robinson F3A Silver: 1st: Jim Kimbro

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2nd: 3rd:

Gary Banducci Bill Wallace

F3A: 1st: 2nd: 3rd:

Jeffery Szueber Matthew Kimbro Tony Frackowiak

Here in Norcal, flying has been inhibited by very smoky air, though yesterday (9/13), I went out to the field, and while the overall visibility was IFR (only 1.25mi) it was just good enough to be able to see the plane at both ends and the top of the box, so a few of us got some practice in. That being said, I consider myself lucky to live in a part of California where the smoke is all we have to deal with as a result of the fires. There is enormous loss of life and property, and serious disruption of life going on here in California, and also our friends in Oregon (District 8). Our thoughts are with all of those affected. Here is a website I’ve found which lists a variety of organizations providing help and could use donations:

connection failure between my battery and my switch harness. I confirmed this by, again, taking advantage of the telemetry, by jiggling the wires on the receiver batter/switch connection, I could make the beep happen almost every time (with a corresponding receiver reboot showing in the logs). Without the telemetry, the only way I might only have noticed this issue was when it failed more seriously, resulting in a crash. Even without the crash, it may have been difficult to diagnose what an experienced loss of control may have been caused by. Next task for me was to install the JETI dual power input magnetic switch. This added redundancy gives a bit

https://www.charitynavigator. org/index.cfm?bay=content. view&cpid=7574 (Note, I haven’t personally researched the organizations listed, I’m just providing this link to help us navigate how to help) Thank you,Telemetry!

One of the things I love about modern R/C systems is the real time telemetry.

These are great for monitoring all sorts of parameters right here on your transmitter, which enhance the safety of your flying, and provide an ability to diagnose “glitches” you might experience in the air, by wading through the logs. This leads me to my installation of a redundant receiver power supply with magnetic switch from JETI. While flying, way back in July, my transmitter beeped at me. I knew this to be an alarm of some sort, and although I experienced no noticeable loss of control at the time of the beep, my next maneuver was a landing. I opened up the logs on the JETI transmitter, which displays them as a graph, x-axis being time, y axis being a variety of parameters. As I scrolled through the time axis, I saw the text “Receiver reboot”, corresponding to the time I heard the beep. To make a long story short, I had an intermittent

more peace of mind, and it is a relatively inexpensive insurance policy.

(And the magnetic switch is cool, too). Of course, my buddy Derek will tell you that he’s been on me to do this for a while (I even had purchased the switch last year, but my if it ain’t broke don’t fix attitude got the better of me). Nearly all modern radio systems offer telemetry, and while the subject of redundant receiver power has been discussed much in the past, my point here is more to shed light on that.

I encourage all of you to look at what telemetry is offered by the radio you use and configure it and take advantage of it. It may save your plane.

Cheers Dan.

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Districts ranging from Unhealthy to Hazardous.

Some of our pilots received Evacuate Immediately notices which meant get in the car and go, NOW. Fortunately, as of today (9/15/20) some of the evacuation statuses are being reduced or lifted entirely. But thousands of people are still looking at a bleak future.

D8 | Art Kelly 367 Golf View Drive | Medford, OR. 97504 541.905.2954 | afkelly25@gmail.com AK•ID•MT•OR•WA•WY

This month’s report from D-8 is a departure from the customary reflections on new birds, building tips and recent contests. In fact, events of Tuesday, September 8 tipped our last contest of the season into the dust bin as we came face to face with a new reality. In a matter of hours our western view was filled with intense, roiling black (not gray) smoke, billowing from one horizon to the other. And shortly after, the skies were filled with large tanker aircraft being deployed from the Medford airport.

They were not climbing out as normal passenger aircraft would, but vectored just above the tree line and made passes over the mounting fires. Plane after plane after plane - drop, return, retank and repeat.

Focusing on model aircraft during these times is not a priority. However, it’s heartening to find the outpouring of messages of concern and support that D-8 pilots have been receiving from their counterparts all over the country.

The D-8 2020 season consisted of two contests. We are all optimistic that next year will permit us to dust off the ash and cobwebs and get our wings back where they belong.

Canada | Paul Brine 25 Robertson St. | Fergus Ontario N1M3P7 519.787.5144 | pbrine@uoguelph.ca The outdoor contest season is now finished for the year. There have been a grand total of 2 contests in the country this year with all the rest being cancelled due to covid-19 restrictions. Hopefully by next year we will be able to go back to a more normal contest schedule.

Although there will still be lots of opportunity for outdoor flying the indoor season is coming. At this point there is no information on whether or not any of the usual venues will be open and available for flying this fall and winter. We usually have 2 indoor contests in Cobourg with one in the late fall and the other in February or March. At this time, there is no news if these or any other indoor contests will be held.

As many know I do a lot of bicycling and one of my favorite routes is a ride that takes me through the communities of Talent and Phoenix, Oregon. They are (were) small towns with pleasant tree lined streets and friendly small businesses. It is heart wrenching to see the news and realize that the photo of a pile of white ash is where I was riding the week before. Hundreds of homes and businesses reduced to thin fingers of smoke from the ruins.

905 Squadron Precision Aerobatics Contest The 2020 Canadian contest season concluded on the September 5-6 weekend with the 905 Squadron Precision Aerobatics contest. This was the only contest held in eastern Canada this year. All others were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Fourteen pilots attended with 7 in F3A and the result divided between the 3 remaining classes.

The destruction was not limited to Medford. Wildfires have been enveloping communities throughout Oregon and Washington and drifting intense smoke into Idaho. Yesterday’s Air Quality Index reported that nearly all the communities where D-8 pilots are located had AQI’s

Saturday was cloudy, cool and a bit breezy and Sunday turned out to be sunny and clear but still cool. Contest logistics in the current environment are more difficult requiring sanitizer on hand, social distancing and catered lunch. Even the scoring system had to be sanitized

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Districts between rounds when changing judges.

F3A was up first with 2 rounds followed

by Sportsman, Intermediate and Advanced flying as a group for another 2 rounds.

After a break for lunch F3A flew another 2 rounds followed by 2 rounds for everyone else. This left 2 rounds for everyone for Sunday which were completed by early afternoon.

The team trials to select the Canadian team for the 2021 world championships was held as part of the 905 squadron contest. A separate pool of 6 judges for F3A allowed for 2 panels of 3 judges each.

A judges meeting was held by Zoom earlier in the week to review the P21 sequence and go over common errors and things to watch for. As one of the judges I found this very helpful.

The Canadian team. Standing l-r: Ethan Chariandy, Chad Northeast, Michi Akimoto.

Front: Will Gross, alternate.

Will Gross preparing to fly. Chad is assisting.

There were 10 pilots initially registered for the team trials. One withdrew and flew Advanced due to a lack of practice time and another 3 were unable to attend leaving 6 pilots to compete for the 3 team positions and the alternate. There were no juniors registered for the team.

The team will be Chad Northeast, Ethan Chariandy and Michi Akimoto with Will Gross as the alternate. There will be no junior on the team for 2021 as no juniors registered for the team trials.

Chad Northeast’s Akuma+

Sportsman Marcel Bastien

4000

Intermediate Brian Pike Don Waller

4000 3772

Advanced Xavier Mouraux Kim Vasiliadis Denis Dionne Max Perez

4000 3737 3619 3393

F3A Chad Northeast Ethan Chariandy Michi Akimoto Will Gross Colin Chariandy Jeff Stevens Richard Vigneault

4000 3934 3800 3771 3719 3606 3512

FMS Olympus. A very capable option in the lower classes

Contest Schedule No indoor events have been scheduled yet.

Hopefully by next year restrictions will have been lifted enough to allow a return to normal and events will be able to be held at the usual time.

Michi Akimoto’s Excess

Check the event listings on the MAAC website and the F3A Canada website for the latest information.

That’s all for now. Flight complete.

Paul

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F3P

F3P Indoor Aerobatics

by Sal Piu

As of September 8, I confirmed the F3P indoor world championship event has moved from February to November 2021, as approved by the CIAM. As a result, and possibly in consideration of the outdoor USA F3A team trials scheduled to occur two weeks prior to the F3P team trials, the USA F3P team trials event, currently targeted for October 10th 2020 at the Sparta Dome in Crowne Point, Indiana, may be pushed back as well. Furthermore, there may also be a change in the CD running the F3P USA team trials event. It may not be possible to announce the latest news about the team trials in this k-factor based on article submission deadline being in the middle of September to prepare for an October 1st publication release: potential team trial participants will need to keep in touch via email, phone, etc. about the tentative October 10th team trial event.

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I would like to remind USA indoor aerobatic RC flyers that NSRCA web site has an “F3P Contests” category included in the “List Events” menu options, along with each District option, in the pull-down menu of the button that says Categories.

F3P contest directors should be able to add their event there. If you plan to run an F3P contest and have difficulty, let me know and I can help set it up for you. At the moment, the USA Team Trials October 10th 2020 event is not included in the list.

I‘ve also noticed that other the USA F3P Team Trials, there is no one-place on the web for USA indoor RC aerobatic info. I’ll look into possibly establishing one over the next few months, with intent to name it something along the lines of Indoor RadioControlled Aerobatics. Let me know if you have interest to see it happen, ideas on format, or content to support such a site.

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