John, You are correct that the event did not have any weight rules, fly what you brung. Do to the many forms of aircraft flown, we decided not limit weight for the scale planes hoping to get more people out to try it out. As far as an official event, yes it was, AMA sanctioned, for both the power and sailplanes. I was the CD for it.
Jerry Miller SOSS-Medford, OR -----Original Message----- From: John Derstine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:08 AM To: 'JMiller'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: 2004 Nats X/C Actually the Scale aertow X-C at Montague was not any official event and was open to all sizes and weight. This wasn't the winch event, but a separate contest as I understand it. At least that was what I was told by Dean Gradwell and Mike Gee. Ask Dean about this, he is very excited about the prospects of giant scale XC. Regardless, you could easily run side by side events at the NATS and have the scale aerotow xc be an unofficial NATs event, thereby bypassing any currents rules. The only downside is there would be no NATS trophies for this part of the event. I can help out with a trophy or two as long as it would not be prohibitively expensive. Talk to Steve Kaluf. We did this very thing the first several years our "new" scale rules were under review. This allowed a continuation of the event under provisional rules. Been there done it. If you want to do it, you would have to most likely clone the rules from the existing event and make minor changes to allow aerotow and heavier sailplanes. It is easy to come up with reasons why not to do something, just do it! John Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.net email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: JMiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re: 2004 Nats X/C Rob is right, the temporary test rules limits us to 11 lbs. We at the Montague XC Challenge have used this limit all 6 years we have run the event. Don't be surprised if you see a couple of entries at the NATS next year from a current world record holder, and the current Event Sponsor of the Montague XC Challenge at Muncie in 2004. Jerry Miller SOSS-Medford, OR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Re: 2004 Nats X/C Jack - Sounds like a fun idea. As I recall the AMA has some rules about max weight of the models that has been a stumbling block in the past with large scale planes. You might want to check that out. happy trails - Rob Glover RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
