Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/09
Page Numbers: 166, 167
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FOCUS ON COMPETITION

Steve Kaluf's Technical Director column will resume next month.

NATIONAL RECAP

INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY III

  • Standard Class Catapult Glider — Junior: 01:25.5 — Kenny Krempetz (05-02-99)
  • Unlimited Class Catapult Glider — Junior: 01:31.3 — Kenny Krempetz (05-02-99)

INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY II

  • Ornithopter — Senior: 04:27.0 — Jonathon Sayre (04-24-99)

PYLON RACING

  • Quarter Midget — Open: 01:01.04 — Gary Schmidt (04-24-99)

Key Dates

(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)

  • September 10–19 — F3A World Championships, Pensacola, FL

1999 TOP GUN RESULTS

Expert

  1. Terry Nitsch — F-80 Minuteman — Static: 96.667 — Total: 192.792
  2. Phil Sibille — PA-18 Super Cub — Static: 96.053 — Total: 188.250
  3. Stephan Durstein — Ju-52 — Static: 96.000 — Total: 188.048
  4. Tommy Wood — F-15C — Static: 93.667 — Total: 185.504
  5. Kim Foster — Sopwith Pup — Static: 96.750 — Total: 184.583
  6. Mike Winter — Sopwith Pup — Static: 93.500 — Total: 184.583
  7. Corvin Miller — F4U Corsair — Static: 93.167 — Total: 184.209
  8. Jack Diaz — F-4B Phantom II — Static: 91.500 — Total: 181.250
  9. Gary Bussell — Spitfire Mk-14 — Static: 92.917 — Total: 180.625
  10. Mike Barbee — WACO YMF-5 — Static: 93.750 — Total: 180.375

Team Scale

  1. Bill McCallie / Ed Berton — A6M3 Zero — Static: 96.167 — Total: 189.959
  2. Bob Violett / Jerry Caudle — Lockheed TV-1 (F-80) — Static: 96.583 — Total: 189.958
  3. Nick Ziroli Jr. / Bill Steffes — SNJ-5 — Static: 97.500 — Total: 189.375

Designer Scale

  1. Dave Foley — Messerschmitt Me 109 E — Static: 95.250 — Total: 187.458
  2. Ramon Torres — T-34C1 — Static: 91.250 — Total: 185.625
  3. Charlie Nelson — WACO YKS-7 — Static: 95.500 — Total: 185.542
  4. David Riobe — Mig-15 — Static: 91.917 — Total: 185.292
  5. Tom Polapink — Pilz D.IIa — Static: 96.750 — Total: 184.750
  6. Gerard Rutten — Beech C-45 — Static: 93.333 — Total: 183.333
  7. Tom Kosewski — Fokker EV — Static: 97.250 — Total: 182.125
  8. Bob Underwood — Stormovik IL-2 — Static: 98.001? — Total: 181.000? (entry unclear)
  9. Bob Roane — Sopwith Triplane — Static: 92.750 — Total: 180.417
  10. Pavel Fencel — Spad VII — Static: 96.917 — Total: 179.000

RC RACING RULES CHANGE PROPOSALS

Three Radio Control Racing urgent rules change proposals are currently under consideration by the RC Racing Contest Board. The board has voted to take immediate action on these proposals. A final vote will be taken approximately four weeks after this notice for ratification of each proposal. If these proposals are of concern to you, please contact your district RC Racing Contest Board member to voice your opinion.

Proposal #1 (Submitted by Rick Moreland, AMA 3113)

Amend Paragraph 23.3 to read:

  • 23.3.1 If time permits, and there is no frequency conflict, ties shall be broken by a flyoff race. Otherwise, the best single race time shall be considered in determining final placings.
  • 23.3.2 If a prize is to be awarded for the best single race time of the event ("fast time trophy"), race times achieved during flyoff races shall be eligible for the fast-time trophy.
  • 23.3.3 If a national record is set during a flyoff race, the flyoff race shall be considered part of the "AMA Sanctioned Competition" for purposes of paragraph 2, "Acceptance of Records" under "RECORDS" in the General Information section of this rule book.

Proposal #2 (Submitted by Rick Moreland, AMA 3113)

  • Brief summary: Remove confusion on who reflies when a problem occurs while running a heat.
  • Logic behind change: Too much confusion on reflies. The present language is too open to interpretation. (Contact the Competitions Department for the complete text of the proposal.)

Proposal #3 (Submitted by Duane Gall, AMA 88422)

  • Very extensive proposal replacing all sections of the RC Racing rules. (Contact the Competitions Department for the complete text of the proposal.)

The Safety/Emergency proposal published in the January issue of Model Aviation to revise the barrier cage specifications has been ratified and will go into effect on January 1, 2000, per the proposal.

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