Free Flight: Duration
Bob Meuser
The Atrium
THE ATRIUM, one more time. In the February issue I suggested that Indoor Week 1982 might have been the last time we'd see big-time Indoor Free Flight in the atrium of the Northwood Institute at West Baden, IN; as it now stands, we'll get one more shot at it during the period June 12–19, 1983. We don't have all the details at this writing (Editor's note: Bud Tenny has more info in his column this month. — RMcM.), but the Second U.S. Indoor Championships is firm for the period June 12–15, 1983.
Events
The U.S. Indoor Champs will include every indoor event you ever heard of, plus a few you probably have not. Events will include:
- All official AMA events
- Bostonian
- Formula Manhattan
- Peanut Speed
- Unlimited Speed
- Other specialty events
The period June 16–19 will likely repeat previous years' activities, plus added events such as the mail-in-your-model Fourth World Peanut Grand Prix, with numerous classes and subclasses of Peanut Scale models to cover specialties from Pre‑WWI Pioneer Class to Post‑WWII Modern Class, and even a special class for Fikes and Laceys.
Second United States Indoor Championships
The Second United States Indoor Championships, sponsored by the National Free Flight Society (NFFS) and the National Indoor Model Airplane Society (NIMAS), will be held the first four days of Indoor Week. Indoor Week will be June 12–19, 1983, at the magnificent atrium, Northwood Institute, West Baden, IN.
Schedule (Practice and Competition)
- Sunday, June 12
- Practice flying: 7:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
- Easy B and Paper Stick events: 12:00 noon–6:00 p.m. (atrium reserved)
- FAI indoor practice: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
- Monday, June 13
- Hand‑launched gliders: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 noon, followed by four two‑hour rounds
- Tuesday, June 14
- FAI team qualification trials
- Manhattan, Cabin, and Bostonian Cabin: 7:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
- Pennyplane and Novice Pennyplane (last two rounds): 10:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
- FAI qualification trials: 3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
- Indoor cabin models flown concurrently
- Wednesday, June 15
- FAI models' final competition session: 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
During that time slot indoor scale events will be flown, including AMA Scale, Peanut Scale using AMA Rule 51‑A, Circular Speed, and kit‑plane scale events.
The official banquet is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on the night before (June 14); banquets are excellent at West Baden.
Entry Information
- Entry blanks and special rules for non‑AMA events will be furnished with the entry blank.
- Request entry blanks from: Italiano, 1655 Revere Dr., Brookfield, WI 53005.
- Please send a business‑sized S.A.S.E. to request an entry blank.
- Entries postmarked later than June 1, 1983 will be assessed a $5 late‑entry fee.
Rules
Manhattan, Bostonian, and Cabin events (fairly standard) will be presented next column. The following are the rules for Unlimited Rubber Speed.
Unlimited Rubber Speed
- Models must be rubber‑powered, propeller‑driven.
- Models must start unassisted (rise off the ground) from a three‑point sitting position.
- Models are timed for two complete laps around two pylons set 20 ft apart.
- Flights will be disqualified if the model touches either pylon or the ground after crossing the starting line.
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