166 MODEL AVIATION
LET ME begin this column with a thankyou
to the District VII membership for the
vote of confidence in the recent election. As
I have stated in the past, I will continue to
serve the Academy and its membership to
the best of my ability.
This month I am going to try a different
approach. Many people have the idea that
the AMA is all about RC. If you look at the
numbers indicated as main interest, it might
appear that way, but not so.
As we know, there are other venues and
one of those is Control Line, and that is what
this column will feature. I started with CL in
1949. Holy cow! I didn’t realize it’s been
that long ago!
One nice thing about CL is that it doesn’t
require a lot of space to fly. Generally we
use 60-foot lines, so a diameter of 120 feet
would be required plus sufficient distance as
a safety margin.
There are five categories of CL flying:
Speed, Carrier, Racing, Aerobatics, and
Combat. There are also different types
within the five listed. I won’t go into the
technical aspects of CL in this column
simply because of space constraints. There
are other features in MA that go into more
detail.
I’ve included some pictures to give you
an idea of another modeling area to
investigate, especially if you are confronted
with the thought of not having enough space
to fly RC.
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; [email protected]
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Bill Oberdieck
Vice President
Box 1076
Southgate MI 48195
Tel.: (734) 283-4813
Fax: (734) 283-0650
www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Larry Brannan, Grand
Rapids MI; (616) 956-6012;
[email protected]
Ed Bucki, S. Rockwood MI;
(734) 379-4054; thebuckster@
sbcglobal.net
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
[email protected]
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; [email protected]
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
[email protected]
Tom Ryan, Greenfield WI;
(414) 881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Charles Spencer, Archer IA
51231; [email protected]
Frequency Coordinators
West: Al Schwartz, Roseville
MN; (651) 633-2286
East: Pete Waters, Northville MI;
(248) 486-4800
Flying Site Coordinator
Joe Beshar, [email protected]
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, [email protected]
District VII Volunteers
New Year's Day Flying-Event for the Insane and More
See you at the circle! Remember, the future of aeromodeling is in our hands now.
Introduce someone to our hobby.
Fly safely and have fun. C.A.V.U.
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