Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Scale allows any aircraft designed and built
for Combat as long as it had fixed,
forward-firing guns, regardless of how
many were built, whether or not they were
actually used in combat, and even whether
or not they were actually flown. (There
aren’t many combat aircraft that were built
but never flown, but there were a few. The
Me 109Z and the Vought Flying Flapjack
come to mind, but there are probably others
if we looked into it.)
By comparison, the 2548 Scale rules are
much more selective in the choice of
available aircraft. To get on the approved
list of fighter designs, the aircraft must be
considered a “fighter.” Ground-attack
aircraft, dive-bombers, torpedo bombers,
light bombers, and medium bombers are
excluded.
In addition, the aircraft is required to
have seen active duty, with at least 12
aircraft, and scored aerial victories over
manned aircraft. The net effect of this
portion of the rules is to decrease the total
number of designs allowed, with no more
“one-off” prototypes qualifying for RC
Combat under these rules.
There are plenty of “true-blue” designs
available, including all the basics such as
the Me 109, P-40, Hurricane, Zero, and
dozens of others. There are several widely
used designs such as the Il-2, the Kate, and
the Blackburn Firebrand that will no longer
be allowed; however, the rules do include a
provision to grandfather many 2610 Scale
designs for 2005, which will allow these
airplanes to fly in 2548 Scale.
There are other major differences
between the two sets of Scale rules, and
one of the most important is that 2548
Scale will require much more attention to
the “scale” aspect of Scale Combat. All
models competing are scale judged before
the first round and placed in one of four
categories. By reviewing accuracy of
outline, color scheme and markings, and
using a written documentation procedure,
each individual model will be given a
Bonus, Pass, Penalty, or Fail ranking.
Models receiving the Bonus ranking
will get 20 points added to their flight
scores per round. Those receiving a Pass
will go into combat with no points added or
subtracted from their score. For models that
have “one or more major flaws,” the
Penalty category would have to subtract 20
points from each round flown.
Finally, models that have “multiple
major flaws” or are marked in “civilian or
sport colors” will receive a Fail rating and
won’t be allowed to fly in the Scale meet;
however, nonscale “safety markings” are
allowed on the bottom of the wings without
penalty.
Unlike 2610 Scale Combat, the 2548
Scale rules require scale documentation,
and failure to supply documentation “may
cause an airplane to receive a Fail result.”
Documentation requirements have been
kept simple though, with a “commercially
available or RCCA-provided three (or
more)-view drawing” to check the accuracy
of scale outline and proof (a photograph is
sufficient) of the accuracy of the color
scheme and markings. No more than two
pages are allowed for proof and the threeview
drawing counts as one page, so the
documentation should require little effort
to assemble.
The size requirements for models in
2610 Scale and 2548 Scale are different.
2610 requires 1/12 scale plus or minus 10%,
and 2548 sets a maximum wingspan at 48
inches for a single-engine design and 60
inches for a twin-engine design, regardless
of the actual wingspan of the aircraft being
modeled.
Naturally some Combat fliers have
asked what designs could be flown in 2610
Scale or 2548 Scale as long as the engine
rpm limits for 2548 are met. There are
several designs with good crossover
potential, allowing the Combat flier access
to meets using either set of rules. Some
that stand out are the Grumman F6F, the
Republic P-47N, the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H,
and of course, the ever-popular Fairey
Fulmar!
Whether you fly SSC, Open Class,
2610 Scale, or 2548 Scale, RC Combat is a
blast, so get building and join the fun!
Until next time, build straight, fly safely,
and always be sure to check your six! MA
Edition: Model Aviation - 2005/04
Page Numbers: 147,148
Edition: Model Aviation - 2005/04
Page Numbers: 147,148
Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Greg Rose, 1312 NW 196th St., Edmond OK 73003
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
Serious Combat flying deserves serious ground support, and
these people have it covered!
One of the appealing aspects of the 2548 Scale RC Combat rules
is the larger size of the models.
Under the new 2548 Scale Combat rules, roughly one-third of these airplanes at the
2004 Texas Nationals would be allowed to compete without penalty.
I HAVE an important announcement. The
dates for the 2005 RC Combat Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, have changed! The new
dates for the event are Wednesday, July
13 through Saturday, July 16.
For those of you who have been a part
of the RC Combat movement, the
importance of growing the RC Combat
Nats in Muncie from a two-and-a-half-day
event to four full days is obvious. The
number of fliers that RC Combat draws is
so large that in 2004 the Richmond
(Indiana) Prop Busters had to field the
Marathon Before Muncie for all Slow
Survivable Combat (SSC) fliers to have
their chance to fly.
With the tremendously popular SSC
event and the largest RC Combat class in
terms of number of participants, we
desperately needed the extra time. As it
was, other Combat meets such as the Lone
Star Nationals in Paris, Texas, managed to
outdraw the Nats in 2004. This trend
showed no sign of ending without
addressing the size of the Nats.
Four days for the RC Combat Nats is a
welcome development for the event,
especially since the weather in Muncie
can be slightly uncertain at that time of
year. As I write this, the exact schedule
for the expanded time slot is still being
worked out. It is reasonable to expect that
SSC will take its rightful place in the
Nats. What will be interesting is whether
the current 2610 Scale event, the up-andcoming
2548 Scale event, or both will be
scheduled.
The frequencies assigned for the RC
Combat Nats are 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20,
21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53,
54, 56, 57, 59, and 60.
For more up-to-the-moment news on
the RC Combat Nats and all other RC
Combat national events, check out the
Radio Control Combat Association
(RCCA) Web site at www.rccombat.com.
While you’re there you can do a number of
other things, including pay your RCCA
dues (it takes PayPal) and review the latest
revisions in the rules.
The Web site also has the new provisional
2548 World War II Scale Fighter Combat
rules available for review. As I mentioned
in an earlier column, the 2548 Scale rules
attempt to address the lack of “scaleness”
in the current 2610 Scale rules.
In 2610 Scale, only general
requirements for the scale appearance in
outline and color exist. To the dismay of
some, this portion of the 2610 Scale rules
is often not enforced. In addition, 2610
Scale allows any aircraft designed and built
for Combat as long as it had fixed,
forward-firing guns, regardless of how
many were built, whether or not they were
actually used in combat, and even whether
or not they were actually flown. (There
aren’t many combat aircraft that were built
but never flown, but there were a few. The
Me 109Z and the Vought Flying Flapjack
come to mind, but there are probably others
if we looked into it.)
By comparison, the 2548 Scale rules are
much more selective in the choice of
available aircraft. To get on the approved
list of fighter designs, the aircraft must be
considered a “fighter.” Ground-attack
aircraft, dive-bombers, torpedo bombers,
light bombers, and medium bombers are
excluded.
In addition, the aircraft is required to
have seen active duty, with at least 12
aircraft, and scored aerial victories over
manned aircraft. The net effect of this
portion of the rules is to decrease the total
number of designs allowed, with no more
“one-off” prototypes qualifying for RC
Combat under these rules.
There are plenty of “true-blue” designs
available, including all the basics such as
the Me 109, P-40, Hurricane, Zero, and
dozens of others. There are several widely
used designs such as the Il-2, the Kate, and
the Blackburn Firebrand that will no longer
be allowed; however, the rules do include a
provision to grandfather many 2610 Scale
designs for 2005, which will allow these
airplanes to fly in 2548 Scale.
There are other major differences
between the two sets of Scale rules, and
one of the most important is that 2548
Scale will require much more attention to
the “scale” aspect of Scale Combat. All
models competing are scale judged before
the first round and placed in one of four
categories. By reviewing accuracy of
outline, color scheme and markings, and
using a written documentation procedure,
each individual model will be given a
Bonus, Pass, Penalty, or Fail ranking.
Models receiving the Bonus ranking
will get 20 points added to their flight
scores per round. Those receiving a Pass
will go into combat with no points added or
subtracted from their score. For models that
have “one or more major flaws,” the
Penalty category would have to subtract 20
points from each round flown.
Finally, models that have “multiple
major flaws” or are marked in “civilian or
sport colors” will receive a Fail rating and
won’t be allowed to fly in the Scale meet;
however, nonscale “safety markings” are
allowed on the bottom of the wings without
penalty.
Unlike 2610 Scale Combat, the 2548
Scale rules require scale documentation,
and failure to supply documentation “may
cause an airplane to receive a Fail result.”
Documentation requirements have been
kept simple though, with a “commercially
available or RCCA-provided three (or
more)-view drawing” to check the accuracy
of scale outline and proof (a photograph is
sufficient) of the accuracy of the color
scheme and markings. No more than two
pages are allowed for proof and the threeview
drawing counts as one page, so the
documentation should require little effort
to assemble.
The size requirements for models in
2610 Scale and 2548 Scale are different.
2610 requires 1/12 scale plus or minus 10%,
and 2548 sets a maximum wingspan at 48
inches for a single-engine design and 60
inches for a twin-engine design, regardless
of the actual wingspan of the aircraft being
modeled.
Naturally some Combat fliers have
asked what designs could be flown in 2610
Scale or 2548 Scale as long as the engine
rpm limits for 2548 are met. There are
several designs with good crossover
potential, allowing the Combat flier access
to meets using either set of rules. Some
that stand out are the Grumman F6F, the
Republic P-47N, the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H,
and of course, the ever-popular Fairey
Fulmar!
Whether you fly SSC, Open Class,
2610 Scale, or 2548 Scale, RC Combat is a
blast, so get building and join the fun!
Until next time, build straight, fly safely,
and always be sure to check your six! MA