Focus on Competition - 2003/06

CLEANUP TIME! It seems like every year about this time we need
to let you know the disposition of several urgent or safety-related
rules change proposals. So, here we go.
The first is a proposal for Radio Control (RC) Aerobatics
(Pattern). The RC Aerobatics Contest Board has determined that this
proposal warrants immediate action, but no immediate enforcement.
Approximately four weeks after publication of this proposal the
Contest Board will be taking a vote to ratify the proposal. If ratified,
the proposal will go into effect in January 2004. Please submit any
comments you have regarding the proposal to your district RC
Aerobatics Contest Board member.
Brief summary of the proposed change:
Remove published schedules from the rule book and institute a
process that allows for changing maneuver schedules more
frequently than afforded by the AMA three-year rule cycle.
Exact wording proposed for the rulebook:
a. Move the current landing (page 82) and takeoff (page 86)
descriptions from the rulebook and insert at page 78 immediately
following “Loop/Roll Combinations”)
b. Delete paragraphs 15, 16, 17, and 18 and replace with the
following:
“15. Schedule Change Process. The schedules for the Sportsman,
Intermediate, Advanced and Masters classes will be periodically
changed. During the current year (year A), the NSRCA Board of
Directors will direct a membership survey to propose new schedules
for the following year (year B). The proposed schedules will be
submitted to AMA for RC Aerobatics Contest Board approval no
later than 1 September of year A. Proposed schedules will be
published in the NSRCA Newsletter and placed on the NSRCA
website no later than 1 October of year A prior to the effective date.
The schedules will become official when approved by the AMA RC
Aerobatics Contest Board and published in the February Edition of
Model Aviation Magazine or placed on the AMA Competitions
website. Schedules will be effective on 1 January of year B
following the posting/publication.
16. Development of Schedules. All schedules will be derived from
the published list of maneuvers contained within Section F of the
Judges Guide. The following guidelines will be used in preparing
new schedules. Number of maneuvers will include takeoff and
landing with all airborne sequences beginning with a center upwind
maneuver and ending on a center upwind maneuver prior to landing.
* Allows for exiting and reentering box once during sequence
17. Reserved
18. Reserved
c. Delete the contents of paragraph E, Description of Maneuvers of
the AMA RC Pattern Judges’ Guide beginning on page 78 from
“Avalanche, Upright or Inverted” through page 88 “Two half rolls in
Opposite Directions”
d. Add to page 78 a new Section F. List of Approved Maneuvers,
immediately after the Loop/Roll Combination paragraph.
“F. List of Approved Maneuvers. The following list of approved
maneuvers will be used to create the schedules for Sportsman,
Intermediate, Advanced and Masters classes.
(Please note: The “List of Approved Maneuvers” is not published
here because of the extreme length of the document. The complete
text is available upon request from AMA HQ.)
Logic behind proposed change, including alleged shortcomings
of the present rules. State intent for future reference.
The 3-year rulebook cycle does not allow the degree of flexibility
needed to periodically update and revise maneuver schedules for
AMA classes. FAI changes schedules every 2 years and IMAC
changes every year. This change would allow the flexibility to
change or not to change maneuver schedules periodically without
being bound by the AMA 3-year cycle. In addition, before the
incoming schedules have been flown in competition, new maneuver
schedules must be proposed for publication 21⁄2 years hence. One
primary objection NSRCA had against the 3-year cycle was the
inability to change schedules more frequently. This proposal will
remedy that situation by providing flexibility to change schedules
periodically while retaining a defined set of maneuvers approved by
the Contest Board. The AMA Executive Council requires final
approval of all schedules by the AMA RC Aerobatics Contest Board
but such approval would not be tied to the 3-year cycle and could be
done in any given year.
Submitted by John Fuqua AMA 5955
Two other proposals, previously published, have been voted on.
The proposal to allow composite propellers in Quarter 40 (Event
422) has passed and is now in effect. Additionally, the safety
proposal to modify the Scale Helicopter rules (primarily pilot
position) has been ratified and is, and will stay, in effect.
We have four other urgent proposals we are currently dealing
with. These were published in either the February or March issues.
The respective Contest Board is in the process of doing a ratification
vote on each of these. The votes will be complete by the time you
read this, so feel free to call if you’d like to know the result of each
of the ballots.
Registration for the 2003 National Aeromodeling Championships
continues; it would appear that we will have about the same number
of entrants as in 2002 (approximately 1,300).
We are now very close to the start of the Indoor Free Flight part
of the Nats. This great event will once again take place at the Mini
Dome of East Tennessee State University. If you’ve never seen
Indoor Free Flight, it is worth the trip. This is modeling in its purest
sense. Of course, the outdoor events start in late June this year at
AMA HQ. We hope you are making plans to attend!
Till next time … MA
F o c u s o n C o m p e t i t i o n
Technical
Director
Steve
Kaluf
[email protected]
Key Dates
(Events attended by AMA HQ staff and/or officers)
May 28 - June 1
Indoor National
Aeromodeling
Championships
Johnson City TN
June 6 - 8
AMA Homecoming
Muncie IN
June 27 - August 1
Outdoor National
Aeromodeling
Championships
Muncie IN
June 2003 175
176 MODEL AVIATION
C O M P E T I T I O N D I R E C T O R Y
I: Robert Wilkie, 19 Everett St., Rockland, MA 02370
II: CL & FF: Dave King, 410 Ritter Ave., South Plainfield, NJ 07080-3534
RC: Robert Kircher, 9 Sheffeld Way, Clark, NJ 07066
III: CL, FF, & RC: Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Dr., Macungie, PA 18062 (East)
CL , FF & RC: Sheila Nitsch, 5650 Boyd Rd., Grove City, OH 43123
IV: CL & FF: Jim Coffin, 4604 Hillbrook Dr., Annandale, VA 22003
RC: Alice Munday, 18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton, VA 23666 E-mail: [email protected]
V: RC (FL Only): Judi Dunlap, 14711 SE 1st Avenue Rd., Summerfield, FL 34491
RC (TN, MS, AL, SC, GA, PR): Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., Lavergne TN 37086
FF: Bob Junk, 984 Williams Ditch Rd., Cantonment, FL 32533
CL: Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville,FL 32205-7713
VI: RC (except Soaring): Randy Cameron, 2134 S. Hillcrest Ave., Springfield, MO 65807
RC Soaring: Dale Folkening, 1544 Darien Lake Dr., Darien,IL 60559
FF: Charles Markos, 655 Carlisle Ave., Deerfield, IL 60015
CL: Arthur Johnson, 1818 Oslo Drive, Rockford, IL 61108-6612
VII: FF AMA Headquarters, Competition Department
CL: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N. Shore Dr.,Whitmore Lake, MI 48189-9124
RC (Except for Michigan): Michael Haller, N6237 Shraven Circle, Fond du Lac, WI 54937
RC (Michigan only): Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton, MI 49235
VIII:CL & FF: Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler, TX 75758
RC: Douglas Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls, TX 76310.
IX: Mike Tallman 3014 Exchange, Wichita, KS 67217
RC: Judy Gerken, 2069 South Raleigh St., Denver, CO 80219
X: Ellis Hall, 4811 Amber Ln., Sacramento CA 95841 (North.)
Tim Attaway, 252 Sea Vale St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
Wayne Hamada, 625 Iolani Ave. Apt.. 604, Honolulu, HI 96813-1812 (Hawaii)
Utah and Arizona only:
David Litt, 1111 N. 64th St. 53, Mesa, AZ 85205
XI: Dick Salter, 7217 So. 133rd St., Seattle, WA 98178
RC: W.T. (Bill) Smith, 10825 44th Ave. S.W., Seattle, WA 98146
INDOOR CONTEST BOARD
I: Ray Harlan, 15 Happy Hollow Rd., Wayland, MA 01778
II: Doug Barber, 23 Rabbit Run, Eastampton Twp. NJ 08060-5313
III: Walt VanGorder, 5669 Victory View Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45233
IV: Don Srull, 941 Kimberwicke Rd., McLean, VA 22102
V: Richard MacEntee, 2409 B 14th St. Dr. NW, Palmetto FL 34221
VI: Larry Coslick, 4202 Valley Crest Hill, St. Louis, MO 63128
VII: Gordon Wienewski, 4790 Stratford Dr., Greendale WI 53129
VIII: Ralph (Bud) Tenny, PO Box 830545, Richardson, TX 75080
IX: H. Stan Chilton, 3010 Grail, Wichita, KS 67211
X: Clarence Mather, 2358 Tam O’Shanter Ave., Bishop, CA 93514-1944
XI: Andy Tagliafico, 10039 SW Quail Post Rd., Portland, OR 97219
CONTROL LINE SPEED
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere NJ 07823
III: Glen Van Sant, 414 Valley Rd., Langhorne PA 19047
IV: Albert Jones, 17670 Glass Ridge Pl., Gainesville VA 20155
V: Santo Rizzotto, 1575 N Banana River Dr., Merritt Island FL 32952
VI: William Hughes, 113 N. Chase Ave., Bartlett IL 60103
VII: Barry Tippett, 31052 Mason, Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Dimmitt Perkins, 291 Grant 581, Sheridan AR 72150
IX: Jim Ricketts, 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux City SD 57110-5573
X: Bob Fogg, 11272 Carroza Ct., San Diego CA 92124
XI: Mike Hazel, 1073 Windemere Dr NW, Salem OR 97304
CONTROL LINE CARRIER
I: Glenn Simpson, 19 Hilda St., Worcester MA 01606
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere, NJ 07823
III:
IV:
V: Michael Shull, 3051 Cedar Trce, Tarpon Springs FL 34688
VI: William Calkins, 317 Snow St., Sugar Grove IL 60554
VII: Marc Warwashana, 11577 N Shore Rd., Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
VIII: Dick Perry, 427 Live Oak Lane NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122
IX: Melvin Schuette, Box 240, Auburn KS 66402
X: Ted Kraver, 225 W. Orchid Ln., Phoenix AZ 85021
XI: Mike Potter, 29725 45th Avenue S, Auburn WA 98001
CONTROL LINE RACING
I:
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere, NJ 07823
III: Laird Jackson, MCP HU 245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
IV: Charles Williams, 423 Hunting Creek Dr., Matthews NC 28104
V: Dick Lambert, 754 Renegade Ln., Port Orange FL 32127
VI: Dave McDonald, Box 384, Daleville IN 47334
VII: Larry Dziak, 1474 Capitol Dr., Green Bay WI 54303
VIII: John McCollum, 300 Van Zandt, Co. Rd.4717, Ben Wheeler TX 75754
IX: Jim Ricketts Sr., 4921 E. Fernwood Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57110
X: Doug Mayer, 1727 Penmar Ave., Apt. #2, Venice CA 90291
XI: John Thompson, 2456 Quince St., Eugene, OR 97404
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS
I: Dave Cook, 46 Maple St., Norfolk MA 02056
II: Tom Hampshire, 430 Greenwich St., Belvidere, NJ 07823
III: Bill Werwage, 111 Jacqueline Dr., Berea OH 44017
IV: Warren Tiahrt, 4020 Martins Point Rd., Kitty Hawk NC 27949
V: Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Circle, Macon GA 31220
VI: Allen Brickhaus, Box 206, Golconda IL 62938
VII: Bob McDonald, 28746 Westfield St., Livonia MI 48150
VIII: Gary McClellan, 7812 Bayshore Ct., Ft. Worth TX 76179
IX:
X: Royal (Lucky) Pyatt, 9629 Hazard Ave., Garden Grove CA 92844
XI: Paul Walker, 25900 127th Ave. SE, Kent WA 98031
CONTROL LINE COMBAT
I: Neil Simpson, 129 Podunk Rd., East Brookfield MA 01515
II: Dave Edwards, 9 Ardsley Rd., Hillsborough NJ 08844
III: Mike Evans, 436 McGregor Ave., Cincinnati OH 45206
IV: Louis Lopez, 44 Wyndom Circle, Hockessin DE 19707
V: Francisco Rodriquez, 8 SW 96 Ct., Miami FL 33174
VI: Rich Tupper, 3105 Audrea Ct., Woodridge IL 60517
VII: Ron Columbo, 14907 Garden St., Livonia MI 48154
VIII: Pat Willcox, 1927 Running Springs Dr., Kingwood TX 77339
IX:
X: Steve Stewart, 87 W. Windsor Ave., Phoenix AZ 85003
XI: Mark Hansen, 3585 SE Franklin St., Portland OR 97202
FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD
I: Art Ellis, 84 Denison Dr., Guilford, CT 06437
II: Bradley Bane, 60 Lake Ave., Lyndonville, NY 14098
III: Rudy Kluiber, 2021 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
IV: Jim Bocckinfuso, 112 Pinecrest Cir., Moneta, VA 24121
V: Ron Sharpton, 1290 County Rd., Daytona Beach, FL 32119-2469
VI: Chris Matsuno, 8576 Ginger Dr., St. John, MO 63114
VII: Bill Shailor, 2317 Clawson Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48073
VIII: Russ Snyder, 114 Andora, Universal City, TX 78148
IX: Jerald Murphy, 9 Via Escondido, Manitou Springs Valley, CO 80829
X: Doug Galbreath, 3408 Topsail Pl, Davis, CA 95616
XI: John Crosetto, 14809 S.E. 54th, Bellevue, WA 98006
SCALE CONTEST BOARD
I: Irv Searl, 52 Langholm Dr., Nashua, NH 03062
II: Don Typond, 275 Cascade Rd., Warwick, NY 10990
III: Bill Carper, 127 Pearl St., Jackson, OH 45640
IV: Bob Karlsson, 708 Bullen Dr., Middletown, DE 19709
V: David Platt, 1306 Havre, N.W., Palm Bay, FL 32907
VI: John Guenther, 21609 Borden-Greenville Rd., Borden, IN 47106
VII: Claude McCullough, 102 Constance St., Montezuma, IA 50171
VIII: Ernest Harwood, 2711 English Chase, Arlington, TX 76016
IX Glen Lau, 3701 S. 44th St., Lincoln NE 68506
X: Kent Walters, 6407 N. 83rd St., Scottsdale, AZ 85250
XI: Jerry Holcomb, 1010 NE 122 Ave, Vancouver, WA 98684
ELECTRIC
I: Edmund Bassick, 75 Romanock Pl, Fairfield, CT 06432
II: Tom Hunt, 1 Dianne Ave., Centereach, NY 11720-3601
III: Richard Simpson, 332 39th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
IV: David Robelen, R.R. 4, Box 369, Farmdale VA 23901
V: Robert Nelson, 5955 Chickadee Dr., Lakeland, FL 33809
VI: Steve Moskal, 1931 W. 60th St., La Grange, IL 60525
VII: Keith Shaw, 2756 Elmwood, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
VIII: George Parks, 2102 Oxford Ave., Austin, TX 78704
IX: Ed Sweeney, 15815 Wildwind Terrace, Colorado Springs, CO 80908
X: Robert Sliff, 8044 Legion Pl. #6, Midway City, CA 92655
XI: Bernard Cawley, 29838 48th Ave. S., Auburn, WA 98001
AEROBATICS
I: Scott Melville, 100 Chatham Terr., Bridgeport, CT 06606
II: Ron Lockhart, 413 Dennis Dr., Absecon, NJ 08201
III: Geoff Combs, 7658 Silver Springs St., Canal Winchester, OH 43110
IV: Tom Miller, 19130 Brookgreen Garden Pl., Cornelius, NC 28031
V: John Fuqua, 175 W.T. Hulion Rd., Crestview, FL 32539
VI: Charles W. Reed, 5408 Woodson Rd., Raytown, MO 64133
VII: David von Linsowe, 7093 E. Dodge Rd., Mt. Morris, MI 48458
VIII:William Thomas, 5442 Bow Dr., Bartlesville, OK 74006
IX: Jim Mowrey, 310 Capitol Ave., Kinsley, KS 67547
X: Derek Koopowitz, 881 Oxford Way, Benicia, CA 94510
XI: Rick Allison, 26405 SE 160th St., Issaquah, WA 98027
HELICOPTER
I: Randy King, 59 Wallingford Ave., Athol, MA 01331
II: Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank, NJ 07701
III: Paul Soha, 2642 Lacolline Dr., Stow OH 44224
IV: Marshall McClung, 2722 Fawn Rd. SW, Roanoke, VA 24015
V: Cliff Hiatt, 14218 Lake Tilden Blvd., Winter Garden FL 34787
VI: Luther Akemon, 2108 Cedar Run Dr., Kokomo IN 45902
VII: Craig Bradley, 12400 Burlington Dr., Dewitt MI 48820
VIII:Dave Youngblood, 2104 Farley, College Station, TX 77845
IX: Don Vineyard, 1016 Burr Oak Ln., Salina, KS 67401-3209
X: Julius Frank, 1970 Tahoe Circle, Tracy, CA 95376
XI: Rich Josephson, 2842 Tonia Cir., Medford, OR 97504
RACING
I: Pete Reed, 416 Gilmore Pond Rd., Jaffrey NH 03452
II: Ernest Nikodem, 407 Willow St., Lockport, NY 14094
III: Tom Scott, 10073 Spring beauty Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45231
IV: Richard Moreland, 726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater, MD 21037
V: Gail Jacobson, 6205 Rivercliffe Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30328
VI: Dan Kane Jr., 1703 W. Grove St., Arlington Heights, IL 60005
VII: Mike Condon, 9335 Eastwind Dr., Livonia, MI 48150-4521
VIII:Mike Helsel, 7 Stillmeadow, Round Rock, TX 78664
IX: Lyle Larson, HC 80 Box 475, Piedmont SD 57769
X: James Allen, 4235 E. Ellis Circle, Mesa, AZ 85205
XI: Tom Strom, 1420 SW 160th, Seattle, WA 98116
SOARING
I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord, MA 01742
II: Roman Paryz, 59 Steinfeldt Rd.,Lancaster, NY 14086
III: Jack Strother, 1731 Lindenhall Dr., Loveland OH 45140
IV: Douglas Barry, 6518 Tuskan Dr., Charlotte NC 28270
V: Charles Anderson, P.O. Box 305, Tullahoma, TN 37388
VI: Rick Burnoski, 158 Canyon Dr., Bolingbrook, IL 60440
VII: Al Scidmore, 5013 Dorsett Dr., Madison, WI 53711
VIII:Barry Kennedy, 1935 Highvalley Tr., Grand Prairie, TX 75052
IX: Byron Blakeslee, 1448 W. Briarwood Dr., Littleton, CO 80120
X:
XI: Dave Johnson, 16500 SE 1st St. #114, Vancouver, WA 98684
RADIO CONTROL COMBAT
I: Bob Wallace, 91 Sylvan St., Avon CT 06001
II: George Hartman, 14811 Crystal Cove Ct., Ft. Myers FL 33919
III: Rick Fraley, 4412 Eaton Gettysburg Rd., Eaton OH 45320
IV: Pete Rundel, 1031 Riva Ridge Dr., Great Falls VA 22066
V: Lou Melancon, 105 Morton Walk Dr., Alpharetta GA 30022
VI: Philip Rossman II, 19130 Madden Rd., Churubusco IN
46723
VII: Mike Fredericks, 1129 Madison St., Beaver Dam WI 53916
VIII:Doug Powell, 5218 Kingston Dr., Wichita Falls TX 76310
IX:
X: Terry Harner, 2113 Ramada Dr., Oceanside CA 92056
XI: Ron Horton, 1129 Eldora Ln., Billings MT 59105
Chairpersons from each of the other Contest Boards and the Contest Board Coordinator. See individual listings above for addresses.
Ralph (Bud) Tenny William Hughes Richard Perry Richard Lambert Gary McClellan
Pat Willcox Dave Robelen Pete Reed Doug Powell John Fuqua
Douglas Berry Jerald Murphy Cliff Hiatt Cliff Telford David Platt
SCALE
Stephen Sauger, 145 Nottingham Dr., Troy, MI 48098
INDOOR
Steve Brown, 297 Hartman Ct., San Dimas CA 91773
FREE FLIGHT
Henry Spence, 1111 Country Club Ct., Mansfield TX 76063
SPEED & TEAM RACE
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt, CR 4815, Chandler, TX 75758
CL COMBAT
Gary Frost, 13 Castlewood Ct., St. Peters, MO 63376
CL AEROBATICS
Wynn Paul, 3332 Carriage Ln., Lexington, KY 40517
RC SOARING
Buzz Averill, 186 Sedillo Hill Rd., Tijeras, NM 87059
RC AEROBATICS
Earl Haury, 22818 Whitewater Creek Circle, Katy TX 77450
RC PYLON
Wayne Yeager, 15387 Forrister Rd., Clayton, MI 49235
RC ELECTRIC
Charles D. Grim, 1319 Reed Ave., San Diego CA 92109
RC HELICOPTER
Horace Hagen, 15 Parkway Pl., Red Bank, NJ 07701
SPACEMODELING
Dr. Bob Kreutz, 506 Hunters Road, Brick, NJ 08724
FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
CONTEST COORDINATORS
SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD
CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR: Cliff Telford, 1512 S. Greenleaf Ct., Winter Springs, FL 32708
Boldface Below Indicates Chairman of Contest Board