Author: Greg Hahn
Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/11
Page Numbers: 149,150,151,152
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Focus on Competition

Technically Speaking ...

Greg Hahn Technical Director [email protected]

NEW RULE Book Cycle: For those of you who are interested in the rule book and what it contains or doesn't, there is a new cycle being tried for the first time. Actually, the cycle and procedures are the same; just the timing and submission have changed.

Rules-change proposals are now made online by using the Word template, available on the opening page of "Rule Proposals" under "Competition/Events" on the AMA Web site (www.modelaircraft.org). The template is also available as "333 (Word)" in "AMA Documents (PDF)." All that's needed is to complete the Word document and attach it to an e-mail and send it to either me or Michelle Lamb at [email protected]. The signatures page is no longer required to be completed—just the proposer's info.

I will view the proposal and check it for compatibility. Then it will be posted to the AMA Web site under "Competition/Events," "Rule Proposals," and the specific discipline for which the proposal is intended.

The timing change mainly has to do with the amount of time allotted for submission and then a shortened voting sequence. You now have until March 15 of the book year, or 14 months, to submit original proposals before the initial voting takes place.

What I hope to accomplish with these changes is to make the process easier for the membership to be involved and then keep the voting sequence short enough that the process won't get strung out over time, and the Contest Boards can accomplish their jobs.

There is a full explanation and chart of the process in the Membership Manual and on the AMA Web site at www.modelaircraft.org/events/ruleproposals.aspx under "Contest Board Procedures." If you have other questions or need something explained further, send me an e-mail and I'll do what I can.

Frequency Questions: Recently I've had several questions pertaining to if and when our 72 MHz frequencies are going to go away. I guess there have been several rumors traveling up and down the East Coast that sometime in the not-so-distant future, 72 MHz will no longer be legal for model aircraft use.

The fear of this scenario may be worsened by the fact that many of the larger modeling events, such as the Joe Nall Fly-In, Top Gun, IRCHA Jamboree, and so on, are now operating on 2.4 GHz only. That decision was made by the organizers of those events only and was not influenced by the AMA or a move by the FCC. The sheer number of participants attending those events makes the use of an impound much too time- and manpower-consuming.

I can say from the AMA's standpoint that there have been no attempts to ban, by or dialog with, the FCC or any other government agency pertaining to our use of the 72 MHz band.

I know there has been considerable concern from members also over the manufacturers' significant decline in producing equipment operating on the 72 MHz frequencies. But to our knowledge, there has been no talk of completely eliminating that type of equipment.

If there happens to be a change to these situations sometime in the future, we will inform the membership as soon as info becomes available to us.

RC Nats Top Three

Hand-Launch Thermal Soaring (AMA event 441)

  1. Philip D. Barnes — 3,567
  2. Jeffrey S. Carr — 3,472
  3. Scott A. Zastoupil — 3,146

Two-Meter Thermal Soaring (AMA event 442)

  1. Charles M. Fox — 15,757
  2. Larry Jolly — 15,653
  3. Luis J. Bustamante — 15,629

Unlimited Thermal Soaring (AMA event 444)

  1. Robert M. Gellart — 8,624
  2. Peter G. Goldsmith — 8,608
  3. Louis J. Glaab — 1,087

F3J Soaring (AMA event 456)

  1. Jon J. Padilla — 3,609
  2. James R. McCarthy — 3,597
  3. Skip Miller — 3,476

RES Function Soaring (RES) (AMA event 460)

  1. Larry Jolly — 3,262
  2. Mario I. Scolari — 3,198
  3. Donald G. Richmond — 3,118

Nostalgia Soaring (NOS) (AMA event 461)

  1. J. Shape — 8,141
  2. Donald P. Harris — 7,663
  3. Robert D. Robinson — 7,530

1/2A Sailplane Electric (AMA event 604)

  1. Ernest A. Schlumberger — 6,843
  2. Ed J. Franz — 5,782
  3. Michael D. McGowan — 5,639

A Sailplane Electric (LMR) (AMA event 610)

  1. Ernest A. Schlumberger — 6,132
  2. Richard E. Vaughn — 6,112
  3. Donald G. Richmond — 6,081

B Sailplane Electric (LMR) (AMA event 612)

  1. Richard E. Vaughn — 6,562
  2. Robert F. Burson — 6,544
  3. Patrick L. Mackenzie — 6,517

Sportsman Scale Aerobatics (AMA event 412)

  1. Riley B. Kissenberth — 3,000.0
  2. Chris A. Woycke — 2,948.6
  3. Mariano A. Barrios Jr. — 2,892.0

Advanced Scale Aerobatics (AMA event 413)

  1. Stuart B. Selock — 2,922.7
  2. Neil J. Westdorp — 2,920.8
  3. Bradley S. Petty — 2,905.4

Unlimited Scale Aerobatics (AMA event 414)

  1. Jason M. Noll — 3,000.0
  2. Kurt W. Koelling — 2,916.2
  3. David E. Moser — 2,897.3

Intermediate Scale Aerobatics (AMA event 415)

  1. Ryan E. Clark — 2,992.4
  2. Matthew T. Stringer — 2,963.7
  3. Alex Porter — 2,917.0

Optional Freestyle Scale Aerobatics (AMA event 950)

  1. Jason M. Noll — 1,000.0
  2. Matthew E. Szueber — 924.0
  3. Jeffery L. Szueber Jr. — 837.6

Intermediate Aerobatics (AMA event 402)

  1. Riley B. Kissenberth — 4,000.0000
  2. David B. Lampron Jr. — 3,903.3176
  3. Edwin M. Manson — 3,811.7619

Advanced Aerobatics (AMA event 403)

  1. Gary R. Courtney — 4,000.0000
  2. Christopher D. Odom — 3,964.1811
  3. Keven O'Connor — 3,759.1642

Masters Aerobatics (AMA event 404)

  1. Anthony J. Frackowiak — 2,999.82
  2. Arch J. Stafford — 2,986.54
  3. George Asteris — 2,914.99

F3A Aerobatics (AMA event 406)

  1. Andrew R. Jesky — 2,000.00
  2. Gordon D. Hyde — 1,993.42
  3. Brett M. Wickizer — 1,978.27

Quarter 40 Pylon Racing (AMA event 422)

  1. Aaron J. Seaholm — 101.92
  2. Roy Andrassy — 104.31
  3. Daniel T. Kane — 102.04

Quickie 500 Pylon Racing (AMA event 428)

  1. David W. Norman — 109.540
  2. Fred H. Burgdorf — 109.300
  3. James E. Allen — 110.120

SSC Open Combat (AMA event 760)

  1. Brian T. Gilkey — 3,644
  2. Eric T. Gilkey — 3,472
  3. William C. Drumm III — 3,424

Class I Helicopter (AMA event 431)

  1. Mark D. Ellison — 5,936.507
  2. Robert M. Mairs — 5,902.917
  3. Randall A. Gibson — 2,555.034

Class II Helicopter (AMA event 432)

  1. Baron J. Johnson — 6,000
  2. George W. Matthews — 4,961.173

Class III Helicopter (AMA event 433)

  1. Erich J. Freymann — 6,000
  2. Ben Minor — 5,689.176
  3. Dennis M. Purduski — 5,072.068

F3C Helicopter (AMA event 434)

  1. Scott A. Gray — 3,000
  2. Curtis Youngblood — 2,989.483
  3. Dwight J. Shilling — 2,762.541

Scale Helicopter (AMA event 518)

  1. Len F. Mount — 3,000
  2. Kerry J. Muncy — 2,381.32
  3. Adam S. Tashjian — 2,337.299

Sportsman Scale (AMA event 511)

  1. Steven R. Eagle — 164.5

Expert Sport Scale (AMA event 512)

  1. Dennis D. Crooks — 191.875
  2. David D. Johnson — 191.125
  3. David Pinegar — 190.25

Designer Scale (AMA event 515)

  1. Robert J. Patton — 187.375
  2. David D. Johnson — 184.5
  3. Harold Parenti — 162.375

F4C FAI Scale (AMA event 516)

  1. John Buckley — 3,584
  2. David D. Johnson — 2,641.25

Fun Scale/Open (AMA event 520)

  1. Frank V. Noll — 101.25
  2. Peter G. Goldsmith — 99.125
  3. Christopher J. Hass — 98.625

Team Scale (AMA event 522)

  1. David Pinegar — 188.125
  2. George P. Maiorana — 188.125
  3. Dale Arvin — 186.875
  4. Mark A. Frankel — 183.25

.21 Proto Speed (AMA event 306)

  1. Glenn M. Lee — 129.16
  2. William Hughes — 128.68
  3. J.H. Rhoades — 125.16

.21 Sport Speed (AMA event 307)

  1. Christopher A. Montagnino — 151.16
  2. Alberto Caballero — 146.64
  3. Glenn M. Lee — 144.63

.21 Sport Speed (AMA event 307S) (Junior/Senior)

  1. Ashley M. Wilk — 142.53
  2. James D. Vansant — 135.03

Formula 40 (AMA event 308) (Open)

  1. David R. Mark — 162.60
  2. Glenn M. Lee — 158.13
  3. Barry L. Tippett — 157.55

Formula 40 (AMA event 308S) (Senior)

  1. James D. Vansant — 142.20

Jet (AMA event 309)

  1. William M. Capinjola — 195.361
  2. William Hughes — 194.727
  3. Christopher A. Montagnino — 192.993

F2A Speed (AMA event 310)

  1. C.L. Dodge — 179.68
  2. William Hughes — 176.70
  3. Alexander Valishev — 176.061

Slow Rat (AMA event 312)

  1. John R. Green
  2. Tim L. Stone
  3. Robert L. Whitney

1/2A Mouse — I (AMA event 313)

  1. Robert L. Whitney — 4:42.00
  2. William R. Lee — 5:09.44
  3. John R. Green — 6:03.58

1/2A Mouse — I (AMA event 313JS) (Junior/Senior)

  1. Ashley M. Wilk
  2. James D. Vansant

1/2A Mouse — II (AMA event 314)

  1. Robert L. Whitney — 6:18.13
  2. David A. Hull — 6:56.28
  3. Enrique Diez — 978.33

1/2A Mouse — II (AMA event 314JS) (Junior/Senior)

  1. James D. Vansant — 10:55.26

Scale Racing (AMA event 317)

  1. David O. Betz
  2. Steve Eichenberger
  3. Tim L. Stone

F2C Team Race (AMA event 318)

  1. Tom Fluker — 6:56.61
  2. Robert L. Whitney — 7:27.23
  3. William R. Lee

Navy Carrier — I (AMA event 319)

  1. Peter O. Mazur — 425.1
  2. David Smith — 228.4
  3. John R. Vlna — 203.4

Navy Carrier — II (AMA event 320)

  1. Peter O. Mazur — 468.9
  2. Everett S. Shoemaker — 320

Navy Carrier Profile (AMA event 321)

  1. Peter O. Mazur — 358.6
  2. Gary R. Hull — 298.0
  3. John R. Vlna — 264.4

Precision Aerobatics (AMA event 322)

  1. David L. Fitzgerald — 1,104.20
  2. Orestes A. Hernandez — 1,095.80
  3. Douglas S. Moon — 1,068.20

Precision Aerobatics (AMA event 322J) (Junior)

  1. Yuhi Minato — 924
  2. Samuel A. Niebel — 665

Precision Aerobatics (AMA event 322S) (Senior)

  1. Ryan W. Young — 998.8
  2. Paul D. Ferrell — 971.4
  3. Oki Minato — 965.0

Advanced Precision Aerobatics (AMA event 325)

  1. Paul D. Ferrell — 995.67
  2. Ryan W. Young — 993.67

Combat (AMA event 328)

  1. Don F. McKay
  2. Don S. Sopka
  3. Howard M. Rush

1/2A Combat (AMA event 330)

  1. Donald W. Cranfill
  2. Don F. McKay
  3. Paul M. Smith

F2D Combat (AMA event 331)

  1. Donald W. Cranfill
  2. Chris Gay
  3. Brad Lapointe

Sport Scale (AMA event 509)

  1. Melinda R. Alberty — 76.5 (Sr.)
  1. Allen L. Goff — 175.375
  2. John G. Brodak — 174.0
  3. Peter Bauer* — 168.125

F4B CL Scale (AMA event 510)

  1. Steven Couch — 2,641
  2. Frank W. Beatty — 2,565.5
  3. Richard D. Schneider — 2,423

F4B CL Scale (AMA event 510JS) (Junior/Senior)

  1. Aaron J. Bauer — 1,326
  2. Jason C. Bauer — 1,175.25

Profile Scale (AMA event 521)

  1. Chris Brownhill — 175
  2. Charles Bauer — 151.75
  3. Jeffrey J. Hitchcock — 122.876

Profile Scale (AMA event 521J) (Junior)

  1. Jason C. Bauer — 48.125

Profile Scale (AMA event 521S) (Senior)

  1. Aaron J. Bauer — 162.25
  2. Nicholas Topp — 150.125

Fun Scale (AMA event 526)

  1. Harry A. Crespo — 97.00
  2. Chris Brownhill — 91.25
  3. Edward V. Mason — 87.5

FF Outdoor Nats Top Three

1/2A Gas (AMA event 101J) (Junior)

  1. Daniel Vucovich — 266

1/2A Gas (AMA event 101O) (Open)

  1. Faust R. Parker — 1,167
  2. Greg R. Hinrichs — 1,157
  3. Reid C. Simpson — 843

A Gas (AMA event 102)

  1. Guy R. Scott — 750
  2. Gilbert L. Robbins — 734
  3. Gerald S. Brown — 730

B Gas (AMA event 103)

  1. Greg R. Hinrichs — 750
  2. Robert M. Hanford — 715
  3. Gary Oakins — 565

C Gas (AMA event 104)

  1. Greg R. Hinrichs — 1,050
  2. Gerald S. Brown — 900
  3. Joe Clawson — 593

D Gas (AMA event 105)

  1. Gerald S. Brown — 896
  2. P. Jack Marsh — 724
  3. Richard Covalt — 667

Payload (AMA event 106)

  1. Walter E. Bowers — 318
  2. Robert D. Stalick — 309
  3. Victor M. Nippert — 301

Cargo (AMA event 107)

  1. Victor M. Nippert — 2,165
  2. Robert D. Stalick — 750

Mulvihill (AMA event 120) (Junior)

  1. Larson A. Ringlien — 356
  2. Hannah K. Ringlien — 261

Mulvihill (AMA event 120S) (Senior)

  1. John A. Shailor — 1,599
  2. Chinmay Jaju — 266

Mulvihill (AMA event 120O) (Open)

  1. William G. Carson — 1,170
  2. Robert L. Perkins — 1,060
  3. Paul Crowley — 1,059

Dawn Unlimited (AMA event 122)

  1. Bud Romak — 458
  2. Paul M. Andrade — 454
  3. Ed Sneed — 388

P-30 (AMA event 124J) (Junior)

  1. Larson A. Ringlien — 475
  2. Hannah K. Ringlien — 299
  3. Alexander J. Parkyn — 293

P-30 (AMA event 124O) (Open)

  1. David L. Sechrist — 869
  2. Don A. DeLoach — 778
  3. Andrew W. Ringlien — 500

P-30 (AMA event 124S) (Senior)

  1. Timothy Roger Barron — 307
  2. Alexandra M. Proffitt — 212
  3. Chinmay Jaju — 123

Moffett (AMA event 128)

  1. James Ferwerda — 1,440
  2. Paul E. Simon — 1,320
  3. Carl M. Redlin — 1,038

Hand-Launched Glider (AMA event 140J) (Junior)

  1. Sevak Malkhasyan — 430
  2. Taron Malkhasyan — 297
  3. Nathan Vucovich — 255

Hand-Launched Glider (AMA event 140O) (Open)

  1. James P. Lewis — 675
  2. Tim A. Batiuk — 578
  3. James C. Buxton — 553

Hand-Launched Glider (AMA event 140S) (Senior)

  1. Miles R. Johnson — 375
  2. Chinmay Jaju — 165
  3. Brian M. Pacelli — 102

Catapult Glider (AMA event 142J) (Junior)

  1. Hannah K. Ringlien — 225
  2. Logan D. Tetrick — 159
  3. Alexander J. Parkyn — 154

Catapult Glider (AMA event 142O) (Open)

  1. Stan Buddenbohm — 415
  2. Ralph Ray — 367
  3. Richard V. Peterson — 354

Catapult Glider (AMA event 142S) (Senior)

  1. Oliver Y. Cai — 165
  2. Chinmay Jaju — 110
  3. Timothy Roger — 95

F1A-A2 Glider (AMA event 150J) (Junior)

  1. Logan D. Tetrick — 1,180
  2. Joseph A. Farmer — 994
  3. Michelle R. Barron — 968

F1A-A2 Glider (AMA event 150SO) (Senior/Open)

  1. Andrew R. Barron — 1,230
  2. Jim A. Parker — 1,221
  3. Miles R. Johnson — 1,212

F1B Wakefield (AMA event 151)

  1. Aram C. Schlosberg — 1,539
  2. George Batiuk — 1,528
  3. Taylor A. Gunder — 1,523

F1C (AMA event 152)

  1. John T. Lorbiecki — 1,970
  2. Austin C. Gunder — 1,955
  3. Norm D. Poti — 1,874

F1G (AMA event 153) (Junior)

  1. Larson A. Ringlien — 421
  2. Logan D. Tetrick — 402

F1G (AMA event 153SO) (Senior/Open)

  1. Ryan R. Jones — 999
  2. Christopher J. Parkyn — 988
  3. Brian J. Van Nest — 966

F1H (AMA event 154J) (Junior)

  1. Logan D. Tetrick — 392
  2. Gina G. Barron — 361
  3. Daniel Vucovich — 267

F1H (AMA event 154SO) (Senior/Open)

  1. Dave Edmonson — 579
  2. Brian J. Van Nest — 575
  3. Kyle T. Jones — 560

F1J (AMA event 155O) (Open)

  1. Austin C. Gunder — 2,465
  2. Robert P. Gutai — 1,963
  3. Faust R. Parker — 1,315

F1J (AMA event 155S) (Senior)

  1. Brian M. Pacelli — 958
  2. Chinmay Jaju — 231

F1P (AMA event 158J) (Junior)

  1. Taron Malkhasyan — 790
  2. Ryan S. Seymour — 672

F1P (AMA event 158SO) (Senior/Open)

  1. Dave Rounsaville — 1,410
  2. Reid C. Simpson — 1,409
  3. Robert M. Hanford — 1,117

Electric A (AMA event 160)

  1. Scott J. Lapraik — 1,320
  2. Richard J. Ivers — 1,076
  3. James T. Jennings Jr. — 821

Electric B (AMA event 161)

  1. Richard A. Ivers — 1,060
  2. James T. Jennings Jr. — 883
  3. Richard J. Ivers — 781

CO2 Unlimited (AMA event 163)

  1. Victor M. Nippert — 720

USA F1K CO2 (AMA event 164)

  1. Victor M. Nippert — 120

1/2A Classic Gas (AMA event C101J) (Junior)

  1. Daniel Vucovich — 266

1/2A Classic Gas (AMA event C101O) (Open)

  1. Bradley Bane — 986
  2. Daniel B. Berry — 866
  3. Gene R. Smith — 730

102-103C AB Classic Gas (AMA event C1023)

  1. Robert E. Mattes — 682
  2. James Boccinifuso — 667
  3. Gerald S. Brown — 663

104C-105C CD Classic Gas (AMA event C1045)

  1. Robert E. Mattes — 900
  2. Richard Covalt — 853
  3. P. Jack Marsh — 827

F1Q (AMA event 159)

  1. Scott J. Lapraik — 953
  2. Richard J. Ivers — 910
  3. Richard A. Ivers — 771

101-105 Row Gas (AMA event R1015)

  1. Gary L. Baughman — 325
  2. William H. Vanderbeek — 272
  3. Mike Fedor — 255

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