Radio Control: Scale
STATIC JUDGING METHOD. A letter from David Andersen advocates an accelerated procedure for static judging. Read on: "This note is to tell you about a static judging procedure that we have found to be faster and fairer than the static circle method. It is completely within the AMA rules. "During the Twin City Radio Controllers' annual Scale contest, we tried a slightly different method of static judging. We call it `simultaneous static judging.' The contestants are asked to place their airplanes, with documentation and score forms, upon a designated line. We use a taxiway for this, but any line would do.
Radio Control: Scale
AS USUAL, the throng of enthusiasts filled the aisles at the Toledo Expo, and the single most tightly-packed area surrounded Dave Brown's exhibit. His radio-control flight simulator for the Apple II computer was in constant use for the full three days. A large percentage of pilots, who attempted to control the flight of the model image on the picture tube had their joy abruptly interrupted by a shattering crash, followed by the bad news of the cash amount for damage repairs. We saw one demonstration, by Dave himself, of a difficult Rolling Circle maneuver which was completed successfully, to prove that the model image could be flown.
Radio Control: Scale
FLIGHT QUALITY: In our May 1984 column, we discussed subject selection (the steps taken in finding a model type that will fly well enough to insure scalelike flight). The contest modeler needs no urging to seek a quality of flight that is at least equal to the quality of his aircraft. The non-contestant disciplines himself to fly in a scalelike manner for his own personal satisfaction, and because he is aware that fellow fliers expect it of a Scale subject. Quality of models has escalated far beyond what was thought possible, and flight quality has now begun to catch up.
