Radio Control: Scale
NEW NATS EVENT: A recent phone call from a Texas Scale modeler asked about a competition event for his monster multiengined airplane which weighed more than the AMA's 40-lb. limit for Giant Scale (Event 514). He had heard about a newly proposed FAI event for large Scale models. We have good news for him. The February 1988 issue of MA presented the official schedule for the Virginia Nats. There is now an added event. FAI Large Scale, and the weight limit is 55 lb. In addition, the engine total displacement top limit is an immense 6.1 cu. in. This could be a pair of Quadra 50s or three 35s. The maximum wing area of 53.8 sq. ft. is larger than that of the twin-engine, man-carrying aerobatic Cri-Cri in France! Imagine a model of 18-ft. span with 3-ft. chord, powered by a pair of Quadra 50s and weighing 55 lb., flying legally in our Nats!
Radio Control: Scale
COCKPIT INTERIORS: AMA Sport Scale rules specify that judges are to ignore cockpit detail in scoring. This gives the competition modeler an excuse to omit such detail. However, more than 95% of the Scale models constructed never see a contest.
