Radio Control: Soaring
NEWS ABOUT the National Slope Scale Fun-Fly follows. Or, to give the full title: the First Annual National Mid-Columbia RC Soaring Scale Fun-Fly and Soaring Social (AMA sanctioned). Wil Byers of the host club, Tri-City Soarers, wrote to let us know that planning for the event is coming along nicely. For those who may not have heard, this will not be a contest but just a fine opportunity for Scale Sailplane enthusiasts (including Power Scale) to get together and fly their creations on a beautiful slope. There will be ample time to examine each other's ships and compare notes. Up till now there hasn't been much organized Slope Scale activity in the U.S., so we are indebted to Wil and TRICS for getting the ball rolling. So, let's hear about it from Wil:
Radio Control: Soaring
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER: Here's important news for you minority of Sailplaners interested in F3B competition. There is a new national newsletter on the scene which is devoted solely to F3B news, three-views, how-to's, rules updates, and words from top fliers, both from this country and abroad. If you thought you'd enjoy having a try at world-class international Soaring but didn't know how to begin, the F3B-U.S.A. is for you!
Radio Control: Soaring
AMA SOARING FORUM. As I tell the guys in my club, I just edit the newsletter-I don't write it. If there is to be good material in it, either someone else writes it or we "borrow." The same thing goes here. This space belongs to AMA Soaring enthusiasts. Use it as a forum to exchange information, ideas, new products, concerns, etc. I'll use your input as is (or redo it as required), so don't be afraid of how it looks. I'm not a theoretician or aerodynamicist; without your ideas, you'll find the column pretty bare. As to dated announcements, please give us at least a three-month lead time. Such is the magazine-publishing business.
