Radio Control: Soaring
IF your club has run all the contests it has CDs for and the awards banquet is behind you and the building season-call that winter in areas where oranges don't grow-has you suffering from cabin fever, here's a suggestion: host and conduct a symposium. For the second consecutive year, the Madison Area Radio Control Society (WI) did just that, and last November this group outdid the one they conducted a year ago. That one was scheduled for only one day and had everyone clamoring for more. This year, the two-day schedule still had everyone asking for more.
Radio Control: Soaring
A MEMORIAL to Carl Goldberg. Important topics first this month: I received a telephone call a few days ago from Bill Forrey, the Soaring columnist for Model Builder magazine. The purpose of Bill's call was to take a pulse on an idea he has to pay tribute to one of modeling's best friends, Carl Goldberg. As we all know by now, Carl passed away this past January. Bill's idea is to have a low-key-and he emphasizes low-key-contest to be held sometime over the Labor Day weekend. Actually, he's recommending at least three contests, one on the West Coast, one in the Midwest, and one on the East Coast.
RC Sailplanes at the Toledo Show
TOLEDO! It's called an exposition by the host club, the Weak Signals, but it's more than just an exposition. It's an annual gathering of modelers from across the U.S. and other parts of the modeling world. It's a gathering of special interest groups having a togetherness that isn't experienced at any
Radio Control: Soaring
JUST in case the word slipped by you during the past few months, the AMA Nationals will be held at Westover AFB in Chicopee, MA. More specifically, the Soaring event will be on the grounds of the Smith & Wesson plant, as it was in 1983. Dates for the Nats: July 27 through August 4th. Along with this reminder is a request from Soaring Event Director Jeff Troy for some help. A staff of key workers has already been in contact, but Jeff is requesting some part-time help to work in the transmitter impound area and for some folks to keep order at the winch stations. The jobs are part-time, and you won't miss any turns on the flight line if you're a contestant.
Radio Control: Soaring
SURPRISE! Yes, there was a very pleasant surprise at the Fifth F3B World Championships, and that surprise was in the form of an excellently-flying model designed and flown by Stewart Blanchard of Great Britain. If the high-tech side of model construction has had you shy away from F3B over the years, please do read on. I know this column has featured mold-making that has required hundreds (and, in some cases, thousands) of man-hours to produce the first model. Of course, students of that school defend that method of "model building" for one primary reason: once the molds are finished, then every model produced is identical.
