John Kagan

A short history of combined AMA Indoor FF Nats and the USIC
“The Indoor event covered in the October ’08 issue was very
good—however! As a CD for many years, I wondered how it
could be sanctioned with so many non-AMA events.

FRIENDS FREQUENTLY ASK me if we use special rubber bands
for our airplanes. The answer is, “Of course!” You don’t think we’d
have devoted all these hours to our toy airplanes without fully
exploring the nuances of extensible motors, do you?
And there is plenty to explore. What might seem as simple a power
source as possible actually has so many variables that a large amount
of knowledge falls into the categories of opinion and black art.
However, let’s start with a few facts.