Thursday was Unofficial Navy Carrier Events day. It was also the last day of Navy Carrier flying at the 2025 AMA Nationals.
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Welsey Smith launching brother, Conner Smith's, Skyray 35 Carrier plane.
Jeff Gitchel puts the electric starter to the spinner on James Van Sant’s B Speed plane.
We flew A Speed, B Speed, and Sport Jet Speed. Yes, that was us making all that noise over on Site 2. A Speed is flown using a .15 cubic inch motor. B Speed is flown using up to a .29 cubic inch motor. There were a total of five entries in Sport Jet. We had five entries in B Speed and four entries in A Speed.
Today’s event was AMA Speed Limit Combat. Twenty-five contestants flew a highly competitive event with a twist of a limited speed. Sounds easy, right? Well, detuning a combat plane to not exceed 75mph is tougher than one might think.
The Moon clan (L to R): Max (Doug's son), Steve, Doug, and Jack (Steve's son). It is a true family affair that spans the globe. Jake resides in Singapore.
Today was “Top 20 Day” in Open class and “Top 12 Day” in Advanced class.
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Nats Demystified
In our final episode of Nats Demystified, Matt Ruddick talks to Wally Adasczik and Bob Sifleet about hunting thermals in Soaring and Free Flight events.
Join Matt Ruddick for another Nats Demystified where he talks to League of Silent Flight Secretary John Marien about how sailplanes are able to soar in windy conditions.
Matt Ruddick comes back for another episode of Nats Demystified to talk to four-time Nats champion Bob Sifleet about how free flight modelers find stray models.
In this episode of Nats Demystified, AMA's Matt Ruddick talks to League of Silent Flight President Wally Adasczik about sailplanes, particularly about on way these aircraft are launched into the air without the need for a propeller or tow-plane.
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