2026

By Paul Gibeault

AMA Class I Mouse Race is arguably the simplest of all the book racing events. Only reed-valve .049 engines are allowed and all contestants used versions of the Cox Black Widow .049. There are no engine restrictions. This year’s winning engine was a Cox Venom. Mouse Race engines are commercially available in both Canada and the USA. 

By Melvin Schuette

The Saturday before the Navy Carrier events were scheduled to start, the gentleman that was scheduled to be the event director had a family emergency that prevented him from attending the 2026 AMA Nationals. Contestants Pete Mazur and Melvin Schuette volunteered to run the events. 

The Navy Carrier deck has been set up, and all the planes have been processed. 

We wrapped up Day 2 of speed flying four more events. Things went a lot faster today!

By Matt Neumann

Now hold on a second. You mean to tell me that a virtual rookie who has been flying pylon for only a few years can come out here and win EF1 at the Nats? Well, that’s exactly what Chris Martin did this afternoon.

One thing that you can count one with a Control Line (CL) Scale contest is that you never know what the other pilots are going to fly. The definition of CL Scale is that you fly a miniature version of a full-size aircraft.

Welcome to the first of four days of Control Line Speed. We flew four different classes of Speed today: 21 Profile Proto Speed, Formula 40 Speed, ½A Profile Proto Speed, and Sport Jet Speed.

By Tim Lampe

Well alrighty you glider guiders, here we go again! “Glider Camp” aka “The Academy of Model Aeronautics/ League of Silent Flight (AMA/LSF) Soaring Nationals,” organized by our absolute favorite Nationals event director, Wally “By Golly!” Adasczik, is set to begin with Cross Country.

My name is Tim Lampe and I have been asked to write the 2026 edition of NatsNews for RC Pylon Racing. I started pylon racing in 2013 and I’ve been all-in since then, though many have been racing for double, triple or quadruple that time and have contributed much more to pylon racing.