CL Scale

The 2020 National Aeromodeling Championships (Nats) are still scheduled to begin July 12. AMA is continuing to monitor the situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s impact on our upcoming events. Our final decision on moving forward with the Nats will take place June 10. AMA Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are also making decisions for their individual schedules, and some are choosing to make earlier cancellations for their events The following message is from Mike Barbee, president of the National Association of Scale Aeromodelers:

Do you ever wonder how particular Nats events work and what preparation goes into the aircraft being flown? Now you can find out with our summer series, Nats Demystified. How do Control Line pilots keep the lines untangled?

Do you ever wonder how particular Nats events work and what preparation goes into the aircraft being flown? Now you can find out with our summer series, Nats Demystified. First up, how do Control Line handles work?

The 2019 CL Scale Nats were held July 12-14 at the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana. See all the highlights of this year’s event and final results with our NatsNews 2019 CL Scale edition.

NatsNews: 2019 CL Scale

By Fred Cronenwett (clscale7@gmail.com)

The goal for the last day of flying was to get the airplanes that needed repairs flown or fly the models again to improve your scores from Saturday. There was a little bit of both going on Sunday.

By Fred Cronenwett (clscale7@gmail.com)

The weather for the first day of flying was about as perfect as we could ask for. The temperature picked up later in the afternoon, but everyone was done flying by 1:30 p.m. before it got any hotter. Allen Goff gave new meaning to the term Dawn Patrol when he was one of the first pilots up with his Neiuport 17 World War I fighter. The flying started at 7 a.m. in both circles.

By Fred Cronenwett (clscale7@gmail.com)

The airplanes were unpacked with care and assembled with static propellers so that the judges could compare the models to the pictures of the full-scale aircraft that they were copied from. Points were added up to determine the static scores, but they won’t be revealed until the first flight is complete.

By Fred Cronenwett (clscale7@gmail.com)

Welcome to the 2019 CL Scale Nationals. The one change that you will notice is that RC Scale is happening on the same days this year. The only time that the CL and RC Scale models will be together is during the static judging on Friday, July 12.

CL and RC Scale wrapped up on Sunday with awards presented to the winners. Everyone one is traveling home and AMA hopes to see you again next year!

The flying portion of CL and RC Scale Nats began Saturday. Pilots battled temperatures in the high 80s to make their flights and increase their scores.