CL Navy Carrier Ends

By Melvin Schuette

This year, Navy Carrier has been a tale of what a difference a day makes. The Carrier gods once again looked down upon the competitors and gave them an almost perfect day. Other than the heat, you couldn’t ask for better flying conditions. 

Some people say that the 60° angle of attack at which the slow speed portion of the flight is flown is not scalelike. To this I answer that the high angle of attack at which the low speed is flown at is the skill portion of our event. It takes a lot of practice to get the planes to fly at that angle and retain forward motion at the same time.

The two hardest parts about flying Navy Carrier at the Nats and/or any contest is setting the deck up and figuring out just where you want to put it, and at the end of the contest, packing the deck back up. If the events are held over multiple days, you hope the wind direction doesn’t change, causing the deck to be moved. Luckily, this year the wind was out of the same direction on all three days.

Thursday is unofficial Carrier event day. There were three classes of Carrier flown on Thursday: 15 carrier, Skyray Carrier, and Nostalgia Carrier. (There are no scale points awarded in 15 and Skyray Carrier.)

The results for the unofficial Carrier events are as follows:

15 Carrier

Place  Name                   High  Speed                         Low Speed                       Landing           Total

1st  Mike Anderson         25.13                                     2:06.46                            100                   250.4

2nd Robert Hawk            att

Skyray Carrier

Place   Name                  High Speed                           Low Speed                       Landing           Total

1st  Mike Anderson         22.89                                     181.3                               100                    257.9

2nd  Pete  Mazur              23.36                                     130.9                                100                  232.7

3rd  Mike Hazel                24.46                                      48.50                                100                 193.4

Nostalgia Profile

Place    Name                  High Speed                           Low Speed                      Landing      Bonus    Total

1st  Mike Hazel                 27.64                                     67.39                              100              100        377.3

2nd  Benard Suhamski    29.4                                         56.56                              0                  100       249.41

3rd  Robert Hawk            35.89                                        0                                    0                   120       170.3

The deck has put away, the awards handed out, the contestants have said their goodbyes until next year when we meet again. I wish you a hearty safe trip home and hope to see you again here in Muncie.

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