By Stan Alexander
Well, the weather looks great for this week. Contestants are on their way to the Nats, hoping for a little practice before it starts. The grass on Site 4 where we will be flying is in good shape, but it could be hard from the lack of rain. I’m in hopes that the grounds crew will take care of that with the watering system.
All AMA RC Scale classes will be offered at the Nats this year including for the first time in a while, the F4H class as well as in CL Scale the F4B class. NASA (National Association of Scale Aeromodelers) is raising money to send a Scale team to the 2024 World Championships which looks like it will be held in Romania. It’s a great site there outside of Ploesti and I look forward to returning there with the team.
There will be a meeting on Friday night about FAI F4H and F4B scale at the McCullough Center. Check for times and be sure about the meeting place as well. There will be time for a Q&A session as well as some insight on the differences on judging, flying, and transportation.
Saturday night will be the NASA Banquet for the entire Scale Nats CL and RC contestants and officials. There will be several inducted into the AMA/NASA Hall of Fame that night as well.
NASA is sponsoring several raffles with supporting vendors for scale competition here in the US as well as a raffle and shirts specifically for the upcoming Scale Team coffers.
Hope to see you there!
Photos from the 2017 Nats.
