Nostalgia 30 at 2014 contests.

[Allen Brickhaus]

Would like to encourage smaller contests to host Nostalgia 30 instead of Classic at local and smaller contests.  I enjoy seeing the Classics and will not tire of that but changing the name and classification to Nostalgia 30 opens up a new set of models to be seen and flown at venues.  We are still about three years from when Bob Hunt brought his first Crossfire to the Lincoln AMA Nats, but you could advertise on your website and flyers that no pipes may be included in the power plant selection.  All models designed, built and flown in 1983 are now legal for Nostalgia 30.  Next year it will be from 1984.

St. Louis does host Classic and Nostalgia 30 and is flown on the same circle with the same judges.  They have an advantage that their trophies at the Broken Arrow are made by the competitors and they have no club costs involved with the awards.  You do have to choose which event you are going to fly prior to the event being flown.

Have a wonderful building season.

Allen

[Joseph Patterson]

   We fly both CLASSIC AND N-30 at our contest. Both events are flown together on one circle, one common flight order, separate awards, and same judges. We allow for a contestant to participate in both events if he uses different era planes. The only problem we have is that we have so many events (PROFILE -unlimited, OTS, CLASSIC, N-30, WARBIRD, and PA) that contestants are limited on what events they can enter because of vehicle space limitations. This year we had only one entry in OTS AND N-30, SO WHAT TO DO NEXT YEAR??
        Doug   

[Allen Brickhaus]

Any OTS and Classic model can fly Nostalgia 30, but the pilot must choose which event to fly during the sign-up time.  Thus a Smoothie can fly Nos-30. so to bolster the ranks.  He cannot then fly it in OTS or Classic.

[Joseph Patterson]

   We let OTS planes compete in Classic. May combine N-30/Classic in future.
        Doug 

[proparc]

  We let OTS planes compete in Classic. May combine N-30/Classic in future.
        Doug  

They should just combine them. Keep it simple. Nobody is going to go on a rampage with a Bob Hunt Genesis and destroy everybody.

[Allen Brickhaus]

Bob's 35 Genesis is a great model.

[Will Davis]

We fly just n 30 at Huntersville NC, seems to open the class to more planes , and allows  some of the competitors to  fly  the   popular models  of the  late 70's. 

It has become a very competitive event, but classic legal planes still dominate.