Hello Pilots

OK, I know i am a beginner at this Cl Scale stuff but why in the heck is
CL Scale National Championships all by itself on July 31,2009.

All the other events are held together on July 5-10 , 2009

This makes no sense at all  !!!

I am very enterested because i plan on being at the 2010 NATS for CL
Scale with model in hand and flying with you guy's.  Not to mention
My wifes two week vacation starts on July 1.  But that really does not
mater here.  It is that a great event is being left all by itself.  That
does matter because there are some that would be at the NATS as a
spectater and see CL Scale and say hey i really like that................
No wonder CL Scale is having such a hard time to get more people
interested. 

Control Line is being recognized at this very moment all over the United
States and i would hate to see CL Scale left out.  I am really excited
about getting into this sport.  I have a new shop and lots of time on my
hands to do this event every year.  Is there anything i can do to help
CL Scale be more organized?       Bryan H.

Bryan,
The events at the Nats are run by the special interest groups--not AMA management. The SIG for C/L scale is the National Association of Scale Aeromodelers. They run C/L scale at the same time as R/C scale. I rather suspect (having been the NASA rep to the Nats planning once) that R/C subsidizes the cost of putting on the C/L event. Judges, an indoor site for static judging, etc, cost money. There has been the suggestion that R/C and C/L scale events be scheduled at the beginning or end of C/L week so more C/L people would attend. It was this way many years ago. Scheduling all the events at the Nats is a major problem, one of the biggest items is lodging in Muncie for all the competitors.

That's the deal. If a bunch of people wanted it changed they would have to put together a plan, with resources, and present it to the Nats planning committee.
Chuck

I have the 25 aniverssary patch they sent me with all the other stuff
in the packet.  I really have been getting ready for this event.  Just
wanted to know what it's like the first time out.   Bryan

Bryan,
When I entered my first Nats, I was about 14 or 15 and flew combat and Navy carrier. I did poorly. But had a great time at Glenview Naval Air Station.

Oh--I bet you were refering to C/L scale. That happened 40-some years later. First entry was a deHavilland Hornet in Profile scale. I had not gotten very good at flying it and probably just did OK. After I learned to properly fly it I did win first at the Nats at least once. It was actually my 3rd C/L scale model and I had been flying at a lot of local contests. I learned a lot with those other models.

Chuck

Bryan
Welcome to Control Line Scale.  I entered my first CL Scale contest in 1982 with a Sig RC Cessna 150 quick built converted to CL with electronics control.  Finished last but that was to be expected.

My next contest was at the 1983 NATS and had the 4th highest static score but two brand new engines held me back and I finished in 12th place out of 24 entries in Sport Scale.  My P-38 model was featured in the March 1986 Model Aviation.

Two years later I earned my first NATS trophy, 4th place CL FAI Scale flying a C-7A Caribou.  It earned two more NATS trophies before I re-kitted it at the 1988 NATS trying to improve from 2nd to 1st in FAI Scale.

Chuck and I were two of the 4 judges for this years CL Scale NATS.

Clancy

Bryan
You can go to the Proctor Jenny topic and see them in operation.
Clancy

Actually, there isn't all that much pavement at Muncie.  Stunt, Speed, and Racing "own" the three concrete venues and it might be hard to shoe horn in, unless Scale was run on the weekend after the other events are done.

I'm all for moving it to the CL Nats in July, but pavement is a genuine issue.