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Scale meet
Darrell Mims:
8) OK robert here's a new topic . Why aren't there more C/L Scale meets ? We here in the south have a few Stunt meets that are scattered about , and not a one has scale . There is speed combat and racing , but the only scale I know is the Nats. Darrell Mims
RC Storick:
We have a scale meet comming up in September here at Budder park.
Darrell Mims:
8) OK I'm not complaining but I've been to Budder Park and it's a long way to drive to from Central Alabama ,and with the price of gas these days . Well It's a nice park and I was only there because of the work I do ( i was there with a full size jet that was having work done in Chesterfield ) and I have several multi engine kits I could build .It just don't seem practical to do unless there are several meets to go to. I don't think anyone wants to fool with all the work that it takes to put one on. Even the King Orange doesn't have one . And I guess we all have our priorities these days and mine are with other things at present.
Trostle:
CL scale is in sort of a Catch 22 situation. Not very many people build scale bacause there are not many scale contests. There are not very many scale contests because nobody builds very many scale airplanes.
That is one of the reasons "fun scale" was created. Almost anything that resembles a full scale aircraft can be used, whether a profile. or a carrier ship, or a semiscale stunt ship, or just a "sport" ship that sort of resembles something like a real airplane. It would help to have a throttle, but not mandatory. Then, most any CL contest could have a fun scale event. People could drag out something, fly, and have fun, might even win a trophy, or a ribbon or a certificate or something. I have entered semi-scale stunt ships in fun scale and had fun doing it. Even flew against my carrier ship (a beat up 30 year old Class 1 F8F Bearcat) flown by a good friend which beat me. Fun scale normally does not have a BOM
Sport scale and profile scale are fun and easy events. They do not require any more time to build (usually less time unless you start fooling around with retracts and all sorts of other goodies) than a decent competition stunt ship.
Here in the SouthWest (CA and AZ), there are a few dedicated people who keep running scale contests. Sometimes more than a few people enter.
One neat thing about scale. If properly built and with proper power, they are easy to fly. With a throttle, they are fun to fly. And you do not have to worry about getting through a stunt pattern being judged by judges. The work is all done before you get to the contest site. Then, all you have to do is present your model, your presentation, and fly like it was a sport ship. It certainly does not have the mental pressure like stunt has at a contest.
chuck snyder:
I don't know which came first, lack of contestants or lack of meets. I started flying C/L scale, and dropped out of R/C scale, because there were more C/L contests within a reasonable distance and because I took a new job and met a guy who was competing in C/L scale. The last two scale meets we've had here in Cincinnati did not get any contestants. One meet was scale only, the other was combined with stunt. We are lucky in that with our field location and our method of making trophies, we have a very minimal financial risk when having a contest (sanction fee and film for trophy art).
Here are my suggestions for hosting a meet. Combine it with a stunt meet. If the stunt meet is out of town, ask that club if you can piggy back a scale event on their contest and volunteer to do all the work. If you don't have enough judges, ask the scale guys in your local R/C club to help; scale is scale. I did this for our last "non-event" and could have gotten twice or three times as much help as I asked for. Print some cerificates on your computer for "awards." The winners can keep their certificates in a scrap book. At Leroy's contest he included a photo with all the competitors in the class. That will bring back fond memories several years from now.
Now I'll pose another question or two which I think is within the context of this thread. What kind of incentives do you need to attend a contest? Why do you attend or not attend any particular contest?
I've driven a maximum of about 350 miles to a contest. That has gotten me to Chicago, St. Louis (Buder Park), and Kalamazoo (Leroy's place). I would go to any of them again but have decided to limit myself to one at this distance per year due to the cost. Unfortunately conflicts between contests happen even with AMA's protected areas and there are conflicts with other events. This year I had a choice of attending Leroy's contest in Michigan or the Skyliner's contest in New Albany, IN. Bummer. Also the FCM contest in Muncie conflicts with my R/C club's big air show. Maybe we need a clearing house like this website to coordinate our contests that cross AMA district boundries.
Chuck
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