What’s Your Watt Fab Feb and Lost Hills etc What’s Your Watt From:Texas Timers Hank Roger, might be helpful to tell members how to calculate the Watt Hours of their batteries. For example a 500 mah 3s battery is 0.5 times 11.7 or 5.85 watthours. 160 watt hours is a heck of a lot! Hank […]

Tangent Classic IATA Says 2018 TANGENT CLASSIC FAI MEET    August 17th, 2018 F1 ABC& P August 18th, 2018 F1 GHJQ&S THE SAME WEEKEND AS THE WMC  NW Champs FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO THIS YEAR’S FIELD SOUTH OF ALBANY, OR. AMERICA’S CUP POINTS Wayne Drake Perpetual Trophy for high time F1 A F1 ABC&P     FRIDAY […]

Batteries and air travel Batteries again Skyscrapers Annual The Fly-off Problem Batteries and air travel From: Tapio Linkosalo For several years now I have packed my flight batteries (mostly for timer, but recently also E-36) in a plastic sorter, individual compartment for each battery, and take it as carry-on luggage. The airlines rules about carrying […]

*C, Q and traveling-by-air* So Cal Reminder C, Q and traveling-by-air From:Ross Jahnke *C, Q and traveling-by-air* I think the F1C and F1P guys have the fuel supply issue worked out, but Aram makes a good point about the electric events. At the very first E-20 event at the US Nats in 2014, the CD […]

About Fly offs or bust C, Q and traveling-by-air Flying About Fly offs or bust From: Rick Pangell Fly offs or bust Jeff Ellington’s reply was insightful… “we both decided to quick DT our airplanes, no one was upset and the contest was decided.” This appears to a contestant choice on how to fly, not the […]

Sporting Code violations – How bad is BAD? How much Jail Time ? who is the Judge?  which Jury ? Misdemeanor or Felony Fly offs or bust Sporting Code violations From: Leslie Farkas Many of the comments are trying  to emphasize and confirm that we do have a sporting code. We are all aware of this. […]

Antoon van Eldik Salonta Q Story Plan to increase the number of young in F1C , maybe other classes to? Vasily speaks to and for an old friend Editor’s comment Antoon van Eldik From FB Dutch sportsmen report the passing of the popular F1A sportsman, Antoon van Eldik.  Antoon was friends with people from many […]

At the Equinox DT Flyoffs and Altimeters Flyoff ideas DT-flyoffs expounded Qbserved At the Equinox From: Stuart Darmon Hi Roger, sorry if the DT flyoff theme is dragging on a bit, but it’s an important subject, especially now that discussion is beginning to include potential revision of the sporting code.        I was present at the […]

DT flyoffs and Sporting Code – Reality Summing it up 2nd round 4-minute max? DT flyoffs Canada Cup Huron Cu DT flyoffs and Sporting Code – Reality From: Per Findahl DT flyoffs and Sporting Code Some comments about our rules and how we follow them. We must all understand that we have an organization based […]

Looking for Tiny Electronic  Timer Once more Fly-off More DT Sporting code Looking for Tiny Electronic  Timer From:Ross Jahnke May I interrupt the debate over fly-off rules with an inquiry about timers? I would like (*love*) to have an electronic two-function timer for use in my P-30 and F1G models. It would need to be […]

Follow the Sporting Code Constructive Ideas Welcome We compete measuring pure flying time of our models Follow the Sporting Code From: Sergey Makarov Dear SCAT, I absolutely agree with Pierre. This discussion touch not only DT flyoff, but also others changes organizers do. There is just one thing that do aeromodelling as a sport – […]

Further clarifications – Chaussebourg Still need a tie breaker – Cuthbert Rule makers … ? – Carter Reviewing the current options – van Wallene DT flyoffs one more time – Schlosberg And mundanely Barron Field Update from Vic Nippert regarding the FAC meet Further clarifications From: Pierre CHAUSSEBOURG Thank you gentlemen for your comments! Just […]