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2021 Indoor Nats
From:William Shailor
The Detroit Balsa Bugs and the Cloudbusters Model Airplane Club are honored to host the 2021 Indoor Nats at The UWM Sports Complex in Pontiac, Michigan. The contest will run from Tuesday, July 20, to Friday, July 23, 2021.
It is hoped that holding it close in time to the Outdoor Free Flight Nats will encourage Free Flighters to take advantage of attending both contests, reminiscent of years passed.
The site is an outstanding venue for Indoor Free Flight. It has a 72 foot ceiling with 66 feet to the bottom of the girders. Floor area is an impressive 80 by 125 yards; a full sized regulation soccer field with a runoff.
Measures to secure the building from drafts will be in place.
There is a food court, conference rooms and lavatories all within this complex.
The complex is relatively new and is neat, clean and in a safe neighborhood. There is ample, lighted parking adjacent to the flying site, which is designated as “Building 3.”
This site has been the location of many “Indoor Fling” contests run by these two clubs with excellent results.
April 10th & 11th, 2021 – LOST HILLS, CA.
A NFFS NATIONAL CUP, AMERICAS CUP & AMA AA SANCTIONED CONTEST
(SCAMPS/SCIFS contest same weekend with SCAMP CD Dan Heinrich aeronutd@cs.com)
AMA CAT II & NOSTALGIA CAT II** (WEATHER PERMITTING)
SATURDAY 8 TO 5 SUNDAY 8 TO 3 BOTH DAYS
1/2A GAS A GAS P-30, HL & Catapult Glider
B GAS D GAS 1/2A Golden Age
C GAS ABC Nostalgia** Nostalgia Rubber
1/2A Nostalgia** (all flights same day for each entry)
E-36
F1A NORDIC – FIB WAKEFIELD – F1C/F1P POWER- F1Q SATURDAY 8 AM TO 3 PM (7 rounds)
1st Round at 8am, F1A, B, C, P, Q 240 secs. All other rounds 180 secs. Flyoff begins at 4:00pm
F1G – F1H – F1S – F1J SUNDAY 8 AM TO 11:45 Tie breaker flyoff to the ground 7:30 to 8:00 am. Standard (5 rounds 45 minutes long starting at 8:00 am, 120 sec maxes) 2 FO flights starting at 1:00 pm. If tied after 5 flights and 2 FO flights than tie breaker flight determines winner.
VINTAGE FAI
SATURDAY 8:00 am-1:00pm (5 1hr rounds) All flights 180 secs flyoff at 2:00pm
HUNTER MEMORIAL SUNDAY MORNING(weather permitting)-Sponsored by Mike Thompson
RULES: Any gas free flight airplane. 15 second VTO, 12 second H.L. Highest single flight time (no max) Starts Sunday at sunrise with 1 hr window (start time announced). Entry fee ($1.00 per flight)
**NOSTALGIA per latest rulebook except motor runs which shall be 10 sec HL, 13 sec VTO for 1st 3 flights, 7 & 9 secs on all flyoff flights. Classes scored separately for National cup but awards given for 1/2A Nostalgia and ABC Nostalgia combined.
1/2A GOLDEN AGE 1/2 A Models from 1957 to 1969 Engines:TD OR HH .049/.051, motor runs same as Nostalgia
MERCHANDISE AWARDS (engines, kits, fuel, wood, $$$, etc)
***Hornet .051*** donated by T. Thorkildsen (1 ticket for each event entered, or $3 ea, or $5 for 2, or $10 for 5)***
AMA/NOST CD: Terry Kerger (626)260-6292 email: Terry @civiltec.com
FAI CD: Mike Thompson (805) 404-6173
AMA & Nostalgia: 1ST event: $10.00, Additional events: $5.00 per event or $35 unlimited entry, JRS FREE, FAI events: 1st event $20 and additional events $10.
“JUST BRING YOUR MODELS AND SLEEPING BAG AND HAVE FUN”
NFFS You Tube Channel
From: Free Flight Digest
In case you haven’t discovered it yet, National Free Flight Society has started our very own YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCucmaPRq2ws6rRTMHX_38YA
At present it is a collection of playlists of some of the better Free Flight videos that already exist on YouTube. Ultimately, it will be both a repository of original content that NFFS creates and curated content from some of the other creators in our midst.
PLEASE Take a look and SUBSCRIBE