Free Flighters, I am writing to keep you informed about the recent proposal involving the potential sale of the Academy of Model Aeronautics property in Muncie, Indiana. From our limited knowledge the proposal would sell the NATS flying field, AMA HQ and the museum to be used for a data center. Importantly the executive committee has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). An NDA is...
Indoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wBhMys2rkw69Tyo-YCDWYa0yOhZkxh2pohGSAMY0aIw/edit?gid=1194412114#gid=1194412114 Outdoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT4WDXQ4BQh_bS_ShEvCzMyiwxmE81WVfoVmX70cvPlzDN1nbVMu1sBJ7K87K_upD3mR2mYNNWalF6o/pubhtml?gid=379879557&single=true
Art Ellis From Andrew Barron Dear Free Flight Friends, I am sharing the sad news of the passing of Art Ellis on June 2. He is greatly missed. TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR ELLIS (April 29, 1949 to June 2, 2026) Art was a hugely impactful educator and sportsman. First we are inspired by his early years in football, competitive sailing and sailing instrumentation from the 1960s...
NFFS Sympo Needs You, the Guru Wawayanda Results Protests NFFS Sympo Needs You, the Guru From: Ed Carroll Hi Roger, I am short on total pages for the new SYMPO, Please post this message on SEN: I am still short of where I want to be on articles for the 2018 SYMPO. This is your journal, if anyone has ready to go articles, especially theoretical...
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 Editor’s Note – for what it worth the 48 volt...
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 Aug 17th, 7 ONE HOUR ROUNDS ON THE HOUR BEGINNING...
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 batteries are ambiguous, as they say that consumer electronics should...
*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 had a charger set up if we needed it, but...