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...
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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...
DTing rate in a DT-flyoff Dino disses retro More about Fly-off More Baofeng (and a glimpse into …) D/T flyoffs at World Cup events – Give the CD the tools Palindromic SEN DTing rate in a DT-flyoff From: Aram Schlosberg To prevent flyers investing time and effort to slow down their model’s DT rates, the rules could require that the stab’s DT angle be...
DT fyoffs – get highest DT fly-off – we have the regs and we should use them. Clipping the wings is the answer Cheap Tracking DT fyoffs – get highest From:Tapio Linkosalo In my opinion, there is one very major problem in "DT flyoffs": the sinking speed of the model DT'ing. Judging different models, the DT speed varies a great deal, and at least for...
DT flyoffs DT Flyoff – is there a better solution ? I’m with Frederic Two Issues DT flyoffs From: Aram Schlosberg Last year I was present at a DT flyoff on a very windy day on the last day of the Swedish Cup cycle. Models were out of sight in a minute and a half and contestants were getting ready to drive or fly back...
EQUINOX CUP Fly off in England More on Salonta 2018 SCAT BLACK CUP Fun Fly FAI combo Contests EQUINOX CUP Fly off in England From: Frédéric ABERLENC Here is what we can find on the Jury report of Equinox cup: “The strength and direction of the wind at flyoff time would have resulted in models flying into trees given an extended maximum time. For that...
Romanian Results Spence site change LiPo for John’s F1A Romanian Results From:Bogdan Lemut Salonta Cup results (photos) on Borut's aeromodelling forum: http://borut.mojforum.si/borut-post-7943.html#7943 Szabo Miklos Memorial - official org.results: http://dobosistvanmk.lapunk.hu/tarhely/dobosistvanmk/dokumentumok/versenyeink/szabomiklosev/szmev18_.pdf Regards, Bogdan Editor’s Comment – Thanks Bogdan Spence Memorial site change From: Steve Spence Due to the unfortunate loss of our Denton, TX flying site the Spence memorial will be held on June 2 & 3...