Don Szczur

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It was a very intense contest. There were three rounds a day, for three days. Best two flights out of the 9 counted. Its kind of like pattern from the perspective of flight rounds, but intense in that you are constantly working on the plane and testing it. You see many of the competitors going days without anything more than a nibble snack or eating an apple. Adjustments include slicing the rubber to the right thickness to get the best flight time. THis involves careful measurement of a "quarter motor" (rubber band at 1/4 the full length) or "half motor" (1/2 the size, or .2 grams, rather than the maximum of .4 gram rubber band). Joseph's plane weighted in at about 1.9 grams, a full half gram over the "minimum" limit. Imaging flying an 18 Kg pattern plane! Not very competitive weight. Still, we are learning this new and intensely competitive aspect of aeromodeling.

Pictures show processing station- a balance scale and strings to measure the model to assure its within wingspan, tailspan, and wing chord limits.