Don Szczur
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From: Chantilly, VA, USA
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Got some things to add. Went down to the Joe Nall for several reasons, first was to volunteer to help. The "Nall Staff" is primarily made up of volunteers that assist. When Carol McKinney said that she was the first to pay the entry fee and Bar-B Que ticket, it really showed me that it was a predominantly volunteer effort . I was only scheduled to help at the gate from 11 til 1PM with the JR gang (The Futaba gang did it in the afternoon). Well, I went up there at 8:45 a.m and worked a double shift because the cars were backed up down the hill, out the entrance, down the road, all the way to the railroad tracks. I think there were 12 of us trying to process all the cars in there. And these were all AMA members (at least one per car). It really was a huge event. If you're familar with the layout, I think the line was about 3/4 of a mile at one point. I've never seen so many spectators before. This was Friday, the peak day.
The airshow with both the CAP and Extra flying in formation was the best I've ever seen. That made it worth the entry fee itself! (my 5 year old son was very jealous that he was not able to come). It made the trip for all those waiting in line Friday morning As noted in another post, Curtis Youngblood was awesome. Jason Noll really showed off the Great Planes third scale CAP- done in the same color scheme as Matt Chapman's full scale CAP. This aircraft really flys well. There were so many great pilots there its hard to remember, but perhaps the most outstanding model airplane demo Saturday was Quique's show with his YAK. I got a front row seat, since I was helping Mark Leseburg prepare his electric Extra 260 get ready to fly.
Pat Hartness showed me a new electroncs item that he has developed. Its a fail safe board. He has one flying with about 30 flights and so far so good. I spoke at length with Pat about this item and it looks exceptionally well thought out. Basically you plug two receivers into the board (all the plugs line up) and it takes each rx output, determines which one works (in the event of a bad rx) then has a separate bus with power to EACH channel. Each channel is separated by a re-settable breaker circuit. Lets say you have an aileron jam, those two servo controls are automatically isolated from the rest of the system so there is no impact on the battery or other control surfaces. The RX's are powered by a separate circuit, and there is a pin-out for a connector to monitor the rx voltage (blinking light).
Aircraft. I got to fly the Carden Yak that Frank Noll had there. It was very, very straight. Probably the straightest giant scale plane I've ever flown. It felt very light as well. This plane flew very well. I think this plane will set the standard for the newest IMAC/Giant scale aerobatics aircraft.
I also got to fly the JTEK Radio Wave Extra 300 prototype. One word. Wow. This was set up similar to Gerald Neal's 330, so I had to fly his 330 as well to get a true apples to apples comparison. The 300 flew absolutely superbly. The most noticeable advantage over the 330 is on upline and downline snaps. The 330 has advantages in inverted harriers and 3D, the 300 performs better upright harriers. Sorry, no low torque rolls (not above the trees at least). Rolling Circles were honest, with the transition between the 45 and inverted sections of each rolling segment exhibiting no adverse negative pitch with rudder inputs.
Got to fly the new Hangar 9 Extra 260. If you like the Funtana .90 for freestyle, you'll love the 260. It has the same feel in 3D but has the side benefit of locking in well for conventional IMAC sequences.
What else... great to see so many friends, many which I have not seen in years. Weather was great, atmosphere was awesome, and so many impressive models.
Don
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Wow I wish I could have gone.
