Yes there were, the best I have ever seen it was like a mini TOC. It was very windy the day I was there. Get this, it was too windy (cross wind) for the full scale most of the day but not too windy for the RC planes. I was kind of disappointed in the full scale, I didn't realize they flew so high during the competition. I don't remember what the hard deck was exactly but I think it was like 1500 feet.