SPOTTER!! this can make or break your flight. Make sure you find a good spotter at the begging of the event and try and keep the same guy for the whole event. Have a copy of your maneuver list for him so he can call them out for you. Try and practice some before the event starts with your spotter. Get your spotter to call out the maneuvers for you or I just like them to remind me and I call it out. At most events the spotter can also call beginning and complete for the maneuver. For some people this is a big help because of the high stress situation. A good spotter will also count your seconds for you during straight maneuvers down the runway for the timing.

I had the pleasure of doing some practice flights with Jim McEwen at TopGun and he really helped me out allot. Their is so much to scale flying and the best thing to do it talk to the guys that have been their done that. That is the best part of an event like topgun is being able to get advice from people like the entire world jet masters team like Andy,Jim and Jason or other guys like Ali Machinchy Peter Goldsmith and others like daddy Jack Diaz! These guys are a wealth of information and love helping fellow scale modelers.