This is not a credibility issue nor would that matter anyway...
These jets are four models of Grumman A6 Intruders...not, nor intended to be,
1:5.5 replicas.
I recognize the wording in the NATOPS and its symantics relative to structural parts of "all" USN/USMC aircraft. Anyone working within the scope of NATOPS is in their right to refer to all the functional parts as identified by NATOPS. All of my replies have been from references
outside of NATOPS though I have complete copies of the Grumman A6 NATOPS...A-6A-NFM-1967-S, A-6ABCDE-NFM-Part1-S, and A-6A,B,C,D,E-NFM-Part 2-S (6A,E,EA,K Flight Manuals).
In scale competition the documentation provided
by the competitor is the "
only" resource utilized by the static judge...nothing more. A static judges' personal recollections/knowledge of the subject being judged
are not permitted to be the point of comparison of models in competition. Subjective judging is
not permitted in R/C scale contests...FAI, USSMA, AMA, nor Top Gun protocols.