Combat is new to me as well. Our club has had a combat event every year and this year I decided to give it a try. Many years ago I won a combat kit, a Flight Master 30, at a fun fly developed and kitted by John Boren and has been sitting in my shop. I tried selling it at a swap meet with no luck. Then I heard we were having a combat contest so I built the kit and powered it with a OS LA 25. Took it out a couple of days ago for a maiden flight and all went well. Yesterday I put in the second flight with this plane to get the feel of it. This thing is fast. Turns on a dine. I didn't even think this goofy looking thing would fly but it does. I didn't like the idea of hand launching it so I build a carrage so that it can be taken off on the ground and leave the carrage and that worked great. Hopefully if the weather clears up today I can get a few more flights on it. Tomorrow is our event and all I hope for is to bring the plane home in one piece. I heard combat is fun, we'll see tomorrow.
Larry