RCU Forums - 2004 Scale Masters

Hi all,

The article for the 2004 Master's finally came out in Model Aviation. There are several hundred more photos at this site and at the bottom of the page. There are photos from a lot of other events over the last couple of years also.

http://public.fotki.com/benlanterman/

The reason I am posting this in the aerodynamics group, aside for the fact I like the guys that hang out here, is to show how well the aerodynamics of the full scale work in the model airplanes that are of the 20-30 pound weight range. An airplane of that weight also implies a wing area and size - Reynold's number, etc. All of the airplanes at the Master's flew very smoothly and with what I thought of as great precision.

The F-100 flown by Terry N. was one of the finest flying airplanes I have ever seen and seemed to perfectly at home modeled as a RC airplane. It was certainly a big difference from the scale airplanes I remember from the late '60s and early '70s. Folks were always enlarging the tails and making all kinds of changes to the airplanes (granted they were in the .60 powered range of motors and size). It seems that with a little size increase and better radios that complete scale models work fine.

All in all it was lot's of fun.

Ben Lanterman