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Joe why can't you make it, I am broke as heck and I'll be sleeping in a tent if I have too (the ad agency business is well, out of business right now LOL :). You can camp right besides me right on site 4. Where I did last time. I could help show you the ropes down there. Dude, you just need gas money to get there and your entry fee, people are there that will feed us LOL :)

oh man what's this about 2.4 at my favorite practice field in SE ohio..

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Dean

Due to the proximity of the practice site to the local club. We have agreed to make the practive field 2.4. We are working with the local club to see what we can do.

Arch

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I was mislead by the assistant dean at school a year and a half ago; now I have to take a summer class to make up for it. It's 5 weeks, and Nats is during the 3rd or 4th week.

What is the schedule like for someone only competing in intermediate?

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In Intermediate you only fly 3 days. This year I believe it is Tuesday - Thursday. With the Masters and FAI finals on Friday.

Arch

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sorry to hear that Joe... there is always next year.

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Yeah I'm really bummed, but the bright side is that I'm totally psyched to work with Scott this summer.:eek:

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Bummer about the NAT's. Oh well, there's always next year. Take your time and practice the 402 schedule this year. Believe me, no matter how well you prepare for the NAT's, it's never enough. An extra year of practice will make life much easier for you. :)

John Pavlick
Team Black Magic, Tech-Aero Designs

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And practice in every kind of wind imaginable, because it WILL be windy at the NATS.

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Yeah - Jon and I are lucky to still have our planes after that wind / rain storm came in during practice last year. It went from "gray and gusty" to "holy sh#t - run for cover!" in about 3 minutes. Unfortunately Jon and I were both in the air at the time! If I had staid up for even 30 seconds more, I would have lost the plane. I barely got it into the van before the hail started and my canopy tent took off. Come to think of it, EVERY time I've been to the NAT's I've lost a canopy tent...

Important safety tip: DON'T bring a good canopy tent to the NAT's!

John Pavlick
Team Black Magic, Tech-Aero Designs

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Haha, maybe I've been kidding myself thinking I should be going in the first place.

I think I'm going to take an extra semester of school so next summer shouldn't be a problem.

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yeah you really need a canopy like mine and Wingo's...and even then it can blow hard enough to tear it to pieces. EZ up canopies have a 80% death rate at Muncie.

The crazy part is we FLY in that crap!!! nobody wants to be the first guy to wuss out....LOL

-M

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I think every time I have been there Jerry Budd has lost his canopy!

I think the four 5 gallon pails full of cement attached to the canopies that are used for the judges tells you something about the weather at the Nats LOL :-)

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Good Luck Everyone!!!