by Rusty Kennedy | Sep 24, 2015 | Events, Helicopters
The 95th Squadron Model Aircraft Club hosted its 6th Annual Rotor Head Rally at their Club field in Gaston, N.C. on Saturday, Sept. 19. The event drew 15 pilots from around Virginia and North Carolina for a sunny day of helicopter and quad rotor flying. There was plenty of 3D flying that elicited many ahs and wows from pilots and spectators alike. The format consisted of open flying and included two contests – drag racing and autorotation. The drag racing event pitted two helicopters against each other and contestants raced from one end of the field to the other. After three heats, the event was won by Paul Peffly of Middlesex, N.C. The autorotation contest saw five participants attempt to auto-rotate to a pin in the center of the field. Lincoln Evrald took the trophy with the closest distance of 1 foot 10 inches from the pin. Participants and spectators alike enjoyed a hot dog lunch and the day ended with a raffle drawing for a BNF 200QX quad rotor, won by Steve Hicks of Henrico, N.C. #1: Contest Director Doug Hughes presents the Drag Race trophy to winner Paul Peffly. #2: Contest Director Doug Hughes presents the Autorotation trophy to winner Lincoln Evrald. Submitted by: Doug Hughes Contest...
by Kit Bays | Sep 24, 2015 | Events, Free Flight
Fall 2015 CAFFA Meet Get ready for the Fall Hurricane Meet (the name is intended only to ward off evil spirits). It will include both FAC and AMA events. The new E-20 event will be flown for the first time, per Bob Stalick rules. The event is quickly gaining popularity because of simple builds and much lower costs than the other free flight electric events. It is a great entry point for those new to electric flight and still provides lots of challenges to those with exprience flying the larger electric events. The field is the sod farm in Raeford, NC. Set your GPS coordinates for 34°58′ 20.3″N 79°12′ 05.92″ W for the entry gate. A flyer for the contest is...
by Rusty Kennedy | Sep 4, 2015 | Events
There are lots of flying events taking place throughout the District. You can look through the events posted here on the website or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/amadistrictIV and there is the AMA event calendar located on the AMA website www.modelaircraft.org Have a safe and flying event filled end of summer week-end. Rusty, AVP, District...
by Rusty Kennedy | Sep 1, 2015 | Events
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by Rusty Kennedy | Aug 25, 2015 | Control Line, Events
This is not a contest! No registration is required. There are no entry fees or prizes! This Fly-A-Thon is to honor the most popular CL model ever!! Be part of something big and help make history by having more worldwide Ringmaster flights in a single weekend than last year’s record of 2714 flights! A record 456 different pilots participated!! This event is open to all participants worldwide! On October 3rd & 4th, we challenge you to fly any one or more of the many varieties of Ringmasters, old or new, and report your flights to: 2015flyathon@ringmasterflyathon.com...
by Jay Marsh | Aug 25, 2015 | AMA National News, Events
Hi everybody, I wanted to share this with you all. Last weekend, following National Model Aviation Day, Archie Stafford and AC Glenn were kind enough to get some incredible footage of the IAC with their DJI Inspire multirotor. I edited their footage together into an aerial tour of the facility, in hopes that it might entice members to visit, or perhaps to give them a chance to see it like they might not otherwise have the opportunity to. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6SfDuzYm-E -Matt Ruddick Academy of Model Aeronautics Media...
