7. Loop

From straight flight, model pulls up in circular loop & resumes straight & level flight on entry heading. Throttle may be reduced at top of loop as in prototype & opened when normal flight is resumed. Low powered aircraft may execute a shallow dive at full throttle to pick up speed before entering loop.
8. Roll

From straight & level flight, model rolls at constant rate thru a complete rotation resuming straight & level flight on same track. Low powered aircraft are expected to execute shallow dive at full throttle before entry. Pilot must declare if specific roll style is to be performed, e.g. Slow, Barrel, or Snap.
9. Descending 360 degree Circle

From straight & level flight, model performs gentle 360 deg descending circle over landing area, in a direction away from judges, at a constant low throttle setting. Maneuver terminates at a maximum of twenty ft., resuming straight & level flight on the same path.


Static score is added to an average of Flight scores to total a contest score. Typically awards are given to three places per class in a scale contest.

   

 Classes of Scale Competition

  520

Fun Scale

511

Sportsman Sport Scale

512

Expert Sportsman Sport Scale

515

Designer Scale

522

Team Scale

    Classes of Scale Competition

  1.

Expert (Designer-Masters)

  2.

Team Scale

Now that you know what’s going on here…find someone to answer your questions about anything of interest to you.

Ask for the contest CD. The CD (Contest Director) shall direct you to a participant to answer all your questions.

Scale contests are conducted in every state. Look in the back of AMA's Model Aviation magazine to find a scale contest nearest you.

You are invited to join us in What’s Going On Here!
 








 

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                                                             Compiled By Ed Clayman

We heard you asking what’s going on here
         This is a radio control flying scale model contest.

     Scale contests are comprised of two segments:

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1).
Static, the portion of a contest in which accuracy of a
model is measured by comparing documentation supplied by the BOM (Builder Of the Model) to models viewed from multiple angles, referred to as 3-Views. Judges compare each pilot's documentation to their contest entry.

Pilot-Builder supplied documentation provides the proof a full size fixed wing man carrying aircraft existed and looked exactly like the model. In all but two contest classes* pilot's must be the builder of the model, (BOM).

 Classes *subject to change

  520

*Fun Scale

511

 Sportsman Sport Scale

512

 Expert Sportsman Sport Scale

515

 Designer Scale

522

*Team Scale

  Classes *subject to change

 1.

 Expert (Designer-Masters)

 2. *Team Scale
 3.  Advanced Non-BOM   (Regional Only)
 4.  Open Non-BOM         (Regional Only)
 5.

 Fun Scale Non-BOM  (Regional Only)

In photo above, Arlington, TX's Ernie Harwood holds his Fokker D-VII on its nose so judges can verify outline and markings accuracy while they view it from 15 ft. away. A perfect static score is 100 points.
      
Continue to the Flite portion of the scale contest...

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