Lynn Boss flying his Top Flite Gold Edition P-47 Thunderbolt that uses a modern 2.4 GHz radio for throttle, flaps, retracts and bomb drop. OS-91 four stroke for power.
Aimee Olson & Anna Minor competed in the most interesting match of the day.
By Rachelle Haughn
Control Line Combat began Sunday, June 20. There are approximately 30 contestants this year. Here are some photos from the action on Monday.
By Fred Cronenwett
We started out with the plan to do the static judging and then fly rounds 1 and 2 on Friday, but the weather forecast indicated that we should consider flying as much as possible on Thursday after all of the static judging was done.
Event preview by Fred Cronenwett
(All photos taken at previous Nats.)
Welcome to the 2021 CL Scale Nats. I am excited that we can fly together once again. We will see what is new and what is the same. It seems like it has been a really long time since we have all flown together at the Nats because the 2020 CL Scale Nats was canceled due to COVID-19.
RC Scale June 23-25(Radio Control only)
RC Scale Aerobatic June 28 – July 1
Control Line Scale July 14-16 – (Control Line only)
RC Pylon Racing: July 14-21
CL (Navy Carrier, Precision Aerobatics, Racing, Combat, Speed): July 16-22
RC Combat: July 17-20
RC Soaring: July 22 - 30
FF Outdoor: July 24-28
RC Aerobatics (Pattern) July 25-29 Blythville,AR
RC Helicopter: July 31 – August 3
Indoor Free Flight July 18-22 Rantoul, IL
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