The philosophy of Nostalgia is to fly the old planes as they were designed. The pure
joy (or joy??) of seeing history in the air is the prime ingredient--NOT THE
COMPETITION!
We should learn from the controlline stunt guys. At their Vintage Stunt Championships
everyone is there to compete but to only a few is this the most important aspect. Most
of the pilots build and bring planes that they know have no chance of winning the
event but are built for a variety of reasons. The planes might be rare or unique
designs, maybe it was a design they flew as a kid in the early days. Many of these
planes were lousy performers and were highly modified back then--but now they are
flown with no mods.
The Society of Antique Modeles (SAM) flyers have the same philosophy -- some of them
are very competitive but most of them are there for pure fun and nostalgia and build
some unbelievable designs.
Trust me. You can modify your Windfree or Oly 99 or whatever all you want and the
performance gain will not be worth the effort.
Build and fly them the way they were--you will enjoy them--and later you will REALLY
appreciate your Hera or Millennium.
Mike Clancy
LSF V 92
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