At 11:22 PM 8/15/2001 EDT, you wrote:
>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
>
I agree. The fun is in flying them the way they were, not as you wish they
were. A few years ago, I built a replica of my original design, Tern IV,
that won Standard Class Precision Duration at the 1974 SOAR Nats just to
see if it flew as good as I remember. Unfortunately, I can't fly it in
Nostalgia because it was never published. If I could, I would fly it even
though my Sailaire would have a much better chance of winning a trophy.
Chuck Anderson
PS It didn't. :-(
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