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Yep--entirely possible. I well remember Bill Williams at several Nats'
around '57 or so, could do a spin with his Mambo. Couldn't control
where it exited, but his feeling was: "Well, they've got to give me
"something" for it." Must have worked; he won the Nats' rudder only
class several years running Bill Glaze.<br>
<br>
Bob Richards wrote:<br>
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<div>It has been a LONG time, but I remember doing rolls and loops
with a rudder-only airplane!<br>
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<b><i>Bill Glaze <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com"><billglaze@triad.rr.com></a></i></b> wrote:
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style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Ron:<br>
You are correct. The figures you describe below were the <br>
compulsories..You were then cut loose to fly from a series of listed <br>
figures.(Remember?) You "cherry picked" the list; the rudder-only guys <br>
had a lot fewer figures of which they were capable; the Class 2 (Mickey
<br>
Mouse) contestants could do more, due to their movable elevator. . <br>
(Sort of) The class 3 folks, (multi-channel) had better be able to do
it <br>
all if they wanted to place. I sure like the good old days, but not <br>
with the good old equuipment.<br>
Ah, reminisces.<br>
<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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BTW: remember the crossover point for the "8" was ideally centered <br>
exactly over the flier's transmitter antenna. It'd get you disqualified
<br>
today!<br>
<br>
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