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V intage

SIG

Allan Knox
Vintage at the Nationals
We can look forward to 4 days
of both Vintage Free Flight and
RC events again at this Nats.
Back by popular demand is the
flexible schedule for Vintage
and Classical RC. Any of the
events can be flown on any of
the 4 competition days. This
flexible approach proved
popular with attendees last
Nats as it allowed contestants
to fly other disciplines and still
fit in their Vintage flights.
Participation numbers were up
on the previous year.

Vintage FF has some flexible
and some hard scheduling,
just check the Nats entry form Martin and Ceinen Evans at the last Nats. They appreciated being able to fit in vintage flying around other
commitments and were able to fly in all their classes on the same day thanks to the flexible schedule.
for each.
Rule Change for the Electric Duration Classes Both Classical and Vintage Electric Duration classes
and the battery C Rating debacle. retain a 20 second climb and a 5 minute total flight time.
The Vintage rules have been changed for the power
systems used in both the Classical and Vintage Electric NDC Calendar 2025
Duration classes. This became necessary because the C The NDC Calendar for next year has been finalised and is
Rating of battery packs on the market these days is a largely the same as this year. All rule book classes are
totally unreliable measure of performance making it available and, in the case of RC events, there are at least
inappropriate for use in the current power limiting formula. 2 opportunities to fly them though the year. See the 2025
calendar at the back of this MFW of go to the NDC page
A quick check on YouTube yields any number of videos and click the calendar link.
showing this problem. It seems there is no industry See https://www.mfnz.org/members-pilots/ndc/
standard for C Rate and manufacturers have been
labelling packs well above what they can actually achieve Merry Christmas and hope to see you all at the Nats.
as part of their product promotion. It’s our fault it seems as Aan Knox
we modellers will often buy the packs with the highest C
Rate on the label. Vintage SIG Chairman

After much deliberation by the SIG and vote from
members it has been passed that power systems for
electric duration will be “OPEN”. This means you can
install any electric system you like, it’s unlimited. At first
this seemed, at the least unwise, but the reality is that
pilots will and do fly models based on their abilities to
control them up the climb. The main considerations are
controllability and visibility. Suffice to say it is important to
build an appropriately strong model and approach flying it
with care if a truly high powered setup is used. An upside is
that larger heavier vintage models previously considered
uncompetitive may now be built with lots of power so they
can compete. There are a few of these in peoples sheds
already. This rule change is effective from date of
publication of this MFW.
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