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Updated 20 March 2008
Updated 28th January 2008 to reflect Special Model definitions. See highlighted text.
As has been the recent tradition in even years, the 2008 SAM Champs will be held at the AMA National Flying Site, Muncie Indiana
This year, Tom McCoy and Jim Coffin will share Contest Manager duties. Tom will handle the flying events and Jim will manage the off-field activities such as registration and the evening events at the Horizon Convention Center. Other notables involved include Carl Bakay as registrar, Abram Van Dover will be the Free Flight Contest Director and Mark Patrolia is the Radio Control CD. We have confidence that the experience and background of this group as well as the facilities available from AMA and Muncie will result in a smooth SAM Champs.
There are some changes in the final schedule from that published in the advance notice included in the last issue of SAM Speaks. Notable among these is the addition of the RC Classic Texaco event to the list of events scheduled for Friday. This was inadvertently left off the schedule shown in the advance notice, an error of omission on my part as I concentrated on and was distracted by putting together and getting agreement on special rules packages for the Tomboy Free Flight event and the Wedgy and Speed 400 Electric RC events.
Once Classic Texaco was omitted in the advance notice, I then had to get agreement with others that were involved in planning the Champs that we should add it. My sincere apologies are offered to those that were upset and concerned by this error of omission. In the meantime, Steve Boucher stepped up and offered to sponsor the event with merchandise awards. Many thanks, Steve.
Another change is the date for the Concours display. Originally we had scheduled it in conjunction with the Bean Feed for Tuesday, September 9. Bucky Walters has volunteered to run the Concours and the voting and suggested that it be held in conjunction with the Swap Meet on Wednesday, September 10. This seems like a good idea, as anyone that is interested in selecting the Concours winners may not be planning on attending the Bean Feed. Thanks to you also, Bucky.
Those that plan on entering the Concours should try to get their models in place with any supporting information between 6:30 and 6:45 PM at the Horizon Convention Center. Please note that there is a requirement to fly the Concours model any time during the week of the Champs and that the flight must be witnessed and verified to the CD. This flight does not necessarily need to be in an official event.
Related to the Concours is another change to delete the “Miss Seldom Seen” category of the Concours. Apparently this category has not been well supported in the past.
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Monday, Sept 8 |
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Tuesday, Sept 9 |
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Wednesday, Sept 10 |
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Thursday, Sept 11 |
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Friday, Sept 12 |
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* Spirit of SAM Concours will held be in three categories: Free Flight Power, Free Flight Rubber and Radio Control. There will also be an award for Best in Show. |
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Flying event schedules are listed on the entry forms for the respective class of events.
The Entry Forms are available to view and download. These are in individual forms so that you can down load only those that you want. These are the Basic Entry and schedule (where you commit the money). The Free Flight and Radio Control pages are in two sheets with the specific rules on the second page. Nostalgia is on one page and you can view and download the Tomboy and Speed 400 rules
The Signature Inn, 3400 N. Chadam LN. Muncie , Indiana, 47304 will be the Headquarters for the Champs as in the past. SAM Champs special room rates will be publicized later. Registration will be there on Sunday afternoon, September 7 followed by a no host cocktail party to honor our outgoing and incoming SAM Presidents. Other hotels are listed on the entry form.
Special event models for 2008 are the Smith Mulvihill (only the 36” span version is eligible)* for FF rubber, the Leon Shulman 50” span Banshee for FF power and the Shulman 42”span Wedgy for RC power. The FF Banshee, the RC Wedgy (Gas Power & Electric Power) and the Smith Mulvihill will be flown in separate events from the usual mix of contest events. For the Radio Control people, the Wedgy event will be flown on the first four days of the Champs and will use rules similar to those used for the Fokker D VII event in 2006, i.e. two flights per day with timing starting when the IC engine or electric motor stops. In addition, there will be a speed 400 event on Friday; click here for rules.
* 1-28-08: According to Gene Wallock, the 36” span Smith Mulvihill as shown in the April 1942 MAN article is the only one approved for SAM old time rubber competition. The 42” span version shown in the book “Gollywock Saga” has not been verified at this time.
There is also a Tomboy Free Flight special event on Thursday. This will be a precision event with a target time to be selected by the Free Flight CD on the event day. The planned target time of 75 seconds may be varied depending on the weather on the day of the event. Tomboy Rules
I need to mention a couple of others that stepped forward to help. First is Glen Poole who will be working on the RC Wedgy event. This event uses rules similar to those used two year’s ago for the RC Fokker event. Information is included on the RC information page. Also, Woody Bartelt of Aero-Electric is sponsoring the Free Flight Atom Power event again this year. There were a number of good flying SAM Old Timer designs developed for the Atom, including the Baby Playboy and Frank Ehling’s Timers, Nightmare, so get those little fellows out and support this event. Thanks, Glen and Woody for your support. I will give you names of others that volunteer in later updates as they become available.
Till next time, Regards and hope to see you in Muncie next September. Jim Coffin, SAM Champs Co-manager
Glenn Poole with his 70% Boehle's Giant at the 2006 Muncie Champs at the AMA flying site.
