The 2019 Indoor Free Flight Nats, hosted at the Round Valley Dome in Springerville, Arizona, wrapped up June 2. Check out the event from day one all the way to the final results with our NatsNews 2019 Indoor Free Flight Edition.
By Rob Romash (rob@eclipsetoys.com)
Sunday is the last day of the meet. The morning events were both well attended and hard fought. One event is P-18. With more than 15 people flying Open, and at least six in Junior, the air was filled with colorful models. Most of the junior P-18s were built on site during several educational build sessions John McGrath oversaw.
By Rob Romash (rob@eclipsetoys.com)
Contestants descended on the dome Wednesday from all points, as can be seen by the variety of license plates in the parking lot.
The Day 1 tradition of starting out with glider events holds true here in Arizona. All through the building, you could hear the “buzz” of high-speed gliders ballistically shooting at the ceiling and the occasional crunch as something went terribly wrong.
By Rob Romash (rob@eclipsetoys.com)
Once you are either off the airplane in Albuquerque or exit Interstate 25, there are only two ways to drive get to Springerville, Arizona—home of the Springerdome, affectionately called “The Enormodome,” and the site of this year’s Indoor Nats. Either route takes you more than 100 miles into the desert, heading west.
And that's a wrap! Friday was the final day of the 2018 Outdoor Nats. Find out how Control Line Speed and Racing competitors finished. This is the last issue of the 2018 NatsNews.
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Thursday was the final day of the 2018 RC Helicopter Nats, and today is the last day of the Control Line (CL) Racing and Speed Nats. Today's contests include the Muncie 500 (unofficial event), Big Block, and Jet.
On the third day of the RC Helicopter and Control Line Racing and Speed Nats, the rain finally ended and the sun came out. This allowed the RC Scale Helicopter Nats contest to finish and the winners were named. The other RC Helicopter classes continue today.
