NatsNews. The Kirdas turned the Indoor Nats into a family vacation and have been putting up great flights while having lots of fun.

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1 NatsNews Academy of Model Aeronautics International Aeromodeling Center, Muncie IN website: Copyright Academy of Model Aeronautics 2013 Editors: Ashley Rauen, Rachelle Haughn, Liz Helms The Kirdas turned the Indoor Nats into a family vacation and have been putting up great flights while having lots of fun. Sunday, August 11

2 Indoor Free Flight Day 4 Recap Day four was a virtual smorgasbord of Indoor selection. The day opened with the continuation of the Scale events. The crowd was also treated to a mass launch known as The Flying Hoard. This event is open to any Scale model that has not won an event. A target time is selected from the hat and the model that flies closest to the target time wins the event. A target time of 42 seconds was drawn and Tim Lavender landed at 44 seconds to win the event. It was great to see so many models in the air together. After Scale concluded the glider pilots were finally able to legally take the floor. The competition at the top has been fierce in Standard Catapult, with several of the usual players finishing in the range. They all still have flights for Sunday, so it is still anyone s game. Kurt Krempetz put up some fights near 80 seconds in Unlimited Catapult, which will likely hold up for the win. In Hand Launched Glider your faithful NatsNews reporter hoped to fly javelin style successfully against the trendier tip-launched models. So far, that strategy has proven flawed at best. Apparently you have to fly javelin more often than once every five years to stay in shape. Kurt Krempetz and John Yost are flying tip launched and sitting in first and second place. Everyone has flights left Sunday so be sure to tune in and see how it all ends up. Once the glider pilots were kicked off the floor the Mylar-covered cruisers again took center stage. On tap for today, and in flight in front of me as I hammer at the keyboard, are Pennyplane, Manhattan Cabin, and F1M. F1M is an international Pennyplane event of sorts, with an added restriction of a maximum rubber motor weight. Manhattan Cabin is going through a renaissance with an increase in participation. Don Slusarczyk currently leads, wait, stop the presses, Larry Loucka just did a 9:54 with an impressive split-s maneuver off of the chain hanging on the ceiling and currently leads the pack. Wait, stop the presses part two! After a broken motor destroyed Walt VanGorder s best model, he assembled another from a part in his box and pulled off an amazing lastminute flight of 9:59 to win Manhattan Cabin with an amazing effort! Today we have also been hosting two staff members from the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Model Aviation editor-in-chief Jay Smith and managing editor Liz Helms have enrolled in the Limited Pennyplane Pro-Am and have been getting guidance from Brett Sanborn and John Kagan. It has been fun to watch as the pros teach their program to the newcomers. Brett s program dubbed the tickle the chains approach of bombing the model into the girders and bouncing around is working to his advantage. John Kagan is teaching a more methodical, reserved approach. It appears that Brett and Jay are going to come away with the best time, but based on smiles it looks like everyone is winning. We are headed down the homestretch of the 2013 United States Indoor Championships/Indoor Nats. People are starting to organize their stuff to make an easy exit. On Sunday morning, the glider guys will have day two to settle the final standings. Also, the most popular event of the week will close the year in grand fashion with Limited Pennyplane. Jim Buxton reporter/photographer Above: The Slusarczyks in action. Son Don (left) appears enthused as father Chuck looks on in concern. Left: Kurt Krempetz takes aim with his catapult glider. Indoor Free Flight

3 Walt Van Gorder, prepares for the come back of the century in Manhattan Cabin. He pulled off a win on his last flight. Liz Helms shows excellent form launching her Limited Pennyplane. NatsNews reporter, Jim Buxton's Limited Pennyplane cruises near the ceiling. Jay Smith launches his Limited Pennyplane Pro-Am model. Indoor Free Flight

4 The heart of an indoor duration model is in the rubber motor that powers it. Larry Coslick process his Manhattan Cabin under the watchful eye of Kurt Krempetz. Larry Loucka's Manhattan Cabin. Some tense moments as Jay Smith, Brett Sanborn, Liz Helms, and John Kagan watch the Limited Pennyplane Mass Launch. Indoor Free Flight

5 Andrew Smith's Zippy Sport in action. A P-24 model on the way down. Kurt Krempetz's Unlimited Catapult Glider. Indoor Free Flight

6 Right: Jay Smith packs the turns into his Limited Pennyplane motor. Below: Liz Helms shows good form in her launch while John Kagan instructs. Brett Sanborn and Jay Smith tickle the chains with their Limited Pennyplane Pro-Am entry. Below: Jeff Renz, Brett Sanborn, Jay Smith, Liz Helms, and John Kagan show off their Limited Pennyplane Pro-Am hardware. The end result of the Brett Sanborn "tickle the chains" program. Indoor Free Flight

7 Joe Traughber congratulates Andrew Smith on his Coconut Mass Launch win. Tim Lavender, winner of the Flying Horde Mass Launch. Walt Collins, Doyle Blevin, and Larry Coslick collect some hardware. Phil Sullivan (R) looks on. Leo Pilachowski and John Kagan, first and third in F1L. The young crowd did well in EZB, Don Slusarczyk and Joshua Merseal. Reynold Mazzocco congratulates Tom Sova on his A-6 finish. Indoor Free Flight

8 Manhattan *Scores are unofficial. Van Gorder, Walter 1 6:21 9:37 9:59 9:59 Loucka, Larry 2 8:04 8:25 8:55 9:14 9:54 9:54 Slusarczyk, Donald 3 8:05 9:32 9:26 1:50 3:52 9:32 Erbach, David 4 5:27 7:11 7:11 Coslick, Larry 5 2:32 2:32 Penny Plane Warmann, Robert 1 14:57 3:35 4:46 14:57 Sova, Tom 2 12:57 13:41 13:59 14:07 14:43 14:43 Kagan, John 3 14:30 14:30 Guyett, Evan (Sr) 4 11:08 12:36 9:38 12:14 12:36 Slusarczyk, Charles 5 12:06 12:06 Collins, Walt 6 10:44 10:28 7:05 11:56 11:18 11:56 Cordes, Leroy 7 4:05 10:08 9:21 11:51 11:51 Vandover, Abram 8 7:48 7:56 6:15 6:19 6:06 7:56 Wood, Richard 9 5:24 5:24 Renz,Jeff 10 5:13 4:25 5:13 Std Cat Buxton, James Krempetz, Kurt Slusarczyk, Donald Yost, John Markos, Charles Warmann, Robert Kagan, John Towline Glider Collins, Walt 1 1:26 1:36 1:22 1:40 2:05 2:05 Slusarczyk, Charles 2 1:20 2:01 2:01 Unl Speed Coslick, Larry Collins, Walt Blevins, Doyle Vandover, Abram USIC Loucka, Larry 1 0:04:58 0:06:25 0:06:25 Slusarczyk, Charles 2 0:05:02 0:04:32 0:04:39 0:06:02 0:06:02 Buxton, James 3 0:03:34 0:04:13 0:04:51 0:05:17 0:05:17 Collins, Walt 4 0:03:41 0:03:16 0:04:37 0:04:23 0:05:01 0:05:01 Warmann, Robert DNF Indoor Free Flight Scores

9 FAC NoCal Name Place Aircraft Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3 Best Slusarczyk, Donald 1 7:16 6:51 7:04 7:16 Slusarczyk, Charles 2 3:18 3:53 4:41 4:41 Collins, Walt DNF Loucka, Larry DNF Warmann, Robert DNF FAC Peanut Name Place 1st Flight 2nd Flight 3rd Flight Flight Points Total Points Fujikawa, Stephen Buxton, James Slusarczyk, Donald Heli Richmond, James 1 8:04 8:04 Erbach, David 2 2:24 3:47 3:47 Collins, Walt 3 1:58 1:26 1:11 1:22 1:58 Loucka, Larry DNF HLG Krempetz, Kurt Yost, John Loucka, Larry Buxton, James Gagliano, Victor Ministick Van Gorder, Walter 1 11:40 11:40 Sova, Tom 2 10:32 9:21 10:50 11:21 9:25 11:21 Loucka, Larry 3 7:59 10:29 9:27 10:36 11:12 11:12 Collins, Walt 4 7:19 10:28 10:28 Annis, Jeffrey 5 8:53 9:59 9:59 Richmond, James 6 9:12 9:12 Cordes, Leroy 7 8:28 8:59 7:12 8:57 8:55 8:59 Buxton, James 8 3:15 5:44 6:45 7:34 5:57 7:34 Unl Cat Krempetz, Kurt Buxton, James Yost, John Gagliano, Victor Slusarczyk, Donald Warmann, Robert Eberle, Robert *Scores are unofficial. Indoor Free Flight Scores

10 35cm Slusarczyk, Donald 1 25:02 25:10 Coslick, Larry 2 21:33 28:34 Sova, Tom 3 22:54 7:51 24:17 24:02 Collins, Walt 4 18:18 1:47 1:16 14:49 8:20 Slusarczyk, Charles 5 4:52 10:29 0:21 Vandover, Abram 6 5:45 4:55 5:20 4:36 5:21 Erbach, David Loucka, Larry Dime Scale Name Place Aircraft Bonus 1st Flight 2nd Flight 3rd Flight Score Slusarczyk, Donald 1 Hemiptre Fujikawa, Stephen Warmann, Robert EZB Slusarczyk, Donald 1 22:11 22:57 22:16 23:56 24:49 24:49 Merseal, Joshua 2 19:36 21:54 20:57 22:00 22:00 Collins, Walt 3 16:46 17:58 20:41 20:41 Fujikawa, Stephen 4 17:21 12:28 17:21 Coslick, Larry 5 16:37 13:34 17:09 17:09 Sova, Tom 6 15:00 15:00 Erbach, David 7 10:30 12:00 12:00 Vandover, Abram 8 5:36 3:12 5:36 Annis, Jeffrey 9 3:51 3:51 A-6 Gowen, William 1 9:55 9:55 Sova, Tom 2 9:15 9:11 9:10 8:34 8:05 9:15 Mazzocco, Reynold 3 7:33 5:21 5:48 7:08 7:10 7:33 Renz,Jeff 4 5:31 2:13 3:52 3:22 6:00 6:00 Collins, Walt 5 5:14 3:51 2:39 5:06 5:38 5:38 Markos, Charles 6 5:33 5:32 5:33 Erbach, David 7 4:38 5:22 4:38 4:37 5:15 5:22 Fujikawa, Stephen 8 2:49 4:03 4:54 4:54 Wood, Richard 9 4:35 4:12 4:35 Bostonia Coslick, Larry 1 2:41 0:20 2:48 2:48 Erbach, David LPP Pro/Am Smith, Jay 1 11:42 11:57 12:06 3:05 12:22 12:22 Helms, Liz 2 8:49 2:54 2:50 9:39 9:53 9:53 *Scores are unofficial. Indoor Free Flight Scores

11 A-ROG Coslick, Larry 1 17:19 17:00 17:19 Loucka, Larry 2 14:02 14:02 Annis, Jeffrey 3 11:32 11:21 11:32 Erbach, David 4 6:22 6:51 6:51 FL1 Pilachowski, Leo 1 19:29 19:16 18:33 17:15 Kagan, John 2 5:24 18:55 18:17 18:52 18:30 Richmond, James 3 17:23 16:55 Guyett, Evan (Sr) 4 5:30 13:01 14:58 12:40 15:44 15:18 Markos, Charles 5 3:37 13:58 14:04 15:49 Kirda, Michael 6 14:28 14:29 0:00 0:00 0:00 Fujikawa, Stephen 7 15:21 3:22 4:44 8:14 11:54 11:08 Sanborn, Brett 8 6:00 16:44 5:00 4:57 Annis, Jeffrey 9 8:52 4:28 9:43 11:11 11:18 Erbach, David 10 11:11 11:10 Slusarczyk, Donald 11 6:38 15:02 5:49 Wood, Richard 12 8:40 2:48 5:17 Collins, Walt 13 10:00 F1D Sanborn, Brett 1 35:21 21:11 35:42 35:18 30:19 16:21 Richmond, James 2 32:25 31:15 28:16 23:35 34:27 Kagan, John 3 0:00 32:58 30:11 15:52 31:13 Pilachowski, Leo 4 18:34 23:05 21:18 26:39 15:46 Kirda, Michael 5 11:59 22:15 10:10 23:59 Guyett, Evan (Sr) 6 18:36 19:40 20:15 21:25 Annis, Jeffrey 7 14:30 13:21 14:12 15:20 17:26 Fujikawa, Stephen Slusarczyk, Donald F1M Coslick, Larry 1 15:47 18:00 18:11 16:38 Gowen, William 2 17:06 17:32 18:02 17:30 Pilachowski, Leo 3 12:26 1:37 12:36 Wood, Richard 4 6:42 HLS Coslick, Larry 1 31:11 31:11 Slusarczyk, Donald 2 13:54 10:02 25:27 25:27 Merseal, Joshua 3 1:50 17:26 21:46 21:46 Kirda, Michael 4 8:28 17:42 21:00 19:46 21:00 Annis, Jeffrey 5 14:10 14:56 16:38 16:38 Loucka, Larry 6 10:17 10:17 *Scores are unofficial. Indoor Free Flight Scores

12 Jay Smith and Liz Helms do a grudge match mass launch of their Limited Pennyplane models. Jay Smith went on to win.