Today was a free day on the schedule. Due to the terrorist acts in previous days, most tourist attraction were closed, so me and my team members were left stranded in Muncie, with nothing to do. We decided to spend the day to tour the R/C aircraft museum, and to the practice field to see finalists practice. Here were some photos of display items inside the museum.
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Of interest amongst the display were lots of planes, engines, radios and parts that were pieces of history in our hobby. I got to see how our ancestors enjoyed aero modelling with technologies available at their time, and the nice work they did in their models. There were some interesting pieces, of interest were a testing mold of the space shuttle on the back of a Boeing 747 of NASA, a vertical takeoff flying machine that resembles much like a swamp machine, and a "flying control chair" that let a pilot control his models sitting on a devices that mimic control of full size aircraft. There was a store inside the museum that sells books, souvenir, and even plan of the "flying chair" which I got a copy and definitely would try to make that when I was back!
At the practice field, most finalists were present. The weather was fine in the morning, but got worst with strong side winds in the afternoon. One curious thing was that in the morning pilots of the Japanese team did not practice very frequently, but in the afternoon during strong winds most Japanese team members became very active in practicing. However, as I saw these pilots practicing, some pilots did not fly as good as they did when they were in Poland. I wondered if its due to the wind, of if they were holding themselves back not to show all their skills.......
Anyway, tomorrow was going to be another intense day of competition.
Interesting machine of the day
1985 World Champion Cliff Hiatt participated this World Championship with X-Cell Pro 2K. Of interest was Cliff's machines were still using the old Pro head with custom mixing geometry design by him.
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