Time to come back. The United States will be hosting the 2023 FAI World Championships for Spacemodels.
James
Yes, one competition, held every 2 years, usually overseas, costing thousands of dollars to participate in . . .
Brian left because widespread NAR competition ceased to exist. Unless a large number of clubs start flying NRC events, Competition will never flourish again.
Yes, I know you can "do it on your own", with a witness and "mail in" your results. However, that is not "head to head" competition, flying under the same atmospheric conditions, with the same filed limitations / advantages. Basically, it is just a national "mail-in" competition.
Maybe the NAR should do NARAM the same way . . . If they had, NARAM-62 would not need to have been postponed
( OK - No R&D, Flexwing, Superroc or Sport Scale, but the event could still have been held, possibly with MORE Participants, since travel & hotel expenses would not have been a factor ). ALSO, NAR sSections would not have to "bid" or be "persuaded" to host NARAM !
Events: 1/2A B/G*, 1/2A SD*, 1/2A HD*, 1/2A PD*, 1/2A ALT*, 1/2A Flexwing, B Payload*, D SuperRoc Altitude altimeter, Sport Scale, R&D. (*NRC Events)
BTW - Why can't Flexwing or Superroc also be NRC events, too ? They are either timed or altimeter events, just like the NRC events. Actually, R&D could be conducted online and streamed . . . Only Craftsmanship events would be a problem.
Dave F.