Re: Intermediate Stick / Paper Stick

From: ray_harlan <rbharlan_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:56:04 -0000

Hardly anybody flew B Stick and then, only for records. The only one I knew of who flew it was Bill Tyler.

Paper Stick came in because AMA had done away with the ROW and ROG events (except A ROG and the two Cabin events). B Stick, C Stick and B Cabin then were dropped somewhere in the 60's (I'm missing rule books from '62 to '68). In '69, EZB was a supplemental (non-record) event and stayed that way until 1980, when it became an official event. Pennyplane and Novice became official events in 1976, with no supplemental status.

Ray
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
>
>
> Ray,
>
> Thanks for your reply. In 1955, how popular was the B stick class? And when did the ABCD class specifications disappear? Specifically, did the B stick "merge" with paper stick to become intermediate stick, or did B stick disappear before 1986?
>
> I saw that you won paper stick in 1957!
>
> -Kang
>
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "ray_harlan" <rbharlan@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure Paper Stick started in 1955 (that's when I started flying it). I don't have a 1955 rule book; the oldest that I have kept is 1959-1960. It is 3/32" thick for everything! The rules made it a Class B model - 100 sqin wing area max (it was called "supporting surface). Projected area of stab in excess of wing area is combined with the wing.
> >
> > Paper Stick models must have all supporting and stabilizing surfaces covered with paper. Propellers may be carved from a solid block or be built up and covered with paper or wood.
> >
> > At first, nobody tried a wood-covered prop. All were carved. It took 8 hours to carve a decent 14" prop. If you back-stroked while sanding, you started over with a new block.
> >
> > Paper Stick morphed into Intermediate Stick in 1986, when the really light (.008 oz/100sqin) condenser paper was no longer available and Mylar films had been introduced.
> >
> > Ray
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@> wrote:
> > >
> > > In looking at old Indoor Nats results, it seems that the three main events were:
> > >
> > > - Stick
> > > - Cabin
> > > - Paper Stick
> > >
> > > I understand that Paper Stick has evolved to Intermediate Stick.
> > >
> > > Can someone provide the rules of Paper Stick, as well as how and when it evolved to Intermediate Stick?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > -Kang
> > >
> >
>
Received on Thu Jul 14 2011 - 11:56:06 CEST