[“THE BEST OF THE BEST”]

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2009 Championship Events & Schedule

The US Scale Masters Championships brings together in friendly competition many of the most skilled and dedicated model airplane builders and pilots from across the Americas. They are truly

“THE BEST OF THE BEST”

Approximately fifty competitors will participate in this event. Each will have earlier met exacting requirements. Their models will range from vintage bi-planes to multi-engine aircraft to turbine jets. Each model will have been built to exacting scale standards and will be flown in the same manner as its full-size counterpart.

Wednesday, September 9th

• 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 pm Registration at the field
  

Thursday, September 10th

• 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Static Judging
• 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Registration continues
• 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Judges Lunch Break
• 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Open flying for competitors at the WRAF field to practice
  

Friday, September 11th

• 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
• 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Mandatory Pilots Briefing
  
• 9:00 a.m. to Noon Competitive Flying
• Noon. to 1:00 p.m. Judges Lunch Break, Model display and exhibition
• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Competitive Flying
• 6:00 p.m. Hangar Party at the field

Saturday, September 12th

• 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
• 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Mandatory Pilots Briefing
  
• 9:00 a.m. to Noon Competitive Flying
• Noon. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break, Model display and exhibition
• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Competitive Flying
• 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 Banquet
• 6:00 p.m to 6:30 p.m. Social Hour
• 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dinner
  

Sunday, September 13th

• 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
• 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Mandatory Pilots Briefing
  
• 9:00 a.m. to Noon Competitive Flying
• Noon. to 1:00 p.m. Judges Lunch Break
• 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony

The models are built over many hundreds of hours with painstaking attention to detail. They will be judged by how closely they match original design documentation. Static competition and judging, while a significant aspect of the competition is generally not quite as interesting to the general public as is the flying competition/judging. Each model will be flown several times; pilots will be judged by how closely their models mirror the flying characteristics of their full-size brethren. Pilot skill and model performance will both be on display. Usually, there will be from three to four models flying at any one time. Static and flying scores will be combined using an established formula to determine each competitor’s final placing in each of the four classes; Expert, Team, Advanced and Open.