THE countdown for the Wagga Model Aero Club’s highly-anticipated Annual IMAC Competition is in its final stages, with just eight days until the commencement of the event.
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Now in its third year, the Annual IMAC Competition at Connorton Flying Field is an opportunity for members of the International Miniature Aerobatic Club to put their skills on show.
IMAC is a special interest group for people with a passion for, and interest in, replicating full-scale aerobatics with radio controlled airplanes.
Event publicity officer Ron Swager is thrilled with the response the event has already generated across New South Wales, with twenty competitors already lodging entries.
“Local Australian champion Luke Brodrick will compete as well as one of Australia’s best 3D pilots Zac Brewer,” he said.
“Zac is a local boy from Temora.”
There will be five levels or classes of competition at the event, providing beginners to elite competitors to participate in the two day event.
Each class is given one or more series of known manoeuvres to perform which is called a sequence, however IMAC competitions also requires that the pilot fly an unknown sequence that is given to the pilot the day of the contest.
“The difficulty of each manoeuvre of a sequence is given a K-Factor,” Ron said.
“The judges’ score of each manoeuvre is multiplied by the K-Factor to obtain the final score.
“Perfecting more difficult manoeuvres will land a competitor a higher score.”
In order to be eligible to participate in IMAC Scale Aerobatic competitions, the pilot’s aircraft must resemble a full scale aircraft capable of competing in an International Aerobatic Club contest.
“The rules state that the aircraft shall be judged for “likeness” at a distance of approximately 10 feet,” he said.
“The wingspan of the aeroplane determines the scale it is. “The fuselage width and height can’t deviate more than 10 percent of scale.”
At the completion of the classes, the club will host an exciting freestyle event.
“The freestyle event provides RC pilots to show-off their mind-blowing 3D routines,” Ron said.
“RC planes aren’t burdened by the physical limitations of a human pilot.
“This allows IMAC’s higher class sequences to be a bit more aggressive with higher G manoeuvres than what is typically seen in IAC competitions.”
Entry into the event, which will be held on August 18 and 19, is free and a canteen will operate on the day.
