Ok so this is the sequel to Vetteman's Air Racer Group Build
Start date will be this sunday 19th September 2010.
End Date will be 14th September 2011, the start of the Reno Air Races next year (can someone confirm this?)
Ill do things a little differently to Vetteman. With this one im using the categories of the Reno races.
Biplanes: small, aerobatic aircraft like the Pitts Special, the Mong, and the Smith Miniplane, racing on a 3.11-mile course at speeds reaching 250 mph
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Formula One: built according to strict technical specifications. The fastest Formula One aircraft reach almost 250 mph on the 3.11-mile race course at Reno.
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Sport: high-performance, commercially-available kit-built aircraft, reaching speeds of over 400 mph on the 6.39-mile course at Reno.
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AT-6: "stock" T-6 Texan, Harvard, or SNJ aircraft. The fastest T-6 aircraft generally post race speeds in the 210-220 mph range on the 4.99-mile course at Reno.
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Jet: racing between jets with non-afterburning engines, racing on a 8.355-mile course, reaching speeds over 500 mph.
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Unlimited: open to any piston-driven aircraft with an empty weight greater than 4500 pounds, generally including stock or modified WWII fighters like the North American P-51 Mustang, Grumman F-8F Bearcat, and Hawker Sea Fury. Speeds in the Unlimited Gold Race on Sunday reach 500 mph on the 8.355-mile course.
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Follow the links for details.
Ill also include an "Extreme" and "Golden Age" Category if you want to enter with something that doesn't fit the above categories. So, on to the major rules.
First and foremost, have fun. Thats the aim of these GB's.
Anything Race plane Related. Pick a category and go hard.
Also, Build status must be 50% or less to enter.
Biplanes.
Pretty much any biplane.
Formula One.
Race aircraft must have 66 square scale feet of wing area. (just going by the reno rules. Heres an article on how to work it out http://www.ehow.com/how_5087643_wing-area-model-airplane.html)
Must have Fixed landing gear and fixed pitch propeller.
Sport.
So for this one im gonna allow any homebuilt style aircraft.
AT-6.
AT-6's, SNJ's, Harvards. Whatever you wanna call them.
Jet.
Any non-afterburning jet with less than 15° of wing sweep.
Unlimited.
The Unlimited Class is open to any piston-driven aircraft with an empty weight greater than 4500 pounds(The real aircraft, not the model
).
Golden Age.
Golden age racers. GeeBee racers, travelair racer. Pretty much anything from the 1930's-ish. If you feel like its a golden age racer. just enter it under here.
Extreme.
Anything not listed above.
Just remember people. anything goes as long as its got race numbers.
I hope i can do as good a job hosting this one as Vetteman did. If you have any suggestions or criticism, Feel free to voice it.
Crossovers are more than welcome.
As for a badge. My photo shopping skills are useless, so if anyone wants to donate a GB Badge that would be much appreciated. For the person that does donate a badge you'll get a mention both here on the main page and it will be noted under your Entry that its your badge were using.
Righto, thanks heaps to Richard (kermit) for provided our awesome badges.
Sqeee!. So yeah. Download it when youve completed your first build and do with it as you please.
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: All images are property of their respective owners. All information about the classes taken directly from http://www.airrace.org