This weekend I competed in the Texas City Pattern Classic. I understand the last pattern event the club held was 30 years ago. Their facility is perfect for pattern along with the club's energy and support for hosting a first-class event is second to none.
I've been flying with and coaching Justin Wells who is preparing for the 2021 Nats. Helping him has rejuvenated my pattern spirit. I am practicing and focused again on airplane equipment preparation, trimming/setup, and practice. This weekend's event demonstrated I am still competitive in Masters at least in D6.
As a Futaba Field Rep, I always have an ear out for radio comments from users. Futaba continues to be the dominant brand in this part of the country. Because of the integrated telemetry with their ESC's and recorded voice playback options a few have migrated over to Jeti. The next popular radio would be Spectrum, JR and Airtronics are pretty much non-existent. Propulsion systems, contra drive systems have become very popular among competitors in all classes. For the most part, the Adverunn is what I see the most of, then Brenner's system. For me, the Hacker geared inrunners C50 and C54 is what I continue to use. Pairing these motors with Adam Debowski's D3 swinging an APC carbon 22x13 is an ideal power system in my Invitation G2 and Epic + and Evo. The invitation served me very well this weekend at the Texas City event.
Here are a few pictures from the Texas City event:
