IMAC and PAttern is a discipline of flying that is a series of aerobatic manuvers that are Judged on how well they are executed. It requires alot of practice and disipline. The main differnece between IMAC and Pattern is, In IMAC the plane has to be a real scale plane. the plane has to be a minimum size. In Pattern, the plane is a special designed plane, known as a "Pattern Plane". Pattern has been flown for many years. IMAC is fairly new to the scene.
Links for Pattern info
http://nsrca.us/
Typical Pattern plane, long, sleek and aerodynamic. It isnt even close to any real full scale plane
There is also a "Classic Pattern" group called SPA that flies classic planes and rules dated before 1996
Typical IMAC plane, Its a model of a real
full scale plane
Morris Fruit is the clubs resident IMAC expert. He also has friends that flew Pattern. Morris will have more IMAC info in the near future. It is also possible, if we have the interest, to have a few IMAC/Pattern flying workshops to learn the basics
If you are interested please e-mail Andy and we will get a workshop going
