Hi Everyone,

Thanks to all those who braved the wind yesterday to have a go at the competitions.  I have a few others to catch up with from April, so here we go:

Blackjack (April)

As the name suggests the quickest to get a score of 21 by touching in squares of varying scores on the strip  (10, 5, 2, 1)

Pilot

Time

Position

David C

0:25

1st

James G

0:31

2nd

Gavin B

0:49

3rd

Robin A

1:02

4th

Neil W

1:18

5th

Matthew B

1:36

6th

Shaun D

2:17

7th

Glyn W

2:18

8th

There were no mishaps, which really reflects the flying this year so far (there’s still time for this to change!).  Well done Glyn for having a go, it good to see some new names entering this year.

Water Carrying (April)

Again as the name suggests a cup is mounted on the top of the model and filled with 48 drips of water (official measurement of CDMFC).  The pilot must take off, complete a circuit and land.  Double points are awarded for completing a loop.  This competition really tests the steady smooth pilot.

Pilot

Loop?

Remaining Drips

Score

Position

Gavin B

Y

45

90

1st

James G

Y

42

84

2nd

Neil W

Y

35

70

3rd

Shaun D

Y

24

48

4th

Glyn W

Y

22

44

=5th

David C

Y

22

44

=5th

Matthew B

N

40

40

7th

Robin A

Y

5

10

8th

Well done Matthew – brave the loop next year and you would have been in the top 3!

Scale Flying

Pretty self-explanatory these competitions!  Yesterday saw the Scale flying competition.  Pilots had to complete 5 standard elements (Taxi, Take off, straight flight, procedure turn and figure of 8) followed by 5 of their choice that matched their models ability and full size manoeuvres.  Then just a matter of landing (easier said than done yesterday!  Sores were out of 10, and then multiplied by a K factor against their difficulty.

Pilot

Model

Score

Position

James G

Flybaby

955

1st

Gavin B

Seafury

915

2nd

Neil W

J3 Cub

801

3rd

Graham H

J3 Cub

737

4th

Richard C

Mustang

504

5th

Thank you to Don Coe and Richard P for being judges on the day, there was some really good flying displayed due to the conditions.

Thermalisers

The 1st Thermaliser competition took place and the little models really handled the weather well.  Although this competition does not count towards the overall club competitions it was great fun.  Neil recorded a flight in excess of 15 minutes yesterday (although not in the competition!) which we think is the current record.

Pilot

Time (best)

Position

Graham H

5:23

1st

James G

4:40

2nd

Richard C

3:59

3rd

Gavin B

3:26

4th

Neil W

2:44

5th

Glyn W

1:50

6th

The conditions were very changeable, but there were thermals moving through which gave some varying times.  Let’s hope for better weather at the next event!!

Overall Standings

 

Kind Regards

Gavin