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- Relative timekeeper problems in the UK
- Vintage FAI Power at the NATS
- Skyscraper Annual FAI results
- Looking for Profi Pins
- Biggles Goes Shopping
Anselmo on Facebook
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Allard
Relative Timekeeper Problems in UK
Like the US* here in UK we also are plagued by problems over tame and somewhat less than competent timekeepers operating in both domestic and FAI competitions.
One exponent with his father as timekeeper now attracts some attention from timekeeping observers and has his score regularly reduced to the actual time. His flights at the 2009 Brit Nats were rescored requiring a flyoff for second while another tame timekeeper's engine run was over-ruled in the SLOP flyoff.
In 2010 we are hearing the tones of 'tell me when it is down' from one timekeeping wife.
As the point of competition rules is that we should all know that we are on a level playing field why doesn't someone take action against these blatant timekeeping cheats. In UK we used to have a rule that timekeepers must be members of the BMFA but this seems to have slipped away in the current dumbing down of UK contests generally.
Surely it is about time that parents, offspring and partners qualifications for timekeeping were examined and those found wanting weeded out.
Barkston Regular
Editorial comment
* the actual previous article was written by Allard van Wallene, who is Dutch and was talking mainly about FAI World Cup events.
There are similar comments in the USA. I think it is important to recognize that while it may seem that people mainly comment on relatives who time, there are many family members who are very diligent and probably jut as many non-family member swho are a little lax or generous.
With the advances in technology a number of us had been looking at some electronic and other more accurate and impartial ways of timing and hopefully will soon have something ready for field testing.
Vintage FAI Power at the NATS
Vintage FAI Power - ON Friday, August 6, Vintage FAI Power will be flown at the NATS with Bob Mattes as the CD. Entry and a $10 fee will be collected on the field at the flight area starting at 7:30 on Friday with flying starting promptly at 8 AM. Flying will be per the Vintage FAI Power Rules dated 03/02/2010 which are available for download from the NFFS web site. If you are sure that you will attend and fly an informal pre entry via and email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. would be appreciated. Awards will include either certificates or some modest trophies and return of entry fees to the top 3 places in the following proportions (1st - 50%, 2nd - 30%, 3rd - 20%).
Some key rules follows:
1) Flying will be from a 50 foot square box integrated into the AMA flight line.
2) Five - 1 hour rounds starting at 8 AM every hour with the last round from noon to 1 PM.
3) Engine runs and maxes will be per the Vintage rules and may change from round to round should wind speed warrant. Primary goal will be to keep all aircraft on the field during rounds and any fly-off. This is a specific Muncie field rule.
4) Fly-off will commence at 1:30 and each round will be 30 minutes in length. Flight times and engines will be determined by the CD dependent on wind conditions.
Once again for pre-entry please contact me via email. I will also provide an electronic copy or the rules if requested. Note that most any A NOS ship that is powered by a 15 can be flown in this event and has a good chance base on the weighted engines runs allowed for older vintages. Please be ready to provide some indication as to the design date of your entry and the corresponding vintage.
Thanks,
Bob Mattes
190 Hunters Pointe Dr.
Saint Charles, MO 63304
Skyscraper Annual FAI Results
Free Flight Friends,
We are pleased to report on the Brooklyn Sky-Scraper Annual held June 26-27, 2010 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York. The winds were primarily from the southwest and light both days, allowing us to stay on the sod, with minimal use of adjoining farm fields. It was one of the most pleasant contests we have had at our field. We again had 40 contestants, matching the number from the previous month (the Sky-Scraper Challenge in May had 40 contestants in FAI/AMA/NFFS, plus 24 flyers in Flying Aces events). Among the hotly contested events were F1A, F1B, and World Cup F1Q.
In F1Q we used 15 second engine runs with 180 second maxes. Dick and Rich Ivers and David Lacey had impressive spiral climbs with models with generous wing area (corresponding to classic AB gas models) allowing for gentle floating glides. A brisk and powerful fourth round thermal took Rich's F1Q and Brian Pacelli's F1J off-property to an onion field where Brian was able to retrieve his quickly, but Rich was not. So we subsequently reduced to 10 second engine runs and 150 second maxes in F1Q. Otherwise on Saturday (except for a fly-away by Carrol Allen in F1G) conditions were calm enough that models stayed on-field. Dick Ivers previously won the Sky-Scraper Challenge and the Wilbur and Orville meets with max-outs and he continued his streak with a max-out win in this World cup F1Q.
Sunday the conditions were similar with light winds of variable direction so we set up in the middle of the field, and used a 240 second max for F1A and F1B for the 7:30am first round. In these still conditions nine out of eleven F1B contestants and four out of nine F1A contestants achieved the first round max. It stayed calm for most of the day, though the wind picked up for rounds six and seven making for some long retrieves (especially by Tom Vaccaro and Carrol Allen in F1B and by Tzvetan Tzvetkov and Michelle, Timothy and Andrew Barron in F1A). In F1B Ron Felix flew a model with a new variable diameter propellor for all seven rounds. Canadian Ladi Horak put in a good performance in his first trip to Wawayanda, dropping only 10 seconds in round six. Meanwhile Junior team member Brede Doerner dropped only 13 seconds in a stellar performance. Tom Vaccaro and Aram Schlosberg maxed out with Tom winning in the fly-off. This is the same order of first and second in F1B as in the Sky-Scraper Challenge last month. In recent weeks I have heard several notable flyers marvel at the level of torque that Tom is routinely able to wind into his rubber motors with the latest rubber from FAI Model Supply (John Clapp). Other recent noteworthy F1B performances were Brede Doerner and Sarah Radziunas maxing out at the Wilbur and Orville meet (June 12-13).
In F1A Junior Timothy Barron flew especially well for the win in this Sky-Scraper Annual. With consistent flying Igor Fradkin picked up second place (which pairs with his first at the Sky-Scraper Challenge for a nice start to the America's Cup) and Peter Barron won third. Gene Ulm and Junior team member Oliver Cai were flying well but were derailed by a tough round six. A mysterious electronic failure under tow in the first round impaired Andrew Barron. An encouraging level of performance was put in by Michelle Barron (age 14) who finished just 27 seconds behind second place.
Also noteworthy was Dave Rounsaville maxing out in F1P; Jean Pailet maxing out in F1J with Dave Rounsaville and Brian Pacelli not far behind; John Clapp maxing out in F1G to beat Tom Vaccaro by just 1 second, with Dave Lacey and Carrol Allen not far behind; and seven year old Gina Barron pushing eventual winner Jean Pailet in F1H.
I mention that Brian Pacelli also maxed out in F1P at the Wilbur and Orville meet two weeks earlier and focussed on his other event F1B at the SkyScraper Annual. He and fellow F1B flyer Brede Doerner appear especially well-prepared for the upcoming Junior World Champs. Brede was awarded the Dorothy Waddington Trophy for the best Junior Performance at the Sky-Scraper Annual with 1307 seconds in F1B.
Here are the scores from the Sky-Scraper Annual.
Thermals,
Don Rousseau (CD) and Andrew Barron (Field Marshall)
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World Cup F1Q (June 26, Aram Schlosberg organizer and A. Barron event CD)
1. 180 180 180 180 150 150 150 1170 Dick Ivers (Richard Ivers, Sr)
2. 180 180 119 112 148 112 150 1001 David Lacey
3. 180 180 180 dnf dnf dnf 130 0670 Rich Ivers (Richard Ivers, Jr)
4. 094 098 040 025 088 150 059 0554 Aram Schlosberg
5. 163 180 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0343 Ed Luparelli
Sky-Scraper Annual F1A
1. 240 180 147 180 180 180 180 1287 Timothy Barron (Junior)
2. 170 180 180 180 152 180 177 1219 Igor Fradkin
3. 240 180 096 148 180 180 180 1204 Peter Barron
4. 152 180 180 180 180 180 151 1203 Andrew Barron
5. 214 180 159 180 180 100 180 1193 Michelle Barron (Junior)
6. 214 073 180 180 180 180 180 1187 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
7. 240 180 180 180 180 034 139 1133 Gene Ulm
8. 240 180 162 180 180 dnf dnf 0942 Oliver Cai (Junior)
9. 082 123 055 180 149 178 dnf 0767 Julie Barron (Junior)
Sky-Scraper Annual F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+180 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+162 Aram Schlosberg
3. 240 180 180 180 180 170 180 1310 Ladi Horak
4. 240 180 180 180 180 167 180 1307 Brede Doerner (Junior)
5. 240 180 180 180 130 180 180 1270 Carrol Allen
6. 240 180 180 180 133 177 134 1224 Brian Pacelli (Junior)
7. 161 180 180 180 180 180 124 1146 Ron Felix
8. 240 180 180 180 180 180 dnf 1140 John Clapp
9. 240 180 180 180 180 dnf dnf 0960 Jerry McGlashan
10.240 158 180 098 090 dnf dnf 0766 Sarah Radziunas
11.120 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0120 David Lacey
F1P
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Dave Rounsaville
F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 John Clapp
2. 120 120 120 120 119 599 Tom Vaccaro
3. 120 120 120 120 101 581 Dave Lacey
4. 120 120 120 090 120 570 Carrol Allen
5. 120 120 dnf dnf dnf 240 Bill Buss
F1H
1. 120 109 112 048 120 509 Jean Pailet
2. 064 073 120 021 120 398 Gina Barron (Junior)
F1J
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Jean Pailet
2. 120 111 120 120 120 591 Dave Rounsaville
3. 120 120 120 120 081 561 Brian Pacelli
4. 000 042 052 097 dnf 191 Tom Kerr
Thanks for your interest
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Biggles Shopping tips
Hello Lads
For the Biggles Free Flight Team but found it easier to find the FF address list so apologies if this is an unwelcome email.
Just back from a stroll down to the local Aldi and hiking back with one of their rechargeable mini drill kits at £12.99, including a three year guarantee.
Knowing a few of you are up for an Aldi expedition, well Bill Colledge and me anyway, you might find this little rechargeable drill useful both on the workbench - much easier than my plugin transformer and leads mini-drill - and to carry it charged with your flying kit for any on-field drilling,sanding,grinding you might want to attempt between flights.
Their cycling wrap-round sunglasses are also great value at £2.99 but my local branch is now sold out - mini-drill and sunglasses were in last Sunday's offers.
See you at Barkston for the Brumfly on Sunday.
David Brawn
Biggles Free Flight Team
[While Captain W.E. John might turn over in his grave at the the thought of Biggles being associated with Shopping, we include this, in particular for those in the UK!]
..............
Roger Morrell
190 Hunters Pointe Dr.
Saint Charles, MO 63304
Skyscraper Annual FAI Results
Free Flight Friends,
We are pleased to report on the Brooklyn Sky-Scraper Annual held June 26-27, 2010 at Barron Field in Wawayanda, New York. The winds were primarily from the southwest and light both days, allowing us to stay on the sod, with minimal use of adjoining farm fields. It was one of the most pleasant contests we have had at our field. We again had 40 contestants, matching the number from the previous month (the Sky-Scraper Challenge in May had 40 contestants in FAI/AMA/NFFS, plus 24 flyers in Flying Aces events). Among the hotly contested events were F1A, F1B, and World Cup F1Q.
In F1Q we used 15 second engine runs with 180 second maxes. Dick and Rich Ivers and David Lacey had impressive spiral climbs with models with generous wing area (corresponding to classic AB gas models) allowing for gentle floating glides. A brisk and powerful fourth round thermal took Rich's F1Q and Brian Pacelli's F1J off-property to an onion field where Brian was able to retrieve his quickly, but Rich was not. So we subsequently reduced to 10 second engine runs and 150 second maxes in F1Q. Otherwise on Saturday (except for a fly-away by Carrol Allen in F1G) conditions were calm enough that models stayed on-field. Dick Ivers previously won the Sky-Scraper Challenge and the Wilbur and Orville meets with max-outs and he continued his streak with a max-out win in this World cup F1Q.
Sunday the conditions were similar with light winds of variable direction so we set up in the middle of the field, and used a 240 second max for F1A and F1B for the 7:30am first round. In these still conditions nine out of eleven F1B contestants and four out of nine F1A contestants achieved the first round max. It stayed calm for most of the day, though the wind picked up for rounds six and seven making for some long retrieves (especially by Tom Vaccaro and Carrol Allen in F1B and by Tzvetan Tzvetkov and Michelle, Timothy and Andrew Barron in F1A). In F1B Ron Felix flew a model with a new variable diameter propellor for all seven rounds. Canadian Ladi Horak put in a good performance in his first trip to Wawayanda, dropping only 10 seconds in round six. Meanwhile Junior team member Brede Doerner dropped only 13 seconds in a stellar performance. Tom Vaccaro and Aram Schlosberg maxed out with Tom winning in the fly-off. This is the same order of first and second in F1B as in the Sky-Scraper Challenge last month. In recent weeks I have heard several notable flyers marvel at the level of torque that Tom is routinely able to wind into his rubber motors with the latest rubber from FAI Model Supply (John Clapp). Other recent noteworthy F1B performances were Brede Doerner and Sarah Radziunas maxing out at the Wilbur and Orville meet (June 12-13).
In F1A Junior Timothy Barron flew especially well for the win in this Sky-Scraper Annual. With consistent flying Igor Fradkin picked up second place (which pairs with his first at the Sky-Scraper Challenge for a nice start to the America's Cup) and Peter Barron won third. Gene Ulm and Junior team member Oliver Cai were flying well but were derailed by a tough round six. A mysterious electronic failure under tow in the first round impaired Andrew Barron. An encouraging level of performance was put in by Michelle Barron (age 14) who finished just 27 seconds behind second place.
Also noteworthy was Dave Rounsaville maxing out in F1P; Jean Pailet maxing out in F1J with Dave Rounsaville and Brian Pacelli not far behind; John Clapp maxing out in F1G to beat Tom Vaccaro by just 1 second, with Dave Lacey and Carrol Allen not far behind; and seven year old Gina Barron pushing eventual winner Jean Pailet in F1H.
I mention that Brian Pacelli also maxed out in F1P at the Wilbur and Orville meet two weeks earlier and focussed on his other event F1B at the SkyScraper Annual. He and fellow F1B flyer Brede Doerner appear especially well-prepared for the upcoming Junior World Champs. Brede was awarded the Dorothy Waddington Trophy for the best Junior Performance at the Sky-Scraper Annual with 1307 seconds in F1B.
Here are the scores from the Sky-Scraper Annual.
Thermals,
Don Rousseau (CD) and Andrew Barron (Field Marshall)
_____________________________________________________________________
World Cup F1Q (June 26, Aram Schlosberg organizer and A. Barron event CD)
1. 180 180 180 180 150 150 150 1170 Dick Ivers (Richard Ivers, Sr)
2. 180 180 119 112 148 112 150 1001 David Lacey
3. 180 180 180 dnf dnf dnf 130 0670 Rich Ivers (Richard Ivers, Jr)
4. 094 098 040 025 088 150 059 0554 Aram Schlosberg
5. 163 180 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0343 Ed Luparelli
Sky-Scraper Annual F1A
1. 240 180 147 180 180 180 180 1287 Timothy Barron (Junior)
2. 170 180 180 180 152 180 177 1219 Igor Fradkin
3. 240 180 096 148 180 180 180 1204 Peter Barron
4. 152 180 180 180 180 180 151 1203 Andrew Barron
5. 214 180 159 180 180 100 180 1193 Michelle Barron (Junior)
6. 214 073 180 180 180 180 180 1187 Tzvetan Tzvetkov
7. 240 180 180 180 180 034 139 1133 Gene Ulm
8. 240 180 162 180 180 dnf dnf 0942 Oliver Cai (Junior)
9. 082 123 055 180 149 178 dnf 0767 Julie Barron (Junior)
Sky-Scraper Annual F1B
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+180 Tom Vaccaro
2. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320+162 Aram Schlosberg
3. 240 180 180 180 180 170 180 1310 Ladi Horak
4. 240 180 180 180 180 167 180 1307 Brede Doerner (Junior)
5. 240 180 180 180 130 180 180 1270 Carrol Allen
6. 240 180 180 180 133 177 134 1224 Brian Pacelli (Junior)
7. 161 180 180 180 180 180 124 1146 Ron Felix
8. 240 180 180 180 180 180 dnf 1140 John Clapp
9. 240 180 180 180 180 dnf dnf 0960 Jerry McGlashan
10.240 158 180 098 090 dnf dnf 0766 Sarah Radziunas
11.120 dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0120 David Lacey
F1P
1. 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 1320 Dave Rounsaville
F1G
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 John Clapp
2. 120 120 120 120 119 599 Tom Vaccaro
3. 120 120 120 120 101 581 Dave Lacey
4. 120 120 120 090 120 570 Carrol Allen
5. 120 120 dnf dnf dnf 240 Bill Buss
F1H
1. 120 109 112 048 120 509 Jean Pailet
2. 064 073 120 021 120 398 Gina Barron (Junior)
F1J
1. 120 120 120 120 120 600 Jean Pailet
2. 120 111 120 120 120 591 Dave Rounsaville
3. 120 120 120 120 081 561 Brian Pacelli
4. 000 042 052 097 dnf 191 Tom Kerr
Thanks for your interest
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Need help in locating the manufacturer of: PROFI PINS
Can anyone tell me how to contact the manufacturer of these very nice modeling pins?
Please send info to:
John Clapp
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Thanks for any help you can offer!Biggles Shopping tips
Hello Lads
For the Biggles Free Flight Team but found it easier to find the FF address list so apologies if this is an unwelcome email.
Just back from a stroll down to the local Aldi and hiking back with one of their rechargeable mini drill kits at £12.99, including a three year guarantee.
Knowing a few of you are up for an Aldi expedition, well Bill Colledge and me anyway, you might find this little rechargeable drill useful both on the workbench - much easier than my plugin transformer and leads mini-drill - and to carry it charged with your flying kit for any on-field drilling,sanding,grinding you might want to attempt between flights.
Their cycling wrap-round sunglasses are also great value at £2.99 but my local branch is now sold out - mini-drill and sunglasses were in last Sunday's offers.
See you at Barkston for the Brumfly on Sunday.
David Brawn
Biggles Free Flight Team
[While Captain W.E. John might turn over in his grave at the the thought of Biggles being associated with Shopping, we include this, in particular for those in the UK!]
..............
Roger Morrell