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- ESFFC at Barron Field
- Looking for F1H
- Tom Smith
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Eastern states freeflight champs at Barron Field November 10-11
Dear Free Flight Friends,
Attached please find the notice from Gene Ulm and Dave Lacey with the schedule of events at the Eastern U.S. Free Flight Champs November 10-11. It is being held at our field in Wawayanda, New York (near Middletown, Goshen, and Pine Island). This change in venue this year is due to crop issues at the usual sites in Maryland. Meanwhile I have checked with the sod farmers and the Wawayanda field made it through the recent storm in good condition.
This is a meet with a superb tradition, run for many decades by the late Tom Kerr. All are welcome to attend. Recognize that it can be cold at this time of year so dress warmly.
Thermals,
Andrew Barron
NOVEMBER 10-11 2012
A Cat III America’s Cup event (AAA Contest)
Barron Field Wawayanda NY
P-30
Mulvihill
Cat glider
HL glider
Dakota: Target Time 40 Seconds – Total error of three flights
1/2A AMA,1/2A classic & 1/2A NosGas combined (different engine runs)
ABC AMA, classic &, Nos combined (different engine runs)
SAM OT small rubber combined
SAM OT large rubber combined
NFFS One Design
E-36
SATURDAY ONLY EVENTS:
FAI events 5 rounds starting at 10:00 AM and each hour after, 1½ hour overlapping rounds.
F1H
F1G
F1J
F1Q; 7 rounds starting at 10:00 AM
SUNDAY ONLY EVENTS:
FAI events 7 rounds starting at 8:00 AM and each hour after, 1 ½ hour overlapping rounds
F1A
F1B
F1C & F1P combined
Contest Directors: Dave Lacey 703-370-5708
Jim Coffin 703-256-3865
Open events: $25 dollars maximum to fly all events.
Looking for F1H
Hello
For French competitions participation, I am loking at a few price, in second hand (or not used) :
- a F1H bunt model (either e-MK bunter or mechanical bunter) ;
or
- a wings F1H for a bunt model ;
- tailboom F1A or F1H.
good thermals
please answer by SMS at +33661375036
Thierry Canler
Tom Smith
Guys
Another good guy gone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/9649596/Tom-Smith.html
He even made the obituaries in the paper. I knew that he was a development engineer in aerospace but hadn't appreciated the level that he worked at. Do take a look.
I knew him from his day of power flying. The early models such Fried Fritter and later the Nig Nog and Super Nog. It had to be powerful and fast for Tom to appreciate.
Michael Woodhouse
One man's Magic is another man's Engineering *
From the Magic Timers Customer Support Files...
A couple of Magic Timer F1A customers had problems with timers appearing to reset at launch with LDA models
Quoting Customer 1
However I did discover what the problem was. During the launch acceleration, the towhook body was pulled down and one side jammed into the slot for the hook in the bottom of the pod. Then at launch the hook did not go back and the timer did not think the model was launched and just closed the hook. Upon landing which was a stall in, the hook apparently dislodged and went to a rearward position that made it look like the hook had closed after launch.
Quoting Customer 2
I put a small piece of lead in the model's nose to move the C of G. I did not realize that the lead was moving backwards when the model launched and bunted. The lead fell on the timer, shorted the power and caused it to reset. When the model “landed” the weight fell forward off the timer and all looked normal. I finally found it when the lead stuck on the timer and saw it when I picked up the model. When I firmly attached the lead the problem went away.
*Robert Heinlein – not a MagicTimers Customer.
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Roger Morrell