SEN 2313 25 June 2017 # Skyscrapters Result # Cada Cup #Huron Cup

Table of Contents – SEN 2313

 

  1. Skyscrapers Annual and World Cup
  2. Canada Cup
  3. Huron Cup
  4. UK FFTC 2018 Calendar and Rule Changes proposals


Skyscraper’s Annual, June 25th 2017 Wawaywanda NY


Saturday June 24 was a blowout and all events were shifted to Sunday. On Saturday it also rained heavily along the Atlantic coast, but Wawaywanda was spared the rain.
Saturday started quietly and the wind gradually picking up, becoming turbulent in the second half of the fifth round, spoiling many scores. Because all events were flown on the same day, Bob Sifleet and I opted not to fly Q. The only superman flying two events (A and Q) was Joel Yuri.
Only Joel Yuri maxed out in A.
In Q Drake Hooke and Bob Sifleet maxed out and the flyoff was flown with 66% of the model’s energy budget, reducing Drake’s motor run to 3 seconds and Bob’s to 26 seconds. Drake model did not accelerate as usual and it over bunted - placing him second. He later flew a LDA model with a 3 second motor run and got twice as high. A “bad air” simultaneous launch was selected to keep models on the field.
Similarly, in B, a “bad air” window was selected with a 7-minute working window. Sara Radziunas flew first into a nice patch of air. Carrol Allen broke a motor and manage to fly in the last 10 seconds, catching another nice patch of air. Both Sara and Carrol later encountered strong turbulence, with Sara ending up 9 seconds ahead. Fortunately, both landed in the field.
Dave Acton performed all the administrative functions.
Aram

   Annual: AC, WC Wawaywanda NY,  June 25, 2017

      1    2   3   4   5 FO  Total  Name
A   240  180 180 180 180       960  Joel Yuri (J)
A   240  180 180 168 180       948  Jama Danier
A   240  180 180 180 110       890  Tzvetan Tzvetkov
A   184  180 180 180 104       828  Igor Fradkin
A   209  114 180 142 180       825  Peter Barron
      3    4   5   3   3            maxs

B   240  180 180 180 180  263 1223  Sara Radziunas
B   240  180 180 180 180  254 1214  Carrol Allen
B   240  180 180 180 180   72 1032  Joel Yori (J)
B   226  180 180 180 164       930  Lois Joyner
B   240  180 180 180 143       923  Aram Schlosberg
      4    5   5   5   3            maxes

G   120  120 120 120  57       537  John Clapp
G   120   83  89  94  83       469  Don Rousseau

Q   240  180 180 180 180  194 1154  Bob Sifleet
Q   240  180 180 180 180  135 1095  Drake Hook
Q   240  180 180 180 174       954  Dick Ivers
Q   215  124 104 180  82       705  Yuda Avla
      4    4   4   5   2            Maxes

S   120  120 120          120  480  Dick Ivers

 


   CANADA CUP 2017
    WORLD CUP COMPETITION
   July 15th. 2017
   Zander Sod farm, New Tecumseth, Ontario,

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Categories:    F1A – F1B – F1C

Contest schedule: F1A – F1B – F1C                
July 15th.

 

Round 1.  8.00 AM  -  9.00 AM
Round 2. 9.00 AM  -  10.00 AM
Round 3.10.00 AM  -  11.00 PM

Round 4.11.00 PM  -  12.00 PM

Round 5.12.00 PM  -  13.00 PM

Round 6. 13.00 PM  -  14.00 PM

Round 7. 14.00 PM  -  15.00 PM

 

WEATHER PERMITING !
Round 1 Max will be :                      F1A 240 sec.  
                                                        F1B 300 sec
                                                        F1C 300 sec
All other rounds are 3 minute maxes.
                                                                                                            
Flyoffs:         18.00 PM on July 15th. 2017 based on weather conditions
                
Current FAI Sporting Codes Apply

Entry Fee:        $30.00 CAD / Event     Junior Entry Fee:     $5.00 CAD / Event


For Insurance purposes, non AMA or MAAC members will have to buy a
Temporary CAD $10.00 membership.
Sod Farm location:
GPS co-ordinates: 44.124309,-79.811856
6114-6746 12th Line
New Tecumseth, ON L0G 1A0, Canada ?
Tottenham road and 12th side road are the main intersections
(The field is on 12th. side road, east of Tottenham road.)

 

 

ACCOMMODATIONS:     


                             ANGUS INN MOTEL                                                
                             168 Mill Street                                                       
                             Angus, Ontario
                             Tel: (705) 424-7777  Fax: (705) 424-9551

                             BORDEN INN                                                       
                             174 Mill Street                                                        
                             Angus, Ontario
                             Tel: (705) 424-6362

                             RED PINE                                                              
                             497 Victoria Street East                                          
                             Alliston, Ontario
                             Tel: (705) 435-4381  Fax: (705) 435-2265
                             E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
            Leslie Farkas
            21 Misty Moor Drive
            Richmond Hill, Ontario
            Canada    L4C 6P9
            Tel: (905) 886-6959  Fax:  (905) 886-3025
            E-Mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

The Toronto Free Flight Group
Presents the 14th Annual
Huron Cup
An Americas and World Cup FF Competition

Dates:     Sunday, July 16th  2017
Place:     Zander Sod farm, New Tecumseth, Ontario, Canada (aprox 1 hr, 15 minutes North of Toronto)
Events:     F1A, F1B, F1C, F1Q, F1G, F1H, F1J/P
Entry Fees:     $25.00 for F1A, F1B, F1C $10.00 for F1G, F1H, F1J/P
       Juniors Free all events!

CD:         Tony Mathews
       2 Tralee Street, Brampton, Ontario L6Z 2X4 cell: (289) 316-2990
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Sunday July 16th
F1A/B/C/Q    Round 1     8:00 am – 9:00 am            3 minute maxes
        Round 2     9:00 am – 10:00 am
        Round 3     10:00 am – 11:00 pm
        Round 4      11:00 pm – 12:00 pm
        Round 5     12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
        
F1A/B/C/Q    Fly-offs    7:00 pm (weather permitting)
F1G/H/J/P    Round 1            1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
        Round 2     2:00 pm - 3:00 pm            2 minute maxes
        Round 3     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm    
        Round 4     4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
        Round 5     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

F1G/H/J/P    Fly-offs    8:00 pm (weather permitting)
        

       
 
(Sunrise for July 21st - 5:56 am Sunset - 20:51 pm)
Test flying possible for Friday July 14th at sod farm call for details
Sod farm rules:
1) Do not drive or park on the grass ever!!
2) Access is in the area labeled A on the map below
3) No motorcycles or motorized vehicles of any kind allowed on the grass
4) No tents, sunshades, tables, or Bar B Q’s allowed on the grass
5) Do not leave any garbage (including rubber motors) on the grass!
6) Parking is available talk to CD
Sod Farm location:
GPS co-ordinates: 44.124309,-79.811856
6114-6746 12th Line
New Tecumseth, ON L0G 1A0, Canada ?
Tottenham road and 12th side road are the main intersections.


UK FFTC 2018 Calendar and Rule Changes proposals
 
From: David Brawn
Open comment on the 2018 Calendar and Rule Changes proposals by Free Flight Technical Committee

Dear Mates (or Free Flight Technical Committee as you may prefer to be known),
I would like to make a comment on both the 2018 Calendar and 2018 Rule Changes.

2018 Calendar, I welcome the idea of including the Brit classes at every area centralised event but could we also have HLG/CLG included at each area event.

2018 Rule Changes
If you are proposing to change the motive power across classes (lines, weight, run time) then please make the reductions the same across all sections of a general class. In Glider F1A Bunter is – 25%, Straight Tow is -33.33%, Classic is -33.33% and Vintage is – 25%.
Looking at the FFTC it is clear that glider flying members fly F1A and Vintage gliders; John and Chris stand up!

If you are worried about where models are going in Fly-Offs then why not either stop having fly-offs (replace with a lottery draw) or fly-off at a time when there is minimum lift eg Nationals Fly-Offs are held at dawn on the following day as they are in Australia – could also work for Day 1 classes at London and Anglia Galas and the Trials.

General Comment
I heartily applauded the FFTC for introducing the current style of events specifications but since then the FFTC seem to have done nothing about the declining numbers of flyers entering, or wishing to enter, contests.
Compare to Peterborough MFC bringing more people in to compete.
What is FFTC planning to increase participation? As a clue see my previous correspondence on competitions and participation, which were summarily dismissed by individual members of FFTC, such a 2-Day Galas having separate HLG and CLG contests and producing League scores for each FFTC competition class.
If you were providing the type of contests that free flight flyers enjoy competing in then you would not have the pitiful level of entries we are currently seeing.
Wishing you all the best.
David Brawn
Biggles Free Flight team BMFA 052517