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- Skyscrapers Annual and World Cup
- Canada Cup
- Huron Cup
- 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
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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
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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