SEN 2342
- Details
- Category: Archive 2017
- Hits: 2420
Table of Contnets – SEN 2342
- USA FAI FF Jr Team Selection Standings
- F1G Eurochallenge
- Icarex for Sale
- On Spot Checking
- America's Cup September
USA FAI FF Jr Team Selection Standings
This the first 2018 Jr Team Selection Standing report. The Jr team selection program can be found on the NFFS web site, < https://freeflight.org/competition/juniors/>. The core of the selection process is counting the best 3 Am Cup contests from Jan 1, 2017 thru the 2018 Max Men contest. The scores are converted to points based on the junior’s percentage of their regular round score to the winning regular round score, i.e. if a Jr maxes out the regular rounds then they get 100 points. Joel Yori and Cade Fedor are 2 of the 2016 Jr team returning with plans to compete at the Jr World Champions in Pazardzik Bulgaria the summer of 2018. The 2016 team had only 6 members and so three flew 2 events. We would greatly prefer to send a full 9 member team. There are experienced flyers throughout the country ready to help young flyers who are serious in competing for a Jr Team spot. Likewise the USA FAI FF community have competitive models for serious young flyers to be loaned, given, or sold at very reasonable cost. There are still 20 Am Cup contests left so there is plenty of time to enter (no cost) and compete for a Jr Team position.
F1A
Joel Yori 100 SkyA, 100 NATs total 200 points
Cade Fedor 100 Nats total 100 points
Roman Stalick 90 Nats total 90 points
Adelaide Ulm 72 Nats total 72 points
F1B
Kyle Gerspacher 100 MM, 96 HsrCup, 97 Nats total 293 points
Joel Yori 100 SkyA total 100 points
Cade Fedor 50 Nats total 50 points
F1P
Hayden Ashworth 100 HsrCup, Nats 46 total 146 points
Cade Fedor 100 Nats total 100 points
Thermals, Jim Parker <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
F1G Eurochallenge
From: Alessandro Manoni
Thanks for mentioning the F1G Euro Challenge, I am pleased to give some information about it :
The original idea was not really mine. A similar league was initiated around 1995 by “Vol Libre” publication and its editor Andre Schandel ; if I am not wrong only a couple of seasons were run. By that time number of events and competitors were not so many.
In 2006, due to the increased interest for F1G class it was decided to propose it again by AGO Torino Club (Italy), with the support if Italian Free Flight Federation. So the Euro Challenge 2006/2007 started and is still alive today with interest spread in different countries.
Actually my initial (probably too optimistic…) idea was of a league in which the organizer shifts every season, that to enforce the concept of such an acknowledgment among enthusiasts, rather than an official event, and so to share the effort, but in the end I am still going on with some help from Michel Picol. To be correct there was a thought to merge it with F1H E.C., but there is a small misalignment in season definition that may create some conflicts even if not impossible to solve.
The peculiarity is that the reference season is from October to September instead of the calendar year. That was applied by the time of “Vol Libre” edition and comes from the assumption (maybe a bit out of date nowadays) that traditionally F1G “coupe d’hiver” is a winter class. But that allows me to give the prize of each last season by the time of the F1G contest organized here in Torino. The drawback is that normally at the end of summer of one year you don’t know exactly what will be the contests of the next year. So typically I start with a list, then accountable events are added during the season, maybe an inaccuracy but nobody claimed for that so far…..
Rules for scoring are similar to F1S ones already published, see below.
Regards to all.
Alessandro Manoni
For the final scoring the best FIVE results are taken into account, but in any case one competitor can count a maximum of THREE contests per country.
Scoring system :
For each considered event, a score is assigned basing on the competitor position and the number of participants such as follows :
Number of participants is divided by two, if the total is odd is rounded by excess.
That value represent the points assigned to the first placed.
One point less is assigned time by time to the others up to two points.
One point is then given to all the other competitors who flown at least one round.
If participants are 25 or more the maximum score given start from 13 to the first regardless the total number of competitors.
Examples :
With 11 participants, 6 points are given to the first, 5 to the second, 4 to the third, 3 to the fourth, 2 to the fifth, 1 to all the others.
With 30 participants, 13 points are given to the first, 12 to the second..........2 to the 12th and 1 to all the others.
In case of contests run in the "French" way and so with the registration of two models per participant, only the best one classified will be counted.
Icarex for Sale
From: Lee Hines <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
I have the following amount of Ikarex for sale:
2.66sqm x 22$/sqm =$59(green)
3.84sqm x 20$/sqm =$77(red)
That is $136 total for both.
I am going to take it to the Tangent OR(8-10 Sept)
& USFFC contests unless sold prior.
My Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Or call: 949-885-6346
Lee R Hines, aka Leeper
On Spot Checking
1_What is the penalty for a spot check [SC] violation?
Surprisingly, no explicit penalty for a SC violation is specified by the rules. (Annex 2 – a guide for the organizers of FAI contests in outdoor FF classes.) If one of the top four fliers fails a SC their rank is impacted but not explicitly specified. Based on the custom of annulling the flier’s time following a SC failure, there are two possibilities:
a. That specific round. If only the last flight is annulled, the flier would drop to the last position in that round.
b. Retroactivity. If the violating model was used in previous rounds, all those rounds would also be annulled. (This does not apply to B-motor because they are used once and not to tow lines that are not recorded.)
Under (a) one could argue that the flier was unaware of their model’s violation and that annulling their last flight is sufficient. In addition, in (a) the impact on a team position can be mitigated of the violation happened in the flyoffs.
2_Significant parameters.
A and B-models are defined with upper and lower area limits. However, who cares if someone is flying an under area model? Violations should only apply when they are in the flier’s advantage – over area models, underweight models plus overweight B-motors. So specifying lower class area limits in A and B is redundant.
3_SCing locations
SCing can entail considerable down time for a flier during a contest if the SC processing center is far from the flight line. And flight lines can be moved during a contest. A SC of a C model requires measuring its area and weight. But a SC for an A-model could be the model itself (weight and area) or the tow-line; for a B-model it could be the model itself – area and weight or only the motor. (The sporting code is not explicit on this issue.)
I’m presuming that one can SC B-motors and tow lines separately. So SCing of B-motors can be done at the flight line, as weighing them is not affected by wind. The same applies to tow line checks.
SCing of areas requires an enclosed SC facility to shield it from the wind. Ideally, each flight line should have a skeleton processing center (a tent, tables and chairs) to allow fast SCing during the contest. (Moving the measuring equipment between SC facilities can be done quickly.)
But post contest SCing of podium position can be done is a separate facility (as the rules specify). Also, this could happen in the dark after evening flyoffs. According to Tony Mathews Peter Allnutt used to say that the organizers of a WC should take the winning models into a locked room along with a case of beer and announce the winners after the beer is finished. Let the party begin.
Aram
Am Cup Standings, Sept. 2017
Just over half way through the Am Cup Season. Many flyers have fulfilled the 3 different contest location requirements. Only the F1A leader, Jama, has more than 100 points which is generally needed to win the Am Cup so I'm looking forward to the rest of the season to be competitive.
Thermals,
Jim Parker
America Cup results - with individual placings
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 12
Ike 16
NAC 14
MM 12
SCA 17
SAN 7
NCA 2
Srn -x-
BAl 6
Spe -x-
Hcu 3
HIC 0
CEN -x-
COM 1
I-C 0
SKA 5
HC 0
Can 6
FFF 0
NAT 14
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1A
1 Danier, Jama 106 Ike-1 NAC-1 SKA-2 Can-1
2 McKeever, Mike 84 SWR-1 MM-5 SCA-4* SAN-2 NCA-1 BAl-3*
3 Limberger, Rene 75 SWR-2 Ike-2 SCA-5* SAN-1
4 Pecenkovic, Enes 68 SWR-3 Ike-3* NAC-2 MM-2
5 Parker, Jim 67 SWR-4 MM-4* SCA-1 SAN-3* BAl-1
6 Bauer, Ken 64 SWR-5 NAC-4 SAN-5* NCA-2 NAT-3
7 Rosenzweig, Shlomi 59 SCA-3 BAl-2 Can-2
8 Yori, Joel (jr) 55 SKA-1 NAT-1
9 Shitrit, Nir 49 NAC-3 MM-1
10 Sifleet, Bob 35 Hcu-2 NAT-4
11 Zink, Don 32 NAC-5 SCA-2
12 Fedor, Cade (jr) 25 NAT-2
12 McQuade, Pete 25 COM-1
12 Markos, Chuck 25 Hcu-1
15 Barron, Andrew 20 Ike-5 NAT-5
16 Pecenkovic, Jasminka 19 MM-3
17 Lazarovich, Vlad 16 Can-3
18 VanNest, Brian 15 Ike-4
18 Tzvetkov, Tzvetan 15 SKA-3
18 Lorbiecki, John E 15 Hcu-3
21 Farmer, Jim 11 SAN-4
21 Pukakka, Risto 11 BAl-4
21 Farkas, Leslie 11 Can-4
24 Fradkin. Igor 10 SKA-4
25 Brun, Pierre 6 BAl-5
25 Nikolajeras, Vidas 6 Can-5
27 Barron, Peter 5 SKA-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 9
Ike 18
NAC 16
MM 12
SCA 8
SAN 7
NCA 0
Srn 1
BAl 5
Spe 1
Hcu 4
HIC 0
CEN 3
COM 3
I-C 0
SKA 5
HC 0
Can 6
FFF 0
NAT 11
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1B
1 Ghio, Walt 98 SWR-1 Ike-2 NAC-3* SAN-1 NCA-2 BAl-2*
2 Jensen, Blake 86 SWR-3 Ike-3 MM-2 CEN-2* COM-1
3 Andriukov, Alex 85 Ike-1 MM-1 Can-1
4 Davis, Mike 67 SCA-3 SAN-3* NCA-1 BAl-1
4 Jones, Charles 67 SWR-5 NAC-1 MM-3 SAN-4* Can-4
4 Pivonka, Jace 67 SWR-2 CEN-1 COM-2
7 Horak, Ladi 55 NAC-2 MM-5 Can-2
7 Richardson, Mike 55 NAC-5 SCA-5* SAN-5* BAl-3 CEN-3 COM-3
9 Fedor, Mike 50 Srn-1 Spe-1
10 Schroedter,Martin 48 SCA-1 SAN-2
11 Gerspacher, Kyle (jr) 38 Hcu-3 NAT-2
12 Mathews, Tony 30 MM-4 Can-3
13 Jahnke, Ross 28 NAT-1
14 Gannon, Bill 27 SCA-2 BAl-5
15 Allen, Carrol 25 Ike-5 SKA-2
15 Radziunas, Sarah 25 SKA-1
15 Simon, Greg 25 Hcu-1
18 Simon, Evan 20 Hcu-2
19 MacCleery, Rich 18 NAT-3
19 Schlosberg, Aram 18 SKA-5 NAT-4
21 Booth, Bill 15 NAC-4
21 Vaccaro, Tom 15 Ike-4
21 Yori, Joel (jr) 15 SKA-3
24 Piserchio, Bob 12 SCA-4
24 Emery, Jack 12 SWR-4
26 Joyner, Lois 10 SKA-4
26 Crowley, Paul 10 Hcu-4
26 Morrell, Roger 10 BAl-4
29 Matsuno, Chris 8 NAT-5
30 Felix, Ron 6 Can-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1
Ike 4
NAC 5
MM 2
SCA 1
SAN 2
NCA -x-
Srn 1
BAl 4
Spe -x-
Hcu -x-
HIC 0
CEN -x-
COM -x-
I-C 0
SKA -x-
HC 0
Can 1
FFF 0
NAT 3
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1C
1 Parker, Faust 95 SWR-1 Ike-2 NAC-1 Srn-1
2 Chesson, Don 55 NAC-2 BAl-4 NAT-1
3 Carroll, Ed 50 SCA-1 SAN-1 BAl-1*
4 Malkhasyan, Taron 40 Ike-4* MM-2 SAN-2
4 Menanno, Guy 40 NAC-3 MM-1
6 Roberts, Mike 35 Ike-1 NAC-4
7 Shvedenkov, Yury 25 Can-1
8 Mathis, Dick 20 NAC-5 BAl-3
8 Loriecki, John E 20 NAT-2
8 Mc Burnett, Ron 20 BAl-2
11 Morris, Gil 15 Ike-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1
Ike 1
NAC -x-
MM -x-
SCA 1
SAN 2
NCA -x-
Srn 1
BAl 1
Spe 1
Hcu 1
HIC 0
CEN 0
TUI 0
I-C 0
SKA 0
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 3
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1P
1 Fedor, Mike 75 SWR-1 Srn-1 Spe-1
2 Kerger, Terry 50 Ike-1 SCA-1 SAN-2*
2 Secor. Randy 50 SAN-1 BAl-1
4 Hayden Ashworth (jr) 40 Hcu-1 NAT-3
5 Fedor, Cade (jr) 25 NAT-1
6 Hanford, Bob 20 NAT-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 8
Ike 8
NAC -x-
MM 3
SCA 5
SAN 2
NCA 1
Srn -x-
BAl 0
Spe -x-
Hcu 3
HIC 0
CEN 3
COM 0
I-C 0
SKA -x-
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 9
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1G
1 Richardson, Mike 99 SWR-1 MM-3* SCA-4* SAN-1 BAl-1 CEN-2* COM-2* NAT-2
2 O'Dell, Tiffaney 84 SWR-5 Ike-1 MM-1 SCA-2* CEN-1* COM-1
3 Davis, Mike 65 SAN-2 NCA-1 BAl-2
4 Jones, Geralyn 57 Ike-5 SCA-1 Hcu-1
5 DeLoach, Don 52 SWR-2 CEN-3 COM-3
6 Brocks, Peter 49 SWR-4 Ike-3 MM-2
7 Ioerger, Tom 42 SCA-3 NAT-1
8 Pykelny, Mike 32 SWR-3 BAl-3
8 Markos, Chuck 32 Hcu-3 NAT-3
10 Clapp, John 25 SKA-1
11 Jensen, Blake 22 Ike-2
12 Rousseau, Don 20 SKA-2
12 Simon, Greg 20 Hcu-2
14 Mathews, Tony 12 Ike-4
14 Jones, Darlod 12 NAT-4
16 Fedor, Cade (jr) 7 NAT-5
17 Jones, Charlie 5 SCA-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 5
Ike 6
NAC -x-
MM 2
SCA 4
SAN 4
NCA 2
Srn -x-
BAl 1
Spe -x-
Hcu 1
HIC 0
CEN 1
COM -x-
I-C 0
SKA -x-
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 7
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1H
1 McKeever, Mike 87 Ike-1 SCA-2 SAN-2* NCA-1 NAT-2
2 Bauer, Ken 82 SWR-2 Ike-3 NCA-1 NAT-1
3 Parker, Jim 75 SWR-1 Ike-2* MM-1 SCA-4* SAN-1 BAl-1*
4 Jensen, Blake 50 SWR-3 MM-2 SCA-3
5 Sifleet, Bob 42 Ike-5 Hcu-1 NAT-4
6 VanNest, Brian 36 Ike-4 SCA-1 SAN-4*
7 Powell, Chuck 25 CEN-1
8 Hack, James 16 NAT-3
9 Farmer, Jim 15 SAN-3
10 Fedor, Cade (jr) 6 NAT-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2
Ike 2
NAC -x-
MM -x-
SCA -x-
SAN -x-
NCA -x-
Srn 3
BAl -x-
Spe 1
Hcu 2
HIC 0
CEN 1
COM 0
I-C 0
SKA -x-
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 2
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1J
1 Parker, Faust 95 SWR-1 Ike-1 Srn-2 Spe-1
2 Fedor, Mike 45 SWR-2 Srn-1
3 Ashworth, Hayden (jr) 42 Hcu-2 NAT-2
4 Fedor, Cade (jr) 27 NAT-1
5 King, Troy 25 CEN-1
5 Lorbiecki, John E 25 Hcu-1
7 Roberts, Mike 20 Ike-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 4
Ike 4
NAC 2
MM 1
SCA 2
SAN -x-
NCA 2
Srn -x-
BAl 2
Spe 1
Hcu 1
HIC 0
CEN 4
COM 1
I-C 0
SKA 4
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 11
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1Q
1 Murphy, Jack 100 SWR-1 Ike-1 NAC-2* MM-1 CEN-2* COM-1 NAT-4*
2 Sifleet, Bob 95 Ike-2 Hcu-1 CEN-1 SKA-1 NAT-2*
3 Ioerger, Tom 83 Ike-3* NAC-1 SCA-1 CEN-3 NAT-3
4 Pykelny, Mike 65 SWR-2 SCA-2 BAl-1
5 Tarcher, Ben 45 NCA-1 BAl-2
6 Parker, Julie 35 SWR-4 Spe-1
7 Yori, Joel (jr) 28 NAT-1
7 Hooke Draycott 28 SKA-2 NAT-5
9 Mecham, Allan 25 SWR-3 CEN-4
10 Ivers, Dick J 15 SKA-3
11 Hines, Lee 10 Ike-4
11 Avia, Yuda 10 SKA-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR -x-
Ike 6
Cal -x-
MM -x-
SCA -x-
SAN -x-
NCA -x-
Srn -x-
BAl -x-
Spe -x-
Hcu -x-
HIC 0
CEN 4
COM -x-
I-C 0
SKA -x-
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT -x-
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1E
1 Sifleet, Bob 46 Ike-2 CEN-1
2 Ioerger, Tom 31 Ike-3 CEN-3
3 Brocks, Peter 26 Ike-1
3 Richardson, Mike 26 Ike-5 CEN-2
5 Parsons, David 11 Ike-4
6 Pangell, Rick 10 CEN-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 7
Ike 5
NAC -x-
MM -x-
SCA 3
SAN 2
NCA 1
Srn 1
BAl 2
Spe 1
Hcu -x-
HIC 0
CEN 4
COM 1
I-C 0
SKA 1
HC 0
Can 0
FFF 0
NAT 8
NWF 0
NW 0
O&W 0
Dyn 0
Bro 0
USF 0
Har 0
TCC 0
CFA 0
Ser 0
SWC 0
ESF 0
Sim 0
Pat 0
AZC 0
KOI 0
F1S
1 Parker, Julie 81 SWR-4 Ike-2 Srn-1 Spe-1
2 DeLoach, Don 78 SWR-5 CEN-1 COM-1 NAT-2
3 Murphy, Jack 61 SWR-1 Ike-1 CEN-4
4 Hines, Lee 52 Ike-4 SCA-3 SAN-2* NAT-1
5 Buddenbohm, Stan 50 SCA-1 SAN-1
5 Tarcher, Ben 50 NCA-1 BAl-1
7 Mecham, Allan 31 SWR-3 CEN-3
8 Morris, George 21 SWR-2
9 Brooks, Clint 20 SCA-2
9 King, Troy 20 CEN-2
9 Gewain, Matt 20 BAl-2
12 Tomasch, Andrew 17 NAT-3
13 McGucken, Derek 15 Ike-3
14 Hooke, Drake 12 NAT-4
15 Richardson, M. D. 7 NAT-5
16 Terzian,Fred 5 Ike-5