The 2020 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
The first America’s Cup contest of 2020, the FAI SWR, was held on January 18 and 19 in Eloy, Arizona.
The weather was nearly perfect, just a few clouds but also all blue skies. The temperature in the mornings was 33°F (1°C) but then warmed up to about 72°F (22°C) both days. The wind started out at 9 mph (4 m/s) out of the SSE during the first 2 rounds and then changed to 6 mph (2.7 m/s) or less out of the NNW later on Saturday. For the fly-offs later that day the wind increased again to 10 mph (4.5 m/s) out of the N. On Sunday the wind was out the SSE at 3 to 6mph (1.3-2.7 m/s) earlier and changed to NNW at 8 mph (3.6 m/s) for the fly-offs.
We had 36 sportsmen flying in the 8 FAI events. The contestants were from AZ, CA, CO, MI, NV, OR, TX, UT and VA. We again had Mike Woodhouse flying in from the U.K. We had 5 ladies flying FAI events, Julie Parker (F1S), Tiffaney O’Dell (F1B, F1G), Jasminka Pecenkovic (F1A) and also Adelaide Ulm (F1A) and Skylar Donnelly (F1B) who are FAI Juniors. They will both be on the USA Team for the Junior World Championships in Romania in August of this year.
On Saturday F1Q was won with a max-out by Tom Ioerger with Jack Murphy in 2nd place. Combined F1C/P had only 2 entries with Faust Parker (F1C) beating Mike Fedor (F1P). F1A had 12 flying. After 5 rounds there were 5 maxed out. Only 3 made the 6-minute fly-off. Jim Parker, Enes Pecenkovic and Jim Farmer then attempted the 8-minute flight in which Jim Farmer dropped out. But then in the 3rd F1A fly-off round Jim Parker won 1st place, with Enes Pecencovic in 2nd and Jim Farmer in 3rd place. Adelaide Ulm, a Junior, dropped only 5 seconds in the 5 rounds for a respectable 6th place. F1B had 10 flyers, 6 were clean after 5 rounds. Tiffaney O’Dell won F1B by being the only one maxing the 6-minute fly-off round, Blake Jensen was 2nd and Jerry Fitch 3rd.
On Sunday we flew F1G, F1H, F1J and F1S in 5 rounds. F1G had 9 flyers with 3 in the fly-off. Tiffaney won the F1G Bear trophy by maxing the fly-off with Walt Ghio in 2nd and Jerry Fitch in 3rd place. In F1H we had 4 participants. Here Blake Jensen won the F1H Bear in the 4th fly-off round with Brian Van Nest coming in 2nd and Ken Bauer then in 3rd place. 5 participated in F1J. Only Guy Mennano and Mike Fedor maxed out. Guy won the 2nd fly-off which gave him the F1J Bear with Mike then in 2nd place. Glenn Schneider was 3rd in F1J. In F1S, the small electric event, we had 8 flying and 6 maxed out in the 5 rounds. The F1S fly-off went just for one round trying to make 2 minutes on a 5 second motor run. Clint Brooks was the only one making the 2 minutes to win the F1S Bear trophy. George Morris was 2nd and Charlie Morris 3rd.
A big thank you to all participants and to Rich Lyon and my wife Brigitte who all made this contest a memorable event.
Peter Brocks, CD
RESULTS 2020 FAI SOUTHWEST REGIONALS AT ELOY, ARIZONA
January 18-20, 2020 AMA Sanction # 9394
F1A FO FO FO FO Total
1 Jim Parker 180 180 180 180 180 360 480 266 2006
2 Enes Pecenkovic 180 180 180 180 180 360 480 213 1953
3 Jim Farmer 180 180 180 180 180 360 386 1646
4 Brian Van Nest 180 180 180 180 180 260 1160
5 Shlomi Rosenzweig 180 180 180 180 180 63 963
6 Adelaide Ulm Jr 180 180 180 175 180 895
7 Mike McKeever 180 180 180 159 180 879
8 Ken Bauer 180 180 180 156 180 876
9 Peter Brocks 180 120 180 180 180 840
10 Jasminka Pecenkovic 180 180 180 115 180 835
11 Risto Puhakka 39 180 180 180 180 759
12 Gene Ulm 180 180 180 180 0 720
F1B FO FO FO FO Total
1 Tiffaney O'Dell 180 180 180 180 180 360 1260
2 Blake Jensen 180 180 180 180 180 302 1202
3 Jerry Fitch 180 180 180 180 180 254 1154
4 Mike Davis 180 180 180 180 180 232 1132
5 Mike Richardson 180 180 180 180 180 194 1094
6 Larry Norvall 180 180 180 180 180 186 1086
7 Walt Ghio 180 180 180 152 180 872
8 Mike Woodhouse GBR 180 180 180 149 180 869
8 Paul Crowley 180 180 149 180 180 869
10 Skylar Donnelly J 171 158 180 126 180 815
F1C/P FO FO FO FO Total
1 Faust Parker F1C 180 180 180 180 180 900
2 Mike Fedor F1P 180 180 160 180 DNF 700
F1Q FO FO FO FO Total
1 Tom Ioerger 180 180 180 180 180 900
2 Jack Murphy 180 180 180 152 180 872
F1G FO FO FO FO Total
1 Tiffaney O'Dell 120 120 120 120 120 180 780
2 Walt Ghio 120 120 120 120 120 178 778
3 Jerry Fitch 120 120 120 120 120 134 734
4 Alan Petersen 120 120 120 120 117 597
5 Mike Richardson 120 120 120 120 106 586
6 Mike Pykelny 111 84 120 117 120 552
7 Tom Ioerger 120 120 120 120 37 517
8 Mike Davis 120 120 120 9 120 489
9 Peter Brocks 120 116 DN DNF DNF 236
F1H FO FO FO FO Total
1 Blake Jensen 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 300 269 1589
2 Brian Van Nest 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 300 36 1356
3 Ken Bauer 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 21 1041
4 Jim Parker 120 116 120 91 120 567
F1J FO FO FO FO Total
1 Guy Mennano 120 120 120 120 120 300 232 1132
2 Mike Fedor 120 120 120 120 120 300 139 1039
3 Glenn Schneider 120 120 118 120 120 598
4 Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 89 569
5 Mike McKeever 90 DN DN DN DNF 90
F1S FO FO FO FO Total
1 Clint Brooks 120 120 120 120 120 120 720
2 George Morris 120 120 120 120 120 115 715
3 Charlie Morris 120 120 120 120 120 107 707
4 Robert Donnelly 120 120 120 120 120 100 700
5 Stan Buddenbohm 120 120 120 120 120 58 658
6 Jack Murphy 120 120 120 120 120 49 649
7 Larry Norvall 112 120 120 117 120 589
8 Julie Parker 120 95 120 120 575
LH & FF
Reports from Lost Hills indicate that the pre-Christmas rain has motivated the grass to grow, …. Well not everywhere, it is Lost Hills but it is looking good.
Entry count for Fab Feb over 130
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