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- TOUR DE FORCE AT THE 2018 ISAACSON
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TOUR DE FORCE AT THE 2018 ISAACSON
Or How Ralph Ray was a Show Off
From: Stan Buddenbohm
There were 4 electric events in which an E36 could be flown at the Isaacson: AMA E36 on Saturday, Mass launch to the ground on Sunday Morning using 5 second motor run, F1S on Sunday ( 5 rounds with the first round being a 5 min max), and an International World Challenge on Monday using AMA rules that had to be over by noon. Ralph won ALL OF THEM using his great Apache36 design. Ralph never missed a max, ending clean in all events. That means 20 maxes in a row. I suppose you could say he rubbed it in a bit by ONLY using 5 second motor runs for all flights even though 10 second runs were allowed on many of them. Conditions were not easy. At times there was a lot of wind. Mornings began in the forties and Monday did not get out of the fifties by noon. Ralph lost his best model part way through the first day and had to switch to number two. Luckily his number one was returned that evening and needed just a little repair. Ralph Ray, 82, the best E36 designer – flier in the World?
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