SEN 2946 Another look at Lost Hills Weather, The 2022 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships The Ike F1N Outdoor, not exactly
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1. Another look at Lost Hills Weather
2. The 2022 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
3. The Ike
4. F1N Outdoor, not exactly
Another look at Lost Hills Weather
From: Terry Kerger Here is a better weather forecast….
https://www.windy.com/35.618/-119.660?35.107,-119.660,8
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Terry Kerger
The 2022 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
The first America’s Cup contest of 2022, the FAI SWR, was held on January 15 and 16 at Eloy, Arizona.
The Covid-19 pandemic caused the entry numbers to be down compared to previous years. We still had 28 competitors flying in the 8 FAI events. The contestants were from AZ, CA, CO, NV, OK, OR, PA, TX, and UT. We had 4 ladies flying FAI events, Julie Parker (F1Q, F1S), Janna Van Nest (F1S), Tiffaney O’Dell (F1G) and Jasminka Pecenkovic (F1A). Ron Felix (F1B) traveled the farthest from Pennsylvania.
On Friday the weather was still good but the forecast for Saturday (F1A to F1Q) showed winds already early to be up to 20mph. On Saturday the temperature in the morning was 37°F (3°C) but then warmed up to about 70°F (21°C) with mostly overcast skies, but the ENE wind speed was only 0 to 6 mph (3m/s) during the first 3 rounds. Then in the 4th round the wind suddenly became very turbulent and then became stronger. In this 4th round more than half of the F1A fliers dropped their flight! The 5th round was delayed and then stopped as the E wind was above 15 mph (7m/s). At 3:00 pm the fly-offs for F1A and F1B started from the far East field. A 2nd fly-off was held at 4:45 and only for F1B a 3rd fly-off on Sunday morning for 10 minutes with perfect conditions. The weather on Sunday for F1G to F1S was good with temperatures from 44°F (7°C) in the morning to 73°F (23°C) during the day and wind speeds from 0 to 4 mph (2m/s). The fly-offs for F1G, F1H, F1J and F1S had very low thermal activity and were all decided in the 1st round.
On Saturday F1Q was won by Jack Murphy with Julie Parker in 2nd. Combined F1C/P had 3 entries with Faust Parker (F1C) maxing out, Bob Hanford (F1P) in 2nd place and Glenn Schneider (F1P) in 3rd. F1A had 9 flying. After 4 rounds there were only 3 maxed out. 2 made the 6-minute fly-off in the strong wind. Shlomi Rosenzweig and Mike McKeever then did a second F1A fly-off which Shlomi won for 1st place, Mike was 2nd and Jasminka Pecenkovic was then 3rd. F1B had 5 flyers of which all maxed out through the 2nd fly-off round! The early Sunday morning 3rd fly-off was won by Blake Jensen with 8 minutes and 41 seconds for 1st place, Jerry Fitch was 2nd and Walt Ghio was in 3rd place.
On Sunday we flew F1G, F1H, F1J and F1S in 5 rounds. F1G had 5 fliers with 2 maxing out. Tiffaney won the F1G Bear trophy by maxing the fly-off with Peter Brocks in 2nd and Don DeLoach in 3rd place. In F1H we had 4 participants. Here Blake Jensen won the F1H Bear maxing in the fly-off round with Ken Bauer coming in 2nd and Jim Parker in 3rd place. 4 participated in F1J. Mike McKeever maxed in the fly-off winning the F1J Bear. Glenn Schneider was 2nd in F1J and Faust Parker came into 3rd place. In F1S, the small electric event, we had 10 competitors flying with 4 maxing out after 5 rounds. The F1S fly-off to make 2 minutes on a 5 second motor run was quickly decided. George Morris was the only one making 120s to win the F1S Bear trophy. Jack Murphy was 2nd and Larry Norvall 3rd.
Jerry Fitch ran the F1G fly-off and Don DeLoach ran the F1S fly-off, thanks a lot for your help.
A big thank you to all participants and to Mike Fruciano, Tom Gaylor and my wife Brigitte who all made this contest a memorable event.
Peter Brocks, CD
Results
RESULTS 2022 FAI SOUTHWEST REGIONALS AT ELOY, ARIZONA
January 15-17, 2022 Peter Brocks, CD AMA Sanction No. 12065
F1A FO Total
1 Shlomi Rosenzweig 180 180 180 180 360 360 1440
2 Mike McKeever 180 180 180 180 360 274 1354
3 Jasminka PecenkovBIH 180 180 180 180 81 801
4 Risto Puhakka 180 180 180 171 711
5 Brian Van Nest 180 180 180 165 705
6 Jim Parker 158 180 180 180 698
7 Ken Bauer 180 180 180 138 678
8 Enes Pecenkovic 180 180 180 124 664
9 Peter Brocks 180 180 180 122 662
F1B Total
1 Blake Jensen 180 180 180 180 360 360 521 1961
2 Jerry Fitch 180 180 180 180 360 360 500 1940
3 Walt Ghio 180 180 180 180 360 360 425 1865
4 Larry Norvall 180 180 180 180 360 360 395 1835
5 Ron Felix 180 180 180 180 360 360 341 1781
F1C/P 5 Total
1 Faust Parker F1C 180 180 180 180 720
2 Bob Hanford F1P 180 180 150 112 622
3 Glenn Schneider F1P 4 DN DN DNF 4
F1Q 5 Total
1 Jack Murphy 180 180 180 163 703
2 Julie Parker 163 135 180 180 658
F1G FO Total
1 Tiffaney O'Dell 120 120 120 120 120 180 780
2 Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 120 147 747
3 Don DeLoach 120 120 109 120 120 589
4 Jerry Fitch 120 120 120 101 120 581
5 Alan Petersen 98 87 107 48 120 460
F1H FO Total
1 Blake Jensen 120 120 120 120 120 240 840
2 Ken Bauer 120 120 120 120 120 132 732
3 Jim Parker 120 120 120 120 120 129 729
4 Brian Van Nest 120 120 120 119 120 599
F1J FO Total
1 Mike McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 240 840
2 Glenn Schneider 120 120 120 120 120 135 735
3 Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 114 594
4 Don Bartick 120 120 82 60 120 502
F1S FO Total
1 George Morris 120 120 120 120 120 120 720
2 Jack Murphy 120 120 120 120 120 117 717
3 Larry Norvall 120 120 120 120 120 97 697
4 Julie Parker 120 120 120 120 120 82 682
5 Jerry Murphy 115 120 120 120 120 595
6 Don Bartick 111 120 120 120 120 591
7 Rick Pangell 120 120 120 95 120 575
8 Janna Van Nest 120 55 120 120 115 530
9 Allan Mecham 120 120 120 48 120 528
10 Charlie Morris 21 DN DN DNF DNF 21
Ike Winter Classic revised
5 X 5 HLG added
F1N Outdoor, not exactly
International visitors may note that the Ike Winter classic includes Hand launch Glider and Catapult Glider. The AMA HLG rules are not exactly the same F1N Outdoor and you can see a Link to the AMA Free Flight rules . So if you fly F1N – outdoor the Ike gives you the opportunity to fly against some of the best from the USA. One of the leading HLG protagonists in the USA is Stan Buddenbohm, the World record holder for F1N (indoor). And for those who prefer to stretch their rubber instead of wind it how about CLG.
https://www.modelaircraft.org/sites/default/files/Outdoor%20Free%20Flight%202022-2023.pdf