SCAT Electronic News 2 Jan 2001 issue 525
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SCAT Electronic News 2 Jan 2001 issue 525
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King Orange Results: - Bradley
prurient interest - Brokenspar [who else!]
Remembering Sal Cannizzo - Bogie
Luddite.com - Bennett
King Orange Results:
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The 47 annual King Orange International was held at Palm Bay Florida
completing the 2000 Americas Cup season. To be decided at the King Orange
was F1C and F1H Americas Cup winners.
The weather prediction 2 days before the contest was grim, rain, wind, and
cold. It actually was better than the forecasters said it would, except for
the cold part. Friday was started with and overcast sky and some wind, but
no rain. It got up to about 10 - 12 MPH so all scheduled rounds were flown.
F1J had 4 in the flyoff but only Ed Keck and Jean Pailet were able to get a
flight off flight in. Saturday started off a lot colder and a little more
wind. It got up to 12 - 15 MPH with an occasional gust higher than that.
Once again all rounds were completed. A few of the F1A/F1B/F1C flyers
decided not to fly the second day, 4 rounds, but most pressed on. Bob
Sifleet won F1H by 42 seconds over Martyn Cowley in a close battle for the
Americas Cup. Bob Gutai and Henry Spence were the only two still clean in
F1C after 5 rounds and decided not to fly rounds 6 and 7 due to the wind and
the Americas Cup up to a flyoff the next morning. Sunday morning started off
with light winds and 28 degrees. The F1C flyoff was started at 8:00 AM and
Henry went off first at about 5 minutes into the 10 minute round but his
engine shut down after about 2 seconds resulting in a 13 second flight. Bob
immediately went up and did 311 seconds OSS while Henry tried to get the
second models engine started. Time ran out before he was able to get it to
run in the very cold weather. F1B was a see saw battle between George Batiuk
and Dick Wood for the entire 7 rounds. In the end George came out on top by
just under a minute but it wasn't decided until the last round. Dick Wood
complete his Americas Cup saga buy flying in his 24th Americas Cup contest
THIS YEAR. He flew in 24 of the 28 contest and only missed 4 because they
were held the same day as other Americas Cup contest. Truly an amazing
effort that was topped off by winning F1G at the contest and the Americas cup
in F1G and coming in second in F1B in both the contest and the Americas Cup.
F1A, 7 fliers
1. Steve Spence 1179
2. Jim Bradley 943
3. David Ellis 790
4. Art Ellis 771
5. Martyn Cowley 504
F1B, 8 fliers
1. George Batiuk 1196
2. Dick Wood 1142
3. Val Kairys 998
4. David Ellis 893
5. Rex Hinson 828
F1C, 5 fliers
1. Bob Gutai 1211
2. Henry Spence 913
3. Bob Sifleet 540
3. Ed Keck 540
5. Tom Kerr 82
F1G, 3 fliers
1. Dick Wood 558
2. Ray Factor 529
3. Garren Malin (JR) 80
F1H, 4 fliers
1. Bob Sifleet 552
2. Martyn Cowley 510
3. Vic Nippert 458
4. Jean Pailet 362
F1J, 7 fliers
1. Ed keck 1014
2. Jean Pailet 891
3. Tom Kerr 600
3. Gil Morris 600
5. Bob Gutai 597
prurient interest
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I've been watching this decalage disussion with some attention....and it
has not been mentioned that, for the lady F1A flyers, when the center
of cravity shifts forward, the
decalage..... I don't know if you call call it increase or
decrease.....kind of bunches -up.
Delightfull !
Happy New Year from Brokenspar
Remembering Sal Cannizzo
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During the 1950s, our FAI teams were selected from three zones, East,
Central, and West. I was living in Baltimore, Maryland, and helping run the
Eastern Zone finals. It was held on an unfinished freeway being built around
the small town of Frederick 70 miles west of Baltimore.
On one of the flights, Sal's Wakefield drifted southwest and DT'd on the roof
of a beer joint.
He went inside and informed the barkeep that his airplane had landed on the
roof. The barkeep said, "Yeah, right. What will you have?" We, of course
he ordered a beer and then convinced the man that there was, indeed, a model
on the roof and could he get it down.
The outcome of the meet has left my memory, but we had convinced the good
people of Frederick to the point that we were able to hold another team
selection at the local airport and to fly local contests there, until someone
from Frederick, flying an RC model made a pass at a landing light airplane.
We lost the flying site, but not for the efforts of Sal Cannizzo.
Bill Bogart
Luddite.com
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In a message dated 1/1/01 11:39:54 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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<< "Life was better before sliced bread"
.... from Luddite.com ... where else !!
>>
Being not so sure that "luddite.com" was a joke, I surfed over there, to find
that it is a company that makes WOODEN computer hardware. Just like in
olden times?
[Mark - I liked their Logo was going to get it to Bob White for
his Team Luddite t-shirts. Although Bob has been exhibiting further
deviant behaviour - following the purchase of a GPS he has been
seen flying a model with a carbon tube wing spar. The ribs
were sill woood however and there was not any foam.]
.............
Roger Morrell
