SEN issue 1166 - 24 December 2007

Table of Contents - SEN 1166 24 December 2007

F1E California Cup

The 3rd F1E USA World Cup Contest 

Holloway Hill near Bissonette Mirage Field, Lost Hills, California
DATE:           Feb. 12, 2008 (Tuesday between the Isaacson Winter Classic and the MaxMen F1ABC World Cup)
7:45 Meet at Holloway Hill            11:30 Lunch Break
1st round  8:30- 9:15                    5th round 12:30-13:15
2nd round 9:15-10:00                   6th round 13:15-14:00
3rd round 10:00-10:45                   7th round 14:00-14:45
4th round 10:45-11:30                   8th round 14:45-15:30
Fly-off to be announced
RESERVE DAY: Feb. 13, 2008

AWARDS:     Perpetual Trophy to high time winner.
1st through 3rd place award Open, 1st Place award Junior.
Awards at SCAT Banquet Feb. 16, 2008. 
Use MaxMen Entry Form to order SCAT Banquet tickets.
                      
CONTEST DIRECTOR: Lee Hines
ENTRY FEE: $25.00 Open, $10.00 Junior
NOTE: F.A.I. SPORTING LICENSE IS MANDATORY FOR ALL COMPETITORS.
               Current FAI Sporting Code will apply.
 WARM-UP CONTEST: Isaacson Winter Classic F1E on Feb. 11, 2008 (Monday) at 12:00 noon.
CONTACT:   Jim Parker
                     9524 Ruffner Ave                Telephone: 818-892-4110
                     North Hills, CA 91343         E-mail :  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.                     USA      
 

ENTRY FORM

    F1E California Cup 2008
    NAME:           _________________________________
    ADDRESS:   _________________________________
    CITY, STATE & ZIP: ___________________________
    COUNTRY:   _________________________________

    F.A.I. LICENSE NO.: ____
    _______________________
    PLEASE ENTER ME IN:                          Open ($25.00)         _____________
                            Junior ($10.00)         _____________

    MAKE CHECKS OUT TO: SCAT
                             
    LATE ENTRY FEE IS DOUBLE REGULAR FEE. ENTRIES ARE CONSIDERED LATE IF RECEIVED AFTER FEB. 1, 2008.
    A VALID F.A.I. SPORTING LICENSE IS MANDATORY SEND ENTRIES TO: Jim Parker 9524 Ruffner Ave< , CA 91343-2616<
    - U. S. competitors can copy entry form and mail in with fees (e-mail entries from U.S. fliers will not be accepted).
    - Non-U.S. competitors may e-mail entry form and pay upon arrival.- All non-AMA fliers must pay an additional $28.00 AMA affiliation fee.   

    HOLLOWAY HILL


    Holloway Hill is man made and was created when excavating gypsum. It is the lowest at the North Slope where the height is about 15m/50ft. From the top at the East Face the vertical distance into the pit is probably 35m/115ft. The top is flat and one can fly in all directions. Some surfaces are soft but retrieval by foot or motorcycle is fairly easy.

    MOTELS


    Lost Hills:       Motel 6   -  phone 661-797-2346
                            Days Inn -  phone 661-797-2371
    Buttonwillow:            Motel 6   -  phone 661-764-5153
                           Super 8 -  phone 661-764-5117   




    New Lithium Technology
    From: Matt Gewain


    This is an Interesting article.  I can start building my folding wing F1Q now.
    Matt



    Getting a Charge Out of Nanowires - from Dr Dobbs , a computer geek magazine...

    The good news on my recent 14-hour flight to Beijing was that my laptop's battery lasted only 2 hours. So I could kick back with a crossword puzzle, paperback novel, and blissfully relax. However, the bad news was that my laptop's battery lasted only 2 hours. Sigh. I had a lot of work to do that didn't get done--as the boss was quick to point out.

    But 2-hour battery charges may be a thing of the past if Yi Cui, an assistant professor at Stanford University, has his way. What Cui and his team--Candace Chan, Halin Peng, Robert A. Huggins, Gao Liu, Kevin McIlwrath, and Xiao Feng Zhang--have come up with is a way of using nanotechnology to produce 10 times the amount of electricity of existing lithium-ion batteries. That means that laptops like yours and mine could operate for up to 20 hours.

    With Cui's battery, lithium is stored in a forest of tiny silicon nanowires, each with a diameter 1/1000 the thickness of a sheet of paper. The nanowires inflate to four times their normal size as they soak up lithium but, unlike the silicon in the current generation of lithium-ion batteries, they do not fracture. For their experiments, Chan grew the nanowires on a stainless steel substrate, providing an excellent electrical connection.

    And no one is happier about it than the boss.

    Jonathan Erickson






    2008 Western States Regional FF Contest Schedule


    2008 Western States Regional FF Contest Schedule
    MONTH? « Date Location / Contest
    JAN 5th TAFT - SCAT Desert Challenge Bob Norton 661-395-0261
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    5th - 6th COLORADO - MMM Indoor Meet,Colorado Springs City Auditorium
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    11th - 13th ONTARIO, CA - AMA Convention at Convention Center AMA Web Site
    www.modelaircraft.org
    ? « 19th - 21st ARIZONA - Southwest Regionals, Eloy - National Cup Exempt
    Al Lidberg 480-839-8154
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    20th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 - Golden Age Civil/Thompson Trophy
    Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    20th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    FEB ? « 9th -11th LOST HILLS - SCAT ISAACSON Winter Classic
    Norm Furutani 310-323-1943
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    10th PERRIS - SCAMPS Haggart Bowden Allen Heinrich 760-956-2949
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    10th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Dime & Neo Dime Scale Embryo
    Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    12th -13th LOST HILLS - FAI World Cup F1E Lee Hines 949-645-4850
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    ? 15th -18th LOST HILLS - Max Men Bob White Memorial George Batiuk 805-546-8231
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    17th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 24th ARIZONA - FF Contest President's Cup Vic Lichtenberge 520-574-4298
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    MAR 9th SACRAMENTO - Spring Bash Waegell Field Walt Ghio 209-478-8225
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    9th PERRIS - SCAMPS Taibi Annual Kevin Sherman 951-737-7943
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    9th SAN DIEGO - FAC Squadron 41's Otay Mesa ohn Hutchison 619-303-0785
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    ? « 15th - 16th LOST HILLS - SCAT Annual Lee Hines 949-645-4850
    sweepettelee@sbcglobal. net
    « 15th ARIZONA - FF Contest Spring Break Elmer Nelson 480-460-1366
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    16th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Rubber Scale/Greve TrophyRon Boots 805-495-5449
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    16th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    22nd COLORADO - MMM Indoor Meet, Colorado Springs City Auditorium
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    « 5th SACRAMENTO - Sierra Champs, Waegell Field Chris Borland 916-457-4469
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    APR 6th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Jimmy Allen Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    6th GRASSY KNOLLS, Fun Fly Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
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    « 12th -13th LOST HILLS - San Valeers Annual AMA & FAI 7 Rounder
    John Patwell 661-298-9372
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    12th -13th LOST HILLS - SCIF Kickoff/SCAMPS Texaco Daniel Heinrich 909-593-5789
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    « 20th ARIZONA - FF Contest I-10 Challenge Peter Brocks 480-614-6183
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    20th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials, Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 20th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver erry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    ? « 26th - 27th SACRAMENTO - Nor Cal FF Champs, Waegell Field
    Bill Vanderbeek 650-326-9966
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    « 26th - 27th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Semi-Annual, Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    MAY 3rd - 4th LOST HILLS - BFT Annual Mike Keller 818-402-4748
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    « 17th ARIZONA - FF Contest Hot Stuff Elmer Nelson 480-460-1366
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    18th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 18th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    ? 23rd -25th LOST HILLS - Big Al's Shoot-Out Walt Ghio 209-478-8225
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    « 24th - 26th LOST HILLS - US FF Champs Ted Firster 951-776-4971
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    24th - 26th LOST HILLS - Hatrak Flying Wing Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
    26th LOST HILLS - FAC 69 Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    JUN 1st GRASSY KNOLLS - SCIF Fun Fly Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
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    1st GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Dime & Neo Dime Scale Embryo
    Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    « 7th SACRAMENTO - Western States Champs, Waegell Field
    Mike Mckeever 916-967-8475
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    « 8th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    14th - 15th TAFT - Rick & Lynn's Slow Gas Event Lynn Pulley 661-296-0629
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    15th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    22nd PERRIS - SCAMPS Lotto/Twin Pusher Hal Cover 909-591-3717
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    28th SACRAMENTO - Team Contest 7 a.m.- noon, Waegell Field
    Doug Galbreath 530-757-6058
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    29th SAN DIEGO - FAC Squadron 41's Otay Mesa John Hutchison 619-303-0785
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    ? « 4th - 6th COLORADO - MMM FAI Annual, AMA, SAM Denver
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    JUL 13th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Thompson Trophy - WWII
    Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    13th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa
    Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 20th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    AUG 2nd GRASSY KNOLLS - SCIF Fun Fly, Cloud Tramp
    Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
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    3rd GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Jimmy Allen Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    ? « 4th - 8th INDIANA - AMA Nationals, Muncie AMA Web Site
    www.modelaircraft.org
    « 10th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver erry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    17th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    ? 22nd - 23rd OREGON - FAI Tangent Classic Mike Roberts 206-937-2740
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    « 23rd - 24th OREGON - NW FF Champs, Willamette MC Parker Field, Tangent
    Bruce Grell 541-367-7273
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    ? 23rd - 24th OREGON - Pierre's FAI Challenge Parker Field Pierre Brun 818-388-2478
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    ? « 30th -1st COLORADO- MMM Rocky Mt Champs Dynasty Cup - National Cup Exem
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    SEP 8th - 12th INDIANA - SAM Champs, Muncie Jim Coffin 703-965-3937
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    13th - 14th OREGON - Silents Please & OT Champs Tangent George Gilbert 541-905-5534
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    « 14th ARIZONA - FF Contest Fall Kick Off Bob Loeffler 480-345-1154
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    14th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Golden Age Civil Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    « 14th SACRAMENTO - SGMA Combo, Waegell Field Bill Davis 916-421-8901
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    « 21st COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denve Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    21st SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials, Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 27th - 28th LOST HILLS - Dual Clubs FF Bonanza San Diego Orbiteers and
    Fresno Don Bartick 760-789-3773
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    William Booth Sr. 559-227-7217
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    OCT ? « 4th - 5th LOST HILLS - CA FAI Invitational Juan Livotto 310-391-5986
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    4th - 5th OREGON - Fall Annual Bob Stalick 541-928-8101
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    5th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Dime and Neo Dime Scale Embryo
     Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    ? 7th - 9th LOST HILLS - Sierra Cup Mike Mckeever 916-967-8475
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    11th - 13th LOST HILLS - FAI Finals George Batiuk 805-546-8231
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    19th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    « 19th COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF Denver
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    « 25th ARIZONA - FF Contest Ghost Riders Dick Nelson 520-572-0394
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    ? 25th - 26th NEVADA - SW FAI Champs, Boulder City Bill Booth JR. 559-227-7217
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    26th SAN DIEGO - FAC Squadron 41's Otay Mesa John Hutchison 619-303-0785
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    NOV 1st - 2nd LOST HILLS - SCAMPS/ SCIF/FAC69 Annual
    Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
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    Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    « 1st - 2nd LOST HILLS - San Valeers Nostalgia Annual Terry Thorkildsen 805-495-6135
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    « 2nd SACRAMENTO - SGMA Fall Contest, Waegell Field Dick Myers 209-834-1767
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    « 2nd COLORADO - MMM Outdoor Monthly FF DenverJerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    9th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    9th COLORADO - MMM Indoor Meet,Colorado Springs City Auditorium
    Jerry Murphy 719-685-3766
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    ? 15th - 16th LOST HILLS - Patterson FAI Hector Diez 661-834-1063
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    « 16th ARIZONA - FF Contest Turkey Shoot Jean Andrews 520-887-5952
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    16th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 FAC Rubber Scale - WWIIRon Boots 805-495-5449
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    DEC ? « 6th - 7th ARIZONA - FF Championships (co-CD Randy Burros 480-836-
    Elmer Nelson 480-460-1366
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    7th GRASSY KNOLLS - FAC 69 Jimmy Allen Ron Boots 805-495-5449
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    7th GRASSY KNOLLS - SCIF Fun Fly Rob Cobb 818-896-2211
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    14th SAN DIEGO - Orbiteers Record Trials Otay Mesa Sid Hobbs 949-443-4143
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    Monthly EIndoor Flying at Grove Community Church, Riverside, 2nd Wed each month, 12 Ted Firster
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    ? Indicates Americas Cup Contest « Indicates National Cup Contest


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    Roger morrell