SEN issue 1098 - 9 June 2007

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Table of Contents - SEN 1098

  1.  Northern California Western States Champs
  2. Am Cup and Jnr Team Results
  3. Big Al's
  4. Note to Al Hotard
  5. Beat the Vartanian 2007 Fun fly!


 
 

Northern California Western States Champs
From: Mike McKeever email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A notice that the Northern California Western States Champs at Waegell Field in Sacramento has been changed from June 9, 2007 to June 16 (Saturday only). Any questions call the CD Mike McKeever at (916) 967-8475. Thanks


AmCup and Jr Team Results


Apologies to all for the lapse in reporting but change of jobs and a house remodel pushed modeling to a lower priority. I hope Roger gets this out before departing for the Ukraine and the World Champs.

Almost a third thru the season. No Lost Hills AmCup contest until October. The central and east contests are starting. Denver in July and don't forget the cool Tangent Oregon contests in August, two AmCup contests in 3 days.

No first place changes other than in F1J-- alarmingly small attendance and several no-flyer contests. Faust Parker took the lead being the only flyer with two AmCup scores.

SCAT will be discussing the "60 day" tie breaker rule. The current 2007 rule:
6) Contest ties must be settled, or else the competitors receive the lowest score possible. For example, if three tie for first place and the ties are not settled, then each of the three receives the third place score (15 points). If two tie for fourth place and no settlement, each receives 5 points. If five or more max out with no fly-offs, then each receives 5 points. Bonus points are added to the above scores.

Contest ties are to be broken in a sporting manner, in which the event’s models are flown. A single “flyoff” flight or the results of a future contest are the preferred methods for tiebreakers. The sportsmen are responsible for arranging a suitable tiebreaker. The results of the tiebreaker are to be documented in writing (e-mail), and agreed upon by the participants. If attempts at breaking the tie are ultimately unsuccessful, the America’s Cup Committee is responsible for adjudication. Ties must be broken within 60 days of the contest or by the conclusion of the first AmCup contest of the following year, whichever is sooner, or the scores will remain as ties with the lower score recorded. [end of rule 6]

The AmCup rules specifies it is the flyers responsibility to break the tie in a sportsman like manner within 60 days. The time limit is in place so that those "chasing AmCup points" can have a degree of certainty and don't have to worry about a sleeping tie being broken at the end of the year to change the final standings. SCAT "adjudicated" several times. For example, days extension to the 60 days have been given to accommodate a planned contest date to break a tie. Several years ago , a large (~12) flyer fly off for the MaxMen was coordinated by the flyers and allowed to be done in October. The last example is a recent request for a second extension was denied. Also note, the original rule was a 30 day limit and was changed to 60 days 2 years ago.

Points of Discuss:
- Should the rule be more flexible for situations in which long distance traveled to a contests for getting together for a fly-off is difficult / costly?
- Should Fly-offs be flown in less than ideal conditions? Should the contestant's be asked their preference?- - Do we option out too easily on fly-offs and so are the USA flyers less experienced in poor conditions? Does forcing a fly-off in poor conditions result in a fair result? Should the AmCup system try to regulate? Shape?

Some options discussed to date:
1. No change, extensions on a case by case basis
2. Change to 90, 120 day etc
3. No limit up to a cut off date, say end of October and then the 60 day limit.

SCAT will discuss this and other AmCup issue over the next several months. At our annual Holiday party in December, changes for the 2008 rules will be made. Non-SCAT members are welcome to voice their views.

JR Team Scores. Remember all Jr scores are recorded until the Pre-Nats / Nats. There after only those officially entered into the Jr Team Selection Program will be reported. I'm hoping several young flyers have taken Walt Ghio up on his F1B Jr development program and will be ready to fly out the PreNats / Nats. Remember, The PreNats / Nats are required to make the Jr team. The AmCup portion of the team selection can be done through the end of the year. See the NFFs web site for the official program or Contact AMA, Competition department. At this point, 200 points is the maximum from two AmCup contests. Another 200 points, 100 points from each of the Pre-Nats and Nats. will be added. Total maximum points is 400. Remember that the AmCup ( and Jr Plus) contests can be flown and scores counted after the Nats.

F1A
Farmer, Joey 1, 200.0
Tetrick, Logon 2, 176.0
Timothy Barron 3, 163.9
Cai, Oliver 4, 129.0
Jones, Kyle 5, 100.0
Whitney, Marian 5, 100
Farmer, Sam 7, 94.4
Johnson, Miles 8, 75.4
Archer, Ryan 9, 68.6
Barron, Michelle 10 ,62.1

F1B- no scores posted

F1P
Secor, Cody 1, 200.0
Ferrario, Athony 1, 200.0
Jaju, Chinmay 3 ,115.8

 

America Cup results - with individual placings

Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 20 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 19 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 30 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA 15 SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 3 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 4 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 9 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 13 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1A

1 VanNest, Brian 93 SWR-1 Ike-2 MM-4* NCA-1 BAl-4

2 McKeever, Mike 69 SWR-4 MM-2 SCA-2 NCA-3

3 Barron, Andrew 66 SWR-3 MM-2 SCA-4 EFF-3

4 Brocks, Peter 59 Ike-1 SCA-1

5 Hines, Lee 47 SCA-5 NCA-2 BAl-1

6 Limberger, Rene 37 SCA-3 BAl-1

7 Spence, Steve 35 MM-5 SCT-1

8 Jones, Kyle (Jr) 30 MM-1

9 Bauer, Ken 28 SWR-5 BAl-1

10 Sifleet, Bob 27 EFF-1

11 Parker, Jim 25 SWR-2

12 Whitney, Marian (jr) 22 EFF-2

13 Secor, Randy 20 Ike-3

13 Handford, Bob 20 SCT-2

15 Lenartowicz, C 15 Ike-4

15 Troutman, Mark 15 SCT-3

17 Barron,Timothy(jr) 12 EFF-4

18 Farmer, Jim 10 Ike-5

18 Smith,Norm 10 NCA-4

20 Zink, Don 8 BAl-5

21 Johnson, Miles(jr) 7 EFF-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 14 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 22 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 34 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA 13 SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 3 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 4 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 3 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 18 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

IFA 0 Intercity FAI Muncie, IN

 


F1B

1 Jensen, Blake 76 SWR-2 MM-2 SCA-1

2 Andriukov, Alex 60 Ike-1 MM-1

3 Horak, Ladi 40 Ike-2 MM-4

4 Sessums, John 35 MM-3 BAl-1

5 Tymchek, Bob 33 Ike-3 SCA-4

5 Batiuk, George 33 SCA-3 BAl-1

7 Emery, Jack 31 SWR-5 SCA-2

8 Davis, Mike 30 Ike-4 BAl-1

9 Jones, Charles 28 SWR-1

10 Norvall, Larry 25 NCA-1

10 Vanlandingham, Eddie 25 SCT-1

10 Schlosberg, Aram 25 EFF-1

13 Rohrke, Rich 23 SWR-4 Ike-5

13 Mulligan, Mike 23 SCA-5 BAl-1

15 Belfield, Mark 20 NCA-2

15 Wood, Dick 20 SCT-2

15 Clapp, John 20 EFF-2

18 Bradley, Jim 18 SWR-3

19 Ghio, Walt 15 NCA-3

19 Troutman, Mark 15 SCT-3

19 Lacey, David 15 EFF-3

22 Raymond. Amy 10 MM-5

22 Pratt, John 10 NCA-4

22 Piserchio, Bob 10 BAl-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 7 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 14 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 20 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA 10 SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 5 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 1 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF -x- Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 13 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


 


F1C

1 Carroll, Ed 91 SWR-4 Ike-1 SCA-1 NCA-1 BAl-1*

2 Gutai, Bob 53 Ike-2 MM-1

3 Gewain, Matt 37 MM-3 SCA-3

4 Chesson, Don 36 SWR-3 SCT-2

5 Mennano, Guy 33 Ike-4 MM-2

5 Roberts, Mike 33 MM-4 BAl-3

7 Simpson, Roger 31 Ike-4 BAl-2

8 Archer, Randy 26 SWR-1

8 Mathis, Dick 26 Ike-3 BAl-5

10 Spence, Henry 25 SCT-1

11 Happersett, Ken 22 SCA-2

12 Kerger, Terry 21 SWR-2

13 Mc Burnett, Ron 20 SCA-5 BAl-4

14 Pulley, Lynn 18 SWR-5 SCA-4

15 Parker, Faust 15 SCT-3

16 Poti, Norm 10 MM-5

16 Troutman, Mark 10 SCT-4

18 Hanford, Bob 5 SCT-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 13 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 7 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 19 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA 7 SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 4 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 2 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 6 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 4 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1G

1 Wood, Dick 88 SWR-5 Ike-5* MM-1 SCA-2* SCT-1 BAl-1

2 Belfield, Mark* 66 Ike-2 MM-5 SCA-5* NCA-1 BAl-3

3 Emery, Jack 49 SWR-2 SCA-1

4 Vanlandingham, Ed 46 Ike-4 MM-3 SCT-2

5 O'Dell, Tiffany 44 SWR-4 Ike-3 BAl-2

6 Crowley, Paul 33 SWR-3 MM-4

7 VanNest, Kurt 30 NCA-2 BAl-4

8 Brocks, Peter 28 SWR-1

9 VanNest, Kurt 26 Ike-1

9 Clapp, John 26 EFF-1

11 Schroedter, George 25 MM-2

12 Rousseau, Don 21 EFF-2

13 Jensen, Blake 16 SCA-3

13 Bloom, Fred 16 EFF-3

15 Fedor, Mike 15 SCT-3

16 Jones, Charlie 11 SCA-4

16 Ioerger, Tom 11 EFF-4

18 Troutman, Mark 10 SCT-4

19 Ivers, Rich 6 EFF-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 5 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 3 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 8 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA 6 SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 1 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 3 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 3 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 5 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1H

1 McKever, Mike 86 SWR-3 Ike-2* MM-1 SCA-1 NCA-2 BAl-2*

2 Smith, Norm 70 SWR-4 Ike-1 SCA-2 NCA-3 BAl-4*

3 VanNest, Brian 65 SWR-1 Ike-3 NCA-1

4 Hines,Lee 36 MM-2 SCA-3

4 Parker, Jim 36 MM-4 BAl-1

6 Troutman, Mark 25 SCT-1

6 Pailet, Jean 25 EFF-1

8 Parker, Dallas (Jr) 20 SWR-2

8 Sifleet, Bob 20 EFF-2

10 Davis, Jon 16 MM-3

10 Thompson, Mike 16 MM-5 SCA-4

12 Norton, Bob 15 BAl-3

12 Ioerger, Tom 15 EFF-3

14 Malkhasyan, Taron(Jr) 10 SCA-5 BAl-5

15 Tetrick, Logan 5 SWR-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 4 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike -x- Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 10 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA -x- SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 9 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 1 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 1 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl -x- Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1J

1 Parker, Faust 37 MM-4 SCT-1

2 Roberts, Mike 27 MM-1

3 Carroll, Ed 25 SWR-1

3 Vanderbeek, Bill 25 NCA-1

3 Pailet, Jean 25 EFF-1

6 Gutai, Bob 22 MM-2

7 Kerger, Terry 20 SWR-2

7 Spence, Henry 20 SCT-2

9 Mennano, Guy 17 MM-3

10 Archer, Randy 15 SWR-3

10 Parker, Jim 15 SCT-3

12 Robertson, Tony 10 SWR-4

12 Troutman, Mark 10 SCT-4

14 Morris, Gil 7 MM-5

15 Hanford, Bob 5 SCT-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 2 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 4 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 3 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA -x- SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT 5 Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA 2 NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF -x- Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 5 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1P

1 Secor, Cody (jr) 75 SWR-1 Ike-1 MM-1 BAl-1*

2 Ferrario, Anthony (jr) 65 Ike-2 MM-2 NCA-1

3 Ferrario, Rocco 30 Ike-3 MM-3

3 Chinmay, Jaju 30 NCA-2 BAl-4

5 Fedor, Mike 25 SCT-1

6 Kerger, Terry 20 SWR-2

6 Robertson. Tony 20 BAl-2

6 Sheffer, Jackie 20 SCT-2

9 Parsons, Dave 15 Ike-4 BAl-5

9 Secor, Randy 15 BAl-3

9 Hanford, Bob 15 SCT-3

12 Irwin, John 10 SCT-4

13 Troutman, Mark 5 SCT-5


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR 1 Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 1 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

MM 2 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA -x- SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT -x- Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA -x- NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF 2 Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 1 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1Q

1 Pollard, Frank 100 SWR-1 Ike-1 MM-1 BAl-1

2 Ivers, Dick 25 EFF-1

3 Schlosberg, Aram 20 MM-2

3 Ivers, Rich 20 EFF-2


Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:

SWR -x- Southwest Regionals- Eloy ,AZ

Ike 6 Winter Classic- Lost Hills, CA

Cal 6 MaxMen 14 Rounder- Lost Hills, CA

SCA -x- SCAT Annual- Lost Hills, CA

SCT -x- Spring Cup- Seguin TX

NCA -x- NorCal FF Champs- Sacramento, CA

EFF -x- Eastern FF Champs, Ingleside, MD

BAl 4 Big Al, Lost Hills, CA

 


F1E

1 VanNest, Brian 50 Ike-1 Cal-2* BAl-1

2 Brocks, Peter 45 Ike-2 Cal-1

3 Furutani, Norm 35 Ike-3 Cal-3* BAl-2

4 Parsons, Dave 20 Ike-5 BAl-3

5 Woods, Dick 15 Ike-4 Cal-5 BAl-4*

6 Bauer, Ken 10 Cal-4


 

 

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2007 Bissonnette Memorial Contest Report
Walt Ghio This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Friday afternoon the four F1E contestants had excellent flying conditions. We ended up flying in several different directions because of the changing wind. One problem was the heat. At one point it was 115 degrees in the sun. Brian VanNest had two maxes for the eight rounds of flying and come home the winner. Norm Furutani was second followed by Dave Parsons. Richard Wood was again flying an F1B model with an F1E rudder in the nose of the motor tube. A new bigger model is in the works and should be at the next contest.

We woke up to a very pleasant Saturday morning. Light winds and big thermals made for great flying conditions during the day.  Three F1A flyers, four F1B flyers and two F1C flyers maxed out and made the flyoff. Mike Roberts dropped 11 seconds in the fourth round was third in F1C. Cody Secor maxed out in F1P and was the winner followed by Tony Robertson and Randy Secor.

The breeze was starting to pick up at 5pm when the flyoffs were scheduled to start and a decision was made to hold off the flyoffs till Sunday morning. They would be incorporated with Big Al’s Shootout.

The Shootout was planned to start at 6:30 AM. At 6 AM the wind was from the West at over 15 mph. This continued the rest of the day. The contestants along with myself decided it was not a good day for flyoffs or Big Al’s Shootout. All flyoffs will be held at the Livotto contest in October.

The F1GHJQ contest started on time at 10am. Big thermals along with the West wind were taking some of the small models on long flights. At the end of the day only Richard Wood had maxed out in F1G.  No flyers had entered F1J and Frank Pollard put up only one flight if F1Q. Five F1H flyers braved the stiff breeze with Jim Parker winning for the second year in a row. Junior flyer, Taron Malkhasyan made several excellent flights in the difficult conditions with a straight tow glider.

I would like to thank Inky Davis for helping me all day Saturday. Also a big thank you for Ron McBurnett who had made up and sold Bissonnette Memorial T-Shirts again this year. 

             F1A         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 FO 1      TOTAL
 1  Ken Bauer            180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  Lee Hines            180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  Rene Limberger       180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 4  Brian VanNest        180  177  180  180  180  180  180           1257
 5  Don Zink             180  177  154  180  180  180  180           1231
 6  Ernesto Busnelli     144  161  180  180  180  180  180           1205
 7  Micheal Thompson     180  125  180  180  180  180  180           1205
 8  Jim Parker           180  180  180  126  150  180  180           1176
 9  Mike McKeever        180  180  180  180  180  180  75            1155
 10 Norm Smith           180  180  180  180  180  180  60            1140
 11 Pierre Brun          180  180  180  180  180  43   180           1123
 12 Hector Diez          77   180  77   180  180  180  180           1054
 13 Logan Tetrick   JR   180  72   99   180  180  180  114           1005

            F1B         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 FO 1      TOTAL
 1  George Batiuk        180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  Michael Davis        180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  Mike Mulligan        180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  John Sessums         180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 5  Bob Piserchio        162  178  180  180  180  180  180           1240
 6  Alex Andriukov       180  143  180  180  180  180  180           1223
 7  Aimee Schroedter     178  180  142  180  180  180  180           1220
 8  Rich Rohrke          168  180  180  180  180  180  147           1215
 9  Roger Morrell        133  180  163  180  180  180  180           1196
 10 Joel Raymond         180  180  180  94   180  180  180           1174
 11 Richard Wood         166  180  180  180  180  144  143           1173
 12 Mark Belfield        125  180  180  180  180  112  180           1137
 13 David Saks           124  156  126  180  180  180  180           1126
 14 Derek McGuckin       180  180  180  180  180  38   180           1118
 15 Martin Schroedter    180  180  10   180  180  144  180           1054
 16 Jack Emery           180  106  180  180  82   180  90             998
 17 Philip Scheiman      122  180  180  180  90   180   0             932
 18 Jeff Schroedter      180  180  120  37    0    0    0             517



            F1C         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 RD 7 FO 1      TOTAL
 1  Ed Carroll           180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 1  Roger Simpson        180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 3  Mike Roberts         180  180  180  169  180  180  180           1249
 4  Ron McBurnett        180  180  180  149  180  180  180           1229
 5  Dick Mathis          180  180  180  111  180  180  180           1191
 6  Don Chesson          180  180  105  180  180  180  180           1185
 7  Chuck Etherington    180  180  144  180  139  180  180           1183
 8  Guy Menanno          180  180  180  100  180  180  180           1180
 9  Terry Kerger         180  180  180  180  180  180   7            1087
 10 Doug Joyce           180  180  146  101  121  84   180            992
 11 Lynn Pulley          180  180  180  114   0    0    0             654
 12 Matt Gewain          18    0    0    0    0    0    0             18
 13 Kenny Happersett      0    0    0    0    0    0    0              0



            F1P         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5  RD6  RD7  FO1      TOTAL
 1  Cody Secor           180  180  180  180  180  180  180           1260
 2  Tony Robertson       180  180  180  180  180  164  180           1244
 3  Randy Secor          180  180  180  180  180  180  150           1230
 4  Chinmay Jaju          0    0   180  180  136  180  180            856
 5  Dave Parsons         119  140  180  180  180   0    0             799



            F1G         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5  FO1  FO2  FO3      TOTAL
 1  Richard Wood         120  120  120  120  120                      600
 2  Tiffaney O'Dell      120  120  120  95   120                      575
 3  Mark Belfield        120  100  98   120  120                      558
 4  Kurt VanNest         74   53   95   109  61                       392



            F1H         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5  FO1  FO2  FO3      TOTAL
 1  Jim Parker           102  120  120  120  120                      582
 2  Mike McKeever        120  73   112  120  120                      545
 3  Bob Norton           120  120  120  120  120                      600
 4  Norm Smith           98   120  53   42   120                      433
 5  Taron Malkhasyan  Ju 65   120  85   54   106                      430



            F1E         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5  RD6  RD7  RD8      TOTAL
 1  Brian VanNest        180  77   51   55   180  119  99   27  453.1 788
 2  Norm Furutani        23   60   141  25   127  136  85   66  375.3 663
 3  Dave Parsons         180  111  24   33   26   82   152  38  368.1 646
 4  Richard Wood         79   40   30   31   128  58   85   54  289.2 505


            F1Q         RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5  FO1  FO2  FO3      TOTAL
 1  Frank Pollard        101   0    0    0    0    0    0    0        101
 

Note to Al Hotard


Al, it is not necessary to put a tie on when reading SEN in its new format.

 

Beat the Vartanian 2007 Fun fly!

 

ATTENTION ALL 2007 NATS FLIERS!
 
A FUN FLY for 12 inch span Catapult Gliders will be held on Tuesday evening,
July 31, after the daily awards.  Start at 6:00 PM.
Entry is FREE!!!
We call it:  "BEAT THE VARTANIAN"
All those interested, sign up with me @ Control area.
 
Now for some easy rules:
Any 12" span cat glider, weight 10 grams min.
Launcher per AMA CLG rules[6" handle, 18" rubber, etc]
Flying will be MASS LAUNCH STYLE, probably in eliminator heats.
If any fliers in a heat do 120 sec they will continue to fly.
Time one, fly one, as usual.
So build one or two[they are easy!], bring your stopwatches & join the FUN!
 
'Luddite Dan' Berry made a nice perpetual trophy for 'Beat the Vart'.
Other prizes are in the offing, I am told by a person to be named later.
Stay tuned, & get to BUILDING some 12" Catapults!
 
See you at the NATS,
Leeper, the Fun Meister
aka Lee Hines

 

 

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Roger Morrell