SEN 1178 - 28 Jan 2008
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2008 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships
The weather for the 2 days of FAI flying at the 58th SWR in Eloy was close to perfect with blue Arizona skies. On Saturday, Jan.19 the temperature ranged from just a bit below freezing to about 60°F and winds from 0-7 mph. Sunday, Jan. 20 started out nearly as cold but breezy up to 12 mph. But after 10 AM the wind speed dropped and was never more than 4 mph with total calm for long periods and the temperature at 65°F.
We had a total of 47 sportsmen flying the FAI events. They came from PA, VA, FL, LA, OH, MI, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CO, CA, OR and all the way from Great Britain (Dave Oldfield F1A, Mike Woodhouse F1B, John Bailey F1C, F1J). F1A had 5 flyers in the 1st fly-off. Sunday morning the cold, breezy air saw then the final fly-off between 3 sportsmen, which was won by René Limberger, the 2007 America Cup winner. F1B had 6 flyers with all maxes. Bob Biedron from Virginia won Wakefield after 2 fly-off rounds. Unlucky Jim Bradley could not get a flight off in the 2nd fly-off after breaking 3 motors. The 6 pilots with all maxes in the combined F1C/P event chose to fly off on Sunday. Don Chesson won with a long distance flight of 8min 35sec with his new flapper. Bobby Hanford came in 3rd with his Astro-Pearl F1P. On Saturday he set a tentative 2008 record of 29min 14sec. Bernie Crowe was the sole electric flyer so he won F1Q.
The windy conditions in the first 2 rounds on Sunday made it difficult for the mini event flyers. But in F1G 6 sportsmen still managed to max out all 5 rounds. The fly-off in F1G was exciting and went for the 3, 4, 5, 6 minute round in the late afternoon with less and less thermal activity. Tiffaney O’Dell with her electronic timer Coupe came out ahead after 9 rounds of flying to win the “Bear” and carry him off for a year in Oregon. The F1H glider flyers Mike McKeever and Jim Parker were the only ones clean going into the 3-min and then the 4-min round. Mike had a big smile after he made the 240 seconds flight while Jim missed it by 1 second. F1J had only 2 sportsmen flying. They were Faust Parker from Texas and John Bailey from the U.K.. John had an overrun in the 2nd round, which did not let him get a score before the round closed. This gave the win to Faust Parker. He is taking the “Bear” again to Houston, which will make Julie happy.
A big thank you to all participants and helpers who made this contest a memorable event.
Peter Brocks
F1A 1 2 3 4 5 6 71st F/2nd F/ Total
1 René Limberger 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 325 1885
2 Mike McKeever 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 305 1865
3 Peter Brocks 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 288 1848
4 Logan Tetrick 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 254 1514
5 Jon Davis 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 190 1450
6 Joey Farmer 180 180 164 180 180 180 180 1244
7 Don Zink 180 180 180 180 161 180 180 1241
8 Jim Farmer 180 148 180 180 180 180 180 1228
9 Lee Hines 180 180 180 131 180 180 180 1211
10 Norm Smith 180 180 180 180 180 128 180 1208
11 Brian Van Nest 180 180 180 180 180 180 115 1195
12 Pierre Brun 180 162 180 180 180 150 132 1164
13 Enes Pecenkovic 146 174 141 180 158 180 146 1125
14 Sam Farmer 64 160 161 180 180 180 180 1105
15 Dave Oldfield 180 180 180 111 88 180 180 1099
16 Mike Thompson 180 90 180 180 180 180 83 1073
17 Jim Parker 180 180 110 180 180 180 36 1046
F1B 1 2 3 4 5 6 71st F/2nd F/ Total
1 Bob Biedron 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 277 1837
2 Jack Emery 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 251 1811
3 Greg Simon 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 244 1804
4 Jim Bradley 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 0 1560
5 Paul Crowley 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 214 1474
6 Elmer Nelson 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 201 1461
7 George Batiuk 180 177 180 180 180 180 180 1257
8 Blake Jensen 180 180 173 180 180 180 180 1253
9 Dick Wood 180 180 180 180 162 180 180 1242
10 John Clapp 180 180 180 144 180 180 180 1224
11 Rich Rohrke 180 180 180 180 180 137 180 1217
12 Gene Jensen 180 135 180 180 180 180 180 1215
13 Mike Woodhouse GBR 180 180 180 180 180 116 180 1196
14 Bob Piserchio 180 180 180 180 150 123 180 1173
15 Charlie Jones 180 180 30 180 180 180 180 1110
16 Al Ulm 148 139 156 91 180 96 180 990
17 Evan Simon 180 180 180 180 100 48 0 868
F1C/P 1 2 3 4 5 6 71st F/O Total
1 Don Chesson 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 515 1775
2 Chuck Etherington 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 347 1607
3 Bob Hanford 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 256 1516
4 Lynn Pulley 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 219 1479
5 Dick Mathis 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 1260
6 Ed Carroll 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 1260
7 John Bailey GBR F 180 180 180 180 180 180 102 1182
8 Faust Parker 180 180 180 180 180 160 0 1060
F1Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
1 Bernie Crowe 114 0 180 180 166 180 0 820
F1G 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O3rd F/4th F/ Total
1 Tiffaney O'Dell 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 300 237 1557
2 Charlie Jones 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 300 229 1549
3 Don DeLoach 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 300 220 1540
4 Brian Van Nest 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 235 1255
5 Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 120 161 761
6 Paul Crowley 120 120 120 120 120 160 760
7 Alan Petersen 120 120 120 110 120 590
8 Mark Belfield 102 120 120 120 120 582
9 John Clapp 120 120 92 87 120 539
10 Bernie Crowe 99 120 68 0 0 287
11 Elmer Nelson 69 46 0 0 0 115
12 Dick Wood 60 0 0 0 0 60
F1H 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O Total
1 Mike McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 180 240 1020
2 Jim Parker 120 120 120 120 120 180 239 1019
3 Lee Hines 120 80 100 120 120 540
4 Norm Smith 120 120 120 115 62 537
5 Brian Van Nest 120 120 20 0 0 260
6 Mike Thompson 29 0 0 0 0 29
F1J 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 Faust Parker 120 120 120 120 120 600
2 John Bailey 120 0 120 120 120 480
Omarama Accomodation
There are 2 contests for magnet/electronic steered gliders coming up in Lost Hills. The first is on the Isaacson Monday, Feb. 11. The second is the California World Cup on Feb. 12. For the California Cup pre-entries have to be in by Feb. 1. Detailed information is on the 2 fliers (Isaacson Winter Classic & F1E California Cup) that can be downloaded from the NFFS web site http://www.freeflight.org/competition/master_contest_calendar.htm (click on 'Isaacson Classic' or on 'F1E' shown on the same line).
You can also find it on the SEN Web Site in the Contest Annoucements section by following this line www.faifreeflight.org/index.php
See you all on Holloway Hill in two weeks, Peter
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Roger Morrell