patternflyer1

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Who's coming? Who is gonna be there on Friday and early, or late. Need to figure out when I need to be there and if I need to bring the boat! Could fly a few flights, do a little wakeboarding. Fly a few more, maybe a little more wakeboarding..hehe Who knows, maybe I'll be maidening the Opium on Friday.. [:-] Worth the trip to see that....
Also, do FAI cats wanna fly F? I may be flying the new Z sequence. What? Haven't seen that yet? You're about 2!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

Looking forward to seeing everyone! I think I have a spare room if Meierhoff isn't coming up if anyone is interested. About 40 minutes from the field though.

Directions and pics from Google I reckon.. http://www.rcflyersunlimited.com/Location/Location.htm There is camping at the field, no hookups of course, but at the lake there is. Plus tent sites..

Chris

shannah

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Sounds great, but I'll be sweating in the Pearl River Delta that weekend. Wish I could be there.

jarvis johnson

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I'll be there, last friday night. Can not get off of work that day

pv1130

Jacob and I will be there Friday afternoon for some practice.

woodie

Chris, I will be there. As far as flying 'F' I don't particularly care to fly it but if it will help anyone preparing for the Nats or in general most of the F3A pilots want it, that is fine with me. Most of my sequences are unrecognizable anyway so I could fly 'P' and say it was 'F' and no one would know any difference.... ;-) I might even score better that way!!!!

Woodie

patternflyer1

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Hi Don,

I can dig it about F. But if the Kimbro's come, I would like to give them the opportunity. If they don't come, then we don't have to IMO.

Just got done (well done enough to fly) buffing the paint on the Opium. Had to run to Modesto to get a bottle of canopy glue. 60 miles round trip for a 4 dollar item. lol. Hadn't had to glue a canopy on in quite some time. My glue was dry so I had to get a new bottle. I have to reinstall all the stuff in the fuse and run the wires for the rudder, glue in the battery tray, setup throws and such. I'll be lucky to test fly it Friday. Not sure I will fly the contest unless some miracle happens and I nail the setup on the bench. Hasn't happened for me before though. haha

If I can get Greg Meierhoff to come up, maybe I'll fly my old friend the Abbra though!

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Jarvis, have a safe drive up man!

C

woodie

As far as F goes, I am ok with whatever works. Maybe I should break down and actually practice it a few times... ;-)

Looking forward to seeing the Opium, new models are always exciting. See ya there.

Woodie

lsjpeng

I will try to drag Kevin with me this time........... [>:]

ctripodi

Hi all,

I will be attending the Sportsman level with my Sebart Wind 50e. I might be in Oakdale on Friday to practice a bit in the late afternoon. It will be nice to see Luke and Kevin there and meet other competitors as well.

"The most interesting man in the world"

CT

speedracerntrixie

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I am hopeful that I can make it. I plane to go practice Weds at Tomcats. CT if you want, show up there on Weds too and I will be happy to call you through the sequence a few times

ctripodi

Thanks speedracertrixie,

I truly appreciate that my friend, unfortunately I have to work at the school district office. We're on 4/10 work schedule. Arghhhh!!!!! But, it'll be nice to see your there in Oakdale. Brenda and I had a great time meeting and talking with you and your wife in Fresno. Very nice folk. You can e-mail me at [email protected] if you want to stay in touch.

CT

"The Most Interesting Man in the World"

jon bruml

I should be attending....may have a conflict this weekend though and may need to hang with my daughter...(she is always top priority)

Will know more tonite or tomorrow

woodie

Jon, just bring your daughter with you to the contest. What more could she want? Wonderful company, great discussions about aerodynamics, theory of judging, a dynamite lunch. Just think how grateful she would be.....

Woodie

patternflyer1

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And she could even run score sheets.. haha. She'd be learning at the same time!

pv1130

Hey guys I don't know if thats such a good idea, Jacob dosen't need and more distractions............

jarvis johnson

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That sounds like a fine ideal, it hard enough trying to beat him as it is. I'll see you Saturday morning.

speedracerntrixie

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I was going to bring my 15 y/o daughter with me as well but after practice on Weds, I decided to stay home this weekend. My eyesight has gotten bad enough that I had to close one eye so I could fly one airplane and not two. I will be at Morgan Hill with a new pair of glasses for sure!

lsjpeng

I don't see any issue..... I have seem mine is "two airplane in formation" for years, trust me, they are synchorized, always!

patternflyer1

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You are funny Luke! I haven't seen a plane in the air in like 3 months. hahahahahahahaha

C

jarvis johnson

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Just a quick update on Saturday flying, we had 22 pilots, great weather and with temp's in the mid 90's. an some great flying. Here are the standing, after 4 rounds flown. we will
will finish up rounds 5 and 6 on Sunday, with 2 rounds of F-11 for FAI.



Saturday Standing

SPORTSMAN

1st Jean Greear 3000.000

2nd Lawrence Tougas 2960.731

3rd Carlos Tripodi 2375.301

INTERMEDIATE

1st Chris Belden 3000.000

ADVANCED

1st Jacob Boracca 3000.000

2nd Dale Olstinske 2944.406

3rd Jarvis Johnson 2931.583

4th Mike Greear 2844.237

MASTERS

1st Jerry Budd 3000.000

2nd Greg Frohreich 2983.277

3rd Jon Carter 2959.125

4th Luke Peng 2912.331

5th Bill Sneed 2871.398

6th Frank Capone 2842.133

7th Robert Obregon 2833.999

8th Kevin Sung 2712.724

9th Roy Speights 2629.935

FAI P-11

1st Matt Kimbro 3000.000

2nd Jim Kimbro 2878.098

3rd Don Atwood 2814.652

4th Adrian Wong 2380.772

speedracerntrixie

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Looks like I'm missing a good one! Just as well, I went to the Reid Hillveiw airport open house yesterday here in San Jose and flew my pattern ship in a demo. While loading up I noticed the motor was binding up. When I took it apart I found loose magnets with one actually broken. Motor is shot. Had I gone to the contest I may have gotten through round 1 and then been grounded.

lsjpeng

Great contest! Thanks Dick and Chris, we had a great time!
Here are some pics.

lsjpeng

More pics....

lsjpeng

and more......

lsjpeng

Dale demonstrated that the Hyperion LiPo battery needs a tougher package so it could survive be ejected from 300 ft then run over by a truck......