Silent-AV8R

Crap!! Looks like I'll have to practice harder now with a big turnout!!! [&:]

shannah

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So far we have 18 pre-registered, 3 confirmed but not pre registered, and 12 unknown. The unknowns are guys that usually show up, or were at Hemet. If anyone knows the status of the guys in the unknown category then please shoot me a note so I can use it to help preset the judging matrix. I am attaching the full list as I see it right now

here are the guys in the unknown status category
kaneshiro steve
sheets bill
mersh sean
lampert steve
vaughan brock
bruml jon
austin mike
carder jeff
budd jerry
christie dick
whitacre mike
withacre james


Thanks!

shannah

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forgot to add Meierhoff to the unknown list.

JSchoolcraft

Super excited about this contest!  Looks like it's gonna have a great turn out!!

shannah

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Thanks for following up with the pre-registrations guys. We are up to 23 pre-registered, 3 confirmed but not registered, and still several likely to show but unknown status. So, we could easily be at or above 30!!! That's fantastic.

Looks like D7 is the center of the pattern world in the month of April! This contest is looking to be very well attended and then we have Chip's massive Pattern Bash in Arvin.

Also, FYI to the FAI fliers... I am contemplating making a slight change to the patterns. Once I hear back from Mike that all is well with the scoring program then I will let you all know. But, for now I wouldn't spend too much time practicing USA 1 and USA 2 unknowns. I'll explain more later.

Steve

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Hi Guys,

A few more registrations have come in. We're at 28 currently, with several still in the unknown category that are regular attendees. If you know of anyone thinking of attending, please drop me a note. I am trying to get the flight orders and judging matrix completed prior to the contest.

Heads up: Bring water and food. Also, it looks like you may want to plan on bringing shade as well. I think we'll have more people than we can fit under the shade structure. That's a good thing from two points of view 1- lots of pilots, 2- Sun!!

I'm attaching the pilot list as it exists today. (at least I thought I was, it won't let me upload right now)

shannah

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Hi Guys,

As I mentioned earlier, I am making a change to the format for the "unknown" portion of the contest. Unless Mike tells me that there is a problem with this format (it should be OK) then here's what we are going to do:

- We are dropping the Japanese sequences for round 1 and now round 1 will be a true unknown. It will be handed out on Saturday after flying is over. It is very similar in difficulty and style to the Japanese sequences so you can use those as a reference for what's in store. Yes, I have seen it but only long enough to enter in the FAI catalog numbers and I promise that's it and I haven't flown it, much less looked at it since early this week. I'm doing this because I've had feedback that some of you want to fly a real unknown. So, here it is.

- We are dropping USA 1 and USA 2 from the round 2 unknown round. Round 2 will be a choice between France 1 and France 2. I really want to include one of these difficult sequences into the mix. Not everyone is in favor of it, but it is important for us to give these maneuvers a try. It is part of the FAI future. I have noticed that since I have been trying some of these crazy knife edge maneuvers I have had quite a lot more interest from fliers at the local field. I think this is good for the sport. So, let's just give it a go.

Steve

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Here's the latest headcount based on pre-registration and email traffic:
Sportsman=8
Intermediate=3
Advanced=8
Masters=13
FAI=6

Please be ready for pilot's meeting at 8am. We will start Round 1 with Intermediate fliers off the end of the runway (flying east-west) so the sun won't be an issue. We may run two rounds of Intermediate back to back on that line. Then we'll rotate back to the normal flightline.

It is going to be very tight to get all the rounds in with the later starting time we have. So, I am going to be creative with flight orders and flight lines.

We will also need help scoring. I'll take volunteers.. but will draft people if necessary.

JSchoolcraft

Well my son will be there with me and he said he'd be willing to help dictate scores to expedite inputting.  He helped out at Hemet, so knows how to do it.

shannah

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Thanks Jamie!! Gary Switala's wife will also be helping out. We'll try and draft more people so no one gets stuck doing too much time in the scoring trailer....

pvogel

That's the most balanced (in terms of #s in each class) that I've seen in a while awesome! I wonder if people are finally getting bored hovering their airframes and coming back to precision ;-)

Peter+

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Hey Guys

A few reminders for the weekend:
- there is no power out there so bring your generators or batteries or pre-charged packs
- remember to bring your food and water
- we want to get an earlier start so be ready for pilots mtg at 8am
- sorry, but unlike last year, the road is pretty dusty this year, so go slow on the exit from the main road.

We have a great turnout expected so it looks to be a fun time.

ltougas

Steve,
Will the field be open Friday for practice? If so is there a lock on the gate?

LT

shannah

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The field will be open for practice. There is no lock on the gate.

shannah

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Looks like we'll have a good day tomorrow.

I have been running some flight line scenarios and it looks like we will run Intermediate, FAI, and Advanced on Line 1. Masters and Sportsman on Line 2. The lines are nearly the same size so we won't be splitting Masters across two flight lines in parallel. There's no point in doing that. I will be running Intermediate Round 1 off the edge of the runway at 9am (or earlier). It looks like we will have 6 Intermediate pilots so that should put us in a good spot for the start of the full round 1 with the sun. Oh, and Round 1 Intermediate Judges will be Jim Bronowski and Gary Switala.

I'll announce this in the pilot's meeting tomorrow, but we will really need everyone to be ready to go when their class is up. If everyone pisses away 1 minute per round then we're blowing an hour off our flight time through the day. So, I'll be yelling at everyone to get moving.... [>:]

See you all in the morning.

And one other thing, leave me a parking spot by the shade structure so I can be close the the pit area. Like someone else said earlier, you don't want a grumpy CD in the morning....

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Ok guys here we got, the final contest results. We had 37 pilot's, the biggest contest this 2013 season, Steve will more than likely chime in. what went on at the contest.


Sportsman

4000.000 Jamie Schoolcraft
3856.518 Gary Banducci
3771.329 Steve Lampert
3659.642 Mike Whitacre
3428.373 Dick Chrystie
3391.275 James Whitacre


Intermediate

3967.803 Brock Vaughn
3919.875 Lawrence Tougas
3889.300 Christopher Walker
1904.468 Randy McElhattan
1616.077 Jean Greear

Advanced

3965.109 Robert Fish
3923.832 Jon Bruml
3852.561 Glen Dean
3760.115 Gary Switala
3736.656 Mike Greear
3141.576 Bill Malvey
2518.023 Jim Bronowski

Masters

4000.000 Matt Stringer
3910.659 Bryant Mack
3807.807 Jerry Budd
3719.873 Jon Carter
3641.734 Sean Mersh
3540.144 Dale Olstinske
3492.647 Frank Capone
3375.925 Jarvis Johnson
3204.828 Steve Kaneshiro
1622.914 Lynn Burks
866.924 Bill Wallace

FAI/F3A 4 rounds of F-13 and 2 rounds of Unknowns

4000.000 Chip Hyde
3935.451 Matt Kimbro
3906.365 Tony Frackowiak
3532.953 Steve Hannah
3443.487 Jim Kimbro
1161.906 Bill Sheets

jarvis johnson

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Here are a few photos from the Riverside contest.

kingconsulting

Stopped by for a few hours to check it out since I've never been to a contest. Wish I actually entered this one as it looked like a lot of fun. Here is a photo of about half the planes that were there.

Robert

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Photos Riverside

shannah

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Hey Guys
Thanks so much for the great turnout!!!! We had a pretty full field and, with the fog and sun challenges on Saturday, it was a real challenge to fit it all in. But, thanks to everyone's flexibility and willingness to keep things moving we were able to fit in 6 rounds for Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced and FAI. Masters was only able to get 5 rounds, but I think it was the wise thing to do so that the out of towners could get on the road.

Sorry I see Jarvis already posted the scores. But here they are again with some comments.

Sportsman
Jamie Schoolcraft 4000
Gary Banducci 3856
Steve Lampert 3771
Mike Whitacre 3659
Dick Chrystie (Spelled with a Y, not an I) 3428
James Whitacre 3391 (so, does James have to buy his brother Mike a dinner now?)

Intermediate
Brock Vaughn 3967
Lawrence Tougas 3919
Christopher Walker 3889 (the gear held up with the fancy shock absorbers)
Randy McElhattan 1905
Jean Greear 1616

Advanced
Robert Fish 3965 (even with a couple flameouts)
Jon Bruml 3923
Glen Dean 3852
Gary Switala 3760 (I think you should bring a real jacket to So Cal contests from now on)
Mike Greear 3736 (Kept the scoring program running)
Bill Malvey 3141
Jim Bronowski 2518

Masters
Matt Stringer 4000 (move up, uhh.. no stay where you are at)
Bryant Mack 3910 (ditto)
Jerry Budd 3807 (The nose job helped the Gaudius)
Jon Carter 3719 (the extra wing on the Angel Shadow must have done the job)
Sean Mersh 3641
Dale Olstinske 3540 (see.. you needed that canalizer like Jon)
Frank Capone 3492
Jarvis Johnson 3375
Steve Kaneshiro 3204
Lynn Burks 1622
Bill Wallace 866 (sorry about the motor mount)

FAI
F13
Chip Hyde 3000 (as usual)
Matt Kimbro 2951
Tony Frackowiak 2928
Steve Hannah 2724 (flying was the only break I had this weekend)
Jim Kimbro 2615
Bill Sheets 1161

Unknowns
Chip Hyde 1000
Matt Kimbro 983
Tony Frackowiak 978
Jim Kimbro 827
Steve Hannah 808

Total FAI
Chip 4000
Matt 3935
Tony 3906
Steve 3532
Jim 3443
Bill 1161

I think the FAI crew enjoyed the format. I am attaching the Round 1 unknown that was flown. It was flown at the 2009 US Nats. For Round 2 we flew France 2, also attached. I, personally, had a great time with this format. It was fun flying the unknown and really a blast flying the knife edge maneuver intensive French routine. I hope we do this again in the near future. It's great training for the pilots and I think it was fun for the other guys to see this kind of format.

This contest was a great warmup to Chip's Pattern Bash coming in a couple weeks. Don't forget to pre-register. I would not have been able to make our contest work if I didn't have the level of pre-registration that we had.

Once again, thanks for everyone that came out, all the guys that judged without a single moan or complaint, the scoring help from the Greears, the Szeubers, Kit Switala, and anyone else that jumped in (and Larry Roberts for the last minute printer cartridge run). And thanks to the Riverside RC Club for the use of the field.

Steve

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Photos

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Photos

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Photos

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Thanks for the pics Jarvis.

Silent-AV8R

I want to thank Steve for the incredible job he did this weekend. 35 pilots, late start on Saturday (fog) and we were still done with 6 rounds for eveyone except Master's who got 5 in. Plus the FAI format seemed well received. It was fun to watch!! Ans thanks as well to the Riverside RC Club for the use of their field this weekend.

See you all in Arvin.