First thing first........

The Thanks.......

Without these people the contest would never have been so smooth or even happened.

Howard Pilcher (lazyboyflyer)---Use of the home on wheels for scoring....can't thank you enough
Kathy----the wife----the scorekeeper
PropNuts R/C club and Rebel Squadron R/C Club
The unlimited/advanced classes for Judging so much
The other classes for being flexible judging/scribing
The Weatherman.....they were finally right!

The Sin City Sponsors (26 Strong!)

DW Foamies
AeroWorks
Bob Smith Industries (BSI Glue)
Tru Turn Spinners
Air Age Media
Tuffy Dogs (LJ will be cooking at the contest Friday-Sunday!)
Micro Fasteners
Hitec
Performance Aircraft Unlimited (PAU)
Great Planes
Sin City Jets
Smart Fly
Flying Giants
BuyRC.com
Donalds Hobby Shop
Hobbico
Astro Flight
Sullivan products
Jersey Modeler
Friendly Hobbies
Wild Berry Productions
Eagle Tree Systems
R/C Armour
E-Flite (Horizon Hobby)
Cover Me Wing Bags
Desert Aircraft

To anyone else I missed........its been a long weekend for me, I'll remember in a few days and if not THANKS anyway!


So here are the long awaited Results

2008 Sin City Results


Now for the Grand Champion and how it was determined......

Every sequence had the possiblity of getting 120 points
-10 manuevers (max point of 10 on each)
- Sound Score (max of 10 points)
- ACS Score (max of 10 points)

We flew 4 rds (3 knowns and 1 unknown)
-3rds x 2 sequences = 6
-1 unknown= 1
-6 sequences x2 judges= 12
-1 unknown x2 judges= 2
---total sequences=14 x 120(possible points each sequence)=1680

So up for grabs were 1680 points.

I did not throw out any sequences.
I did not count Pilot/Panel penalties
I did not count K-factors
In case of a tie the unknown round (basic flew 1 known sequence so it still worked for them) point winner would be used
In case of still a tie then the Highest throw out rds combined would be used
If still a tie.......I didn't get that far, thank Goodness

No one at the contest knew the criteria (as not to influence judging ...I also did not judge), I just told everyone to fly good in all rounds!

The Grand Champion is based on the pilots ability to get as many "Raw" points in every flight as possible. There was no need to handicap a pilot since all classes were handicaped based on abilities of the pilots.

Here are your top 10 (and the class they were in)
10 Ryan Hart (U) 1289
9 Joe Mac Gregor (I) 1294
9 Sam Gaglio (S) 1294
8 Steve Nelson (U) 1301
7 Eric Powell (U) 1307.5
6 Jason Benson (U) 1312
5 Rusty Fried (S) 1354
4 Curtis Pilcher (I) 1361.5
3 Bernie Boland (A) 1373
2 Bill Hempel (U) 1384.5
1 Ryan Archer 1459.5

Basic topped the list at #14 with Greg Minden