PylonDave

Prado Air Park Fall Classic
Here are the details for the Oct. 29th Pylon Race. Thier will be a practice Session tommorow Sat. 10-8-11 at 3 PM and Sat. Oct 22 also at 3 pm. So come on out and Fly around the poles tommorow and experience what it is like to fly the Pylon course. This is your chance to practice for the Oct 29th Race. The entry fee is only $10.00 for the Race , so no excuses for not showing up . The practice sessions are free.



PVMAC Fall Classic Race for EF-1 and Parkzone Warbirds: October 29th

Parkzone Warbird RaceOn October 29th,

the PVMAC will have the inaugural "PVMAC Fall Classic Race for EF-1 and Parkzone Warbirds". This a 1 day even only at the Chino Prado Field. There will be 2 classes of racing, the Parkzone warbird class and the more serious Electric Formula Class (EF-1). Cost of racing is only $10 for the day and YOU MUST BRING A HARDHAT! You will also need a caller with their own hardhat. A caller is the person who stands by the pilot and tells him when to turn as well as Launches hand launched planes) Registration opens at 7:30am and racing starts at 9:00am

The ParkZone Foam Warbird Class is intended to provide a relatively low-cost avenue for the average modeler to experience the thrill and excitement of R/C Air Racing! This class combines the good flying characteristics of the ParkZone Warbirds, the ease and simplicity of an almost-ready-to-fly electric airplane, and the variety of classic Warbird designs to bring Scale air racing to a size and budget that most modelers can achieve. Eligible Parkzone planes are the T-28 Trojan, P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, F4F Wildcat, P-47 Thunderbolt, Bf-109g Messerschmitt and Spitfire Mk IX. Each plane type must fly specific configurations which will help even the flying field, so be sure to Official download the Parkone Racing Rules and Guidlines here.

There will be 2 practice sessions as well. The first practice session is on Saturday October 8th at 3pm , and the second practice session on Saturday October 22nd at 3pm. The Prado field will be closed to all other flying during this time.
Racing will be conducted according to general AMA guidelines and in accordance
with the NMPRA’s EF-1 racing procedures. They can be found at NMPRA’s
website here: http://www.nmpra.org/rules/EF1NewRules_5_%5B1%5D.pdf

Racing in either class will be conducted according to general AMA guidelines and in accordancewith the NMPRA’s EF-1 racing procedures. The rules can be found at NMPRA’s website or downloaded here

Board Member Ken McSpadden is the CD for this event. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Ken here

PylonDave

Practice Session
There will be a Practice session this sat. At Prado AirPark at 3:00 pm. Come on out and take you EF1 or Parkzone Warbird out for a spin around the Pylons. Heres your chance to get ready for the Oct 29th Race!!! You guys who have been Talking about Racing , but Haven't got around to it yet, Get off the couch and join us!!!

GR7Racer

Hey everybody....

Just a reminder that the Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club which operates out of the Prado R/C field in Chino CA is holding a three-pole pylon race on Saturday, October 29th. We will be racing two classes, EF-1 and Parkzone Warbirds. Standard EF-1 rules apply, and a set of rules for the Parkzone Warbird class are available at the PVMAC website...
PVMAC.com or http://pvmac.com/PDFDocs/2011_Parkzo..._Guidlines.pdf

We have lots of very nice prizes to give away from Horizon Hobby including some PNP kits and Micro warbirds from Parkzone, and more! We will also be setting up the pylons this Saturday the 22nd at 3 pm for pylon practice.

If you've got a T28, Corsair, P-51, Wildcat, Me109, P-47, or Spitfire from Parkzone, then bring it out and have some fun with us.

See you there!!

Ken

PylonDave

We were out at Prado Air Park today trying to stir some interest in the race next Sat Oct. 29th.
We had about 7 or 8 guys out there practiceing today.
Here are a few pics.

If you plan on racing next weekend ( if you live in the area and have an EF1 or Parkzone warbird you should) Let me know. You can pre register with me .


[email protected]
909-730-5166

I need you name and ama #. This is a great field and a great club that I believe would support at least an annual event out there , so come on out and support it. Its only $10 to have a great time!!! The Parkzone event looks like it will be a blast for the experienced and newbie alike. We had both flying today against each other and nobody got lapped. The first timer can be very competitive in this class.

Some more pics here
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1518733

PylonDave

Any body going to sign up??? There are some great prizes for the top 3 and fast time in each class!!! Horizon has donated some airplanes , chargers and some other great stuff. Come support this race!!!

PylonDave

The Prado inaugural race was a Success!!! We had 12 EF1 entries and 18 Parkzone Warbird entries. The Weather was great and all had a great time!!

It was good to see a lot of Club members giving racing a try. The majority of Parkzone racers had never raced before and I think they will be back for the next one. This combo of events is a great way to promote racing. A lot of flyers have parkzone warbirds, and are apt to try racing in an event like this. We had a few new racers in the ef1 class as well. Some really close racing all day!! Only one EF1 was lost and a couple of Warbirds. Thanks to the Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club for putting on this race. They did an outstanding job, and there is talk of have a spring and fall race next year!! Thanks to Ken McSpadden for doing most of the organizing for this race and making it happen. He put a lot of work into this . Thanks to the board for getting behind the event!!
Results are here.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...2#post19741067