Here's a few Saturday pics thanks to Jason.

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All the sportsman , FAI and Advanced pilots left on Saturday and a few Master's did too. So it did not take us long to through the trophy hand out. Here are a few pics of that thanks to Ron Van Putte and Houston Schweitzer.

Larry

Here's few more extra pics from Sunday

I wanted to thank everyone that came down to fly and I think everyone had a great time. The weather could not be any better than what we had and it wasn't too hot either. I did get sunburned on my face pretty bad but what's new. I hope to see more pilots at the next D3 contest on the schedule. Till then happy flying.

Larry Odom
District 3

Larry,
Who were the other 4 pilots not in the results. I saw RVP and Gary Freeman in the pictures. Who were the other two, if those are two of the missing ones?

Thanks for calling up the great weather, Larry! Best we've had in several weeks.

Those not there really missed out...

Hey Jon,

I went back and added the rest of the contestants. Victor is in twice because we had no other Advanced flyers. so he bit the bullet and moved up to Masters to compete. He had never flown it before and he did a really good job.

Larry

Guys - wish I could have made it! I did get to maiden my Axiome + this Sunday though .
Jim

Jim- How did it fly ?

Hi Houston,

Flight #1 was about 2 minutes. I took off with moderate winds, but very gusty. I hadn't flown a pattern plane since New Years. So the newness, plus the gusty wing rocks and such, I decided to quickly land to make sure nothing was loose on the plane. Everything was tight upon inspection. Flights #2 and #3 I went through P and 1/2 F. Beyond some aileron or elevator trim, there was absolutely no value in "trimming" the plane given the conditions. I copied over my Axiome program so I had a good starting point for rates and conditions. Just like the Axiome, the + version rolls exceptionally well. The snaps looks very good. I can't really tell the differences on such a day. However, of note, the YS 170 on a YS mount purrs like a kitten. I think the YS mount, with its shock obsorber, dissapaints the combustion peak-shock over longer time. The result is that the airframe barely vibrates at low idle and vibration is softer/smoother, rather than sharp/peaky - IE, the airframe "bang" is gone from this system. The header is barely seen to move in the cutout, and the needle valve flexible cable extention never gets into an excited vibration state like it will on my Hyde mount plane.

Physical differences: Wing is swept like the Axiome wing, but has "arc'd/rounded" leading edge. Stab is 1/2" smaller. T-cannalizer is 2.0" longer per side. New plane is a bit lighter for some reason. Belly pan is rounded, and does not have longitudinal 1/2" fin on it.

Its a stunning plane. I like the increased white and orange on the nose
Thanks,
Jim

Jim,

Im very glad its flying well for you ! Cant wait to see you fly it Im sure its going to look veeryyy ! nice ! ))

Houston

Did Jason, fly the bipe plane, if so how did it look. also is it glow or e- powered

johnson,

Jason did fly the bipe (shark) after the day was over on saturday for some practice and trimming. As far as I saw it flew great ! if you have sence Jason fly before he did
his normal thing of flying 1 foot of the ground in knife egde . And it is e-Powered . so thats alll I can answer im sure Jason could tell you more info on the plane .

Houston

Jim,

Great news about the new Axiome + as Houston mentioned what happened with your first Axiome. Hope you will post some pictures of the new plane for all of us to see. Sorry you missed the season opener at Lakeland.

Mike P.

Thanks Mike. Axiome has about 50 flights and is primed and ready. Axiome + has 3 flights on it now I'm looking forward to a whoooooooooole bunch of flying this year
Jim

Justed wanted to tell Larry and his help that it was a great contest with great weather and I couldn't have had more fun. I had a blast and even though I had to fly the "KILLER KAOS" as a result of my YS not wanting to idle it was a a great time. I got to meet many new people and am looking forward to the next pattern contest.

Thanks Larry for all I enjoy trying to fly the master sequence but is not easy if you never flew the sequence before

Okay Larry, now my feelings are hurt! I haven't flown in a contest in 2 years and you said you got everybody's name in. Well you forgot MINE!!!!!. Just kidding I had fun even though I had airplane problem mental problems and couldn't get over the flu problems. I know Mike Plummer enjoyed me as his room mate!.....

Hey Larry thanks for a great contest ! We all enjoyed the weekend and friendship, I'll make sure to be there next year !

Hey Greg,

Boy you had me second guessing and I went back in the thread and it was there. I was sure glad you came and got out there and I hope the trip wasn't too bad on you. Also thanks for visiting with me about my dad, that meant a lot to me. I hope you come down to Apopka in April and fly with us again.

Hey Neil,

I love hosting this contest and you have so improved on your flying. Like I told you this past weekend you and Houston need to keep it up and go to NATS and clean house. As well as you two were doing and no matter who's in first and what's in second, I think you two will run away with the class. So keep up the good work and we will see you at the next contest.

Thanks
Larry Odom
District 3

Hey Gregg,

Glad that you decided to go even though you were not feeling well. My only regret is that we didn't get you in the air on the first couple of rounds Saturday.

Best of luck this coming weekend in Birmingham and the shoulder. When you are up to it in a couple of weeks practice begins anew.

Mike

Hey Mike,

Checked and the field and could not find the little glow driver anywhere. I'm sorry I couldn't find but I will ask around about it this weekend and maybe someone picked it up.

Larry