RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew.
Ditto for 16th place. I guess that combo only gets you multiples of 8, but is very enjoyable! JD -Original Message- From: Mike Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:49 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew. 8th place - Corona, and Seagrams VO and soda (with a twist, and a cigar of coure) Mike RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew.
COLD!! This group is not picky. Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ - Original Message - From: "AJ Bhatta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew. Did you also find out what beer the top 10 pilots were drinking? AJ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turns out D flew the new Spirit Elite 100"I know that sounds insane, but I picked it off a cell phone recording my friend at Homeland Security sent to me. Course it was a little hard to hear clearly. You can get them from Tower HobbiesHorizon really missed the boat on this one :-) It uses a unique construction technique in its wings, a lateral and longitudinal design that is seldom seen today, cept maybe at Skybench functions. I hear that inventory is low on this ship so you might want to get your credit card down now. This is definitely a wait and wail situation. Gordy A break from the beach...possibly got too much sun RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew.
8th place - Corona, and Seagrams VO and soda (with a twist, and a cigar of coure) Mike At 12:42 PM 2/15/2006, AJ Bhatta wrote: Did you also find out what beer the top 10 pilots were drinking? AJ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Turns out D flew the new Spirit Elite 100"I know > that sounds insane, but > I picked it off a cell phone recording my friend at > Homeland Security sent > to me. Course it was a little hard to hear > clearly. > > You can get them from Tower HobbiesHorizon > really missed the boat on > this one :-) > > It uses a unique construction technique in its > wings, a lateral and > longitudinal design that is seldom seen today, cept > maybe at Skybench functions. > > I hear that inventory is low on this ship so you > might want to get your > credit card down now. > This is definitely a wait and wail situation. > > Gordy > A break from the beach...possibly got too much sun > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew.
Did you also find out what beer the top 10 pilots were drinking? AJ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Turns out D flew the new Spirit Elite 100"I know > that sounds insane, but > I picked it off a cell phone recording my friend at > Homeland Security sent > to me. Course it was a little hard to hear > clearly. > > You can get them from Tower HobbiesHorizon > really missed the boat on > this one :-) > > It uses a unique construction technique in its > wings, a lateral and > longitudinal design that is seldom seen today, cept > maybe at Skybench functions. > > I hear that inventory is low on this ship so you > might want to get your > credit card down now. > This is definitely a wait and wail situation. > > Gordy > A break from the beach...possibly got too much sun > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Correction to what they flew.
Turns out D flew the new Spirit Elite 100"I know that sounds insane, but I picked it off a cell phone recording my friend at Homeland Security sent to me. Course it was a little hard to hear clearly. You can get them from Tower HobbiesHorizon really missed the boat on this one :-) It uses a unique construction technique in its wings, a lateral and longitudinal design that is seldom seen today, cept maybe at Skybench functions. I hear that inventory is low on this ship so you might want to get your credit card down now.This is definitely a wait and wail situation. Gordy A break from the beach...possibly got too much sun
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
I have added some of the names of the planes to the scores list for OPEN and RES on www.rcsoaring.com If you would like to add the name of your plane, please send it to me at soaring at rcsoaring.com and I will update the list - Gordy, you are in charge of collecting them! ;) Joe - Original Message - From: "David Zucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? Kornberg flew the Pike Superior X-tail I sold him after Visalia with an Airtronics Stylus. I think he's pretty happy with the results. Z 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale 2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike 2467 ??? 6 Kornberg Dave 2467 Not sure (Icon?) 7 George Steve 2463 ??? 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon 9 Reagan Mike 2457 ??? 10 Jennings Gordon 2456 Icon RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Many Thanks to all My friends at CASL for a great contest! The plane I flew in RES is Hobby Clubs Danny Design. It is a fine model and flies very well, I do recommend this model to any one wanting to try this type of model. As for the Supra observations I had both my standard model 64 ounces and my all carbon 68 ounces at the contest. The models launch and fly very well, and will be part of my quiver for the foreseeable future. At no time was I in any danger of not making my time.I am embarrassed to tell you that I missed 3 landings that should have been 25's, for some reason I was having trouble keeping the model between the lanes on landing. You can bet that I will get out and fine tune the landing mode and get these landings down for the next step in the triad. Thanks to all for a great weekend and thanks for putting up with Bear Too's first public outing. ManyThanks to Airtronics,Alberto, and Barry for helping me . My Best Regards Larry Jolly -Original Message-From: Lex Mierop <lex@nts.net>To: 'Marta Zavala' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Daryl Perkins <wcx4@yahoo.com>; Soaring@airage.comSent: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:47:23 -0800Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? Mike Regan flew a Supra in Open and the Ava in RES. His RES score was 10 points higher, but he's been flying the Ava for a loong time -l -Original Message- From: Marta Zavala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:28 AM To: Daryl Perkins; Soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? Looking at total scores, looks like three RES planes - what ever LJ flew and two AVAs where in the top ten scores- 3/4/6 best total scores. Three RES birds out of the top ten and at roughly 1/2 the cost, when you factor in servo costs, than say a Supra. Not too shabby. Walter - Original Message - From: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Soaring@airage.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? > Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure > about. If you know... please finish up the list... > > 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 > 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra > 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? > 4 Nutter Dale 2468 ??? > 5 Verzuh Mike 2467 ??? > 6 Kornberg Dave 2467 Not sure (Icon?) > 7 George Steve 2463 ??? > 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon > 9 Reagan Mike 2457 ??? > 10 Jennings Gordon 2456 Icon > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to soaring-request@airage.com. Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to soaring-request@airage.com. Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to soaring-request@airage.com. Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Kornberg flew the Pike Superior X-tail I sold him after Visalia with an Airtronics Stylus. I think he's pretty happy with the results. Z 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? 6 KornbergDave2467 Not sure (Icon?) 7 George Steve 2463 ??? 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon 9 Reagan Mike2457 ??? 10 JenningsGordon 2456 Icon RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" How 'bout radio?
#3 Newcomb - Airtronics (Espada R) #5 Verzuh - Airtronics (Pike Superior) Jim Monaco -Original Message- From: Daryl Perkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:27 AM To: Daryl Perkins; Soaring@airage.com Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" How 'bout radio? 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Airtronics 2 Wurts Joe 2492 JR 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? 6 KornbergDave2467 ??? 7 George Steve 2463 Airtronics (I think) 8 Smith Michael 2461 Airtronics 9 Reagan Mike2457 ??? 10 JenningsGordon 2456 ??? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Mike Verzuh flew a Superior X-tail and Newcomb flew an Espada R. -Original Message-From: George Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Soaring@airage.comSent: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:56:34 -0600Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? It's good to see a former Okie in the top 5. Way to go Dale Nutter! gv -Original Message- From: Daryl Perkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] To: Soaring@airage.com!Planes? Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure about. If you know... please finish up the list... 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to soaring-request@airage.com. Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Mike Regan flew a Supra in Open and the Ava in RES. His RES score was 10 points higher, but he's been flying the Ava for a loong time -l -Original Message- From: Marta Zavala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 8:28 AM To: Daryl Perkins; Soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? Looking at total scores, looks like three RES planes - what ever LJ flew and two AVAs where in the top ten scores- 3/4/6 best total scores. Three RES birds out of the top ten and at roughly 1/2 the cost, when you factor in servo costs, than say a Supra. Not too shabby. Walter - Original Message - From: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? > Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure > about. If you know... please finish up the list... > > 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 > 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra > 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? > 4 Nutter Dale 2468 ??? > 5 Verzuh Mike 2467 ??? > 6 Kornberg Dave 2467 Not sure (Icon?) > 7 George Steve 2463 ??? > 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon > 9 Reagan Mike 2457 ??? > 10 Jennings Gordon 2456 Icon > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Looking at total scores, looks like three RES planes - what ever LJ flew and two AVAs where in the top ten scores- 3/4/6 best total scores. Three RES birds out of the top ten and at roughly 1/2 the cost, when you factor in servo costs, than say a Supra. Not too shabby. Walter - Original Message - From: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes? Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure about. If you know... please finish up the list... 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale 2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike 2467 ??? 6 Kornberg Dave 2467 Not sure (Icon?) 7 George Steve 2463 ??? 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon 9 Reagan Mike 2457 ??? 10 Jennings Gordon 2456 Icon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" How 'bout radio?
1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Airtronics 2 Wurts Joe 2492 JR 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? 6 KornbergDave2467 ??? 7 George Steve 2463 Airtronics (I think) 8 Smith Michael 2461 Airtronics 9 Reagan Mike2457 ??? 10 JenningsGordon 2456 ??? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
It's good to see a former Okie in the top 5. Way to go Dale Nutter! gv -Original Message- From: Daryl Perkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure about. If you know... please finish up the list... 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Planes?
Out of the top ten, these are the ones I'm pretty sure about. If you know... please finish up the list... 1 Perkins Daryl 2503 Insanity 3.7 2 Wurts Joe 2492 Supra 3 Newcomb Joseph 2473 ??? 4 Nutter Dale2468 ??? 5 Verzuh Mike2467 ??? 6 KornbergDave2467 Not sure (Icon?) 7 George Steve 2463 ??? 8 Smith Michael 2461 Sharon 9 Reagan Mike2457 ??? 10 JenningsGordon 2456 Icon __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz!
Thanks Gordy. Couldn't buy a landing Sunday so I dropped out of the top ten. The Sharon was working good though which helps when you haven't flow it since Visalia. OK all you Mid-West guys, Dave Campbell, Ed Whyte and I were like the only ones there this year! Why would you not want to head to the sunny WARM southwest in February? Next year get your travel plans together and don't miss the SWC. Thanks again to the CASL club folks for their hard work in putting this on. John -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:47 PMTo: Soaring@airage.comSubject: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz! Hey lets hear it for John D! He may be a JR guy but he apparently has been paying attention to his Soar buddies around Illinois! 16th out of that group of guys is pretty awesome! Way to represent the Mid, John! Course we have no idea what anyone flew...yet :-) Gordy Puerto Vallarta, cold Corona's, fresh Shrimp, and now...a clean beach :-)
[RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Way to Go John Diniz!
Hey lets hear it for John D! He may be a JR guy but he apparently has been paying attention to his Soar buddies around Illinois! 16th out of that group of guys is pretty awesome! Way to represent the Mid, John! Course we have no idea what anyone flew...yet :-) Gordy Puerto Vallarta, cold Corona's, fresh Shrimp, and now...a clean beach :-)
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Thanks for taking the time to write an excellent contest report John. Very much appreciated. Walter - Original Message - From: "John Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marta Zavala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Paul Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Soaring List" Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Just getting back to things after the long weekend. I've got the raccoon eyes face after looking into a very strong Arizona sun for 3 days. George Joy and his crew did a great job running the contest. It's no small feat to host a 180 pilot meet. You need a CD, an impound director, winch master, multiple landing judges, catering company, marketing company and graphic artist for the t-shirts. The CASA volunteers were there the whole weekend hosting, and if it wasn't for their effort we wouldn't have anything to discuss. There were weather reports for Saturday predicting winds out of the east at 15-25. I wasn't too worried about the Icon, but I brought along two pounds for the Topaz. The morning seemed calm enough so I didn't ballast up for the first round, a 4 minute flight. I was the very first flight of the contest, and with a slight downwind launch I was off. I pinged off the top, turned into the wind, and proceeded to drift backwards towards California. It wasn't 25 mph up there, but it wasn't even close to what you felt on the ground. Probably about 12-13 mph, enough to stop the RES planes in their tracks. It was relatively smooth, however, and if you just flew without touching the sticks you could make your time. The landing zone was a box runway, the center square worth 25 points, the next boxes on either side worth 15 and the end boxes worth 5. The width was only about 20", so if you had any crosswind (most of the weekend) it wasn't an easy shot. Rounds 2 and 3 were part of the add-em-up with a 10 minute max. Thermals started popping but the wind had a pretty big influence. You couldn't have one ride for the full 10, you needed about 2 or 3 thermals, unless you had great eyes. Lots of off field landings. Round 3 had a killer sink cycle in it. Daryl P. had something like a 5:25, I had a 3:13...and a DQ for circling low over the pits. So much for my Open score. In all fairness we had been warned; the landing judge signed my card, but when I got back to impound George took me aside and told me I was getting zeroed for the flight. I understand the decision, coming on the heels of some spectacular vaporization of planes that landed on power lines. I don't know if you've seen or heard a smoked plane up close, but you get an idea of what cartoonist must think off when they draw something getting zapped. In one case the line was severed and still sparking. A minute later there was a second bzzzrrap that sounded like a sound check at a Pink Floyd concert. Most likely a transformer circuit blowing out on reset. Because of a slow start, the 4th round of the add-em-up was called off, so the three flights were a 23 minute task. Sunday morning there was a 5 minute task, the third round of the add-em-up, then a 8 minute flight to end the contest. The conditions Sunday were much the same but calmer in the morning. Larry Jolly won RES on his last flight, beating out Joe Nave by a landing. Both those two would have been in 3rd and 4th place in Open, so the RES planes did more than hold their own. Mike Reagan got 3rd in RES flying his AVA. He also got 9th in Open flying his Supra. Oh yeah, the AVA score was higher than the Supra score :-) Daryl won the whole thing because he was, as usual, a landing machine. Incredible control of the Insanity and great thermalling as well. Joe rallied at the end to get 2nd place. Joseph Newcomb got third flying his Espada. He is on the USA F3J Junior team. I had the pleasure of being on the same team during the Team Trials in Denver this summer, and Joseph continued his fearless flying style that most people just don't see. I mean that seriously. I don't think half the guys in the contest could see where he was flying. He has eyes like an eagle, and all his landings were done without a skeg. Try that crosswind on a runway landing. Barry Kennedy was there with lots of toys. I don't think he had many Supras left, but I hate to break the suspense. The Supras didn't win it all. It is a beautiful plane but once and for all, it's the pilot who wins the contest. Oh, except in hand launch. Joe, Larry and me all flying Blasters :-) JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA From: "Marta Zavala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:31:32 -0800 To: "Paul Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: Re
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Excellent report John, Thanks!! - Original Message - > Daryl won the whole thing because he was, as usual, a landing machine. So, Daryl... I guess you got some new eye-glasses, since Muncie.:) Jon RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Great report John, thank you! At 12:11 PM 2/13/2006, John Erickson wrote: Just getting back to things after the long weekend. I've got the raccoon eyes face after looking into a very strong Arizona sun for 3 days. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Just getting back to things after the long weekend. I've got the raccoon eyes face after looking into a very strong Arizona sun for 3 days. George Joy and his crew did a great job running the contest. It's no small feat to host a 180 pilot meet. You need a CD, an impound director, winch master, multiple landing judges, catering company, marketing company and graphic artist for the t-shirts. The CASA volunteers were there the whole weekend hosting, and if it wasn't for their effort we wouldn't have anything to discuss. There were weather reports for Saturday predicting winds out of the east at 15-25. I wasn't too worried about the Icon, but I brought along two pounds for the Topaz. The morning seemed calm enough so I didn't ballast up for the first round, a 4 minute flight. I was the very first flight of the contest, and with a slight downwind launch I was off. I pinged off the top, turned into the wind, and proceeded to drift backwards towards California. It wasn't 25 mph up there, but it wasn't even close to what you felt on the ground. Probably about 12-13 mph, enough to stop the RES planes in their tracks. It was relatively smooth, however, and if you just flew without touching the sticks you could make your time. The landing zone was a box runway, the center square worth 25 points, the next boxes on either side worth 15 and the end boxes worth 5. The width was only about 20", so if you had any crosswind (most of the weekend) it wasn't an easy shot. Rounds 2 and 3 were part of the add-em-up with a 10 minute max. Thermals started popping but the wind had a pretty big influence. You couldn't have one ride for the full 10, you needed about 2 or 3 thermals, unless you had great eyes. Lots of off field landings. Round 3 had a killer sink cycle in it. Daryl P. had something like a 5:25, I had a 3:13...and a DQ for circling low over the pits. So much for my Open score. In all fairness we had been warned; the landing judge signed my card, but when I got back to impound George took me aside and told me I was getting zeroed for the flight. I understand the decision, coming on the heels of some spectacular vaporization of planes that landed on power lines. I don't know if you've seen or heard a smoked plane up close, but you get an idea of what cartoonist must think off when they draw something getting zapped. In one case the line was severed and still sparking. A minute later there was a second bzzzrrap that sounded like a sound check at a Pink Floyd concert. Most likely a transformer circuit blowing out on reset. Because of a slow start, the 4th round of the add-em-up was called off, so the three flights were a 23 minute task. Sunday morning there was a 5 minute task, the third round of the add-em-up, then a 8 minute flight to end the contest. The conditions Sunday were much the same but calmer in the morning. Larry Jolly won RES on his last flight, beating out Joe Nave by a landing. Both those two would have been in 3rd and 4th place in Open, so the RES planes did more than hold their own. Mike Reagan got 3rd in RES flying his AVA. He also got 9th in Open flying his Supra. Oh yeah, the AVA score was higher than the Supra score :-) Daryl won the whole thing because he was, as usual, a landing machine. Incredible control of the Insanity and great thermalling as well. Joe rallied at the end to get 2nd place. Joseph Newcomb got third flying his Espada. He is on the USA F3J Junior team. I had the pleasure of being on the same team during the Team Trials in Denver this summer, and Joseph continued his fearless flying style that most people just don't see. I mean that seriously. I don't think half the guys in the contest could see where he was flying. He has eyes like an eagle, and all his landings were done without a skeg. Try that crosswind on a runway landing. Barry Kennedy was there with lots of toys. I don't think he had many Supras left, but I hate to break the suspense. The Supras didn't win it all. It is a beautiful plane but once and for all, it's the pilot who wins the contest. Oh, except in hand launch. Joe, Larry and me all flying Blasters :-) JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA > From: "Marta Zavala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:31:32 -0800 > To: "Paul Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" > > Congrats to all the winners and non winners too. With gas prices, cost of > attending, etc these days, just making it to a 2day makes you a winner. Did > RES have same tasks as Unlimited? If so Id say several of the RES guys more > than held their own with the Unlimited planes. I see > DP won another one with his bagged Insanity. Bet he even beat a few molded > birds to do it. > Wal
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Congrats to all the winners and non winners too. With gas prices, cost of attending, etc these days, just making it to a 2day makes you a winner. Did RES have same tasks as Unlimited? If so Id say several of the RES guys more than held their own with the Unlimited planes. I see DP won another one with his bagged Insanity. Bet he even beat a few molded birds to do it. Walter - Original Message - From: Paul Emerson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:13 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Scores are up at http://www.casl.net/swc_data/06scores.html Thanks for coming out and see you next time. Paul On 2/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, Well I made it from snowing Atlanta today to Puerto Vallartawere it is not snowing :-) Sitting on the beach typing this note. Everyone here is wondering about what fun everyone had at the SWC this weekend...well at least I think that's what all the chatter is about(they tend to speak Spanish here). In any case I think one of them was talking about how well Don Richmonds internal pushrods worked on his Supra, and how he was getting a lot of envious looks from other guys who have 'outies'. And I think there was some funny reports on wild landings and flip oversbut again, it was all in Spanish. I guess if you 'add em' all up, the comments sounded pretty positive :-) GordyLife is currently a beach
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Scores are up at http://www.casl.net/swc_data/06scores.html Thanks for coming out and see you next time. Paul On 2/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, Well I made it from snowing Atlanta today to Puerto Vallartawere it is not snowing :-) Sitting on the beach typing this note. Everyone here is wondering about what fun everyone had at the SWC this weekend...well at least I think that's what all the chatter is about(they tend to speak Spanish here). In any case I think one of them was talking about how well Don Richmonds internal pushrods worked on his Supra, and how he was getting a lot of envious looks from other guys who have 'outies'. And I think there was some funny reports on wild landings and flip oversbut again, it was all in Spanish. I guess if you 'add em' all up, the comments sounded pretty positive :-) GordyLife is currently a beach
Re: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" supra
Gordy, You should read about the various builds of the Supra started by Doug Barry here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=429879 Internal pushrods work great. I think starting on page 7 or 8 or later Tom - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: [RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring" Hi guys, Well I made it from snowing Atlanta today to Puerto Vallartawere it is not snowing :-) Sitting on the beach typing this note. Everyone here is wondering about what fun everyone had at the SWC this weekend...well at least I think that's what all the chatter is about(they tend to speak Spanish here). In any case I think one of them was talking about how well Don Richmonds internal pushrods worked on his Supra, and how he was getting a lot of envious looks from other guys who have 'outies'. And I think there was some funny reports on wild landings and flip oversbut again, it was all in Spanish. I guess if you 'add em' all up, the comments sounded pretty positive :-) GordyLife is currently a beach
[RCSE] "Results of Southwest Soaring"
Hi guys, Well I made it from snowing Atlanta today to Puerto Vallartawere it is not snowing :-) Sitting on the beach typing this note. Everyone here is wondering about what fun everyone had at the SWC this weekend...well at least I think that's what all the chatter is about(they tend to speak Spanish here). In any case I think one of them was talking about how well Don Richmonds internal pushrods worked on his Supra, and how he was getting a lot of envious looks from other guys who have 'outies'. And I think there was some funny reports on wild landings and flip oversbut again, it was all in Spanish. I guess if you 'add em' all up, the comments sounded pretty positive :-) GordyLife is currently a beach
