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13th NATIONAL ELECTRIC
FLIGHT RALLY 21-24 April 2000
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Team Enduro
Wombats
- Ray Pike (VIC), Roy Farren (WA), Chris Jones and Tim Heming (NSW)On the day, the longest single flight was 63 minutes by Ray Pike using Robbe S400 7.2V Simprop 6:1 gearbox and Graupner 14x9.5 prop. This 63 mins is actually one of the WORST times done by Ray who could clock over 3 hours with the model (different motor/cells) (an Oz duration record !).
Brett Solanov managed 40
minutes for the "Seagulls' best flight" with a model with much higher wing loading.
Results after 6 hours - Wombats 16 launches, Seagulls 22 launches.
1st: Wombats
2nd:Seagulls
Open Electric Glider
Four competitors managed only two flights each.
Cold stable air from the South West to South East dampened any activity and
turned the last day into a pumpkin. Ray Pike showed the way when he chose to fly
late on the first day and early on day two whilst there were thermals around.
1st: Ray Pike of Oxley (Model :
Freudenthaler Surprise III)
2nd: Steve Mutch (Model: Ricochet)
3rd: Chris Jones
Outdoor Scale
(Friday)
Five models were entered for the Outdoor Scale event:
. Dart Kitten - Shane McMillan (score 265)
. FW190 - Wayne Hadkins (score 255)
. Skyhawk - Bill Hamilton (score 234)
. ME163 Komet - Mani Riederich (score 218)
. Spitfire - Tim Heming (score 145)
The final scores were determined from aggregate points awarded by 3 judges for SOS appearance and scale realism in executing a series of flying manoeuvres.
1st: Shane McMillan
2nd: Wayne Hadkins
3rd: Bill Halmilton.
7 Cell Glider
(Saturday and Sunday)
Always a popular event, 23 pilots entered for the 7 Cell Glider contest. The
rules for this contest are maximum air time within a 5 minute working time and a
spot landing within a 15 or 30m circle. Motor run time is deducted from the
final score. A large variety of models, ranging from built up balsa construction
/ can motor to rapid composite 7 Cell F5B brushless motor gliders, competed for
the prizes.
The winning model was piloted by Michael Colston of Epping (NSW). Second place
went to Ray Pike of Oxley (VIC) losing only by a whisker on count back to
dropped scores. Third place went to John Rourke of Killara (NSW).
1st: Michael Colston
2nd: Ray Pike
3rd: John Rourke
Results for 7 Cell Glider: (DNF: Did Not Finish)
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
Motor/GB/prop |
1 |
4000 |
Michael Colston |
NSW |
Astro Challenger ? | geared Astro 05 FAI ? |
2 |
4000 |
Ray Pike |
VIC |
Mantaray | 14T
double buggie Simprop 3.25:1 Freudenthare 13x8 |
3 |
3994 |
John Rourke |
NSW |
Sexy Fuz |
BL480-56/4.4/13x9 |
4 |
3981 |
David Hines |
NSW |
Sanyo Limit |
Aveox |
5 |
3971 |
Knut Neumann |
VIC |
F-40 F5B |
|
6 |
3905 |
Wayne Hadkins |
NSW |
||
7 |
3895 |
Vernon Rodrigues |
NSW |
Swift |
|
8 |
3894 |
David Whitten |
SA |
||
9 |
3854 |
Greg Needham |
NSW |
Swift |
|
10 |
3823 |
Roy Farren |
WA |
||
11 |
3780 |
Chris Jones |
NSW |
||
12 |
3642 |
Peter Pine |
NSW |
Graupner Easy II |
Astro ‘05’ |
13 |
3544 |
Lou Amadio |
NSW |
Thermal Raiser |
22T ND10/2.5/12x8 |
14 |
3355 |
Cat Tu |
NSW |
Thermal Raiser |
7.2vS600/2.8/12x10, Jeti 35 |
15 |
3263 |
Laurie Garrard |
NSW |
Converted Sophisticated |
Johnson
Can 500, DD Cam 8/4.5,7X1000SCR,Jeti 35 |
16 |
3260 |
Colin Fleischman |
NSW |
Swift |
|
17 |
3205 |
Steve Mutch |
NSW |
Soarus |
S600 Direct |
18 |
2960 |
Richard Solomon |
NSW |
Pelican |
KBM42-60/5.2/15x15 |
19 |
2302 |
Daniel Tracey |
NSW |
Voltswagon |
Leisure 05/8x4.5 |
20 |
1994 |
Keith Flatt |
NSW |
Kariane |
|
21 |
1883 |
Tim Heming |
NSW |
||
22 |
950 |
David Johnson |
NSW |
Sexy |
Pletenberg -Direct |
23 |
DNF |
Mani Riederich |
VIC |
FAI F5B -7 Cell, 10 Cell and Open The rules for F5B are the same for all classes, ie glide as many laps of a 150m pylon course within 3 minutes, fly under an imaginary 3m limbo and thermal for 5 minutes. Motor run is not permitted within the pylon course and points are deducted for motor run during the thermal task.
F5B - 7 Cells
There were 5 entrants in this class.
1st: David Hines
2nd: Richard Solomon
3rd: David Johnson
Results for 7 Cell F5B (best 3 out of 4 rounds):
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
1 |
1367 |
David Hines |
NSW |
|
2 |
1321 |
Richard Solomon |
NSW |
Pelican I |
3 |
1320 |
David Johnson |
NSW |
|
4 |
1272 |
Knut Neumann |
VIC |
|
5 |
342 |
Mark Preston |
NSW |
F5B - 10 Cells
There were 5 entrants in this class.
1st: Brett Solanov
2nd: John Rourke
3rd: Michael Colston
Results for 10 Cell F5B (best 3 out of 4 rounds)
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
Motor/GB/prop |
|
1 |
1625 |
Brett Solanov |
NSW |
Pelican I |
||
2 |
1433 |
John Rourke |
NSW |
|||
3 |
1245 |
Michael Colston |
NSW |
|||
4 |
1135 |
Richard Solomon |
NSW |
Pelican I |
Kontronic/15x15 |
|
5 |
313 |
Greg Needham |
NSW |
|||
6 |
287 |
Colin Fleischman |
NSW |
F5B - Open
(1100g max battery)
There were 7 entrants in this class.
1st: Gregg Voak
2nd: Mani Riederich
3rd: Bill Hamilton of Rowville.
Gregg and Mani shared the honour of a maximum of 31 laps for two of the 3 rounds
each.
Results for Open F5B (1100g) best 3 out of 4 rounds
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
|
1 |
1868 |
Gregg Voak |
WA |
||
2 |
1846 |
Mani Riederich |
VIC |
Pelican III |
|
3 |
1754 |
Bill Hamilton |
VIC |
Pelican III |
|
4 |
1691 |
Ray Pike |
VIC |
Freudenthaler Surprise III&IV |
Robbe
Sydney Pro744/5? Direst Drive Freudenthaler 13x8? |
5 |
1318 |
David Johnson |
NSW |
||
6 |
536 |
Keith Flatt |
NSW |
Kariane |
R/C Electric Scramble
The rules for R/C scramble are to achieve as much
air time as possible within 45 minutes of working time. Each flight must be
longer than 30 sec but shorter than 120 sec. The model must be returned to base
prior to re-launching for the next flight.
With the late exit of 3 contestants, there were 5 entrants left in this contest. The winner was Wayne Hadkins of Wagga (NSW) who achieved 40 flights and earned 2438 points. Second was Shane McMillan of Albion Park, NSW (2381 points, 22 flights) and third was Peter Pine of Moree, NSW (2344 points, 22 flights). It appears that Wayne’s contest winning strategy included a large number of short flights and being able to catch his model after each flight.
Scores:
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
No Launches |
1 |
2438 |
Wayne Hadkins |
NSW |
40 |
|
2 |
2381 |
Shane McMillan |
NSW |
Hornet |
22 |
3 |
2344 |
Peter Pine |
NSW |
22 |
|
4 |
2017 |
Cat Tu |
NSW |
CTX1.0 |
19 |
4 |
2017 |
Chris Jones |
NSW |
23 |
Indoor Meeting
(Saturday night)Indoor Scale
There were many nice indoor scale models
flying during the
night and the winner was that of Anthony Mott of Victoria.
1st: Anthony Mott (VIC)
2nd: John Lamont (VIC)
3rd: John Lamont (VIC)
1st: Brett Solanov
2nd: Shane McMillan
3rd: Ray Pike
Place |
Laps |
Competitor |
State |
1 |
49 |
Brett Solanov |
NSW |
2 |
45 |
Shane McMillan |
NSW |
3 |
43 |
Ray Pike |
NSW |
4 |
40 |
Mark Amadio |
NSW |
5 |
39 |
Wayne Hadkins |
NSW |
6 |
38 |
Peter Amadio |
NSW |
7 |
37 |
Lou Amadio |
NSW |
8 |
33 |
R Williams |
NSW |
9 |
30 |
G DeChastel |
WA |
Indoor Slow Fly
There were 6 entries for these events and the tasks
were Slow and Fast flying and Manoeuvring around 4 pylons in both directions.
1st: Wayne Hadkins
2nd: Garry DeChastel
3rd: Don Costello
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
1 |
1653 |
Wayne Hadkins |
NSW | Kolibri |
2 |
1510 |
Garry DeChastel |
WA | Kolibri |
3 |
1158 |
Don Costello |
NSW | Kolibri |
4 |
1107 |
Charles Leeson |
NSW | Crazy Bee |
5 |
993 |
Cat Tu |
NSW | Little Bee |
6 | 696 | Colin Fleischman | NSW | Kolibri? |
Electric Pylon Racing
Easter Monday hosted all classes of electric pylon racing. Pylon racing
is subdivided into 2 broad classes - 4 Minute and F5D. The 4 minute class is
further subdivided into 3 classes - Speed 400, Can and Open. The 4 minute
classes are restricted to 7 cells and. designed to allow entry level
participation. Of all the events run on the
weekend, pylon racing offers pilots as well as the spectators fast, close action
and often an exciting finish. There were no mid air collisions. but four models
crashed into the ground during the day. Pilots competing in more than one
class found little time to rest between rounds and turn around battery charging
proved to be a problem for some.
Speed 400 Pylon
Speed 400 pylon consists of flying as many laps of
a measured course as possible in four minutes. This year the Speed 400 models
flew the same 180m course as the F5D models. There were 6 entries in this class,
but only 4 completed the event due to crashes in the very first rounds. It
was noted that Mark Amadio flew his model for the first time ever recorded the
highest number of lap in any round.
1st: Greegg Voak
2nd: Mark Amadio
3rd: Lou Amadio
Results for S400 4 Min Electric Pylon (best 2 out of 3 rounds):
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
Motor/prop |
1 |
23 |
Gregg Voak |
WA |
Wizard |
6V S400/7x500A/CAM 4.7x3.5 |
2 |
22 |
Lou Amadio |
NSW |
TNT |
6V S400/7x800AAE/CAM 4.7x4.7 |
3 |
18 |
Mark Amadio |
NSW |
TNT2 |
6V S400/7x600AE/CAM 4.7x4.7 |
4 |
16 |
Cat Tu |
NSW |
CTX2.4 |
6V S400/7x600AE/CAM 4.7x4.7 |
5 |
DNF |
Daniel Tracey |
NSW |
Stevenson |
6V S400/7x600AE/CAM 4.7x4.7 |
6 |
DNF |
Steve Mutch |
NSW |
Sabrina |
6V S400/7x600AE/CAM 4.7x4.7 |
Open 4 Minute Pylon
Open 4 Minute Pylon consists of flying as many
laps of a triangular course as possible in four minutes. The Open models fly the
same course as the F5D models. Due to the delayed start, only 3 rounds were
flown. There were 7 entries in this class. Speeds were much higher than
anticipated with some pilots using too large a prop and running out of charge
before the end of the race. Ray Pike set the pace with a best race score of 18
laps. David Whitten flew a lighter model using a 1250 mA pack at about 20A.
Although he could not match the pace of the front runners, he secured third
place with good, consistent flying.
1st: Ray Pike
2nd: David Hobby
3rd: David Whitten
Results for Open 4 Min Electric Pylon (best 2 out of 3 rounds):
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
Motor/prop |
1 |
35 |
Ray Pike |
VIC |
BobCat |
Ballistic Sprint Graupner 6.5x6.5 |
2 |
33 |
David Hobby |
VIC |
Kaos |
Ballistic |
3 |
33 |
David Whitten |
SA |
Kaos |
ND10, 22T/Speed 6x6 |
4 |
30 |
Brett Solanov |
NSW |
Heart Attack |
BL480-33/CAM5x5 |
5 |
27 |
Shane McMillan |
NSW |
Kaos |
AP36/CAM 5.5x5.5 |
6 |
DNF |
Lou Amadio |
NSW |
Heart Attack |
28T buggy/ CAM 5x5 |
FAI F5D Pylon
F5D Pylon consists of flying 10 laps of a 180x40m
triangular course as quickly as possible. Four rounds were completed and one
dropped. Results are total number of seconds to complete 3 rounds including
adding 10% for any pylon cuts.
David Johnson was fast but flew rather wide for fast times, although he improved by 44 sec by round 4. Ray Pike was consistent for a third place but was not able to match the pace of the two leaders. Gregg Voak and Brett Solanov who fought very hard for the lead for all 4 rounds, with neither pilot having a clear advantage. The last race between Gregg and Brett was very exciting with each pilot taking turns to lead. Brett finished in front by a very small margin but the honour for best raw score in any round went to Gregg with a time of 92 sec.
1st: Gregg Voak
2nd: Brett Solanov
3rd: Ray Pike
Results for FAI F5D Electric Pylon (best 3 out of 4 rounds):
Place |
Score |
Competitor |
State |
Model |
Motor/prop |
1 |
301 |
Gregg Voak |
WA |
Kaos – modified |
Pletenberg 4T Cam 5.5x5.5 |
2 |
310 |
Brett Solanov |
NSW |
Heart Attack |
KBM42-60-58/Sherlock |
3 |
353 |
Ray Pike |
VIC |
Kaos |
Pletenberg 4T Cam 5.5x5.5 |
4 |
368 |
David Johnson |
NSW |
Heart Attack | ? |
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