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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)
Seagulls - Brett Solanov, Shane McMillan, Steve Mutch and Daniel Tracey (all IMAC)

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.
1^st: Wombats
2^nd: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.

1^st: Ray Pike of Oxley (Model : Freudenthaler Surprise III)
2^nd: Steve Mutch (Model: Ricochet)
3^rd: 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.

1^st: Shane McMillan
2^nd: Wayne Hadkins
3^rd: 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).

1^st: Michael Colston
2^nd: Ray Pike
3^rd: 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 Swift wing	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 Lady, wing 2m, AUW 1120g	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.
1^st: David Hines
2^nd: Richard Solomon
3^rd: 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.
1^st: Brett Solanov
2^nd: John Rourke
3^rd: 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.
1^st: Gregg Voak
2^nd: Mani Riederich
3^rd: 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)
The indoor meeting was conducted at the BHP Hockey Stadium, Unanderra. The stadium has a floor area equal to two hockey fields as well as a high ceiling. Events included Scale, Barn Racer pylon and Slow Fly models engaged in Slow and Fast flying, Touch and Go�s and Around & Around tasks.

Indoor Scale
There were many nice indoor scale models flying during the night and the winner was that of Anthony Mott of Victoria.
1^st: Anthony Mott (VIC)
2^nd: John Lamont (VIC)
3^rd: John Lamont (VIC)

Indoor Pylon (Barn Racer)
Barn Racers are indoor models, generally made of white foam, with a minimum 800mm wingspan, maximum 60g battery pack and weights are in the range 220 and 300g. Several models race for 3 minutes around a pair of polystyrene pylons placed 30m apart. Pilots stand to the side of the course. Racing was fast and exciting with the occasional mid air collision or heavy landing. The best two out of three rounds were counted.

1^st: Brett Solanov
2^nd: Shane McMillan
3^rd: 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.
1^st: Wayne Hadkins
2^nd: Garry DeChastel
3^rd: 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.
1^st: Greegg Voak
2^nd: Mark Amadio
3^rd: 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.
1^st: Ray Pike
2^nd: David Hobby
3^rd: 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.

1^st: Gregg Voak
2^nd: Brett Solanov
3^rd: Ray Pike

Results for FAI F5D Electric Pylon (best 3 out of 4 rounds):
(Note: obviously, the lower the score in this contest the better (faster))

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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