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| Month | Date & Time | Day | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 1st | Sunday 11am start | Pylon, CPR, Q500, Sports CD Graeme Beagley | Marong |
| August | 7th & 8th | Saturday & Sunday | Victorian Pattern Association Competition and AGM | Marong |
| August | 15th | Sunday | Glider 4 in 20 | Leichardt |
| August | 22nd @ 9am | Sunday | Pylon GTR Large Scale Racing | Marong |
| August | 30th 7:30pm | Monday | Meeting At YMCA | K/FLAT |
27th July - AGM
Thanks to all who attended the AGM. After many years of magnificent service two of our senior office holders have made way for new blood. Andy Thomas has passed the mantle of club President to Graeme Beagley (taking on Vice President himself) and Neil Friswell has allowed Alan Uren to be Secretary. Both the newcomers face a collossal challenge in meeting the standard set by the 'old guard', but we know they have what it takes.
Let everyone in the club support these guys, as well as Barry Thomas who continues as Treasurer and Mal Fields who will be editing the club magazine.
Thanks, guys. Where would we be without you?
25th July - Glider 2,4,6,8
Nice and sunny with a cool SSW breeze and a little cloud. Nine competitors put in some good times considering the conditions.
Alan Uren in particular got off to good start with a 8 min Max on his first flight.
Most of the others (including my self struggled to get four minutes).
Anyway a good day was had by all. One minor problem for Mike, his wing suffered some stress on launch.
Sorry Bill I did make a slight error with your score, as you did point out, you dropped from 4th to sixth.
The placings.
| Pilot | Freq. | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Roshier | 605 | 111 | 176 | 255 | 124 | 666 | 9 |
| Roy Butterfield | 2.4 | 120 | 194 | 266 | 212 | 792 | 8 |
| Mal Fields | 641 | 51 | 213 | 309 | 245 | 818 | 7 |
| Bill Mathews | 637 | 51 | 235 | 227 | 398 | 911 | 6 |
| Brian Deason | 36 | 116 | 231 | 301 | 368 | 1016 | 5 |
| Les Davis | 18 | 119 | 239 | 359 | 325 | 1042 | 4 |
| Ian Heather | 12 | 119 | 240 | 354 | 338 | 1051 | 3 |
| Mike Fields | 2.4 | 119 | 239 | 359 | 371 | 1088 | 2 |
| Alan Uren | 607 | 114 | 235 | 360 | 480 | 1189 | 1 |
Thanks to CD Roy Butterfield for the report, and Alan Uren and Mike Fields for the photos.
17th & 18th July - VMPRA Pylon Racing
Although the air was cold, the racing was hot! Several aircraft came to grief, either in mid-air or at the air-ground interface. Here are the results courtesy of VMPRA, and here's a few photos thanks to Bill Matthews. Thanks also to everyone who helped out, on the field and in the canteen.
A good weekend was had by “almost all”. The weather was cold as expected, from about 5 to 12 degrees. The weather forecast was wrong for a change and the rain held off until about 4:00 on Sunday. We ran QM and F400 on Saturday, then Q500 and FA1 on Sunday.
As usual, lots of good racing in FA1. Barry and Leigh had 2 mid air’s, which cost Barry 2 aircraft! Many of us were not able to get good times in the conditions there but Beau Murphy was able to put in some really fast races. All times are for 10 ½ laps.
Glenn Matthews, VMPRA
July - Tomboy Rally
The results for the 2008-2009 Tomboy Rally Internationaly Postal Competition are in! Aussies have entered in force, with local flyers doing especially well.
Well done Dete, Brian and Les!
Run out of Italy, this is the second time this event has been run. The next one runs from the beginning of July to the end of May next year, so there's plenty of time to join in and get your flights logged.
It you are interested, check with Les.
20th June - Old Timers / Texaco
Start was to be at 11 am. Having only five flyers turn up we waited until 11:30, but no more came. The weather was cool and cloudy.
Pilots had two and a half hours to complete four flights with lunch after first round.
Rounds were split into two because of a lack of timers. First round saw three max times with Mal Fields having problems with a new plane. Mal's son Mike also had problems with his first go at old timer.
Second round saw another three max's with Mike & Mal having better flights. Round three only one max was scored by Les Davis. Round four saw four max's, with Mike finally on top of his aircraft. Fourth round four max's were reached with Brian Deason hitting panic stations when his plane disappeared in cloud for about thirty seconds before reappearing.
In the end a good day was had by all.
Results were:
| First | Alan Uren |
| Second | Brian Deacon |
| Third | Les Davis |
| Fourth | Mike Fields |
| Fifth | Mal Fields |
Report Ian Heather.
13th June 2010 - Electric Glider - Climb & Glide event
A good turnout with 8 entries and a coolish day with cloud cover and a light breeze.
With only 1 Freq clash we set off with a split round of 4 fliers up and the other 4 on the stopwatches. 5 Rounds to be flown with scoring on the best 4 rounds counted.
The event was kept with a engine run not exceeding 1 minute from launch and a 4 minute glide time until the glider had come to a stop. Scoring was 1 point per second deducted from the 5 minute total (either over or under).
After round 1 it was obvious that the 4 minute glide was not a problem as 6 fliers were within 6 seconds of the target 5 min.
Round 2 was 6 within 5 secs.
Round 3 was 6 within 2 secs
Round 4 was 5 within 2 secs – it was great to see everyone taking a real interest in the scores and trying to tweak every little bit out, as this event had turned into a precise timed landing event, 4 min glide? forget it, no problem.
The comp was now that close it was a case of when to touch down – longer slide on damp grass (maybe 4 secs?) or drop it in the rough (maybe 2 secs?) etc.etc
Now to round 5 and down to 7 fliers (1 mechanical failure) – Timekeepers having to count down each sec precisely, and they did it again – 5 within 2 secs.
With the scores totalled for the best 4 rounds the results were:
From a total of 960 points
| 1st | Les Davis | - 1 point |
| 2nd | Bill Hughes | - 3 points |
| 3rd | Ian Heather | - 4 points |
| =4th | Roy Butterfield | - 6 points |
| =4th | Alan Uren | - 6 points |
| 5th | John Newman | - 12 points |
| 6th | Bill Matthews | - 139 points |
| 7th | Mal Fields | - 479 points |
Next time around I believe we will need to shorten the engine run time to provide more of a challenge to achieve the 4 minute glide component, as this was not a real challenge to-day with the models or power combinations now available and being used – ie hi power combinations or ultra light foam designs.
It was a great day and comp, with all members enjoying themselves especially with such close scoring and friendly rivalry.
Thanks to all for assisting, Bill for the photos, John for the Web updates and to Alan Rochier for his time keeping for the day.
CD & Report – A Uren
23rd May - CPR & Q500 Racing
The first session of our combined CPR and Quickie 500 race day was held on a clear sunny day that grew quite cool in the afternoon.
A fairly small local turnout was boosted by a couple of our Melbourne members attending, and bringing a bunch of mates. Thanks fellas!
This event suffered from having no Context Director. Apparently many of those who want to have pylon racing don't want to help run it! Fortunately Andy, Phil and Les, helped by a number of other members, got the day going.
Once we were organised one round was flown before lunch. That comprised three heats of Q500, and one of CPR. Of the four flyers in CPR two had mid-race problems, and no further CPR was flown. Even in Q500 there was a clear pattern of DNSs and DNFs that lasted all day.
After lunch we got down to it, but of eleven starters only seven finished enough rounds (four) to be scored. The last race of the day was marred by a mid air collision between Darren and John. As he had flown consistently all day Darren still managed to come second. Well done!
Results:
| 1st | Tom W. | 309 |
| 2nd | Darren T. | 427 |
| 3rd | John S. | 474 |
| 4th | James H | 480 |
| 5th | Tony C. | 496 |
| 6th | Barry T. | 498 |
| 7th | Glen M. | 577 |
Also racing were Bill M, Gary D, Ian H and Igor.
Thanks to all who attended, and we hope to see you all on the 17th and 18th of July for the VMPRA Pylon Racing. Thanks also to all assisting club members, including Gary and Geoff who helped Andy and I all day in the cage.
Report by John Newman.
Update: The CPR results were...
| First | Les D | 101 | Fastest time |
| Second | Darren T | 124 | Second fastest |
| =Third | Ian H | DNF | |
| =Third | Bill M. | DNF |
Let's hope for a big turnup for the CPR in August!
15th & 16th May - Aerobatic State Champs
Bill Matthews has provided us with some photos of the event!
18th April 2010 - OLD TIMER COMP
This Comp was run by VOTA (Victorian Old Timer Association) or SAM600 with the BRCAC members allowed to join in for any event as long as they had compliant models.
The Comp was planned to start at 10am and have 4 events, 1/2A , Duration, Texaco, and Climb & Glide events so most VOTA visitors turned up with sufficient models (and backups) to compete in most events. With the large number of competitors and some frequency clashes, two rounds for each heat had to be flown causing a time delay which resulted in the last event (Climb & Glide) being cancelled.
It was an ideal day for the Old Timers with a moderate breeze and some cloud cover.
Ian Heather couldn't get his model repaired for the event so he opened the canteen and fired up the BBQ and drinks and with the help of Margaret, looked after the visitors with hamburgers and snags - great job Ian and Margaret - Thanks.
The 5 BRCAC crew only signed up for the Texaco event so with 17 starters the event was changed to two maxes (10 min) out of three attempts to get into the fly-off . 12 of the 17 flyers achieved their maxes for the fly-off (4 from BRCAC) but unfortunately Les had to be home by 5pm and the fly-off had not started so home he went.
There were 9 flyers in Rd 1 of the fly-off and what a sight, all trying to get up there before the little lift that was around was lost - as soon as one seemed to find some good air then their were 8 others trying to fit in the same spot. Rd 2 saw everyone waiting around for Graeme to finish his flight so that scores could sorted, awards presented, a quick pack up and it was dark before we got away.
A great days flying and VOTA has expressed their interest in another day later in the year. Thanks to Ian for making contact with VOTA and the liaison.
Results for the Texaco event:
| Total 18 registered (Inc 5 BRCAC) |
| 12 eligible for Fly off ( Inc 4 BRCAC) |
| 11 competed in fly off (inc 3 BRCAC finished #2, #7, #10 ) |
VOTA results
| Chris Lawson | 1st | 2724 points (25min 24 sec) |
| Graeme Sinclair | 2nd | 2688 points (24min 48 sec) |
| Lyn Clifford | 3rd | 2671 points (24min 31 sec) |
BRCAC results
| Graeme Sinclair | 1st | 2688 points (24min 48 sec) |
| Alan Uren | 2nd | 2102 points (15min 2 sec) |
| Brian Deason | 3rd | 1864 points (11min 7 sec) |
| Les Davis | Eligible for fly off (DN fly) | 1200 points |
| Mal Fields | Not eligible for fly off | 949 points |
Full scoring for the day can be found here and some of Bill's photos are here!
Report thanks to Alan Uren
22nd August 2010 - GTR
The flyer and entry form for this year's Great Texan Race have been put on-line! Check out the rules as well.
25th April 2010 - Glider Multi Tasking
A little cloud with sunny breaks and light winds welcomed the nine competitors who entered this event, one of the best turn outs this year so far.
Most decided to do Loops first off, results were mixed the best being 19 and the lowest 4. Unfortunately Brian Deason came to grief with radio problems.
Duration was a mixed bag of times, ranging from a magnificent 12min 42sec by Bill Mathews down to 3min 8secs the worst.
Then we came to Spot Landing similar results ranging from two perfect landings (25 Points) a 20 and 3-15 pointers and two nil scores.
Some constructive criticism about the scoring will be addressed before the next comp.
Final results were:
Loops
| Les and myself equal | 1st |
| Mal Fields | 2nd |
| Alan Uren & Bill Mathews | Equal 3rd |
Duration
| Bill Mathews | 1st |
| Noel Young | 2nd |
| Les Davis | 3rd |
Spot Landing
| Noel & Les tied for | 1st |
| Mike Fields | 2nd |
| Mal, Bill & myself | 3rd |
Overall Winner
| Bill Mathews | 1st |
| Les Davis | 2nd |
| Noel Young | 3rd |
| Mal Fields | 4th |
| Mike Fields | 5th |
Thanks to everyone who helped during the day, timing bungee etc.
CD - Roy Butterfield
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