All Aussie Day 2013

The annual All Australian Day hosted at KMAC always provides an opportunity for modellers to showcase their models with an Australian heritage. Whilst the number of entrants this year was down a little, there was still a good number and cross section of models to make selection difficult. A new colourful wind vane set the scene and David Nobes provided some fill in entertainment for members to fly his auto gyro while registrations, selections and votes were compiled. Thank you David.

As the results bore out it is hard to beat dedication, passion and experience, in building a good looking and capable control line model.

This year we introduced a ladies’ vote and yes I have to say they fell for it - in their eyes “Big” was beautiful, good on you Kochie. Thanks also to Bruce Mackay for managing and compositing the scores. A special thanks also to Ian and Les for taking the photos.

TABLE OF SCORES

The static scores were weighted. 5 points for a first place vote, 3 points for a second place vote and 1 point for a third place vote. The subtotal was then aggregated with a flying score. The flight consisted of elements from the vintage pattern with a wow score from the judge based on the agreed capability of the model. The total of the score including the wow factor was then averaged in an attempt to normalize the overall score. Due to the increasing winds a number of entrants chose not to fly.