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Doug's Day celebrates Australian designed Vintage Models. In the tradition of vintage competition there are two components to the contest. Static judging where points are scored, for workmanship, finish, age, documentary confirmation and age of the engine. Secondly, flying points are awarded based on the proficiency of performing the vintage pattern. The best score from two rounds is added to the static score for each contestant to determine the winner. Doug undertook the task of static judging and was assisted by Peter Roberts in the flight judging. Steve did the compositing ably assisted by our man of many hats, Les doing the running taking photos and tending the BBQ.
Although the field of entrants was small the quality of the models was good.
It was also pleasing to see members from CLAMF in attendance.
CONTESTANTS
The conditions on the day were overcast, damp with intermittent showers and light to moderate wind. With the air heavy with moisture there were a few flame outs in practice causing some to change their models or adjust the engine tunes. Unfortunately the practice flight proved fatal for the Frisky with Robin experiencing difficulty recovering from inverted flight. Both Mark and Peter experienced cut outs in one round of the flights creating a little consternation, however there was no damage done. Gavin flew his peacemaker with some authority and set up a good match for the Ramrod in Mark's hands. This was a good effort from Mark considering he had not flown the model before. Mark thought he had come to get some judging experience prior to the Nats but Kochie had other thoughts and pressed the Ramrod into his hands for a fly. It was the higher static score of the Stuntmaster and some good flying that cemented Kochie into 3rd place.
The real battle emerged between David and Ken. The All Australian Mk1 of David had a margin of 3 static points over the Demon by Ken. It was a change to see Ken on the handle of something a little bit slower than his Ambassador or a combat wing. He bonded with the model and posted good scores. In the end there was only 2 1/2 points separating their flight scores. However it was enough for David to be the Winner on the Day. It was a good tussle.
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