All Aussie 2020
Having deferred from the previous month due to inclement weather it was now or never. It turned out the weather Gods smiled on us and we had a clear run for the event. Whoohoo! We ended up with 14 entries which was down on past events.
If it had not been for Harry Bailey and Dave Nobes then participation would have been even more disappointing.
For this year's competition we stuck with the format of both static and flying elements which were combined to produce a final score. Because of the diversity in competitors ability, entrants were divided into 2 categories, Advanced and Novice. Both categories flying the Vintage pattern. Static differed from true vintage scoring in that everyone was provided with a voting slip and voted on their 1st 2nd and 3rd choice from all models presented. A 1st choice attracted a bonus of 5 points, 2nd 3 points and 3rd just 1 point. These were totalled for each model to produce their final static score. There was no question which model captured everyone's attention. Dave Nobes Hawker Tempest MKII seen opposite doubled the nearest model (A Dave Nobes original JU 87) with 56 votes. It is clear this man just loves building.
From the table below you will see that despite perfect flying conditions, not everyone elected to fly
David Nobes elected not to fly to enable Reeve to compete which promoted the spirit we all hope to enjoy, being part of an ever diminishing group of control line flyers. Hopefully next time we can encourage a few more novice participants to have a go.
Looking at the results there was an expected demarcation between the advanced and novice group of flyers. Congratulations to everyone who had a go.
advanced winner
Ken likes small diesel powered models that he can push around the sky like a combat model. For may years he flew an Ambassador which he eventually wore out. This Pentland designed Spitfire nicely built and finished by Ken has proved a great replacement for the the Ambassador which suits the pilots style of flying. Well done Ken!
Novice Winner
Steve has been around the club for a long time, as President and Secretary and general dog's body so you might think he should be able to fly by now. Wrong! He did win 3rd place F2B Novice back in 2014 in in SA for which he has a medal (but don't tell anyone there were only three competitors in the event). So he got over his disappointments and thought he might have a fly for the sake of encouraging others to have a go. Well it wan't good. Turns out the model he chose for the event was one from a deceased estate which he had his eye on for some time. Had one flight with it previously but no serious manoeuvres = totally unprepared, He thought he was going out for a test flight but unbeknown Mr Nobes scored it, heaven knows how. Turns out the model has some significant issues, sticky controls and tail heavy. Anyway thanks to his caller Reeve he managed to get something down so here we are.
