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2007 Pylon Thread Includes Rules and Plane Specifications

The first race of 2008 went fairly well. As in the past, there was a little more wind than we would have liked, but not as bad as some of the events have been.

4 of us made the race. It seems a few guys had not had time to get ready. Hopefully they will be out for the next session.

Duane showed us that his 'modified' kit had significant speed capabilities. Apparently the single aileron, large spinner, filling the mold gaps, and reduced canopy make a difference. Therefore, an asterisk is appropriate. Luckily in the first race, he cut multiple corners, so was DQ'd. He didn't get caught in the other races.

Bob tried 2 different planes, after having some problems with #1.

Brian got hammered (by me) in the last race, cutting his elevator, which resulted in some fixable damage. I swear he hit the brakes, just as I was passing him! Actually, I thought I was inside him, when I pulled up for the corner. Apparently I wasn't.

We had fun, and hope to continue having fun. Thanks to the guys who helped out!

I'm almost tempted to just say screw it, and do just that!

Got any suggestions on how to pin it down?

I wish Brian had been running the iMh pack, so we could see the relative speed with more than just mine. Are you going to make the next one? Pat?

I don't mind an asterisk, although I would hate to give up the prize money.     Stock vs modified class, interesting idea.  Although where was this thought previously, when most were running stock prop nut resulting in the nose being about a 4 inch air dam, and one had "cleaned up" airflow over the nose with a 3 inch spinner?  Most planes have some type of "mod", be it sanded dimples, filled in mold marks, filled in hinge lines, spinners, etc.  My experience seems to show the most important keys to good performance rest with the batteries and the ESC.  Once I deep cycled the batteries, and switched from orginal Chinese ESC to Castle, good motor performance followed.  Which brings me to the question, who would run in modified class?  Only those whose "improvements" are preceived to actually work for better performance?   

or maybe a tech inspection like in nascar (That template thing would be a killer )

I am going to reschedule the July 27nd race to August 3rd. I didn't realize the Brickyard 400 was early this year, when we scheduled it.

Hmmm... Baker has 666 posts... Coincidence?







edit Note: Changed title, Merged duplicate post, Changed Schedule and Calendar to reflect new date

Yep

We finally got another race in on Sunday, August 3rd.

5 guys showed up, John flew his Mini Swift with us as a test.

In the end, Duane took the win, after Doug had some unexplained failure in the 3rd heat, and his plane expoded on impact with the turf. Doug had won the first 2 heats, no doubt thanks to some fine cut-judges 

Even though I finished ahead of Duane in the 3rd heat, a cut-judge ruled me back to 3rd place Heck, it couldn't have been more than 50 or 75 feet!

In the main, a back marker cut the north pylon and was right in the way when when I was coming through. And come through, I did! John's Mini Swift was in more pieces than my Corsair 

Fun was had by all.

We just need to get attendance up, and it'd be even more fun. I'm wide open to suggestions to make this fun for all!