F5J Electric Thermal Glider

F5J Electric Thermal Glider

F5J March 2021

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We had to rescedule the March F5J event which meant a few piots could not make it, but for those that did it was an awesome days flying and competition.
1st Marcus Stent - Vinco TR
2nd Hugh Blackburn - Plus X
3rd Dave Milawrd - Plus Pro, Plus X

F5J March 2021

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We had to rescedule the March F5J event which meant a few piots could not make it, but for those that did it was an awesome days flying and competition.
1st Marcus Stent - Vinco TR
2nd Hugh Blackburn - Plus X
3rd Dave Milawrd - Plus Pro, Plus X

F5K and 2MeRES Diggers Rest Jan 2021

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It was the inaugural Victorian F5K and 2MeRES events and it was an excellent day.
It was windy, blowing 6-7m/s with gusts up to 10m/s, but there was lots of lift around so it made it a little easier.
The 2M eRES models, although being relatively simple, were surprisingly efficient and handled the contitions well. Typical weights with ballast were around 630 - 650g.
The F5K models were all moulded and handled the wind with ease.
Lots of good scores were recorded.
The 2 events alternated throughout the day and in the end the results were:
F5K
1st Dave Milward, e-CX5
2nd Marcus Stent, e-Vortex 3
3rd Hugh Blckburn, e-CX5
2M eRES
1st Marcus Stent, FreshRES
2nd Alan Mayhew, OZeRES & OD
3rd Bob Wilson Radian
A great day was had by all and everyone is looking forward to the next one.
Full results can be found here...

RCGA Results F5J Diggers Rest November 2020

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It was great to be out of lockdown and flying again.
Melbourne's catch cry of 4 seasons in a day came true as we had rain, wind, no wind, overcast and sunny conditions vary almost constantly throughout the day. In the end rain finaly curtailed our day a litte early, but we still managed to get 5 rounds completed and declared a winner.
We had one heat all score 10minutes and then the next heat had a winner with a 4 minute flight. Crazy conditions.
Most launches were over 150m but later in the day we saw a few pilots in the 50-80m range. Good fun when you can ge away from these low altitudes.
Bob Wilson had the best flight of the day when he spent the entire flight below 100m, carefully circling in multiple thermals. Very well flown Bob!
Dave Milward was the well deserved winner who adapted to the hugely varied conditions the best, and has taken his flying to the next level of refinement and consistency. Great flying Dave!
Jim Houdalakis came second with his new Prestige 2PK, so look out when he gets it really sorted!
Alan Mayhew flew very consistently into third plave with his recently refurbished Vinco.
A great day was had by all...
 
1st Dave Milward, Plus X and Plus Pro
2nd Jim Houdalakis, Prestige 2PK
3rd Alan Mayhey, Vinco
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RCGA Results Open Thermal Diggers Rest June 2020

First open thermal since coming out of covid-19 lockdown,

the weather forecast wasn't looking great,

but we had 6 eager pilots turn up, and 6 winches laid out, for some fun flying open thermal gliders.

Being the start of winter lift started pretty light if any, and the wind was already 

starting to pick up.

Anyway blue skies and the lift gradually got stronger but so did the wind, half the pilots flew f3b planes,

which thrived in the conditions.

However as the afternoon wore on and the lift became weaker, and the wind got stronger, everyone was getting caught out in the challenging conditions, and it was hard to tell who was doing best.

Anyway we pulled the pin after 5 rounds, and I'm pretty sure it was gusting well past the limit as we were packing up.

Final placings were:

Jim Houdalakis 1st

Gerry Carter 2nd

Marcu Stent 3rd

pdf overall_results_rcga_open_thermal_june_2020.pdf

 

pdf flight_scores_rcga_open_thermal_june_2020.pdf

 

thanks to everyone for helping out

see you at the next one

JIm

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