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F5J 2003 Electric Soaring World Challenge Official Information Page It's All Over Except the Whining Congratulation to the winning pilots! T-Shirts Still Available! Grand Champion Paul Siegel
Unlimited Class
7-Cell Class 1st Peter
Goldsmith 2nd Sean
Plummer
Speed-400 Class 
Photos Pilots & Planes Photos (1.7 Mb PDF)
Thank You Thanks to all of those who attended and helped out. A special thanks goes out to the contest director Buzz Averill and to his right-hand man Dennis Renner. Thanks Buzz & Dennis Also, thanks go out to Deanna Averill for all her help getting things together. Thank you Terry Pierce for the hot coffee and donuts. Thank you Chuck Auerbach for all the photographs. More thanks to those of you who weren't entered in the contest and still came out and timed for the pilots. Thanks to Will Byers at Quiet Flyer Magazine for the announcement in Quiet Flyer Magazine and for the many hats we were able to give out. Thanks to Peter Goldsmith at Horizon Hobby for the JR Radio hats and shirts. Thanks to the following for their contributions to our Helper Raffle to be held at the next ASA club meeting. Sean Plummer at Aero-Models for the Hacker Brushless motor. Peter Goldsmith of Horizon Hobby for the JR digital servos. Stan Johnson of Hobbies-N-Stuff for the servos and custom graphics packages. Scot Cole of Ridgeline RC for the 3 meter glider bag (scotcole@adelphia.net).
Contacts
For contest specific and rules questions, please contact Contest Director, Buzz Averill at (505) 298-6870 or at 2003eswcCD@soarabq.org |
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Contest
Entry Details
The following are the contest details. This is for information purposes only. Please print and complete the Contest Entry Form to enter the contest. |
Contest Site:
Gardner Turfgrass Farm, Moriarty, NM - USA
(40 min East of
Albuquerque, NM)
Contest Dates:
October 17-19, 2003
Classes:
Speed 400, 7-Cell, and Unlimited
Entry Fee:
$20 (non-refundable)
per class up to two classes.
Entries limited to 30 pilots per class.
ALL PILOTS MUST BE AMA MEMBERS.
Non-US pilots may
sign up as an AMA Affiliate Member for $28 at registration.
Awards:
First three places in each class plus overall Grand Champion.
RV Parking:
RV parking is allowed at the Sod Farm. No on-site hook-ups are
available.
CD:
Buzz Averill,
2003eswcCD@soarabq.org, Day Phone:(505)298-6870,
Evening Phone:(505)323-8571
Pilot name ____________________________________ AMA # _______________ (AMA membership required )
Address ___________________________________________________ City ___________________________
State_______ Country ______________ Zip _____________ Email ___________________________________
Daytime Phone# _______________________________ Evening Phone# ________________________________
First frequency _______ Second frequency _______ Third frequency _________ (72 MHz and Ham US Freqs. only)
Classes: Speed 400______ 7 cell______ Unlimited ______ (max. 2 entries X $20 = $________)
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Be
sure to indicate which classes you intend flying and your 1st, 2nd and 3rd
frequency choices before October 1, 2003.
Frequencies will be assigned as first come first served, based on the postmark
date, not the date delivered. Register early
with the information requested above and any fees, to help assure your
frequency assignment.
We may ask that
you switch to your second or third frequency. If you will be using different
frequencies for different classes
(discouraged), be sure to indicate which frequency will be used in which class.
You may also pay entry fees when registering, but before flying, at the field
Friday or Saturday.
Make checks payable to:
Mail entry form and checks to:
Additional information is available
Albuquerque Soaring Association
Dennis Renner
on the ASA website:
9108 Macallan Rd., NE.
www.soarabq.org
Albuquerque, NM 87109
2003eswcentry@soarabq.org
CONTEST SCHEDULE
Friday the 17th will be registration and test flying day
starting around 8AM. Frequency board will be available and must be used.
Saturday the
18th will be qualification flying
with a 10 minute max flight time inclusive of the motor run. Check in time is
7:30 AM.
Pilot meeting is at 8:00 AM. First group will fly at 8:30 AM. Flying will be in
groups of not more that 12 pilots. Scoring will be
Man on Man. We will stop flying as near 5:00 PM as possible.
We will try to complete at least 3 qualification rounds. If we can
complete 4 or more rounds we can have a throwaway round. The top 12 pilots on
Saturday will advance to the Championship Rounds
on Sunday.
Sunday the 19th
will be Championship flying
with a 15 minute max time inclusive of the motor run. Pilots meeting 8:00
AM. First
group will fly
at 8:30 AM. The top 12 qualifiers from Saturday will be arranged in one flight
group per class and we will try to fly at
least 3 rounds, if we can fly 4 rounds we can have a throwaway round. We will
stop flying as near 12:00 as possible.
CLASSES
Speed 400:
brushed, ferrite magnet 400/380 can motors using no more than 8 NiCd or
NiMh cells with a maximum
60 second
motor run (motor timing adjustment ok)
Seven cell: restricted
to 7 NiCd or NiMh cells with a maximum 40 second motor run
Unlimited:
no restrictions on motor or number of NiCd or NiMh cells with a maximum 20
second motor run
FLYING and SCORING
Q
Launch and landing directions will be announced before the start of task time
for each group.
Q
If a model is released before the beginning of the task time a 0 score will
result for that flight.
Q
If a model hits any person any time during the flight or landing, incl. the
pilot or helpers, a 0 score will result for that flight.
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It is the responsibility of each pilot to fly his model in a safe manner.
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Dangerous flying, in the opinion of the contest director, will result in a loss
of points or disqualification.
Q
Do not fly low over the pits or people on the field. Your helper should make
sure that your intended landing zone is clear of
people
before you land.
Q
You or your helper may retrieve your model any time as long as you are not
putting yourself in danger or impeding someone
else’s landing.
Scoring:
- 1 point for each second of
flight time from release of the model until the model stops moving.
- If
the model is still in motion at the end of task time 2 points per second will
be deducted from the flight score.
- Scoring
will be man on man. The highest score in each flight group will receive 1000
points. The remaining
scores in that group will receive points based on their score divided by the
winning score.
- Landing
bonus points will be added to the flight score before determining scores. Bonus
landing points will be
awarded as follows:
Within a 5 ft radius from the landing spot:
15
points
Within a 10 ft radius from the landing spot:
10 points
Within a 15 ft radius from the landing spot:
5 points
Landings beyond the 15 ft radius:
0 points
Driving instructions to Moriarty, NM:
For folks driving to Moriarty from the North the easiest route would be:
- I-25 South to exit 290.
- Go South on US-285 for 6.8 miles.
- Bear right on SR-41 for 36.1 miles to Moriarty.
At Moriarty you will cross I-40 at exit 196.
- Continue South 1/4 mile to stop light
(intersection of SR-41 and Old 66).
For folks driving to Moriarty from the East or West:
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Take I-40 to exit 196 in New Mexico (approximately 30 miles East of
Albuquerque).
- Go South 1/4 mile to stop light (intersection of
SR-41 and Old 66).
Driving instructions to the Sod Farm Flying site from Moriarty, NM:
From
the stop light intersection of SR-41 and Old 66:
- Go South on SR-41 8.4 miles to Otero Rd. (there is a white house with a blue
roof on the West side of SR-41)
- Go East 1.4 miles on Otero Rd. to the Gardner
Turfgrass Farm maintenance buildings.
Depending on expected wind direction, the contest site will be visible from the
Maintenance buildings.
HOTELS:
Moriarty, NM 87035
Days
Inn
1901 W. Route 66 (505-832-4451)
Motel 6 109 Route 66 E
(505-832-6666)
Econo
Lodge 1316 Old Route 66 (505-832-4457)
Sunset Motel 501 E. Route 66 (505-832-4234)
Holiday Inn 1507 Route 66
(505-832-5000)
Super 8
1611 Central Ave. (505-832-6730
Lazy J 909 Highway
66 (505-832-6196)
