2008 Electric Fly-In/Sailplane Contest
Electric Fly In Photos (2007)
WRCF Electric
Fun Fly
Sunday July
20, 2008
Join us for our annual "All Electric Fun Fly" Sunday, July 20, 2008 at our flying field. There will be a $5 per car parking fee for pilots and/or spectators.
Flying and watching is free. See the latest in RC electric flight. For more information, contact CD Dave Hable at (920) 235-1920. Email dhable@new.rr.com
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New Electric Sailplane Contest This Year: |
| Besides all day open electric flying, this year we will feature an "electric sailplane contest". Each entrant-pilot will fly three timed duration flights, with a limited motor run. These are the preliminary rules. Official rules will be posted and discussed the day of the event, and could change from these preliminary rules, depending on conditions the day of the contest. |
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Any electric sailplane can enter (must have an electric motor which can be turned off/throttled down to "off" after a specified timeframe). Once "off", motors cannot be re-started. Motor restart for any reason disqualifies the pilot for that round, with no points awarded. The three flights will be progressively longer, and flown in order, from the shortest to the longest. Preliminary time frames are 5, 8, and 12 minute flights, including a 1 minute motor run. These time frames could change, depending on conditions the day of the contest. Practice flights are permissible, but only one timed flight per round is allowed. Pilots must declare a timed flight before takeoff, and do so in the presence of a "timer/spotter". (If you need a timer/spotter, we will provide one.) Pilots decide when they wish to fly timed flights. It is possible for a pilot to complete all flights within a half hour (given the time frames above). There will be general electric flying going on all day. However, all timed electric sailplane contest flights must be completed by 1 PM. (This could change as necessary, depending on conditions the day of the contest.) Landings must be made within the mowed confines of the flying field. Landings outside the mowed confines disqualify the pilot for the round, with no points awarded. Rounds cannot be made up. Once a timed flight is declared, the round counts, even if the pilot is disqualified. Scoring: One point will be awarded per second aloft. One point per second will be subtracted for each second over the round's target time. Extra points will be awarded for landing within a prescribed landing radius to be determined and laid out the day of the fly-in (probably a 25 foot radius from a central location). Target landing location could be moved if necessary depending on conditions (e.g. wind) the day of the contest. Timing starts the instant the sailplane leaves the pilot's hands. Timing stops the instant the sailplane touches the ground. Landing radius points are determined from the nose of the aircraft, at its final resting point. The pilot with the most points at contest end is the winner. Prizes will be awarded.
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