Ha told you AL. He wouldn't believe me, and that was exactly the two solutions I came up with 

maybe if you asked your neighbor nicely Al could fly with a two blade

well thats just the pits.       ooh, ooh, ooh! I know I know....take one of the pipes out of the 40%'er and put it in the 30%'er.....might hang out the tail end a bit but 

not the neighbour Benn, field rules require certain noise levels - although I can't find where any specific db is listed - name of the game is fly the throttle and keep the noise down...

Thanks Mike, I already have one of those. It's a BME engine.

I don't know why some guys think it's a field rule??
Just an experiment by some of us...

Any thoughts about moving competition to Sunday if the winds are blowing a gale on Saturday?  Hmmmmm??

Due to inclement weather for Saturday the IMAC event will be moved to Sunday Sept 2nd. Hope all who planed to attend can still make it.

Alan

I will be there.   

Yeap i will be there

Avon September 2012

Overall, there were 14 pilots flying in the Avon September 2012 contest. In no particular order they were: Alan Coolen, Benn Lann, Brandon Smith, Brian Smyth, Chris Garrett, Dan Marchand, Dayle Smith, Kelly Doary, Mark Ramsay, Mike Magee, Mike Notley, Paul Sinnis, Sandy McInnis and Todd Fowler. These pilots flew a grand total of 156 judged sequences.

Brandon Smith won the Basic class. There were 4 pilots in Basic. The winning order was: (1) Brandon Smith, (2) Dayle Smith, (3) Brian Smyth and (4) Mike Magee. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,682.9 to a high of 3,996.8 (a range of 1,313.9 points).

Benn Lann won the Sportsman class. There were 6 pilots in Sportsman. The winning order was: (1) Benn Lann, (2) Mike Notley, (3) Paul Sinnis, (4) Chris Garrett, (5) Todd Fowler and (6) Dan Marchand. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 1,690.2 to a high of 3,985.3 (a range of 2,295.1 points).

Kelly Doary won the Intermediate class. There were 3 pilots in Intermediate. The winning order was: (1) Kelly Doary, (2) Alan Coolen and (3) Sandy McInnis. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,330.8 to a high of 4,000 (a range of 1,669.2 points).

Mark Ramsay won the Advanced class. There was 1 pilot in Advanced. The winning order was: (1) Mark Ramsay. He flew 3 known sequences (2 rounds).

The tightest competition was for 2nd place in the Sportsman class, with only 41 points difference between Mike Notley and Paul Sinnis.

The above report courtesy of "Report Writer" , a feature of the IMAC Score program. Individual scores can be made available if needed/desired. From my point of view it was a super contest, with great attendance.

It was indeed a pleasure to see Dayle Smith back in competition after about 20 years.. too bad (not really) son Brandon beat him    It's always great to see newcomers giving SA a try, so welcome to Mike Magee, Tod (Twinkle Toes) Fowler, and Brandon. Brian Smyth and Dan Marchand came back to try again, and Chris Garrett is now considered an old-timer in his second year of competition.