Kibbie Dome, July 6-10, 2008
Some OCD members went to the Kibbie Dome contest. Read about it in the University of Idaho Argonaut.
AMA Indoor Nationals, May 28 - June 1, 2008
Read John Kagan's reports on the USIC.
OCD Moreland Indoor Contest Notes
May 10,2008
Dick Douglas
The spring indoor contest season is over and this note summarizes some of the events. Gary Hinze has been presenting results and pictures of each contest to the indoor group. Thank you Gary.
The first contest was on Feb 17 and featured Dandiflyer and, for the Juniors, 17” ROG. There was also a 14 years and younger Dandiflyer contest for beginners. Open Dandiflyer had a tie for first between Chinmay Jaju and Dick Douglas who had a two-flight total of 144 seconds. Lou Young finished third with a score of 65 seconds. Every one of his flights either hit a wall, beam, or basketball net. Chinmay Jaju was the only Junior in 17” ROG. He posted a two-flight score of 255 seconds, but one of his flights went for 184 seconds, and that is a Moreland record. The two-flight record for 17” ROG is Tim Chang with 274 seconds. The beginners, mostly Lou Young’s class, put on a real show. Fizzy Devlin had a two-flight total of 173 seconds. Close behind was Caleb Ling with 170 seconds. Johnathan Uesato had 146 seconds for third, Natalie Peck scored 104, and Reggie Wu finished with 97. It must be pointed out that if the Dandiflyer scores for Open and beginner were combined, the two Open flyers would be tied…for fourth. The Dandiflyer Moreland record is 218 seconds set by Lou Young last year. Hank Cole is second overall with a 200 score, Gary Hinze is third with a 197 total, and Ding Zarate is fourth with 191.
The second contest was on March 16 for Pussycat. Mike Palrang had a two-flight total of 152 seconds and one of the total was a 78 second flight. The 78-second flight was a personal best and the two-flight total is a Moreland record. Dick Douglas was second with 103 seconds, Truman Cross was third with 50 and Gary Hinze had troubles and could only score a 34. Brian Su was the only entrant in Junior Pussycat and got 7 seconds.
The third contest was held on April 13 for Ministick per AMA rules. Mike Palrang finished first with a 764-second two-flight total. Close behind was Lou Young with a 748 score, and third was Herb Robbins with 421 seconds. Chinmay Jaju was the only Junior entered and he totaled 171 seconds. Mike’s 764-second total means that his average time is on the order of 6 ½ minutes. The last time we had a Ministick event was July of 2003 and, as I remember, the best flights were getting about 3 minutes.
Remaining 2008 indoor contests at Moreland will be Hand Launch Glider for Junior and Open on November 9, and Delta Dart on December 14. The HLG event will be per AMA rules. The Delta Dart rules will have JSO combined for a model built per the plans, and JSO where you have only to adhere to the planform. “Per Planform” means that the wing shape, stab shape, and fuselage length must be adhered to when viewed from above. Also the rudder shape must be adhered to when viewed from the side. Allowable variations include any prop, any rubber, any covering, wing with polyhedral, curved ribs, and the like.
As always, six flights for $0.25 and the longest two are scored.