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The comp took place on Minch common with 6 members taking part, the object
was to fly as long as possible within a 10 minute slot, starting from the
end of the motor run. All the
models were weighed and the motor input watts measured, the motor run time
was calculated for each model, weight in grams divided by power in
watts X 6, this gave approximately the same launch height. Three rounds
were flown split into two slots. The conditions were not good being a bit windy especially for the lighter models, in the first round I launched my Highlite and it got caught by the wind and did a complete loop over my head Bryan T also had similar problems with his Highlight, Chris's model with 860 watts went up vertical and flew very well getting the best time of the evening with 9 minutes 48 seconds. Round 3 slot 1 looked to be the decisive slot with Phil and Chris
both on 2000 points, Chris went ballistically vertical for 11
seconds going almost out of sight in the fading light, Phil climbed slowly
for 56 seconds eventually getting a good height. Both pushed forwards into
the breeze to take advantage of the weak slope lift over Amberley, Phil's
larger wings and lighter loading on his home brew model out lasted Chris's
rather heavy Simprop Selection to win with a max score of
3000. Brian |
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Mike's Fillip Sport |
Looking up into the evening sun |
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Bryan doing the weighing |
Chris hitting the landing spot |
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Bryan and Brian launching their highlights |
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