Boxing Day Pylon Race

Name

Position

John Davis

1

Ade Mesbah

2

John Bennett

3
Chris Bishop 4

 

A dry cloudy day not to cold even in the wind. A good westerly breeze gave ideal conditions for lift on the west face of Selsley common.

The traditional Boxing day pylon race had been abandoned due low cloud though technically it becomes fog when it reaches the ground.

Rescheduled for today Pete (The Hat) Wolfenden who has run these events for many years stepped again up to the mark. Can't help but feel he was a bit overwhelmed by numbers that came bearing models over the common. Eighteen actually flew this has to be a record.

Most flew purpose built foamy type racers, Pete had is small moulded racer plus one other competitor with  a fully moulded glass/carbon F3F machine, with the benefit of hindsight probably not the right machine.

Chris Bishop

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Bryan's M60 before meeting Yoyo's Acacia
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The Acacia's performance would have taken it to victory but at a price.

Pete "The Hat" ponders his score board while a time keeper try's to stay awake.

Zagi type racer the model that started the foam revolution.

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Launching - not easy into the stiff breeze, the models have 30 seconds to gain height

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The Winners model in action model, like all racing a quick model flown smoothly on the correct  line will most days see you over the line first.
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Pete's Mouldy

Chris Bishop's JW

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John collects the SCSA trophy from Pete the hat. 

8 of the 18

The crash scene