District I Report - 2004/02

February 2004 171
SCALE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: I
received the following information from
team manager Lloyd Roberts.
“I am team manager for the F4B/F4C
United States Scale Team going to Poland
next summer for the 2004 World Scale
Model Championships in Control Line and
Radio Control. The team has to raise an
estimated $10-15,000 to pay for
transportation expenses beyond the small
subsidy from the AMA.
“We are going to have a ‘Mega Raffle’
of gift certificates from the modeling
industry ranging in value from $50-500.
We will be selling tickets at the
Westchester Radio Aeromodelers
(WRAM) and Toledo shows and at Top
Gun. The drawing will be at Top Gun.
“Winners will have a choice of gift
certificates. Tickets will be $5 or 3 for
$10. All buyers will get a sticker that
reads, ‘I Sent the US Scale Team to Poland
2004.’ $10 buyers will get a team lapel
pin.
“Tickets can be purchased by mail from
Lloyd Roberts, Team Manager, Box 271,
West Rockport ME 04865. Make your
checks out to US Scale Team Manager’s
Fund and send to the above address with
telephone number and E-mail address.
“Contributions are welcome. If made
out to AMA F4B/F4C Team Fund they
will be fully tax deductible; raffle tickets
are not tax deductible.”
This information is not just for
members of District I; all contributions
will be appreciated.
I received the following material from
Colin Towers.
“Quinapoxet Model Flying Club Spring
Fun-Fly Report: A week before May 10,
the day was forecast to be rainy all day—
all weekend actually. But as the week
drew on, the forecast updates showed
promise. The net result was that Saturday,
May 10—Spring fun-fly day—was sunny
and dry, although extremely windy.
“As contest director (CD), I got to the
field to set up at approximately 8:30 a.m.
The first thing was getting the lines
marked out on the runway for the Landing
Strip Poker event. It definitely takes a bit
of effort to distribute 120 lbs. of
pulverized limestone.
“Soon, more people started to appear.
We had seven contestants, significantly
fewer than most of us had expected.
“We started with the first run of
Landing Strip Poker. The event requires
that you do five touch-and-goes in a threeminute
period. In the wind that was
blowing, this task was most challenging.
“The next event was Mirror, Mirror on
the Wall, where each contestant had to fly
the same aerobatic routine twice in
succession. The score was based on the
time difference between each of the two
runs.
“Unbelievably, four contestants
received a perfect score as in ‘zero time
difference and no penalties.’ We had time
for another run of Landing Strip Poker.
“The placing was as follows:
“Dan Schmitz first place
“Tom Loose second place
“Al Vasquez third place
“Colin Towers tied fourth place
“Bill Johnson tied fourth place
“Dan Nilsson sixth place
“Paul DeBitetto seventh place
Part of the flightline at the Quinapoxet
Model Flying Club Spring Fun Fly.
“Points of interest: Amazingly, on his
first Mirror run, Paul put his airplane into
a tree on landing approach. The aircraft
was recovered and dried out and Paul went
on to fly the second run with the same
airplane. Is that luck or what?
“Al decided to convert the landing gear
on his Pizazz to retracts. The trouble was
that there are no wheel wells on the
airplane. You guessed it. The airplane
touched here—and the wheels landed over
there. Good thing that he had a backup.
“Tom Loose flew the whole contest
with a very light (remember, it was a
windy day) three-channel airplane.
Amazing.
“In all, the wind caused everyone a few
problems, from tipping over on the runway
to some very strange ‘go’ parts on the
touch-and-go events.
“Hotdogs were cooked and served by
Rene.”
The author Colin Towers’ airplane.
Paul DeBitetto’s aircraft starting a touchand-
go.
(L to R) Al Vasquez, third place; Dan
Schmitz, first place; Tom Loose, second
place.
Part of the flightline at the Connecticut
Dawn patrol. Photo by Paul Gosselin.
District I Report
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03264-1223
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2230
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