Author Topic: Scenes from Polk City Carrier May 5-6 2012 (Read 2860 times)

wwwarbird · « **on:** May 06, 2012, 06:26:43 PM »

Here are some photos from the contest this weekend in Polk City, IA. Hot and sunny on Saturday and severe thunderstorms canceling any activity for Sunday.

I'll have to count on the competitors and the locals to fill in captions here...

wwwarbird · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:33:47 PM »

a few more here...

eric david conley · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2012, 07:14:40 PM »

I'm thinking that the #7 MO-1 is an ex-Bill Melton plane and is very light weight and only a little delicate. There is one of Bill's MO-1 in Tucson AZ and is flown in all of the west coast contests and seldom finishes lower than first (darn it). Eric

Wayne J. Buran · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2012, 04:46:19 AM »

Great pictures. Any details on the airplanes.
Thanks
Wayne

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2012, 07:45:07 AM »

Wow - Thanks to Wayne for taking and posting these. I took a few shots before we got started flying, but once things got going, I didn't have a chance to take any more. I will write up something and post it tonight - I can add a few details anyway.

(Yes, the MO-1 with tail #7 is ex-Bill Melton, now flown by Bill Calkins. Nelson .40 RR and he had problems with getting an idle setting this weekend but has flown quite well in the past) High speed of 18.05 on his best flight.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2012, 09:50:39 PM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on May 06, 2012, 06:26:43 PM

Here are some photos from the contest this weekend in Polk City, IA. Hot and sunny on Saturday and severe thunderstorms canceling any activity for Sunday.

I'll have to count on the competitors and the locals to fill in captions here...

OK - this message has 6 pictures - the top four are Bill Calkins launching Art Johnson's Class 2 Guardian - has a Fox .50 Schn. Art flies it well.

There are a couple of shots of my Skimmer with an old Max III .35. It never made it off the deck in three attempts this year. Engine was running sour for some reason.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2012, 09:52:01 PM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on May 06, 2012, 06:33:47 PM

a few more here...

This post starts with another close up of the Skimmer, then my Hellcat w/5.8 as detailed in an earlier thread here.

Following the "#7 MO-1" are three shots of Melvin Schuette & his .15 Profile w/ MVVS .15. Flew it well.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:05:31 PM »

I really enjoyed the American flag flapping in the breeze too. A nice detail and I tried to make a point of getting it in a couple of the pics...

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #8 on:** May 08, 2012, 12:33:01 AM »

Here are a couple 'people' pix:

1 - Art Johnson, Bill Calkins, Melvin Schuette
2 - Our long-suffering Event Director - Denny Goodrich, probably wondering what it will take to get someone to come down and fly

dankar · « **Reply #9 on:** May 08, 2012, 12:33:59 AM »

I like the Guardian.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #10 on:** May 08, 2012, 12:37:01 AM »

And a couple of gaggles of planes -

1 - Art Johnson's

2 - Mine

john e. holliday · « **Reply #11 on:** May 08, 2012, 08:54:17 AM »

Quote from: Mike Anderson on May 08, 2012, 12:33:01 AM

2 - Our long-suffering Event Director - Denny Goodrich, probably wondering what it will take to get someone to come down and fly

That is one of the draw backs for spectators. Not enough flying at times. It would be great to see guys/gals put up practice flights when no one wants to fly. But, then there have been contests in which the deck was going full time and could not get all the flights in.

At the NATS there has been talk of a Sandbagger award for a couple of people waiting out the clock. That is what I like about the unofficial day at the NATS, nobody signs up to fly within a certain number of minutes and the deck is closed.

Are you flying carrier over at the ball diamonds?

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #12 on:** May 08, 2012, 10:01:44 AM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on May 08, 2012, 08:54:17 AM

That is one of the draw backs for spectators. Not enough flying at times. It would be great to see guys/gals put up practice flights when no one wants to fly. .................

Are you flying carrier over at the ball diamonds?

We actually kept the deck pretty busy -- I could have flown another half-dozen flights, and only gotten one flight in each class - I'd rather not fly at all at our contest, but anymore, I have to just to get the contestant count up. If the new planes had been test flown a little more, I would have gotten them out. I'll save them for the Sig Contest.

Carrier and Combat are at the ball diamond ( as we laughingly refer to it). Mowing was not up to the usual standards - with Park Staff stretched pretty thin, anymore. Art J. managed to hook some grass sticking up at the bow, so it looked as though he had splashed. He shut down after a couple of laps, but we gave him a 'No Attempt' and a re-fly because I had been watching the plane at takeoff and it was clearly airborne before it got to the end of the deck.

Joejust · « **Reply #13 on:** May 08, 2012, 05:07:22 PM »

Melvin's .15 Profile suree loks familiar.

Joe Just

david smith · « **Reply #14 on:** May 08, 2012, 05:58:32 PM »

Melvins 15 is a sniper I believe.
David

bill bischoff · « **Reply #15 on:** May 08, 2012, 07:22:53 PM »

Sniper"ish", but not a Sniper. Melvin's pride wouldn't let him build one of my designs at the time. Of course now he is actually flying one of my old airplanes. Pride can only take you so far...

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #16 on:** May 09, 2012, 07:43:29 AM »

LOL --

Of course, everyone knows that all control line planes are merely modified Ringmasters anyway.

bill bischoff · « **Reply #17 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:17:50 AM »

Unless they have a built up fuselage; then they're modified Noblers!

Joejust · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2012, 04:03:12 PM »

Guess I was wrong! Melvin's plane sure looked a lot like the .15 MO-1 ish kit I sold him 3 years ago.
Joe

bill bischoff · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2012, 04:16:09 PM »

I think he's been flying that one for at least 10 years. I could be wrong, but I know it's been around the block plenty of times.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #20 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:06:53 PM »

Quote from: bill bischoff on May 09, 2012, 04:16:09 PM

I think he's been flying that one for at least 10 years. I could be wrong, but I know it's been around the block plenty of times.

It looked like it.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #21 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:18:51 PM »

The best flying Carrier planes are often the most flown Carrier planes. The rattier they get, they better they fly. Melvin flew very well and deserved his win - if his MVVS weren't so tired, he would have had a REAL good score.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #22 on:** May 13, 2012, 06:00:43 PM »

A few more photos - taken by a spectator - from Polk City (last weekend) have found their way back to me. Taken from behind the spectator barrier which is about 30 yard from the deck and with (apparently) a very good camera & lens, they give kind of a unique perspective in that any spot around the circle can be shot equally well, so some angles that are seldom photographed show up quite well. The Hellcat is my Profile flight, apparently picked up in mid-Low-Speed and then with some of the landing. Then there are a couple of photos of Bill's MO-1 on takeoff.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2012, 06:02:45 PM »

I thought that these were really good photos and I wanted to share them. How about that first shot of the landing - can't get much more head-on than that (well, given the yaw due to the slider). The plane has just hooked the #8 cable and then the third photo is a moment later after it has come to a stop.

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #24 on:** May 13, 2012, 06:04:10 PM »

& a couple more --

Author Topic: Scenes from Polk City Carrier May 5-6 2012 (Read 2860 times)

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