Author Topic: 2022 Nationals CLPA Coverage...... (Read 15452 times)

Dave_Trible · « **on:** July 10, 2022, 06:36:03 AM »

The 2022 episode of our stunt Nats is once again upon us. We have been eagerly or anxiously preparing for the annual adventure. Well if you built it, begged it or borrowed it-bring it! It's show time!
For those who are unable to attend we begin this ritual thread for you to follow the goings-on. I will contribute as I am able and ask others to join on as well to help paint the Nats picture. Since this will become a part of the permanent Nats record to be read in future decades I ask you keep it reasonably clean, mostly on topic. I know that is a big ask from this crowd. I'm confident Robert (Sparky) will have the video program working and maybe others. This thread can in no way work at that speed is not intended to compete. I may be able to go more in depth at certain times. It has served as a useful source of on site information to the contestants on a daily basis. We will attempt to post things like flight orders and any relevant information as it happens. For this reason it has always been our policy NOT to post scoreboards during flight rounds to eliminate any possible complaint of tainting those who try NOT to look at them during the rounds as they occur.
Let's all have a safe trip to Muncie! Remember to NEVER drink the water!

Officials, Contestants and Fans: LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

Paul Taylor · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2022, 08:39:17 AM »

Thanks Dave for doing this each year. It’s much appreciated.
And a few photos would help paint the pictures. 😉

Mike Palko · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2022, 04:33:32 PM »

Thanks Dave, I appreciate it as well!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2022, 06:38:57 PM »

I look forward to the pics/photos. Also the reports.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2022, 09:40:18 PM »

Thanks Dave, always enjoy your annual coverage.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2022, 08:35:52 AM »

I arrived last night but was a little too tuckered out to get to the field. Today it is Orestes and myself. They didn’t get the concrete pads put in out in the grass- it will be the plywood circles again. AMA workers are getting stuff to the LPad and set up. It’s a little breezy here but otherwise nice. We are offloading the Walker Cup into the trailer to get it out of Orestes car....

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2022, 04:54:36 PM »

As per typical in Muncie, mid afternoon brought rain. This one turned into a day-long drizzle and will turn into heavy rain late. We did get to fly a handful before it got gusty and wet. Orestes folded around noon but had been out early. No other flying on the LPad save for a couple racing guys down on #1 since their regular site was being used for scale today. A group of combat fliers had it going over in their encampment. Before I left I got a few pics over at McCool...
Orestes showed me his new Suburban. He had already left Miami when the transmission failed in his car. It was going to be about 15 DAYS to get it fixed....he just bought a new one yesterday....$74gs!

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:00:56 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:01:42 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:02:33 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:03:28 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:04:34 PM »

I don’t know why the photos are rotated. They don’t look the way on my phone.. feel free to correct.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:09:58 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:15:26 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #14 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:15:59 PM »

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2022, 05:16:24 PM »

Shorts,David · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2022, 12:14:17 AM »

That red bull looks great. Maybe enter it in stunt too.

Carl Cisneros · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2022, 04:29:30 AM »

74g's???!!!!!!

daem, think I am going to keep my '04 Blazer and '14 Focus for a LONG time......................

Carl

Nice pics by the way

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2022, 10:03:40 AM »

Where is the trash talking and all the smack downing like there used to be!!?? I really miss that, some of you guys were pretty good at it!
Looking forward to your play by play, Dave. You're good at that also!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2022, 04:39:24 PM »

Is the Red Bull scale model Allen Goff’s?

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2022, 07:10:20 PM »

Quote from: Dennis Adamisin on July 16, 2022, 04:39:24 PM

Is the Red Bull scale model Allen Goff’s?

Denny I don't know. I know the Neuport bipe is.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #21 on:** July 16, 2022, 07:32:01 PM »

Overall today was a good practice day..About a quarter of the pilots showed up by the evening session. It was mostly cloudy but nice winds up until about noon, then the breeze virtually died after 6:00 pm- finally changing directions 180 degrees the last half hour before dark. I had a good session teamed up with Steve Millet this morning and then Bob McDonald this evening. It was nice to see Chris and Joanie Cox out of Covid banishment and return to the Lpad.
Tomorrow is Beginner and Intermediate stunt events down on the grass. Two issues about that: The forecast calls for rain, 99 percent chance, 4 hours or more. Lets hope the events don't become washed out. The other issue. I was asked about a week ago to track down the trophy guy and grab our set of trophies. This was to happen on Friday. Well I had my morning flying. Then went to eat and rest a little.....I woke up at 6:30 pm and had totally forgotten about the trophy guy. It didn't dawn on me till I was having breakfast this morning. The trophy guy hasn't returned my calls today so it may be I can't get them till Monday. If you win a trophy tomorrow and won't be around Monday then we will have to mail it to you. Totally my brain fart- I apologize......The stuff I forget these days bothers me.....

john e. holliday · « **Reply #22 on:** July 16, 2022, 09:33:40 PM »

Easy fix on sideways pictures. Click on link below picture and when it comes up hit the rotate icon.

Now Dave are you developing dementia? I know you are younger than me, my problem is I fall asleep with out warning.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2022, 04:47:34 AM »

John I prefer to think of it as old-timers, otherwise known as CRS ( can't remember sh$t). Take care my friend...

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #24 on:** July 17, 2022, 05:08:33 AM »

It's 7:00 am. As I look out the hotel window it is pouring. A look at radar and forecasting there looks to be a window between about 9:00 and noon that MAY be possible to fly. The grass will be quite wet. Take care NOT to get stuck down there. In the past Classic and Old Time got moved to the LPad when the grass was awash. Don't know if that is an option today for Beginner and Intermediate. I will meander out to the field soon.

Dave

Will Hinton · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2022, 09:58:52 AM »

Quote from: Dennis Adamisin on July 16, 2022, 04:39:24 PM

Is the Red Bull scale model Allen Goff’s?

Yes Denny, actually it's Allen's and Mike McHenry's team scale entry. Mike flew a nearly flawless flight with it that ended up close to a perfect score and I felt privileged to be one of the judges for it!! We wished it could have been videoed. Could have been a great training video for scale people.

John McFayden · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2022, 10:47:01 AM »

"The stuff I forget these days bothers me....."

ahhh forget about it .....

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2022, 12:00:29 PM »

The events happened! There was a break in the weather for about two hours and allowed Intermediate and Beginner to be flown in somewhat gusty wind. The entry was extremely light- just three open class pilots in Intermediate- likely due to the weather forecast. I couldn't follow Beginner over there but it looked like they may have had five or six entries. Congratulations to those who came and braved the weather. All I can offer as to final standings is that Dave Rigotti took the win in Intermediate. Maybe someone else can fill in more details.
No sooner finished a pretty mighty storm front came over and dumped a lot of rain. It looks like there may be no more flying or practice today since this cluster is forecast to go on till morning. In looking ahead to the coming week it looks the daily forecast is wind, wind, followed by more wind. First day of Qualifying calls for 17 mph with 33 mph gusts. This is right at the cusp of halting the flying. Only a little less the rest of the week. Power will be key to survival.

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2022, 12:02:09 PM »

Intermediate winner Dave Rigotti.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2022, 08:55:17 PM »

Quote from: Dave_Trible on July 17, 2022, 12:02:09 PM

Intermediate winner Dave Rigotti.

Isn't that Crist?

Ken Culbertson · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2022, 09:34:48 PM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on July 17, 2022, 08:55:17 PM

Isn't that Crist?

No, they come in two's. I think Crist is flying advanced.

Ken

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #31 on:** July 18, 2022, 04:57:29 AM »

Intermediate Stunt results:
1. Dave Righotti
2. Jay Williams
3 Rick Bollinger

Pilot’s Choice: Dave Righotti
Best Brodak Airplane: Rick Bollinger

Judges: Doug Patterson, Steve Smith
Tabulators: Michelle Lee, Kathleen Patterson
Pit Boss: Vince Bohde
Coaches/critique: Todd Lee, Bob McDonald, Bob Storick

We had about a 90 minute window without rain & lightning which gave us enough time to get it done. Many thanks to everybody for keeping it moving.

Special thanks to Brodak for sponsoring the awards, providing the scoresheets, scoreboards & pull test scales.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2022, 01:17:45 PM »

Nothing like being twin brothers. Congrats to Dave for his win. Now go show brother how to do the pattern.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #33 on:** July 18, 2022, 06:39:39 PM »

Today's activity is winding down with evening practice for those who didn't hang around to fly after the pilot's meeting and Appearance judging. The weather was really quite good most of the day so if you didn't fly you couldn't blame the weather. John and Michelle has things rolling along without a hitch, the meeting went quick and smooth and the pilots all had their flight orders in a very timely manner. I want to thank Mark Weiss and Mike Eber for the major chore of sorting through around sixty airplanes and trying to give each a sensible appearance score. Congrats to Sparky! He'd been close a few times before and today he topped the plateau. The amount of work to achieve this prize is hard to appreciate.
SO we are underway. I believe Matt Colan will jump in here at some point with a link to his cashe of photos from today. He was going to the PAMPA facebook page with them, then this link from here.
Tomorrow looks to be the last day of really nice weather before the wind begins and so Classic, Nostalgia 30 and Old Time should be a fun day. Given the tremendous rains yesterday the ground around the grass fields is muck. John had made the wise choice to bring these events up to the Lpad with Classic/N30 on circle 1 and Old Time on 2. Circles 3 and 4 will be available for practice for everyone else. That is about all I have for today..

Dave

wwwarbird · « **Reply #34 on:** July 18, 2022, 06:45:03 PM »

Quote from: Ken Culbertson on July 17, 2022, 09:34:48 PM

No, they come in two's. I think Crist is flying advanced.

Ken

So, the dude in the photo looks just like Crist, are they twins?

Matt Colan · « **Reply #35 on:** July 18, 2022, 08:31:44 PM »

As promised, here is the link to appearance judging. The privacy is set to public, so nobody should have any issues viewing them

Weather was weird this morning, great in the evening. Some really great flying and pretty airplanes all over the circles today

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5655955701115407&type=3

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #36 on:** July 18, 2022, 08:34:38 PM »

Quote from: wwwarbird on July 18, 2022, 06:45:03 PM

So, the dude in the photo looks just like Crist, are they twins?

Hi Wayne;
Yes, twins! All the years we have known Crist and he never mentioned having a twin brother. I became aware of this a couple of years ago. If I remember the story correctly, Dave came late back into modeling after he retired, and flies speed and stunt. He came to one of our speed events last fall, I think it was. I have known a lot of twins in my life time, but Dave and Crist hold the prize in my mind for being most identical! They even sound a like. When Dave was here, Crist wasn't and if I didn't know about this before hand, I would have sworn it was Crist! We just haven't been able to get them both here at the same time, but if you are near Muncie now is a good time to experience the Rigotti Effect! Good luck t both of them this year!!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

wwwarbird · « **Reply #37 on:** July 18, 2022, 09:33:49 PM »

Thanks Dan. Now, back to the NATS...

john e. holliday · « **Reply #38 on:** July 19, 2022, 01:55:52 PM »

Matt thanks for the photos.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #39 on:** July 19, 2022, 09:06:45 PM »

Great batch of photos Matt, hopefully you and the rest keep them coming.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #40 on:** July 20, 2022, 04:49:54 AM »

Here we go! Day 1 of Qualifying for Open and Advanced . It will be HOT! 95 is the prediction. Of more interest will be the wind-heaviest since we've been here for sure. Yesterday someone made the comment it will be like the Dallas Team Trials- amen! There we had to have people holding airplanes down in the pits and pilots gather around the perimeter of he circle to catch airplanes once they land to keep them from flipping over. Today will be like that, hovering just below the criteria for cancellation. The forecast I'm seeing is 8:00 am start time 12 mph, 9:00 14mph with gusts to 16, 11:00 16 with gusts to 22.....you get the picture. You may expect very many passes today to flying a second round flight. One and done for many.

Dave

Dick Byron · « **Reply #41 on:** July 20, 2022, 08:13:41 AM »

Just to make you feel cool, yesterday and the day before it was 111 degrees in my front yard here in Grand Prairie tx.

Ken Culbertson · « **Reply #42 on:** July 20, 2022, 09:12:41 AM »

Quote from: Dave_Trible on July 20, 2022, 04:49:54 AM

.... It will be HOT! 95 is the prediction....
Dave

We should get down to about there in late August.

Ken

Brett Buck · « **Reply #43 on:** July 20, 2022, 12:24:04 PM »

Quote from: Dave_Trible on July 20, 2022, 04:49:54 AM

Here we go! Day 1 of Qualifying for Open and Advanced . It will be HOT! 95 is the prediction. Of more interest will be the wind-heaviest since we've been here for sure.

As Dave predicted, not a lot of second-round action today, because it was a bit brisk. It wasn't the worst we have ever had, but at least on 1 and 2 it was pretty darned bumpy at times and tricky for sure. One good thing - while I may have missed one, I saw *no* crashes despite the conditions and and almost everybody got at least one complete flight. I did see a couple of close calls, but that's all.

Should be much nicer tomorrow and Friday, for those who advance.

I didn't find the temperature particularly objectionable, definitely "Muncie miserable" but with the breeze, a bit muggy but more--or-less tolerable. Of course, that's just me - who was awake at 4 AM power-slamming one cup of water after another trying to get my fluid balance back after my, er, "challenges" from earlier in the week.

Brett

frank williams · « **Reply #44 on:** July 20, 2022, 06:49:16 PM »

Any pics of the scoreboards

MikeyPratt · « **Reply #45 on:** July 20, 2022, 07:07:02 PM »

Who made the Top 20 and who is in the finals?

Mikey

Brett Buck · « **Reply #46 on:** July 20, 2022, 07:19:39 PM »

Quote from: MikeyPratt on July 20, 2022, 07:07:02 PM

Who made the Top 20 and who is in the finals?

Mikey

Jumpin the gun, there, Mikey, it's just Wednesday night. Lots of flying left to go.

Brett

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #47 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:49:14 AM »

We are heading to the field soon. It looks like today's weather will be MUCH better wind wise than yesterday. Amazingly nobody lost an airplane but there were few takers on a second flight. Only a couple on the bubble (for just the day) went again and I didn't notice ANY of scores doing anything but going down. Today will determine who makes the cut for the Semi Finals for OPEN and Finals for Advanced tomorrow . I'd expect most all will fly two rounds (and a few wishing for a third!).
I found my mastery of the polish language seriously lacking yesterday as our contestant from Poland Pawel Dziuba tried in vain to explain the workings of his electric contra-rotating prop airplane to me. Just a lots of gestures and nodding...However he is a nice enough fellow. Things didn't work in his favor though. His airplane was badly damaged by Lufthansa so he took a pass on the FIRST round trying to get it repaired. When he did get to the field he failed an attempt. Then was still on the ground past three minutes into his final attempt. He took off into fierce wind but the judges by then concluded he would already be way overtime once the flight concluded and was pointless to continue. There is no way he could still be in the running if he flies today but I suppose he could if he wishes...BTW we had a very well attended PAMPA meeting held by Mark Weiss yesterday. Thanks to those who came.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #48 on:** July 21, 2022, 04:50:59 AM »

About forgot-Frank I decided NOT to post scoreboards midstream in Qualifying. We will get the boards posted following the events today.

Fred Quedenfeld jr · « **Reply #49 on:** July 21, 2022, 06:00:18 AM »

I understand why not posting the current score board
HOW About OTS and Classic?

??
Fred Q