2017 Carolina Criterium Contest write-up & Final Results
By: Howard Shenton
Combat Event Director & MCLS Information Officer
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The Metrolina Control Line Society fall Carolina Criterium contest was held on October 20th thru the 22nd, 2017 at the Huntersville, NC Waymer flying field. The weather was great for control line flying. Maybe we could have used a little more wind because most of the weekend it was dead calm. The contest director was Will Davis.
This is possibly the largest single weekend control line contest east of the Mississippi as it has three major Controline events flown in the same weekend. If you want to be at a control line contest, this is the one to attend. The competition includes some of the best flyers in the US with National winners and World Championships winners and team members participating. We had 80 to 100 competitors, helpers, family and friends from 11 states, Canada and South Africa. The Canadian entry has family living in the area and the South African entry is working in Mooresville.
2017 David B. Waymer Aeromodeler Flying field , in Huntersville, NC, improvements
The field, Control Line circles and the R/C runway were in superb shape after being refurbished, just before our fall contest by the Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation Dept. and WACAMA, Waymer Aeromodelers Chapter of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, who provided the funding for this work.
The Radio Control runway and Control Line circles had the cracks repaired, depression's filled in, top coated surface and painted lines added. The field had started to deteriorate after the extensive 2006 refurbishing work.
THANK YOU Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation Dept. and WACAMA!
A detailed report on the improvements to the field and brief history and the efforts required to accomplish this construction and continued improvements to the field was written up by Walter "Trey" Chanter, President of the Flying Aces Pilots Association, in the December 2017 issue, pages 12 & 13, of Model Aviation.
Friday started out with test flying, judges clinic and 1/2A combat.
Saturday was a busy with Navy Carrier - Class I&II, 15, Profile & Nostalgia. Combat - Speed Limit. Stunt - Old Time Stunt, Nostalgia 30, Profile and Basic Flight.
Lunch was submarine sandwiches from the local Mama's Italian Deli.
After Saturday's events were completed most people retired to their Motel rooms for a shower in preparation for dinner at local restaurants and then back to the Super 8 Motel for the traditional homemade ice cream social and general discussions.
Sunday was devoted to the PAMPA, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert events with all the awards presentations immediately after flying finished .
After the Sunday activities several people drove down to Watt Moore's home, in Chester, SC, to continue flying at his flying field and model workshop and to enjoy other social activities.
A special thanks to all the administrative, judges and support people who make it possible for the rest of us to compete and enjoy our sport. Several of these individuals attend the event just to help out. Some the people that stand out are James "Duck" Duckworth & Sonny Williams whose tireless efforts in registering, tabulating and trying to answer questions kept things moving. Sonny informed us that this would be his last effort for our contests. We will miss his contributions to contest and club activities. Dave Wenzel has been driving up here from Savanna, GA for the past 5 years just to judge stunt. David Smith and Max Flowe mow the fields to our requirements after the county mowing. David also built the carrier deck. There are others who contribute by judging events, running score sheets from the judges to the tabulators and helping out launching aircraft. To many to list but their efforts contribute to make our contest a social and competitive success and the reason why so people come back year after year.
STUNT
Contest Support 12
William Davis (NC) Contest Director -ED- Stunt -
James Duckworth (NC) Registration -
Sonny Williams (NC) Registration -
James Duckworth (NC) Score Sheet Tabulation -
Sonny Williams (NC) Score Sheet Tabulation -
Kyle Anderson (NC) Score Sheet Runner -
Kermit Payne (OH) Score Sheet Runner -
Everett Shoemaker (NC) Score Sheet Runner -
Mudge Tamielli (SC) Score Sheet Runner -
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5
William Davis (NC) Masters Circle - for dedication and support of MA
Don Jenkins (SC) "Ringo Award" Booted! - 1st in PAMPA ADVANCED
Sam Londke (TN) Outstanding Junior -
Gene Martine (FL) Concourse d'Elegance - Pilots Choice SV-11
Dave Wenzel (GA) Carolina Spirit Award - Support to MCLS
Basic Flight 3
Basic Flight was flown with the usual pilots, Sam & Kyle with Sam coming from behind Kyle on first flight on his second flight. Wesley (3yr,) with help from his dad David Smith finished 3rd.
Dennis Hastings (DE) Judge
Brian Malin (NC) Judge
1 Sam Londke (TN) Rugged Stunt Trainer K&B 28 204.0
2 Kyle Anderson (NC) Ringmaster Fox 35 196.5
3 Wesley Smith (NC) Ringmaster Fox 35 70.0
Profile Stunt 15
Profile Stunt, with 15 entries, had the most entries with Mike Waldron finishing well ahead of the field.
Wayne Robinson (SC) Judge
Dave Wenzel (GA) Judge
1 Mike Waldron (FL) Spare Parts EF 32 553.5
2 Don Jenkins (SC) Oriental OS 46LA 534.5
3 Dan Banjock (PA) P 47 Thunderbolt Fox 70 twi 513.5
4 John Saunders (NJ) Trophy Traluer Co 2826 510.5
5 John Rakes (VA) Hawker Hurricane OS 46LA 500.5
6 Thomas Weedman (NC) Twister PA 61se 499.0
7 Artie Jessup (VA) P 40 Warhawk St 51 491.5
8 Ron Waldron (FL) Pathfinder EF 32 487.0
9 John Tate (VA) P 47 Thunderbolt St 52 486.5
10 Vincent Langella (SC) Cardinal Rsm E46 475.5
11 John Lindberg (VA) Cavalier OS 46LA 468.0
12 Bernard Suhamski (PA) Cardinal OS 46LA 462.0
13 Jim Welch (VA) P 40 Warhawk Ax E 444.5
14 Charlie Sabatka (GA) Banshee B-40 395.5
15 Paul Kobe (WV) ? 342.0
Old Time Stunt 11
Old Time Stunt had 11 entries with Charles Reeves narrowly ahead of the field. Only 6 points separated 1st to 3rd. Charles had to overcome a low first round score for the win.
William Davis (NC) Judge
Doug Taffinder (SC) Judge
1 Charles Reeves (KY) Big Job Fox 59 317.5
2 Dan Banjock (PA) Comedian Fox 35 315.5
3 Terry McDowell (NC) Viking St 51 311.5
4 Tom Luper (NC) Ringmaster OS 35S 310.5
5 Bill Mandakis (NC) Ringmaster OS 25 309.0
6 Bob Zambelli (SC) Viking OK 60-S 308.5
7 John Saunders (NJ) Humongous St 46 307.5
8 Bernard Suhamski (PA) Viking OS 35S 305.5
9 John Tate (VA) Viking OS 46LA 302.5
10 Jim Bocckinfuso (VA) Viking OS 40FP 298.5
11 Artie Jessup (VA) Super Clown B 25 281.5
Nostalgia 30 14
Nostalgia Stunt, with 14 entries, had the second most entries with Tom Dixon leading Steve Fitton who had the most consistent 1st & 2nd flight scores. Only a 1.5 point differential.
Alan Buck (PA) Judge
Bill Mandakis (NC) Judge
1 Tom Dixon (GA) Nakki Str 40SE 562.5
2 Steve Fitton (VA) Nakke DS 50 555.5
3 Dan Banjock (PA) Comedian Fox 35 553.5
4 Bob Zambelli (SC) Hackey Starlight Fox 35 544.0
5 John Saunders (NJ) Stiletto 660 PA 51 541.5
6 John Tate (VA) Dolphin Elec 520.0
7 Charles Reeves (KY) Southwick Lark OS 46LA 519.5
8 Ed Ruane (NC) JD Falcon St 46 515.5
9 Thomas Weedman (NC) Oriental B 40 508.0
10 Vincent Langella (SC) Nobler RSM E35 476.0
11 Bernard Suhamski (PA) Stiletto OS 46LA 472.5
12 Charlie Sabatka (GA) Banshee B-40 424.0
13 Fred Brigfman (VA) Cougar (Kenhi) Mcy 35 361.5
14 Al Takatsch (NC) Smoothie OS 35S 287.0
PAMPA Beginner 3
PAMPA Beginner had all new faces (3) with Max Flowe winning in his first contest over Dennis Hastings and Sam Londke. Max has been coached by Ed Ruane and Don Jenkins and it showed.
Dan Banjock (PA) Judge
Artie Jessup (VA) Judge
1 Max Flowe (NC) Nobler OS 46LA 241.0
2 Dennis Hastings (DE) Smoothie OS 40FP 216.0
3 Sam Londke (TN) Rugged Stunt Trainer K&B 28 208.0
PAMPA Intermediate 5
PAMPA Intermediate with 5 entries was dominated by Mike Londke
Dan Banjock (PA) Judge
Artie Jessup (VA) Judge
1 Mike Londke (TN) Broked P4 OS 46LA 454.0
2 Carl Lindler (SC) Magician OS 40FP 415.5
3 Jim Bocckinfuso (VA) Nobler OS 40FP 395.0
4 Charlie Sabatka (GA) Nobler ARF OS 40LA 367.0
5 Fred Brigfman (VA) Cougar (Kenhi) Mcy 35 262.0
PAMPA Advanced 11
PAMPA Advanced with 11 entries had Don Jenkins in first closely followed by Steve Fitton. Don was awarded the Ringo award for the third time an John Tate, who gave him the trophy, officially Booted him to PAMPA Expert. Don had the Ringo trophy redone by a master cabinet maker so that it could accommodate additional names. Really beautiful work.
William Davis (NC) Judge
Doug Taffinder (SC) Judge
1 Don Jenkins (SC) Scorpio OS 46LA 498.5
2 John Tate (VA) Vector 40 Elec 493.5
3 David Smith (NC) Troubadour Cobra 486.0
4 Ron Waldron (FL) SV-11 E-32 482.5
5 Gustavo Urtubey (NC) Legacy Platt 484.0
6 Bernard Suhamski (PA) Stiletto OS 46LA 470.5
7 Bill Mandakis (NC) Ringmaster OS 25FP 470.0
8 John Lindberg (VA) Thunder Blazer OS 46VF 467.5
9 Alan Buck (PA) Vector 40 OS 46LA 463.5
10 Artie Jessup (VA) Legacy St 60 456.0
12 Vincent Langella (SC) Legacy AR2826 DNF
PAMPA Expert 8
PAMPA Expert had 8 entries with Mike Waldron leading this illustrious field. This is his first year in Expert and is already making his presence felt much to the relief of the Advanced flyers4
Dave Wenzel (GA) Judge
Bob Zambelli (SC) Judge
1 Mike Waldron (FL) SV-11 EF 32 560.0
2 Steve Fitton (VA) Rapier PA 65 553.5
3 Dan Banjock (PA) Stiletto 660 En 46 4s 552.5
4 Gene Martine (FL) SV 11 PA 75 544.0
5 John Saunders (NJ) Stiletto 660 PA 51 537.0
6 Tom Dixon (GA) Vantage Stk 66ls 536.0
7 Thomas Weedman (NC) Staris PA 65 517.0
8 Charles Reeves (KY) Southwick Lark OS 46LA 513.0
COMBAT
1/2A Combat - was flown with 3 entries as a double elimination event. Don Stoneman opened with a kill over Ron Colombo and 1 cut win on Mike Londke. Ron and Mike flew the third round with Ron getting the win. At this point Ron conceded the event to Don.
Pl Name Airplane Engine Score
Max Flowe (NC) Time & Cuts
Howard
Shenton (SC) Time & Cute
1 Don Stoneman (VA) Russian ARF Fora ,049 2 - 0
2 Ron Colombo (MI) Lite Hawk Fora ,049 1 - 1
3 Mike Londke (TN) Foam Fora ,049 0 - 0
Speed Limit Combat- with 7 entries, was flown using the East Coast Rules (Roy Glenn's) of four rounds of cumulative scouring with a bonus of 200 pts for a clean match (no mid-air or line tangle resulting in one or both aircraft hitting the ground and 100pts for winning the match. Limit of only 3 total cuts with a string cut counting as 1 cut. Airtime of 1 point for each second of airtime. The winning match points were the deciding factor between 1st and 2nd place (2396 to 2375) as Mike Londke had more airtime and cuts than Ron Colombo but had 1 less wins (4 - 3) than Ron (the loss to Ron). Some of the highlights from each round.
Round 1 started off with a close match with Ron winning in a 1 cut and airtime (3 sec.) win over Mike's 2 cuts and low airtime due to a midair. This was a complete turnaround from their match in the spring contest that went for over 4 minutes of attack and evade and earned the bonus points. That was the only non bonus match. I managed a 4 sec airtime loss to Don Stoneman due to the stabulator coming off on the launch resulting a figure 9 crash. Everyone thought I had picked up the handle backwards until we saw the stabulator hanging loose when we tried to pit it. the round ended up with Don, Max Flowe & Robert leading.
Round 2 The only non bonus match was between Max and Sam as they got into a overhead midair/line tangle which saw both aircraft spiral into the center barely missing Sam and Max. Scary few seconds. The ended with Don leading. Mike 2nd & Ron 3rd climbing back into contention. Max's and Sam's midair dropped them out of the top 3.
Round 3 Had 1 non bonus match between Mike and Don as they got into a midair after Mike got 1 cut. Don's aircraft was damaged and so only go 59 seconds of airtime. Those 2 almost always manage to find the same place to be in the air. Ron managed to double his first two scores in a match with Max. Old pro against a new flyer. This round ended up with Ron leading Mike 2nd and Howard 3rd.
Round 4 was the only one with all bonus matches. Mike had the highest score of this round against his son Sam who scored his highest point total of the day. Ron scored the second highest score of the round earning enough points to stay ahead of Mike by 21 points. Don scored enough points against Robert Wallace to move him past Max for third. Some confusion in the final tabulation as Mike was scored with 4 cuts in this match which put him ahead of Ron so Mike was very elated. Then I noticed the 4 cut number, 3 is the max., and adjusted his final score. OOPS, senior moment, but it got caught and corrected. Tough to get good help.
Pl Name Airplane Engine Score
Team Effort () Time & Cuts
Dennis Hastings (DE) Center Marshal
Dick Tyndall (VA) Time & Cuts
1 Ron Colombo (MI) Russian ARF TT 25 2396
2 Mike Londke (TN) Russian ARF OS 25LA 2375
3 Don Stoneman (VA) Foam OS 25LA 1958
4 Max Flowe (NC) VARO VMS-A ARF OS 25LA 1840
5 Sam Londke (TN) Yankee Nipper OS 40FP 1759
"Outstanding Junior"
6 Howard Shenton (SC) Russian ARF OS 25FP 1702
7 Robert Wallace (FL) Viko ARF OS 25LA 1361
Robert and I got BEAT by the KID. A fate in store for many of the rest of you in the future as Sam is a good flyer with good equipment and an excellent teacher. He needs more experience which will come with flying against people with different skills. He got cuts against everyone he flew against.
Ron won all his matches which gained him enough points to beat Mike.
Don was flying and scoring well until the midair with Mike which cost him 300 to 400 points or more and a shot at first or second.
Max had the most airtime score with all of his matches lasting over 4 min. with the exception of his line tangle/midair with Sam.
Mike had the highest cut total with 8 cuts.
Mike and Sam are the only ones to get cuts in all their matches
Robert and I Had the only all clean match totals.
Robert is a good flyer but does not have anyone to practice with which limits his ability to get everything sorted out.
We flew 14 matches and had only 3 with non bonus results.
Dick Tyndall (Toothpick designer) came down with Don and helped pit and timed matches which was appreciated.
Dennis Hastings arrived to do center marshal duties. Again very appreciated.
After the trophy presentations and clean up most of us went to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner which has been kind of a tradition for the combat flyers and families
CARRIER
Not much info on the carrier front other than the finish order for each event. The Carrier pits seemed to have 15 to 20 aircraft waiting to fly. My brief count indicated about 7 to 8 flyers. They all seemed to be having a good time.
Navy Carrier - Class I "&" II 2
Patty Smith (SC) Chief Judge
Team Effort () Judge
1 Jo Shoemaker (NC) Fulmar K&B 61 1
2 David Smith (NC) Guardian OPS 65 2
Navy Carrier - Profile 3
Patty Smith (SC) Chief Judge
Team Effort () Judge
1 Everett Shoemaker (NC) Sea Vampire TT 36 1
2 David Smith (NC) Kingfisher Fox 36 2
3 Jo Shoemaker (NC) Kingfisher Fox 36 3
Navy Carrier - 15 1
Patty Smith (SC) Chief Judge
Team Effort () Judge
1 Jo Shoemaker (NC) Dragonfly Mag 15 1
Navy Carrier - Nostalgia 3
Patty Smith (SC) Chief Judge
Team Effort () Judge
1 Bernard Suhamski (PA) Skyraider TT 36 1
2 Alan Buck (PA) Bearcat TT 36 2
3 Sarah Smith (NC) Crusader EN 35 3
Vendors 3
Tom Dixon (GA) Fuel, Eng., Misc -
John Saunders (NJ) Kits, Eng. & Misc. -
Elena Saunders (NJ) Kits, Eng. & Misc. -
Spectators 25
Lyn Malin (NC) Stunt -
Phil Bailey (NC) Stunt -
Dale Barry (GA) Stunt -
Layla Barry (GA) Stunt -
Derek Barry (GA) Stunt -
Cathy Brigfman (VA) Stunt -
Diane Buck (PA) Stunt -
Melissa Davis (NC) Stunt -
Alex Givan (NC) Combat -
Gerry Glier (VA) Stunt-Pitman -
Scott Goff () Stunt -
Leroy Harris Jr (NC) Stunt -
Al Knowlton (SC) Stunt -
Shelley Langella (SC) Stunt -
Jay Marsh (NC) AMA Dist IV Vice Pres. -
Neville Montagriff (NC) Stunt -
Watt Moore (SC) Stunt -
Keith Palmer (NC) Stunt -
Nancy Reeves (KY) Stunt -
Aubrey Smith (NC) Stunt -
Conner Smith (NC) Carrier -
Charra Sweeney-Reeves (Stunt -
Diane Tate (VA) Stunt -
Diane Wallace (FL) Stunt -
Tris Weedman (NC) Stunt
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