Author Topic: Countdown-73rd Stunt Nats (Read 3418 times)

Dave_Trible · « **on:** June 16, 2019, 11:49:46 AM »

In just 30 days (who’s counting?) the shootout on the LPad will begin.
The hoped for repairs to the LPad did not happen this year. Word is all three Muncie area paving companies are buried in street repairs. So once more there will be a mile of duct tape applied to the galactic crevasses. The upside is we won’t have to deal with noxious asphalt headaches.
In checking the pre- entries on the AMA website as of this weekend there are 28 names listed in Open. This is shy the amount for the computer programs to function typically but there are a few weeks left and 5 or 6 usual suspects not yet on the list. I’d bet we make it.
Last year we had perfect weather all week. Can we get lucky twice? This spring’s wind and rain have seemed endless here in the middle parts.
Don’t forget the PAMPA meeting on Wednesday evening.
We are sure Mark and Derek will make it a great event and thank them for stepping up.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN !!!!

A few memories from last year:

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2019, 11:55:55 AM »

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Dave_Trible · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2019, 12:04:11 PM »

Tom Luciano · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2019, 01:56:18 PM »

Too early to worry . I removed my post

See ya there!
Best,
Tom

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #8 on:** June 16, 2019, 03:31:00 PM »

I'm hoping to be there this year. Its been a long time dealing with the effects of my wife's accident last year.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #9 on:** June 16, 2019, 04:26:42 PM »

Steve we sure hope you make it. More importantly we hope your wife’s recovery is going as well as possible.

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #10 on:** June 16, 2019, 06:53:16 PM »

I've been asked how you look up the entries for each event. As follows:
Once on the AMA website hover over the word 'Events' with your pointer.
A blue pop-up will appear. On the upper right corner it will say National Championships. Click on that.
Next you will see 'Event Info'. Hover over that and a drop-down will appear. Click on 'Scores'.
A page will open with all the free flight events listed first-click on page '4'.
The CL events will all appear where you can click on any event you wish and the full list of named entries will appear.
If your name isn't there you'd better get crackin' and get your entry in!

Matt Colan · « **Reply #11 on:** June 16, 2019, 10:15:00 PM »

Once again I’m gomna have to hope that maybe next year I’ll be able to make it. Best contest in the world and I hate missing it!

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2019, 06:20:07 AM »

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Chris McMillin · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2019, 04:26:36 PM »

Ah, the Western Ohio Regionals.
Chris...

Derek Barry · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2019, 04:05:23 AM »

I think we will get more entries before the contest, but that problem has addressed in advance.

Derek

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2019, 07:07:59 AM »

This morning I count 35...good to go.

Dave

Derek Barry · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2019, 10:28:29 AM »

Quote from: Dave_Trible on June 20, 2019, 07:07:59 AM

This morning I count 35...good to go.

Dave

Woohoo!

Paul Walker · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2019, 10:49:42 AM »

Quote from: Chris McMillin on June 18, 2019, 04:26:36 PM

Ah, the Western Ohio Regionals.
Chris...

Well, there are a few westerners that usually attend!

Last year the finals were a virtual repeat of the Northwest Regionals!

Derek Barry · « **Reply #22 on:** June 20, 2019, 10:52:21 AM »

Quote from: Paul Walker on June 20, 2019, 10:49:42 AM

Well, there are a few westerners that usually attend!

Last year the finals were a virtual repeat of the Northwest Regionals!

Yeah, except for that one Georgia boy.

Derek

Chris McMillin · « **Reply #23 on:** June 20, 2019, 12:35:51 PM »

You guys are die hards. 4500 miles, wow!
Chris...

Quote from: Paul Walker on June 20, 2019, 10:49:42 AM

Well, there are a few westerners that usually attend!

Last year the finals were a virtual repeat of the Northwest Regionals!

Howard Rush · « **Reply #24 on:** June 20, 2019, 03:26:59 PM »

Hey, somebody has to read all those billboards in South Dakota.

Derek Barry · « **Reply #25 on:** June 25, 2019, 04:00:19 PM »

Looks like we are at 39 in Open and 21 in Advanced. Should be a good Nats!

Derek

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #26 on:** June 25, 2019, 04:52:07 PM »

Haven't gotten a corn report from the scene.....

Dave

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2019, 05:15:33 PM »

Doug Moon · « **Reply #28 on:** June 28, 2019, 02:03:31 PM »

39 entries is a good turn out! This will be a good win for Derek.

Derek Barry · « **Reply #29 on:** June 28, 2019, 04:48:49 PM »

Quote from: Doug Moon on June 28, 2019, 02:03:31 PM

39 entries is a good turn out! This will be a good win for Derek.

Well, i do have about 15-20 flights this year, feeling pretty good. A couple of those flights were on my own airplane.

Derek

Mark Weiss · « **Reply #30 on:** June 28, 2019, 05:02:59 PM »

Don't burn yourself out. Ask your Dad for a cold one and put up those tired feet!

41 Open Entries at the Moment
22 Advanced

See you in a couple....

Mark

Brett Buck · « **Reply #31 on:** June 28, 2019, 05:16:45 PM »

Quote from: Mark Weiss on June 28, 2019, 05:02:59 PM

41 Open Entries at the Moment

At least one crapweasel bailed out, but more will show up the last minute.

Launch now slipped to July 17 (range date requested for July 12, granted 17th).

Brett

Howard Rush · « **Reply #32 on:** June 28, 2019, 08:22:40 PM »

Quote from: Mark Weiss on June 28, 2019, 05:02:59 PM

41 Open Entries at the Moment

All that low-entry bother for naught. Hope it didn’t mess anything else up.

Howard Rush · « **Reply #33 on:** June 28, 2019, 08:25:04 PM »

Quote from: Brett Buck on June 28, 2019, 05:16:45 PM

At least one crapweasel bailed out, but more will show up the last minute.

Launch now slipped to July 17 (range date requested for July 12, granted 17th).

I’ll talk to the Space Force guys. Keep painting.

Brett Buck · « **Reply #34 on:** June 28, 2019, 08:33:55 PM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on June 28, 2019, 08:25:04 PM

I’ll talk to the Space Force guys. Keep painting.

Space Force (actually, still just Space Command (one short of a separate service for years now)) would be right in there with you. ULA/Tory Bruno, on the other hand, not so much.

The slip is for pretty legitimate reason.

Brett

Derek Barry · « **Reply #35 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:59:03 AM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on June 28, 2019, 08:22:40 PM

All that low-entry bother for naught. Hope it didn’t mess anything else up.

We appreciate your efforts, even if you didn't agree with us. I will be advising Mark to use an older, more tested version of the program, since our numbers look good this year.

Derek

Mark Weiss · « **Reply #36 on:** June 30, 2019, 03:39:29 PM »

Thanks Derek!

Crist Rigotti · « **Reply #37 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:31:37 PM »

It seems that when I try to go to the AMA website I always get a timed out message. Anybody else? PC and Firefox, my wife's Ipad, and my Galaxy S5. Same thing with Chrome.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #38 on:** June 30, 2019, 04:50:03 PM »

Quote from: Howard Rush on June 28, 2019, 08:25:04 PM

I’ll talk to the Space Force guys. Keep painting.

Brett Buck · « **Reply #39 on:** June 30, 2019, 07:05:52 PM »

Why does everybody mock the idea of a US Space Force? The budget for the military and other governmental space programs is about 20X that of NASA, which is a very small player in space. There are plenty of individual military and space *programs* that exceeded the budge of NASA all on their own.

The Chinese are aggressively developing the means to conduct space warfare operations against extremely critical assets, and the Russians have successfully tested orbit anti-satellite weapons as long as 40 years ago. If a real war breaks out between the major players, the front lines will be space, not lines on a map or over airspace.

Space has been a separate command in the Air Force for about 15 years or so, and has little commonality with aircraft acquisition and operation. It makes perfect sense to me to consolidate space activities under a separate force, it's a different deal from airplanes or boats or rifles. just like airplanes are different from tanks - which led to the separation of the Air Force as an independent entity.

Brett