Author Topic: OZ NATS - Coverage (Read 7634 times)

PJ Rowland · « **on:** December 28, 2012, 11:49:00 PM »

Round 1 started without a hitch, pilots breifing, judges warmup flight and very little wind.

There are 17 in Open and everyone put in a good first round. With the Wind picking up quite strong midway through the Round.

Mark Batty 2nd Place Russian Retro 76

Currently in 3rd Place after Round 1 : Peter White Geo XL Stalker .61

Currently in 1st Place : Joe Parisi Hot Pursuit 2 PA 75

Bruce Hoffman is using the Igor Burger Electric setup with Gyro down the Fuse

Plenty of Russian models here

Flying site

Joe midway through 4 Leaf Clover as he put it : A little loose.....

All important ScoreBoard

Sorry I didnt get any information on the Advanced guys.

Round2 Tommorow, lets see if we can break 1,000...

PJ

proparc · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2012, 11:56:24 PM »

Those big Merlins are puttin it to um baby!!

Gene Martine · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2012, 07:11:59 AM »

Thanks PJ. Which plane is yours.
Gene

Valentin Apostolov · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2012, 07:49:46 AM »

Thank you for this. Wish success to all of you.

Valentin Apostolov

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2012, 07:55:58 AM »

Thanks PJ. Keep it coming and good luck.

Dave

Paul Taylor · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2012, 08:09:52 AM »

Thanks for the pics PJ!
Nice site. And yes where is your new plane?

What were you talking about the Gryo down the fuse on the electric plane?

Dennis Adamisin · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2012, 08:40:05 AM »

Good Report, great pix - THANX.

Joe P is looking pretty good after round 1!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2012, 09:01:00 AM »

Thanks for the report and the pics. Showed the wife the flying site pic and asked her if we could move.

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2012, 01:37:30 PM »

Accelerometer.. I meant..

Randy Powell · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2012, 02:45:27 PM »

Cool PJ, but we need a pic of the Tiger. Hang in there and relax. You'll do just fine.

Howard Rush · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2012, 06:11:09 PM »

I wish I were there. I have my wife convinced we should go to Australia, but she isn't keen on the contest part.

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2012, 08:06:42 PM »

Round 2 was today - with much beter flying conditions.

Almost perfect except for the wind drift which kept switching.

There was actually a score adjusment due to a miscalculation and 3 scores were adjusted.

Joe Parisi is now : 1008

Peter White also went down - which put my 984 in 3rd spot.

After today Placings have not changed.

Mark Batty 1st : 1029
Joe Parisi 2bd 1023
Pj Rowland 3rd : 984

I know.... I know, today was a fun day with no less than the following :

1 Called attempt due to a start failure
1 Undercart ripped out of the fuse due to a locked wheel..
1 Rudder snapped off during taking the model from the pits to the contest circle.

Mine was one of those 3....... Still managed to put up a decent 2nd round score to hold down 3rd..

Yeah photos of the new plane... Alice doesnt like having her picture taken... so I respect those wishes..

Photos uploaded when I get a chance.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2012, 08:37:45 PM »

Great coverage and pics. Looks like a nice site.

Thanks PJ.

Randy Cuberly

wwwarbird · « **Reply #13 on:** December 29, 2012, 09:00:52 PM »

Thanks for the pics and update PJ.

Sunshine, green grass and t-shirts, I'm really jealous right now...

proparc · « **Reply #14 on:** December 29, 2012, 11:05:28 PM »

Man oh man, 76,75-big bores are putting the squeeze on everybody. I guess if you are headed "down under", better leave that LA 46 at home.

If the wind picks up, those big bores are really going to come on.

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2012, 02:05:41 AM »

Wind was perfect today...

I regret to inform everyone I have been forced to retire. Simple cannot get the Undercarts repaired in time..

Thanks for the support... I simply don't have the tools here to repair the problem.
Good luck to everyone left, who will take 3rd ?

proparc · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2012, 08:42:23 AM »

Quote from: PJ Rowland on December 30, 2012, 02:05:41 AM

Wind was perfect today...

I regret to inform everyone I have been forced to retire. Simple cannot get the Undercarts repaired in time..

Thanks for the support... I simply don't have the tools here to repair the problem.
Good luck to everyone left, who will take 3rd ?

Great effort PJ. You had the whole of Stunthanger behind you. You went up against cats that looked to be packing some heavy hardware, and you were right up in the mix. Way to go!!

Randy Powell · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2012, 01:00:44 PM »

Well, that sucks. Sounds like it's a good plane. Tough time.

Chuck_Smith · « **Reply #18 on:** December 30, 2012, 01:18:22 PM »

Thanks man, but when you said "plenty of russian models here"...

The picture was a bit disappointing eh?

Lauri Malila · « **Reply #19 on:** December 30, 2012, 02:48:25 PM »

Ukrainian, PJ, Ukrainian. L

Will Hinton · « **Reply #20 on:** December 30, 2012, 03:15:44 PM »

Wow P.J., what BUMMER! Great effort on your part, keep the faith and shoot'em down next year!

john e. holliday · « **Reply #21 on:** December 31, 2012, 09:13:22 AM »

PJ, don't they have a store to get stuf to peice the plane back together? Hate to see you give up so early.

Derek Barry · « **Reply #22 on:** December 31, 2012, 11:21:52 AM »

Quote from: PJ Rowland on December 30, 2012, 02:05:41 AM

Wind was perfect today...

I regret to inform everyone I have been forced to retire. Simple cannot get the Undercarts repaired in time..

Thanks for the support... I simply don't have the tools here to repair the problem.
Good luck to everyone left, who will take 3rd ?

Sorry PJ, that stuff only happens to the really nice planes....

Derek

John Boys · « **Reply #23 on:** January 02, 2013, 01:22:27 AM »

Final results of F2B Expert as posted on the Official Nats website.....

1st Mark Batty 1020.11
2nd Joe Parisi 1016.14
3rd James Batty 972.26
4th Brian Eather 970.69
5th Russell Bond 960.43

17 starters and 15 finishers after 4 rounds. I didn't attend but hopefully someone who did can jump on and give more details.

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #24 on:** January 02, 2013, 03:21:10 PM »

It was a great run event - The Judging was of the highest standard. Looking at what was being flown the scores were reflecting that, one of the finest Judging Nationals I have been a Part of.

Well done to everyone to who placed high - It was a real fight between Joe and Mark, they were both in a league of their own. Even If I had of stayed I would not have stopped the Top 2.

Well done to James Batty - he's a great kid and has his dad's flying skill he deserved 3rd.

There will be a solid write up for Stunt News so most of the exact details are there.

The problem with my model was simple :

Wheel Jammed for some unknown reason, After takeoff which was bumpy I knew the wheel was going to be an issue. During landing of my comp flight It landed, rolled ( skidded ) to a stop and right at the end the plate holding the Undercart in ripped out. As a result it took the Cowl and 1/2 the Pipe tunnel with it. Not to mention putting the Wheel Spats into the underside of both wings...

The plate needed to be fixed properly with glass or Carbon - It was not worth risking more damage to simply get a possible 3rd. There is a decent amount of work left to get the plane back to a decent standard. Repairs have started and hopefully will be back in shape by July !

Derek : Things like this seem to happen at Nats.....

Dave_Trible · « **Reply #25 on:** January 03, 2013, 05:48:36 AM »

PJ, sorry about the 'nats luck'. Sooner or later we get struck by that lightening bolt. That's what they make next years for. In this case you'll get another this year here in the US. See you here buddy. Just got a PM from Mark Batty to inform me James got third with that Sukhoi of mine. Shocked and pleased again.

Dave

MarcusCordeiro · « **Reply #26 on:** January 03, 2013, 05:54:26 AM »

"Never say die"...
Good luck with the repairs, sure you're gonna get that ship airborne againin no time.

Marcus

Eric Viglione · « **Reply #27 on:** January 03, 2013, 02:45:52 PM »

Thanks for the field reporting PJ. Sounds like your new plane has a lot of potential still. Can't wait to see it.

Sorry about the gear. I know how it feels when suprises like dust devil's come along at a Nat's. I got off easy compared to Mr Hunt though on that one...

EricV

FLOYD CARTER · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2013, 01:35:57 PM »

What's most impressive about Australian contest: people running around in T-shirts,...in December!

FLOYD

John Boys · « **Reply #29 on:** January 09, 2013, 10:10:09 PM »

Classic and Vintage Stunt at the Aussie Nats.

I attended the NATS on 3rd January 2013 and took some photos of the Classic and Vintage competitions. Both contests ran concurrently on adjacent flying circles on the one day. The weather was extremely hot at 38 C (100 F) but winds were light. Many competitors had difficulty starting their engines and seemed to lack pulling power in the hot air at approximately 540 feet above sea level. At least four models crashed. The wide variety of models and vintage engines (some dating from the 1940's) and high standard of finish made for an interesting day.

Many more photos in high resolution are on my Flickr account here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaybee35/sets/72157632477385432/

John

Classic Placegetters:
1st Reg Towell
2nd Brian Eather
3rd Peter White

John Boys · « **Reply #30 on:** January 09, 2013, 10:21:31 PM »

Continuing on from my previous post here are the Vintage photos.

1st D Keyssecker
2nd Peter White
3rd Barry Frederickson

Serge_Krauss · « **Reply #31 on:** January 10, 2013, 10:37:23 AM »

Thanks for the pictures! 'wonderful models. I particularly enjoy seeing an Aldrich "Magnum", Palmer "Thunderbird", and Rondinelli "Venus" all together at the top. 'hope you won't mind my borrowing a couple for our club newsletter...?

SK

John Boys · « **Reply #32 on:** January 10, 2013, 10:41:12 PM »

Quote from: Serge_Krauss on January 10, 2013, 10:37:23 AM

Thanks for the pictures! 'wonderful models. I particularly enjoy seeing an Aldrich "Magnum", Palmer "Thunderbird", and Rondinelli "Venus" all together at the top. 'hope you won't mind my borrowing a couple for our club newsletter...?

SK

Hi Serge. Use as many of the images in your newsletter as you like. My only requirement is that they not be used to generate income. Oh, and it's always nice to be acknowledged as the photographer.

Cheers,
John

Author Topic: OZ NATS - Coverage (Read 7634 times)

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