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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Rat Racing and Team Racing => Topic started by: Mike Callas on July 28, 2019, 06:58:53 PM
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What is a good time for a competitive Dallas rules GY? 8 lap intervals.
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What is a good time for a competitive Dallas rules GY? 8 lap intervals.
Poor: 24 seconds
Usual: 23
Good: 22
Really good: 21
McCollum: 19 ;D
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Just how much arm do you let John get away with down there in the Land of Longhorns?
Divot McSlow
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John flew my Quickie Rat at Tuscon one year and helped me a lot. ahe doesn't use arm like I have seen some people do. I remember first time I met him in St Louis team trails foe F2C. Used arm for first lap and rest was up to the plane. He is an honest pilot in my opinion. D>K
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Poor: 24 seconds
Usual: 23
Good: 22
Really good: 21
McCollum: 19 ;D
According your chart above, I would qualify for federal funding.
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Doc,
Your post has got me laughing good. Thanks! I flew against John a number of times at the Cabin Fever contests over the years. He used just about every trick in the unpublished pilot's handbook on me. The first few times I got schooled. After that, not so much. His trick of last resort was once everybody got airborne and into the center, to repeatedly claim that he was an old man, and I should take it easy on him--all the while he was stepping back to fly the backside of the circle and whipping like crazy to set up a pass. After all, it's only illegal if they call it....and you still get two good fouls, right?
Now most of the time, since John builds some good engines and some good planes (like the Gold Rush for Quickie Rat), he had no real need to whip. But it sure made things more fun and exciting. (Go watch the Aussie event where they are racing some BIG planes and whipping is encouraged. That was some of the most "manly" racing I've ever seen....)
Good times. Glad to hear John is still enjoying it.
Divot McSlow
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Doc,
Your post has got me laughing good. Thanks! I flew against John a number of times at the Cabin Fever contests over the years. He used just about every trick in the unpublished pilot's handbook on me. The first few times I got schooled. After that, not so much. His trick of last resort was once everybody got airborne and into the center, to repeatedly claim that he was an old man, and I should take it easy on him--all the while he was stepping back to fly the backside of the circle and whipping like crazy to set up a pass. After all, it's only illegal if they call it....and you still get two good fouls, right?
Now most of the time, since John builds some good engines and some good planes (like the Gold Rush for Quickie Rat), he had no real need to whip. But it sure made things more fun and exciting. (Go watch the Aussie event where they are racing some BIG planes and whipping is encouraged. That was some of the most "manly" racing I've ever seen....)
Good times. Glad to hear John is still enjoying it.
Divot McSlow
The only accurate thing I can see above. :(
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To clarify, John McCollum is not running in the 19's with an ASP. He was using a G15 at the time, with .012 solid lines and internal controls. At that same time, some of the best Foxes were running in the 20's. Most of the ASP Sport Goodyears run between 75-80 mph (22.5-24.0 sec). They are required to have external controls, and .015 stranded lines are now required for all.
As for John's flying, I can't confirm or deny what Dave says since I wasn't there. I will say it is very inconsistent with what I have observed and experienced.
Bill Bischoff
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I just can't help it! There once was an 18 second Sport Goodyear. Still is, but, alas, its crew crew has fallen aged (Lazy?)
And, more importantly,
John McCollum flies by the rules, a gentleman competitor.
dale g
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I'm not as good as I used to be, and I never was...