John;
The FCM contest is in Muncie at the AMA national flying site. As for the "low" scores, and I think Chuck will agree with me on this. You could not find better scale judges then Jack Sheeks (many times on the US scale team) and Clancy Arnold. And some of the planes had there problems too. It never bites you when you practice at home, only whene you go to a contest........... Give this contest a try next year, next to the Nats, and right there with the Brodak contest, this is great C/L scale competition.
Blessings
Allen