Thank you. We need all the help we can get. It's an all hands on deck operation. Timing, starting engines, and maybe even flying.
We will have official flying on Wednesday and Thursday. We also allow early flying on Tuesday. Friday & Saturday the circle is used by Scale.
There is chance that, if approved, the circle will be used by B Team Race on Wednesday morning.
There will be three Speed events this year. Perky will be the same as usual, according to the published rules.
Several years ago I was asked to add Fox 35 Stunt Speed. The event immediately split into two groups. Some entries arrived with sport models with near-stock engines and went in the 60-80 MPH range. Others made pan speed planes with engines that barely resembled Fox 35 Stunts and went 105-115 MPH.
Some of the sport entries requested a true sport speed event, so I creates Two Way Speed. That event allows only plain bearing sport/stunt engines and requires that 7 laps be flown both upside down and upside right and that the model be landed on its wheels. While their is no size requirement, the model need to be aerobatic enough to flip over and flip back. In 2019 the top three entries were all in the 81-82 MPH range.
In lieu of Fox 35 Speed I have pioneered a new "Old time speed and racing" event which is an "run what you brung" exhibition event (with the usual three awards". While the competition format may not of all that valid, it gives you a stage upon which to exhibit your old stuff. This is like the drag racing that used to go on on Woodward Avenue. You can use whatever you want including fast combat planes, which can be flown over grass. All models will be subject to the safety rules of their own event.
There will be NO attempts and NO practice or test flying. But rather, every flight will be timed and scored. That way, if your test flight is your best flight it will count. The only limitation is giving every entrant a fair share of the time available.