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> Subject: SEN 1347
> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:02:48 -0600
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> Table of Contents - SEN 1347
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> >
> Am Cup Results
> East Coast Events
> V Bologov
> Stop the Prsses
> Patterson F1Q imp
> Eloy in Jan
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes, STOP THE PRESSES!
> ======================
>
> Stan Buddenbohm and Ralph Ray have broken two long-standing Indoor glider
> records!
>
> On Oct 29, 2009 in the Tustin CA Blimp Hanger, Stan did best two flight
> total of
> 3:14.4 to beat Ron Wittman's IHLG 'Holy Grail' record of 2:58.6, set
> 2-18-1973
> at same site. That was probably the oldest indoor glider record still
> existing.
>
> The moon & stars coincided such that we were able to get permission to go
> in
> the hanger. There was scheduled to be an escorted open house or meeting,
> which we happily were informed about & allowed to attend.
>
> An AMA Record trials 2-day sanction was rapidly obtained by Norm Furutani.
> He CDed the activity. I was asked to co-CD and did the scores timekeeping.
>
> The hanger was completely empty & void of any facilities. For the most part
>
> all you could hear was an owl, or two in the north end high carrier pigeon
> roost.
> Oh yes, echos of glider launches reverbrated
> all over and back again!
>
> It was wonderful & awesome to be flying there again.
> I believe my last occasion was in July 1972, at Tom Hutchinson's IHLG
> contest.
>
> Stan's commentary of his 10-29-09 flights follows, slightly edited:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi Lee,
>
> I think it is important to view all of the times in my three series to see
> the trials and tribulations and
>
> to show that they were not fluke flights due to some special air.
> [LRH: air seemed very settled & fair for most part.]
>
> Series ONE : I began this series when my practice throws reached 92
> seconds.
>
> 1) 94.8 2) 88.1 a small end bit of the tip cracked but I decided to carry
> on as
> I had only trimmed this model and everyone was waiting to go to lunch
> 3) 85.9 4) 88.4 5) 87 6) 90 7) 88 8) 85.2 9) 83.6
> I had pulled off more of the cracked tip bits to avoid any dropped parts
> and it
> really effected the times.
> [LRH: it did seem the case]
>
> Series two[after lunch, about 3PM]:
> I waited until the gaggle of tourists had left and the air seemed to settle
> at the
> far end [LRH: north].
> I repaired the tip but decided to go with its twin which I had just trimmed
> out.
>
> 1) 94.8 2) 96.8[LRH: one of the record flts]
> 3) 95 4) 91.6 Something sounded like it cracked
> 5) 0 The nose broke off meaning a dropped part.
> This plane had never crashed so the nose breaking was just from the throws.
>
> I did not repair but switched back to its twin that had the damaged tip I
> had fixed.
> 6) 89.5 My repair held but the end of the tip cracked a different place.
> These were not structural breaks but were from the fragile tip being
> crunched
> in my palm during the spin. I just carried on.
> 7) 83 8) 85.1
> 9) I decided the damaged tip just could not glide well enough and stopped
> to quickly repair the nose of the other model with some carbon splices.
> The result was 97.6 [LRH: the second flt of the record set].
>
> Series Three: Still feeling feisty I wanted to try again.
>
> 1) 94.2 2) 95.5 3) 93.4 4) 85 Felt like something cracked but I could
> not see what.
> 5) A few seconds. Something really cracked and the model went wild to the
> right
> into the girders. 6) 57 Used an older model which stalled to the ground.
> 7) 83.3 light stalls with the same model
>
> 8) 89.6 Switched back to the model with the broken tip
>
> 9) 90, and called it a day.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thanks Stan, for your cogent recollection of probably the most exciting
> indoor
> HL glider flying I have ever been priviliged to have witnessed!
> BTW, I estimate his best launches were at or just under the catwalks, i.e.,
> ~130ft.
> Stan thinks he was reaching about 100ft.
> My observation was that nearly all his launches were acceptable & well
> placed,
> never a bad one in about 40 flights. Just extraordinary to see such skill.
>
>
> Then on Friday, Oct 30, 2009, we went back to the hanger, excited to now
> try for ICLG records.
>
> With his Johnson City USIC catapults, Stan was getting about same times
> as at that venue.
> That left it up to Ralph to concentrate on his assault on Bob DeShields
> Standard Class CLG record of 3:25.4, set on 2-2-97.
>
> Ralph carefully and methodically worked his trim & launches such that his
> little
> missile was clearing the catwalks[which are claimed to be 130ft high by
> some]
> by 10-15ft!
> He had TWO of the most amazing launches which did NOT count, as they landed
>
> ON the catwalk 1/2 circle after perfect recoveries, then...oh, its a
> goner...
> wait for it...then it CAME OFF!
> The first time it glided down with no damage, while the second time it
> bonked
> the wall and needed some CA body repairs.
> Our collective looks of amazement were not documented, so you must take my
> word for that.
> Think of the odds that even one time landing on catwalk would come flying
> down
> and not become a fixture & plaything for the hanger ghosts...but twice?!?!
>
> Ralph got several beaut flights over the record times, his best two being
> 104.4
> & 104.5 sec.
>
> His set of nine flights were:
> 101.8, 89.9, 97.1, 100.6,
> 104.4, 104.5, 102.9, 102.6, 71[the 2nd flt that slid off the catwalk].
>
> His hard earned total score of 3:28.9 beat Bobby D's 12 year-old record by
> 3.4sec.
>
> Let me tell you, there were two happy record setters that went to lunch
> that day!
>
> My heartiest congratulations to them both!
>
> Ciao from Leeper
> official documentor & glider redactor
(Leeper=Lee Hines of Sweepette fame)
(Outdoor)
> It's time for a reminder about Eloy in January!
> ===============================================
>
> Everyone is invited to join us at Eloy, Arizona 16, 17 & 18 January, 2010
> for the 60th Annual Southwest Regionals with 3 contests, same weekend, same
> site [the Eloy site is about half way between Phoenix and Tucson, just off
> the I-10 freeway, 5.5 miles south of Exit 203]:
>
> ~AMA/NFFS/SAM Free Flight - a NFFS National Cup event, plus the
> International P-30 Challenge, and the One Design Country Boy event.
>
> ~FAI Free Flight [16 & 17] - an America's Cup event
>
> ~SAM RC Old Timers
>
> and a free swap meet on Saturday afternoon at the AMA FF official's area
>
> Details on events plus maps to, and of, the site at:
>
> www.aalmps.com/ 10info.htm
>
> History, results and lots of pics:
>
> www.aalmps.com/ swrintronu. htm
>
> See YOU here?
>
> AL Lidberg: SWR contest manager / AMA FF CD
>
> aalmps_at_aol.com
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>
> .......
> Roger Morrell
>
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