Its funny how who shows up can really change the contest. Last year, Kagan,
Tyson, Richmond and me had a fun mini-F1D battle.
I liked the site overall, but I could not make the trip this year due to
work.
Mike: I'm glad to hear your kids had fun!
Nick
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:25 AM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net
<mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> **
>
>
> Interesting site, lots of ceiling obstructions.
> Once the last ceiling blower was turned off, the air was pretty decent.
>
> As the sole F1D flier, it was kind of lonely. {grin}
> I understand from talking to some of the local guys that no one flies F1D
> in the Detroit area now.
> I was using very thin rubber and low launch torque and was easily
> outclimbing the site, getting into the obstructions. Three prop tucks, one
> flight where I got hung up, only one decent flight of 21:11. Midaired
> twice, once with a Manhattan cabin of all things. Model again shrugged off
> all comers. My model got a lot of attention as most had never seen one fly
> before and were fascinated.
>
> Out of the mouths of babes...
> My son and daughter attended and flew their first penny planes. They
> thought that they would be flying against other kids. I told them no. "You
> mean we are flying against the adults and the old people?"
>
> As I helped them get them trimmed, it soon became apparent that they had a
> lot of potential. Six minute trim flights became seven and eight. They kept
> swapping who was on top, with my daughter finally getting several epic
> bounces and landing with 9:44, barely beating his 9:36! She ended up taking
> 3rd place.
>
> I think the winning times for 1 and 2 were 10:11 and 10:00.
>
> It was interesting watching the strategies for ministick. The ones that
> won the event went to the top and bounced and bounced and bounces and
> bounced and bounced some more. Those that tried to keep them cruising below
> the girders didn't win. Go for broke and pray for luck. An awful lot of
> balloon recoveries occurred.
>
> It was pretty well attended. Hope to see more folks next year.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
> P.S. A public Thank You to Tom Sova for the use of his balloon.
>
>
>
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