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- 2020 FAI FF AmCup
- Bill Hannan
- The 2020 FAI Arizona FF Championships
- 2020 America’s Cup Full Results
2020 FAI FF AmCup
The 2020 FAI FF AmCup season is complete. The last contest of the year, AZ Champs, resulted in only one fifth place change. Please congratulate our first place winners:
F1A Mike McKeever
F1B Blake Jensen
F1C Faust Parker
F1P Bob Hanford
F1G Tiffaney O’Dell
F1H Jim Parker
F1J Faust Parker
F1Q Ben Tarcher
F1E Jack Greening
F1S Jack Murphy
As I stated in my previous report, 28 of the originally scheduled 34 contest were flown albeit the entry numbers were down after the start of our shared Covid-19 experience. All the winners fulfilled the three different contest site rule.
At this time, there are no plans for an award banquet during the 2021 Fab Feb Contest at Lost Hills. I will endeavor to have the award certificates (first through fifth) and the first place keeper trophy at Fab Feb and have an award presentation on the field, day and time TBD. I will coordinate getting the perpetual trophies to the winners. Five of the winners have the trophy from their 2019 win so that reduces my effort.
Over the last several years, SCAT has discussed revamping the AmCup score system to move from the original “encourage travel to other flying sites” to a more “performance award” system but we are putting this off another year to see if the lower contest attendance due to Covid-19 stays the norm or it returns to prior levels. We will plan to continue AmCup in 2021 with the same contests we started with in 2020. Please contact me should any club wish to drop from the AmCup calendar or wish to be added.
My thanks to the clubs and CDs that run the contests and especially now with the added burden of maintaining health safety guide lines as well.
Jim Parker
Full table at the bottom of this SEN
Bill Hannan
From: Jim Lueken
Date: 12/16/2020
Bill Hannan RIP
This is very hard for me but I would like to let everyone know that Bill Hannan passed away last night. He is known around the world for his expertise in the world of free flight scale models. His designs, drawings and books are the best around. He was a very kind individual who would answer any question and help anyone with a problem.
God bless you Bill Hannan!
Jim Lueken
The 2020 FAI Arizona FF Championships
The last America’s Cup contest of 2020, the FAI AZ Champs, was held on December 5 and 6 at Eloy, Arizona.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the number of contestants to be much smaller. Pre-entries by mail had been requested, which helped with getting the registration and fee payments out of the way. The flyers held on to their time cards and recorded their flight times as they were told by their timekeeper. At times the CD then asked the flyers on the field for their flight times to get them recorded. Everybody tried to keep their distance and used a face mask when getting in closer contact.
The weather was perfect with cloudless blue skies on both days. The temperature in the mornings was 43°F (6°C) but then warmed up to about 75°F (24°C) both days. The wind was 0mph to 7mph (3m/s). Early in the morning we had wind and then again in the afternoon for the F1S fly-offs. But in rounds 3-5 it was mostly calm with slight puffs of air in all directions caused by small thermals, this made it especially difficult for the glider flyers.
Only in F1A, F1G and F1S did we have 3 or more participants. In F1A Jim Farmer was the only one to max-out and in F1G it was Peter Brocks. In F1S there were 5 clean after 5 rounds. It took 3 fly-off flights with the reduced 5 second motor run where George Morris came out ahead to win. Congratulations to our Junior Skylar Donnelly who flew very well in F1B and F1S.
Peter Brocks, CD
RESULTS 2020 ARIZONA FAI CHAMPIONSHIPS
December 5-6, 2020 at Eloy, Arizona Peter Brocks, CD
F1A 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 Jim Farmer 180 180 180 180 180 900
2 Brian Van Nest 180 180 180 180 176 896
3 Peter Brocks 180 180 180 180 142 862
F1B
1 Skylar Donnelly-Ju 170 180 180 117 180 827
F1Q 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 Rich Wegener 180 115 96 DNF DNF 391
F1G 1 2 3 4 5 T/B Total
1 Peter Brocks 120 120 120 120 120 600
2 Brian Van Nest 83 120 120 120 120 171 563
3 George Morris 105 113 105 120 120 5 563
F1H 1 2 3 4 5
1 Rich Wegener 49 37 74 49 21 230
F1S 1 2 3 4 5 F/O F/O F/O Total
1 George Morris 120 120 120 120 120 120 180 225 1125
2 Charlie Morris 120 120 120 120 120 120 180 168 1068
3 Allan Mecham 120 120 120 120 120 120 144 864
4 Robert Donnelly 120 120 120 120 120 120 94 814
5 Skylar Donnelly-Ju 120 120 120 120 120 120 82 802
NO FLYERS IN F1C/P AND F1J
2020 America’s Cup Full Results
America Cup results – with individual placings
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 12 1
Ike 15 2
NAC 9 3
MM 17 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 2 10
Sky 3 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat 4 13
COL 2 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur 2 18
Can 5 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
NWC 4 22
NW2 4 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck 1 25
Har -x- 27
USF 5 26
TCC -x- 28
Ser 14 30
Kot 13 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 1 32
Pat 12 33
AZC 3 34
F1A
1 McKeever, Mike 104 Cas-1 NWC-1 NW2-1 Kot-4* Pat-1
2 Parker, Jim 101 SWR-1 Ike-4* NAC-2 MM-3* NWC-3* NW2-2 Ser-4* Kot-1 Pat-5*
3 Danier, Jama 83 Ike-1 NAC-1 MM-2* Can-1
4 Pecenkovic, Enes 78 SWR-2 Ike-5* NAC-4* Ser-1 Kot-2
5 Farmer, Jim 74 SWR-3 MM-1 AZC-1
6 VanNest, Brian 72 SWR-4 NAC-3 MM-5* Cas-2 AZC-2
7 Fedor, Mike 70 Spe-1 COL-2 Sim-1
8 Bauer, Ken 60 Ike-3* MM-4* NWC-2 NW2-3 USF-1
9 Rosenzweig, Shlomi 53 SWR-5 Ike-2 USF-3* Kot-3* Pat-3
10 McQuade, Pete 50 COL-1 Rck-1
10 Ulm, Gene 50 Sky-1 Lac-1
10 Pukakka, Risto 50 Cas-3 USF-4 Ser-2
13 Goldstein, Guy 44 USF-2 Pat-2
14 Ulm, Adelaide (jr) 40 Sky-2 Lac-3
14 Barron, Peter 40 Sky-3 Lac-1
16 Goldstein, Noa (jr) 34 USF-5* Ser-3 Pat-4
17 Allnutt, Peter 30 Hur-2 Can-4
17 Lenartovicz, Chris 30 Hur-1 Can-5
17 Brocks, Peter 30 Ser-5 AZC-3
20 Bevan, Dave 20 Spe-2
20 Brun, Pierre 20 NWC-4 NW2-4
20 Farkas, Leslie 20 Can-2
23 Tzvetkov, Tzvetan 15 Lac-4
23 Nikolajeras, Vidas 15 Can-3
25 Pecenkovic, Jasminka 8 NAC-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 10 1
Ike 19 2
NAC 15 3
MM 17 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas 1 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat 1 13
COL 2 15
CEN 0 14
Hur 4 18
Can 4 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 1 17
NWC 3 22
NW2 3 23
I-C 3 16
Bro 4 24
Rck 1 25
Har 2 27
USF 7 26
TCC -x- 28
Ser 12 30
Kot 11 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat 9 33
AZC 1 34
F1B
1 Jensen, Blake 95 SWR-2 Ike-4* MM-1 NW2-2 Ser-4* Kot-2
2 Fitch, Jerry 93 SWR-3 NWC-1 NW2-1 USF-1 Ser-2* Pat-2*
3 Schlosberg, Aram 75 NAC-2 Hat-1 Lac-1 Har-2*
3 Andriukov, Alex 75 Ike-3 NAC-1 Har-1
5 Horak, Ladi 70 MM-2 Hur-1 Can-2
6 Malkhasyan, Sevak 57 Ike-2* Ser-1 Kot-1 Pat-1*
6 O’dell, Tiffany 57 SWR-1 Ike-5 MM-3
8 Jones, Charles 55 MM-4 I-C-2 Bro-2
9 Booth, Bill 50 Ike-1 NAC-3 Pat-3*
9 Ghio, Walt 50 NAC-4 NWC-2 NW2-3 USF-4* Kot-4* Pat-5*
9 Pivonka, Jace 50 COL-1 Rck-1
9 Simon, Greg 50 I-C-1 Bro-1
13 Mathews, Tony 45 Hur-2 Can-1
13 Donnelly, Skylar (jr) 45 COL-2 AZC-1
15 Davis, Mike 39 SWR-4 USF-5* Ser-3 Kot-5
16 Richardson, Mike 32 SWR-5 Cas-1
17 MacKenzie, Patrick 30 Hur-3 Can-3
18 Shailor, Bill 25 I-C-3 Bro-4
19 McGluckin, Derek 24 NWC-3 Ser-5
20 Kovhavi, Itti (jr) 23 USF-3 Pat-4
21 Ackerley, Cameron 20 Hur-4 Can-4
22 Norvall, Larry 18 Kot-3
23 Gannon, Bill 16 USF-2
24 Sifleet, Bob 15 Bro-3
25 Felix, Ron 10 MM-5
25 Obligenarz, Tomer 10 NAC-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1 1
Ike 7 2
NAC 7 3
MM 9 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn 1 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat -x- 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur 1 18
Can 1 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
0 -x- 22
NW2 -x- 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck -x- 25
Har -x- 27
USF -x- 26
TCC -x- 28
Ser 3 30
Kot -x- 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat 3 33
AZC -x- 34
F1C
1 Parker, Faust 91 SWR-1 NAC-4 MM-4* Srn-1 Spe-1
2 Shvedenkov, Yury 76 NAC-1 MM-5* Hur-1 Can-1
3 Menanno, Guy 45 Ike-5* MM-3* Ser-2 Pat-1
4 Chesson, Don 44 Ike-3* NAC-3 MM-2
5 Carroll, Ed 41 Ike-1 Ser-3
6 Mc Burnett, Ron 40 Ser-1 Pat-3
7 Ellington, Jeff 28 MM-1
8 Buskell, John 26 NAC-1
9 Roberts, Mike 22 Ike-4 NAC-5
10 Malkhasyan, Taron 21 Ike-2
11 Perkins, Daryll 20 Pat-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 1 1
Ike -x- 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 4 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat -x- 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur 0 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
NWC -x- 22
NW2 -x- 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck 1 25
Har -x- 27
USF 1 26
TCC 1 28
Ser 3 30
Kot 0 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 1 32
Pat 4 33
AZC -x- 34
F1P
1 Hanford, Bob 100 Spe-1 Rck-1 TCC-1 Sim-1
2 Kerger, Terry 50 MM-1 Pat-1
3 Feistel, Henry (jr) 45 USF-1 Ser-2 Pat-3*
4 Kelly, Jim 35 MM-4* Ser-1 Pat-4
4 Secor. Randy 35 MM-3* Ser-3 Pat-2
6 Fedor, Mike 25 SWR-1
7 Rounsaville, Dave 20 MM-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 9 1
Ike 9 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 12 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky 4 17
Cas 2 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat 2 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 2 17
NWC 2 22
NW2 2 23
I-C 2 16
Bro 3 24
Rck 3 25
Har 3 27
USF 2 26
TCC 1 28
Ser 4 30
Kot 4 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat 2 33
AZC 3 34
F1G
1 O’Dell, Tiffaney 108 SWR-1 Ike-1 MM-1 NWC-2* NW2-1 Ser-2* Kot-2*
2 Fitch, Jerry 92 SWR-3 MM-2* NWC-1 NW2-2* USF-1* Ser-1 Kot-1 Pat-2*
3 Richardson, Mike 68 SWR-5 Ike-2 MM-4 Cas-1
4 Clapp, John 64 MM-3 Sky-2 Har-1
5 Ghio, Walt 57 SWR-2 Ser-4 Pat-1
6 Avla,Yuda 50 Sky-1 Lac-1
7 Rousseau, Don 45 Sky-3* Hat-1 Lac-2* Har-2
7 Gerspacher, David 45 I-C-1 Bro-2
9 Jones, Darlod 40 Cas-2 Rck-2
9 Brocks, Peter 40 Ike-5* Ser-3* Kot-3 AZC-1
11 Petersen, Alan 37 SWR-4 Rck-1
12 Pelatowski, Larry 35 Sky-4* Hat-2 Har-3
12 Seymor John 35 I-C-2 Bro-3
14 Horak, Ladi 26 Ike-3 MM-5
15 Markos, Chuck 25 Bro-1
15 Murphy, Jerry 25 TCC-1
17 Pykelny, Mike 20 USF-2
17 VanNest, Brian 20 AZC-2
19 DeLoach, Don 15 Rck-3
19 Morris, George 15 AZC-3
21 Mathews, Tony 12 Ike-4
22 VanNest, Kurt 10 Kot-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 4 1
Ike 3 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 3 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 1 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat -x- 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
NWC 1 22
NW2 1 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck -x- 25
Har -x- 27
USF -x- 26
TCC 1 28
Ser 2 30
Kot 2 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat -x- 33
AZC 1 34
F1H
1 Parker, Jim 85 SWR-4 Ike-1 MM-2* NWC-1 NW2-1 Ser-1* Kot-1*
2 Jensen, Blake 65 SWR-1 Ike-2 MM-3* Ser-2 Kot-2*
3 Fedor, Mike 50 Spe-1 TCC-1
4 VanNest, Brian 48 SWR-2 Ike-3 MM-1
5 Wegener, Rich 25 AZC-1
6 Bauer, Ken 15 SWR-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 5 1
Ike 7 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 6 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn 1 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas -x- 11
Hcu 0 12
Hat -x- 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
NWC -x- 22
NW2 -x- 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck -x- 25
Har 1 27
USF -x- 26
TCC 1 28
Ser 3 30
Kot 2 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat 7 33
AZC -x- 34
F1J
1 Parker, Faust 87 SWR-4 Ike-1 MM-1 Srn-1 TCC-1*
2 McKeever, Mike 50 SWR-5 Ike-4* MM-4* Ser-2 Kot-1 Pat-5*
3 Kerger, Terry 47 MM-2 Pat-1
4 Mennano, Guy 46 SWR-1 Ike-2
5 Johannes, David 45 Ser-1 Kot-2 Pat-4*
6 Fedor, Mike 36 SWR-2 Ike-3
7 Mennano, Neal 31 MM-3 Ser-3
8 Hooke, Drake 25 Har-1
9 Perkins, Daryll 21 Pat-2
10 Secor, Randy 16 Pat-3
11 Schneider, Glenn 15 SWR-3
12 Roberts, Mike 6 MM-5
12 Carroll, Ed 6 Ike-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 2 1
Ike 2 2
NAC 4 3
MM 4 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 3 10
Sky 1 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat -x- 13
COL 1 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 1 17
NWC 2 22
NW2 2 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck 1 25
Har -x- 27
USF 1 26
TCC -x- 28
Ser 2 30
Kot 2 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat -x- 33
AZC 0 34
F1Q
1 Tarcher, Ben 100 Ike-1 NAC-2* MM-1 Cas-1 NWC-2* NW2-1 USF-1* Ser-1* Kot-1*
2 Murphy, Jack 75 SWR-2* Ike-2* NAC-4* MM-2* Cas-3* COL-1 NWC-1 NW2-2* Rck-1 Ser-2* Kot-2*
3 Schlosberg, Aram 65 NAC-3* MM-3 Sky-1 Lac-1
4 Ioerger, Tom 60 SWR-1 NAC-1 MM-4
5 Wegener, Richard 25 AZC-1
6 Richardson, Mike 20 Cas-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR -x- 1
Ike 6 2
Cal 7 3
MM -x- 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn -x- 8
Dua 0 9
Spe -x- 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas 3 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat -x- 13
COL -x- 15
CEN -x- 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac -x- 17
NWC -x- 22
NW2 -x- 23
I-C -x- 16
Bro -x- 24
Rck -x- 25
Har -x- 27
USF -x- 26
TCC -x- 28
Ser 6 30
Kot 7 29
SWC 0 31
Sim -x- 32
Pat -x- 33
AZC -x- 34
F1E
1 Greening, Jack 69 Ike-1* Cal-1 Cas-3 Ser-2* Kot-1
2 Richardson, Mike 53 Ike-3 Cal-3 Cas-2
2 McKeever, Mike 53 Cas-1 Ser-3 Kot-4
4 Terzian, Fred 43 Cal-4* Ser-1 Kot-3
5 Brocks, Peter 33 Ike-4 Ser-4* Kot-2
6 Van Nest, Kurt 22 Cal-2
7 Parsons, David 21 Ike-2
8 Ioerger, Tom 13 Ike-5 Cal-5
8 Fitch, Jerry 13 Ser-5 Kot-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
SWR 8 1
Ike 8 2
NAC -x- 3
MM 7 4
SCA 0 5
SAN 0 6
NCA 0 7
Srn 1 8
Dua 0 9
Spe 2 10
Sky -x- 17
Cas 4 11
Hcu -x- 12
Hat 2 13
COL 5 15
CEN 5 14
Hur -x- 18
Can -x- 19
FFF 0 20
Lac 1 17
NWC 3 22
NW2 3 23
I-C 2 16
Bro 2 24
Rck -x- 25
Har 2 27
USF 7 26
TCC 2 28
Ser 4 30
Kot 3 29
SWC 0 31
Sim 1 32
Pat 2 33
AZC 5 34
F1S
1 Murphy, Jack 102 Ike-1 MM-2* Cas-1 COL-1 CEN-1 NWC-2* NW2-2* TCC-2* Ser-1* Kot-1*
2 Parker, Julie 91 Ike-4* MM-3 Srn-1 Spe-1 TCC-1* Sim-1
3 DeLoach, Don 82 Ike-2 Spe-2 COL-2 CEN-2
4 Hooke, Drake 50 Hat-2* Lac-1 Har-1
4 Bauer, Ken 50 NWC-1 NW2-1
4 Sifleet, Bob 50 I-C-1 Bro-1
7 Donnelly, Robert 49 SWR-4 Ike-3 MM-5* COL-4 CEN-5* AZC-4
8 Morris, George 47 SWR-2 AZC-1
9 Norvall, Larry 46 Ike-5* USF-2 Ser-2* Kot-2* Pat-1
10 Avia, Yuda 45 Hat-1 Har-2
11 Achterberg, Mike 42 MM-1 USF-3
12 Murphy, Jerry 40 Cas-2 COL-5 CEN-3
13 Morris, Charlie 37 SWR-3 AZC-2
14 Tarcher, Ben 35 Cas-4 Ser-4 Kot-3
14 Menano, Guy 35 Ser-3 Pat-2
16 Buddenbohm, Stan 33 SWR-5 USF-1
17 McGluckin, Derek 30 NWC-3 NW2-3
17 Mecham, Allan 30 Cas-3 AZC-3
19 Brooks, Clint 27 SWR-1
20 Lorbiecki, John 20 Bro-2
20 Donnelly, Skylar (jr) 20 COL-3 AZC-5
22 Sechrist, David 11 MM-4
22 Bartik, Don 11 USF-4
24 Pangell, Rick 10 CEN-4
25 Gannon, Bill 6 USF-5