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- Results Arizona F1E Champs at Lost Hills
- Re: What’s Ahead
- Timer for no BEC ESC
- Phantom Polish cash
Results Arizona F1E Champs at Lost Hills
From:Peter Brocks
Results of Arizona F1E Champs at Lost Hills
It was good being on Holloway Hill again on April 12 to fly F1E after an absence of 6 months. We had 8 fliers competing in the Arizona F1E Champs. The weather was good with temperatures from 72°F (22°C) to 84°F (29°C) and a mostly northerly wind with a speed of 0 to 9mph (4m/s) and nearly cloudless blue skies. Deciding when to launch was not easy because of the turbulent wind that changed direction and speed constantly because of thermal activity. After 5 rounds the winners were:
1st Fred Terzian
2nd Jerry Fitch
3rd Mike McKeever
The next day, April 13, the Southwest F1E Challenge had been scheduled with Tom Ioerger as the CD. Unfortunately before the contest started the wind was over 22mph and the forecast was for even stronger winds – also for Wednesday the Reserve Day. Therefore this 2nd F1E contest had to be canceled. I stayed up on the hill all day Tuesday and measured wind speeds up to 37mph (16m/s). When I left Lost Hills at 5 am on Wednesday the wind was still at 21mph.
Peter Brocks, CD
ARIZONA F1E CHAMPS, Lost Hills, CA, April 12, 2021
R1 sec R2 sec R3 sec R4 sec R5 sec % Total
150 180 180 180 180
1 Fred Terzian 150 144 107 120 180 406.11
2 Jerry Fitch 117 180 180 86 144 405.78
3 Mike McKeever 104 109 162 137 180 396
4 Tom Ioerger 106 180 128 87 177 388.44
5 Jack Greening 150 141 75 132 155 379.44
6 Peter Brocks 150 143 78 61 136 332.22
7 Dave Parson 150 4 180 99 36 277.22
8 Ben Tarcher 89 11 52 180 6 184.33
Re: What’s Ahead
From:Martin Dilly
Neat idea. Looks like my early efforts at circle towing an F1A, which got me the name of The Grim Reaper in the UK.
Martin
Timer for no BEC ESC
From:Hank
Regarding the recent conversations (on the FB) between Tapio and Dick Ivers, I can build the Texas Timer with the voltage regulator on board for use with the drone type ESC. If there is enough interest. Yes, more costly but not out of sight. Keep in mind that the drone ESC does not have a brake enabled for a folder prop. And a special wiring harness is needed.
Anyone with serious interest please email me along with whether your interest is F1S or F1Q.
Hank
Phantom Polish cash
Magic Timers got a Paypal payment from Robert in Poland , apparently to buy a timer for his friend Radak. Unfortunately the order details and address of Radak do not appear to have been sent to the Magic factory. So if dear reader you happen to know a probably F1A sportsman probably in Poland called Radak who might be wanting a F1A, can you ask him to tell Magic timers exactly what he wants and where he wants it sent. Email magictimers@yahoo.com