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PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 17-01-2013
On Sunday the 17th of March there will be something different at PRCAC’s McCoy field. We have been very fortunate in securing the support of the NSW Pylon association to hold an introduction to Electric Pylon racing day!
This will be a great opportunity for our members and invited guests to have a go and experience the fun and excitement of Electric Pylon racing, with out the stress of it being at a formal competition, but with all the official timing gear and proper set up used by the NSW pylon association guys.
Pylon racing model airplanes is great fun at every level! It’s not an overly difficult thing to do and you don’t have to be an elite pilot to fly your plane around the course.
All you have to do is be able to fly your plane safely, be willing to have a go, learn something new and most of all have fun. There will be plenty of experienced pilots to help out on the day, to call for and answer the questions of pilots new to pylon racing. There will also be opportunities to practice flying the course before the 17th of March.
Even if you don’t feel confident flying the course please come along and take part. Not only is pylon racing great to watch but there are plenty of opportunities to be involved other than flying. There needs to be judges/timers for each plane in the air and there will also need to be at least two people with radios observing the exclusion zone while races are being run. It would be great to have people take a bunch of photos/video of the proceedings as well. When not flying pilots will also be doing some of these things. It's quite an interesting and busy time once it all gets going.
There will be time for normal flying, trimming and test flights while things things are getting set up and after racing is finished as well.
At least two classes of planes will be racing on the day. One class will be Trojan/Sports. And the other will be FFC (Fun Fighter Class).
Trojan/Sports class will be based on Parkzone Trojans and similar type models. Models with similar performance will be put in the same heats and a formula (yet to be devised) will be used to equalise the results. So that non-standard aircraft and standard Trojans can compete on a comparitivly level field, we’ll use a handicap system. It could be as simple as the time multiplied by the watts required to run the powerplant flat out on the ground. This will be finilised before the day and I’ll post it up here so we know where we stand.
The Fun Fighter class will be based aircraft from Hobby kings Fun fighter range of models and other similar machines like the Moray which is also from HK. This is obviously going to be the faster class and those flying in this one are well advised to have some practice before the day!!
There are some pylons in the field box, we will be getting them out quite a few times before the 17th of March for practice. So please if you see them set up give us a yell and a have go. If you want to set them up and have a go please post up on this thread or let either, SRL, Claudio, Frank or my self know and we’ll give you hand.
More information to come, I'll post up more as we get things underway
Please post up any questions or comments.
Please also have a think about what class or classes or planes you may want to fly on the day. there's plenty of time to get something together to fly before the day, it's two months from now
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 17-01-2013
Bring it on, Jason!
I'll have my "Bullet Trojan" ready - I'll get a bit of practice pretending to fly the course tomorrow!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Steven - 18-01-2013
I'll be in that, Stinson style.
Hmmm.... I think there is a Park 25 1250kv in the shop
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 18-01-2013
Awsome guys !!
Do you think we might be able to tempt Omuzz back from retirement??
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - robair - 18-01-2013
Ace Idea
Although I am rusty as all hell I am sure I have something in the hangar that would suit such a comp.
Good Stuff.
Cheers
Rob B
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 19-01-2013
Excellent Rob,
Bring it down for some practice laps!!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 19-01-2013
(18-01-2013, 09:09 AM)secant0give Wrote: Do you think we might be able to tempt Omuzz back from retirement??
Nope! - I said to him last night "I maidened a plane today!", expecting a barrage of questions and a conversation to follow. All I got was "Ugh" as he went back to fiddling with his 'phone - he didn't even want to know which one, let alone how it turned out.
Anything like this hobby/sport which requires patience, attention to detail, perseverance and tenacity is not going to wash with he and his mob of mates now. I've lost him.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - kizza42 - 19-01-2013
(19-01-2013, 11:28 AM)smuzz Wrote: I've lost him.
For now, He'll be back... He just to make his own blindingly obvious mistakes and add some grey hair to your head first.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 19-01-2013
Yes - I guess you're right mate, it's the natural order of things!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 20-01-2013
A quick bit of video of some practice flights around the course
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEj-ODeogwg
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Steven - 20-01-2013
Gotta love a Care Bear on 4S
Also, what occurred to me in that video is that we have two perfectly good pylons to race around already... Speaking of, and just in case... HK has the Fun Fighter Corsair down to $61 for the next 12 hours, so I broughted me one
Just in case.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 17-02-2013
Only a month to go untill the Race day, Get those planes sorted, ordered, test flown and some practice in !!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 17-02-2013
Ja - verstanden!
I decided last week to give this a fling - and it's more fun then I expected it to be. I picked up the Bf-109 FunFighter, and very rapidly understood that I wasn't able to put off getting acquainted with expo any longer! With straight linear stick movements it was a risky proposition at high speed, so now I've got 30% on the ailerons and 15% on the elevator as well as having reduced the end-points/throws. For a couple of flights, it took some getting used to the fact that my "usual" amount of stick movement seemed ineffectual and then suddenly finding I had loads of movement. Once accustomed to it though it certainly helps smooth out the sharp cornered turns I used to do and makes for a more scale-like behaviour.
I've had five flights now and with a few more under the belt I'll be ready to give it a run on 4S. I can highly recommend one of this class of model - you simply point it and floor it and off it goes
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=24560
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 17-02-2013
(17-02-2013, 08:20 AM)smuzz Wrote: Ja - verstanden!
I decided last week to give this a fling - and it's more fun then I expected it to be. I picked up the Bf-109 FunFighter, and very rapidly understood that I wasn't able to put off getting acquainted with expo any longer! With straight linear stick movements it was a risky proposition at high speed, so now I've got 30% on the ailerons and 15% on the elevator as well as having reduced the end-points/throws. For a couple of flights, it took some getting used to the fact that my "usual" amount of stick movement seemed ineffectual and then suddenly finding I had loads of movement. Once accustomed to it though it certainly helps smooth out the sharp cornered turns I used to do and makes for a more scale-like behaviour.
I've had five flights now and with a few more under the belt I'll be ready to give it a run on 4S. I can highly recommend one of this class of model - you simply point it and floor it and off it goes
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=24560
Way To Go Steve !!
They are such great fun!!
OK we need to start making a list of the flyers for the day
At the moment from the posts and conversations with members I'm guessing it will be at vey least 8 of us probably more
Please post up if you'll be racing on the 17th and what models you'll bring.
I'll be flying, bringing my Rare Bear (FFC) and my Trojan.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 17-02-2013
OK Jason - I'll be there with Bf-109 FunFighter and Durafly Trojan.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Claudius - 17-02-2013
Will be there - RareBear (FFC)
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Claudius - 23-02-2013
If anyone else is interested and able to make this event, please let us know!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - gbanger - 24-02-2013
I was going to be there with my T28 funfighter but unfortunatley I have a family function on that I can not miss... spewin'!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Frank - 24-02-2013
I'll be there with the angry rare bear and finally a spare bear (unmodified)
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 27-02-2013
Excellent !!
Come on guys the more flyers racing on the day the better it will be
There will be trophies for winners and places in each class.
I've got the day off on friday the 8th, that's friday week
I'm thinking of setting the pylon course up for some practice.
Come down and have a go !!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - wingtipper - 01-03-2013
alright guys , ive been tempted to see what all this rarebear stuff is about , and it has been something i've been considering for a while , but i've been more inclined to think it's not my cup of tea , however the funfighter craze metre in the club seems to bring on a few smiles , so i thought i'd see what it was all about .
HK got another sale last night out of me , looks like the liquor shop misses out again !!
have a rarebear and some batteries on order , the rest of the stuff i have here , just need to decide on paint, colours etc .
i'll be starting as a rookie on the day , as i'll only have the plane ready a week before the event at the earliest .
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - Steven - 01-03-2013
I won't be ready, probably. I'll do the right thing and sit this out.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 01-03-2013
(01-03-2013, 08:59 AM)wingtipper Wrote: alright guys , ive been tempted to see what all this rarebear stuff is about , and it has been something i've been considering for a while , but i've been more inclined to think it's not my cup of tea , however the funfighter craze metre in the club seems to bring on a few smiles , so i thought i'd see what it was all about .
HK got another sale last night out of me , looks like the liquor shop misses out again !!
have a rarebear and some batteries on order , the rest of the stuff i have here , just need to decide on paint, colours etc .
i'll be starting as a rookie on the day , as i'll only have the plane ready a week before the event at the earliest .
Excellent !!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 03-03-2013
A pox on this weather .... I really want to get on the sticks and fly my FunFighter around again!
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - wingtipper - 04-03-2013
RARE BEAR ARF version has been delivered . im excited and will put a build thread up .
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 04-03-2013
It doesnt take long to put together
should have it sorted by Friday ??
I've got a couple of 3S 1300 packs if you want to have a go with those to try it out
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 06-03-2013
If you look closely you'll see some of the usuall suspects
http://www.hobbykingracing.com/air-racing/rarebear-class/
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 07-03-2013
C'mon Lads surely there must be a few more pilots with suitable planes keen to have a go at racing?
All you need is a PZ Trojan or something similar or a HK fun fighter like the Rarebear.
(01-03-2013, 11:53 AM)Steven Wrote: I won't be ready, probably. I'll do the right thing and sit this out.
Steve make sure you come along and bring a plane to fly. even if you don't feel confident to race
there will be plenty to do, I will be good to watch and there should be time for normal flying as well.
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - smuzz - 11-03-2013
I've talked "Junior" into having a go. At this stage we're waiting on a Spitfire FunFighter to arrive from the NSW warehouse. Hopefully it will get here in time for a couple of practice flights on Thursday or Friday afternoon when he gets home from school - otherwise he'll be maidening the thing on his first race
RE: PRCAC HAVE A GO AT PYLON DAY !! - secant0give - 11-03-2013
Excellent !!
There will be time for a test flight on Satturday and a few laps around the course for practice as well
before racing on Sunday.