Spring 2010 Fun Fly

MVRC Spring Fun-Fly Report

On Sunday afternoon May 23^rd   many of the MVRC flyers and guests gathered for the spring fun-fly events.  With grilled hot dogs and trimmings fortifying the contestants the flying began with the bomb (egg) drop.  Don L. set the bar pretty high by getting a 3 pointer and a  bullseye for 5 points to win this event, closely followed by John H. and John B.  Don R. had to scratch due to equipment failure, an untested bomb bay requiring further development.

The poker hand contest had many thrills due to fairly gusty winds and a lot of risky maneuvering that resulted in a few engine kills but no disasters.  Scores were a little lower overall than we usually experience but most of the contestants flew fairly consistently and safely.

The timed touch and go event saw all kinds of thrills and near disasters but only one resulted in significant damage.  Don L had his engine remove itself from his plane during a hard touch that resulted in no go.  The aircraft overall survived real well short of its engine.

Two minute speed limbo was the most thrilling series with a lot of good skillful flying and avoidance of ground and poles for the most part.  The wind by this time was fairly straight out of the south and not too gusty giving the flyers the best possible conditions other than dead calm.   Logan N., John B., and Don L. in particular showed us smooth repetitive flying resulting in high scores

The overall winners in Expert Class for the day were:  Logan N., John B., and Don L., First, second, and third place respectively.   Also in Standard Class the rankings were:  Dan D., Patrick S., and Jerry S. who also flew in Expert Class in some combined events.

A good day for all participants and fans and Thanks to Logan for being Contest Director his first time, Judges Brian B., Pete S., and other volunteers who helped make everything happen.  Just click the photos to enlarge them.