Contest information for free flight scale events in Europe: Open scale 2008, 1st. International Indoor Fly-In, March 15-16th, SAM1066 Champs at Middle Wallop August 23-25th
I will try to add more event info. in the future.
Open scale 2008: 24th-25th May 2008, Czech Republic
OPENSCALE 2008 - Scheduled and Exhibition events (Exhibition events will be scheduled before and after the main open scale competition).
MEDLANKY RUBBER (Scheduled) international competition rubber powered scale and old-timer (1/20th scale rules are posted on the web http://www.minimakety.cz/events/index-en.php).
JUMBO CUP (Scheduled) One FAC Jumbo scale class: Static score + Bonus score +Flight score = total points (see FAC rules for details or email me at b.guest@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de with questions (Czech or English is fine)).
World War I mass launch (Exhibition) Mass launch event for mass produced military aircraft used in the first world war; 1914-1918 (no wingspan limit): At least three rounds will be flown with the first aircraft down during each round being eliminated. The last three aircraft down in the last round will take first second and third place.
World War II mass launch (Exhibition) Mass launch event for mass produced military aircraft used in the second world war; 1940-1945 (no wingspan limit): At least three rounds will be flown with the first aircraft down during each round being eliminated. The last three aircraft down in the last round will take first second and third place.
Schneider Trophy mass launch (Exhibition) Mass launch event for aircraft that competed in or were planned for the Schneider trophy races from 1925 to 1939 (no wingspan limit): At least three rounds will be flown with the first aircraft down during each round being eliminated. The last three aircraft down in the last round will take first second and third place.
Racers mass launch (Exhibition) Mass launch event for aircraft that competed in air races between 1925 to 1939 (600 mm (24 inch) wingspan limit): At least three rounds will be flown with the first aircraft down during each round being eliminated. The last three aircraft down in the last round will take first second and third place.
FAC peanut (Exhibition) Peanut event flown to the standard FAC rules (see rules at the FAC rules page): Static score + Bonus score +Flight score = total points (see FAC rules for details or email me at b.guest@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de with questions (Czech or English is fine)).
Kit/Dime scale (proposed) based on FAC dime scale event: For models of 508 mm (20 inch) wing span or less built from commercial kit plans (current or out of production kit plans are eligible, models built from FAC pseudo Dime and Dime scale plans are eligible, plans may be scaled up 130% to 508 mm). Static points are assigned based on one photograph to document the color scheme used and on the match between the model and the plan (deviations from the plan are penalized). Flight points will be assigned based on duration (the longest of three official flights will be used to determine the flight points). See FAC dime scale rules for the details of scoring procedure.
PETRIK CUP rubber powered scale and old-timers (BV classes) - for Junior flyers under the age of 16
Place : static part - aeroclub restaurant,
flying part - airfield Brno - Medlánky
Categories : MEDLANKY RUBBER for rubber powered scale by Czech rules (1/20th scale) and rubber powered old-timers by SAM 78 ( BV-1, BV-3). The BV1 class is for models designed before 1954 which are equipped with a free wheeling propeller and have upper and lower surfaces covered on the wings (90 sec. max). The BV3 class is for pre 1954 stick models with only the upper surface of the wings covered and free wheeling propellers (90 sec. max).
Czech event winners will get prize + cup. There will be prizes for 2nd and 3rd places as well.
The PETRIK CUPS are for under 16 juniors competing in rubber powered 1/20 scale and the old-timer events. The winning juniors will get prizes and a trophy, nice kits for all.
FLY OFF- will determine the total winner (only one unlimited flight), or if there are not multiple flyers with 3 maxes, the ranking will be determined by summing the three flight times for each competitor (the highest total time wins).
Exhibition Events: Prizes will consist of a special surprise as well as plans and kits plus other goodies etc.
Dates and schedule
Saturday Morning Friendly FACE exhibition competition:
Mass launches: Saturday
1030 WWI mass launch, with at least three mass launch rounds depending on the number of competitors.
1130 WWII mass launch, with at least three mass launch rounds depending on the number of competitors.
Kit scale: flights can be made at anytime during the competition just ask your timer to notify the FACE committee of each flight time and complete three flights before 1130 on Sunday, Kit scale static at 1330 on Saturday.
FAC peanut: flights can be made at anytime during the competition just ask your timer to notify the FACE committee of each flight time and complete three flights before 1130 on Sunday, FAC peanut static at 1330 on Saturday.
Schneider trophy Mass launch starts at 15:30 with at least three mass launch rounds depending on the number of competitors.
Racing Aircraft Mass Launch starts at 16:30 with at least three mass launch rounds depending on the number of competitors.
Static part : presentation, registration 1330 static evaluation 1330- 1530, briefing transfer to airfield 1600 - 2000
flying part (may be adjusted according to the weather)
1. round old-timers + scale HL 1600 - 1800 + Jumbo scale + 1st and 2nd mass launch events
2. round old-timers + scale ROG 1800 - 2000 + FAI peanut scale + Jumbo scale.
Sunday 25th May 2008
3. round old-timers + scale ROG 700- 900 a.m. + 3rd and 4th mass launches + Jumbo scale + peanut scale and kit/dime scale.
4. FLY OFF old-timers + scale HL + Jumbo scale + peanut scale and kit/dime scale 900 a.m. - 1100 a.m.
Prize giving and winners decoration 1200
5. Sunday afternoon 12:30 friendly FACE exhibition competition prize giving.
Accommodation : 12 apartments and two bed rooms in pension Na Kytnerce at Medlánky (perfect and cheap, near Sýpka hall) tel. 544 226 036.
Hotels : Jelenice (very cheep price, but a longer distance at west side of Brno lake), Neptun (very nice, but more expensive at the east side of Brno lake)
Registration : entry fee seniors 100 Kč, juniors 50 Kč, pupils 30 sent till 30. 4. 08 to address : Lubomír Koutný Záhřebská 33 Brno 616 00 Czech Republic.
Tel.: 420 530 312 800 E-mail : Koutny.Lubomir@seznam.cz
IMPORTANT: For the exhibtion events you must email Bernard Guest and state which of the events you would like to participate in. This will be taken as a commitment to compete and will help us to decide on how many gift packate we should supply.
Bernard Guest
Assistant Professor of Geology
Dept. of Geo- and Environmental Sciences
Ludwig-Maximilain University
Luisen Str. 37, 80333 Munich
Fax: 0049 89 2180 6514
Tel.: 0049 89 2180 6713
Parking : at the airfield in designated sites (where all of the other cars are parked)
Safety : There will be glider traffic on Medlánky airfield, obey the organizers instructions, don’t cross the runway if a plane is take off or if it is landing !
Organizers : Brno old-timers and friends of little models
The main sponsors : Vilém Petřík, ÚMČ Medlánky, Computer Press, Bernard Guest.
1st. International Indoor Fly-In
15 and 16 March
Jan Massinkhal
Nijmegen, Netherlands
The Nijmeegse Luchtvaart Club would like to invite you for a new event on the international free flight
calendar; the First International Indoor Fly-In! This event has been run for several years on a national
level and 2008 will be the premiere for attracting flyers from abroad as well. Our intention is to make this
a recurring event, this will however depend on interest.
The preliminary schedule for the event:
Saturday 15 March. 8.00-19.00
Sunday 16 March 8.00-18.00
A detailed schedule will be provided at the end of February to the flyers that have entered.
Location
The hall we will use is the Jan Massinkhal, located in the outskirts of Nijmegen. The characteristics of
the hall are a 2400 square meters floor, height is nearly 8 meters (Cat. 1 hall). The ceiling is fairly
smooth and unobstructed.
Adres of the hall is Jan Massinkhal, Nieuwe Dukenburgseweg 5 , Nijmegen.
Contest
We will be flying contests in several classes. The classes are: F1D, F1M,F1M small (Juniors), Sainte,
Pistachio, F4F (Peanut) F4D (Open scale rubber) and F4E (Open scale electric/CO2). The judging rules
used for the scale classes will be similar to the ones used in the Interscale and British Indoor Scale
Nationals competitions, the duration rules will follow the standard rules. Please check our website for
more details. Flying other types of models is of course allowed as well; in the definitive schedule there
will be time allocated for this. There will also be time available for trimming.
The F1M small class is used in the Netherlands for juniors and beginners. Rules are similar to the
standard F1M rules, with the only deviation being a limit of the wing chord to 160 mm.
Proxy flying: it is possible in the Peanut and Pistachio class to sent in your model for proxy flying. The
entry fee for this is €5,- Please contact us for more details about this and how to arrange it.
We will also do a Pylon race. The models used for this should more or less resemble a real plane.
Eligible for this are scale models, Bostonians and similar models.
Prizes
In all classes the best three flyers will receive a prize. Also in Peanut and F4D the best junior will also
receive a prize.
In addition to this there will be an award for highest placed scale model in it’s class for a model of Dutch
design or built by Dutch factories. Eligible for this are planes built by Fokker, Koolhoven, Pander etc.
Note that this also includes planes that Dutch designers did for factories outside the Netherlands too;
examples being Koolhoven in the UK for B.A.T., Fokker in WW 1 in Germany.
Accommodation
Together with this invitation you’ll find a list of Accommodations close to the hall. Besides this list there
Should you have any difficulty in arranging a place to sleep, please contact us at rlucas@dds.nl , or at
the address below.
Inscription
Attached is the entry form. The fee for entering is €37,50 for seniors and €27,50 for juniors. This
includes a small lunch package on both days, as well as a buffet on Saturday night after the contest. We
will put up a list with people that have inscribed on our website.
We would prefer payment of the entry fee in advance; Flyers from the Netherlands can pay on Postbank
account 3366443, on the name of Nijmeegse Luchtvaart Club. People within Europe can pay on the
following account:
IBAN: NL90PSTB0003366443
BIC: PSTBNL21
Name: Nijmeegse Luchtvaart Club
Cost: Shared Cost (SHA)
It is also possible to pay by Paypal. Should you experience difficulties arranging payment it is also
possible to pay upon arrival. People outside Europe can also pay upon arrival.
See you 15 and 16 March in Nijmegen!
Kind regards,
Roel Lucassen
Meyhorst 91-64
6537 KN Nijmegen
Netherlands
Telephone: (0031)(0)612396566
E-mail: rlucas(at)dds.nl
Website: http://fly.to/iifi2008
The SAM1066 Champs will be held at Middle Wallop during the August Bank Holiday weekend 23-25th.
Linsey Smith is organizing several FAC events to complement the already stellar selection of old time free flight Rubber and Gas events. A tentative list of eventd includes: Earl Stahl High and Low wing events, probably Jimmie Allen mass launch, and a Flying Aces Scale event.
A detailed announcement will be added as soon as I get it.