[NSRCA-discussion] Tangerine Pattern Contest in Apopka

[jonlowe at aol.com]

Thanks for the write-up, Jason.  Steve Homenda and Orlando Frets and 
the rest of the RCACF team did a great job.  Too bad there weren't more 
flyers.  The wind was a challenge.  When Jason says 20+ mph, he isn't 
kidding, more like 25-30mph with gusts and 90 degrees to the flight 
path the whole time.  Nobody missed the runway, nobody hurt a plane, 
and I don't think anyone even hurt a prop.

Yeah, Brian Billings and I had a good fight in Intermediate.  His bad 
flights were slightly worse than my bad flights, and that made the 
difference.

Best part for me was seeing Ryan McLaughlin finally able to fly his 
Impact with a consistent running engine.  Finally diagnosed the problem 
as a a relatively high fuel tank gravity feeding thru the Perry pump 
flooding the engine when the airplane sat on the ground, preventing 
starts.  Clamping the fuel line with hemostats between flights cured 
the whole problem that we had been chasing since Ocala.  If he is ever 
able to trim his Impact in calm air, he will be an even bigger threat 
in FAI!

I think moving the date to December on traditional Tangerine dates will 
make this a big event, just perfect for northerners to shake out the 
winter doldrums.  In the "old days" the Tangerine, and its predecessor, 
the King Orange, was a destination event over the Christmas holidays.

On to Pensacola next weekend!

Jon Lowe

-----Original Message-----
From: JShulman <jshulman at cfl.rr.com>
To: NSRCA <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:37:25 -0400
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Tangerine Pattern Contest in Apopka

Hi All,

Well, doing to flying events with an hour and a half drive one way 
between
them almost worked. In addition to Top Gun in Lakeland this weekend, the
Apopka Tangerine contest was flown. I was able to fly round 1 before I 
had
to race down to Lakeland to do my Demo flight and help my brother with 
his
demo flight, before racing back. Unfortunately for me, the hour and a 
half
drive got in the way of my 3rd round flight which proved to be the
difference for me. I returned to fly rounds 4 and 5 and get just enough
scores to get 4th place...lol. But that was ok with me cause I was more
impressed with the quality of flying by everyone with the 20+ mph winds 
in
our faces than anything else. I even had a chance to see the GP Venus 2 
fly
with an OS-91 and that is one impressive bird. Steve and Orlando put on 
a
great contest and they even had about 7 club workers to help also.

Here's the results of the 9 brave pilots that conquered the winds:

Sportsman:
1st- Rufus Holton- 4000- Venus 2, OS-91FX (first contest)
2nd- George Gordon- 3452- Prophecy, YS-140 (Came back to flying after a
2-year break, Michigan pilot also)

Intermediate:
1st- Jon Lowe- 3974- Panacea, OS-160 (Jon only won 2 of the 5 rounds)
2nd Brian Billings- 3923- Caprise, Webra 145

Advanced:
None, Mike Constantine would have flown but was called into work before 
his
first round.

Masters:
1st- Billy Meadows- 3000- Impact, Hacker/Thunder Power

FAI:
1st- Ron Ellis- 3831- Smaragd, Webra 145
2nd- Ryan McLaughlin- 3762- Impact, OS-160
3rd- Joe Walker- 3738- Patriot, YS-140L
4th- Me- 3000- Impact, Hacker/Thunder Power

Hot and heavy rumor is that this contest will be put back in it's 
rightful
place in December and returned to it's glory days.

Regards,
Jason
www.jasonshulman.com
www.shulmanaviation.com
www.composite-arf.com


_______________________________________________
NSRCA-discussion mailing list
NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion