Thursday, 8 August 2013
Excellent video by Tom Foreman of Greg Dakin
Based on watching Greg fly his Dorado form RCRCM I have now placed on order, this model looks an excellent aerobatic model. I hope you enjoy the video of Greg showing off his skills at Levisham.
SlopeGlide 2013
With work I havent had much time along with organising contests to update the blog. Below is a report form last weekends slopeglide contest held in Yorkshire:
Thank fully the weather was on our side for the weekend and we had plenty of wind and sun for this year’s SlopeGlide contest. Last year we were in Wales and with the change of location we moved to the Hole Of Horcum. Although the numbers were not as high as last year, we still had plenty of pilots for an excellent weekend of flying.
The first day put us on Levisham, this is a very challenging slope at the best of times but add its variability and you can be punished in every round. At the end of the day there were a few broken models after the 10 rounds, thankfully all were reparable. Setting the variability aside, other than 2 rounds the rest were won with sub forties, the fast time by Mark Redsell with 31.66 which was also the fastest time of the weekend.
The results at the end of day 1 were as follows:
1 Mark Redsell 8465.22 1000.00
2 Greg Dakin 8120.04 959.22
3 Rich Bago 7998.55 944.87
4 Martin Newnham 7983.47 943.09
5 Paul Garnet 7940.57 938.02
6 John Phillips 7914.65 934.96
7 Kev Newton 7791.94 920.46
8 Ronnie Lampe 7504.88 886.55
9 Mark Abbotts 7499.67 885.93
10 Tom Foreman 7421.81 876.74
11 Keith Wood 7365.64 870.10
12 Jon Edison 7202.37 850.81
13 Frank Hulton 7094.88 838.12
14 Tom Macpherson 6983.12 824.91
15 Mick Walsh 6746.22 796.93
16 John Tideswell 6522.69 770.52
17 Jonathan Wells 0.00 0.00
Sunday, the wind was looking to be more southerly and the hope of flying on the bowl was eagerly awaited by all, conditions on this slope tend to more consistent, how wrong we was. Every round had its good and bad flights, everyone suffered at some point throughout the day. It was still a great days flying enjoyed by everyone.
Overall it was an excellent weekend of flying and I think everyone enjoyed the flying, the relaxed atmosphere and the company.
To the final results, Mark Redsell took the honours and didn’t put a foot wrong for a well deserved the win. It was great to see John Phillips sharing the honours along with Greg Dakin in third. I hope the port and win went down well.
At the end of the 20 rounds the scores were not as far apart as the conditions would have suggested they would be.
1 Mark Redsell 16867.49 1000.00
2 John Phillips 16563.05 981.95
3 Greg Dakin 16449.83 975.23
4 Martin Newnham 16315.29 967.26
5 Rich Bago 16233.95 962.44
6 Paul Garnet 15909.66 943.21
7 Kev Newton 15508.96 919.45
8 Keith Wood 15471.99 917.26
9 Ronnie Lampe 15195.49 900.87
10 Tom Foreman 15168.34 899.26
11 Jon Edison 15167.26 899.20
12 Mark Abbotts 14929.47 885.10
13 Mick Walsh 14545.54 862.34
14 Tom Macpherson 14434.28 855.74
15 Frank Hulton 14361.48 851.42
16 John Tideswell 13025.04 772.19
17 Jonathan Wells 0.00 0.00
I would like to thank Jon Edison and Ronnie Lampe for sharing CD duties, the new timing equipment with its latest update uploaded was faultless on both days. Frank, Mark A, Mark R and Paul for getting the course out to the slope and ready for use. Kev and Tom who shared buzzer supreme duties. Finally North Yorkshire Moors Ridge Soaring Club for sharing the slopes again for us to race our models.
I look forward to catching up with you all again soon.
Thanks
Martin
Thank fully the weather was on our side for the weekend and we had plenty of wind and sun for this year’s SlopeGlide contest. Last year we were in Wales and with the change of location we moved to the Hole Of Horcum. Although the numbers were not as high as last year, we still had plenty of pilots for an excellent weekend of flying.
The first day put us on Levisham, this is a very challenging slope at the best of times but add its variability and you can be punished in every round. At the end of the day there were a few broken models after the 10 rounds, thankfully all were reparable. Setting the variability aside, other than 2 rounds the rest were won with sub forties, the fast time by Mark Redsell with 31.66 which was also the fastest time of the weekend.
The results at the end of day 1 were as follows:
1 Mark Redsell 8465.22 1000.00
2 Greg Dakin 8120.04 959.22
3 Rich Bago 7998.55 944.87
4 Martin Newnham 7983.47 943.09
5 Paul Garnet 7940.57 938.02
6 John Phillips 7914.65 934.96
7 Kev Newton 7791.94 920.46
8 Ronnie Lampe 7504.88 886.55
9 Mark Abbotts 7499.67 885.93
10 Tom Foreman 7421.81 876.74
11 Keith Wood 7365.64 870.10
12 Jon Edison 7202.37 850.81
13 Frank Hulton 7094.88 838.12
14 Tom Macpherson 6983.12 824.91
15 Mick Walsh 6746.22 796.93
16 John Tideswell 6522.69 770.52
17 Jonathan Wells 0.00 0.00
Sunday, the wind was looking to be more southerly and the hope of flying on the bowl was eagerly awaited by all, conditions on this slope tend to more consistent, how wrong we was. Every round had its good and bad flights, everyone suffered at some point throughout the day. It was still a great days flying enjoyed by everyone.
Overall it was an excellent weekend of flying and I think everyone enjoyed the flying, the relaxed atmosphere and the company.
To the final results, Mark Redsell took the honours and didn’t put a foot wrong for a well deserved the win. It was great to see John Phillips sharing the honours along with Greg Dakin in third. I hope the port and win went down well.
At the end of the 20 rounds the scores were not as far apart as the conditions would have suggested they would be.
1 Mark Redsell 16867.49 1000.00
2 John Phillips 16563.05 981.95
3 Greg Dakin 16449.83 975.23
4 Martin Newnham 16315.29 967.26
5 Rich Bago 16233.95 962.44
6 Paul Garnet 15909.66 943.21
7 Kev Newton 15508.96 919.45
8 Keith Wood 15471.99 917.26
9 Ronnie Lampe 15195.49 900.87
10 Tom Foreman 15168.34 899.26
11 Jon Edison 15167.26 899.20
12 Mark Abbotts 14929.47 885.10
13 Mick Walsh 14545.54 862.34
14 Tom Macpherson 14434.28 855.74
15 Frank Hulton 14361.48 851.42
16 John Tideswell 13025.04 772.19
17 Jonathan Wells 0.00 0.00
I would like to thank Jon Edison and Ronnie Lampe for sharing CD duties, the new timing equipment with its latest update uploaded was faultless on both days. Frank, Mark A, Mark R and Paul for getting the course out to the slope and ready for use. Kev and Tom who shared buzzer supreme duties. Finally North Yorkshire Moors Ridge Soaring Club for sharing the slopes again for us to race our models.
I look forward to catching up with you all again soon.
Thanks
Martin
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