JR Challenge IMAC contest

[Bob Hudson]

Yes indeed, it's off ( tomorrow morning 6:30am)) to the JR Challenge

http://hometown.aol.com/akane92802/JRChallenge2004.html

http://hometown.aol.com/akane92802/JRChall04.gif


YA BABY, sun 'n fun !!

[Gary Maker]

Hey Bob, you can't count the points here for the Ontario Points Award ya know! LOL Have a great trip!

[scaleguy]

Bob,

Have you been TOLD lately? :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

Have fun in the Great White South... sand that is.

All the best and say hi to Ivan for us.

I take it you are driving.

[Brian Facey]

Yes, have fun in Florida. I am so sick to death of winter! "sniff" :(

Don't you and Randy get brain freeze from all those cold beers after flying is finished for the day.

Brian F.

[Bob Hudson]

Bob,

Have you been TOLD lately? :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:

Have fun in the Great White South... sand that is.

All the best and say hi to Ivan for us.

I take it you are driving.

Hi Jim

Thanks, we do plan onhaving a great time!! Actually, Ivan's wife is going with him. So, I won't sharing the driving with Ivan. we are hoping to link up thismorning enroute to Windsor so we can convoy , atleast to the toledo area.

I am lionking up with one of my IMAC friends in Michigan ( today about noon) and he and I are going in his RV. YA BABY, on site motel !!

Hope you guys get some nice weather here while we're away

[Randy Brown]

Thats if they let me across the boarder:)

from getting the chair stuck in snow to getting stuck in hot sand
I love it
:)

[Carl Layden]

Thats if they let me across the boarder:)
:)

Who said we'd let you back in? :lol:

Seriously Randy, Bob have a great trip and best of luck. You can tell us all about it when you get back.

[scaleguy]

Bob,

Take lots of pictures so we can live vicareously through you and Randy!

Watch out for the trailerpark boyz! :lol: :lol:

[50%300SFlyer]

I must confess.... Im headed to Florida too for the JR Challenge :D Leaving early Sat morning :rock:

Looks like there will be a whole gang of Canadians there :oha:

The weather this week has been in the lows 80's!! 8) :P :lol:

Sorry.... could not resist guys!

[scaleguy]

OK Mike then :P :P :P to you too! :wink: :wink: Try and bring back some of that sun withya will ya?

[50%300SFlyer]

Ill do my best to do that Jim :!: Lord knows we could sure use some sun and warmth up here :wink:

Im going to be doing some flying with Fred Johnson on the Mon and Tues. Hopefully some of his knowledge and skills will rub off on me 8)

[KevinPerry]

To anyone that is interested , here is the link to the jr challange coverage ....

www.scaleaerobatics.com

There are pics of practice day up and I bet scores soon to follow of the first round . There is a few pics of the boy's down there ...Randy, Bob , Ivan and I havn't seen one of Mike yet .

KP

[Carl Layden]

Hi guys,

If you haven't visited http://www.scaleaerobatics.com/events/jrchallenge2004/

Here's one of "da boys".

[KevinPerry]

2nd day scores are now posted ..

http://www.scaleaerobatics.com/events/jrchallenge2004/


KP

[Randy Brown]

What a blast

RB

[craigk]

howzit going?

is everyone flyone flying big (33% and bigger)?

any hope for a guy with a 25% arf?

[craigk]

howzit going?

is everyone flyone flying big (33% and bigger)?

any hope for a guy with a 25% arf?

[50%300SFlyer]

Sure was nice weather down there! 8)

Here is a few pics from the challenge.

[50%300SFlyer]

Heres 2 more pics from the trip. This is Fred Johnsons hanger right at his house in Ocala Florida! :shock:

Inside you will find his full size AT6, Christen Eagle Bipe, and a Cessna 182! :wink:

I was luckey enough to go for a ride in the AT6! I can still feel those 5+ Gs during the loops and half cubans we did!! :wink: :rock:

Fred lives on an "Air Ranch" where everyone has a hanger right at the house with various planes inside. There are about 75 homes, all with taxiways leading to a 6000 ft runway. :shock: :D

What a place!

[Brian Facey]

Randy looks a little sunburned or is that just a beer flush on his face?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Brian F.[/b]

[Randy Brown]

I actully got wind burn driving down I75 with my window down

Got a great Tan

[scaleguy]

This is Fred Johnsons hanger right at his house in Ocala Florida! :shock:
Fred lives on an "Air Ranch" where everyone has a hanger right at the house with various planes inside. There are about 75 homes, all with taxiways leading to a 6000 ft runway. :shock: :D

What a place!
OH to dream.........!! :wink: :wink: :D

[KevinPerry]

Mike,

What happened bud :?: :?: On friday you where getting ready to kick some butt in fourth place and then on sat you are in tenth place :?: :?: :o

Yikes

KP

[Usetobechair]

Kevin

something about leaving early, not quite sure, Hey where were you Monday night. I was looking forward to seeing the new truck. Hey is that a Hemi

[50%300SFlyer]

Mike,

What happened bud :?: :?: On friday you where getting ready to kick some butt in fourth place and then on sat you are in tenth place :?: :?: :o

Yikes

KP

Kevin

Yes your right... I was getting ready to try to kick some butt in the finals :wink: Unfortunately, during one of my known sequences on Sat, the judges said I crossed the deadline at one end of the box :roll: :yikes: As a result, my whole sequence was given a zero, as those were the rules at this contest. Normally, you would just zero that manoeuver.

There were no throw away rounds during the finals. All 4 flights including 2 Unknowns :shock: [given to us that morning :shock: ] counted for your final score. I was out of the running at that point, so I did not bother flying my last unknown, and decided to get an early start on the 24 hour drive home.

All in all a good event though. And the weather was real hard to take :!: :wink:

[craigk]

Bob,Mike,Randy,

what would you say about the level of competitors, compared to what we have here in Ontario? You three have been around for a good bit, throughout the NC zone .

The trip sounds like a great vacation thing - but how would one fare with something less than a 28% or bigger gasser?

As if I had a chance anyway :cry:

[50%300SFlyer]

With a lot of the competitors coming from areas of the US where the flying season is much longer than ours, the competition was very tough. These guys have had much more time to practise than any of us.

In sportsman or Intermediate I think just about size plane would be competitive. In any class, its the guy moving the sticks that makes the biggest difference.... Practise.... practise .... practise... :wink:

[Jan Blom]

How much practice did u get in before going to the event Mike? Are the unknowns the same or less difficulty?

[KevinPerry]

Bob,Mike,Randy,

what would you say about the level of competitors, compared to what we have here in Ontario? You three have been around for a good bit, throughout the NC zone .

The trip sounds like a great vacation thing - but how would one fare with something less than a 28% or bigger gasser?

As if I had a chance anyway :cry:

Don't worry so much about the size of your plane .Ask Randy ...last year at our contest I beat Randy with his own airplane :P (Thanks Randy :!: ) Anyways it was a 28% giles 300 (74 inch WS moki powered) and I had no real trouble flying through the intermediate sequence with it . IMO with a lot of practice you could even compete in advanced with a plane that size , given the right conditions. Just keep flying it , practice,practice and more practice . More often than not, we simply beat ourselves when we compete .

25%- 28% are good flying planes , just practice.

KP

[KevinPerry]

Kevin

something about leaving early, not quite sure, Hey where were you Monday night. I was looking forward to seeing the new truck. Hey is that a Hemi

Hey Chuck ..

Yea .. ..it's got a Hemi :TU:

Afternoon shift got in the way on monday :? . Hey..looks like 23-26 more and I can bug you at work again :D

KP

[50%300SFlyer]

None at all Jan. I had not flown since Oct. I did arrive in Florida late on the Sunday, and then had 3 days to get as many flights in as possible in that time frame before the contest started on Thurs. I managed to shake off some of the rust that had accumulated on me over the winter. :lol:

The Unknowns were not bad the on Thursday, but by Saturday they were pretty tough. Lots of thinking to do on them. The other interesting thing, was that when the Unknowns were handed out, all they gave you was the aresti. There was no written description of the manouvers! :shock: You had to figure that out on your own. :wink:

[Randy Brown]

Mike you want me to appoligise..sure I appoligise ..

Mike you just pointed out to me that you appoligised to the right people 3 days ago..so I am going to believe you.. Like I said I appoligise... and read the pm I responded to you

man it frigin snowed :(


Sorry Jason:)

Randy

[Randy Brown]

Smallest Airplane at the JR challenge was 33% H9 Suk and H9 Extra

Just cannot win in the size dept:)

Randy


Bob,Mike,Randy,

what would you say about the level of competitors, compared to what we have here in Ontario? You three have been around for a good bit, throughout the NC zone .

The trip sounds like a great vacation thing - but how would one fare with something less than a 28% or bigger gasser?

As if I had a chance anyway :cry:

[aubej]

ah geez....come on Randy, you know better than to post this kind of stuff.

Jason

[craigk]

So what you're saying is that to be competitive there, you need to be a sandbagger up here - :?

[Randy Brown]

Seen your pm Jason..been removed for you

RB


ah geez....come on Randy, you know better than to post this kind of stuff.

Jason

[Randy Brown]

You can sandybag as much as you want..but sooner or latter your moving up:)

I liked the way Andy Kane did the unknowns..totaly surprised everyone when they got one on day one for sure..

hum..unknowns on day one at fcf.. what a thought<G>

Randy


So what you're saying is that to be competitive there, you need to be a sandbagger up here - :?

[50%300SFlyer]

Mike you want me to appoligise..sure I appoligise ..

Mike you just pointed out to me that you appoligised to the right people 3 days ago..so I am going to believe you.. Like I said I appoligise... and read the pm I responded to you

Randy

Thank you Randy! :cheers:

[aubej]

Thanks guys.

Jason

[Randy Brown]

Jason you should have been with us.your looking prette pale:)


RB

[Randy Brown]

Only if we had a place to fly on Sunday on tarmack etc

Gotta have 20knot winds .. us sunshine boys are not use to flying in calm winds after JR Challenge:)

RB

[Randy Brown]

So did I tell you all about the story about the Hooker that showed up at the motel the other day:)

She don't like me or the Sherif:)

Like my wife says..I am only in love with one thing
MY AIRPLANE

lol

Randy

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my da 100 would look good in this:)

[Randy Brown]

Here is Andy Kane..the CD of the greatest IMAC even I ever been to