Here's his report on the day.
We had 7 starters pay their entry fee however 1
pilot decided to spectate so we ended up with 6 pilots. The weather was perfect
with sunny clear skies and just a light breeze from the wsw varying now and
then. In what was probably a first for a Badmac Fun Fly all Pilots flew
Electric planes, no I/C engines !!. (What's the world coming too!)
The flying was challenging for pilots and planes
with some models "snapping" out of tight manoeuvres or unable to perform the
manoeuvre. Unfortunately Ron B crashed his plane on event 5 in the touch and
go.
The Final Results are...
1st Ben Biggs 74 points..2nd David Chip 70
points..3rd Brody 54 points..4th Rob Biggs 48 points..5th Geoff White 36
points..6th Caleb Chip 0 points DNS. And the Hard luck award went to Ron
Bartlett with 12 points and a nasty Crash. 1st prize was an Ozito "Dremel" type
tool. 2nd was a screwdriver kit and assorted clamps. 3rd was a 3 watt Cree LED
spotlight/torch and Hard luck award was a Hammer, Nails and Glue
!.
After the event we had a BBQ lunch followed by the
presentations. I would like to thank the Judges Barry, Ian S, (and Darryl) the
scorer Ralph, the safety officer Kim and Geoff our BBQ cook. And of course,
our Pilots who turned on a great display of flying skills. Also, I would like
the thank all those members who turned up on the original date when the event
had to be postponed due to strong winds, we made enough money with the BBQ that
day to cover our costs.
Thank you again Ron, I hope we will have many more of these events, I don't have the skills to win prizes, but I have fun and enjoy eating BBQ stuff.
I believe I am not alone in that regard.
