EMAC Contest Results

 

Since, Jeffrey was doing the computer scoring. Tim suggested we do sequence level backwards as Advance 1st and Basic last. Tim Attaway flew his Advance 1st Round nice, tight, and precise without any zeros while preserving a 10cell 5000 pack flying the full two sequences without changing batters!  Dang man!

 

Jeffrey went up flying Advance better than IMAC at Coachella earlier in March of this year from 268 to 764 avg.

 

Sportsman class was the heating competitive show of three highly experience pilots from IMAC and F3A’s competing against each other in EMAC comp set! These pilots muscled and demonstrated for their places with clean lines of up lines & down lines with rolls, snaps, and point rolls. This IMAC Sportsman 2013 sequence was refined by our previous World Class Southwestern Region IMAC Director Tim Attaway, himself! It’s more challenging than 2012. Great Show guys!

 

As Basic Division began, the weather started becoming spookier with higher winds, and light rain. Pilot Diffenbach flew his Slow Stick impressing the judges every maneuver for the 2 sequences. Forester step-up and demonstrate Basic Class better than I have seen in the past EMAC contests. At this point, Basic Pilot Scharck decided the weather was alittle to extreme to be flying his contest round.

 

The 2nd Round of EMAC was Canceled due the weather.

 

Next EMAC #3 Contest is scheduled for September 14, 2013 at 10am. Please come, again!

 

Frank Gagliardi bravely tried to squeeze all 4 sequences out of a single battery pack, and almost pulled it off!  He made 3 and a half, and finished with a little “Weed Walk”.

Ray Fulks, evidently fueled by the fresh donuts he brought, captured a podium spot in Sportsman and still can’t find anyone to compete with him in the “80 and Up Division”.

Chris Walker entered his first EMAC contest, at the Sportsman level, and did a very respectable job of it!

Saad Attie brought his young son down to the field to watch Daddy fly to a strong 2nd place in Sportsman.

Steve Manganelli and Michelle brought their legendary Contest Brownies, as well as judging, flying, scribing and generally adding Levity.

Ron Scharck couldn’t stay long, but slapped his pattern ship together long enough to earn second prize in Basic.

The final event of the EMAC season will be held on November 17, the third Saturday, with a pilot meeting at 10:00. Hope to see you there.

I’ll be organizing and scoring,  Priscilla may be taking pictures.                    Mike E

 

Robert Harris took Basic

 

Dan Napier won Sportsman

 

Top Pilot Steve Nelson

Click the pic for April’s results

 

Craig Hunter kindly fired up his computer and entered all the scores, so here are results of the First EMAC contest held Feb 18.  By the way, each pilot’s lowest sequence is automatically dropped, so a “3000” is a perfect score for the day.

 

Advanced Division

	Final		Seq. 1	Seq. 2	Seq.3	Seq.4
Steve Nelson	3000		1000	1000	1000	1000
Tim Attaway	2903.1		972.5	959.3	930.7	971.4
Pedro Brantuas	2794.4		790.1	914	886.4	994.1
Steve Dente	2665.7		905.5	919.5	818.9	840.8
Howard Pilcher	2306.9		676	820.1	759.6	727.2

 

I observed these guys fly, and it was windy and the maneuvers were challenging. I would say that on this outing, Steve Nelson was unbeatable!  Excellent flying. Impressive second place showing by Tim Attaway, too.  They were both piloting the Extreme Flight 78” Extra model, so I guess I should run out and get one of those!  ( Oh wait, I forgot, I have one already……….maybe it’s not all about the plane…..)

Pedro Brantuas unveiled the new (to him) Déjà Vu pattern plane that he was still trimming.  Very nice. Steve Dente also honored the family name with his strong flights, especially in the morning session.  Howard Pilcher flew the Advanced  particularly well, considering it was his first time ever doing that sequence!  He literally worked it out in the parking lot before the contest.

 

Sportsman Division

	Final		Seq. 1	Seq. 2	Seq.3	Seq.4
Steve Neu	3000		1000	1000	973.9	1000
Dan Napier	2885.6		951.8	787.8	1000	933.8
Mark Bidar	2765.0		762.6	832.3	943.8	988.9
Steve Belknap	2716.4		917.7	854.7	940.2	858.5
Jeffrey Kuehn	2643.8		852.3	646.7	911.6	879.8

 

Steve Neu was deadly accurate with his sleek PassPort pattern  model, but out-of-town “celebrity” guest Dan Napier represented 3D Hobby Shop well with a strong second place showing.  Mark Bidar hadn’t been flying much, but look at how his scores trended as he warmed up…each one higher than the previous. Steve Belknap succumbed to the gale force cross wind and squeaked out a third place. Jeff Kuehn says that he is working on a new contest plane in the 2 meter category, so watch out for him at the next event.

 

Basic Division

	Final		Seq.1	Seq.2	Seq.3	Seq.4
Rob Anderson	3000		966.6	1000	1000	1000
Ron Schark	2815.5		1000	902.6	912.9	898.2
Frank Gagliardi	2577.0		793.6	818.8	840.3	917.9

 

Rob Anderson from 3D Hobby Shop drove down from Way Up North (…well, Orange County) and out scored our own Ron Schark and Frank Gagliardi to take the win in the Basic Division. Congratulations to all the flyers, and thanks to the original founders of these EMAC contests: Steve Dente and Tim Attaway.

If YOU would like to get involved, talk to Steve, Tim, or to me for more info.

Next EMAC contest is set for Saturday April 21, which coincides with a general meeting at the Sea World field.  Hope to see you there!

“Membership Mike” Eberle

See the results of the last EMAC for the 2011 season here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sportsman R< L Ray Fulks 1 st,Steve Neu 2 nd, Saad Attie 3 rd

 

Intermediate Mike Eberle 1 st

 

Advanced  Steve Dente  1st

Please see the results of the June EMAC here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sportsman found Steve Neu returning after some time off and he handily won the class, followed by our score keeper  (VIP) Craig Hunter and Saad Attie cornered the third place position.  Five total competed in Sportsman…..a nice turn-out there too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate found Mike Eberle and Mark Bidar moving up to take on a bit more challenge in difficulty and Mike successfully kept his winning ways with first place.  Bruce Brown was, as usual, excellent  and placed second.  Mark  had not practiced too much but gave it a whirl and did fine in this new class.  Remember he took first place among 15 or so pilots at Prado last year in a full IMAC contest so watch out next time.

 

 

 

 

 

In the top class, Tim Attaway squeezed out a win by the barest of margins over Pedro and Steve Dente and Doug Chronkhite did a half of a contest until his wife called to remind him of a doctor’s appointment.  All were very close in the standings and it might have gone any way and it probably will next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are always looking for interested, even mildly interested,  people to join the fun;  remember it is just a one day contest, in town, takes about 5 hours and you fly the electric plane of your choice.  We are always ready to answer questions and help you with set up and even coach you to your best performance.  See the results in the pull down menu and plan now to get out there for the next contest on June 18th.  Don’t forget  also, that before that EMAC on the 18th is a real IMAC contest being held at Miramar RC Flyers field right here in town on June 11 and 12th…….come and watch or join the fun.
Tim Attaway, regional director of IMAC and chairman for fun 2011.