EMAC Results for Feb ’12

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

Published November 16, 2017

Brad’s Corner for Nov/Dec 2017

To begin, I would like to mention that we are moving this month’s meeting/board member voting from our usual fourth Saturday to Saturday the 18th to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving holiday travel. We will have the meeting/voting around noon with pizza provided by the club for attendees. Jim has sent out absentee ballots for those that cannot attend, please ensure that if you do vote absentee – you fill in your full name as it appears on your membership card. If we can’t verify that you are a member, your ballot will not be counted. No cemetery voters please…
Finally, it has cooled off a bit! It is crazy that we had to wait until November to get a break this year. Still waiting for some rain to smooth the field out and reduce the risk of fire at our site. We really haven’t had many fires this year, and I want to thank all of you for being careful and having your extinguishers ready as needed.
Jim and Dennis have started replacing the worst of the tables at the main runway. Please throw them a thank you for giving up a few flying days to work for us instead. They started with the worst four and will continue into next year as the existing tables give out. Not bad, we have nearly 4 years on tables we expected to last one.
A reminder on etiquette at the field, safety concerns, and just plain common sense: In the last 2 weeks I have observed folks walking out past the fence without letting other pilots know they were stepping out. Please call loudly, there were a few VERY near misses! Also, please look and verify no one is on approach before loudly announcing take-off and landing. Also judge the point at which you call your landings, calling too early can leave others stranded with low batteries waiting for a landing that should have been called thirty seconds later. Finally, after landing, if you taxi – please do so near the fence to reduce risk of others coming in after you.
One of our club members, Butch Bucciarelli, heard my call in September that we were looking for a venue to have our Holiday banquet in Jan. He came through for us in a big way, and our Banquet Committee ( Randy and Quan ) are finalizing the details. It sounds AMAZING! Plan for a blast to all 2017 members to come out in early December with all of the info. Details will not make the web page or be posted to Facebook ( Pictures will post AFTER the event) to avoid the party crashers/freeloaders as we experienced the last 2 years. If you are a member, and do not get the club e-mails, email your friendly editor and he will make sure you get yours: editor@sefsd.org

As I look over the newsletter for the last few months, I notice a great amount of content provided by members. Thank all of you that have hopped on board! Steve Belknap has been doing a great job of putting it all together for us, and it makes his life a bit easier if he does not have to search for all of the content himself. If you have a neat project, please share!
The Board has voted on and approved a small increase in membership dues starting 2018. Dues will go up to $50.00 a year when we start accepting 2018 applications next month. The club costs have been going up over the last few years and this will allow us to keep even. One exciting thing you will see next year is a new style of badge we will be issuing to take some of the load from the membership coordinator – THANKS GEORGE SULLIVAN! We failed to realize how much of a load we had put on Isabel as we took the club from two hundred to four hundred members. Thanks again to Paul and Isabel Guidice for the service to the club for the last seven years.
Please join us on Saturday for the meeting and vote. If you want to give back to the hobby you enjoy, I greatly encourage each of you to spend a bit of time on the board so we can all benefit from your ideas and experiences.
Have a great Thanksgiving, and please be safe. I think I saw a video on YouTube of Skip trying to deep fry a turkey. It was scary! I will be having ham now…
Brad