East River Contest Results

1^st Annual East River Precision Aerobatics Contest Report

NSRCA District 4 has completed yet another successful contest. Mike and Cindy Darr held the contest at a friend’s farm in East China, Michigan, about thirty minutes northeast of Detroit. We had 16 pilots this year with seven flying Advanced, three in Masters, three in FAI, two in Intermediate, and one flying well in Sportsman. Weather was a bit of a challenge with temperature in the upper nineties and very high humidity both days, but plenty of cold drinks helped keep us cool. Cloud cover was minimal with light and variable winds coming mostly out of the Northwest. The heat and Humidity was a little uncomfortable at times, but we all made it through the weekend in pretty good shape.

A little over 2 hours of practice time was available each morning and many of the pilots took advantage of it. 

We had three electric planes at this contest. Verne Koester flew his new PL Partner, Steve Maxwell flew his Panacea from PAC, and Andrew Jesky flew his Piedmont Models Brio.  All three were powered by Hacker motors and Thunder Power batteries.  Verne is getting his Partner dialed in more and more after each flight. He must be getting close because he won all six rounds.

On Saturday night Mike and Cindy hosted a barbecue at their home for all of the pilots and their families. There was plenty of food for all in attendance and I don’t think anyone left hungry. We flew foamies, Andrew tore up the sky with his electric T-Rex, and there was also one glow-powered helicopter enjoying the cooler evening weather.

Sunday morning we decided to run one flight line instead of two because we had some pilots that were unable to return for rounds five and six. The decision to run one flight line made judging a little easier, and gave some of the pilots a little more comfort by only having one plane in the air during these rounds.

We raffled off two airplane kits, and three $20.00 gift certificates, that were donated by Prop Shop Hobbies in Warren Michigan. www.prop-shop.com 

Ken Alexander’s daughter won the Brio 10 and two of the $20.00 gift certificates, and Dennis Bodary’s girlfriend won the Fun Fly EP and a $20.00 gift certificate.  After the winners of the raffle were announced we had the awards ceremony, before everyone departed for their drives home.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody that came to the contest and the barbecue, making both events safe and successful for all.

Mike and Cindy Darr

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