Sunday's EF-1 race in Orangeville Sept 22, 2024

[Frank v B]

Come out and race or just cheer us on.

Vadim and I are intending to be at the Tim's Schomberg (on Hiway 27, 1 km south of Hiway 9, 5 km west of Hiway 400) at about 8:45 am.

We plan to leave Tim's for Orangeville at 9 am.

Directions:
Off to the races.  We leave Tim's Schomberg by 9 am.  In brackets are the cumulative distances from Tim's Schomberg (67 km's total distance to the flying site).

West on Hiway 9 for 34.1 km's where #9 "T's" into #10 north at Orangeville where the McDonald's is located just north of the intersection (west side).
North on Hiway 10  for 13.4 km's (47.5 km's) to Sideroad 20.  This is just after you see the first Windmills to the west.
West (left) on 20 for 16.3 km's (63.8 km's) until the road ends at a "T" intersection stop sign.  Turn right (north)... after you stop!
North on this road.  After 1.4 km's (65.2 km's) it turns into a gravel road.  At the 3.2 km (67.0 km's) mark from the "T" intersection you will see a farm on the right.  It is the first farm north of the little concrete bridge on the road. Drive between the buildings and turn left at the fork in the driveway (200').  Just before you hit the grass runway  (300 ft) it turns east (right).  You will see the cars.  Parking dependent of the wind direction.

Racing starts at about 11:00 or 11:30.

Frank

[Frank v B]

A fun day in Orangeville.  Nine came to race.  4 races for each pilot.  A beautiful day, nice that there was some wind directly down the runway.  These planes are easier to race with a significant headwind.  It gets them off the ground faster.  They are squirrily on the ground but groove in the air.

Three Temac members raced.  Vadim, Glenn and me.  Two people came from Ottawa and one from London, Ont.

These EF-1 planes have a 25 size, 1250 KV (high) motor, at least a 60 amp speed control, an APC 8x8 prop and a 4S battery (2200-3000 mah).  That is over one horsepower.  They fly at 150-160 km/h (Kenny speed).

The course has 3 poles, the pilots stand in the middle, two racers at a time, 10 laps.  The approximate length of the course is double the length of our cut grass north to south.  Race times are between 1 minute 20 and 1 minute 40 for the 10 laps.

Results- Glenn came in 3rd, Vadim came 7th and I snuck in with a 5th.

Frank


Photo report:
65- before the races started
66- before the races.
67- an early crash wiped out one racer's day.  It happened just after take-off in the first race.
69- a racer (Wayne from Ottawa's first race ever, tan jacket) with his caller (Canada shirt).  In the foreground, Chris from Ottawa observing/learning how to call a race.
71- Vadim trying to break out of the tent.  The wire mesh is there to protect workers/racers from errant airplanes.  A few years ago I was calling a pylon when a race plane went out of control, I saw it coming and dove to the ground.  The plane strained itself through one of these screens at 150 km/hr.  They are life savers.
72- how the planes are launched- held in place by the caller with motors at full throttle and released on the wave of the start flag.
73- Glenn with full concentration trying to land his plane.
76- Zach calling for his grandfather Rick.
79- 3 generations of the Paine family- Cory, Rick and Cory's son Zach.
83- callers holding the planes before another start.
87- Nine pilots, course workers and callers.  A great bunch.
89- Ken Fluney organized the races.  Thank you!

[msatin]

Well done TEAM AC!
(see what I did there? LOL)