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About Scadtastic

A Life Member of LDMFA, I have been flying r/c model aircraft for 22 years and pylon racing on and off over the last 21 years. Originally flew Sport pylon and then F400, since coming back to pylon racing, I now fly Q500.

Event Report – Hamilton, May 2025

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Back on the weekend of May 17 to 18, the VMPRA went to Hamilton for a race weekend. Numbers were a little down unusual, particularly for F3D.

On Saturday morning, conditions were rather grey and wet. Because of the low number of competitors and the fact that we had almost enough help from the club, we decided to run F3D and Q500 together, eliminating the long waits between F3D rounds. This would have worked well, except for regular stops for rain showers. We only managed to complete 5 rounds of the class on Saturday.

Sunday morning gave us far better weather conditions, and having flown the other two classes on Saturday, we ran 8 rounds of F3T. We managed to get through these rounds reasonably quickly with a slightly earlier finish than usual. Thank you to the Hamilton Club for hosting this event and providing splendid catering and a field in good condition.


The next event is an AMPRA at Munro on June 7 – 8. Hopefully, we can get good numbers at this event, being one of our highlights of the year.

Results

These are the placings for this race weekend, plus the fastest times. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Anthony Thurgood
3rd N/A

Fastest Time (Red Box): 71.21 Anthony Thurgood
No. of competitors: 2

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Anthony Thurgood

Fastest Time (Red Box): 70.19 Brian Steele.
No. of competitors: 5

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Alan Whitbourne
2nd Eddie Rich
3rd Jim Orenshaw

Fastest Time (Red Box): 102.01 Alan Whitbourn
No. of competitors: 6

Check out the full results >>>

Season Championship

FA1

Anthony Thurgood is still in top position. Brian Steele has moved up into 2nd place from 3rd.

1st – Anthony Thurgood
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Glenn Matthews

F3T

No changes at the top 2 positions. Jim Orenshaw has moved from 6th placing into 3rd.

1st – Brian Steele
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Jim Orenshaw

Q500

Again, there has been no change in the top 3 placings.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Alan Whitbourne

Check Out Season Championship >>>

Next Race Events:
– AMPRA Champs, Munro June 7 -8, 2025.

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Report  – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli

Please note: We are looking for someone to write event reports regularly. Also, it would be wonderful to have someone photograph these events. This site has a vast readership and is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide.

The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. When time permits, they are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.

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Event Report – Mt Wallace (Q500 & Sports), May 2025

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The VMPRA finally raced the Mt Wallace state field after several past cancellations. It was blowy, but we completed 5 rounds of Q500 with 7 competitors. It was also fabulous to have 2 home club members competing in the Sports race, both flying Scanners and doing quite well for their first time flying pylon.

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Results

These are the placings for this race weekend, plus the fastest times. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.

Class – Q500

Places:
1st John Schmidli
2nd Tom Allen
3rd Eddie Rich

Fastest Time (Red Box): 101.44 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 7

Check out the full results >>>

Season Championship

Q500

Again, there has been no change in the top 3 placings.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Eddie Rich

Check Out Season Championship >>>
Check Out Complete Calendar >>>
 

Report  – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli

Please note: We are looking for someone to write event reports regularly. Also, it would be wonderful to have someone photograph these events. This site has a vast readership and is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide.

The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. When time permits, they are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.

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Event Report – Warrnambool, April 2025

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It was a pleasure to return to the Warrnambool Model Aircraft Club for another exciting pylon racing weekend on April 12–13. As always, the Warrnambool club were fantastic hosts, and a big shoutout to the members managing the No.1 pylon—they did an outstanding job.

Saturday brought ideal flying conditions, while Sunday remained fine but noticeably windier. The weekend turned out to be a real test of endurance, with a higher-than-usual attrition rate. By the end, only two competitors remained in F3D and F3T, and just three in Q500.

It was great to have Steve and Jo Taylor join us from Queensland. It was wonderful to have Steve racing with us.

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Results

These are the placings for this race weekend, plus the fastest times. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Anthony Thurgood
2nd Glenn Matthews
3rd Brian Steele

Fastest Time (Red Box): 71.76 Brian Steele
No. of competitors: 5

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd John Schmidli

Fastest Time (Red Box): 69.82 Andrew Davies.
No. of competitors: 9

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Eddie Rich

Fastest Time (Red Box): 97.76 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 8

Check out the full results >>>

Season Championship

FA1

No change in the top 3 placings.

1st – Anthony Thurgood
2nd – Glenn Matthews
3rd – Brian Steele

F3T

Brian Steele consolidated his top position, ahead by 6 points, Andrew Davies moved from 4th to 2 nd place, pushing Anthony Thurgood down a place into 3rd position.

1st – Brian Steele
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Anthony Thurgood

Q500

Again, there has been no change in the top 3 placings.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Alan Whitbourne

Check Out Season Championship >>>

Next Race Events:
– Mount Wallace – May 4 – Q500/Sports (Come Try Race).
– Hamilton – May 17 – 18 – F3D, F3T & Q500.

Check Out Complete Calendar >>>
 

Report  – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli

Please note: We are looking for someone to write event reports regularly. Also, it would be wonderful to have someone photograph these events. This site has a vast readership and is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide.

The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. When time permits, they are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.

Quick Reference

Event Results
Season Championship
Event Calendar
Event Gallery