RAIN, RAIN, RAIN!! …but most of our regulars turned up. It was too wet on Friday and Saturday morning to do much.
Q500
We decided to try for a few Quicky Rounds on Saturday morning. A good entry of 10. Some good racing, as always, over six rounds in this class, with a dead heat for 3rd place with Andrew Davies and David Chippendall. The performance of these out-of-the-box, off-the-shelf 7.5cc engines is amazing. I would say they eclipse the VRP’s and OPS’s of my early days in F3D. John Schmidli ended up taking it out from Gary Davidson.
F3T
Eight entries managing five rounds. Andrew Davies taking it out. There were a few engine problems, DNFs, and cuts. I see some nice new models in this class and very fine flying. Special mention goes to Tony Eichstadt and Anthony Thurgood – two very enthusiastic newcomers. Very rare for some time now.
F3D
Nothing much to report here. We could only manage four rounds. Times were less than average, with only four entries. Anthony Thurgood is certainly on his way in this class with a second place. Nothing new to report, but until we have F3D numbers fully attended again, we won’t see the world-class times we have seen in the past.
We did see some world-class control line combat demos from Murray Wilson and Greg Nelson. It is very special to see this very skilful form of Aeromodelling. We must thank Murray and Greg for putting on this display.
See you at Munro Field again on February 10th / 11th, 2024
The 2022 – 2023 championship year has drawn to a close. The season spanned about 16 months as we will go by the calendar year for future seasons. It consisted of 12 races and taking part in the season; competitor numbers were 13 for FA1, 18 for F3T and 22 for Q500.
So congratulations go to the winners: Brian Steele taking out both FA1 & F3T and John Schmidli taking out Q500.
FA1
With the last race included, the Championship winner Brian Steele remained at the top, with Glenn Matthews jumping from 6th position into 2nd, bumping Rick Townsend down to 3rd place.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Glenn Matthews 3rd – Rick Townsend
F3T
This race didn’t change the top 3 places.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Jim Orenshaw 3rd – Andrew Davies
Q500
Again, there were no changes in the top 3 places for this class.
1st – John Schmidli 2nd – Jim Orenshaw 3rd – Anthony Thurgood
Report – Barry Murphy & John Schmidli Photos – John Schmidli.
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What an incredible weekend we experienced while participating in the Victorian State Championships at the Warrnambool clubs. The weather couldn’t have been better; the club facilities and field were of top-notch, and we had a great turnout.
A few of noteworthy highlights caught our attention. It was particularly gratifying to witness the debut of a new Q500 competitor, 14-year-old Bowen Brown, who adapted remarkably well to the pylon course and showed continuous improvement throughout the weekend. We sincerely hope to see Bowen at upcoming VMPRA events.
Bowen Brown, Debut in Q500 with Anthony Thurgood calling for him.
Additionally, it was a pleasure to see Shaun Power join us once more, marking his participation in the last four competitions. I think he’s enjoying it!
Finally, a special mention goes to Anthony Thurgood, one of our relatively recent competitors, who clinched the 1st place in F3D. Anthony has now competed in all three classes in a remarkably short time, especially excelling in the challenging F3D class, which he has only competed in five competitions to date. Congratulations to Anthony Thurgood on this well-deserved achievement.
The FAI are putting together a list of overall ranking across all world champs. Attached is the ranking of all Australians. For more information, you can go to: https://fai.org/page/f3-radio-control-pylon-racing
Results
Class – FA1
Places: 1st Anthony Thurgood 2nd Brian Steele 3rd Glenn Matthews
Fastest Time (Red Box): 62.80 Glenn Matthews. No. of competitors: 4
Class – F3T
Places: 1st Brian Steele 2nd Jim Orenshaw 3rd Anthony Thurgood
Fastest Time (Red Box): 68.58 Glenn Matthews. No. of competitors: 13
Class – Q500
Places: 1st Jim Orenshaw 2nd John Schmidli 3rd Tom Allen
Fastest Time (Red Box): 96.10 John Schmidli No. of competitors: 11
With one more race left for the season, Brian Steele has it all wrapped up. Rick Townsend has remained in 2nd position and Andrew Davies has moved up into 3rd position.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Rick Townsend 3rd – Tom Wetherill
F3T
Again, Brian Steele will wrap it up as season champion with one race to go. Jim Orenshaw has moved up into 2nd position having bumped Andrew Davies down a spot into 3rd position.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Jim Orenshaw 3rd – Andrew Davies
Q500
No change in the top three positions and John Schmidli has secured the championship with a race to go.
1st – John Schmidli 2nd – Jim Orenshaw 3rd – Anthony Thurgood
Report – John Schmidli Photos – John Schmidli & Tom Allen.
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Report – John Schmidli Photos – John Schmidli & Anthony Thurgood.
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