SWRCH Grassroots Christmas competition

[moonmanflyer]

Make sure guys you are looking at the grass roots sets list not the champs list

[moonmanflyer]

All forms have been sent out to people that have pm'd me there email address, please if you want to enter pm me so i can get a form out
Cheers

[Boggy]

Manoeuvre Number	Manoeuvre Name	K Factor	Manoeuvre Description
1	Hovering T	1	A hovering T shall be flown with a 3 second pause at each point
2	Hovering M	1	A hovering M shall be prescribed with skids at eye level. 3 second hover at each point
3	Staged Hover 5, 10, 15ft	1	The model will hover at 3 heights, 5, 10 and 15ft with a 3 second pause at each point.
4	Side On Hover	1	The model shall hover for 10 seconds with steady control of drift.
5	Level Pass both directions	1	A forward flying pass shall be flown with the same speed and height in boht directions
6	Large Circle	1.5	A large (50ft) forward walking speed circle shall be performed with skids at eye level
7	Hovering Vertical Top Hat	1.5	The model shall perform a top hat manoeuvre with a 3 second pause at each hover point. To be performed slowly with a 3 second pause at each point.
8	180 Stall Turn	1.5	Performed to the left or right at comfortable height with the turn away from the flightline.
9	Nose In Hover	1.5	Perform a nose in hover with skids at eye level for 10 seconds.
10	Loop	1.5	A loop performed at medium speed ith a consistent entry and exit height.
11	50ft Auto	2	This autorotation be performed in any format in a safe manner with a controlled landing
12	Travelling Aileron Roll	2	Axial travelling roll and controlled speed.
13	Vertical Triangle	2	3 second pause at each hovering point. No piros in this manoeuvre.
14	Reverse Side on Hover	2	10 second pause to each side with a 180deg piro to change direction.
15	540 deg stall turn	2	Performed to the left or right at comfortable height with a turn and half away from the flightline.
16	Figure of 8	2.5	The model shall prescribe a figure of 8 pattern flown slowly in hover conditions.
17	Remote Tail in Circle	2.5	Flown under hover conditions, with the model prescribing a circle,with the tail pointing constantly to a centre point.
18	45 degree Descent	2.5	Steady descent at consistent rate to a hover in front of the pilot
19	Tick Tock	2.5	To be completed side on or head on. 3 repetitions
20	Double stall turn	2.5	Left and right hand sides with turn away from the flightline.
21	3 stationary elevator flips	3	Completed at a safe height with consistent height control and flip about the mainshaft of the aircraft.
22	Remote nose in circle	3	Flown under hover conditions, with the model prescribing a circle,with the nose pointing constantly to a centre point.
23	Inverted level flypast	3	Pass of 50ft flown forwards or backwards at controlled height and speed
24	Mini Rainbow	3	Controlled height approx 20ft wide with smooth changeovers. 2 each side.
25	Reverse Backward Circles	3	Flown slowly in hover with consistent height control.
26	Travelling double roll	3.5	Consistent height and speed
27	Travelling backwards Loop	3.5	Entry and exit to be at same height.
28	Knife edge Piro	3.5	Comfortable height, piro start and stop to be crisp. Entry and exit at same height.
29	Vertical triangle with 180 piro	3.5	Pause for 3 seconds at each stop point. Controlled 180deg Piro at top
30	Nose down or sideways Tick Tocks	3.5	Controlled Height, 3 rerepetitions

pick five you can do well

[LipolyGone]

Send me a form please James.

[moonmanflyer]

Send me a form please James.

Form sent Martin
BTW clear your inbox pm's, your quota is full

[SamS]

So, with the freestyle flight, does it have to include any of the set manoeuvres on that list, or do we just fly however we want ?

Although I'm sure most people will incorporate some of the set manoeuvres in their freestyle flight ...

[Baldie]

The freestyle you can do whatever you want, I think it lasts for 3 min.

[rachel]

The freestyle you can do whatever you want, I think it lasts for 3 min.

thats right roughly 3 mins , no music do whatever you want to , its your time enjoy it !!!!

rachel

[SamS]

But can we be listening to music in one ear while we fly ? I'm going to find it hard to fly without music, I always fly with it on Phoenix

[rachel]

But can we be listening to music in one ear while we fly ? I'm going to find it hard to fly without music, I always fly with it on Phoenix

I am not the contest director ..... but usually its ok as long as you can hear your caller ,just incase your so bad he needs to instruct you to land !!!
hopefully that wont happen !!!

If anyone needs help , advice or a caller I am always happy to help !!!!!

XXX Rachel

[SamS]

You could perhaps be my caller Rachel ?

[rachel]

You could perhaps be my caller Rachel ?

I would be honored to do that :-)
But
some advice that applies to everyone really .......

Pick a caller who regually flys with you , who is calm ( as you won't be !!! LOL)

DONT RUSH YOUR SETS !!!!! its not a race , the judges need time to mark each one ;-)

Make a list of moves to fly in the freestyle ,in order and have your caller read them out to you (as you will forget everything !!!!)

Have the caller count down , 1 min , 2 mins, 30 seconds then the last 15 seconds an actual countdown ,this helps me but at Grass roots level its not marked to the second so dont panic if your over .......

Start with simple stuff , and build up you will be shaking (read Cr*ping yourself)


Auto finish is good

Try and demonstrate nose in flying , imo not many show this and realling the model in tail in looks awful , as I said just my oppinion ;-)

Keep it smooth !!!!!!!! a move at 20 feet is just as good as one at 6 inches , it's grass roots remember , your most likley not Tareq :-)

Embrace the emotions you will feel ,,, fear , excitment , fear , selfloathing lol they att occur in those few moments .

also it may look pants to you but most pilots ,inc me are their own worst crittics.

Listen to any judges comments , if made they are experts .

Try not to make the judges run and hide ! hey James ;-) !!!!!!!!!!!!

Above all remember its just a toy helicopter so have FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope this drivel helps ,

good luck guys :-) all the best xxxxx Rachel

[moonmanflyer]

But can we be listening to music in one ear while we fly ? I'm going to find it hard to fly without music, I always fly with it on Phoenix

Just to clarify Sam, no sorry you can not have head phones in, it is a freestyle flight, not a flight to music, and having headphones in can also be off putting.

[moonmanflyer]

Right i just need to put some points of clarification accross for entry criterior.
Grassroots is for sports to lower level 3d pilots to enter.
As i had previously stated that if you had flown in inters you could not enter, this was wrong of me to say this.
The criterior has to be based on flying ability, and there at the higher end is a cross over from grassroots into inters, this grey area is hard to judge but after many discussions with judges, 3dformat commity and event organisers there is a recognised limit.
So if you can do complex piro manovers in a controlled fasion, i.e stastained kaos, or piro circuits at a fixed level and complete then you are to high, and if you demonstrated these type of manovers you would be more likely removed by a judges decision from the competetion, this obviously has to be seen as a complement not a rejection, this is to make it fairer on the rest of the pilots in that class.
This sort of decision will be made by the judges and there decision will be final, so if you are unsure please contact myself and i can discuse this with the judges.
But please just be honest with yourself on your own ability
This is going to be a fun event that can get you noticed and also is a great way to learn flying on a competative level at a stepping stone level, to help progress your flying, all pilots will be able to discuse there flights with all judges after there flights and be guided on how they could score better
Hope this helps :-)

[jimmyhorns]

Oh..... I actually can do more than half the list.... perhaps I should enter...

Will have to go and check the diary....