SWRCH Grassroots Christmas competition

[moonmanflyer]

I would just like to say a big thankyou to all that have entered, and the support you have shown, it also shows that this event was needed at this end of the country and it will hopefully be an ongoing competition in years to come.
We at the SWRCH want to give something back to the hobby and with our fly in earlier this year and now this grassroots comp, is the start of us bringing you great events over the coming years for you all to enjoy, thanks once again and I can't wait for this event

[Chip]

I would just like to say a big thankyou to all that have entered, and the support you have shown, it also shows that this event was needed at this end of the country and it will hopefully be an ongoing competition in years to come.
We at the SWRCH want to give something back to the hobby and with our fly in earlier this year and now this grassroots comp, is the start of us bringing you great events over the coming years for you all to enjoy, thanks once again and I can't wait for this event

A big thanks from all of us to you guys for arranging this event. After having a good laugh at the fly in, Im really looking forward to this comp.

Just to make sure, you did get my form and paypal James?

[moonmanflyer]

A big thanks from all of us to you guys for arranging this event. After having a good laugh at the fly in, Im really looking forward to this comp.

Just to make sure, you did get my form and paypal James?

Yep all forms are accounted for and most payments bar a couple that I know about

[moonmanflyer]

Had quite a few people asking questions about the sets round so going to try to explain as well as I can what is expected.
From the list of set manovers you have to pick 5, these will have to be flown in order as they appear in the list, just in case we have a sound system failure the judges will still know what is to be flown.
The round is max 6 mins long, so you need to have completed all your moves by then, anything over will not be scored and we will ask you to land.
Each manover has to be flown once, with your caller calling the start and finish to each one, this is when your score for that move will be done, anything either side of those calls will be ignored, if your caller calls start and then you make a mistake, there is nothing you can do, if your caller has not called start then you can reposn and try again.
any flying in between manovers should only be to reposn your model for the next move, but of you want a little buzz around before each then fair enough, just be very aware of your time limit.
Dont panic if you mess one up, just stay calm, and don't rush to the next one.
If you fly behind yourself over the safety line on any manover that one will be zero'd for that manover, unlike the freestyle where your whole round will be zero'd.
After you have finish all your sets, come in and land as soon as possible so the next pilot can fly, no show boating, leave that for freestyle.
I was asked about could you fly a practise run of each manover before calling it on a second pass, in theory yes you could but it could cause confusion with judging if they mistake a practise as your real run and also again remember you have a time constraint.
I have also been asked about which direction to do the moves, this is completely up to you, if an manover specifies it is to be flown from side to the other, you can choose direction, obviously wind can make a difference how easy one can be over the other but that is up to you.
In all the flying on the day the judges decision will be final, no arguments, we will have a line judge and if he flags you went over the safety line it will be counted as a zero.
Hopefully I have helped a bit, but one other thing you could do is go search 2010 grassroots set manovers on you tube and there you will see how different people flew there round
cheers
james

[jimmyhorns]

Sooooooo exxxxxxxcccccciiiiiitttteeeeeddddd

[SamS]

Still looking forward to this, and nervous

Lets just hope I can sort out all my never ending problems with the 500 before hand

[Geek]

Still looking forward to this, and nervous

Lets just hope I can sort out all my never ending problems with the 500 before hand

You will be fine. Don't rush your model just get it setup and get out for some practice.

[heathy]

Or get a back up🚁

[Geek]

Or get a back up🚁

Sam think Heathy offered you a 7hv as a backup good man

[moonmanflyer]

Sam think Heathy offered you a 7hv as a backup good man

Yeh thats how i read it too :-)

[jimmyhorns]

Yeh thats how i read it too :-)

Yeah funny that.... I thought the same

[heathy]

Ha ha very funny. Could hire one out though.

[SamS]

Thanks Heathy .. When shall I collect it from you ? Jokes

Practicing on the 130X at the mo, think I have the Sets nailed, don't know about the freestyle yet

[jimmyhorns]

First day of reasonable low wind weather since my balls up with the main gear on the Knight last weekend, so tomorrow im off to beaulieu to do some practicing. Shame the 600 still wont be in the air til I collect the missing part on Saturday, as it would be great to try out the Vbar....

Still, im going to try and work my way up from the 1.5's and see how far I get before things start getting messy.

Id be keen to know what kind of difficult scores people are going for in their set?.., my average is 2.5 I think.... but I may drop it for a tidier set.

[SamS]

I'm doing mostly 2.5 and 3's and attempting a 3.5