Pegasus IMAC 2009

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Overall, there were 26 pilots flying in the 2009 Pegasus IMAC Challenge contest. In no particular order they were: John Banks, Trent Schneider, Jeff Whitaker, Steve Stanton, Michael Northrup, Frank Puccio, Luke Pallansch, Michael Pallansch, Kenneth Warren, Mike Frey, Tony Bonano, Kirk Adams, Fred Lumb, Robert Pleasanton, Mark McQuaide, Neil Westdorp, Dave Michael, Brian G. Foveaux, Andy Kane, Alex Davis, Dan Bradshaw, William Bouchard, Troy Wallace, Ray Foley, Michael Hornbaker and Kenneth Donnelly. These pilots flew a grand total of 367 judged sequences.

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You can read the full report by Brian at this link

http://www.mini-iac.com/Regions/Northeas...http://www.mini-iac.com/Regions/Northeast/NENewsEvents/tabid/61/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/228/PEGASUS-IMAC-CHALLENGE--July-2526

and if for some reason you cannot read it, here it is, though the formatting will be a little messed up.

It’s Monday morning and I’m still full from this one. Jim, Mike, and the rest of the Pegasus RC Flyers Team would have made Team Cholesterol proud with this contest! Shawn; who stood watch diligently at the concessions throughout the weekend actually is a Chef …and he grilled us up some Shrimp, Beef, and Chicken Kabobs that were just awesome! Never did I think that I would ever take a picture of my food before I ate it but it was just too awesome. Although I was busy eating kabobs, I heard that even the burgers, hotdogs and sausages, were spiced up to restaurant standards. For breakfast he was even cooking up some breakfast sandwiches and had the coffee ready when the first pilot hit the field. What a great job!

Overall, there were 26 pilots flying in the 2009 Pegasus IMAC Challenge contest. In no particular order they were: John Banks, Trent Schneider, Jeff Whitaker, Steve Stanton, Michael Northrup, Frank Puccio, Luke Pallansch, Michael Pallansch, Kenneth Warren, Mike Frey, Tony Bonano, Kirk Adams, Fred Lumb, Robert Pleasanton, Mark McQuaide, Neil Westdorp, Dave Michael, Brian G. Foveaux, Andy Kane, Alex Davis, Dan Bradshaw, William Bouchard, Troy Wallace, Ray Foley, Michael Hornbaker and Kenneth Donnelly. These pilots flew a grand total of 367 judged sequences.

Friday at the field – Some people were starting to show up for the weekend and got in some practice. It was the weirdest day of flying – storm clouds were everywhere, but always just missed us. We flew with thunder, dark skies, 10-15 MPH wind but not one drop fell on us. It was some really great practice in the wind which came in handy for the rest of the weekend. Jim and his team were out there welcoming everyone and making preparations, getting things set up, making sure that everything was ready to go.

Saturday July 25th

Pilots from up and down the NE were arriving at the field. At 8:45 Jim called together a pilots meeting. He discussed his plan for the weekend for getting in 3 rounds of Knowns in on Saturday and a round of Unknowns and a round of Knowns in on Sunday. Topics such sound score matching, deadline and scoring of Breaks were discussed. There were a lot of new pilots in the Basic ranks – Welcome Aboard!

Wheels up for the first round started at about 9:15 AM, 2 ½ rounds of Knowns were flown. Around 4 PM, some really nasty weather was heading our way. A decision was made to quit for the day and fly the remainder of the 3rd round on the next day. It turned out to be a good one because no sooner than planes were safely tucked away did it start to pour rain.

A couple of new kids on the block showed that they have what it takes. Michael Pallansch was flying his Funtana amazingly well in the 10-15 mph wind – and you know that isn’t easy. Michael Hornbaker was also tearing it up. Halfway through the contest he started to fly Bill James’s infamous “Casper” and started to rise through the point standings. I know he really liked flying it and was even ringing it out after hours. I think Bill created an IMAC monster that might come back to bite him. Michael Pallansch stuck it to the ole man when he narrowly beat his father in the Basic class. Great job to all the new Basic pilots who flew well and kept it moving through the weekend with a very large class!

Saturday evening we went to a local restaurant that Jim had set up for us. It was a really nice Italian place that had great food. All that went were treated to a great time – and it was really nice to get to know everyone better in a non-flying atmosphere. I really enjoyed it. Great idea Jim!

Sunday July 26th

Pilots began to arrive at the field as early and were met with a little drizzle and an overcast sky. It was not looking good and most planes were kept tucked away until it cleared up a bit. I know I was happy to have a little more time to study my Unknown – although it didn’t help. But, everyone was in good spirits as they gathered around under the pavilion sipping coffee and socializing.

Around 9:30 AM, it looked like the last rain front was going to clear out and plane assembly commenced. Soon thereafter, the sky cleared up and planes took to the air for a round of Unknowns. Following the Unknowns, the 3rd round of Knowns was finished up. With the radar showing more showers on the way and some really nasty looking clouds building, the decision was made to not fly a 4th round.

Freestyle was flown with 3 competitors. Alex Davis, Neil Westdorp, Andy Kane. All three put on one heck of a show despite the wind. Alex was flying Jim’s plane and I can’t imagine trying to freestyle with an unfamiliar plane but he pulled it off and flew his way to a victory – I think I saw Jim close his eyes a few times! Neil flew freestyle with his 40% Carden due to currently swapping over equipment to his new freestyle plane and that can’t be easy either – like going from a Ferrari to a Mac Truck. And for Mr. Andy Kane, a very amusing freestyle with some interesting music….he did things with that Composite Arf MX2 that would surely make the wings fall off a balsa plane. He did the wildest tumble I have ever seen at nearly full throttle – It just isn’t natural when the tail is out in front – twice!

Pilots gathered around for the awards ceremony at about 2:00. The awards were some really nice engraved beer mugs and pilsner glasses. Beer mugs were those that had a “handle” on their flying and were awarded as First Place trophies. Alex and Neil were encouraged to use them ONLY for Root Beer of course. Alex, having both a Pilsner for his 2nd Place in Sportsman and a “root beer” mug for his 1st Place in the Freestyle, then put on a demonstration for us showing us what would happen if you accidentally banged the two together ----- doh! The mug won by the way…. Please do not try this at home kids.

Due to the gracious sponsorship received from Hangar Hobbies in Chantilly, Nexgen Hobby, Smartfly, and Autokinetics, there were lots of awards to go around including a Real Flight G4.5 and Expansion Pack 3 that Hobby Hangar donated. Thank you very much guys for your support! Also, a big Thank You to Jim, Mike, Tobey, and the Pegasus RC Flyers of Hagerstown for hosting an incredible contest.

Final Standings

Frank Puccio won the Basic class. There were 13 pilots in Basic. The winning order was: (1) Frank Puccio, (2) Kenneth Donnelly, (3) Jeff Whitaker, (4) Ray Foley, (5) Michael Hornbaker, (6) Steve Stanton, (7) Kenneth Warren, (8) Mike Frey, (9) Michael Pallansch, (10) Luke Pallansch, (11) Dan Bradshaw, (12) Michael Northrup and (13) William Bouchard. They flew 7 known sequences (4 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,627.5 to a high of 4,839.8 (a range of 2,212.2 points).

Robert Pleasanton won the Sportsman class. There were 5 pilots in Sportsman. The winning order was: (1) Robert Pleasanton, (2) Alex Davis, (3) Mark McQuaide, (4) Fred Lumb and (5) Kirk Adams. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 4,182.7 to a high of 4,859.4 (a range of 676.7 points).

Tony Bonano won the Intermediate class. There was 1 pilot in Intermediate. The winning order was: (1) Tony Bonano. He flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round.

John Banks won the Advanced class. There were 3 pilots in Advanced. The winning order was: (1) John Banks, (2) Trent Schneider and (3) Troy Wallace. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 4,883 to a high of 4,976.6 (a range of 93.6 points).

Neil Westdorp won the Unlimited class. There were 4 pilots in Unlimited. The winning order was: (1) Neil Westdorp, (2) Dave Michael, (3) Brian G. Foveaux and (4) Andy Kane. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 3,773.7 to a high of 5,000 (a range of 1,226.3 points).

In addition to the standard classes, there was 1 special class: Seniors.

Alex Davis won the Freestyle class. There were 3 pilots in Freestyle. The winning order was: (1) Alex Davis, (2) Neil Westdorp and (3) Andy Kane. They flew 1 freestyle round. The scores ranged from a low of 869.9 to a high of 1,000 (a range of 130.1 points).

The tightest competition was for 6th place in the Basic class, with only 0.7 points difference between Steve Stanton and Kenneth Warren.

Next Up!

For the next stop in the 2009 NE IMAC Season, we are heading north to the great state of Connecticut for Woodstock IMAC. The Woodstock RC Flyers of South Woodstock , CT are once again hosting this great contest on 8/8-8/9. The field will be open for practice on Friday 8/7. For those that don’t know, this contest is in it’s 3rd year and getting bigger. It is held at Woodstock airport which is a private full scale runway. It doesn’t get much better than that. This is where the Northern and Southern parts of our region can get together for some good times and duke it out. Hope you all can make it!

For the Contest Director (Mike Frey)/ Contest Coordinator (Jim Cokonis)

Brian Foveaux

ARD NE Region IMAC

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bLinDsiDe18 Wrote:I think that our support are critical as together we move scale aerobatics to the next level. IMAC is actively working on many projects bringing new and exciting benefits to its members and to expand the sport of scale aerobatic competition worldwide. Get on board and together we can make it happen!



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I'd have to agree with this. Just a tidbit of info that is currently happening. The education committee along with a few other members of the BOD is currently working on some simulations for IMAC members as part of the overall training for IMAC pilots as well as the standard how-to for the 2010 Basic and Sportsman sequences.

Jim C is also part of the marketing team that is being headed by Dave Michael. Some of you may remember him from the Primer he and Brian did at Pegasus this past season.

In our region we have quite a few changes coming, beyond what we did this season. Most of the officers of the NE region are on a break but I can assure you that we are not sitting still for 2010.

One thing that is certainly coming is a NE/SE region shootout. This was suggested to me in the middle of this past season and I took a vote and it was overwhelmingly approved so all we have to do is locate a place to do it that is some what in the middle of both regions.

So stay tuned everyone. Check the IMAC site often, either under the North East forum or the NE event calendar for more info as it comes available but right now it's pretty quiet on the IMAC site in general.

If you want to get a good look at how the season went, look at the NE Gallery (2 full pages) on the IMAC site for pictures of almost every event we had in the US. The Canada folks post theirs on the http://www.peneloperc.com website

http://www.mini-iac.com/Regions/Northeas...http://www.mini-iac.com/Regions/Northeast/NEGallery/tabid/83/De

http://www.peneloperc.com/index.php?opti...http://www.peneloperc.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2