10th Annual Albuquerque Helicpoter Fun Fly Sept. 21-23

[d0truji]

Events, T-shirts, Food, Pilot Prizes, Raffle, Night Flying, Good times. This year will be bigger and better than ever!


This event is for those that like to fly !!! So bring lots of fuel and batteries The perfect fun fly for kickin' back, catching up with friends, great weather and flying all you want.

We have a limited number of camping spots so those that pre-register first get the spots. Be sure to let us know if you will be camping and we will reserve a spot for you.

For directions visit the Albuquerque R/C club site:www.arcconline.com


PRE-REGISTRATION - Anyone that pre-registers by Sept. 1st (We must receive it by Sept. 1) will get $5.00 off their registration.


You can mail a check or M.O. or use Paypal - Paypal ID: dtrujillo19@comcast.net - Make sure you give all the registration info in the comments or just send an email with all your info.

More information to come so keep an eye out for updates on this posting! Please see attached form for registration information.

[Lee Taylor]

Look forward to it, Daniel! Last year was a blast!

[nmdesertracer]

Looks like we may be attending!!

[d0truji]

Prizes are already on the way!

Thank you Helidirect!



www.helidirect.com

[d0truji]

Thanks KBDD! You guys always come through for us. Great company, great products!

http://www.kbddintl.com/

[d0truji]

A big thanks to Ron's Heli Proz South! A very generous prize for sure!



Be sure to visit their web page for some awesome deals.

http://www.ronlund.com/

[d0truji]

Don't forget that all those who preregister will get $5.00 off the registration fee. We still have some camping spots available. Let me know if you will need one.

Anyone interested in what the raffle heli will be this year? (No spoilers for those of you who already know)

[d0truji]

Another donation. Thank you very much Callie!



http://www.callie-graphics.com/index.php

[d0truji]

Thank you KDE! One of our most generous sponsors. Always a pleasure doing business with them. Their brushless motors are AMAZING!



http://kdedirect.com/

[d0truji]

Thank you Progressive RC. You guys rock!



Kinda tough to beat an iCharger.

http://www.progressiverc.com/

[d0truji]

Thank you Tower Hobbies. You guys are the best!



http://www.towerhobbies.com/

[d0truji]

Here are the shirts for this year. They came out great. In fact, they may look familiar to some of you



Please keep in mind that there are only a few days left before the pre-registration deadline. Get your information into us now and save five bucks!

[d0truji]

Pro Avant pilot Justin Barry will be at this event! Justin will be hosting a noontime demo flight and will be on hand for most of the week end tearing it up with his Avant.

Now if we could just get him to bring the Avant girls with him, we would be all set

[d0truji]

Thank you Venom Group for your most generous donation. Lots of good stuff coming!



http://www.venom-group.com/

[d0truji]

The question came up about available charging stations at the field. With the popularity growth in electrics, ARCC will supply at least one portable generator for this event. The outlets will most likely be under the shade in the pit area and will be limited. We will do our best to provide enough power for everyone but plan on being nice to the generators so that everyone can charge. In other words, we most likely won't be able to support 50 chargers running at 30 amps each

Also, today is the last day to pre register so get your information in ASAP!

[nmdesertracer]

We are gonna bring our generator. If somone needs power off ours.

[d0truji]

More sponsors are rolling in every day. Here are a few more great companies that deserve our support. Without them, these events would not be possible.

A very big thanks to:



http://www.rayshelitech.com/#/home



http://www.castlecreations.com/




http://www.bocabearings.com/

Please take a moment to visit some of these web pages to show your support for these great companies that are willing to donate products.

[d0truji]

APD Air 1 will be landing on Saturday afternoon. Be sure to be at the field around noon and have a close look at this awesome helicopter.

[d0truji]

Thank you RTL Fasteners!



http://www.rtlfasteners.com/

[dreed129]

Here are the contest rules for those that want to practice this week.

These are NOT set in stone so any and all suggestions will be welcomed.

CONTEST RULES:

Top 3 in Novice, Sportsman and Expert will receive an award.

Top 1 in Best Scale Flight and Scale Pilots Favorite will received an award

Top 3 in Drag Races will receive an award

The scores from each event will be added to determine final class placement.
The winner of an event with 10 entries will receive 100 points, second 81, third 64, and so on to 10th receiving 1 point.
Highest place is number of pilots squared, etc. (The more pilots in an event the higher your score for that event)
If you don't fly an event you get zero points for that event. If you try you will get points even if you are last place.

Five classes:
Novice (those who are learning to hover and maybe some forward flight)
Sportsman
Expert
Scale
Drag Races

Pilots can fly Novice or Sportsman, but not both.
Sportsman pilots can enter Expert.
Scale open to any scale helicopter
Drag races open to anybody


NOVICE

Bottle knock:
Bottles only - Timed event starting and stopping on a pad. Shortest time wins.

Pad Hop:
"Touch" each pad and return to start. Shortest time wins.

Timed flight:
Must fly at least one circuit to the left and right at least 20 feet each way.


SPORTSMAN

Bottle Knock:
You have 3 minutes to knock as many balls off as you can.
2 rounds each (Highest point round kept)

Pad Hop:
You have 3 minutes to touch as many pads as you can: Order of pads is clockwise or counterclockwise then reverse order each time all pads are touched.
2 rounds each (Highest point round kept)

Freestyle flight
3 min flight (Music optional) – Points awarded by judges.

Heli Limbo
Timed event. Pass under top of poles 3 times. Must enter and exit same direction each time. 2 rounds (lowest time is kept)

EXPERT

Auto Contest:

Two parts: Each part scored as a separate event
1. Timed auto – Climb for 20 sec and longest time to ground wins.
(2 rounds – longest time kept)

2. Spot Auto: Nose on spot for points - (Three tries, add points for score)

Inverted Heli Limbo
Timed event. Pass under top of poles 5 times inverted. Must enter and exit same direction each time. 2 rounds (lowest time is kept)

Freestyle flight
3 min flight (With music – match flight to music) – Points awarded by judges

SCALE

Two classes for scale:

Best scale flight:
We will have a number of "secret" judges on hand all weekend watching. So make sure your flights are to "scale"

Pilots favorite:
Each pilot registered will be asked to vote for their favorite

DRAG RACES – Sunday event

Open to anybody. Number of races depending on number of entries. Double elimination round robin bracket format.

If enough entries, we will do two classes: 600 size (610mm blades) or smaller and 700 class (anything longer the 610mm blades)