North West Area Indoor Gala – 7th March 2020

This was my first visit to the Manchester Velodrome, a truly remarkable location. The flying area is a netted off area in the centre of the famous banked track. An incredible resource for both model flyers and cyclists alike. In fact, while we were flying, there was continuous cycle training sessions going on around us.

Because of the proximity to the cyclists, there is a no fly zone above the lights – approximately 10m at a guess. The air was still – very still – with no perceptible drift.

Attendance was lower than expected – which was a great shame, hiring a location like this is not cheap, but the attendees certainly took advantage of the situation with continuous flying and trimming sessions until the close at 16:30.

The event is actually run by the BMFA Indoor Technical Committee and Mike Colling was event director for the duration classes with John Minchell contest director for scale.  I was co-opted at short notice to assist with the scale judging. A first for me.

Seven indoor duration classes contests were flown and three scale events.

Results are as follows:

BMFA North West Area Indoor Gala Results 7/03/20
Duration Events
F1D 0.21g  Motor	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Dave Whitehouse	1.22	1.25	7.25							1	5
Tom Tomlinson	6.41	4.57								2	4
F1L 0.5g Motor	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Peter Dolby	4.55	5.16								1	5
Neil Stewart	4.18									2	4
Tim Milner	3.43									3	3
F1M 0.75g Motor	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Tom Tomlinson	4.15	5.25	5.39							1	5
P. Dolby	4.12	4.1	4.36	4.59						2	4
Dave Whitehouse	4.44	4.49								3	3
Limited Penny 0.75g Motor	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
P. Dolby	4.28	4.17	4.33	5.15	5.07					1	5
Neil Stewart	4.05	4.29	4.35	4.49	4.50	5.08				2	4
Tom Tomlinson	4.19	5.01	4.53							3	3
Tim Milner	3.06	4.36								4	2
Dave Whitehouse										5	1
Bostonian	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Tom Tomlinson	1.17	1.16	1.21							1	5
D. Horsefield	0.53	0.56	1.00	1.02						2	4
Peter Fardell	0.37	0.42	0.4							3	3
Tim Horne	0.26	0.28								4	2
Osprey	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Tom Tomlinson	3.06	4.19								1	5
Tim Milner	3.38	3.12	3.33							2	4
N. Stuart	3.15	3.14								3	3
P. Dolby	2.19	2.43	2.42	3.14						4	2
D. Horsefield	1.44	1.28	1.41							5	1
Legal Eagle	Flight Times									Place	Points
Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
N. Stuart	1.39	1.57	2.08	2.27						1	5
Tim Milner	2.04									2	4
Tim Horne										3	3
No-Cal	Model Type Name		Flight Times							Place	Points
Name			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Scale Classes
Pistachio	Model Type			Scale Points	Flight Scores			Best Flight x3	Place	Points
Name					1	2	3
Tim Horne	WACO			31	13	5	16	79	1	5
Peanut	Model Type		Scale Points	Flight Scores					Best Flight x3	Total	Place	Points
Name				1	2	3	4	5
Ian Lever	Elias Airsport		26.5	51	48	49	55	60	180	206.5	1	5
D. Horsefield	Luton Minor		26.5	59	58				177	203.5	2	4
Tim Horne	Hergt Monoplane		31	26	34	40			120	133	3	3
Peter Fardell	Bristol scout		33.5	29	20				87	120.5	4	2
Open Scale	Model Type			Flight Scores				Best Flight		Place	Points
Name				1	2	3	4
Steve Lewis	DH Leopard Moth			1235	1475	1510	1240			1	7
Peter Fardell	Fairchild 24			1305	1395	1505	1375			2	6
Ian Lever	Cessna Skyhawk			1370	1395	1105	1490			3	5
Tim Horne	Douglas World Cruiser			1345						4	4
D. Horsefield	SE5A			1220	1040	1280				5	3
Tim Milner	Farman F450			1080	1250					6	2
Steve Lewis	DH Beaver			1200	1190	1415	1190			7	0
Peter Fardell	Chazal Monoplane			1070						8	0
Event Championship
	No-Cal	Legal Eagle	Osprey	Bostonion	Lim. Penny	F1M	F1L	F1D	Pistachio	Peanut	Open Scale	Total
Tom Tomlinson			5	5	3	5		4				22
T.Horne		3		2					5	3	4	17
P. Dolby			2		5	4	5					16
Neil Stewart		5	3		4		4					16
Tim Milner		4	4		2		3				2	15
Dave Horsfield			1	4						4	3	12
Peter Fardell				3						2	6	11
I. Lever										5	5	10
Dave Whitehouse					1	3		5				9
Steve Lewis											7	7

Martyn Kinder