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.

Gossamer thin covering on this F1D renders the model almost invisible

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.

John Minchell examining Tim Horne’s Hergt Monoplane

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