Fun-Fly Events

Events will be held throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.  The Last Man Flying Combat event will be held Sunday afternoon.

• Limbo - who can fly lowest under the Limbo Bar

• Bomb Drop - try to drop a ping-pong ball into the bucket - we provide the equipment, you provide the airplane

  • We tested this with a typical foamie aircraft and it worked great

• Pylon Races

  • WWII Aircraft

  • Foamie

•  Combat

  • WWII Aircraft - streamer

  • Foamie - streamer

  • Foamie - Last man flying

See the Rules below for Pylon and Combat

Pylon Race & Combat Rules

There are two classes of aircraft, WWII Aircraft and foamies

WWII Aircraft Specifications:

• Must be a recognizable replica of a WWII propeller driven aircraft and decorated as such.  Cox, GWS or other kits or scratch built WWII planes are legal.

• Must use a stock 300 class or smaller brushed can type motor. (No Timing, Cobalt or Brushless Motors)

• Must use a 2s Lipo battery (7.4V).

• Maximum flying weight is 20 oz.

Foamie Specifications:

• Fixed wing aircraft

• Maximum flying weight is 20 oz.

• Any power and any motor is allowed

Pylon Race Rules:

• Air Pylons will be 100 to 150 feet apart.

• Five to six aircraft per heat

• Ten lap race

• Any aircraft that flies inside a pylon must fly outside the pylon before continuing the race

• Contact with a pylon is acceptable as long as the aircraft flies around the outside of the pylon

• Aircraft with landing gear that do a ROG (roll on ground) take-off will start 25 feet ahead of hand launched aircraft

• Any aircraft that flies over the flight line is disqualified and must land immediately

• Top two finishers move on to the next round

• Aircraft must complete all ten laps to move on to the next round

• Aircraft may be repaired between rounds, but no aircraft substitutions are allowed

• Aircraft battery charging between rounds is not allowed

Combat Rules:

• Prop forward design (pusher type aircraft not allowed)

• Twenty feet of streamer material will be provided to each competing pilot

• Each sortie will have duration of five minutes

• 1 point for being in the air when "START COMBAT" is called

• 1 point for cutting another aircraft’s streamer

• 1 point is awarded when "TIME" is called and aircraft lands with an intact streamer

• Any aircraft that flies over the flight line is disqualified and must land immediately

• Should an airplane make a cut and be forced to land because the streamer wrapped up in his prop, it shall be marked as completing the round and scored with the kill

• Should two planes contact each other and one plane is rendered unflyable, the remaining plane flying scores a 1 point kill if it completes that round

• Any aircraft suspected by the Safety Officer of being unsafe to fly must land for a safety inspection before rejoining the combat

• Aircraft battery charging or replacement between rounds is allowed