25th Annual Model Flying Contest in Wawayanda 2024 - Full Coverage
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Thirty flyers competed in twenty-eight events at Wawayanda, NY this year for the 25th Annual Barron Field Air Races, where warm temps and mostly mild drift lasted throughout the two day event on our field of dreams. Filmed by Tom Hallman, Owen Houck, Dave Krammes, Dave Mitchell, Fred Stagg, Michael & Oliver Sand, Peter Kaiteris, Rob Carleton, Tom Nallen II & Ronny Gosselin. Music via ArtList.io.
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** Contest Report **
Those of us who came the day before were greeted with a perfect
day for trim flying…with a classic Wawa sky, showing cloud formations
I had never seen before. I was truly captivated.
Once the foggy sunrise burned off, Saturday’s competition was held against
another beautiful cloud textured sky, creating a canvas for our models that showed
them in their best form. The day was filled with numerous scale and
non-scale events, along with three mass launches, ending with the BLUR race.
Both the WW1 and the peanut Goodyear MLs ended in a tie between two flyers
on the final round, which led to unexpected flyoffs! Dave Mitchell’s Aviatik D.1
aced out Tom Nallen 2’s high flying DH-4 in WW1, while Wally Farrell’s Lil Gem took the
kanone against Mike Escalante’s Falcon in the peanut Goodyear Race.
Sadly the Lil Gem went OOS while celebrating the victory, having taken a focused gaze
at his builder during the launch, then never looking back, lifting his ship high into the distant blue.
At least 10 models by 6 different flyers went OOS during the thermalistic day.
A few models made it into the 12’ corn, never to be found, but luckily some were recovered
through the efforts of keen tracking methods. You never expect a model to suddenly drift in the opposite direction, but in these moments, it pays to be prepared.
That evening, we had our annual gathering for dinner at the Colonial Diner in Middletown,
where the staff took good care of twenty flyers who exhausted but also amped up.
I always enjoy hearing the many loud, overlapping, enthusiastic conversations, replaying
the wild and at times unthinkable events of the day.
Sunday began once again with a beautiful foggy sunrise, enhanced with a hot air
balloon, and the unexpected drift across our field, all the while achieving a couple
of touch-n-goes before lifting above the distant tree line, a half mile to the southeast.
It then took little time for the power scale guys to get their flights in before any breeze
came our way. Majestic and thrilling flights by Wally Farrell’s Saab Tunnan, Doug
Beardsworth’s DH-4, and especially Tom Nallen 2’s Consolidated PT-1, which flew numerous, high, circling flights, once the engine kinks were worked out. It’s so good to see FF Power Scale back in the mix at Wawayanda and Geneseo in 2024.
The contest ended with our traditional Flying Horde mass launch. The drift was to the northeast, but stayed free of the corn. Wally Farrell’s high flying Swiss EKW took the K, along with the well deserved Grand Champ Honors. On his heels was our lone Junior flyer, Owen Houck, who grabbed three kanones during his heavily flown contest event schedule. His new FA Moth went OOS, but I’m sure he’ll consider building a new one for 2025. Also, a nod to this year's Earl Stahl winner from Geneseo, Fred Stagg, who received his first FAC kanone for his victory in Simplified scale with the Miles Magister.
It seems like yesterday that we began flying in Wawayanda, thanks to the invitation by the field’s owner, Andrew Barron.Only nine of us were there that day in 2000. It warms my heart to see the annual contest heavily embraced by flyers from the eastern US & Canada. Special thanks to co CD Mark Houck, and the extended Houck family, whose generosity is vast, feeding us free of charge with hot dogs, snacks, fruit & drinks.
Put this contest on your bucket list.
Tom Hallman
(Apologies to Doug Beardsworth for the typo)
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Wow, hadn't realized what great documentation everyone had gotten of this contest. Really well edited video, I'll be coming back to watch again and I'm sure others will too! Thanks for putting in the time for this.
Thank you Tom for filiming and editing this. Doing the hobby a huge service!
A wonderful visual treat for a free flight enthusiast.
Thanks Tom. That eye candy was wonderful to watch…….. now for the replay🎉
Thx, Paul. Enjoy.
Tom, you put another wonderful video together and this one is super special to me as I was there live for day 2 of the event and got to meet you and many wonderful Flying Ace members in attendance.
Thx, Rob, was good to meet you too. Thx for your many photos. A few of them appear in the film. Cheers.
Nice video, I'll be watching this one again later.
I flew there wow..probably 25 years ago .maybe longer .love watching the vids ..great appropriate music and well done overall.
Very inspiring to see you guys flying .
In the older days we did the flow powered stuff . I fly some gliders but electric powered to get it to heights.
The freedom of free flight rubber powered is so nice..
I've build from kits stick by stick but only one rubber powered ..the others used little .015 ..or .019 glow engines with micro receivers .
Anyway..thanks for the post and the time I had to reminisce about it all too ..at 65 it seems so long ago yet it's like yesterday to watch you guys ..hoping you all have many years to come to enjoy that wonderful hobby.
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Beautiful, unusual models flown by masters! On the field of dreams.
So many wonderful flying machines, so many beautiful flights...😃🤗
Your awesome models pulled out some of the most impressive flights!😉😎
As always, you have gifted us with an astonishing, incredible and inspiring video!🎬🎥😎
Just makes me wish I was there...😔
Watching your videos is always a soothing moment for me that always makes me wonder!😊😃
Thx a lot and keep up the good work...😉😊✌
Thx for your kind words.
What an awesome video! Thank you for sharing. The catapult SR71 bought back a lot of memories. At a pre-teen one of my favourite scratch built gliders was an F15 with about an 8" wingspan that flew beautifully if you got a nice transition. For all of the RC airplanes I fly these days, getting back to the basics is somehow more satisfying.
Thx, many have returned to their roots in modeling, which holds a special place.
Well. I just spent 40 minutes in heaven; complete with angels making music. Thank you.
Loves the SR sling shot... I have a Gloster Javelin that lands vertically some times... Thanks for the video!
What a demonstration of friendship and harmony!
Thx, it was a memorable weekend.
A while back, I asked you if you would consider making a video on how to select rubber motors for various sizes and types of models, and how to determine what the maximum number of turns should be. You said that you might be willing to do a video like this in the future. Since this is the building season up North, do you think that you might be able to put one together sometime soon? Thanks for the videos that you produce.
Thx for the reminder. I haven't been able to follow thru with a specific film, but there are hints that appear in the films from time to time. Here's a rubber turns calculator grid that can put u in the ballpark. hallmanstudio.com/rubber_turns_calculator.pdf Regarding the size of the motor, I've used a general sense that to start, the motor should weigh at least 25% of the empty weight of the model, and at least 2.5 times the hook to rear peg length. Most motors are two loops of the given size of rubber. With a bit of trial and error, and continuing experience, you'll see what cross section and length of rubber works best for the size model u like to build.
Wow, some beautiful models there, takes me back to when I was a youngster.
Well that was truly an amazing video, beautifully shot, edited and combined with some wonderful music and spoken word. Its wet and windy here in Cornwall (UK) today and watching this has lifted my spirits back to the heavens. As alway many thanks for taking the time and effort to record and promote such a wonderful side to our hobby. Truly inspirational 👍
Beauty, calm and peace
STUNNING!
At first I was drawn in by the voyager, but I stayed for the artistry of the builds, the peace of the flying, and the sheer joy of it all. Last time I commented on one of your videos I hadn’t built a stick and paper plane since grade school ( in the 60’s) I still haven’t built one but I have a Guillow’s Lancer kit in the line for this winter.
Thank you
Dave
Thx, Dave. Good luck with the Lancer.
1:56: i just watched eighteen seconds of PURE MAGIC........................ surweeeet
What a wonderful video and awesome event.
Thank you.
Absolutely fantastic and fun coverage and presentation of a group of likeminded gentlemen just out in the fresh air having fun together. I just doesn't get any better than that.
thanks for this, perfect way to start my building season.
Beautiful filming! 🎉
Thx, thankful to the many who contributed their films and photos to allow for more widespread coverage.
Superb photography.
Another great video of the best sport in the world!
Yes, the best...I concur.
👍👍👍👍👍 very nice video
yes.
I started some time ago, but never got into it. But now, after almost 30 or so years I think I'm ready. It looks beautiful how they fly. I can almost feel the excitement and joy one must feel from experiencing the semblance of peaceful flight. Can't wait to try mine. Normally I build scale static models, but definitely want to try this thing. Thank you.👍
Great post - That all white Howard DGA-6 (aka Mr. Mulligan) was really sweet !
That "Gloster AS" twin prop driven by a single rubber band via two 'wire' drive was crazy - would like to see how that was done.
It made interesting sounds when launched with its mechanisms spinning up !
Sad to see the Voyager break up on re-entry.
That Farman Goliath was and unusual bird - great lines and a beautiful build and flight
Many other excellent models - !
Thx. I hope to post a specific film on the Gloster as time allows. Dave's gearing system is impressive. BTW, the link to the plan is in the film description.
@@maxfliart Ah - - Thanks ! I didn't see the info in the notes section (I'd posted on my mobile)
👍 old красавчики😍 Очень атмосферно, душевно и "лампово"👏 Быть Добру✊️
Magnificent! Great to see so many old fokkers getting air.
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Free flight takes a very special kind of madness... but a beautiful one. Thanks for the video and thanks to the contestants!
Beautiful ff flying. Wish I had a field, but at least we have a decent slope.
Quite a bit of avid nose scallop sanding has been going on in the Schweizer dept..they say that "imitation is the best vsn of flattery", and unless I'm mistaken, there's a good representation here of Tom's design. I think Vance Gilbert's majestic Farman Goliath is a dream of a plane, damn glad that beauty did NOT get too entangled with the spray thingoes!
A brilliant film, it's great to put a face to some of these great aeromodelers especially in such fab conditions! 🌟👍
Thx, Will.
Great video, and such a nice event. It would be nice to visit on a flying day. Is there an organization, with a schedule for flying days, events like this? Thanks.
Thx. We have an FAC contest around Memorial Day and then the first weekend in October each year. Specific dates are listed on the Flying Aces Club's website calendar. The Brooklyn Skyscrapers hold monthly gatherings or fun flies, which I believe are also listed on their website. Otherwise, many of us spontaneously fly at the field year-round when the forecast is favorable.
Where exactly is this?
I pass thru Wawayanda on my way the Catskill. I graduated from Middletown high school.
The Colonial Dinner is a landmark
340 CR-12...by the three large silver silos, and now another solar farm.
what is said in the blessing of the field?
"Hung is great, Hung is good, bless this field, and balsa wood." (FYI, Hung is the God of free-flight)
Is there a kit for the all sheet balsa model at the start of this vid?
Tracking it down. Hope to have the plan for u soon.
Found it. Called the Commando. outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=2175
4:30: did i see that right ?? diesel bipe seemed to circle to the left, under power ............... then circled right for the glide down. if'n i see that correctly that seems like a genius setup
Yes, that's likely to happen due to the strong torque of the diesel.
Where can I find the background music in this vid?
I get all of the music from the subscription service, ArtList.io.
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Tom, address for field is Green Valley Onion Co. Do you have actual GPS chords (N lat x W lon) where you park your cars? I am handicapped, would watch from my car. I dont know when i would ever be able to go but God willing, sometime....Moses
Yes, that's for the entrance to our field, so enter by the large silver silos. It's a gravel road. Go in 3/4 mile to the crossroads and turn left. We're usually on that gravel road that borders the sod farm. There is no parking area. We merely pull off, and back onto the sod a few yards. Here are the coordinates for the crossroad, the lone tree, and the Skyscrapers' shed. www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=41.329542%2C+-74.475303&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Moses, Tom may have coordinates for you, but I used the following address from the Flying Aces site: 340 County Route 12, New Hampton, NY 10958. That will land you on County Route 12 at the silver silos you see at the beginning of the video. From there just follow the gravel road in past the silos and make a right once past the cornfield on your right. For this event the folks were set up and parked maybe a 1/4 mile down that road on the left. Please understand the set up / parking location may vary based on wind direction, but you should be able to spot them once out to the sod fields. I went as a spectator and highly recommend it; you will not be disappointed. Bring a set of binoculars if you have them, to zoom in on their wonderful flying machines in the air.
@@maxfliartOK, in case I ever get to come down on one of your events maybe, just to observe from car.
@@robc5296God bless all of you.
Here's the rutan voyager
Congratulations to Mr Stagg there, also many many superb flights there. I shall stick my neck out KIND OF in defence of the evolutionary aspect of the 'wingtip-streamer-slo-down-the-trad-dark-pirelli' theory.. U mite consider that using multiple small fins on gliders/rubber power, as well as positioning the plane into variable airs, tends to have something of the desired effect of the streamers. You need power in hand to demonstrate this, and there's no better way to do this than by making a 1/4 A4 Elevon Delta (I think I posted a pic of one somewhere) and equipping it with inboard flaps as well as wingtip elevons. U only use a small triangular bit of the flap (normal 'down' throw), so it's not a true flap as such, but when you hurl the thing in the right way, it converts the energy into 'Forced Lift', to the delight and amazement of all, since one might make or "build" one of these in under 2mins, provided you've got the right papers (pre marked with wacky insignia etc), so you have this tiny airbrake which, under excess power burst, literally levers the thing into the air, whereupon it floats rather than zooms.. Speaking of zooming, Tom's Boeing Delta never fails to excite. I once saw a video of a trim flight which went not q to plan, resulting in the plane under advisement zooming straight past the camera on 50% power or something. Thank the lord it missed, but that bit of footage is PRICELESS.. You got a real sense of the power of a huge great fat flying machine comin' to get ya, and a sense of a cartoon scene par excellence. Big fuselages informs the great choice of P47 there by, was it Mr Smith? The point is, the illusion of massive solidity in the model is increased, as is the likely verisimilitude of its flying performance (slo fly 4 realism) by building huge fuselage types..
There's too much to comment on in this wonderful film! The amazing 1:1 splitter, I wonder about the many applications of the "7 Persons Shaving Drive", to mention just one, but this is one to revisit.
A tour de force folks, thanks so much to everyone concerned! 🌟👍