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CJJ · 06-18-2009, 10:33 AM

The Ohio USRA giant scale race was a blast!! The weather was perfect, and the competition was even better. It was great to see all of our GSR friends and families again. Tony Husak and the MARCS club put on a well run race and a great steak fry on Saturday night. This was the 10th year for Ohio USRA racing!!! hats off to Tony and the MARCS club!!!

All of todays USRA classes are extremely competitive. One of the coolest things is that the unlimited class is growing and is no longer a race based on who can finish. All the unlimited heats were barn burners with every plane on the lead lap fighting it out to the end. The final gold race was won by Kenny Mac by a couple tenths of a second! 195-220mph lap speeds were the norm for unlimiteds with speeds of 247mph at the start of lap 1. The best thing about unlimiteds now is you dont need an exotic or hard to find engine to do it. The top three unlimiteds in the gold race, Kenny Mac, Pete Goldsmith and Tom Keating were all running ultra reliable DA150's or DA170's. A good mix of airframes as well, Stilletto's, Miss Ashley, Bearcat and NA50's were represented.

The F1 (alky) class was very competitive as well with a variety of airframes. The legendary GR7, the AR6 endeavor and my new all composite Video Cassutt (see the video cassutt thread by Craig Greening) made for a colorful F1 class. Confirmed speeds for the F1's is in the 165-180mph range.

F1GT had several new faces at the race. 3 new F1GT pilots came up from the Sundowner class and are destined to be very competitive. F1GT speeds are in the 140-155mph range using totally stock Zenoah GT80's!!

The Sundowner class is settling in nicely with the latest rules and is very fast and competitive as well. The MOKI 2.10 is the power of choice and yields speeds of 110-120mph. This is a plane that you can sport fly at any grass club field. It's usually the fastest plane at the field and lands like an ugly stick.

Martin Treats new timing and scoring system allows us to see lap times, turn times and start times along with airspeeds of each aircraft for every lap. This gives pilots and callers the ability to really analyze each heat using the timing data and onboard engine datalogging.

Complete results of the Ohio race should be up on the USRA website within a couple weeks.

I am looking forward to the west coast race.

CJ

06-18-2009, 10:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
CJJ Flyin' Around Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rock Creek, Ohio USA Age: 47 Posts: 6	Ohio USRA race 2009 The Ohio USRA giant scale race was a blast!! The weather was perfect, and the competition was even better. It was great to see all of our GSR friends and families again. Tony Husak and the MARCS club put on a well run race and a great steak fry on Saturday night. This was the 10th year for Ohio USRA racing!!! hats off to Tony and the MARCS club!!! All of todays USRA classes are extremely competitive. One of the coolest things is that the unlimited class is growing and is no longer a race based on who can finish. All the unlimited heats were barn burners with every plane on the lead lap fighting it out to the end. The final gold race was won by Kenny Mac by a couple tenths of a second! 195-220mph lap speeds were the norm for unlimiteds with speeds of 247mph at the start of lap 1. The best thing about unlimiteds now is you dont need an exotic or hard to find engine to do it. The top three unlimiteds in the gold race, Kenny Mac, Pete Goldsmith and Tom Keating were all running ultra reliable DA150's or DA170's. A good mix of airframes as well, Stilletto's, Miss Ashley, Bearcat and NA50's were represented. The F1 (alky) class was very competitive as well with a variety of airframes. The legendary GR7, the AR6 endeavor and my new all composite Video Cassutt (see the video cassutt thread by Craig Greening) made for a colorful F1 class. Confirmed speeds for the F1's is in the 165-180mph range. F1GT had several new faces at the race. 3 new F1GT pilots came up from the Sundowner class and are destined to be very competitive. F1GT speeds are in the 140-155mph range using totally stock Zenoah GT80's!! The Sundowner class is settling in nicely with the latest rules and is very fast and competitive as well. The MOKI 2.10 is the power of choice and yields speeds of 110-120mph. This is a plane that you can sport fly at any grass club field. It's usually the fastest plane at the field and lands like an ugly stick. Martin Treats new timing and scoring system allows us to see lap times, turn times and start times along with airspeeds of each aircraft for every lap. This gives pilots and callers the ability to really analyze each heat using the timing data and onboard engine datalogging. Complete results of the Ohio race should be up on the USRA website within a couple weeks. I am looking forward to the west coast race. CJ