Piedmont Aeromodelers 3rd Annual IMAC

[xtra330]

dang Kent, you have flown in just about every contest in the SE, run contests, help run contests, jump right in when a man has fallen ill,...you clean up nice when you aint flying planes hmmmm... what are you buckin' for? SE Regional Director?

At least...thats what I hear??? Sounds like your contest was a hit, we'll see you soon in a few days! Congrats to all the winners!

[Downhumpty]

Piedmont IMAC 2007


Overall, there were 38 pilots flying in the Piedmont IMAC 2007 contest. In no particular order they were: Alex Porter, Josh Bunn, Ty Lyman, Wayne Mathews, Kevin Dixon, Craig Baker, Alan Anderson, Matt Richards, David Stewart, Mark McClellan, Jon Gurley, Jeffrey Carte, John Kasprak, Robert Waltz, Gene Poremba, Don Martin, Tony Hawkins, Richard Irvine, Tony Gorgone, Terry Hickey, Jarred Esau, Phil Ross, Doran Bouchard, Mike Vickrey, Shane Caison, Evan Powell, Lloyd Harring, Adam Ranck, Primo Rivera, James Taylor, Brandon Johnson, Jerry Holt, Brain Foveaux, Paul Bayrum, Charles Zavalney, Carl Zavalney, Cameron Byrd and Philip Thornton.
These pilots flew a grand total of 520 judged sequences.
Jarred Esau won Basic. There were 18 pilots in Basic. The winning order was: (1) Jarred Esau, (2) Jon Gurley, (3) Primo Rivera, (4) Cameron Byrd, (5) Paul Bayrum, (6) Gene Poremba, (7) Charles Zavalney, (8) John Kasprak, (9) Mike Vickrey, (10) Phil Ross, (11) Lloyd Harring, (12) Alan Anderson, (13) Brandon Johnson, (14) Doran Bouchard, (15) James Taylor, (16) Shane Caison, (17) Evan Powell and (18) Robert Waltz. They flew 7 known sequences (4 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,722.8 to a high of 4,975.0 (a range of 2,252.1 points).
Richard Irvine won Sportsman. There were 9 pilots in Sportsman. The winning order was: (1) Richard Irvine, (2) Jeffrey Carte, (3) Tony Gorgone, (4) Josh Bunn, (5) Alex Porter, (6) Matt Richards, (7) Carl Zavalney, (8) Don Martin and (9) Terry Hickey. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 4,024.6 to a high of 4,997.9 (a range of 973.4 points).
David Stewart won Intermediate. There were 4 pilots in Intermediate. The winning order was: (1) David Stewart, (2) Kevin Dixon, (3) Philip Thornton and (4) Jerry Holt. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 3,702.4 to a high of 4,933.2 (a range of 1,230.8 points).
Brain Foveaux won Advanced. There were 2 pilots in Advanced. The winning order was: (1) Brain Foveaux and (2) Craig Baker. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 4,903.8 to a high of 5,000.0 (a range of 96.2 points).
Wayne Mathews won Unlimited. There were 4 pilots in Unlimited. The winning order was: (1) Wayne Mathews, (2) Ty Lyman, (3) Adam Ranck and (4) Mark McClellan. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 4,324.4 to a high of 4,861.9 (a range of 537.5 points).
Adam Ranck won Freestyle. There were 4 pilots in Freestyle. The winning order was: (1) Adam Ranck, (2) Matt Richards, (3) Alex Porter and (4) Charles Zavalney. They flew 1 freestyle round. The scores ranged from a low of 663.1 to a high of 1,000.0 (a range of 336.9 points). The tightest competition was for 8th place in the Basic class, with only 0.3 points difference between John Kasprak and Mike Vickrey.

More to come!

[jongurley]

Hey Pride,, I heard you had some back issues this week,, we missed you,, jon

[jholt]

More pictures of Piedmont Imac 07.

Kent U R Da MAN! Great Job!

[ifly3d]

0.3 points ?????? Talk about close.

[Jcarte]

Yea, it was a great time, and Kent knows how to run an event!!!!!

[Oh Yeah!!]

Here's a couple more pics...

My wife and I had a blast!!!

Thanks!!!!

[Oh Yeah!!]

Here's a pic of Matt Richards and Charles Zavalney showing us old guys how to do a Freestyle sequence.

Awesome job guys!!!!!!!

[prizzy]

Thanks Jon, I won't miss triple tree! Congratulations on your 2nd place. Guess your engine troubles are over?

[jongurley]

Thanks Pride,, I have a loaner engine on it now, my DA100 is suppose to be here thursday,, however I won't make Triple Tree because I don't have Cannisters on the Yak so that sucks,, but anyway, I guess the next two I make will be Camden and Charlotte,,

[toprudder]

Matt and I had a great time. Kent knows how to run a contest.

I managed to video the freestyle routines. I was using my really old camera, and just installed the video capture equipment on my PC. Since Matt's was the first flight, I captured that first and just uploaded it:

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...ards_PAM07.mpg

Matt composed his own audio track and coreographed the flight on the simulator. This was the first time he actually flew this routine with a plane.

I will get the other routines uploaded ASAP. I know Adam wanted to see a video of his flight before he left for boot camp, but I was in Iowa for three days and just got back. Right now, I have to get some sleep. Gotta get up and go to work, you know.


Adam should be at the Air Force bootcamp right now. I wish him the best of luck.

Bob R.

[toprudder]

Here are the other freestyle routines from the contest.

http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...lney_PAM07.mpg
http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...anck_PAM07.mpg
http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...rter_PAM07.mpg

Bob R.

[jongurley]

Greatvids Bob,, ,

[toprudder]

	Quote: Originally Posted by jongurley
	Greatvids Bob,, ,

They can be better. I'm using an old analog camcorder, and I'm still learning how to best digitize them. I'll also have to learn how to edit them (music, titles, etc) with MovieMaker.

[jongurley]

Keep it up, I love watching any airplane videos,, I hope I will have some sort of freestyle ready by Camden,,