2008 Central Plains E-Fly Spectaular

[Kitman]

Well guys this one is in the books, what a great event, and facility beyond belief and great hosts. This will be an annual event to make plans around. They used the Expo II hall in Wichita, Kansas. It was connected to the Hyatt Downtown, never had to go outside!! Ken Stitt of the Clearview Field was the mastermind of this event. www.clearviewfield.com

There was Micro-Mini flight area, Heli zones and general planes and 3D areas, plenty of room for all to fly and it was non stop from 7:30 am till midnight. There was a complete vendor area with 20+ booths, Food courts, face painting for kids and Yep Santa was there Saturday handing out candy! Raffles ran all day for pilot and spectator prizes. We had live broadcast for one of the TV stations, plus coverage from the other 2 major stations!

They had a great spectator area with bleachers and a safety net! There they had an F3P contest put together by Mike, Dana and Heather from Fancy Foam. There was a Freestyle Contest, Heli Smackdown, Pylon Race and all out Combat!

Winners:

Jason Noll - Pylon
Brian Chitty - Combat
Jamie Robertson - Heli Smackdown
Rick Chitty - F3P-C
Andrew Jesky - F3P-A
Brandon Chitty - Freestyle

Pilots traveled form New Jersey, Florida, Carolinas, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, California and South Dakota, as well as many locals from all over Kansas!

FG had good representation! Put this on your calendar for next year!

Kitman

[SleepyC]

Results F3P -C
Score for Round 1
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Contest : Wichita F3P - C Novice Date: 13-12-2008
Schedule : F3P-C
Calc. Method :
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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent
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1 Chitty;Rick 1308.00 261.6000 0.0000
2 Voldrich;Rudy 1292.00 258.4000 0.0000
3 Porter;Larry 1264.00 252.8000 0.0000
4 Hamm;Troy 1251.00 250.2000 0.0000
5 Bierly;Dan 1250.00 250.0000 0.0000
6 Harper;Shane 1193.00 238.6000 0.0000
7 Grotheer;Noah 1151.00 230.2000 0.0000
8 Farrington;Gareth 1145.00 229.0000 0.0000
9 Chester;Jonny 1071.00 214.2000 0.0000
10 Reynolds;Curtis 990.00 198.0000 0.0000
11 Combs;Jerry 907.00 181.4000 0.0000
12 Price;Josh 631.00 126.2000 0.0000
13 Harper;Glenn 364.00 72.8000 0.0000

F3P-A round 1
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Score for Round 1
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Contest : Wichita F3P All Around Contest Date: 13-12-2008
Schedule : F3P-A
Calc. Method : F3P
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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent
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1 Noll;Jason 421.00 421.0000 300.0000
2 Jesky;Andrew 418.00 418.0000 297.8600
3 Leesburg;Mark 416.67 416.6667 296.9100
4 Chitty;Brandon 416.33 416.3333 296.6700
5 Maxwell;Nick 411.33 411.3333 293.1100
6 ;A.C. Glenn 402.33 402.3333 286.7000
7 Gritter;R.J. 398.33 398.3333 283.8500
8 Hicks;Jamie 394.33 394.3333 281.0000
9 Kissenberth;Riley 394.33 394.3333 281.0000
10 Chitty;Brian 389.67 389.6667 277.6700

F3P unknown, Round 2
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Score for Round 2
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Contest : Wichita F3P All Around Contest Date: 13-12-2008
Schedule : F3P A Unknown 2008
Calc. Method : F3P
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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent
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1 Jesky;Andrew 539.67 539.6667 500.0000
2 Leesburg;Mark 528.67 528.6667 489.8100
3 Noll;Jason 524.33 524.3333 485.7900
4 Chitty;Brandon 522.67 522.6667 484.2500
5 ;A.C. Glenn 520.00 520.0000 481.7800
6 Maxwell;Nick 520.00 520.0000 481.7800
7 Gritter;R.J. 509.00 509.0000 471.5900
8 Hicks;Jamie 507.00 507.0000 469.7300
9 Chitty;Brian 499.67 499.6667 462.9400
10 Kissenberth;Riley 476.33 476.3333 441.3200

F3P - AM Freestyle Round 3
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Score for Round 3
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Contest : Wichita F3P All Around Contest Date: 13-12-2008
Schedule : F3P-AM
Calc. Method : F3P
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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent
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1 Chitty;Brandon 175.67 175.6667 200.0000
2 Noll;Jason 174.33 174.3333 198.4800
3 Leesburg;Mark 171.67 171.6667 195.4500
4 Jesky;Andrew 166.67 166.6667 189.7500
5 Maxwell;Nick 166.67 166.6667 189.7500
6 Chitty;Brian 165.00 165.0000 187.8600
7 ;A.C. Glenn 164.33 164.3333 187.1000
8 Gritter;R.J. 163.33 163.3333 185.9600
9 Hicks;Jamie 162.67 162.6667 185.2000
10 Kissenberth;Riley 161.67 161.6667 184.0600


F3P All Around Score
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Total Score
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Contest : Wichita F3P All Around Contest Date: 13-12-2008

Definition for this Contest
Round Percent Schedule CalcMethod
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1 300% F3P-A F3P
2 500% F3P A Unknown 2008 F3P
3 200% F3P-AM F3P

Pos Pilot Prcnt Sum Summary
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1 Jesky;Andrew 987.6100 R1:297.8600 R2:500.0000 R3:189.7500
2 Noll;Jason 984.2700 R1:300.0000 R2:485.7900 R3:198.4800
3 Leesburg;Mark 982.1700 R1:296.9100 R2:489.8100 R3:195.4500
4 Chitty;Brandon 980.9200 R1:296.6700 R2:484.2500 R3:200.0000
5 Maxwell;Nick 964.6400 R1:293.1100 R2:481.7800 R3:189.7500
6 ;A.C. Glenn 955.5800 R1:286.7000 R2:481.7800 R3:187.1000
7 Gritter;R.J. 941.4000 R1:283.8500 R2:471.5900 R3:185.9600
8 Hicks;Jamie 935.9300 R1:281.0000 R2:469.7300 R3:185.2000
9 Chitty;Brian 928.4700 R1:277.6700 R2:462.9400 R3:187.8600
10 Kissenberth;Riley 906.3800 R1:281.0000 R2:441.3200 R3:184.0600
Scores between () are not used for the totalscore


Results Summary
F3P -C Winner Rick Chitty (Brandon and Brian's Dad)
F3P - A round 1 winner - Jason Noll
F3P - Unknown , Round 2 Winner - Andrew Jesky
F3P - AM winner Brandon Chitty

All Around Champ - Andrew Jesky!!!!!

[SleepyC]

Pictures, videos and other personal reports by sunflyer , Gareth.ky and others
are located here: COVERAGE

[xtremeRCpilot]

Congrats boys, wish I could be there but am really looking forward to 2009 ETOC. See ya all there!!!

[Josh Price]

well i am back and read to hit the next one!!! looks like I will be coming to e-fest with and bringing a few with me. guys as for the kansas event we just got back from mark your calanders for next year b/c it was a blast!! we had a really good time and really look forward to next years!
Josh

[kim3D]

where is the event coverage

[MX304]

	Quote: Originally Posted by SleepyC
	Pictures, videos and other personal reports by sunflyer , Gareth.ky and others are located here: COVERAGE

That link no workie.

[Josh Price]

this was on sunday
http://www.flyinggiants.com/gallery/...hp?photo=54835
we later glued it and started doing loops around it and all kind of incredibly funny crap!

[66stang]

Josh you guys have all the fun! I was thinking about going to E-fest in Feb. but the last time I hooked up with you and Troy, I just about got a divorce.

[HuckinChikn]

wish I could have made it! I was outa town visiting family on that weekend. Brian, you GOTTA go to the E-Fest!

[smokin]

kitman.... thanks for callin' me back on that one!!!!!!

oh well, i guess the love can only go so far! LOL!

matt

[66stang]

Jared would you believe I have never flown a plane indoors. I'm a total newbe to indoor flying. I know it would be a blast, just don't know where to do it at. I have a bunch of micro servos, Etc. Is there a good indoor foamy for an E-flite brushless 370 motor. I have had only a couple of foamies.

[3D-Seth]

	Quote: Originally Posted by 66stang
	Jared would you believe I have never flown a plane indoors. I'm a total newbe to indoor flying. I know it would be a blast, just don't know where to do it at. I have a bunch of micro servos, Etc. Is there a good indoor foamy for an E-flite brushless 370 motor. I have had only a couple of foamies.

For a true indoor foamy, thats probably a little too big. You may look at something like the Hacker A10 15S or Eflite Park 250.

Seth

[gareth.ky]

COVERAGE->

Starts there and keeps on going.


Mike Hammel has a bunch of video up on YouTube.
I have a couple of videos on YouTube as well as a photoset from the event on Flickr.
Brian Chitty has some YouTube video as well.

[gareth.ky]

This event really got me interested in Foam again. I was never really not interested in foam, foam is fun! We just don't have anywhere to fly indoors around here so I had been focusing on outdoor airplanes and events. Really though, if you haven't been to a foamy indoor event you are missing out. I had people telling me this was more fun for them that the St Louis Huckfest. There is just a different atmosphere; the pilots are a little younger, everyone is helping everyone else with tools and glue, crashes are expected and result in cheers!

If you have never been to a foamy event or flown indoors you owe it to yourself to make this one.

Here are 10 things I can remember form this event:
1.) Brandon Chitty shredding his friends prop jet after he promised to take good care of it. He ran it into a Helicopter and it turned into snow.
2.) Doing a tail slide with the Yak55 and scaring myself silly.
3.) Letting Josh Price fly my Yak55 and making the mistake of telling him it would do a tail slide from the roof to the floor. He pulled out at the last second, the wings bent like a suspension bridge. Josh promptly goes off to the Fancy Foam booth to get one!
4.) The Kid that was doing the helicopter demos. I don't remember his name but he was Bad A$$.
5.) Seeing Rudy fly for the first time indoors and get hooked on foam
6.) Dan Bierly's stupid fast Pylon racer. I mean you had to be there, zoooom.
7.) Watching Jason and Andrew fly formation and their freestyle demo.
8.) Getting a look at the micro airplanes. Those things are cool!
9.) Fun with helium balloons. We popped them, made a blimp, hoisted an airplane up to the rafters as a target, lost 3 airplanes in the ceiling. Dude for some reason helium balloons makes grown men act like little kids.
10.) Watching all the top level pilots fly F3P and freestyle.
11.) Drinking with friends after hours at the sports bar.