$30,000 Raffle / IMAC / Freestyle Houston, TX Sept 26-27th

[BoneDoc]

Here's Lee Ulinger's Sunday Freestle

[Coolpig]

And I had to miss all this to drive all the way to Nashville to play in the mud for four days. Oh well, some days chicken, some days feathers.

[Extra nuts]

	Quote: Originally Posted by BoneDoc
	Here's that Saturday video. Much thanks to Frank who taped it for me. I've got the Sunday stuff too, and I'll try to get to it ASAP. It's in HD, so go full screen on it . Jetero RC Freestyle Shootout - BoneDoc on 3DHS 103" Extra 330SC on Vimeo

DAM!!!! That last knife edge spin was whizzin. Tha "big balls switch" as Leseburg calls it, was on for sure. Way to let it hang out bro. BAD ASS.

[rcgood]

Thanks for posting those Josh. Gotta convert mine to lower res to be able to watch them. BTW...Do you have that video I talked to you about? I would like to see how it came out.

[mwoodman]

Consolidated IMAC Results are now up on the IMAC page at jetero.com, along with the complete list of Raffle winners.

Day 1 Pictures are in the Picture Galleries.

I hope to have Day 2 pics and the Souvenir pics up and available for download by Friday.

Event T Shirts are now also available and we have a paypal link set up

Turned out to be a great weekend, glad you all enjoyed our humble offerings and facilities

[rcgood]

I don't know if you guys noticed but Kirby from Kirby Graphics is spelled wrong. Just letting you know

[BoneDoc]

Here's Rick Byrd's Freestyle from Sunday

[nickb]

I remaidened the raffle 3W extra today. She's a little bit on the chubby side, but flies pretty good. I've got a little bit of motor work to do, but not bad for a free airplane! Nick

[ddlstang]

That's great Nick, congrats on winning the plane. Makes a great contest that much more sweet.

[ben_beyer]

	Quote: Originally Posted by nickb
	I remaidened the raffle 3W extra today. She's a little bit on the chubby side, but flies pretty good. I've got a little bit of motor work to do, but not bad for a free airplane! Nick

Cool, it was a nice looking airplane considering the age. What prop are you running on it?

[khedge]

Commander are you going to get another Carden built? Sorry for your lost

[nickb]

The 26/10 that came with it for now. It needs a new diaphram for the carb. Does anyone know which Tillteson (?spelling) carb is on those 85 twins? Also, I think I bent the wing tube as well. I don't remember it being bent when I put it in!

[TX Newbee]

	Quote: Originally Posted by nickb
	The 26/10 that came with it for now. It needs a new diaphram for the carb. Does anyone know which Tillteson (?spelling) carb is on those 85 twins? Also, I think I bent the wing tube as well. I don't remember it being bent when I put it in!

Rock on Nick! Show her no mercy! Lol
you should be able to get the diapharm from an auto parts store just give them the model numbers on the Carb. If not Bobby at cactus Avaition or Geheart at Aircraft International will have them.
Mike at graphtech will have an unbendable wing tube (832)*335-0328.
Have fun with her and sorry about the diapharm.

[TX Newbee]

The 2009 Inaugural Texas ShootOut was a huge success.

This was an IMAC / FreeStyle / Raffle / TAG Event

We ended up with:

• 65 Pilots
• 34 Amazingly dedicated Workers
• 43 Newly Trained RC Flyers who got to experience RC Flying for the 1st time (AMA TAG Program)
• $32,000 worth of prizes given out
• Great Media coverage
• Over 1100 spectators over the weekend
• Great night flying Friday & Saturday night
• A huge screen set up at night with a simulator for more night time activities
• Great food with home cooked Brisket and home cooked Goulash plus burgers, dogs, etc.

IMAC contest – With 65 paid registered pilots and a beautiful weekend, the stage was set. Although an unforeseen, thick fog on Saturday morning ended up delaying the first round by nearly an hour and half, once the first pilots got up into the air it was non-stop flying. Then the sky cleared and everyone from the pilots to the judges did a stand-out job of being in place and getting in two full rounds of IMAC and a full Freestyle round. There was even some time left for open flying before the sun set.
Sunday was beautiful and clear and by noon the 3rd round of IMAC was completed. This set the stage for the audience judged Best of show. The winners were:

1. David Frisk (100cc QQ Pitts Python)
2. Ryan Gonsoulin (42% Dalton MEL)
3. Murry Adams (40% CARF 260)
4. Rick Byrd (40% Carden)
5. David Gresens (35% Wild Hare 330LX)

Next, there was an amazingdemonstration of Control Line Combat by our local hero and USA Team member Mike Wilcox. We then got into the Final freestyle round.

Freestyle – The freestyle event included big names such as FAI USA World Team competitor Brett Wickizer,TOC Competitor Rick Byrd,and ETOC Competitor & plane designerLee Ulinger, as well as our local top level talent Keith Commander, Josh “BoneDoc” Young and Wyatt Hughes. The freestyle event was absolutely thrilling. Since this event took place later in the afternoon, many spectators had the opportunity to marvel at the exciting and daring aerobatics being performed. No one will forget Joseph Young’s (Bone Doc) insane, knife-edge blenders! The audio system was truly top notch and not only could you hear the music, you could feel it too! This amazing audio equipment was graciously provided and operated by Greg Ward of Oklahoma. Huge thanks, Greg!

As is becoming standard these days, the flying did not stop at night! Several of the club members were flying Lee Ulinger’s 3D foamies equipped with night lights, as well as 80 mph foam Strykers with their unbelievably bright LEDs that kept the night sky lit up for hours of entertainment. At the same time there was a big screen set on on the flight line for those who did not have their night flyers and Simulator time had a big crowd.

$32,000 worth of Prizes – Some of the local pilots held winning tickets and it was nice to see their faces light up as they received the incredibly generous prize that were given away. I have never seen so many high-dollar prizes up for grabs. There was also a separate pilot’s raffle with 237 prizes. This was a real treat because each pilot’s name was called at least three times during the event for a turn at hand picking some valuable goodies at the front desk.

AMA TAG Program -- This is the life blood to our hobby and Jetero made it a huge success. They managed to successfully take 43 new pilots (66% of them between the ages of 10-12) through a 10 minute ground school, 10 minute Simulator training, then into actually flying for 5 to 10 minutes. This set the stage for non-stop smiles all around.
It was all done with:

• 13 dedicated volunteers
• 2 large canopy training areas
• 3 Computers
• 5 Trainer airplanes

Hats off to everyone who helped out with the TAG Program and made it a huge success!

In Summary -- John and I want to thank the following:

• The 34 Amazing workers who volunteered their time and did an amazing job to make sure everyone had a fantastic experience.
• The 49 Sponsors who stepped up to make this an event to remember. Please check out www.Jetero.com to see them and to write and thank them.
• Greg Ward and his wife for the amazing Audio Gear.
• Leslie for running the scoring system.
• Most of all, to the amazing pilots who came out to support the event and make it happen. Our deepest thanks!

Be sure to check out www.Jetero.com (under IMAC ShootOut) for IMAC Results, pictures and videos as well as Higher Planes Productions for event coverage.
This was a truly amazing event and we look forward to having everyone back next year. Check back on Jetero's website as we'll announce the date once we get approval.

On behalf of Jetero RC, thank you!


Damon Darnall

[khedge]

Ryan was flying a 42% Dalton extra 300 MEL