North Central Regional Finals

[SleepyC]

This past weekend the North Central Regional IMAC Finals were held in Wheeler IL.

Shane Quale and Wayne Geffon kept FG updated on the North Central Regional Finals thread located here: CLICK HERE

Shane Quale writes:


Good Day FG Members,

Today in Wheeler, IN the North Central IMAC Regional Championship is underway. Pilots were rolling in around 7:00 A.M this morning with fog on the field and beautiful weather scheduled ahead. With 58 pilots registered for show this weekend, this one is going to be off the hook. Noon time today there were Vans, Campers, Trailers, and RV's everywhere. Some awesome pilots have came for this competition to fly this weekend to include Mike McConville, Wayne Geffon, Larry Arseneau, and Robert Klein plus many more amazing pilots. This afternoon we had one mishap with a mid-air between Craig Korener and Mike Roxberry unfortuneately and I am sure they will chime in on such a sad sight. We now move on to fly and to beautiful weather for the weekend. So....Lew Sheffield (Contest Director)is doing such a great job on this weekends competition and has put a lot of time and mind with others to help make this happen. Saturday night has a scheduled pig roast around 6:30 in the evening with some beverages involved. Come on out enjoy the fun, eat some pig, shoot the poop, and enjoy the beautiflu weekend. Stay tuned for pics as they will be updated daily.


Wayne Geffon writes:
2009 NC Regional Finals


Overall, there were 51 pilots flying in the 2009 NC Regional Finals contest. In no particular order they were: Andrew Mossner, Wayne Geffon, Jim Dumke, Mark Chronister, Terry Driver, Brian Bremer, Mike McConville, Benjamin Batts, Jason Dumke, Dominic Flamini, Tom Villhauer, Michael Roxberry, Mike Hilderbrandt, Gary Hunt, Al Torres, Michael Smith, Ric Musselman, Doug Swanson, Mike Karnes, Brian Sanik, Dan Knippen, Bob Foran, T.Bob Klein, Larry Arseneau, Joe Utasi, Mike Wickstrom, Chris Gini, Daniel Jones, Mike Milos, James Hugg, Chris Sydor, Mike Sotomayor, Don McLellan, Jerry Ream, Patric Hruswicki, Ryan Clark, Blake Ziemba, Joe Henley, Ed Rogala, Rick Kroeze, Andrew Thomas, Justin Hilderbrandt, Bryan Mailoux, Matt Cudzilo, John Petrozza, Jeff Wessel, Chris Redman, Kenneth Boucherie, Cliff Bailey, Tom Mitchell and Ron Freeman. These pilots flew a grand total of 714 judged sequences.
This contest was flown according to modified rules.

Jeff Wessel won the Basic class. There were 13 pilots in Basic. The winning order was: (1) Jeff Wessel, (2) Blake Ziemba, (3) Kenneth Boucherie, (4) Matt Cudzilo, (5) Mark Chronister, (6) Al Torres, (7) James Hugg, (8) Jerry Ream, (9) Jim Dumke, (10) Daniel Jones, (11) Chris Redman, (12) Joe Henley and (13) John Petrozza. They flew 8 known sequences (4 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,700.1 to a high of 6,000 (a range of 3,299.9 points).

Benjamin Batts won the Sportsman class. There were 14 pilots in Sportsman. The winning order was: (1) Benjamin Batts, (2) Ric Musselman, (3) Mike Karnes, (4) Doug Swanson, (5) Terry Driver, (6) Patric Hruswicki, (7) Tom Villhauer, (8) Ron Freeman, (9) Mike Wickstrom, (10) Mike Sotomayor, (11) Michael Roxberry, (12) T.Bob Klein, (13) Ed Rogala and (14) Cliff Bailey. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 2,770.1 to a high of 4,986.7 (a range of 2,216.6 points).

Ryan Clark won the Intermediate class. There were 9 pilots in Intermediate. The winning order was: (1) Ryan Clark, (2) Chris Sydor, (3) Bryan Mailoux, (4) Brian Bremer, (5) Mike Hilderbrandt, (6) Dominic Flamini, (7) Jason Dumke, (8) Tom Mitchell and (9) Michael Smith. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 3,391.3 to a high of 5,000 (a range of 1,608.7 points).

Justin Hilderbrandt won the Advanced class. There were 7 pilots in Advanced. The winning order was: (1) Justin Hilderbrandt, (2) Mike Milos, (3) Chris Gini, (4) Joe Utasi, (5) Andrew Thomas, (6) Rick Kroeze and (7) Gary Hunt. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 3,404.8 to a high of 4,980.8 (a range of 1,575.9 points).

Mike McConville won the Unlimited class. There were 6 pilots in Unlimited. The winning order was: (1) Mike McConville, (2) Wayne Geffon, (3) Don McLellan, (4) Brian Sanik, (5) Larry Arseneau and (6) Dan Knippen. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 3,610 to a high of 5,000 (a range of 1,390 points).

In addition to the standard classes, there was 1 special class: Seniors.
Joe Utasi won the Seniors class. There were 6 pilots in Seniors. The winning order was: (1) Joe Utasi, (2) Ron Freeman, (3) Michael Roxberry, (4) Dan Knippen, (5) Tom Mitchell and (6) Cliff Bailey. They flew 6 known sequences (3 rounds) and 1 unknown round. The scores ranged from a low of 0.482 to a high of 0.736 (a range of 0.254 points).

Ryan Clark won the Freestyle class. There were 2 pilots in Freestyle. The winning order was: (1) Ryan Clark and (2) Chris Gini. They flew 1 freestyle round. The scores ranged from a low of 860.2 to a high of 1,000 (a range of 139.8 points).
The tightest competition was for 8th place in the Sportsman class, with only 2.2 points difference between Ron Freeman and Mike Wickstrom.


It's great to see that IMAC is strong, and to see the amazing IMAC planes these guys have.
From the reports it looks like this was a top notch event all the way around!

Nice job guys!

[SleepyC]

Pics!

[SleepyC]

Thanks to Walt and Shane for the pics!

[Wayne]

Contest results and Regional Point Winners should be on the IMAC website Thursday.

[jamesrxx951]

the headline picture goes to show how the people are at these imac events. ben batts engine broke the mount plate causing the motor to almost break free from the plane. ben,his dad and i was working on it and beleive it or not someone had a back plate with them and let him use it. some people offered tools to use to make the repair. about 15min later the plane was fixed and ben was ready to make is flight. goes to show you how people are alway willing to help out when you are in need. even if you are flying against them.

[smokin]

great flying guys! it looks as if you all had a blast!

[zzw26n]

Allot of pictures of TBob? I'm just saying. ....

[T. Bob]

I'm soooooo good lookin

[zzw26n]

	Quote: Originally Posted by T. Bob
	I'm soooooo good lookin

you are ...............

[T. Bob]

That first pic is the only time I've seen that Mike Gee isn't makin some chick really uncomfortable.

[zivbit]

Hey Guys,

What is Mike Mcconville flying - is that an Su-26 in 40% size? a new plane from H9 ?
Please report!!

Thanks,
Zivo

[pinky panky]

competition is never any fun if you are all alone. It's all part of the brotherhood of having toy airplanes in your blood.

[mmcconville]

Its is a blown up version of my H9 SU-26mm. ALmost a straight blow up with a very slight additional tweak to the fuse length. Its 122" span, 2775 squares. 39.4 lbs with DA-170 & RE3 pipes.

Its my own model, just something I really wanted to do. I have to say, IMHO it flies absolutely amazing!

[Bryan Mailloux]

	Quote: Originally Posted by jamesrxx951
	the headline picture goes to show how the people are at these imac events. ben batts engine broke the mount plate causing the motor to almost break free from the plane. ben,his dad and i was working on it and beleive it or not someone had a back plate with them and let him use it. some people offered tools to use to make the repair. about 15min later the plane was fixed and ben was ready to make is flight. goes to show you how people are alway willing to help out when you are in need. even if you are flying against them.

Glad I could help Ben out. Actually I had 2 spare back plates.

[ricmussman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Bryan Mailloux
	Glad I could help Ben out. Actually I had 2 spare back plates.

Thanks a lot Bryan, Next time keep them at home.....JK:4: