Oakland Cloud Dusters
20th Annual Northern
California Free Flight Championships
Waegell Field, Sacramento California
May 2nd
& 3rd 2009
AAA
Category III AMA Sanctioned Contest
An
*America’s
Cup and ^National Cup Contest
AMA, NFFS Nostalgia, Classic &
Special Events, + SAM Rules Apply
Entry
Fee: One Event $15.00, Two or more
Events $30.00. $5.00 discount with proof of NFFS membership for two or
more events. Field Fee: 2009 “Friends of Waegell” Card Holders
Free, otherwise $5.00 per contestant.
Jrs. $2 per event, with no field fee.
Contest
Directors: Bill Vanderbeek, Dick Douglas, & Fred Terzian (FAI)
Participant Trophy (to all who “enter”) $600+ in Prize Money
1-Design: Sal Taibi’s 1/2A Spacer Medallion & Nostalgia Engines
Contest Schedule
Saturday Events Sunday Events
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.
*F1A Glider (seven rounds) *F1G Coupe (five rounds)
*F1B Wakefield (seven rounds) *F1H Towline (five rounds)
*F1C Power (seven rounds) *F1J Power (five rounds)
*F1P (.060 Gas Power) F1Q (Electric)
EITHER
DAY--All Events must be completed on the same day
^Junior P-30 Rubber
^Classic Junior
1/2A Gas
^Junior Hand Launch Glider
^Junior 1/2A Gas
^Junior Hand Held Catapult Glider
+“He-Man” Hand Launch Glider
Junior A-1 Nordic Towline
Classic Straight Tow
Glider
Old Time Small Rubber Cabin
Old Time Small Rubber Stick
Old Time Large Rubber Cabin
Old Time Large Rubber Stick
1/4A Gas
Mulvihill
Rubber R.O.W.
^1/2A Gas
^Mulvihill
Rubber
^A-B Gas
^Moffett
Rubber
^C-D Gas
^P-30
Rubber
.020 Replica
Old Time Hand Launch
Glider
^Hand Held Catapult Glider
O.C.D. Catapult Glider
^Nostalgia Rubber
^Hand
Launch Glider
^Nostalgia Wakefield
^Classic
1/2A Gas
^1/4A Gas Nostalgia
^Classic A-B Gas
^Early 1/2A Gas Nostalgia
^Classic C-D Gas
^1/2A Gas Nostalgia
A-B-C Ignition
Old Timer
^A Gas Nostalgia
A-B-C-D
Gas R.O.W. Combined
^B Gas Nostalgia
4 Ounce Wakefield
^C Gas Nostalgia
8 Ounce Wakefield
1/2A Gas Rise-Off Water
Rubber Scale
Gollywock/Jabberwock
E-30, B-Electric
General Field Rules:
1)
Flight time max for all events except
F1A, B, & C is 90 seconds.
2)
Gas events will have engine runs of 5,
6, 7 or 10 seconds, depending on event and 2009 NCFFC rules. Fly-off engine runs (except F1C) will be determined
at that time.
3)
Rubber events, except F1B will be three maxes of 90
seconds each. Flyoff flights and times will be determined by 2009 NCFFC
rules.
4)
Classic Towline Glider events will use 35-meter (115
feet) towlines. A line gauge will be on the
field.
5)
Special rules will apply for ROW, Moffett, OCD
Catapult, etc.
6)
He-man glider rules:
All wood
construction (no built up, tissue, carbon fiber, etc.) D.T. OK – Min. weight
1.5 oz (42.5 g) – Must have a name, prominently displayed on wing – 4 attempts,
best 2 count – All flights before 9:30 a.m. - No use of thermal detecting
“devices” – Time one, fly one.
FAI
Events: One hour rounds beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday.
Mini Events will be flown near contest headquarters. One-hour lunch
break on Saturday. Fly-off flights TBD,
depending on conditions
Contest
Information:
Bill Vanderbeek Fred Terzian Dick
Douglas
4155 Old Trace Ct. 4858 Moorpark Ave. 5303 Calderwood ln
Palo Alto,
CA 94306 San Jose,
CA 95129 San
Jose, CA 95118
1-650-941-9913 1-408-725-1065 1-408-266-3598
billvanderbeek@yahoo.com fterzian@pacbell.net amawam@sbcglobal.net