With all the wild and wet weather we have had lately we were lucky to get a dry, windy, but very flyable day. The thermals changed their strength and form all day which made it very tricky and all pilots had some excellent flights followed by some landouts! 

We had 4 pilots compete and so we decided to all time for ourselves, which worked well, meaning we could all fly in the same group. We had a lazy start and casual pace to finish 9 rounds by 3PM. 

In the end it was Hugh who made the best of the tough conditions to win the day. Well flown Hugh!

1st Hugh - Plus X

2nd Marcus - Vinco TR

3rd Bob Wilson - Plus X

Bob and his new Plus X

This was the RCGA's first combined F5J and 2m eERES competition and it was a very successful day with 6 rounds of F5J and 6 rounds of 2m eRES being interlaced throughout the day. The conditions were very wiindy for the most part of the day and combined with cool, low lift conditions, made getting full times very difficult. This made it important to find a nice bouyant corridor as quickly as possible or ride every little gust and bump to maximise your time.

Despite it being the middle of winter, we had our best turnout of pilots in a long, long time with 15 pilots on the field at one point during the day (not all competing). I think this shows 2 things, first we are all keen to fly after an interupted Covid year and secondly it shows the growing popularity and enjoyment of 2m eRES! The performance of these models is quite remarkable and their ability to handle the strong winds (with up to 240g of ballast) was very surprising. 

Overall it was a very challenging days flying with only a hand full of flights achieving the maximum time in both F5J and 2m eRES.

A special mention to Hugh Blackburn for winning F5J in empatic style, dropping less than 100points at the end of the day. Well done!

Final results are:

F5J

1st Hugh Blackburn Plus X

2nd Marcus Stent, Vinco TR

3rd Dave Millward, Plus X

2m eRES

1st Marcus Stent, OZeRES

2nd Jim Houdalakis, OZeRES

3rd Hugh Blackburn, Fresh

The results can be found here...

What a truely awesome days flying! We are finally out of lockdown and we had one of the best winters days at Diggers Rest in a long time. A light breeze prevailed all day and we even got some sunshine!

The thermal conditions changed throughout the day and this resulted in some great flying and some great saves.

Final results are:

1st Marcus Stent, Vinco TR

2nd Dave Millward, Plus Pro

3rd Jim Houdalakis, Prestige2PK

The results can be found here...

What an excellent days flying in windy and tricky conditions.

A big thanks to Clive Warman from NSW for coming along and joing in and also to Max Kroger for timing all day and allowing us to comple 8 rounds in the day. Thank you!

Congratulations to all the pilots who placed, they all had to work hard throughout the day and had some great flights.

!st Dave Milward

2nd Daniel Haskell

3rd Hugh Blackburn

A great day was had by all.