I am hoping that we will get the contest in this weekend, though I am watching the weather forecast, which is calling for scattered showers. I plan to be on the field at Buder Park around 8:30 to check wind direction and rain. Probably it will be the west end of the park, based on the current wind forecast. But we'll see.

If people want to fly sport models that's ok but we'll not be using the club equipment. I'll be running the contest range as a misfire alley set up, so bring your own launcher. As contest director I will be the range safety officer so check in with me if you want to fly sport models.

John Buckley

As a reminder here are the contest particulars:

October Fly XVII, October 6-7, 2018
Location: Buder Park in St. Louis
October Fly has an events (5) list as follows:
1/4A helicopter duration
1/4A parachute duration
C Egg loft altitude
A Boost Glide
Set duration (t=55s)
These 5 events will decide the October Fly championship. The contest will be sanctioned as an NRC contest. Therefore, any NRC event may be flown although those results won’t count toward October Fly. Eggs will be available but not payloads.
Contest hours will be 9AM to 5PM Saturday and 9AM to 3PM Sunday. Note that the first hour of each day may involve some set up time.