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control line Adrian

SIG Hamilton

Midwinter in Control-Line-Land is when things get
busy with Slow Combat. The 26th annual Shortest
Day Combat contest is on at JR Airsail again and
we're all looking forward to it. In addition to the
contest there's a remit to consider on the speed
limit rule - details follow...

Remits
There are two remits up for voting on CL classes.
Firstly The propeller rule in Class Team Race. 2004 NZ F2D Combat team at Muncie World Champs: L-R Bryce Gibson,
Chris Renton, Glen Lewis
Several racing classes limit propellers to
commercially available nylon or plastic types, but
Classic Team Racing additionally requires that
they be available in NZ model shops. Rather than
end up with a very limited supply of legal props we
want to make that rule the same as in several other
racing classes.

Secondly, The Slow Combat speed limit rule has
been modified ad hoc at contests for several
years. This remit is to restore the original speed
limit and establish a consistent penalty and
process for breaches. Details are published on the
CL SIG page on www.mfnz.org - Voting should still
be open by the time this issue of MFW goes out:

Stunt Series
By now the CL Stunt series will have been finished
off at the final round at Christchurch MAC over Andrew Robinson leads his race by one lap at the 2004 World Champs.
King's Birthday Weekend. After the penultimate
round at Tauranga MAC it looked like Kevin
Barnes was due to regain the top title, but there
w e r e m a t h e m a t i c a l
permutations that meant all of
the top six places were
technically up for grabs. Who
went, who flew and what
happened? Results will be
available via this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-
1vTQkMsoFj4om_FEzBzWe0AUC7KHNIDo8lDew_
hRRJTX5zbp0yEGgOaej9V9tn54MA/pubhtml?gid=4
92784859&single=true

World Champs
It's just a few weeks until the Control Line World
Champs takes place in Muncie, Indiana USA. The
New Zealand team has been working hard to Good luck, guys!
prepare. Most of them are familiar with Muncie Kevin Barnes flew in F2B Aerobatics at the 2004 World Champs at Muncie and will be
having competed for NZ the last time the World back there for the 2024 World Champs. Photos K Barnes
Champs was held there twenty years ago.
The NZ team:
F2B Aerobatics Kevin Barnes
F2C Team Race Andrew Robinson & Brendan Robinson
F2D Combat Bryce Gibson & Chris Renton with Glen Lewis as team mechanic

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