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NORTH ISLAND FREE FLIGHT CHAMPS
26th - 27th - 28th April 2024

RAYNER’S FARM, GLADSTONE ROAD, CARTERTON
Rob Wallace
Friday 26th
Open Combined 3 x 180
Vintage Combined 3x 180
E36 3 x 120
Saturday 27th
Nos duration combined 3 x 180
Kiwi Power 3 x 120
P30 3 x 120
Just prior to Christmas and with the help of Google Earth I
managed a find a new, potentially large, Free Flight Field HLG\ CHLG\ TLG 6 x 60
Sunday 28th
near Masterton at 606 Matahiwi Road. I visited the site Classic Duration Combined # x 180
and with no one around, left a note and a week later Mini Combined 3 x 120
Hamish Galloway had met the owner and got permission (1\2 A power\ Coupe\ A1)
to fly there for our National Championships. The owner Vintage Precision 3 x 90
and staff are very friendly and helpful and I believe this is a Kennedy Precision 3 x 90
game changer for Freeflight at Carterton when we have
difficulty with using the Raynors Farm we have become Contest Director: Paul Squires 021 029 94110
accustomed to. Free Flight, Vintage Free Flight, Some pwsquires@gmail.com
Free Flight Scale and Vintage R/C flew on this site Contest Administrator: Connie gray
measuring appproximately 2.7 km x 1.8km. It was the first
ime we had flown there and took a bit of learning where to
fly from and we probably didn”t utilise properly the best SOUTH ISLAND FREE FLIGHT CHAMPS
use of the field. There were electric fences surrounding us
but there were plenty of insulated places to cross where 27th - 28th July 2024
the irrigator pivot wheels travelled.
CHRISTCHURCH FREE FLIGHT FIELD
Looking at the number of Freeflight entries, obtaining the
field helped get good numbers. The South Island Freeflight Champs are on again
this year and includes all Freeflight classes (as
long as there are three or more entries.
I looked back over the entries (137) in freeflight and
looked where high entry numbers and low entry numbers
were. Aggregate had good numbers, Catapult Launch At this stage we will not be including Indoor.
Glider,Hangar Rat and Indoor HLG and some of the
rubber classes had good numbers too. Low numbers For more info please ring one of the Longs.
were in FAI combined, Hand Launch glider, Tip Launch
glider and some of the Power classes. It doesnt mean that I witnessed the use of Martin Evans BMK GPS tracker for
we have to delete them, it is better to at least try and a model that flew some 8km away and he managed to find
promote them. On that Note, it is hoped that the FFONZ it and recover it. Use of tracking and electronic DT is
Shop will have some Tip Launch Glider Kits and a few encouraged these days and there are some good bits on
Catapult Launch Glider Kits available around the end of the internet.
March. I would be interested in expressions of interest
from people who would want the TLG Kits to build and Fly. A few Thankyous to Hamish Galloway for helping obtain
The SIG can look at ideas for promoting other classes as the Field, The Farmers, Rupert , Wayne and Taylor for
well. their support in the use of Matahiwi, The Competitors and
Assistants who make the events run and sort out the
David Ackery has published information about an indoor results, Owen Dewe and Ross Gray who took some great
class called P. 18 which allows a plastic prop and covering photos of us in action and also to the people who
is the use of light weight plastic bag or other materials nominated me for The McDonald Memorial Award. I feel
very honoured! It's not a light Trophy! If you think someone
The North Island Free Flight Champs are planned for the deserves an award like this please let us know.
26th, 27th, 28th April at Raynors Farm which allows
people travelling from far away to come down on ANZAC The FreeFlight SIG AGM was held at Carterton, followed
day..Paul Squires, Connie Gray and Graham Lovejoy are by Prizegiving. One Trophy that was missing is the A1
the organisers with help from a few others. Trophy. Contact David Ackery if you have it or know where
it is. The SIG committee were re - elected for another term.
World Free Flight Champs Trials for Romania in 2025 are
being advertised on the Website and in the MFW. Any
expressions of interest for attending these Champs would Robert Wallace
be helpful to the SIG. Chairman FF SIG

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