In a message dated 5/6/2008 5:14:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At the upcoming SEFF meet (electrics) they have organized a world
record attempt of most RC planes in the air at once...in the past they
were limited by the 50 channels and Hamm bands but this time they have
allowed 40 2.4 ships to join in.
Now that is the interesting thing and the part that most fits this
thread...why only 40 2.4s?
I guess Gordy missed the post concerning the SEFF 100 model world record so
here it is again.
Today (4 May) at the Southeast Electric Fun Fly 100 R/C models were airborne
simultaneously for more than one minute. The pilots were spread out along a
1700 ft grass runway at Mac Hodges' private airfield in Andersonville, GA
(site of the SEFF). Models were launched in 5 separate waves about 10 seconds
apart and the minute timing began when the last model was airborne.
Unofficially, the group included 53 2.4 Ghz systems and 47 72 Mhz systems.
Unofficially, there were no problems with the 2.4 systems, but there were a
few,
undefined, problems with some 72 Mhz systems. There should be a full report
on RC
groups in a day or so and a published report in Model Aviation Magazine in a
few months. There were about 115 pilots signed up but only 100 finished.
I was proud to be a participant in this effort.
Don Richmond
San Diego, CA (Pensacola, FL for a few weeks)
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