Mike, Terry, Shawn, John, Pat, etc. This situation is interesting and affects many more pilots than just Terry Mickle and Shean Lenci although they're the only two directly impacted. Yes, there was a clear understanding from the pilots flying in the contest that a JR 9303 system would be given to the 100th place finisher. That system was apparently given to Shawn Lenci who won the middle of the pack flyoff. Of course, as the rules were stated and understood, there shouldn't have been a middle of the pack flyoff for the radio as it should have been given to the 100th place finisher instead. Other pilots who were affected were those that missed required air time in the early rounds and realized they wouldn't post a very high final score. They quickly changed their personal goal to finish in the 100th position in an attempt to win the JR radio. I overheard numerous comments (approximately a dozen) to that affect as I circulated around the pits including discussions of strategy as to how many points they'd have to lose to drop to 100th position. At this point it certainly isn't fair to reclaim the JR 9303 radio system from Shawn as he did win the middle of the pack flyoff. The numerous pilots who changed their personal goal to finish in 100th position don't deserve any consideration as finishing in that position was pure luck with the outcome not being known until the final pilot had landed and the results tabulated. However, if I were Jerry Mickle who actually did finish in 100th place, I'd certainly be more than "curious". I concur that John Diniz shouldn't be held accountable as JR/Horizon Hobby was exceedingly generous with their support of the contest (several thousand dollars with the JR 9303 systems that were given to the various winners and to the raffle). OTOH, holding CVRC accountable and demanding they provide an additional $600 radio system seems somewhat extreme. In most other respects, the contest was perfect in organization and execution with this misunderstanding being the only exception. Perhaps CVRC will agree to allow Terry to enter for free next year as a concession. As for me, I'd like a JR 9303 system for suggesting this compromise.
Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat McCleave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "RCSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] What Happened to JR 9303 Radio? > Mike, > > I was not at Visalia, but I too remember a post by John Diniz stating he had > a radio he was giving away to whoever took 100th place not who won a fly-off > of the middle of the pack flyers. Seems Terry may have a beef with the > organizers for changing up the rules in mid stream. Can't really fault John > here since it sounds like a radio was given away to Shawn. > > See Ya, > > Pat McCleave > Wichita, KS > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Terry Mickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:06 PM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] What Happened to JR 9303 Radio? > > > > In a message dated 10/9/2004 9:31:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Terry > > Mickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>There was a posting before Visalia that there would be a JR 9303 given > >>to the pilot finishing in 100th place. What ever happened with that? > >>Since I finished in 100th place I'm just curios. > >> > >>Terry Mickle > > > > Hi Terry, > > The Visalia folks actually had a flyoff for the middle of the pack flyers > > to see who got the JR radio. I think the middle was actually about 136. > > Shawn Lenci won the flyoff (10 flyers) with an 86 point landing and 3 > > seconds off of the three minute task. > > Mike Clancy > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > > with MIME turned off. > > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
