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[Bernard Guest]

Guy Maxed Out

[Tiffaney]
We’ll find out at the meeting in 24 minutes.
It was so still and hot today. Difficult.
[Ben]
So it would be today?
Another others from US in the fly offs?
[walt]
Taron ?

[Tiffaney]

Yep, he maybe let a thermal go through early in the sixth round, then waited through a long period of change, eating up the round. Finally, Taron and Sevak decided to go, but the model didn’t turn into the air and sank quickly. Other models did make the max, but it wasn’t very big. Guy nearly dropped the seventh round, but his model picked up air late while Guy was praying upwind.
Might be reason to be happy. But we’re counting scores in our heads. Getting ready for the 6-minute flyoff. It’s in 15 minutes.

21 Flyers

It’s light until 9

Guy cleared the 6-minute flyoff hurdle. Watched raining F1Cs and skipped that air, before picking the thermal and maxing easily. Not sure how many made it. Not a bunch.

6 flyers left for the next flyoff, 8-minutes. Supposed to be at 7:45

A lot of people went in the terrible air.

Guy put up a good launch at the very end of the round and was probably the second highest, but his glide was a little fast. I’ll post scores, but we think he might be fifth? I’ll wait for scores.
[7/22/2025 5:46 AM] [Tiffenay]: Neil Allen won F1C, with a hummer!
[7/22/2025 5:47 AM] Bill Booth: Flapper?
[7/22/2025 5:47 AM] [Dane]: Geared??
[7/22/2025 5:49 AM] [Tiffenay]: He has Slava wings, but builds his own fuselage and geared motor.
[7/22/2025 5:49 AM] [Dane]: Love those!!
[7/22/2025 5:50 AM] [Tiffenay]: Nice guy, doesn’t fly in the US, came back to flying after having kids.
[7/22/2025 10:58 AM] Mike Roberts: Great flying and great Team USA result.  Congratulations all!
[7/22/2025 2:22 PM] [Tiffenay]: Thanks guys. Incredibly long, hot day. Such tricky thermal picking. I’ll try to write more soon. On our way out for F1Q, forecast is for slightly cooler.
[7/22/2025 2:23 PM[Samatha] Go get em’ Q Team!!
[7/22/2025 2:24 PM] [Mike R] Glad to hear it’s going be a tad cooler. Good luck to our Q team.
[7/22/2025 3:04 PM] Blake Jensen: Although, cooler means something like 90°F…..

Team placing is decided by total time in regular rounds. If a team has a fourth flyer. The top three scores are selected for team placing. If more than one team has three max outs, the tiebreaker is lowest sum of finishing places.
First, sixth, and 17th would be a 24.
[7/22/2025 3:07 PM] Bill Booth: Ok,  that’s  better.  Thanks.  Three of four is better than of three three, but a little more fair than just 4 straight up.
[7/22/2025 3:11 PM[Ben] Yes
We have Julie in Q so is she included in the team results  or are the women  flyers  separated into a separate women’s competition?
[7/22/2025 3:17 PM] Blake Jensen: Competition is everyone overall. However, if there are six women or more in an event, then there will be medals for the top women individual flyers as well.
[7/22/2025 3:18 PM] [Ben] Cool
Are there 6 in Q do you know?
[7/22/2025 3:19 PM] [Ben] I know at least 2
[7/22/2025 3:19 PM] Blake Jensen: I’m not sure how many, but I think at least six
[7/22/2025 3:23 PM] [Ben]: Well we are old but we still have our sense of humor!
[7/22/2025 3:25 PM] [Ben]: Or is it senseless humor?
[7/22/2025 3:54 PM] [Tiffenay]: 8
[7/22/2025 4:33 PM] [Tiffenay]: 71 degrees and breezy, 3-11 mph at 7:30
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