SEN 3384

1. Results 2025 F1E Sierra Cup
2. The Voice of Reason Speaks !

 

Results 2025 F1E Sierra Cup 
From:Peter Brocks

The F1E Sierra World Cup was flown from Holloway Hill, Lost Hills, California on Oct. 7, 2025.
The temperatures were from 73deg to 86deg. Wind direction was northerly and at 3 to 6m/s. We flew 5 rounds into the pit with a max time of 150 seconds for all 5 rounds.

1st  Mike McKeever     USA   469.33%
2nd Brian VanNest      USA   430.28%
3rd  Daryl Perkins     USA   399.52%
4th  Peter Brocks      USA   323.61%
5th  Ian Kaynes        GBR   284.23%
6th  Mike Richardson   USA   211.27%

The 2025 F1E Kotuku Cup could not be flown on Oct. 8 or on the reserve day of Oct. 13 because of strong winds above the FAI wind speed limit.

The Voice of Reason Speaks ! 
From: Chris Edge

As someone with experience of elephants in the room (bizarre interview, best forgotten, moving on…) Bernard Guest is completely correct to write about timing issues yet again (SEN 3382).

I recall the fanfare when CIAM announced there would be a working group set up to look in to the issue – was that a year or two years back ? Who’s on it – does anyone know ? Have they met yet ? Are there minutes available if they have ? What actions have been placed, etc ? CIAM members read SEN so presumably someone can comment, unless that is, er nothing has happened in which case it’s not looking good is it.

The Glorious Editor published a draft specification for automated timing some time ago and I thought it captured well the key points of what a timing system would need to do – perhaps he could remind us all of his wise words and open the discussion again ?

Meanwhile why do we treat our timekeepers so poorly ? Many Championships (but not all) I’ve attended have expected timekeepers to be on station for the best part of 12 hours in hot, dusty conditions with minimum shelter and little if no compensation or praise for their efforts – no wonder mistakes are made.

We can do better.
CHE

 Comment from the Editor.

CHE , I looked in the corner and found an elephant who was familiar with some aspects of  the CIAM effort. He said it started well but the effort seems to have stopped with no information from the project manager for a number of months. The effort was quite ambitious in trying to solve the timing/scoring challenges for all  model aviation classes  as well as away of officially reporting it online  preferably  with common solution.

I will see what I can find work I have done in the past for the next issue of SEN.

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Roger Morrell