On Saturday August 24th, Stetson RC Flyers held our Scale event. Traditionally, this event was strictly for giant scale aircraft but this year we opened it up to scale aircraft any size. It had a bit of a confusing name but it seems to have worked, this year.
We really couldn’t have asked for a better day weatherwise. Winds were light, the sky was mostly clear and it wasn’t too hot. As CD of the event, I had all my volunteers lined up, On flight line we had Kevin, Greg, Tony, Charlie, Mark and Alain. Hal did an amazing job as usual of photos and this year we had a little something special. All cooked up in my devious little mind.
The club had a very nice Top Flite Cessna 182 donated to it. This plane was completely built, with LED lights, fibreglass cowl, an Evolution 15 gas engine and all the scale bits and bobs to make this plane a real looker. My idea was, that for every full flight put in, the pilot would get a raffle ticket for said airplane. Therefore, the more flights the pilot flew, the more chances they had to win the 182. Thanks to Robert for taking the task of ticket dispenser.
Food was provided by Robert St Germain’s crew and I even got to take a bit of a break and enjoy a tasty burger!
At 1:00 raffle prizes were drawn, we had gift certificates from Great Hobbies (1) and Hobby Hideaway (5). Please make sure you pop into these two hobby shops and support them as they repeatedly are very generous to our club and provide us with raffle prizes.
Flying continued for another hour and half and then we had the draw for the 182, which was won by Michel Boulerice. Lucky guy!
I’d like to thank all our volunteers and Pierre Coulombe for his guidance. I intend to CD next years Scale event and I would like to do the same flight raffle, so I am looking for a donated kit (which I can build) or a completed airplane. Thanks to all those that came out, had some fun and some laughs. In all, there were 65 flights throughout the day, special mention to Brian Perkins from Kingston who flew his crazy looking 1924 Dormoy Bath Tub and his RC bald eagle! Also, though he didn’t fly, my good friend, also from the Kingston club, John Staudt, drove up to visit and check out our event.
Hoping we will see more flyers from ours and other Ottawa Valley clubs and beyond next year!