We'll be flying indoor micro models at the Spring Showcase on May 1, 2013 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. All students and members of the Salem RC Pilot's Association are free to participate.
The club will raffle off a Syma S107G for $1 per ticket as a club fundraiser.
We'll have open flying, as well as a micro helicopter pylon race.
Up to four aircraft will be allowed in the air at a time. There will be a clearly drawn line of infinity, beyond which no spectator may pass. Charging stations will be available. Our hope is that this will turn into a regular thing, with club members and students flying indoors on a regular schedule.
Here are the rules for the pylon race:
1. Pylons will be placed 15 feet apart.
2. A floor mat or sheet of foam, roughly 30 inches by 20 inches, will be placed in between the pylons, with the forward long edge of the mat falling on the line between the pylons.
3. While flying, the pilot must stand behind the line of infinity, which is a line extending along the bottom edge of the mat to the right and left.
4. Racers take off from the mat and make 3 laps. If a racer cuts a pylon they must return and round the pylon correctly or be disqualified. After 3 completed laps racers will land their helicopters on the mat, upright and on the skids.
5. If a helicopter crashes the racer may use the controls to right it or may right it
by hand. placing it upright where it crashed (facing any direction). Racers may not fly again until they are standing behind the line of infinity.
6. Racers who crash on the mat when landing must place the helicopter upright and on the skids off the mat and then land properly.
7. If the racers choose, two or more helicopters may race at once.
8. All races are for time, not placing.
There will be two classes: Open and Syma S107G. The Syma's time qualifies for both classes, but anything that is not a Syma S107G qualifies only for the open class.
Race results for our first tournament using these rules will be posted to the club blog after the showcase.
See you there!
