The Lafayette Esquadrille is crazy enough to host a contest in February to kick off the contest season. Since February can be warm to snowed in so we never know what conditions we are going to get until a few days before the contest. As we always say “We know it’s cold, but you gotta fly!”
This year we had winds that exceeded 25 mph all day which meant that the CL stunt models stayed home and for good reason. Luckily it was in the low 60’s so we were not freezing
But….the Fox 35 Speed and Perky speed models had no problem with the winds. They were a little more difficult to fly but nobody crashed and everyone was able to get a flight in. We flew the speed models until about 1pm until the wind started to hit in the low 40 mph range!
CL Stunt – No entries due to high winds!
Perky Speed:
Average Speed – 84.59 mph – Bill Hughes
- Bill Hughes OPS SE 93.40 mph
- John Moll OPS SE 90.60 mph
- Bill Hughes Bacbini 85.13 mph
- Bill Hughes OPS RE 78.50 mph
- John Moll Taipan 75.32 mph
Fox 35 Speed: Link to Fox 35 Speed Rules: Fox 35 Speed rules Rev A
Average Speed – 81.74 mph – Jason Pearson
- Bill Hughes Fox 35 Stunt 96.70 mph
- John Moll Fox 35 Stunt 91.06 mph
- Bill Hughes Fox 35 Stunt 89.99 mph
- Jason Pearson Fox 35 Stunt 77.96 mph
- Fred Cronenwett Fox 35 Stunt 74.60 mph
- John Moll Fox 35 Stunt 74.54 mph
- John Bruno Fox 35 Stunt 67.00 mph
Bill Hughes releasing John Moll’s Fox 35 Speed model that took 2nd place
Bill Hughes – Fox 35 Speed
John Moll – Fox 35 Speed
Jason Pearson – Fox 35 Speed
Fred Cronenwett – Fox 35 Speed
John Bruno – Fox 35 Speed
Perky Speed and Misc Pictures
