"HeliFun" - (Events Added) - Saturday & Sunday - May 17th & 18th - Hurlock, MD.

[bstock]

(update: HeliFun events/ contests have been added to this thread - and also onto the website - http://helifun.org)

Hi Everyone,

On Saturday and Sunday - May 17th and 18th, the Eastern Shore Aeromodelers Club will be holding the 1st annual "HeliFun" funfly in Hurlock, MD.

Come shake off the Winter flying blues. We have a GREAT field for heli flying.

Open flying both days until dusk. There will be 8 flying stations along with a large designated area off of the flying field for events, hovering, novices, setup, etc. Night Flying on Saturday night.

HeliFun Events:

SpotAuto - the Pilot who Autos down closest to the target on the ground... Wins. To make it fair, Expert Class Pilots will need to auto down inverted.

HeliPickUp - An event designed for beginners and experts alike. A 4" metal disk will be suspended 2 1/2' from the bottom of the skids. Drinking Straws with small magnets glued to the ends of them, will be vertical on the ground (using wooden skewers driven into the ground). The Pilot who gathers up the most magnets/ straws in 2 minutes... Wins.

HeliLimbo - Also designed for all skill levels. Basically you fly your 400/ 450 through 4 stations of two horizontally mounted light PVC pipes, 5' off of the ground... spaced at diminishing vertical heights apart (38"-34"-30"-26"). It is timed, and the pilot that makes it through (which is harder then it sounds) with the best time... Wins. To win this... has some Real bragging rights!!

A PA system for music and announcements. Lunch and drink are included Saturday, with the $10.00 pilot registration fee. For everyone else, we will have the barbeques setup and will be cranking out hamburgers ($1.50), hot dogs ($1.00), and sausages ($1.50), along with chips ($.50), various salads, deserts, and ice cold drinks ($.50) - both Sat & Sun. Breakfast will also be available on Sunday Morning. T-shirts will be on sale for $15.00 apiece.

Our flying field is located at 6035 Shiloh Camp Rd, Hurlock, MD. (N 38° 36’24.8” / W075° 53’07.6”) We have a brand new field, so if you use Google Map/ Satellite view, the new field is not in the current photo. Look over our new field at:

http://www.esacclub.org/New%20field.htm (bottom right photo shows completed construction)

Many of the pilots who have confirmed attending, are some of the Best in the NE. Many of them are factory sponsored pilots. We are "thrilled" to have them!! There will be no lack of outrageous "off the hook" flying for everyone to see!!

We are putting together a great raffle.

Sponsors/ Raffle Prizes:
HobbyTown of Easton, MD. - eFlight Blade 400 3D RTF heli (Thanks Laura & Steve!)
Callie Graphics - a gift certificate along with canopy graphics (Thanks Callie!) http://www.callie-graphics.com
ReadyHeli.com - a $50.00 Gift Certificate (Thanks John & Jen!) http://readyheli.com
AceHelis - a to your spec, custom paint job to your 90 or smaller canopy. Includes pilot name, along with a choice of extra windscreen or canopy art. Valued at $100.00 (Thanks Scott!) http://runryder.com/helicopter/gall...=AceHelis_Store
RC Custom Painting - custom painted to your spec paint job & canopy. Valued at $200.00 (Thanks Bill!) http://rccustompainting.com
SwitchGlo - 2 (not 1 but 2) SwitchGlo Transmitter Controlled Onboard Glow Igniters (Thanks John!) http://www.switchglo.com
Middle River Hobbies - a $50.00 Gift Certificate. MRH is a full service hobby shop in Middle River MD.(Thanks Will!... Thanks Gordon!) http://middleriverhobbies.com
Quick UK Performance Parts - $200.00 in Gift Certificates for their website. (Thanks Budd!) http://www.quickuk.eu
Tower Hobbies - Gift Certificates to be used on their website. (Thanks Everyone at Tower!) http://towerhobbies.com
Air Thunder Batteries - Two (2) Air Thunder 3S 2200ma LiPo Battery Packs (Thanks Mandy!) http://airthunder.com
u-neak Designs - 3 Canopy Condoms (worth $34.99 ea) custom embroidered with the winning Pilot's name. (Thanks Carrie!) http://u-neakdesigns.com
Castle Creations - A Phoenix HV-45 High Voltage ESC (Retail $159.95) (Thanks Joe!) http://castlecreations.com
Horizon Hobby - A Spektrum AR9000 DSM2 9-channel Receiver (Retail $169.99) (Thanks Everyone at Horizon!) http://www.horizonhobby.com
HeliProz - set of Mavrikk G4 620 carbon mains ($57.99), a set of Mavrikk 325 carbon mains ($34.99), a Mavrikk Pro Hex Driver Set 4 CNC handles, 8 Bits ($29.99), Mavrikk Pro Ball Link Sizing Tool ($10.99) (Thanks Everyone at HeliProz!) http://www.heliproz.com

"Thanks!!" to all our Sponsors - you guys are truly the best for helping make this event a success!!

Discounted room rates available. Onsite RV parking & Camping is available (Fri & Sat overnight OK). For more info, check out the website.

AMA license is required. Rain date is Sunday the 18th. The Raffle will be Sat. at 6 pm.

Feel free to PM if you need additional information.

http://helifun.org
http://www.esacclub.org

[WJackson]

Hadnt heard about this one. I will definitely be there. I'll start putting the word out as well.

[bstock]

Lots of guys jumping on over at RR. So far, we look to be having 5 to 6 sponsored pilots coming also.

Thought I would just post the link for you, rather than try to type it all:

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t408833p1/

Thanks Everyone!!

Brent

[heliMark]

Looks like a nice event Brent, I believe about 6 of us from NJ are heading down so far, should be a good time. keep up the good work

M3

[bstock]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the headsup!! Glad you are going to be able to make it!!!

Are you riding down with Art?

Brent

[heliMark]

more than likely, though probably the other way around,
the heli's are much more comfortable in my suburban
so I understand we are looking at a 2 day event now is that correct?

M3

[JKos]

Sounds interesting. I'm only about 30 miles away as the crow flys but 130 miles by road!!!

- John

[WJackson]

Buy a boat?

[JKos]

> Buy a boat?

No kidding, heh. Anyone over there got a boat and care to come pick me up? Of course, boats get terrible gas mileage so it would probably end up costing more than just driving (I would use less than 6 gallons to get there and back in my car) .

- John

[WJackson]

So should we expect to see ya? Had to look up Cali, MD, never knew there was such a place.

[bstock]

yep... it is turning into a two day event.

You guys asked for it... you got it

I don't blame you guys for not wanting to come down, and then go right back home!

We thought about 2 days originally... but we thought it may had been to much to ask of everyone coming... man were we wrong

We didn't realize so many pilots were going to come from so far away... that is Totally Cool!!

We are going to probaly fly with some plankers on Sunday... as they are going to want to get out to the field for some fun too... but they are all truly cool people... and we are going to have fun!

I am working on getting the food on Sunday also... so far it looks good for it... just not 100% sure quite yet.

Mark - I have a feeling i am not going to have much time for flying on Sat - but Sun I may just pick your brain some, like I did at Lums last fall with the Hurricane... and get you to look over my setup with the DX7 and the 600n I just got.

jKos - come on!! the more the merrier!!! there are some good pilots coming... so there will be plenty of great flying, heli talk, and setup help.

[heliMark]

I've found the dx7 to work quite well with the 600n, I had my doubt at firsts with a 7ch rx comming from a R149 but even got the switch glow tied in off a y harness with the gyro gain channel, seems to be running pretty good,I'll be more than happy to help you out in any way I can

M3

[RPM 1.5]

Hey Mark
Just go steal Arties Status when he sleeping HE HE HE HE HE ????????????????????
Ray

[heliMark]

Dont think I haven't tried - but he tucks it in to bed with him at night and I dont want to risk waking him up

M3

[bstock]

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to give you some updates to the Event.

The event has been made into a 2 days... because so many pilots traveling from NJ, PA, VA, OH, and even some from DE - want to stay over and fly for 2 days.

We have designated parking setup for RVs (and many are traveling that way)... and we also are setting up some group deals on hotel rooms.

We are finalizing the room details now - but it looks like rooms will be from $54.95 single/ $59,95 double at Americas Best Value in Cambridge, MD - to around $72/ $80 at the Days Inn in Cambridge, MD. Exact pricing details for Days Inn will not be posted until tomorrow... but the Americas Best prices are solid. If you decide to stay at Americas Best Value - book the room on the Internet - it is $15 cheaper through the Net, versus calling them (and there are additional AAA, etc. discounts available also):

http://www.americasbestvalueinn.com/bestv.cfm?idp=528

We will have food available on both Sat and Sun. We will also be serving up Breakfast Sunday morning. Breakfast is going to be egg, cheese & sausage sandwiches... and probaly bacon & eggs with fried potatoes - orange juice, and coffee

We currently have some additonal sponsorship and items for the raffle. We are finalizing some of the details, but Callie Graphics stepped up with a gift certificate and raffle items, ReadyHeli is in for a $50 gift certificate (Thanks John & Jen)... and soon I will be finishing up details and announcing that two of the very best custom canopy painters out there... are stepping up with a gift certificate for a custom order/ custom painted canopy from each of them.

That's it for now. Don't forget to drop over to the Event thread on RR once in awhile - it is very active.

http://runryder.com/helicopter/t408833p1/

Thanks!

Brent

[heliMark]

Any new updates Bstock?
Looking forward to this event, should be a nice warmup funfly for the start of the season for us folks up here in cold NJ

give any thought to some little events like a simple auto contest, or little 450 size AC style limbo through the box events or demolition derby, last 450 in the air wins lol

M3

[bstock]

Hi Mark & Everyone,

There are some updates to post on the event.

We secured a group room rate of $75 a night at the Days Inn in Cambridge, MD. - good for Friday and/ or Saturday night. Reference HeliFun when you call. Their number is 410-228-4444. Please book by May 1st to get the group rate.

We will have food for both days - and will even be serving breakfast on Sunday morning.

The Sponsor list is growing... and we are over $1000.00 in Raffle Prizes at this point!! ("Thanks so Much" to our Sponsors!!)

We are getting a lot of questions on the funfly... so we built a quick website to organize the information into one place. The URL is:

http://helifun.org

The updated list of Raffle Prizes and Sponsors is on the helifun website (along with lots more information on the event).

I am totally COOL with holding some events! A Spot Auto contest sounds good.

We were kicking around a Timed Hover also. Basically a pilot would draw a random time out of a hat... and he would need to hover that long (guess his time), and set it down. The pilot closest to the time he drew out of the hat... would win.

I am glad you brought it up... we were also thinking a 400/ 450 Limbo would be fun... but i was not sure how many would want to take part in that. How many of you would like to do that?

Basically you fly your 400/ 450 through 3 stations (maybe 4) of two horizontally mounted light bambo type poles... spaced at different heights apart (varying between 24 & 30 inches). It is timed... and the pilot that makes it through (which is harder then it sounds) with the best time... wins. Mark can tell you all about it... there is video up on RR in "The Gathering" video section of him doing it... inverted! It is great fun!! To win this... has some Real bragging rights!!

Thanks!
Brent

[bstock]

Hi Everyone,

HobbyTown of Easton is going to be out to the event as a Vendor.

They are bringing some 30% Cool Power, blades, batts, servos, kits, etc.

The Owners Laura & Steve, asked me to ask you guys if there is anything special that you would like for them to have at the event for you?

She is getting ready to place her orders for the stuff for HeliFun next Monday - and if you need her to have anything special (parts, fuel, etc.) to be at the event for you... she is happy to do it. Just let us know.

Thanks - Brent

[bstock]

Hi Guys,

The T-shirts arrived. Here is a front and back shot of it.

Lacy is our model (we work together). We didn't have enough time to change the graphic/ order to add the second day (18th) to it... sorry!

I think it still looks pretty good though. It's also made of good cotton.

Thanks - Brent

[jrohland]

Here in the DC Metro area it was raining hard most of the day yesterday (Sunday, April 20, 2008). I saw on the RADAR the eastern shore was clear of rain. I drove on down to fly at the esac club field.

As I got closer to Hurlock, I noticed the trees and flags were being whipped around by strong winds. I got to the field, no one was there. I checked the windsock and got out to check the wind. I got right back into my car and drove back to Arlington. The wind was a steady 20 knots. I wished I had brought my kite.

Anyway, I now know where the club field is and, I plan to attend one day of the HeliFun event.

jrohland