Fun Fly at MOON PORT MODELERS RC CLUB and my Park Zone P-47D Thunderbolt won 3rd place prize for the Fast and Slow contest!
All this was with the smaller Park Zone 480 (960Kv) Motor and the GWS (Grand Wing Servo) 4-Blade 10 X 8 X 4 propeller setup! Amazing!!
My P-47 Thunderbolt is no speed demon but, no slouch either. The lap runs were conducted by Flag Personnel at each end of the runway sides. They ask you if you were ready and the first was just to get to the far end of the runway and then, when the Flag was lowered, you had to Throttle UP to Full and what I did since my P-47 is pretty light was to nose her in slightly to gain as much speed as possible and it made 2 seconds which was amazingly surprising!
Then, when the opposite Flag was lowered, you had to fly the model as slowly as possible without Stalling it. I activated Flaps and the large 4-Blade allowed it to slow down masterfully and rock solid. (about 10.6 seconds)
There was someone with a dang 3D light balsa model that won first and 2nd place, next time I will demand category / type restrictions!
As far as I am concerned, my JUG won First Place!!
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Again, Fun Fly at MOON PORT MODELERS RC CLUB (Space Coast), and my Park Zone T-28D Airforce Trojan (Discontinued) won the
FIRST PLACE PRIZE contest for Balloon Bust Contest.
I was not even trying and the model was so steady that I was able to line her up and reduce throttle and it hit 1st balloon and went around 2nd time for the reminding two (2) balloons in record time!