SPEED 400 June 2011

SPEED 400

Lakeville June 15 2011

Commentary and photos by

Andrew Tickle and Mike Sidwell

Speed 400 is now challenging the most popular Old Timer event -- 1/2 A Texaco which uses the Cox 0.049. This engine is a favorite of traditional old timers, even though it is the most noisy, messy and flatulent engine of its size. Speed 400 (using the same planes as 1/2 A Texaco) has now become the most popular class in SAM 27.

Winner of Speed 400 Best of Two: 1 Mike Clancy; 2 Dick Irwin; 3 Jay Beasley (Scroll to bottom of page for complete results)

Winner of Speed 400 Mass Launch: Loren Kramer


Rich Coleman with his red, white and green Airborn. Very pleasing and visible color scheme. Andrew Tickle photo	Double Entry Dick Irwin with his Kerswap. He also competed with a Cloud Chopper. This plane flew almost 2 hours in the 2005 Texaco Postal. Andrew Tickle photo

PILOT	AIRPLANE	TIME 1	TIME 2	TIME 3	TIME 4	TIME 5	SUM of BEST 2	FINAL POSN
M. Clancy	Kerswap	8:08	15:00				23.08	1^st.
^{D. Irwin}	^CloudChop	^8:01	^15:00				^23:01	^2nd
^{J. Beasley}	^Airborn	^15:00	^6:58				^21:58	^3rd
^{D. Irwin}	^Kerswap	^6:58	^9:42				^16:40	^4th
^{L. Kramer}	^Airborn	^6:03	^7:46				^13:49	^5th
^{R. Colman}	^Airborn	^5:29	^5:52				^11:21	^6th
^P.Leach	^Airborn	^4:10	^4:04				^8:14	^7th
^{E. Solenberger}	^Airborn	^4:38					^4:38	^8th
^{J. Trumbull}	^DNQ
^{Box Bob}	^DNQ
Loren Kramer won the Mass Launch


Mike Clancy adopts a relaxed pose. Andrew Tickle photo	A moment's anxiety... Andrew Tickle photo


Time for serious flying Andrew Tickle photo	The flight ends with the blue and orange Kerswap landing in the middle of the runway. Andrew Tickle photo


Three planes just after launch Andrew Tickle photo	Jay was a late starter. Now we have all four. Andrew Tickle photo


After the launch. Everyone facing upwind -- except Rich Coleman and timer. Mike Sidwell photo	Phil Leach flying, Bob Rose timing Mike Sidwell photo


Mike Clancy Speed 400 (best of 2) winner. Mike Sidwell photo	Loren Kramer, Mass Launch winner Mike Sidwell photo