Bedfordview Fun Flyers Aerial Combat Tournament

by andreasbe | July 13, 2014 | (0) Posted in Challenges

 

Bedfordview Fun Flyers is hosting an open Streamer combat BYOR (Bring your own radio) day on the 14th of September 2014. 

The field can accommodate a maximum of 8 concurrent aircraft, 
We can only accommodate electrical aircraft.

All Combat aircraft are supplied and manufactured by X-DEV Pty Ltd. 

The 1st Prize is a fully kitted XD-Bloody Wounder(Excluding Battery, Radio and Transmitter)

The 2nd Prize is the aircraft that was flown by the 2nd prize winner.
The 3rd Prize is an XD-Bloody Wounder Kit.(Excluding electronics)  

The program is as follows: 10:00 - Welcome and Opening of the day:

  • Rules and Safety orientation*
  • Registration of pilots **

11:00 - Group combat heats
12:00 - Open flying
12:30 - Quarter Final 
13:00 - Semi Finals
13:30 - Finals and Prize giving
14:00 - Open flying
16:00 - Close of the day 

**To participate as a Combat pilot it is mandatory to:

  • Be a registered SAMAA member
  • Pay the Combat Pilot Fee
  • Bring your own RX and TX and 1300 mAh lipo battery (Deans Connector)

*To participate in the open flying events it is mandatory to:

  • Ad-hear to the general rules of the club.
  • Fly an aircraft that weighs no more than 2 kg including battery.  
  • Pay the landing fee.

 

For more information and to register as a pilot or just to support us please visit our project page:

http://rkthb.co/45645

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COMMENTS

Fatherfox on July 18, 2014
sounds like fun....except for the reoccurring fees. give me a single price or i call it an itemized scam to get money. a.k.a. capitalism at it's finest! i Hate being nickled and dimed to death. and the c.y.a. (mandatory) whatevers.... pass. join the club or you can't even pay to play? yaa....no. too restrictive out the gate. i'll stick with the cloud kickers and sky pirates. combat? sounds more like choreography to me.
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andreasbe on July 19, 2014
Hi there,
Just to set the record straight, there is a single fee, that is to cover the cost of the airframe, esc, motor, servos and sundries. This is no money making scheme considering that the proceeds for the event.

I Will be building 32 Airframes out of my own pocket for this event and my cost to this is 24 Dollars in raw material per airframe and I might need to fork out the 60 dollars for the motor esc and props as well if I cant get my local hobby shop to sponsor so for me to ask each combat pilot to pay 25 dollars to participate with zero risk to their own airframe I think is more than noble.

I believe that you are horribly misinformed and advise that you read all the text and relevant articles and material before you comment and chritizise.

Regards,
Andreas[at]x-dev.co.za
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Bedfordview Fun Flyers Aerial Combat Tournament