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2009 IRCHA Rookie Contest Results

By: Joe Coppola

At the 2009 IRCHA Jamboree, RCPH.com, hosted an AMA Class I contest as a means of introducing contest flying to the IRCHA attendees. Thanks to our sponsors, NextD, MRC/Hirobo, Century Heli, Scott Gray Products and Esprit Models, we had some really great prizes for the winners.

The event took place on Friday and Saturday during the Jamboree, with the top competitors from each of the three preliminary rounds going on to the finals. With about 20 competitor entering the contest, this event was hugely successful.

The results from the Preliminary Rounds are:

Name Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Total
Dave C 42 45.5 66 153.5
Mike W 53.5 47.5 49.5 150.5
James H 50 46 49 145
Gus P 45.5 38.5 47 131
Justin W 44 45.5 41.5 131
Jimmy H 35 40.5 52 127.5
Victor D 42.5 42.5 37 122
Dennis G 41 33.5 42 116.5
Carl B 37.5 35 43 115.5
Lou T 33 37.5 44.5 115
David S 37 40 37.5 114.5
Nelson 35.5 34 44 113.5
Jeff B 38 36.5 33.5 108
Clay K 32 34.5 41 107.5
Bill Jackson 32 38.5 36 106.5
Adam M 29.5 36 37.5 103
Eric B 33 22 30 85
Jeff Y 26 30.5 28 84.5
Damon G 25.5 20.5 33.5 79.5

Of these 19 pilots we chose 10 to go on to the final round. The final round was a very close contest, with some great piloting. The scores for the final round is as follows:

Name Vertical Rectangle Inverted Triangle Spike w/90 & 180 Pirouettes Procedure Turn Stall Turn Cobra Vee 1 Axial Roll Landing Approach Score Normalized Score
Dave Canfield - Adjusted 19.5 16 19.5 23.5 22.5 20.5 20.5 21.5 163.5 1000
Jame Haley Adjusted 18 18.5 20.5 20 23 23 14 16.5 153.5 938.84
Jimmy Hirahar - Adjusteda 14 15.5 17 22.5 20 18 18 20.5 145.5 889.91
Justin Walling - Adjusted 20 17.5 16 19.5 16.5 16 16 18 139.5 853.21
Gus P.ted 16.5 13 15.5 20.5 19.5 21.5 14.5 16 137 837.92
Mike Walpole - Adjusted 17 17 16.5 18.5 15.5 14 15.5 22 136 831.80
Lou Torresdjusted 17 18.5 15 13.5 16 17.5 19 12 128.5 785.93
Carl Buxton Adjusted 14 15 14 18.5 19 15.5 19 13.5 128.5 785.93
Bill Jackson Adjusted 13.5 12.5 11.5 17.5 14 16 9 10.5 104.5 639.14
David Smith Adjusted 15 14.5 15.5 15.5 0 0 17.5 17 95 581.04

Please note that these scores are slightly different then what was announced at the Awards Ceremony. This is a result of dropping the highest and lowest score from each maneuver. The actual standings remain unaffected.

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