1st Igor Dementiev-visit from Moldava (current European Champ)

2nd Mark Rudner

3rd Mike Willcox

4th Andy Mears

37 Pilots. Full double.

Very smooth contest.

Our RC club hosted this contest. Very pleasant. Nice covered pavalion with work benches.

Both days club kitchen was a big plus with burgers, dogs, bake beans and potato salad.

I had great help with judges: Chris Hess, Neal Rose, and Allan Green. Muffy Rudner (Chuck's wife and Mark's Mom) and my son Michael's future better half, Marina, did all the match posting and behind scenes work/

I did the "forestry tape" streamers with enhanced tab (5" piece folded back three times to make approx 1" tab) and this wrapped with strapping tape which had opposing 45 degree angles to help with stress failures as pictured in rule book.

Only one DQ for shutoff failure. The new rule of CM doing a grounding of both pilots when in a line tangle is a disaster.

Did a 5 column 40 person matrix which was "massaged" a few time to make a better contest.

My RC club members I think enjoyed this "new" aspect of the hobby.

Pat

Houston F2D - May 1st and 2nd

Our man, Mister Mark Rudner, had a very impressive finish

Mark beat the  reigning f2d world champion

(and only lost by a hair to the current  European f2d champion),

both of whom came from Moldova in Eastern  Europe to compete. 

There were 37 contestants, including most of the 

US and Canadian teams for the upcoming world championships.   

Lots of  great matches.

Report below from Pat Wilcox

The trophy winners were Igor Dementiev (1st), Mark Rudner (2nd) and Mike Wilcox (3rd)

The photos below are from the final match

Houston F2D Combat-May1&2, 2010; 36 Pilots; Full Double Elimination

Blackwell, Steve-10248919th-tie

Cleveland, George-342115th-tie

Culachkin, Stas-Moldava9th tie

Delgado, Arnie-Mex1004D27th-tie

Dementiev, Igor-Moldava1st

DeVeuve, Allen-12584813th-tie

Edwards, Dave-9734427th-tie

Ellison, Derek-69309019th-tie

Ellison, Josh-69308819th-tie

Haury, Lester-1790619th-tie

Hebestreit, Kevin-85956727th-tie

Johnson, Jeff-1574013th-tie

Lopez, Richard-L-0727th-tie

LaPoint, Brad-MAAC-527th-tie

Lovgren, Dave-MAAC-117619th tie

MacKenzie, Pat-MAAC-8177L9th tie

Mears, Andy-5004784th

Mears, Bobby-4788113th-tie

Melnikov, Yaoslav-MAAC-8052013th-tie

Minor, Carey-6381519th-tie

Nadein, Andrey-56752527th-tie

Owen, David-9673013th-tie

Plunkett, Pete-3870419th-tie

Prokofiev, Alex-87970527th-tie

Quezada, Arial-Mex-6003D27th-tie

Quezada, Fred-Mex-6002D27th-tie

Rennick, Alex-86584827th-tie

Rudner, Chuck-187465th-tie

Rudner, Mark-3168802nd

Siegler, Tom-7312419th tie

Silva, Leonardo-7951213th-tie

Stubblefield, Richard-1764819th-tie

Voytenkov, Alexseyi-9227535th-tie

Willcox, Michael-332643rd

Williams, Howard-22661619th-tie

Wornell, Greg-795125th-tie

Pat Willcox-CD (part time relief other capacities)

CM-Chris Hess

Judges-Neal Rose, Allan Green, Mike Moreland

Admin: Muffy Rudner , Marina