Bensen Days 2008 event news thread

[GyroRon]

updated parking chart

 

[Dean_Dolph]

......I will be doing the double hangtest at a time that Ron will post later. I would like to do Rons GyRonimo gyro ...and several others and send it in to Rick Gilley for a PRA article......

Stan

Stan, if I recall correctly you had to use the balance method on some gyros because of the difficulty in finding a place to connect for the 2nd hang. If so then plans should be made for a jack of some kind to do the heavy lifting!

And I don't think you were able to hang test at least one machine (SportCopter?) because you couldn't lift high enough to get the front wheel off the ground. Will there be any changes in equipment or procedure to cover those cases?

 

[Resasi]

Doug that Butterfly bait was just dangling out there for you, and got a real crash strike.

It had tongue in cheek all over it, but echo your heartfelt sentiments re excellence.

This event sounds hugely appealing and am hoping I and significant other will be able to make it over if at all possible.
She has even said she would give it a try to see if she might be able to learn, and that has to be good news...except might cut down on my flying. Hmm might think about that one.

 

[getut]

Can someone post the latest parking chart? I need to know who I am near so I know if I need to bring industrial strength earplugs (for them) because of my kids!

 

[Timchick]

Here' you go Robert. You're right beside Gyro Jake. https://www.rotaryforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15795

 

[JR_T]

Bensen Days 2008

Bensen Days 2008

Is there a link to a current daily itinerary or schedule of events?

 

[Timchick]

Now that we have power and water there isn't any reason why we couldn't bring in a jacuzzi. Anyone have a spare jacuzzi they can throw on a trailer and bring along?

 

[GyroRon]

Yes I have worked up a schedule, and this is subject to change, but if there is changes they will be minor.



Monday the 31st.... ELSA repairmans course 8am-5 pm Fly fly fly

Tuesday the 1st.... ELSA repairmans course 8am-5 pm Fly, fly some more, and fly till you can't stand it!

Wednesday the 2nd.... Breakfast 7am, Pilots briefing at 8 am, Cross country flight to Sebring Florida for Lunch departing Wauchula at 11 am, Practice for the spot landing contest and bomb drop contest between 3-4 pm. Alternative schedule is a planned family oriented trip to the famous " Cypress Gardens " attraction, with a departure from Wauchula at 8:30 am and return around 4-5 pm Dinner / entertainment at the Bowling alley in Wachula 8pm


Thursday the 3rd...... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Lunch on the field, Thust testing ( open to any and all ) 1-2 pm near the gyro hangar, Welding demostration / class by GyroJake 3-4 pm, ] Alternative schedule is a planned family oriented trip to World famous " Siesta Key Beach " in Sarasota Florida, with shopping and laying out on the beach and lunch at " Captain Kurts " seafood and burger joint Dinner will be on the field, a Hog Roast by Ora Cook, followed up by entertainment in the form of Karaokee


Friday the 4th..... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Also a planned cross country flight back to Sebring for late breakfast/ early lunch with a planned group departure of 9am. Lunch on the field for those who don't fly to sebring, Stan Fosters " double hangtest clinic " open to all who want to know the vertical CG to thrustline on their machine from 1-3 pm, Practice for Spot landing, bomb drop 3-4 pm Rotorblade 101 clinic by world famous Ernie Boyette ( learn all the ins and outs of rotorblade construction, assembly, stringing, care and maintance ) 4:30pm in front of the RFD tent. Dinner will be World Famous Solomans Castle with a planned group departure of 7pm, Possible Karaokee on the field afterwards....

Saturday the 5th..... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Family oriented outting will be a nature " GATOR " tour of the wooded/ pond area lead by Mr Bud Oneil! Lunch on the field, Manufactors showcase 1-2 pm, Spot landing / Bomb drop contest from 3 to 4 pm. Dinner will be on the field and will be the Sunstate Bensen Days awards Banquet, followed by music, dancing and karaokee

Sunday the 6th... Breakfast, Sunstate wing and rotorclubs business meeting and club election at 8:30 am, followed by teardown and pack up, fly-in over!

Note that the times I have underlined and made bold, the airport will be closed for open flying, so plan your flights accordingly. Also note that other than those times it is open flying.

There will be NO.... I repeat NO flying gyros or other participating aircraft during the pilots briefing. If you want to be in the air and get a early morning flight in before breakfast that is fine, but be on the ground and at the pilots briefing at 8am.

You will not be allowed to fly without a daily briefing by the airboss. The airboss will give you a colored sticker to place on your helmet to signify to the airboss and flightline crew that you have been briefed for that day. No sticker and you will not fly!

We encourage everyone to wear a helmet and to use a radio.

To enter the Navigate This contest, there will be a signup sheet and details of the contest at the registration desk. This contest is open to all pilots.

The enter the Spot Landing and Bomb Drop practices and Contest, you will need to sign up at the registration desk and get approval from fly-in officials / airboss before being allowed to participate. We are not reserving this contest for only extreme high time pilots, we want everyone who is able to safely perform the manuvers to be able to enter and compete, but we want to avoid excessive risk of accidents, therefore you may need a CFI to vouch for you if your flying skills are unknown or questionable.

I am currently working on the rules of both contests, but needless to say they will be easy yet ALOT of fun to both participate in and watch!

Scott Lewis will have several Electric Adapters to rent or sell ( Scott please confirm! ) to be able to plug a normal household extension cord into the campsite power outlets if you need one. Scott is also bringing a slide, a inflatable bounce house and other kid oriented items to keep the little ones busy.



If there is any questions or comments or additions I need to know about, please let me know.

 

[GyroRon]

Now that we have power and water there isn't any reason why we couldn't bring in a jacuzzi. Anyone have a spare jacuzzi they can throw on a trailer and bring along?

That would be fun....

 

[Timchick]

Hey Ron, will there be a printed handout with the schedule of events at the registration desk? I'd like to try video taping Jake's welding demo and Ernie's rotor blade clinic (with their permission of course).

 

[Jazzenjohn]

Damn, I actually have a portable jacuzzi... Anyone driving past me with a BIG flatbed??

 

[Timchick]

John,
Aren't you coming to Bensen Days?

 

[BUD ONEAL]

After this past winter the frog pond in the back would seem like a sauna to this frozen a-- florida boy! 29 degrees this morning with a light frost and a "light" freeze for tonight. The bad thing is the peach and apple trees are blooming after the past few days of good warm weather.Looks like no more apple butter again this year.
looking forward to a week in the sunshine state. Will be leaving sat. the 29th.

 

[Angie]

Dinner will be World Famous Solomans Castle with a planned group departure of 7pm, Possible Karaokee on the field afterwards....

Ron, is that the Solomon's Castle, the one that's open from 11am-4pm? I'm just checking cause it looks like they'll take groups for lunch but not dinner, unless Our Fearless Leader has worked this out already?

It looks cool, that's for sure.

Thanks for posting the schedule Ron!

 

[MikeBoyette]

Angie,
They make a special dinner for us every year. They have been doing it for years. It is always a blast. The food is pretty good and the company is even better. Good way to get to know some of the gyro heads away from the airport.

 

[GyroChuck]

Ron, Do you have a newer parking chart than 2/2?

 

[Exterminator]

Parking Chart

Parking Chart

Here ya go, Hope this helps..

SL

 

[GyroRon]

Ron, is that the Solomon's Castle, the one that's open from 11am-4pm? I'm just checking cause it looks like they'll take groups for lunch but not dinner, unless Our Fearless Leader has worked this out already?

It looks cool, that's for sure.

Thanks for posting the schedule Ron!

I called to confirm a Friday dinner and they told me they are now open on Fridays, so no problems. There is a chance there may be other people there eating, so we may not have the whole place to ourselves, but I think it will still work out.

 

[Rick Martin]

Great job Ron! And thanks for getting the schedule done.

 

[Trez]

GyroRon's Bensen Days Schedule - Condensed

GyroRon's Bensen Days Schedule - Condensed

Yes I have worked up a schedule, and this is subject to change, but if there is changes they will be minor.



Monday the 31st.... ELSA repairmans course 8am-5 pm Fly fly fly

Tuesday the 1st.... ELSA repairmans course 8am-5 pm Fly, fly some more, and fly till you can't stand it!

Wednesday the 2nd.... Breakfast 7am, Pilots briefing at 8 am, Cross country flight to Sebring Florida for Lunch departing Wauchula at 11 am, Practice for the spot landing contest and bomb drop contest between 3-4 pm. Alternative schedule is a planned family oriented trip to the famous " Cypress Gardens " attraction, with a departure from Wauchula at 8:30 am and return around 4-5 pm Dinner / entertainment at the Bowling alley in Wachula 8pm


Thursday the 3rd...... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Lunch on the field, Thust testing ( open to any and all ) 1-2 pm near the gyro hangar, Welding demostration / class by GyroJake 3-4 pm, ] Alternative schedule is a planned family oriented trip to World famous " Siesta Key Beach " in Sarasota Florida, with shopping and laying out on the beach and lunch at " Captain Kurts " seafood and burger joint Dinner will be on the field, a Hog Roast by Ora Cook, followed up by entertainment in the form of Karaokee


Friday the 4th..... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Also a planned cross country flight back to Sebring for late breakfast/ early lunch with a planned group departure of 9am. Lunch on the field for those who don't fly to sebring, Stan Fosters " double hangtest clinic " open to all who want to know the vertical CG to thrustline on their machine from 1-3 pm, Practice for Spot landing, bomb drop 3-4 pm Rotorblade 101 clinic by world famous Ernie Boyette ( learn all the ins and outs of rotorblade construction, assembly, stringing, care and maintance ) 4:30pm in front of the RFD tent. Dinner will be World Famous Solomans Castle with a planned group departure of 7pm, Possible Karaokee on the field afterwards....

Saturday the 5th..... Breakfast at 7am, pilots briefing at 8am, "Navigate This" contest departure/return window from 9am to 12 noon, Family oriented outting will be a nature " GATOR " tour of the wooded/ pond area lead by Mr Bud Oneil! Lunch on the field, Manufactors showcase 1-2 pm, Spot landing / Bomb drop contest from 3 to 4 pm. Dinner will be on the field and will be the Sunstate Bensen Days awards Banquet, followed by music, dancing and karaokee

Sunday the 6th... Breakfast, Sunstate wing and rotorclubs business meeting and club election at 8:30 am, followed by teardown and pack up, fly-in over!

Note that the times I have underlined and made bold, the airport will be closed for open flying, so plan your flights accordingly. Also note that other than those times it is open flying.

There will be NO.... I repeat NO flying gyros or other participating aircraft during the pilots briefing. If you want to be in the air and get a early morning flight in before breakfast that is fine, but be on the ground and at the pilots briefing at 8am.

You will not be allowed to fly without a daily briefing by the airboss. The airboss will give you a colored sticker to place on your helmet to signify to the airboss and flightline crew that you have been briefed for that day. No sticker and you will not fly!

We encourage everyone to wear a helmet and to use a radio.

To enter the Navigate This contest, there will be a signup sheet and details of the contest at the registration desk. This contest is open to all pilots.

The enter the Spot Landing and Bomb Drop practices and Contest, you will need to sign up at the registration desk and get approval from fly-in officials / airboss before being allowed to participate. We are not reserving this contest for only extreme high time pilots, we want everyone who is able to safely perform the manuvers to be able to enter and compete, but we want to avoid excessive risk of accidents, therefore you may need a CFI to vouch for you if your flying skills are unknown or questionable.

I am currently working on the rules of both contests, but needless to say they will be easy yet ALOT of fun to both participate in and watch!

Scott Lewis will have several Electric Adapters to rent or sell ( Scott please confirm! ) to be able to plug a normal household extension cord into the campsite power outlets if you need one. Scott is also bringing a slide, a inflatable bounce house and other kid oriented items to keep the little ones busy.



If there is any questions or comments or additions I need to know about, please let me know.

Ron,
Hope you don't mind but I put your schedule for BDs into a condensed form. I hated to mess with it since you put a lot of time into getting it together, but thought that some might like to have a single piece of paper they can stick in their pocket with just times/events and can refer to yours for more detail.
If you see errors, or Ron if you object, let me know right away.
Here it is for anyone to copy and print: (Can anyone show me how to insert a .wps (Works Word Processor) as an attachment?) It looks a lot better............
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BENSEN DAYS ‘08
SCHEDULE

Mon. and Tues. - ELSA repairmans course 8am-5 pm
Wed. thru Sat. - Breakfast 7 AM / Pilot Briefing 8 AM
Wed. -
(Cypress Gdns Day) - 8:30
11AM - Xcountry Fly-in Sebring Breakfast/Lunch
3-4PM - Practice Spot Lndg/Bomb Drop contests
8PM - Bowling Alley - Wauchula - Dinner
Thurs. -
(Siesta Key Day) - Capt. Kirt’s Seafood and Burger Joint
9-12PM - Navigate This contest
1-2PM - Thrust testing - near Gyro Hangar
3-4PM - Welding Demonstration - (GyroJake)
Dinner on the field by Ora Cook - Hog Roast
Karaokee……
Fri. -
9-12PM -Navigate This Contest
9AM - Xcountry Sebring (or)……
Lunch on the field
1-3PM Stan Foster’s double-hang test
3-4PM - Practice Spot Lndg/Bomb Drop contests
4:30PM -Rotorblade 101 clinic - Ernie Boyette - in front of RFD Trailer
7PM - Soloman’s Castle
Sat. -
9-12PM-Navigate This contest
World Famous Bud O’Neil Gator nature tour of wooded pond area
Lunch on the field
1-2PM - Manufacturer’s Showcase
3-4PM - Spot landing and bomb drop contest
Dinner on the field, Sunstate awards/banquet followed by music, dancing, frivolities and Karaokee……
Sun. - 8:30AM - Sunstate Wing and Rotorclub meeting and elections

Over and Out……….

This info provided by GyroRon per forum post, condensed for your convenience. Not responsible for errors. Trez.

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