Big Jolt: West Coast Electric RC Experience 2010

PVMAC Events

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 August 2011 17:48 Written by Tom Callahan Friday, 23 July 2010 17:35

*UPDATED 9/9/2010!!!
The Pomona Valley model Airplane Club is pleased to announce the Big Jolt Electric RC Event. The event will be held at the Prado Air Park in Chino, CA on Friday, September 10th through Sunday, September 12th. This event is open to all electric Aircraft, Including EDF Jets So if it has batteries bring it out. As usual, food will be on site at noon and Vendors will be onsite. The Pilot registration fee is $25 and includeds the Friday Night Mixer, Event hat and pilot raffle ticket. There will also be a BBQ saturday night held in the company of the real P-51D Lady Alice, an AT6, a Stearman under restoration, and the new N3N-3 Yellow Peril. This is an AMA sanctioned event and a current AMA membership is requred.

Below is all the information you will need for the Big Jolt event. New For this Event is the RSVP online form, which we hope Pilots will use and help us guage how many pilots are planning on attending. PVMAC Members, We need your help! If your interested in volunteering for this event, we have also added a volunteer registration page.

*Avoid the registration lines... Click here to advance register now! Your pilot information and number will be waiting for you. All you will need to do is show your AMA, sign the waivers, and pay the entry fee.

*Friday, September 10th, has been opened up to a full day of flying, complete with a noontime demo, EDF Jet Speed Runs, vendor booths and night flying. Click here to advance register now!

8/25 *On Saturday Sept, 11, the noontime show promises to be very exciting, with addition of the NMPRA Formula 1 Electric Pylon Race, the EDF Jet Speed Record Attemps, as well as the Manufacturers Demonstrations with factory pilots. This is a show you wont want to miss.

8/27 *If you have never been our Prado Airpark before, be sure to check out our Prado Field Information Page for photos and directions via google maps.

8/29 *Juniors under the age of 16 can fly for just $10. (AMA Required). Spectator admission is $6, however, DAV, Active and Retired Military will be allowed in for FREE! Handicap Parking will also be available.

8/31 *The list of vendor booths is growing daily. Currently we have (In Alphabetical order): BMK Designs, DW-Foamies, Efflux RC, E-Power, Hobby People, Pure-Tech Products, *RC Sport Flyer Magazine, Tamjets, XPS, & *Zurich Sunglasses

8/31 *We will be providing a manned central charging station with power for up to 16 chargers, each with 12v/16 Amps of output. In addition to 12v power, we will also have 110Volt power strips at the station. On the safety front, the flight line will have 2.5 gallon Halotron 1 fire extinguishers. This is state of the art for any fire incidents without covering your aircraft with the destructive powder type extinguishers.

8/31 *The pilots attempting to set an EDF speed record will need to exceed 200mph! If you are planning an attempt to break the speed record, you'll need to view the rules for this attemp, which have been adopted from other events that have taken part in this activity. Click here for the EDF Speed Record Rules

9/02 *There will be an advertisement with a coupon for the Big Jolt Event in this weekends Chino Champion Newspaper. If you are planning on being a spectator, you can save $2 off the price of admission by presenting this coupon (Click Here) at the time of admission, or clipping the one from this weekends Chino Champion.

9/02 *The PVMAC would like to thank Model Airplane News, Hobby People, Horizon Hobby, and Zap for being major sponsors of Big Jolt 2010, and would also like to thank all the numerous other sponsors you see below, whos generous contributions have made this event possible.

9/09* Kawanis International of Colton will be cooking the food that you can purchase at the event. All proceeds from the sale of food will go towards a childrens charity.