Ralph Grant will CD Round 4 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday August 16th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great dealContinue Reading
Dan Morrison was CD for the third round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday July 19th. Special thanks go to our volunteers for helping make the day a success! The weather threatened, it even sprinkled a few times, but in the end, theContinue Reading
Paul Geders will CD Round 2 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday June 14th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great deal ofContinue Reading
Dave Harrington did a terrific job as CD for the opening round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday May 10th. Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success! Dave and Terry had the field in tip top shape and theContinue Reading
Let the racing begin! Spirits of St Louis RC has its own brand of pylon racing that is designed to encourage entry-level and experienced sport pilots alike to race with a common sport plane and spec’d power combinations. Its a low-pressure racing atmosphere and when the racing is over theContinue Reading
Our last race of the year was another success. What a beautiful day…a little cross-wind…but we got through it! My first thoughts go to our workers. Without them the rest of us would not have the fun we have. Hats off to Kevin Mayden and Chris Webb our pylon cutContinue Reading
Race results and reflections We had a pretty solid turnout for this month’s pylon races. 14 planes, 3 classes and 10 different pilots competed with terrific weather in what turned out to be a pretty competitive event. I want to thank the many members who turned out to watch andContinue Reading
We had a beautiful day for racing…thank you Lord! Put out the call for workers early to ensure we had judging positions filled. Had great response. Terry Houts was my backup starter…thanks Terry you did an outstanding job. The following volunteers made the race a tremendous success; Lap counters: Curt McIntyre, KerryContinue Reading
Next Racing event is July 20th. Paul G is contact person. Weather was excellent Camaraderie was wonderful Racers were few We had a great time! We missed you last Saturday as we had five Four Star pilots, one Uproar pilot, and one electric warbirds pilot. Greg Tesson was the overallContinue Reading
The fun is in the camaraderie! This club has always been a racing club…and young and old have enjoyed it for almost 60 years…come on and join in! Continue Reading
Take very good care of your equipment, and look at all details to fly as comfortably as you can by trimming to the point that almost flies itself, …Continue Reading
Thanks to Paul Geders for pulling these items together. Racing rules can now be accessed from the Menu under Documents. Direct link provided: Revised Four Star 40 and Uproar Rules Additional resources are now available under the Interesting Reads – Interesting Things menu (midway down the Home Page). Direct linksContinue Reading
News and video from he July Four Star / Warbirds Pylon Racing eventContinue Reading
Thanks to the efforts of Paul Geders, we have updated the Pylon Racing rules to include the new Uproar Class. I know of at least 4 of these beasts that have been built so we should see some close racing. Depending on how they compete we may toss them inContinue Reading
So your winter project is to get a competition ready Four Star 40 Racer together for this coming 2021 Racing Season and you’ve been online for the last 30 hours scouring the internet for Dilithium Crystals to go in the Warp Core for the powerplant you plan on running? HoldContinue Reading
Mark Your Calendars! Come out and fly the pylon course with us! We will be racing: Sig Four Star-40’s Electric Warbirds Just about everyone in this club has an electric warbird! Bring that hanger queen out and lets do some flying together! Its really not about winning! Its about flyingContinue Reading
