Latest results for the Viagra Cup gliders, powered aircraft and Tomboys are below or checkout more details of how the cup works here …
Flight Reports …
05 May 2025:
Just a quick update on the VC: Greg flew a glider this morning, initially scoring 1:55, then a second improved flight at 2:31.
The model was called a Prelude Plus (or that could be “+”), and was 1.8m w/s or thereabouts.
Report by Glen
24 Apr 2025:
A beautiful day at Tharwa and Keir was finding lots of lift with his Radian at heights of 400-1000ft AGL which resulted in a very successful 18m 35s flight. Meanwhile Neil’s Ministick on an old and tired 3S battery could barely make a climb to about 200ft and managed a paltry 55s, a flight to forget!
Report by Neil
20 Apr 2025:
Again, not much lift this morning, but despite that we had a good Tomboy time from Greg – a PB @ 15:07 and all this effort with only one crutch, and handicapped by a smaller “tank” of 450 compared to our larger 500 mah lipos. Allan’s 17-odd minute time is starting to look shaky, and he’s pipped my best effort to date by 5 seconds.
In the Viagra “Other” group, Allan flew his Geef 250 again, improving since last with a 2:54 off the 20 seconds motor run. I had a couple of goes with the Bambino, but both were sub 2 minutes, so best not recorded. I need to find extra horses, as the heavier Bambino struggles to get much height on the current setup
Report by Glen
17 Apr 2025:
Not too bad this morning out at the field, despite a slightly chilly SE breeze.
Allan and I got a couple more timed flights in each, just to keep the results ticking over. Fred also joined us and flew a nice little foam crop duster type model, but not a Viagra contender.
Allan had another Old Timer called a “Geef 250”, smallish at 36” w/s but nice and light at around 13 ounces and got to a reasonable height (must have been around half of what you manage with the mighty Mini Stick) after the allotted 20 seconds, managing 2:15, then an improved 2:31.
On the second flight I think I managed to find some slight updrafts above the dam whilst the wind was blowing more lustily – possibly deflecting off the now bare northern slope of the dam wall – water level sadly being very low now. Allan, flying a few minutes later, couldn’t really find the lift anymore – but the breeze was lower then. Of course it may all have been simply very light and short lived lift. It’s an elusive beast.
I used my Bomber Bambino again, but this time I have played with adjusting the speedy to enable the prop to be braked after throttling off. Seems to be less drag now as it stayed up for more respectable times: a 2:10, then a far better 4:09 off very similar heights to that attained by the Geefster.
Report by Glen
Viagra Cup results so far:
Gliders:
| Date | Pilot | Glider | Flight Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05 May 2025** | Greg | Prelude+ 1.8M | 02m 31s |
| 05 May 2025** | Greg | Prelude+ 1.8M | 01m 55s |
| 4 Apr 2025** | Keir | Radian 2M | 18m 35s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Neil | EasyGlider Pro 1.8M | 06m 38s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Neil | EasyGlider Pro 1.8M | 09m 00s |
| 09 Mar 2025* | Fred | Radian 2M | 19m 00s |
| 25 Feb 2025* | Neil | EasyGlider Pro 1.8M | 03m 52s |
| 06 Feb 2025* | Fred | Radian 2M | 03m 37s |
| 04 Feb 2025* | Neil | EasyGlider Pro 1.8M | 03m 27s |
| 02 Feb 2025* | Ray | Phoenix | 02m 15s |
| 10 Jan 2025* | Neil | EasyGlider Pro 1.8M | 05m 09s |
Powered Aircraft:
| `Date | Pilot | Aircraft | Flight Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2025** | Allan | Geef 250 (13oz) (36″ wingspan) | 02m 54s |
| 17 Apr 2025** | Glen | Bomber Bambino (48″ wingspan) | 04m 09s |
| 17 Apr 2025** | Glen | Bomber Bambino (48″ wingspan) | 02m 10s |
| 17 Apr 2025** | Allan | Geef 250 (13oz) (36″ wingspan) | 02m 15s |
| 17 Apr 2025** | Allan | Geef 250 (13oz) (36″ wingspan) | 02m 31s |
| 09 Apr 2025** | Stuart | Lanzo Bomber | 03m 50s |
| 09 Apr 2025** | Glen | Playboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 02m 28s |
| 09 Apr 2025** | Stuart | Lanzo Bomber | 03m 13s |
| 09 Apr 2025** | Glen | Payboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 02m 26s |
| 09 Apr 2025** | Stuart | Lanzo Bomber | 03m 23s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Neil | MiniStik (1M wingspan) | 03m 28s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Neil | MiniStik (1M wingspan) | 03m 51s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Glen | Baby Bambino (48″ wingspan) | 01m 29s |
| 11 Mar 2025* | Glen | Baby Bambino (48″ wingspan) | 01m 28s |
| 27 Feb 2025* | Glen | Payboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 04m 02s |
| 27 Feb 2025* | Allan (aka Deadeye) | Miss Trenton III (scaled down Trenton Terror) | 01m 59s |
| 11 Feb 2025* | Glen | Playboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 03m 41s |
| 11 Feb 2025* | Neil | MiniStick (1M wingspan) | 03m 39s |
| 06 Feb 2025* | Glen | Playboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 03m 41s |
| 04 Feb 2025* | Neil | MiniStick (1M wingspan) | 01m 45s |
| 23 Jan 2025* | Glen | Playboy Senior (82″ wingspan) | 05m 00s |
Tomboy:
| Date | Pilot | Tomboy | Flight Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2025** | Greg | 48″ wingspan | 15m 07s |
| 13 Feb 2025* | Glen | 48″ wingspan | 13m 37s |
| 09 Feb 2025* | Greg | 48″ wingspan | 11m 53s |
| 04 Feb 2025* | Allan | 48″ wingspan | 17m 39s |
| 04 Feb 2025* | Glen | 48″ wingspan | 12m 10s |
| 02 Feb 2025* | Greg | 48″ wingspan | 11m 11s |
About the Viagra Cup …
The club’s 2025 Viagra Cup competition runs from January through to November. The objective is to achieve the longest flight from a single engine run.
The contest is open to all club members with any aircraft and it runs continuously through the year not just during BBQs. Every flight can be an entry and you can enter as many times as you want. There are 3 classes (1) gliders, (2) powered aircraft (except Tomboys) and (3) Tomboys. You can also enter in more than 1 class. You can find the rules here (you will have to log in to read them).
Send your results to the competition director (currently the secretary@namadgisfc.org.au) and they will be published throughout the year on the forum and in the newsletter with the final results announced at the club’s Christmas BBQ in December.
Email the secretary if you have any questions about the comp or ask them in the comments below …
Is the limit of 20 seconds or 1500 feet AGL a “whichever comes first ” rule? An extremely powerfull model could theorectically reach 1500 feet in less than 20 seconds.
The current height limit at Tharwa is 400ft AGL but yes it is a 20 sec motor run or the maximum permitted flying height at the time of the flight whichever comes first.
If the Viagra Cup is a glider contest, I question the inclusion of an ICE at idle. There are models that at idle have propulsive force which assists with airflow over the wing.
There are 3 classes for the Viagra Cup comp this year. You can checkout the rules on the Viagra Cup Competition rules page https://namadgisfc.org.au/for-members/viagra-cup-comp/
I have a question about the rules for powered gliders in the Viagra cup.
As evidenced by the number of repairs to the front of my Phoenix, landings are currently my achilles heel. Because of this, I may need to use my motor to help on approach – would it be OK to stop the Viagra Cup flight timer as soon as my motor comes back on for landing?
I have full telemetry recorded so I could provide evidence of the engine-free flight time.
Hi Alex,
I guess the first thing I should say is that the rules are the rules, but …
… the whole point of the comp is to take part and have fun by doing something a bit different from flying circuits and, maybe, also enhance your flying skills . It is not a serious comp, no one is going to monitor your flying, check your model or put in protests. You decide when you want to enter and what results you submit. No one wants you to risk your model by sticking religiously to some rule.
So what I suggest is that you have ago, fly in the way in which you feel comfortable, put in some results and see how your flying and your results change over the year. That’s what I’m doing.
Neil