tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86356254255159545192024-03-06T04:55:10.308+00:00F3B UK - Go Big or Go Home!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-36165745500052921912017-08-10T09:17:00.002+01:002017-08-10T09:18:07.789+01:00F3B World Championship - Live Streams<p>The 2017 World Champion ship is currently running (07/08/17 to 11/08/17). Live streams of the action are being posted on facebook by Martin Webershock and team USA, on facebook.</p>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/f3bsports/">F3b sport EU</a><BR>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeamUsaF3B/">Team USA</a>
</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-68554135359900224192017-04-25T15:39:00.001+01:002017-04-25T15:39:38.176+01:00New Distance World RecordAndreas Herrig sets a new record in distance with 39 legs at the Kirchheim Open. Scores <a href="http://f3b.rcsolutions.ch/e/14_kirchheimOpen?mainTab=momentTotals">here</a>. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-50171736010884780032017-03-03T20:41:00.000+00:002017-03-03T20:41:25.097+00:00Oktoberfestpokal, Munich 2016<p>Here's a good video from last season's Oktoberfestpokal.</p>
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</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-53143941661301822702016-09-15T12:47:00.000+01:002016-09-15T12:47:36.005+01:00Nationals Photos<iframe width="600" height="450" src="http://s567.photobucket.com/user/satinet/embed/slideshow/f3b/2016"></iframe>
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Photos courtesy of Mike Holtby</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-12953793774496057022016-09-15T11:39:00.000+01:002016-09-15T11:39:25.999+01:002016 Nationals Result<p><table border="1">
<tr><td>Pilot</td><td>Dur 1</td><td>Dis 1</td><td>Dis 2</td><td>Speed 1</td><td>Speed 2</td><td> Dur 2</td><td>Total</td><td>Rank</td><td>%</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jon Whittle</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>901</td><td>965</td><td>1000</td><td>5866</td><td>1</td><td>100</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Haley</td><td>820</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>5820</td><td>2</td><td>99.22</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>860</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>630</td><td>685</td><td>991</td><td>5166</td><td>3</td><td>88.07</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mike Holtby</td><td>990</td><td>944</td><td>857</td><td>636</td><td>381</td><td>611</td><td>4419</td><td>4</td><td>75.33</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brian Johnson</td><td>806</td><td>1000</td><td>632</td><td>629</td><td>508</td><td>818</td><td>4393</td><td>5</td><td>74.89</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>1000</td><td>889</td><td>857</td><td>0</td><td>653</td><td>688</td><td>4087</td><td>6</td><td>69.67</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bill Haley</td><td>1000</td><td>565</td><td>657</td><td>523</td><td>0</td><td>1000</td><td>3745</td><td>7</td><td>63.84</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phil Brandeth</td><td>999</td><td>571</td><td>211</td><td>365</td><td>330</td><td>0</td><td>2476</td><td>8</td><td>42.21</td></tr>
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Here, very belatedly, are the results from this years Nats. Congrats to John Whittle on his well flown victory and new PB in speed. The Target looked very fast.</p>
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It looks like this will be the last F3B contest in the UK for now and possibly for ever. I was flying f3j at the weekend and it was discussed there how quickly participation numbers have fallen off in the last few years. <i>It is what it is </i>as the modern saying goes. F5J seems to be doing well though, so that is something. Clive thanks for your efforts in running f3b and trying to keep it going. There are some pictures from the contest that Mike H took. I will ask him to send them to me.
</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-43836205846157759482016-03-20T19:55:00.000+00:002016-03-20T19:56:09.198+00:00Speed Contest 2016<p><table border="1">
<tr><td><b>Pilot</b></td><td><b>Model</b></td><td><b>R1 Time</b></td><td><b>R1 Points</b></td><td><b>R2 Time</b></td><td><b>R2 Points</b></td><td><b>R3 Time</b></td><td><b>R3 Points</b></td><td><b>R4 Time</b></td><td><b>R4 Points</b></td><td>Total</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>Avatar/Stinger</td><td>16.76</td><td>991.6</td><td>15.80</td><td>946.8</td><td>20.00</td><td>801.5</td><td>20.08</td><td>987.5</td><td>3728</td></tr>
<tr><td>Simon Haley</td><td>Fosa (e)</td><td>16.62</td><td>1000.0</td><td>22.60</td><td>661.9</td><td>16.03</td><td>1000.0</td><td>24.55</td><td>807.7</td><td>3470</td></tr>
<tr><td>John Phillips</td><td>Tanga</td><td>19.43</td><td>855.4</td><td>19.03</td><td>786.1</td><td>20.13</td><td>796.3</td><td>19.90</td><td>996.5</td><td>3434</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>Ascot</td><td>21.83</td><td>761.3</td><td>20.81</td><td>718.9</td><td>20.67</td><td>775.5</td><td>19.83</td><td>1000.0</td><td>3256</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Haley</td><td>Fosa (e)</td><td>17.32</td><td>959.6</td><td>14.96</td><td>1000.0</td><td>16.78</td><td>955.3</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.0</td><td>2915</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bill Haley</td><td>Ascot (e)</td><td>22.87</td><td>726.7</td><td>24.54</td><td>609.6</td><td>24.89</td><td>644.0</td><td>22.31</td><td>888.8</td><td>2869</td></tr>
<tr><td>Jon Whittle</td><td>Own Design</td><td>18.00</td><td>923.3</td><td>16.52</td><td>905.6</td><td>18.03</td><td>889.1</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.0</td><td>2718</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phil Brandreth</td><td>Sitar/Electra</td><td>45.90</td><td>362.1</td><td>40.19</td><td>372.2</td><td>35.21</td><td>455.3</td><td>38.27</td><td>518.2</td><td>1708</td></tr>
<tr><td>Clive</td><td>Ascot (e)</td><td>35.80</td><td>464.2</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.00</td><td>0.0</td><td>464</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Average</b></td><td></td><td><b>23.84</b></td><td></td><td><b>21.81</b></td><td></td><td><b>21.47</b></td><td></td><td><b>24.16</b></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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After a couple of years of not being able to run the pre-season speed contest we managed to squeeze one in this year. However, fog until around mid day restricted the number or rounds that were flown. Nonetheless it was a good day to try for a PB with light winds making course navigation easier than it can be in strong winds, and thermals being present in the afternoon sunshine.</p>
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<p>The first round went to Simon with a 16.62, which was a PB. Round 2 went to Steve with a fast 14.96 (myself a 15.80 for a PB). Round 3 went to Simon with another PB of 16.03. Round 4 went to Bob, who was very consistent, with a 19.83 run. Simon was probably the fastest pilot on the day but cut in round 2 and in round 4 had a cut that I didn't signal properly. He also cut in the ensuing reflight! It was a shame as he showed what a good pilot he is.</p>
<p>In the end I "won" - largely due to other pilots having problems. It was really a day for trying for a PB and getting out to do a bit of flying. Fun as always.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-3963644432143121572016-02-09T10:28:00.000+00:002016-02-09T10:28:02.727+00:00Dates for 2016 BMFA league<p>Happy new year (?!).... Below are the dates for the 2016 league. I am pretty certain these will remain as they are but I await absolute final confirmation from Mike P/Clive.</p>
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<li>Speed - 12 or 13th March</li>
<li>League 1 - 7th May</li>
<li>League 2 - 28/29 May</li>
<li>League 3 - 25/26 June</li>
<li>League 4 - 30/31 July</li>
<li>Nats (League 5) - TBC?</li>
<li>Nats reserve - TBC</li>
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<p>The dates are what is practical to fit in with other events at the Wetlands, which is becoming an increasingly popular site for esoaring, f5j and flower arranging (probably). I'm some what inclined to setting a definite date (either the sunday or the saturday) and trying to stick to that this year, due to work commitments, but we'll go with what best suits the consensus. The situation with the silent flight nationals remains unclear. The nationals reserve will only be organised and flown if the nationals doesn't produce a result.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-75483805227101969252015-11-15T20:31:00.002+00:002015-11-15T20:31:55.120+00:00Speed Videos from 2015 WC<p>David J. Olson from the USA has been uploaded videos he took from the 2015 WC to youtube. They are mostly of the speed task. It's quite interesting to see how the fast times are flown. His channel is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Benchmark67">here</a> with several videos.
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbG_RYTmurA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Below are the final standings for the 2015 Season. Congratulations to Steve Haley. </p>
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<table border="1">
<tr><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td><td>Score</td><td>League 1</td><td>League 2</td><td>League 3</td><td>League 4</td><td>Nationals</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>4000</td><td>986</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>3808</td><td>922.9</td><td>946.6</td><td>877.3</td><td>988.3</td><td>950.2</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>3768.8</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td><td>867.2</td><td>987.4</td><td>914.2</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>John Whittle</td><td>3273.8</td><td>620.8</td><td>0</td><td>833.9</td><td>939.4</td><td>879.7</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>2911.2</td><td>722</td><td>810.3</td><td>642.8</td><td>736.1</td><td>380.4</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>2876.8</td><td>482.6</td><td>754.5</td><td>0</td><td>811.9</td><td>827.8</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>2724.6</td><td>0</td><td>927</td><td>844.8</td><td>952.8</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>2486.3</td><td>761.7</td><td>0</td><td>209.2</td><td>686.5</td><td>828.9</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Brian Johnson</td><td>1476.2</td><td>0</td><td>733.8</td><td>0</td><td>742.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Mike Challinor</td><td>981.1</td><td>981.1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Phil Goddard</td><td>554.3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>554.3</td></tr>
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</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-11136005949853239892015-09-07T20:04:00.000+01:002015-09-07T20:46:56.004+01:002015 Nationals<p>The Nationals for 2015 were flown at the Wetlands on 30/08/15 . The RAF didn't authorise the use of the airfield at Cranwell, which is just down the road from the site of the "main" BMFA nationals. Thankfully we were allowed use of the Wetlands, by Fred, the farmer. The F3B contest was held in the lower field, which was somewhat short in length but we managed to squeeze the winches in.
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The story of the 2015 nationals was essentials that of the conditions which were definitely unusual. The day was extremely "heavy", with virtually no wind. Winch launches were low and the electric height setting was adjusted accordingly to 210m. Conditions by the mid point in the afternoon were very challenging with spots of rain and a slight down wind for the winch pilots.
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However, duration didn't prove as difficult as might have been expected. The second slot of round 1 was the only one that was not flown out with John Whittle just pipping myself to the 1000. A few pilots did drop points, but duration was not decisive to the result.
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What was intereting to me was the number of laps that were achieved in distance. Having not flown in such flat air I had thought that the number of laps had been low. But it just shows that, event from modest launch heights, the up-wind - down-wind factor of <i>normal </i> distance makes a lot of difference to the number of laps. I flew an 18 lap slot in the first leg that was kind of like playing a computer game - there was virtually no outside influences on the model, other than the flying.
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Steve was leading Simon in to speed, with myself and John Whittle behind. Steve flew slightly faster than Simon in both rounds to maintain his lead. The fastest speed time of the day was 17.33 by Steve in Round 1.</p>
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Jon and I tried very hard in speed, but I almost felt like I wanted to fly past the turn around and launch towards myself. It was tricky because you had to reel in quite a lot of line to get enough speed up to swing the model out. So by the time you tried to hook it up to the turn around you had probably taken in too much line to get a decent launch. You couldn't just strike out sideways from the start. Well I didn't <i>feel </i>there was enough air under the model to do that. Regardless I found it very interesting and it would be good to practice in conditions like that. I'm sure with more experience, better launches could be achieved. As a side note I was using 1.02 mega line on one of my winches, which I was impressed with in such low winds.
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Steve Haley didn't drop any points in the final duration round and is the 2015 Nats champion, followed by Simon Haley and myself (Tom Satinet). On the day we were all feeling somewhat down about Dave Worrall and it's probably a cliche, but it certainly puts things in to perspective.
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<table border="1">
<tr><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td><td>Score</td><td>Pcnt</td><td>Raw Score</td><td>Rnd1 Dur</td><td>Rnd1 Dis</td><td>Rnd1 Spd</td><td>Rnd2 Dur</td><td>Rnd2 Dis</td><td>Rnd2 Spd</td><td>Plty</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>5995.7</td><td>100.00</td><td>5995.7</td><td>995.7</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>5697.3</td><td>95.02</td><td>5697.3</td><td>984.2</td><td>1000</td><td>936.3</td><td>852.6</td><td>1000</td><td>924.2</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>5481.4</td><td>91.42</td><td>5481.4</td><td>952.3</td><td>1000</td><td>701.9</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>827.2</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>John Whittle</td><td>5274.4</td><td>87.97</td><td>5274.4</td><td>1000</td><td>750</td><td>745.7</td><td>990</td><td>1000</td><td>788.7</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>4970.1</td><td>82.89</td><td>4970.1</td><td>1000</td><td>888.9</td><td>538.4</td><td>977.1</td><td>1000</td><td>565.7</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>4963.5</td><td>82.78</td><td>4963.5</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>595.7</td><td>649.5</td><td>954.5</td><td>763.8</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Phil Goddard</td><td>3323.4</td><td>55.43</td><td>3323.4</td><td>706.7</td><td>666.7</td><td>509.4</td><td>0</td><td>941.2</td><td>499.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>2280.6</td><td>38.04</td><td>2280.6</td><td>350.7</td><td>888.9</td><td>441</td><td>0</td><td>600</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-35265237262390831022015-09-01T09:29:00.000+01:002015-09-01T09:29:35.677+01:00Dave Worrall <p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqfaIlpIuV4DXozYkchZK6FVIijLUbEMeF5oSgy1usYhOg0ouFV4aslzG5HEMbkejoQouJdTVlK2SmiEqM3S7cJuVBkg4sx68s2BiV5p3Ss2h9yjwd9XydDaeLMA9QqIxvxY5PdlcURdC/s1600/dave.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqfaIlpIuV4DXozYkchZK6FVIijLUbEMeF5oSgy1usYhOg0ouFV4aslzG5HEMbkejoQouJdTVlK2SmiEqM3S7cJuVBkg4sx68s2BiV5p3Ss2h9yjwd9XydDaeLMA9QqIxvxY5PdlcURdC/s320/dave.jpg" /></a></div> With sadness, I must report the death of <b>Dave Worrall.</b> The seriousness of Dave's condition had cast something of a pall over the weekend's contest, and yesterday we received the inevitable news that he had passed away. Only last month we had had the pleasure of his company and he had still been flying to his usual high standard. Dave will be sorely missed by us all.</p>
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<b>Announcement from Clive as follows:<BR></b>
To Everyone. It is with deep regret I have to announce the death of Dave Worrall. Dave has been fighting a blood disease for several years but managed restart flying F3B when it became possible to use electric motors for launching.
Dave was at the top of tree for many years with his own designed "plus" models for slope and thermal soaring and took part in several F3B World Championships the last being in Switzerland 2007. Taking the Bronze medal in 1983 England, Silver Medal 1985 Australia, narrowly missing the gold, was part of the team Gold in Australia that year and silver team in 1983 plus the same in 1987. He took part and won many contest both slope and thermal, taking part in the very first Radioglide at Pontefract Racecourse. As a qualified engineer working in the aerospace industry for most of his life, spending several years in Germany, he always took a measured technical approach to producing and flying model aircraft and will be sorely missed by his many friends.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-38610259710173465212015-08-13T12:16:00.000+01:002015-08-13T12:16:07.750+01:00World Champions Medal Table UpdatedThe <a href="http://f3b-uk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/list-of-f3b-world-champions.html">medal table</a> for the F3B World Championship has been updated.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-14524881456517913272015-08-03T09:21:00.000+01:002015-08-03T14:54:56.701+01:00F3B World Championship 2015 - Results<p>Results from the WC are <a href="http://wc2015.f3b.nl/docs/results_2015.pdf">here</a>. Top 3 individuals are:
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<li>1) Martin Herrig (Ger)</li>
<li>2) Andreas Herrig (2013 Champion/Ger)</li>
<li>3) Andreas Böhlen (Sui)</li>
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Top Three teams <a href="http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss115/satinet/f3b/11050317_534758996675997_4964942217900792457_n_zpsaw2jfqim.jpg">are</a> below:
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<li>1) Germany</li>
<li>2) Switzerland</li>
<li>3) Sweden</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-21347239355095110962015-08-01T16:09:00.000+01:002015-08-01T16:09:26.051+01:002015 World Championship - Preliminary Results<p>The <a href="http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=32307860&postcount=527">preliminary results</a> for the world championship show that the new champion is Martin Herrig of Germany. Germany also took the gold in the team contest. By my count that makes a Herrig win in the last 5 championships!</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-38120222723224376102015-08-01T16:02:00.001+01:002015-08-01T16:05:22.764+01:002015 - Round 4 - Results<p><iframe width="600" height="450" src="http://s567.photobucket.com/user/satinet/embed/slideshow/f3b/2015%20League%204"></iframe>
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Round 4 of the bmfa leage was flown in fairly windy and variable conditions. It didn't start well for me as I broke both my winch lines on practice launches before the contest began and broke a 3rd one on my first launch in the first slot of duration. My 4th launch of the day didn't snap the line but it was very tentative and I started the slot badly, flew it badly and only managed a 5.53/90. I was very lucky that Simon Haley only flew a 6:08/100, as he looked well set in the slot.</p>
<p>The conditions in the second slot were also tough with Steve Haley wining it with a 9:39/100. Both Brian and Clive were over two minutes off Steve's time and lost points. The third slot was won by Dave Worral With a 10:04/90. Jon Whittle had a rare bad round and did a 7:50/00, which hurt his score. The condtions were challening for all three slots of round 1 duration, with only Dave reaching the 10 minutes.
<p> Conditions for distance round 1 conintued to be mixed, with myself beating Bob 12 to 8 in the first slot. In the second slot Jon Whittle took 5 laps out of front runner Steve Haley and 6 out of Clive, scoring 22 to their 17 and 16 respectively. Steve therefore lost over 200 points in distance which would be interesting going in to speed, where Steve is usually dominant. </p>
<p>Dave Worral continued to fly well, scoring 16 legs to Brians 12 in the 3rd slot of the round. In the final slot Simon took 4 laps out of his grandad Bill (kids nowadays - no repsect!).
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<p>Soaring conditions started to improve a little in the 2nd round of duration and in the first slot 24 laps were flown by myself and John Whittle to share 1000 points each. Simon Haley won the next slot against Dave and at this point was in the lead, having dropped no points. Steve took significant laps out of Brian in an all electric contest and Clive put a few laps on Bob in the final slot.</p>
<p>In speed round 1 started with an 18.50 from Jon. Simon continued his good form and flew a 17.81. However Steve flew a blazing 14.09 to recover his lost points in distance. I tried hard to do a good time and flew well, but only managed a 17.08 in response. </p>
<p>As such going in to round 2 of speed the scores were fairly even between myself, Steve and Simon. I kicked of the round with a 17.47, followed by a very smooth 16.62 from Jon, a 17.77 from Dave, an 18.67 from Bob and a 17.80 from Simon. However Simon and I were confounded again by Steve who flew the fastest time of the 16.27, flying last.</p>
<p> Going into the final round of duration Steve held a small lead, but all 3 slots were uneventful, with the sun having come out and only one pilot failed to fly the 10 minutes. It was interesting to see team Haley adopting a more aggressive down wind approach taken from their increasing participation in f5j. I enjoyed chatting for Bob and Dave, both of whom showed their air reading skills.</p>
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Steve took the contest win, with Simon 2nd, and myself somewhat fortunate in 3rd having been given a let off by Simon in durataion 1. Dave Worral flew consistently to score strongly in 4th.</p>
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<tr><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td><td>Score</td><td>Pcnt</td><td>Raw Score</td><td>Rnd1 Dur</td><td>Rnd1 Dis</td><td>Rnd1 Spd</td><td>Rnd2 Dur</td><td>Rnd2 Dis</td><td>Rnd2 Spd</td><td>Plty</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>5772.7</td><td>100.00</td><td>5772.7</td><td>1000</td><td>772.7</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>5705.1</td><td>98.83</td><td>5705.1</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>791.1</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>914</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>5699.9</td><td>98.74</td><td>5699.9</td><td>946.6</td><td>1000</td><td>824.9</td><td>997.1</td><td>1000</td><td>931.3</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>5500.4</td><td>95.28</td><td>5500.4</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>702.4</td><td>969.4</td><td>913</td><td>915.6</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Jon Whittle</td><td>5422.7</td><td>93.94</td><td>5422.7</td><td>685.1</td><td>1000</td><td>761.6</td><td>997.1</td><td>1000</td><td>978.9</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>4686.8</td><td>81.19</td><td>4686.8</td><td>639.9</td><td>666.7</td><td>703.4</td><td>992.8</td><td>812.5</td><td>871.5</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Johnson</td><td>4285.9</td><td>74.24</td><td>4285.9</td><td>670.1</td><td>750</td><td>508.7</td><td>1000</td><td>695.7</td><td>661.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>4249.2</td><td>73.61</td><td>4249.2</td><td>646.5</td><td>727.3</td><td>641.6</td><td>778.7</td><td>1000</td><td>455.1</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>3963</td><td>68.65</td><td>3963</td><td>579.1</td><td>777.8</td><td>473.1</td><td>930.9</td><td>666.7</td><td>535.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-70453646444425748392015-07-15T11:29:00.000+01:002015-07-15T11:30:31.584+01:002015 - Round 3 - Results<p>Below are the scores for round 3 on 27.06.15.</p>
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<p>Soaring conditions were good with some strong lift with out it being too easy in duration. The contest was won by Steve Haley. Everyone else had at least one bad round, but with Steve flying a <b>14.63</b> in speed 1, he was always going to be tough to beat. I lost 400 points in a bad duration, Simon had a bad Speed (30.xx), as did Dave (27.xx). John Whittle had problems with his CG when ballasted, and lost points in distance and speed, but his own built model looks very promising. I believe Steve's time of 14.63 is a new record for electric f3b. </p>
<p>While sometimes one doesn't feel motivated to get ready for a soaring contest, once you are out on the field that buzz comes back and you feel the thrill of flying. Especially in F3b with it's complexities, which test you as a pilot. </p>
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<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>6000</td><td>100.00</td><td>6000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>5264</td><td>87.73</td><td>5264</td><td>932</td><td>1000</td><td>768.8</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>563.2</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>5203</td><td>86.72</td><td>5203</td><td>598.9</td><td>1000</td><td>749.1</td><td>964.3</td><td>1000</td><td>890.7</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>5068.9</td><td>84.48</td><td>5068.9</td><td>1000</td><td>944.4</td><td>528.3</td><td>971.4</td><td>736.8</td><td>888</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>John Whittle</td><td>5003.7</td><td>83.40</td><td>5003.7</td><td>991.4</td><td>562.5</td><td>605.8</td><td>950.5</td><td>1000</td><td>893.5</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>3856.6</td><td>64.28</td><td>3856.6</td><td>933.4</td><td>565.2</td><td>650.2</td><td>275.7</td><td>733.3</td><td>698.8</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>1255.4</td><td>20.92</td><td>1255.4</td><td>316.5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>938.9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-55846826811232104312015-07-15T10:01:00.001+01:002015-07-15T10:01:57.972+01:00F3b Sports EUHi - I've added a link the side bar for <a href="http://www.f3b-sports.eu/">F3b Sport EU</a>, a site run by Thomas Dylla, with reports from the European scene. With the Nardt Open and WC around the corner, it should be a good place to get news and info. Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/f3bsports">here</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-73805308933278952072015-07-15T09:41:00.000+01:002015-07-29T20:32:32.288+01:002015 - League 2 - Result <p><b>Report on League 2, by Clive Needham:</b></p>
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Due to various circumstances including broken models, sickness and lack of support from some, only 7pre- entries were received by the Wednesday deadline for this contest plus maybe the uncertainty about which day of the weekend the comp was to be held. The reasons for using this system have been previously explained, for an example two weeks earlier there was an e-soaring contest and if the contest had been held on the Saturday (the preferred day) the weather would have intervened plus 5 out of the 13 competitors would not have been able to attend so it was fortunate in that case Sunday was the best day.</p>
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Of the 7 entries only 2 competitors we going to use winches, then one of those decided the day before not to attend, leaving only Bob Dickenson winching, however as Bob also has an e-Crossfire model he agreed to fly it. So that how the first all e-electric F3B contest came about with 6 competitors, but if Bill Haley had not had an operation on the Friday and John Penton with severe back pain there would have been 8 flying electric models.</p>
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<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>5827.6</td><td>100.00</td><td>5827.6</td><td>970.5</td><td>857.1</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>5516.5</td><td>94.66</td><td>5516.5</td><td>994.5</td><td>1000</td><td>714.5</td><td>829.5</td><td>1000</td><td>978</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>5402.4</td><td>92.70</td><td>5402.4</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>732.6</td><td>991.4</td><td>1000</td><td>678.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>4722.1</td><td>81.03</td><td>4722.1</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>652.2</td><td>1000</td><td>590.9</td><td>479</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>4397.2</td><td>75.45</td><td>4397.2</td><td>791.6</td><td>875</td><td>659.2</td><td>577.4</td><td>700</td><td>794</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td> Brian Johnson</td><td>4276.5</td><td>73.38</td><td>4276.5</td><td>642.1</td><td>615.4</td><td>545.9</td><td>979.9</td><td>850</td><td>643.2</td><td>0</td></tr>
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I know some of those who prefer to continue to fly “real” F3B contests are not too happy about allowing electric launching in the League and how the height limits are set, however, it is up to those who want to use traditional launching to attend and encourage others to do so. </p>
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It is, and never has been my intention to discourage or exclude anyone from flying in the League but it is about numbers and the minimum required. I would point out that without those flying electric models nether of the 2 contests so far this season would have taken place. I am certainly no longer able to do the work required to winch launch, as is the case with Dave Worrall, plus note the Haley’s and Brian Johnson would not be attending if winching is mandatory, hopefully John Penton will be flying electric again if his back improves, as he was prepared to invest in a brand new electric Ascot model.</p>
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As forecast the day was more or less ideal, see picture already sent, with a moderate wind, blue skies and clouds passing through. Variable lift as is shown in the scores. The height limiters were set at 270m which was in line with what could have been expected from a winch launch.</p>
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<b>Duration R1-Slot1</b>. Dave Worrall (Crossfire/Cobra hybrid) just piped Steve Haley (e-Fosa) by 30 points but neither managed the full 10 minutes. <BR>
<b>Slot 2</b> A similar pattern followed with Clive Needham ( Ascot) just beating Simon Haley (e-Fosa) by 5 points.<BR>
<b>Distance R1 slots</b> won by Dave Worrall, Bob Dickenson and Clive Needham the highest number of legs by Dave Worrall 21.
Distance R 2 slots won by Steve Haley, Simon Haley and Dave Worrall highest number of legs Steve Haley 22.
Clive Needham was unsighted and landed Ascot with flaps down and broke a servo arm so had to change model to Dingo for remainder of the contest.<BR>
<b>Speed R1</b> Won by Steve Haley 14.74 seconds the fastest time so far with an electric model. None of the others posted less than 20 seconds.<BR>
<b>Speed R2</b> won again by Steve Haley 17.36 but only just beating Simon Haley 17.73 only 23 points down.
Clive Needham had a problem with the Dingo gear box so on 2nd run so the model only reached 200m with the prop was freewheeling throughout the flight. so could not fly in last Duration.<BR>
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Slot 1 Better air so slot flown out. Won by Steve Haley, Dave Worrall 999 points and amazingly Brian Johnson 3rd flying the 2.6m Axel –xxl- 9m-57secs and with 85 landing points scored 979. <BR>
<b>Slot 2</b> Brian Johnson flew as a makeweight for Clive Needham won the slot with 9m -58secs and 100 landing, pushing down Bob Dickenson and Simon Haley.
On checking the scores I found a mistake so Steve Haley was down to 5827 and Dave Worrall up to 5406 which did not affect any of the places.</p>
Note the following, for those interested in possibly using electric motor launching, is a little bit of history on the progress I have made using this system over the last few years. Over three years ago due to my decreasing mobility and experience of flying in the e-soaring league I started looking into the use of an electric motor to launch F3B models instead of a winch. I was able to buy a nearly completed modified Crossfire model with the nose cut off to accommodate the fitting of a Kira 480 Kontronic motor and gearbox, to be powered by a 2600Mah 3 cell lipo. After much head scratching I managed to get everything in and flew the model, first of all at e-soaring contests.
The model launched well even though the power output was only 550watts, enough under normal conditions without ballast, but at the 2012 BMFA Nationals at RAF Cottesmore on the day of F3B contest it was very windy so with ballast of1.2Kgs it was unable, in the program I had dialed in, to reach the 300m height being reached by the top models via winch launching, even though adding an extra 10 seconds longer than the normal motor run of 30 seconds.
I later managed to fit in a 4 cell lipo increasing the power to about 650watts and tried it in an e-soaring contest, but unfortunately lost the model, due to what I think was battery failure, I was using a separate one to power the receiver, a system which I have not used since.</p>
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I had previously bought a 2nd hand Skorpion model ready to go for winch launching, because it came with an unfitted out additional manufactures e-fuselage. On advice I bought a 2w -25 Het motor, a friend made an adapter plate to marry up with a Kontronic gearbox, unfortunately the person who advised me to use the Het motor did not tell me that to get the 1100 watt power I wanted at the motors maximum 70 amps required a 6 cell lipo!!! </p>
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To leave the forward fuselage empty the e-version is supplied with a sub frame which fits inside the model (similar to the Rotmilan) behind the wing allowing the v tail servos to use short push rods and keeps the receiver well away from the electrics. With the help of Tony Fu at Sloperacer the electrics were fitted out and a battery pack of 5 cells fitted providing just under1000 watts. This model climbed well even when ballasted by means of tubes fitted into the wing roots by Tony Fu.</p>
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At this time, I had also been flying a V W Dingo model using a winch, however in the meantime Tony Fu (see Sloperacer.com) had developed a power system using an elongated Leopard 28 mm inrunner motor matched with a Reisenhaur 5:1 gearbox which is capable of producing up to1500 watts on a 4 cell lipo. Tony agreed to fit one of these motors by cutting off the Dingo nose and moving the elevator servos into the V tails with only a small bulge in a cover to fair them in. the result was only a 200 gm increase in the overall weight of the model to 2450 gm. Over this period the other pilots in the BMFA F3B League indulged me by allowing me to compete with them, as due to models I was flying and my declining ability I was not perceived as a threat, plus due to the development of height limiters in the e-soaring and F5J disciplines the height setting agreed was not fixed to the height the better pilots reached from a winch launch.
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However as more people began to see the advantages of not having to carry about winches and heavy batteries plus the hassle of retrieving lines and rejoining broken ones, it became necessary to write extra rules to accommodate launching by electric motors, to enable as far as possible to equalize the launch heights, although this is not completely achievable as every winch launch is different depending on the model, its settings, the conditions and the pilot’s ability. The advantage using a motor is of course consistent launch heights, which depending on your point of view is a good or bad thing, one thing for sure is that everyone using a motor starts level, so the difference in the scores is based only on the pilots flying skill.</p>
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More and more are finding it more convenient to launch using electric motors for the above reasons resulting in the above described contest but it must be stressed that there is absolutely NO intention of excluding anyone flying in the BMFA F3B League using any mode of launching. But of course it must be emphasized that anyone wishing to attend FAI international contests must use winch launching until, if and when, on board motors are allowed.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-25250233711979286422015-04-20T11:01:00.002+01:002015-07-15T09:46:02.603+01:002015 - League 1 Result<p>Below is the result of the first round of the BMFA F3B League of 2015.
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<tr><td>1</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>5829.6</td><td>100</td><td>5829.6</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>898.7</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>930.9</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>5748</td><td>98.6</td><td>5748</td><td>995.7</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>784.3</td><td>1000</td><td>968</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Mike Challinor</td><td>5719.6</td><td>98.11</td><td>5719.6</td><td>1000</td><td>857.1</td><td>935.3</td><td>998.6</td><td>928.6</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>5379.9</td><td>92.29</td><td>5379.9</td><td>650</td><td>963</td><td>913.4</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>853.5</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>4440.4</td><td>76.17</td><td>4440.4</td><td>800.9</td><td>687.5</td><td>711.8</td><td>634.8</td><td>761.9</td><td>843.5</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>4209.1</td><td>72.2</td><td>4209.1</td><td>555.7</td><td>409.1</td><td>727.5</td><td>770</td><td>1000</td><td>746.8</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>John Whittle</td><td>3618.9</td><td>62.08</td><td>3618.9</td><td>977.1</td><td>1000</td><td>879.9</td><td>0</td><td>761.9</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>2813.2</td><td>48.26</td><td>2813.2</td><td>987.1</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>826.1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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<p>League 1 was flown at a new venue near Altricham. The field was very flat and had an ideal amount of grass on it, although it was on the tight side for F3B. The weather was very sunny if not especially warm, perhaps because of the NE wind direction. The wind direction would mean the sun was somewhat problematic in the middle of the day as it was in the centre of the course. However, it was a good day for a soaring contest, with moderate winds and variable thermal activity.</p>
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<p>The contest eventually boiled down to duration and distance, with speed scores being fairly even. I don't know what Steve feels about the electric models in speed, but it seemed to me they were a bit draggier than usual. Mike Challinor unexpectedly lost both his distance rounds by two laps, which lost him enough points to end up third. He seems to have developed a fixation with spinning round and throwing models......</p>
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Steve was leading after speed, but flew a 7.29 100 in his final duration slot, which allowed myself to win the contest by scoring a 10:00/100 in the same slot. Earlier I had flown the last lap or so of my first speed run with the throttle stick slightly open which meant I had the brakes out a little and lost time, but it did not cost me in the end. Simon had had a bad first duration slot, but otherwise did well.</p>
<p>The electric Ascots of Bill and Clive seemed to working well with Bill flying a decent 20.45 in speed. I continue to be impressed by the Avatar, which has, so far, been very capable in duration and looks very fast, even with me flying it!.</p>
<p>Unfortunately we are getting to the point with numbers where the contests are starting to suffer significantly. I think we have all said a lot about the decline of UK flat field soaring and I do not feel F3B is alone, nor do I have anything to add that has not been said before. I only think that F3B is at the sharp end because of the relative complexity and difficulty of doing it. Although, conversely, F3B also offers the greatest feeling of reward IMHO. Perhaps Electric will be the way to go an in the future and I think few would deny electric <i>is</i> the future of flat field soaring, DLGs aside. To me it's a great shame that the soaring scene is in decline as I get a great buzz out of flying F3B and also I should say F3J when I have flown it. </p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-14393321544561346022015-01-26T10:59:00.000+00:002015-01-26T10:59:23.699+00:002015 - UK League DatesThe UK BMFA league dates for this season (2015) have been added to the side bar. Direct link <a href="http://f3b-uk.blogspot.co.uk/p/f3b-uk-2015-league-dates.html">here</a>. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-21484240868644498362015-01-26T10:23:00.001+00:002015-01-26T10:57:35.265+00:002015 - European F3B Schedules<p>The contest schedules for the 2015 F3B events in Europe have been put on-line. <a href="http://www.f3b.de/uploads/Termine_2015_4.pdf">FAI F3B World Cup.</a></p>
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<p>N.b. Please note that "World Cup" is not the same as a the "World Championship". The World Cup is a series of events. I am not sure what the overlap of FAI World Cup and Eurotours is. All the published <strong>Eurotour</strong> events are listed on the FAI world cup schedule as well. In terms of UK pilots, it's only an academic interest. I might try and do Belgium, if I have got the time.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-1242025684619805272014-10-13T22:23:00.000+01:002014-10-13T22:24:11.891+01:00Photos from 2014 OktoberfestpokalPhotos from the 2014 event <a href="http://mcm-muenchen.de/galerie/category/25-oktoberfestpokal-2014">here</a>. <i>Serious </i>f3b action....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-38973661281256550092014-10-13T20:17:00.000+01:002014-10-14T09:04:46.387+01:002014 Season - Final Standings<p>Below are the standing for the BMFA F3B League of 2014. Best 4 scores from 5. Congratulations Steve! </p>
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<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>4000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>680.12</td><td>1000</td><td>Fosa</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>John Whittle</td><td>3908.46</td><td>983.01</td><td>874.73</td><td>979.13</td><td>1000</td><td>946.32</td><td>Ascot</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>3772.82</td><td>955.84</td><td>0</td><td>956.16</td><td>989.29</td><td>871.53</td><td>Stinger/Avatar</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>3511.6</td><td>0</td><td>743.47</td><td>906.89</td><td>931.51</td><td>929.73</td><td>Crossfire electric</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>3072.23</td><td>714.23</td><td>699.55</td><td>706.32</td><td>880.91</td><td>770.77</td><td>Fosa Lift/Ascot</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>2927.86</td><td>661.71</td><td>774.23</td><td>364.86</td><td>837.57</td><td>654.35</td><td>Dingo Electric</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>2633.5</td><td>272.53</td><td>0</td><td>909.48</td><td>980.67</td><td>470.82</td><td>Precious</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Brian Johnson</td><td>2340.32</td><td>0</td><td>823.34</td><td>741.78</td><td>775.2</td><td>0</td><td>Ascot/Eraser</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>2295.84</td><td>705.84</td><td>166.72</td><td>426.33</td><td>358.9</td><td>804.77</td><td>Precious</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Paul Carrington</td><td>2066.76</td><td>0</td><td>786.07</td><td>943.57</td><td>337.12</td><td>0</td><td>Arsen</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Mike Challinor</td><td>1874.07</td><td>0</td><td>935.78</td><td>938.29</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Fosa Lift</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Jonathan Sage</td><td>1671.58</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>938.39</td><td>733.19</td><td>0</td><td>Radical</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>John Phillips</td><td>1549.24</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>754.39</td><td>0</td><td>794.85</td><td>Precious/Toba</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>John Penton</td><td>1471.13</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>716.81</td><td>754.32</td><td>Graphite</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Mike Holtby</td><td>559.38</td><td>0</td><td>559.38</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Cobra</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Phil Goddard</td><td>120.4</td><td>0</td><td>120.4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>Ceres</td></tr>
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</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-54934650053953766102014-10-13T19:56:00.001+01:002014-10-13T19:57:12.813+01:00Round 6 - 2014 - Report<p>Rounds was the final event of the 2014 season. Again the weather was pretty decent. Although on the way to the Wetlands it was really foggy and I thought we would not be able to fly till after lunch. Thankfully the fog cleared by about 10am and it wasn't an issue. Things didn't start well for Team Haley with both of their winches not working following an overall. Steve and Bob managed to get one of them going and Clive lent his winch, so it was alright in the end</p>
<p>There was certainly and end of season vibe, with a dark, cold morning and obvious feeling of winter in the air. I think it's fair to say the flat field soaring is more of a summer pursuit! Conditions were forecast for virtually no wind at the start of the day followed by a slight pick up in the afternoon. By that time it was even T-shirt weather and I even went for an application of sun tan lotion. Although that may owe more to my pasty complexion than the searing sunshine. The clocks are changing and the nights drawing in so no excuses for me not putting together that second avatar before next season. Those servos don't put themselves in. </p>
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Round 1 of duration started with a victory for wily veteren Bob Dickenson who's 9.28/100 was a two minutes better than Simon Haley's time. The second was rather easier and was flown out by 3 of the 4 pilots. Steve Haley pipped me by one second and we both got the hunski (100) on the landing. John Penton was the victor in the third slot. I was calling for John Phillips who was suffering bad glitching on his Pike Precison and had to land. That was a bit of a bummer as it rather spoiled his comp from the start and he had travelled a long way to fly. </p>
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The first slot in distance was won by Jon Whittle with 20 laps. I had a distance, stalling off 3 launches and barely getting a 4th launch and only managing 9 laps. What I discovered was that my launch elevator settings were wrong. I split my launch in to two flight modes and the down elevator pre-set for the top part of the launch was being added to the first stage. As such I had a very flat launch and the start followed by too much up elevator at the top. The more down I added just made the start worse and did nothing to stop the stalling at the top.</p>
<p> Simon Haley pushed out Bob and Clive in the 2nd slot to get the thousand. John Phillips broke out his RCRCM Toba for distance and did a solid 18 laps in flat air to get a thousand. Steve Haley put a couple of laps on Dave Worral to claim another thouski. Conditions were fairly flat, without any real thermals or serious sink. As anticipated conditions for launching were tough and heights were not great. Definitely thin line and big drum conditions. I decided to put 1.12 mega line on one of my winches and 1.22 on the other in case the wind picked up, per the forecast. </p>
<p>Conditions remained largely the same for round 2 of distance with scores in the high teens with the odd twenty plus. Dave Worral took 3 laps out of Jon Whittle in slot 1. Steve did the best run of the day with 22 in the next slot against Bob and John Penton. Clive and Bill had an electric battle which Clive won by one lap. In the final slot I got my launch going again and drew with Simon for the 1000. </p>
<p>By the time speed came around I was starting to feel the wind was picking up a bit so I dropped down to the middle drum on my ober winch with the 1.22. I had pretty much lost my elevator trim on the launch, but I was starting to get more height and did a 19 second run. Conditions were still not optimal for launching and the best time was Steve with 17.85 with both Dave and Jon Whittle getting low 19s. A 16 would have been very good I think in that air.</p>
<p>Round 2 of speed had perhaps slights worse conditions as things started to cool down. The best time was 18.85 from Steve flying his fosa, closely followed by 18.89 by myself. Neither run was particularly brilliant, especially mine which was poorly flown if I am honest and the reasonable time was down to a decent launch and the performance of the Avatar. Dave, John Phillips and Jon Whittle were not far behind with 19.07, 20.85 and 20.26 respectively. </p>
<p>Unfortunately Simon Haley crashed his model by pulling it in to the ground on base B. I think it's a case of rest in pieces for his Precious, which has been really good model for him over the last few seasons. I don't know if he is "grounded" now, but it happens to the best of us!</p>
<p>By the time the second duration round started it was definitely colder and launch conditions were slightly worse than they had been in speed. The first slot was very flat with the best flight time being 7.58 by Dave Worral, which was slightly ahead of John Penton and Bill Haley, who was flying, I think, either an Ellipse 3 or 4 (?).
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<p>Slot two was similar with Steve and myself flying minimum sink most of the time. There were not any real areas of lift to be found and it was more a case of avoiding sink and trying to stay in neutral air than it was classic thermal soaring. It was a good slot with the high AR Fosa and Avatar showing their soaring capabilities and it being a bit cat and mouse watching what the other guy was doing. I managed to balls up the landing approach as I had rather run out of energy and got no landing bonus, which meant Steve took the 1000 with a well flown 10:00/95. The final slot was won by John Whittle who staying up slightly longer than John Phillips, again in very flat conditions that were definitely more winter than summer.</p>
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<tr><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td><td>Score</td><td>Pcnt</td><td>Raw Score</td><td>Rnd1 Dur</td><td>Rnd1 Dis</td><td>Rnd1 Spd</td><td>Rnd2 Dur</td><td>Rnd2 Dis</td><td>Rnd2 Spd</td><td>Plty</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Steve Haley</td><td>6000</td><td>100.00</td><td>6000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Jon Whittle</td><td>5677.9</td><td>94.63</td><td>5677.9</td><td>994.3</td><td>1000</td><td>929.7</td><td>1000</td><td>823.5</td><td>930.4</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Dave Worral</td><td>5578.4</td><td>92.97</td><td>5578.4</td><td>776.8</td><td>882.4</td><td>930.7</td><td>1000</td><td>1000</td><td>988.5</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Tom Satinet</td><td>5229.2</td><td>87.15</td><td>5229.2</td><td>998.6</td><td>450</td><td>939.5</td><td>843.2</td><td>1000</td><td>997.9</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Bill Haley</td><td>4828.6</td><td>80.48</td><td>4828.6</td><td>876.1</td><td>666.7</td><td>656.5</td><td>938.4</td><td>923.1</td><td>767.8</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>John Phillips</td><td>4769.1</td><td>79.49</td><td>4769.1</td><td>277.3</td><td>1000</td><td>872.4</td><td>905.8</td><td>809.5</td><td>904.1</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Bob Dickenson</td><td>4624.6</td><td>77.08</td><td>4624.6</td><td>1000</td><td>714.3</td><td>687.3</td><td>838</td><td>636.4</td><td>748.6</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>John Penton</td><td>4525.9</td><td>75.43</td><td>4525.9</td><td>1000</td><td>650</td><td>562</td><td>977.1</td><td>681.8</td><td>655</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Clive Needham</td><td>3926.1</td><td>65.44</td><td>3926.1</td><td>471.6</td><td>928.6</td><td>504.8</td><td>402.9</td><td>1000</td><td>618.2</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Simon Haley</td><td>2824.9</td><td>47.08</td><td>2824.9</td><td>824.9</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1000</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635625425515954519.post-12335339304000687432014-10-13T17:33:00.000+01:002014-10-13T19:44:40.297+01:00Round 5 Report
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<p>As usual the contest got under way with duration. Slot 1 was fairly easy with all but one pilot flying it out. I wont with a 9:59 100. The 2nd slot was harder and the winning score was 8:47 60, by Brian Johnson - f3j experience paying off it would seem. Jon Sage didn't do his usual job in duration and dropped a few points. The final slot was similar to the first with Steve Haley winning the slot. Paul Carrington only flew 2 seconds less, but only made a 35 landing due to lumpy air in the landing zone.</p>
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Slot one of distance was won by Bob Dickenson over myself and John Sage. I had done a few inside turns believing there to be a corridor of lift, but Bob kept pushing out and it proved the correct decision and Bob got a lap on me despite my higher launch (21 to my 20). In the next slot Paul Carrington was back in the grove putting a couple of laps on Clive and Simon. Slot 3 was a bit of a mess with John Whittle not getting the buzz, which resulted in a re-flight that he drew against Steve. In the last slot Dave Worral put a lot of laps on John Penton and Bill Haley. I didn't see that one unfortunately.</p>
<p>Round 2 of distance started with a good contest and Jon Whittle and Jon Sage (yes too many Jo(h)ns) sharing 1000 points with 19 laps each. Unfortunately in the next slot Paul lot his model when it didn't pull out of the dive on the launch. That was a real shame as Paul was just coming back to f3b and seemed to be enjoying it. The results was a bit of a 3d jigsaw (but not fun for the whole family). Steve took the 1000 from Bob in the end. I won the next slot against Clive and Bill and Simon Haley took the last slot flying his precious.</p>
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As usual the contest would be decided in speed, but not in the normal way (Steve kicking bottom!). Steve indeed won the first round with a 17.84, with the best of the rest all in the 19s. I did a rather poor run for a 20.50 which was not very pleasing and Jon Sage was unfortunate to have a cut on base A. At least Jon seemed to be getting back in to it and hopefully we will see the Radical again soon.</p>
<p>The second round started with myself flying a 18.57 and Jon W flying a 18.49. At this point I thought I was vying for second with Jon, but Steve, of all people, crashed his model on the final leg of his speed run to end his contest. As crashes go it wasn't a dramatic one as the model was being flown back low to base A and the model was not badly damaged by any means. After that surprise the next best time was 18.87 by Simon. Clive flew both his speeds well I thought, with low 20s.
<p> At this point I knew the contest was between Jon Whittle, Simon and me. Rough mental calculations told me John was slightly ahead of myself going in to the final round of duration, with Simon in 3rd (I thought). Simon won his slot of duration meaning that Jon W and myself had to score well in the final slot, flying against each other. I knew Jon was ahead on the scores and was hoping for a tough slot, which would give me an outside chance to take some points off Jon, but as it turned out the slot was very easy and there was more danger off loosing your model to a cloud than not flying out 10 minutes. Jon Sage recorded a launch of about 300m and I was doing aerobatics after about 6 minutes to loose height. I took the 1000 with a 10:00 100</p>
<p>In the end the winner was Jon Whittle, which was reward for flying consistently well. As it turned out Simon was a lot closer to me than I thought, so I needed the 1000 in the final slot. Results <a href="http://f3b-uk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/2014-round-5-results.html">below</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02802311789046885325noreply@blogger.com0