Andreas Herrig Wins the 2013 World Championship

It came down to the last speed flight. Flying one after the other, Martin Herrig put in a 14.91 to put the pressure on his brother. Andreas responded with a 15.11 to take the WC. All live on the stream.

No doubt there are plenty of pictures and stories to come from the people who were lucky enough to be there. The team pages from Spain and USA etc are worth a look. Germany takes first, second and third in the individual standings and first in the team standings. You can't really argue with that!

The top three pilots and teams remain as they were in the previous post. Detailed results are here. Congratulations guys. Roll on 2015!

Right back to normal f3b - 24/08/2013 - the Nationals at RAF Cranwell :-) Time to show how it's really (not) done.

F3B WC Coming to an End

Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day of the 2013 World Championship in Nardt, Germany. I have thoroughly enjoyed the live coverage with the excellent Martin Webershock commentating. Check it out if you haven't done already.

The Germans are in an incredibly strong position with their pilots filling the top 3 places at this point. It could come down to the final speed run to separate the Herrig brothers, with only about 60 points between them.

Top 3 after round 7:
Andreas Herrig / 100%
Martin Herrig / 99.66%
Thomas Dylla / 99.21%

Top Three Teams are:
Germany / 52323.63
Austria / 51489.42
USA / 51184.03

STOP WORK - Live Stream is Back Online :-)

Or solitaire anyway..... the live stream is back working again. Wahey!
Note the steam also plays from the live score site (linked above). It seems they are having a few issues with it still, but hopefully normal "service" will be resumed.

Live Stream Down :(

News from Germany - the live stream tent at the WC was damaged over night by a thunderstorm and the equipment got wet.

The video stream is down, but hopefully they will get it back up.

Picture from Team Germany facebook page (link above).

Pre World Championship Competiton - Nardt Open

Daniele Amici wins the pre world championship Nardt Open. Credit to the organisers for running a comp with 97 competitors :)

Nardt Open Results

The WC is now underway!

Silent Flight Nationals 2013 - 24th to 26th of August.

Link to download the entry form is here. This a league date also. You have to make an official entry to the BMFA and an entry to Clive as normal.

The form is for f3b,f3j,100s, f5b etc. Entry fee is higher if entry is made after the 9th of August.

Photos From Round 4

Back to UK F3b news, here are few photos from round 4. The first few photos are of "Operation Remove Pike From Tree," which was successfully concluded before the f3b contest. I don't know how many landing points were scored for landing in the lake or at what point the timer stopped counting. I think a body of water constitutes "an object in contact with the ground" as far as the soaring rules are concerned.

Thanks to Simon for the photos. Please click here to see the photos if you don't have adobe flash on your device (e.g iphone).