Dave Worrall

With sadness, I must report the death of Dave Worrall. 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.

Announcement from Clive as follows:
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.

World Champions Medal Table Updated

The medal table for the F3B World Championship has been updated.

F3B World Championship 2015 - Results

Results from the WC are here. Top 3 individuals are:

• 1) Martin Herrig (Ger)
• 2) Andreas Herrig (2013 Champion/Ger)
• 3) Andreas Böhlen (Sui)

Top Three teams are below:

• 1) Germany
• 2) Switzerland
• 3) Sweden

2015 World Championship - Preliminary Results

The preliminary results 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!

2015 - Round 4 - Results

2015 - Round 3 - Results

Below are the scores for round 3 on 27.06.15.

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 14.63 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.

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.

F3b Sports EU

Hi - I've added a link the side bar for F3b Sport EU, 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 here.