Photos from 2014 Oktoberfestpokal

Photos from the 2014 event here. Serious f3b action....

2014 Season - Final Standings

Below are the standing for the BMFA F3B League of 2014. Best 4 scores from 5. Congratulations Steve!

Rank	Pilot	Score	R2	R3	Nats	R5	R6	Model(s)
1	Steve Haley	4000	1000	1000	1000	680.12	1000	Fosa
2	John Whittle	3908.46	983.01	874.73	979.13	1000	946.32	Ascot
3	Tom Satinet	3772.82	955.84	0	956.16	989.29	871.53	Stinger/Avatar
4	Dave Worral	3511.6	0	743.47	906.89	931.51	929.73	Crossfire electric
5	Bob Dickenson	3072.23	714.23	699.55	706.32	880.91	770.77	Fosa Lift/Ascot
6	Clive Needham	2927.86	661.71	774.23	364.86	837.57	654.35	Dingo Electric
7	Simon Haley	2633.5	272.53	0	909.48	980.67	470.82	Precious
8	Brian Johnson	2340.32	0	823.34	741.78	775.2	0	Ascot/Eraser
9	Bill Haley	2295.84	705.84	166.72	426.33	358.9	804.77	Precious
10	Paul Carrington	2066.76	0	786.07	943.57	337.12	0	Arsen
11	Mike Challinor	1874.07	0	935.78	938.29	0	0	Fosa Lift
12	Jonathan Sage	1671.58	0	0	938.39	733.19	0	Radical
13	John Phillips	1549.24	0	0	754.39	0	794.85	Precious/Toba
14	John Penton	1471.13	0	0	0	716.81	754.32	Graphite
15	Mike Holtby	559.38	0	559.38	0	0	0	Cobra
16	Phil Goddard	120.4	0	120.4	0	0	0	Ceres

Round 6 - 2014 - Report

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

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.

Round 5 Report

As we've just flown round 6 it has reminded me to do a quick report for round 5. My memory is a little hazy but I have the score sheets at least. It was a pretty good day weather wise despite heavy rain the previous day and forecasts of the impending doom of winter. The air was quite windy and rough at times. John Penton was back flying f3b electric after a long lay off. It seems that Clive's f3b electric master plan is starting to come to fruition. Electric might out number winch soon. It's hard to argue against the convenience of electric - I wonder what the future holds for f3b and f3j (??).

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.

2014 - Round 5 Results

Below are the results for round 5 - 21/09/2014. Report to follow.

Rank	Name	Score	Pcnt	Raw Score	Rnd1 Dur	Rnd1 Dis	Rnd1 Spd	Rnd2 Dur	Rnd2 Dis	Rnd2 Spd	Plty
1	Jon Whittle	5881.3	100.00	5881.3	975.5	1000	922.9	982.9	1000	1000	0
2	Tom Satinet	5818.3	98.93	5818.3	1000	952.4	870.2	1000	1000	995.7	0
3	Simon Haley	5767.6	98.07	5767.6	974.2	900	913.5	1000	1000	979.9	0
4	Dave Worral	5478.5	93.15	5478.5	760.5	1000	897.4	994.2	937.5	888.9	0
5	Bob Dickenson	5180.9	88.09	5180.9	964.2	1000	717.9	935.7	750	813.1	0
6	Clive Needham	4926	83.76	4926	979.9	850	784.9	783.9	736.8	790.5	0
7	Brian Johnson	4559.2	77.52	4559.2	1000	681.8	597.1	860.9	750	669.4	0
8	Jon Sage	4312.1	73.32	4312.1	748.7	714.3	0	984.3	1000	864.8	0
9	John Penton	4215.8	71.68	4215.8	901.3	523.8	450.2	1000	736.8	603.7	0
10	Steve Haley	4000	68.01	4000	1000	1000	1000	0	1000	0	0
11	Bill Haley	2110.8	35.89	2110.8	897.8	476.2	0	0	736.8	0	0
12	Paul Carrington	1982.7	33.71	1982.7	982.7	1000	0	0	0	0	0

Pictures from 2014 Nationals

Here are further pictures from the Nats from someone who knows that they are actually doing with a camera - Mike Holtby. Although I did win first place for photography at Driffield show, when I was a lad. True story. Anyway, the slide show should work on ipad etc, if not please let me know.

2014 F3B Nationals

I am very pleased to report that the 2014 F3B Nationals were unaffected by rain, unlike previous league events which were cancelled. We had a decent entry of 15 pilots - one pilot dropped out before the start leaving 14 remaining competitors. The event was held at RAF Cranwell which is close to the site of the main BMFA nationals. A fun element for the f3b was the prize of a can of beer for each slot winner.

The contest started with round 1 of duration. Things didn't start well for Mike Holtby when the centre spring in his transmitter aileron stick broke - his model was damaged on landing and he wasn't able to carry on. Round 1 of duration was pretty easy with nearly everybody flying out the slots. I managed a 10:00/100, which was the best points score of the round and pleasing with my new Avatar. The beer was being handed out fast, as several pilots managed to draw in the decent soaring conditions, to claim joint slot wins.

Two rounds of distance were flown next. Jon Sage managed the best score of 20 legs in the first round and flew very well in the contest, especially considering it was his first event for a couple of seasons. Mike C lost out to Steve by one lap - 11 to 12 - in tricky conditions. Distance scoring being what it is though, one lap hurt his score at 11/12.