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Aerobatic FAI F3C Contest > FAI F3C WORLDS Poland 2007
 
 
ozace
Key Veteran
Location: melbourne, australia

Updates please

we can never have too many, can we ?
07-28-2007 09:35 AM
 
 
Henrik Engert
Veteran
Location: Round Rock, TX

You can read some stuff on Hirobo's website. They have some pictures too. We will arrive on Wednesday night. Then we will have Thursday to Saturday to watch. Hopefully it will be nice weather...it is horrible in Sweden right now...the whole summer rained and blew away.
07-28-2007 10:35 AM
 
 
Kinger
Elite Veteran
Location: Columbus, OH

Man, Curtis is using all kinds of new stuff this year. First a flybarless setup at 3DM and now an electric Vibe with a fuse.
07-28-2007 12:09 PM
 
 
Kinger
Elite Veteran
Location: Columbus, OH

I imagine the switch to electric is two fold. One, the battery technology is finally to the point where good power can be achieved along with enough flight time to get through an entire schedule. Second, isn't a large part of FAI presentation? Imagine how nicely an electric model presents......no smoke and no noise.
07-28-2007 12:52 PM
 
 
Henrik Engert
Veteran
Location: Round Rock, TX

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Second, isn't a large part of FAI presentation?

Nope. I sure hope not. Why should one suffer when not having a fuselage? Many good pilots don't even use a fuselage. There is no point system for that. That belongs in F4C (Scale airplanes).
07-28-2007 01:26 PM
 
 
Kinger
Elite Veteran
Location: Columbus, OH

By presentation, I wasn't referring to the fuse. I was referring to the fact that with less smoke it's easier for the judges to see what the heli is doing during hovering maneuvers.
07-28-2007 02:44 PM
 
 
The man
Senior Heliman
Location: at home

Curtis must feel the fuse help carry out the aerobatics portion better.
07-28-2007 03:33 PM
 
 
Henrik Engert
Veteran
Location: Round Rock, TX

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By presentation, I wasn't referring to the fuse. I was referring to the fact that with less smoke it's easier for the judges to see what the heli is doing during hovering maneuvers.

Ok. Sorry. The smoke does not cause suchs problems more than it can be annoying for the judges if it hits their faces. Many pilots use fuel that smokes less than before. Normally there's always wind so the smoke will dissapear quickly.
07-29-2007 09:41 AM
 
 
jpn
Heliman
Location: Cebu, Philippines

philippine team

GO GO GO TEAM PHILIPPINES!

Alvin Alcantara, Mark Alcantara and Julio Manalo...
07-29-2007 11:05 AM
 
 
synodontis
Veteran
Location: United Kingdom

what I want to know is where are the daily blogs for this event. There must be someone on the US team or the British team that's doing this?
07-29-2007 12:07 PM
 
 
Henrik Engert
Veteran
Location: Round Rock, TX

Check out:

http://usa-f3c.com

There is a daily blog and gallery.

/Henrik
07-29-2007 04:40 PM
 
 
Dwight
Senior Heliman
Location: West Chicago, IL

We have been practicing for 3 days now and things are going well for Curtis, Wayne and myself. Today we did our practice rounds and it was windy and it appears the whole event will be. We have been practicing at a small airport about 30 miles from the main site. Tomorrow the first round starts so the updates will be more interesting.

To eliminate some misconceptions....Curtis's machine is not quieter than a glow model. Dave Youngblood has already run sound checks of all of our machines and Curtis's machine is actually louder in hover. They have been working on different things to try to get it quieter so it passes the sound checks. It is impressive in aerobatics but Curtis is flying with his same style as usual. He can decide how big to make the maneuvers because the power is very good. Right now his machine will give him 8.5 minutes of flight time. Time will tell if that is any issue. The thing that looks good is the aerobatics. Curtis can fly.

Dwight
07-29-2007 06:32 PM
 
 
ozace
Key Veteran
Location: melbourne, australia

Thanks Dwight, love the update.

we can never have too many, can we ?
07-30-2007 01:10 AM
 
 
USA F3C Team 07
New Heliman
Location: Tampa, Florida

Updates

Thanks to Mark Ryder helping me get set up, I'll be posting updates as soon as I get them. Hopefully daily. The support team dosent have access to high speed internet but they are trying hard. Go Team USA !

Harold
07-30-2007 01:28 AM
 
 
relax1
Senior Heliman
Location: Tampa, FL

Hi Harold

Stop following this style of flying is boring. Come to the 3d side is where the fun is. Just kidding.


Luis
07-31-2007 03:39 AM
 
 
synodontis
Veteran
Location: United Kingdom

I'm really impressed with Steve Roberts (GB), hope he makes the fly offs. Looks like he's had a crash during practice though.
07-31-2007 11:28 AM
 
 
synodontis
Veteran
Location: United Kingdom

server problems with the main f3c site, someone please fix it.

Had to go to www.f3c.jp to find out what's going on.
08-01-2007 01:03 AM
 
 
lozenge bush
Heliman
Location: NRW, Germany

Hi,

actual results You can find on the german site:

http://f3c-heli.de//index.php?optio...id=64&Itemid=85

cu
Jörg

these rotorblades are black and white but sound like a million colours in Your mind
08-01-2007 07:54 AM
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steviewonder33
Senior Heliman
Location: London, England

synodontis

Just got back from the airport.

Thanks for the support, sorry the crash was not me! My models are in Galaxy Fus's.....

Great event, Great country, great people, good to meet up with old friends and meet new people.

Steve

Team JR, Motors & Rotors, SAB, Bekra Fuel, ThunderPower Batteries
08-05-2007 03:38 PM
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synodontis
Veteran
Location: United Kingdom

Dave should have been in the fly offs as well, I was hoping he would make it too. I suppose the strange scores in the preliminary rounds were due to the funny weather you were having.
08-05-2007 04:17 PM
 
 
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