P attern F3A World Championships U Tony Stiliman T USA F3A team reigning World Champion Chip Hyde left Chicago September 12 1993 headed Regensburg Germany Several Regensburg Model Club members met us airport helped us find hotel took us local flying field reserved practice site us practice site very nice runway hard surface about 100 meters long six meters wide grass around middle farm area provided wide-open flying installed box poles us Since club members allowed fly during week place ourselves allowed ample time adjust engines aircraft Europes lower temperatures Everyone lots time practice paid off during Now-deposed World Champ Chip Hyde takes break after finishing first round contest club also made soft-drinkstocked clubhouse available us would like say thanks club Stephan Fink Peter Lessner taking such good care us practiced Monday through Thursday left Thursday afternoon Austria before left club members cookout honor field clubhouse very tasty meal served felt right home new friends Upon arrival Austria checked hotel proceeded contest site field village Notch situated picturesque valley used glider tow field grass about 800 meters long 100 meters wide Two flying sites set upone end runway learned lot about what can happen World Championship preconceived ideas about what World Championship site should like team impressed site Site seemed OK site two very different pilots faced mountain flying background rather dark felt would make models hard see did prove problem Site better background fly against left-hand box pole could located 150 meters out per rule book placed 80 meters judges instructed judge end much softer Another surprise due large turnout F3D sharing site Pylon start flying 7 am start flying 11 am Because F3D pilots Pylon needed time originally scheduled F3A Friday rain day management elected remove use 12 Model Aviation d Champion Hanno Prettners Mystic 60 Hanno took first place 20000 points Austrian team placed fifth 81201 points Pylon moved start day Monday Tuesday let Pylon fly day Monday would try six rounds Pylon Monday two rounds day thereafter start time changed 11 am 10 am rest week gave us enough time finish day removal rain day proved cause problems finals opening ceremonies held village called Velden tremendous countries marched through village square toward pavilion music speeches heard treated ship ride around lake included dinner live music three ships carrying teams rendezvoused dock entertained 15minute fireworks display great Practice fields available some 100 kilometers away looking practice fields some guys found great site others flying upon further inspection turned out Hanno Prettner s private flying fields welcome offered escort take us another site surprised treatment left found good practice site F3A pilots would surprised know rule book strictly adhered Problems due high turnout F3A 95 contestants caused management consult FAI Jury make decisions ensuring contest could held example 19 pilots would qualify finals rule book says finals shall consist three rounds large number caused management change two-round finals time would allow 57 back-to-back flights well breaks judges before darkness set Finally contest began weather forecast called overcast dark sky first two days no rain flightorder draws good except Bill Cunningham flew early Round very few good pilots fly before him position proved problem Bill during qualifying Chip Hyde flew two positions after Hanno Prettner felt very good about Tony Frackowiak Dave von Linsowe flew later both good pilots positions before German team line Canadians Japanese other line kept busy trying watch both lines well assisting pilots turn fly Bill started us off good note very strong performance Chip next Hanno two fliers before him two flying close together main attraction day gallery full spectators pilots supporters straining see Hannos flight particularly good perhaps expecting lot him being own backyard Hanno flew EZ Mystic 60 powered OS Hanno Special high far out making model very hard see Chip flew close low right above tree line After smoke cleared everyone watching felt Chip better flight wondered what numbers beat would Tony about six flights after Chip Tonys first-round flight very strong scores reflected Dave closed out first day also flew close apparent US pilots very wellprepared event interesting item first Electric-powered F3A model flown World Championship fairly small model performed OK weird thing received noise penalty its first round guess judges expected quieter really picked up raw score sheets pilots made aware computer problem seems people inputting scores put scores over C pattern maneuver Ks resulting scores wrong found until roughly third pilots flown problem quickly corrected replacement sheets given pilots received errant scores Round Two saw Chip up second Hanno moved end time flying front dark mountain site two Chip started right left off day before put up flight ended up being round would win Tony Dave put very solid smooth flights Bill flew near end round liked what saw normalized standing posted after I/I March 1994 13 Japans Glichi Naruke Arum Naruke placed sixth 19004 points Japanese team won first 86665 US F3A F3C teams prepare Parade Nations held during opening ceremonies Velden Austria Round Two judge set flew front during Round harder two sets overnight eased up some higher set also changed got tougher result Germans Japanese blew out Chips Hannos scores Round surprise Hanno outscored Chip fourth place Chip fifth Wolfgang Matt won round Hatta Akiba Japan second third Chip won Round Two Hanno second Wolfgang third Hatta fourth Tony fifth Japanese looked unbeatable team point pushed really hard find trend style types following best scores types styles seen very closein two- four-stroke models varying speed ranges well models flew far out up Some models really too small flown far out style received good points weather cleared Rounds Three Four flew some clear sky Everyone continued perform very well couldnt seem catch Japanese After Round Four Chip first Wolfgang second Hanno third Wolfgang won two rounds Hanno Chip won Bill Russian F3A team members support contingent Team scare 57829 points 26th place just couldnt get good score Round Four put best flight up received lowest score Dave Tony top 10 Japanese close together top finals started Saturday learned Japanese unbeatable Japanese judge given lOs Japanese pilots reasoning was unable judge 14 Model Aviation David von Linsowes USA Star Chip Hydes Dr Jekyll Tony Frackowiaks Typhoon Bill Cunninghams Malibu Jester flown Belgiums Tom DeWinter Jean-Pierre Zardini Kurt Rombauts other Belgian F3A team members Aerolympics 93 countrymen fairly lOs given thrown out wonder didnt give zeroes Needless say judge removed line replaced alternate judge finals However damage already done Japanese won team event US second Canada third told Japanese going allowed send judge next F3A World Championships will Japan weather report called rain during finals remember lost rain day started 9 am draw resulted top three qualifiers flying consecutively first round saw guys step everything up notch Tony started high clip US Chip scheduled fly just before Hanno directly after Wolfgang Chip game face flew dynamite flight Hanno flew much better earlier week still quite well Chip Bills draw fly right after Hanno helped Bills confidence scores improved flight Tony kept putting quality flights Dave trouble engine quit during start Figure M pretty down soon put behind him looking forward Round Two second round finals started after lunch Before Round Two started scores posted Hanno beaten Chip wide margin expecting closedue what happened earlier weekbut ridiculous Hanno flew well second round few mistakes didnt seem matter judges Chip upset about scores still flew well during last round Wolfgang flew second Round Two followed Chip Hanno Bill flew good weather Bills scores continued improve wondered Bill would have finished flown behind Hanno week Suddenly began raining Tony due fly soon stopped rain started stopped couple pilots able fly After long wait slowed quite bit order fly given Canadas Greg Marsden up during flight heavier rain returned After couple minutes questioned contest management about flying under conditions told flying rain normal Europe should have come prepared thought reason rain days scheduled next thing knew Greg whipping model down land knew finished flight rain entered transmitter ailerons stopped working almost lost model confrontation began Greg told management should forced fly under conditions Greg picked up model left site rain still falling next pilot called line Tony second up started looking alternatives obvious fly get Argentinas Quique Somenzini flew Desaflo II featured engine exhaust routed through wingtips zero Japanese team members some neat plastic covers handed Tony Dave quickly set up found would work OK rain still falling Tony flew super flightprobably best contest Dave up soon lots pressure him zero Round replaced good score still raining Dave took stride put very nice close-in flight flight brought him nineteenth seventh After over Hanno regained world title Chip second Wolfgang Matt third Dave seventh Tony ninth Bill moved up eleventh guys worked hard could represent USA best possible way flying reflected hard work should very proud very memorable event part want thank Chip Bill Dave Tony allowing serve US team manager great group people have respect after working closely great time Germany Austria met friends hope get chance again Lastly want say thanks Ron Van Putte making arrangements Model Aviation enable make report results Focus Competition~ 11 March 1994 15 Umbrellas necessary equipment during final round Saturday note low clouds fog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/03
Page Numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
P attern F3A World Championships U Tony Stiliman T USA F3A team reigning World Champion Chip Hyde left Chicago September 12 1993 headed Regensburg Germany Several Regensburg Model Club members met us airport helped us find hotel took us local flying field reserved practice site us practice site very nice runway hard surface about 100 meters long six meters wide grass around middle farm area provided wide-open flying installed box poles us Since club members allowed fly during week place ourselves allowed ample time adjust engines aircraft Europes lower temperatures Everyone lots time practice paid off during Now-deposed World Champ Chip Hyde takes break after finishing first round contest club also made soft-drinkstocked clubhouse available us would like say thanks club Stephan Fink Peter Lessner taking such good care us practiced Monday through Thursday left Thursday afternoon Austria before left club members cookout honor field clubhouse very tasty meal served felt right home new friends Upon arrival Austria checked hotel proceeded contest site field village Notch situated picturesque valley used glider tow field grass about 800 meters long 100 meters wide Two flying sites set upone end runway learned lot about what can happen World Championship preconceived ideas about what World Championship site should like team impressed site Site seemed OK site two very different pilots faced mountain flying background rather dark felt would make models hard see did prove problem Site better background fly against left-hand box pole could located 150 meters out per rule book placed 80 meters judges instructed judge end much softer Another surprise due large turnout F3D sharing site Pylon start flying 7 am start flying 11 am Because F3D pilots Pylon needed time originally scheduled F3A Friday rain day management elected remove use 12 Model Aviation d Champion Hanno Prettners Mystic 60 Hanno took first place 20000 points Austrian team placed fifth 81201 points Pylon moved start day Monday Tuesday let Pylon fly day Monday would try six rounds Pylon Monday two rounds day thereafter start time changed 11 am 10 am rest week gave us enough time finish day removal rain day proved cause problems finals opening ceremonies held village called Velden tremendous countries marched through village square toward pavilion music speeches heard treated ship ride around lake included dinner live music three ships carrying teams rendezvoused dock entertained 15minute fireworks display great Practice fields available some 100 kilometers away looking practice fields some guys found great site others flying upon further inspection turned out Hanno Prettner s private flying fields welcome offered escort take us another site surprised treatment left found good practice site F3A pilots would surprised know rule book strictly adhered Problems due high turnout F3A 95 contestants caused management consult FAI Jury make decisions ensuring contest could held example 19 pilots would qualify finals rule book says finals shall consist three rounds large number caused management change two-round finals time would allow 57 back-to-back flights well breaks judges before darkness set Finally contest began weather forecast called overcast dark sky first two days no rain flightorder draws good except Bill Cunningham flew early Round very few good pilots fly before him position proved problem Bill during qualifying Chip Hyde flew two positions after Hanno Prettner felt very good about Tony Frackowiak Dave von Linsowe flew later both good pilots positions before German team line Canadians Japanese other line kept busy trying watch both lines well assisting pilots turn fly Bill started us off good note very strong performance Chip next Hanno two fliers before him two flying close together main attraction day gallery full spectators pilots supporters straining see Hannos flight particularly good perhaps expecting lot him being own backyard Hanno flew EZ Mystic 60 powered OS Hanno Special high far out making model very hard see Chip flew close low right above tree line After smoke cleared everyone watching felt Chip better flight wondered what numbers beat would Tony about six flights after Chip Tonys first-round flight very strong scores reflected Dave closed out first day also flew close apparent US pilots very wellprepared event interesting item first Electric-powered F3A model flown World Championship fairly small model performed OK weird thing received noise penalty its first round guess judges expected quieter really picked up raw score sheets pilots made aware computer problem seems people inputting scores put scores over C pattern maneuver Ks resulting scores wrong found until roughly third pilots flown problem quickly corrected replacement sheets given pilots received errant scores Round Two saw Chip up second Hanno moved end time flying front dark mountain site two Chip started right left off day before put up flight ended up being round would win Tony Dave put very solid smooth flights Bill flew near end round liked what saw normalized standing posted after I/I March 1994 13 Japans Glichi Naruke Arum Naruke placed sixth 19004 points Japanese team won first 86665 US F3A F3C teams prepare Parade Nations held during opening ceremonies Velden Austria Round Two judge set flew front during Round harder two sets overnight eased up some higher set also changed got tougher result Germans Japanese blew out Chips Hannos scores Round surprise Hanno outscored Chip fourth place Chip fifth Wolfgang Matt won round Hatta Akiba Japan second third Chip won Round Two Hanno second Wolfgang third Hatta fourth Tony fifth Japanese looked unbeatable team point pushed really hard find trend style types following best scores types styles seen very closein two- four-stroke models varying speed ranges well models flew far out up Some models really too small flown far out style received good points weather cleared Rounds Three Four flew some clear sky Everyone continued perform very well couldnt seem catch Japanese After Round Four Chip first Wolfgang second Hanno third Wolfgang won two rounds Hanno Chip won Bill Russian F3A team members support contingent Team scare 57829 points 26th place just couldnt get good score Round Four put best flight up received lowest score Dave Tony top 10 Japanese close together top finals started Saturday learned Japanese unbeatable Japanese judge given lOs Japanese pilots reasoning was unable judge 14 Model Aviation David von Linsowes USA Star Chip Hydes Dr Jekyll Tony Frackowiaks Typhoon Bill Cunninghams Malibu Jester flown Belgiums Tom DeWinter Jean-Pierre Zardini Kurt Rombauts other Belgian F3A team members Aerolympics 93 countrymen fairly lOs given thrown out wonder didnt give zeroes Needless say judge removed line replaced alternate judge finals However damage already done Japanese won team event US second Canada third told Japanese going allowed send judge next F3A World Championships will Japan weather report called rain during finals remember lost rain day started 9 am draw resulted top three qualifiers flying consecutively first round saw guys step everything up notch Tony started high clip US Chip scheduled fly just before Hanno directly after Wolfgang Chip game face flew dynamite flight Hanno flew much better earlier week still quite well Chip Bills draw fly right after Hanno helped Bills confidence scores improved flight Tony kept putting quality flights Dave trouble engine quit during start Figure M pretty down soon put behind him looking forward Round Two second round finals started after lunch Before Round Two started scores posted Hanno beaten Chip wide margin expecting closedue what happened earlier weekbut ridiculous Hanno flew well second round few mistakes didnt seem matter judges Chip upset about scores still flew well during last round Wolfgang flew second Round Two followed Chip Hanno Bill flew good weather Bills scores continued improve wondered Bill would have finished flown behind Hanno week Suddenly began raining Tony due fly soon stopped rain started stopped couple pilots able fly After long wait slowed quite bit order fly given Canadas Greg Marsden up during flight heavier rain returned After couple minutes questioned contest management about flying under conditions told flying rain normal Europe should have come prepared thought reason rain days scheduled next thing knew Greg whipping model down land knew finished flight rain entered transmitter ailerons stopped working almost lost model confrontation began Greg told management should forced fly under conditions Greg picked up model left site rain still falling next pilot called line Tony second up started looking alternatives obvious fly get Argentinas Quique Somenzini flew Desaflo II featured engine exhaust routed through wingtips zero Japanese team members some neat plastic covers handed Tony Dave quickly set up found would work OK rain still falling Tony flew super flightprobably best contest Dave up soon lots pressure him zero Round replaced good score still raining Dave took stride put very nice close-in flight flight brought him nineteenth seventh After over Hanno regained world title Chip second Wolfgang Matt third Dave seventh Tony ninth Bill moved up eleventh guys worked hard could represent USA best possible way flying reflected hard work should very proud very memorable event part want thank Chip Bill Dave Tony allowing serve US team manager great group people have respect after working closely great time Germany Austria met friends hope get chance again Lastly want say thanks Ron Van Putte making arrangements Model Aviation enable make report results Focus Competition~ 11 March 1994 15 Umbrellas necessary equipment during final round Saturday note low clouds fog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/03
Page Numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
P attern F3A World Championships U Tony Stiliman T USA F3A team reigning World Champion Chip Hyde left Chicago September 12 1993 headed Regensburg Germany Several Regensburg Model Club members met us airport helped us find hotel took us local flying field reserved practice site us practice site very nice runway hard surface about 100 meters long six meters wide grass around middle farm area provided wide-open flying installed box poles us Since club members allowed fly during week place ourselves allowed ample time adjust engines aircraft Europes lower temperatures Everyone lots time practice paid off during Now-deposed World Champ Chip Hyde takes break after finishing first round contest club also made soft-drinkstocked clubhouse available us would like say thanks club Stephan Fink Peter Lessner taking such good care us practiced Monday through Thursday left Thursday afternoon Austria before left club members cookout honor field clubhouse very tasty meal served felt right home new friends Upon arrival Austria checked hotel proceeded contest site field village Notch situated picturesque valley used glider tow field grass about 800 meters long 100 meters wide Two flying sites set upone end runway learned lot about what can happen World Championship preconceived ideas about what World Championship site should like team impressed site Site seemed OK site two very different pilots faced mountain flying background rather dark felt would make models hard see did prove problem Site better background fly against left-hand box pole could located 150 meters out per rule book placed 80 meters judges instructed judge end much softer Another surprise due large turnout F3D sharing site Pylon start flying 7 am start flying 11 am Because F3D pilots Pylon needed time originally scheduled F3A Friday rain day management elected remove use 12 Model Aviation d Champion Hanno Prettners Mystic 60 Hanno took first place 20000 points Austrian team placed fifth 81201 points Pylon moved start day Monday Tuesday let Pylon fly day Monday would try six rounds Pylon Monday two rounds day thereafter start time changed 11 am 10 am rest week gave us enough time finish day removal rain day proved cause problems finals opening ceremonies held village called Velden tremendous countries marched through village square toward pavilion music speeches heard treated ship ride around lake included dinner live music three ships carrying teams rendezvoused dock entertained 15minute fireworks display great Practice fields available some 100 kilometers away looking practice fields some guys found great site others flying upon further inspection turned out Hanno Prettner s private flying fields welcome offered escort take us another site surprised treatment left found good practice site F3A pilots would surprised know rule book strictly adhered Problems due high turnout F3A 95 contestants caused management consult FAI Jury make decisions ensuring contest could held example 19 pilots would qualify finals rule book says finals shall consist three rounds large number caused management change two-round finals time would allow 57 back-to-back flights well breaks judges before darkness set Finally contest began weather forecast called overcast dark sky first two days no rain flightorder draws good except Bill Cunningham flew early Round very few good pilots fly before him position proved problem Bill during qualifying Chip Hyde flew two positions after Hanno Prettner felt very good about Tony Frackowiak Dave von Linsowe flew later both good pilots positions before German team line Canadians Japanese other line kept busy trying watch both lines well assisting pilots turn fly Bill started us off good note very strong performance Chip next Hanno two fliers before him two flying close together main attraction day gallery full spectators pilots supporters straining see Hannos flight particularly good perhaps expecting lot him being own backyard Hanno flew EZ Mystic 60 powered OS Hanno Special high far out making model very hard see Chip flew close low right above tree line After smoke cleared everyone watching felt Chip better flight wondered what numbers beat would Tony about six flights after Chip Tonys first-round flight very strong scores reflected Dave closed out first day also flew close apparent US pilots very wellprepared event interesting item first Electric-powered F3A model flown World Championship fairly small model performed OK weird thing received noise penalty its first round guess judges expected quieter really picked up raw score sheets pilots made aware computer problem seems people inputting scores put scores over C pattern maneuver Ks resulting scores wrong found until roughly third pilots flown problem quickly corrected replacement sheets given pilots received errant scores Round Two saw Chip up second Hanno moved end time flying front dark mountain site two Chip started right left off day before put up flight ended up being round would win Tony Dave put very solid smooth flights Bill flew near end round liked what saw normalized standing posted after I/I March 1994 13 Japans Glichi Naruke Arum Naruke placed sixth 19004 points Japanese team won first 86665 US F3A F3C teams prepare Parade Nations held during opening ceremonies Velden Austria Round Two judge set flew front during Round harder two sets overnight eased up some higher set also changed got tougher result Germans Japanese blew out Chips Hannos scores Round surprise Hanno outscored Chip fourth place Chip fifth Wolfgang Matt won round Hatta Akiba Japan second third Chip won Round Two Hanno second Wolfgang third Hatta fourth Tony fifth Japanese looked unbeatable team point pushed really hard find trend style types following best scores types styles seen very closein two- four-stroke models varying speed ranges well models flew far out up Some models really too small flown far out style received good points weather cleared Rounds Three Four flew some clear sky Everyone continued perform very well couldnt seem catch Japanese After Round Four Chip first Wolfgang second Hanno third Wolfgang won two rounds Hanno Chip won Bill Russian F3A team members support contingent Team scare 57829 points 26th place just couldnt get good score Round Four put best flight up received lowest score Dave Tony top 10 Japanese close together top finals started Saturday learned Japanese unbeatable Japanese judge given lOs Japanese pilots reasoning was unable judge 14 Model Aviation David von Linsowes USA Star Chip Hydes Dr Jekyll Tony Frackowiaks Typhoon Bill Cunninghams Malibu Jester flown Belgiums Tom DeWinter Jean-Pierre Zardini Kurt Rombauts other Belgian F3A team members Aerolympics 93 countrymen fairly lOs given thrown out wonder didnt give zeroes Needless say judge removed line replaced alternate judge finals However damage already done Japanese won team event US second Canada third told Japanese going allowed send judge next F3A World Championships will Japan weather report called rain during finals remember lost rain day started 9 am draw resulted top three qualifiers flying consecutively first round saw guys step everything up notch Tony started high clip US Chip scheduled fly just before Hanno directly after Wolfgang Chip game face flew dynamite flight Hanno flew much better earlier week still quite well Chip Bills draw fly right after Hanno helped Bills confidence scores improved flight Tony kept putting quality flights Dave trouble engine quit during start Figure M pretty down soon put behind him looking forward Round Two second round finals started after lunch Before Round Two started scores posted Hanno beaten Chip wide margin expecting closedue what happened earlier weekbut ridiculous Hanno flew well second round few mistakes didnt seem matter judges Chip upset about scores still flew well during last round Wolfgang flew second Round Two followed Chip Hanno Bill flew good weather Bills scores continued improve wondered Bill would have finished flown behind Hanno week Suddenly began raining Tony due fly soon stopped rain started stopped couple pilots able fly After long wait slowed quite bit order fly given Canadas Greg Marsden up during flight heavier rain returned After couple minutes questioned contest management about flying under conditions told flying rain normal Europe should have come prepared thought reason rain days scheduled next thing knew Greg whipping model down land knew finished flight rain entered transmitter ailerons stopped working almost lost model confrontation began Greg told management should forced fly under conditions Greg picked up model left site rain still falling next pilot called line Tony second up started looking alternatives obvious fly get Argentinas Quique Somenzini flew Desaflo II featured engine exhaust routed through wingtips zero Japanese team members some neat plastic covers handed Tony Dave quickly set up found would work OK rain still falling Tony flew super flightprobably best contest Dave up soon lots pressure him zero Round replaced good score still raining Dave took stride put very nice close-in flight flight brought him nineteenth seventh After over Hanno regained world title Chip second Wolfgang Matt third Dave seventh Tony ninth Bill moved up eleventh guys worked hard could represent USA best possible way flying reflected hard work should very proud very memorable event part want thank Chip Bill Dave Tony allowing serve US team manager great group people have respect after working closely great time Germany Austria met friends hope get chance again Lastly want say thanks Ron Van Putte making arrangements Model Aviation enable make report results Focus Competition~ 11 March 1994 15 Umbrellas necessary equipment during final round Saturday note low clouds fog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/03
Page Numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
P attern F3A World Championships U Tony Stiliman T USA F3A team reigning World Champion Chip Hyde left Chicago September 12 1993 headed Regensburg Germany Several Regensburg Model Club members met us airport helped us find hotel took us local flying field reserved practice site us practice site very nice runway hard surface about 100 meters long six meters wide grass around middle farm area provided wide-open flying installed box poles us Since club members allowed fly during week place ourselves allowed ample time adjust engines aircraft Europes lower temperatures Everyone lots time practice paid off during Now-deposed World Champ Chip Hyde takes break after finishing first round contest club also made soft-drinkstocked clubhouse available us would like say thanks club Stephan Fink Peter Lessner taking such good care us practiced Monday through Thursday left Thursday afternoon Austria before left club members cookout honor field clubhouse very tasty meal served felt right home new friends Upon arrival Austria checked hotel proceeded contest site field village Notch situated picturesque valley used glider tow field grass about 800 meters long 100 meters wide Two flying sites set upone end runway learned lot about what can happen World Championship preconceived ideas about what World Championship site should like team impressed site Site seemed OK site two very different pilots faced mountain flying background rather dark felt would make models hard see did prove problem Site better background fly against left-hand box pole could located 150 meters out per rule book placed 80 meters judges instructed judge end much softer Another surprise due large turnout F3D sharing site Pylon start flying 7 am start flying 11 am Because F3D pilots Pylon needed time originally scheduled F3A Friday rain day management elected remove use 12 Model Aviation d Champion Hanno Prettners Mystic 60 Hanno took first place 20000 points Austrian team placed fifth 81201 points Pylon moved start day Monday Tuesday let Pylon fly day Monday would try six rounds Pylon Monday two rounds day thereafter start time changed 11 am 10 am rest week gave us enough time finish day removal rain day proved cause problems finals opening ceremonies held village called Velden tremendous countries marched through village square toward pavilion music speeches heard treated ship ride around lake included dinner live music three ships carrying teams rendezvoused dock entertained 15minute fireworks display great Practice fields available some 100 kilometers away looking practice fields some guys found great site others flying upon further inspection turned out Hanno Prettner s private flying fields welcome offered escort take us another site surprised treatment left found good practice site F3A pilots would surprised know rule book strictly adhered Problems due high turnout F3A 95 contestants caused management consult FAI Jury make decisions ensuring contest could held example 19 pilots would qualify finals rule book says finals shall consist three rounds large number caused management change two-round finals time would allow 57 back-to-back flights well breaks judges before darkness set Finally contest began weather forecast called overcast dark sky first two days no rain flightorder draws good except Bill Cunningham flew early Round very few good pilots fly before him position proved problem Bill during qualifying Chip Hyde flew two positions after Hanno Prettner felt very good about Tony Frackowiak Dave von Linsowe flew later both good pilots positions before German team line Canadians Japanese other line kept busy trying watch both lines well assisting pilots turn fly Bill started us off good note very strong performance Chip next Hanno two fliers before him two flying close together main attraction day gallery full spectators pilots supporters straining see Hannos flight particularly good perhaps expecting lot him being own backyard Hanno flew EZ Mystic 60 powered OS Hanno Special high far out making model very hard see Chip flew close low right above tree line After smoke cleared everyone watching felt Chip better flight wondered what numbers beat would Tony about six flights after Chip Tonys first-round flight very strong scores reflected Dave closed out first day also flew close apparent US pilots very wellprepared event interesting item first Electric-powered F3A model flown World Championship fairly small model performed OK weird thing received noise penalty its first round guess judges expected quieter really picked up raw score sheets pilots made aware computer problem seems people inputting scores put scores over C pattern maneuver Ks resulting scores wrong found until roughly third pilots flown problem quickly corrected replacement sheets given pilots received errant scores Round Two saw Chip up second Hanno moved end time flying front dark mountain site two Chip started right left off day before put up flight ended up being round would win Tony Dave put very solid smooth flights Bill flew near end round liked what saw normalized standing posted after I/I March 1994 13 Japans Glichi Naruke Arum Naruke placed sixth 19004 points Japanese team won first 86665 US F3A F3C teams prepare Parade Nations held during opening ceremonies Velden Austria Round Two judge set flew front during Round harder two sets overnight eased up some higher set also changed got tougher result Germans Japanese blew out Chips Hannos scores Round surprise Hanno outscored Chip fourth place Chip fifth Wolfgang Matt won round Hatta Akiba Japan second third Chip won Round Two Hanno second Wolfgang third Hatta fourth Tony fifth Japanese looked unbeatable team point pushed really hard find trend style types following best scores types styles seen very closein two- four-stroke models varying speed ranges well models flew far out up Some models really too small flown far out style received good points weather cleared Rounds Three Four flew some clear sky Everyone continued perform very well couldnt seem catch Japanese After Round Four Chip first Wolfgang second Hanno third Wolfgang won two rounds Hanno Chip won Bill Russian F3A team members support contingent Team scare 57829 points 26th place just couldnt get good score Round Four put best flight up received lowest score Dave Tony top 10 Japanese close together top finals started Saturday learned Japanese unbeatable Japanese judge given lOs Japanese pilots reasoning was unable judge 14 Model Aviation David von Linsowes USA Star Chip Hydes Dr Jekyll Tony Frackowiaks Typhoon Bill Cunninghams Malibu Jester flown Belgiums Tom DeWinter Jean-Pierre Zardini Kurt Rombauts other Belgian F3A team members Aerolympics 93 countrymen fairly lOs given thrown out wonder didnt give zeroes Needless say judge removed line replaced alternate judge finals However damage already done Japanese won team event US second Canada third told Japanese going allowed send judge next F3A World Championships will Japan weather report called rain during finals remember lost rain day started 9 am draw resulted top three qualifiers flying consecutively first round saw guys step everything up notch Tony started high clip US Chip scheduled fly just before Hanno directly after Wolfgang Chip game face flew dynamite flight Hanno flew much better earlier week still quite well Chip Bills draw fly right after Hanno helped Bills confidence scores improved flight Tony kept putting quality flights Dave trouble engine quit during start Figure M pretty down soon put behind him looking forward Round Two second round finals started after lunch Before Round Two started scores posted Hanno beaten Chip wide margin expecting closedue what happened earlier weekbut ridiculous Hanno flew well second round few mistakes didnt seem matter judges Chip upset about scores still flew well during last round Wolfgang flew second Round Two followed Chip Hanno Bill flew good weather Bills scores continued improve wondered Bill would have finished flown behind Hanno week Suddenly began raining Tony due fly soon stopped rain started stopped couple pilots able fly After long wait slowed quite bit order fly given Canadas Greg Marsden up during flight heavier rain returned After couple minutes questioned contest management about flying under conditions told flying rain normal Europe should have come prepared thought reason rain days scheduled next thing knew Greg whipping model down land knew finished flight rain entered transmitter ailerons stopped working almost lost model confrontation began Greg told management should forced fly under conditions Greg picked up model left site rain still falling next pilot called line Tony second up started looking alternatives obvious fly get Argentinas Quique Somenzini flew Desaflo II featured engine exhaust routed through wingtips zero Japanese team members some neat plastic covers handed Tony Dave quickly set up found would work OK rain still falling Tony flew super flightprobably best contest Dave up soon lots pressure him zero Round replaced good score still raining Dave took stride put very nice close-in flight flight brought him nineteenth seventh After over Hanno regained world title Chip second Wolfgang Matt third Dave seventh Tony ninth Bill moved up eleventh guys worked hard could represent USA best possible way flying reflected hard work should very proud very memorable event part want thank Chip Bill Dave Tony allowing serve US team manager great group people have respect after working closely great time Germany Austria met friends hope get chance again Lastly want say thanks Ron Van Putte making arrangements Model Aviation enable make report results Focus Competition~ 11 March 1994 15 Umbrellas necessary equipment during final round Saturday note low clouds fog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/03
Page Numbers: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
P attern F3A World Championships U Tony Stiliman T USA F3A team reigning World Champion Chip Hyde left Chicago September 12 1993 headed Regensburg Germany Several Regensburg Model Club members met us airport helped us find hotel took us local flying field reserved practice site us practice site very nice runway hard surface about 100 meters long six meters wide grass around middle farm area provided wide-open flying installed box poles us Since club members allowed fly during week place ourselves allowed ample time adjust engines aircraft Europes lower temperatures Everyone lots time practice paid off during Now-deposed World Champ Chip Hyde takes break after finishing first round contest club also made soft-drinkstocked clubhouse available us would like say thanks club Stephan Fink Peter Lessner taking such good care us practiced Monday through Thursday left Thursday afternoon Austria before left club members cookout honor field clubhouse very tasty meal served felt right home new friends Upon arrival Austria checked hotel proceeded contest site field village Notch situated picturesque valley used glider tow field grass about 800 meters long 100 meters wide Two flying sites set upone end runway learned lot about what can happen World Championship preconceived ideas about what World Championship site should like team impressed site Site seemed OK site two very different pilots faced mountain flying background rather dark felt would make models hard see did prove problem Site better background fly against left-hand box pole could located 150 meters out per rule book placed 80 meters judges instructed judge end much softer Another surprise due large turnout F3D sharing site Pylon start flying 7 am start flying 11 am Because F3D pilots Pylon needed time originally scheduled F3A Friday rain day management elected remove use 12 Model Aviation d Champion Hanno Prettners Mystic 60 Hanno took first place 20000 points Austrian team placed fifth 81201 points Pylon moved start day Monday Tuesday let Pylon fly day Monday would try six rounds Pylon Monday two rounds day thereafter start time changed 11 am 10 am rest week gave us enough time finish day removal rain day proved cause problems finals opening ceremonies held village called Velden tremendous countries marched through village square toward pavilion music speeches heard treated ship ride around lake included dinner live music three ships carrying teams rendezvoused dock entertained 15minute fireworks display great Practice fields available some 100 kilometers away looking practice fields some guys found great site others flying upon further inspection turned out Hanno Prettner s private flying fields welcome offered escort take us another site surprised treatment left found good practice site F3A pilots would surprised know rule book strictly adhered Problems due high turnout F3A 95 contestants caused management consult FAI Jury make decisions ensuring contest could held example 19 pilots would qualify finals rule book says finals shall consist three rounds large number caused management change two-round finals time would allow 57 back-to-back flights well breaks judges before darkness set Finally contest began weather forecast called overcast dark sky first two days no rain flightorder draws good except Bill Cunningham flew early Round very few good pilots fly before him position proved problem Bill during qualifying Chip Hyde flew two positions after Hanno Prettner felt very good about Tony Frackowiak Dave von Linsowe flew later both good pilots positions before German team line Canadians Japanese other line kept busy trying watch both lines well assisting pilots turn fly Bill started us off good note very strong performance Chip next Hanno two fliers before him two flying close together main attraction day gallery full spectators pilots supporters straining see Hannos flight particularly good perhaps expecting lot him being own backyard Hanno flew EZ Mystic 60 powered OS Hanno Special high far out making model very hard see Chip flew close low right above tree line After smoke cleared everyone watching felt Chip better flight wondered what numbers beat would Tony about six flights after Chip Tonys first-round flight very strong scores reflected Dave closed out first day also flew close apparent US pilots very wellprepared event interesting item first Electric-powered F3A model flown World Championship fairly small model performed OK weird thing received noise penalty its first round guess judges expected quieter really picked up raw score sheets pilots made aware computer problem seems people inputting scores put scores over C pattern maneuver Ks resulting scores wrong found until roughly third pilots flown problem quickly corrected replacement sheets given pilots received errant scores Round Two saw Chip up second Hanno moved end time flying front dark mountain site two Chip started right left off day before put up flight ended up being round would win Tony Dave put very solid smooth flights Bill flew near end round liked what saw normalized standing posted after I/I March 1994 13 Japans Glichi Naruke Arum Naruke placed sixth 19004 points Japanese team won first 86665 US F3A F3C teams prepare Parade Nations held during opening ceremonies Velden Austria Round Two judge set flew front during Round harder two sets overnight eased up some higher set also changed got tougher result Germans Japanese blew out Chips Hannos scores Round surprise Hanno outscored Chip fourth place Chip fifth Wolfgang Matt won round Hatta Akiba Japan second third Chip won Round Two Hanno second Wolfgang third Hatta fourth Tony fifth Japanese looked unbeatable team point pushed really hard find trend style types following best scores types styles seen very closein two- four-stroke models varying speed ranges well models flew far out up Some models really too small flown far out style received good points weather cleared Rounds Three Four flew some clear sky Everyone continued perform very well couldnt seem catch Japanese After Round Four Chip first Wolfgang second Hanno third Wolfgang won two rounds Hanno Chip won Bill Russian F3A team members support contingent Team scare 57829 points 26th place just couldnt get good score Round Four put best flight up received lowest score Dave Tony top 10 Japanese close together top finals started Saturday learned Japanese unbeatable Japanese judge given lOs Japanese pilots reasoning was unable judge 14 Model Aviation David von Linsowes USA Star Chip Hydes Dr Jekyll Tony Frackowiaks Typhoon Bill Cunninghams Malibu Jester flown Belgiums Tom DeWinter Jean-Pierre Zardini Kurt Rombauts other Belgian F3A team members Aerolympics 93 countrymen fairly lOs given thrown out wonder didnt give zeroes Needless say judge removed line replaced alternate judge finals However damage already done Japanese won team event US second Canada third told Japanese going allowed send judge next F3A World Championships will Japan weather report called rain during finals remember lost rain day started 9 am draw resulted top three qualifiers flying consecutively first round saw guys step everything up notch Tony started high clip US Chip scheduled fly just before Hanno directly after Wolfgang Chip game face flew dynamite flight Hanno flew much better earlier week still quite well Chip Bills draw fly right after Hanno helped Bills confidence scores improved flight Tony kept putting quality flights Dave trouble engine quit during start Figure M pretty down soon put behind him looking forward Round Two second round finals started after lunch Before Round Two started scores posted Hanno beaten Chip wide margin expecting closedue what happened earlier weekbut ridiculous Hanno flew well second round few mistakes didnt seem matter judges Chip upset about scores still flew well during last round Wolfgang flew second Round Two followed Chip Hanno Bill flew good weather Bills scores continued improve wondered Bill would have finished flown behind Hanno week Suddenly began raining Tony due fly soon stopped rain started stopped couple pilots able fly After long wait slowed quite bit order fly given Canadas Greg Marsden up during flight heavier rain returned After couple minutes questioned contest management about flying under conditions told flying rain normal Europe should have come prepared thought reason rain days scheduled next thing knew Greg whipping model down land knew finished flight rain entered transmitter ailerons stopped working almost lost model confrontation began Greg told management should forced fly under conditions Greg picked up model left site rain still falling next pilot called line Tony second up started looking alternatives obvious fly get Argentinas Quique Somenzini flew Desaflo II featured engine exhaust routed through wingtips zero Japanese team members some neat plastic covers handed Tony Dave quickly set up found would work OK rain still falling Tony flew super flightprobably best contest Dave up soon lots pressure him zero Round replaced good score still raining Dave took stride put very nice close-in flight flight brought him nineteenth seventh After over Hanno regained world title Chip second Wolfgang Matt third Dave seventh Tony ninth Bill moved up eleventh guys worked hard could represent USA best possible way flying reflected hard work should very proud very memorable event part want thank Chip Bill Dave Tony allowing serve US team manager great group people have respect after working closely great time Germany Austria met friends hope get chance again Lastly want say thanks Ron Van Putte making arrangements Model Aviation enable make report results Focus Competition~ 11 March 1994 15 Umbrellas necessary equipment during final round Saturday note low clouds fog