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Jesky, and Ryan
Clark. This group
comprises the top
indoor fliers in the
world.
Donatas was
able to attend this
event after many
years of trying to
get a visa, to be
able to leave his
home country of
Lithuania to come
to America. It was
a treat to be able to
see him fly in
person after
having viewed
videos that he
posts.
Ryan is an upand-
coming
competitor on the
indoor scene. He made his debut at last
year’s ETOC, in which he finished
eighth.
The highlight was R.J., who used a
thrust-vectoring, variable-pitch motor
during his Freestyle routine. That
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Radio Control Aerobatics Albert and A.C. Glenn
Highlights from the ETOC
Also included in this column:
• The 2010 Nats
• 3D Hobby Shop Osiris
A line of CA Model Visas at the Nats F3A
finals. A.C. and Albert will review this
design in a future column.
Andrew Jesky (R)—the new F3A National Champion and 2010
F3A team captain—with 2010 F3A Team Manager Albert Glenn.
Above: This year’s Nats
Semifinals turned out
to be the “battle of the
Vs.” Brett Wickizer,
Bryan Hebert, and A.C.
Glenn competed using
the Bryan Hebertdesigned
Composite-
ARF Valiant.
THE 2010 ETOC was held at Central
Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio. At
the end of the first night of competition, R.J.
Gritter was leading the pack, followed
closely by Jason Noll, Donatas Pauzoulis,
Seth Arnold, Gernot Bruckmann, Andrew
allowed him to do some unbelievable
maneuvers with the Fancy Foam Models
MX-2, which he designed.
Probably 70% of the competitors used
variable pitch, and all of them were able
to do a consistent nose-down hover; that
is amazing to see in person. The precision
airplane of choice seemed to be the Fancy
Foam Models Osiris V1.
In the final round the four finalists
performed one Known routine and one
Freestyle routine to determine the
champion. We think that Andrew put up
the best Known performance of the
weekend.
R.J. put in another awesome Freestyle,
but it wasn’t enough to beat Gernot,
whose flawless Freestyle helped him earn
the title of 2010 ETOC Champion. He
was followed by Andrew in second place,
R.J. in third, and Donatas in fourth.
R.J. took home the award for the
highest-scoring Freestyle routine and the
highest-scoring Known round. This was
the first time that one person has earned
those two titles in the same contest.
The 2010 Nats/F3A Team Trials is history,
and boy was it exciting! The pilots were
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He was followed by
Stephen Byrd and
George Asteris.
George’s model had
suffered a midair
collision just the
day before, and he
had to finish the
contest with a
borrowed airplane.
The Nats
brought out a few
new models, one of
which was the Visa
that Chip Hyde
designed. Following
is a short write-up
he did on the
background of the
airplane.
“The Visa SMF
was designed from
the ground up by
13-time US
National Champion,
as well as multiple
time World and
TOC Champion
Chip Hyde in
conjunction with
Marcelo Columbo,
10-time
Argentinean
Champion.
“The Visa is the
next step in the long
line of winning
pattern planes
dating back to the
80s (Jekylls), 90s (Dr. Jekyll/Hydeout)
and 2000s (Hydeaway/Eclipse/Double
Vision/Scandalous/Genesis and
Passport).
“The Visa is a purpose built electric
only design that is an extension of the
Passport. We took all the good things
and kept them while incorporating
several new revolutionary design and
building techniques.
“With the Visa, everything you see is
there for a reason and that is to make
this the lightest, most rigid pattern
model to date. With the curves in all the
right places it flies as good as it looks.
This model has already been chosen by
top flyers, such as Sean McMurtry, Mike
Klein, Todd Blose, Dan Landis, and
Glen Watson to name a few, because
they can see and have seen the Visa is
geared toward one thing only, and that’s
the serious pattern flyer.
“The Visa is available here in the
states from Chris Moon over at F3A
Unlimited, but you can also get these
models from CA Model down in
Argentina.”
While practicing with Brett Wickizer
just before the Nats this year, he
introduced us to a new starter from Max
Blose at B&P Associates. This
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well prepared and ready for a long week of
competition, and the reigning F3A National
Champion was back to defend his title.
The Nats started off gloomy. Practicing
on Sunday was done between the numerous
rain showers.
Monday morning started great, with the
completion of the first two rounds of FAI
F3A and Advanced. After those rounds
Joseph Szczur was in first place in
Advanced, followed closely behind Riley
Kissenberth, who was the 2009 Intermediate
National Champion. Mark Leseberg was in
the lead in F3A, followed closely by
Andrew Jesky, Chip Hyde, Jason Shulman,
and Brett Wickizer.
Masters and Intermediate competition
got underway that afternoon. Tony
Frackowiak, the 2009 Masters National
Champion, was leading that class. Rene
Grebe was leading in Intermediate, followed
closely by Keith Hoard and Anthony
Claridge.
Tuesday was also great, but some of the
standings changed. Andrew Jesky moved up
to first place in F3A. Riley Kissenberth
moved up to take the lead in Advanced, with
Joseph Szucur still chugging along behind
him.
After Day Two of Intermediate, Rene
Grebe was still in the lead, but Keith Hoard
was on his heels looking for a round to win.
Tony Frackowiak was still in the lead in
Masters, but he was getting tough
competition from Stephen Byrd, David
Snow, Marcio Jorge, Arch Stafford, George
Asteris, and Chris Odom.
Wednesday opened up the Semifinals for
the top 20 F3A pilots. We saw some
excellent flying from all of the competitors,
but only 11 made it to the Finals. Those
were Andrew Jesky, Chip Hyde, Jason
Shulman, Mark Leseberg, Dave Lockhart,
Chad Northeast, Brett Wickizer, Don
Szucur, Pete Collinson, Mike Klein, and
Matt Kimbro.
Masters took the top eight pilots into the
Finals. Those contestants were Tony
Frackowiak, Stephen Byrd, Arch Stafford,
Marcio Jorge, George Asteris, Jerry Budd,
David Snow, and Chris Odom.
The Intermediate National Champion
crown went to Keith Hoard, who was
followed by Charles Simmons, Rene Grebe,
Mark Carey, Anthony Claridge, Houston
Schweitzer, Larry Kaufman, and Andrew
Taylor.
Riley Kissenberth became the Advanced
National Champion. He was followed by
Joseph Szucur, Brian Clemmons, Robert
Condra, George Miller, Adam Mendonca,
Victor Diaz, and Larry Kaufman.
When the dust settled after the F3A
Finals, Andrew Jesky emerged as the
National Champion and team captain for the
2011 US F3A team. Chip Hyde finished a
close second and Jason Shulman ended up in
third, making them the other two members
of the team. Brett Wickizer is the alternate.
There was a hard-fought battle for the
Masters title, but Tony Frackowiak
prevailed as the 2010 National Champion.
Gernot Bruckmann displays flawless Freestyle talent with a selfdesigned
Yak-55. It incorporates a few details that are rarely seen in
the indoor world, such as airfoil wings that help make his snaps look
amazingly crisp.
A new Li-Poly starter from B&P Associates will
definitely be a hit for nitro-powered models
next year. It’s great at turning over large fourstroke
engines.
The new 3D Hobby Shop Andrew Jesky Osiris in
both color schemes to be available. This is sure
to be an excellent model for those in beginner
Pattern and those in the upper-level classes.
Jesky photo.
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Ben Fisher of 3D Hobby Shop shared
some news with us about the new Andrew
Jesky Osiris—another fine RC Aerobatics
(Pattern) ARF that is sure to be a winner.
Ben wrote:
“We’re really excited to be producing
Andrew Jesky’s Osiris pattern aircraft.
Andrew has taken a lot of time and effort
in developing this aircraft to be exactly
what he wants in a precision ship.
“We’ve added a very high level of
prefabrication (assembled landing gear,
installed control horns, completely
finished canopy hatch) to his lightweight
and strong airframe concept and the result
is the premier under-2M practice and
competition pattern plane today.
“Among the various Li-Poly batteries
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as well as a variety of 3700-5000 mAh 6S
packs common to the larger highperformance
helicopters.
“It’s easy to transport at 67-inches long,
and comes with wing and fuse bags for
protection.”
We were fortunate enough to fly one of
the Osiris prototypes at the Southeast
Electric Flight Festival this year. It felt
locked in and flew in a manner that was
similar to slightly larger Pattern airplanes.
The Osiris does crisp snaps and locks
into wherever you point it. It will be a great
practice aircraft and a terrific entry-level
design for anyone who wants to start flying
Pattern. It will also be good for the FAI
competitor who wants a model to go out to
fly after a long day of work.
We will be doing a full review of the
Andrew Jesky Osiris in the next column, so
stay tuned for more information. MA
Sources:
F3A Unlimited
(224) 805-3553
www.f3aunlimited.com
CA Model
www.camodel.com.ar
B&P Associates
(254) 776-4991
www.bpassociates.homestead.com
3D Hobby Shop
(830) 990-6978
www.3dhobbyshop.com
National Society of Radio Controlled
Aerobatics
www.nsrca.org
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