RC Soaring World Champs

Rs oarirg9Ior1dc6hamps ITS THE OLYMPICS model Soaring RC Glider fanatics its like Super Bowl Worlds Series combined Big 1987 World Championships event held last week July Achmer Gliderport near Osnabruck northern part West Germany weather played big part flying abysmal rainy cloudy cold whole week Flying went rain Flying stopped rain low clouds obscured Sailpianes view Its obviously tough pilots launch planes right out sight sun out no perhaps Top Reinhard Liese gets Epsilon model launched Rail Decker third West Ger man team member Martin Schlott operates winch Right Team winners represent ing Austria Saturday evening banquet L R Team Manager Karl Wasner Sr Peter Hoffmann Karl Wasner Jr Gun ther Alchhoizer gold-colored bowls wood bases team members copies Dan Pruss Memorial Team Trophy trophy now FAI sanctioned will awarded championship original trophy kept AMA Headquarters five percent time Weather delays forced organizers have longer flying days scheduledlike 8 nm until after 9 pm Actually couple days best air after 7 pm Seven rounds scheduled originally slow start weather made six rounds maximum possible allowed November 1987 89 Contest winner Reinhard Liese receives Winners Cup awards presentation throw-out round just five rounds flown would have throwout round final placings would have much different well see later Sixty-nine contestants representing 24 countries participated flew threeman teams except New Zealand two fliers Canada rep resented Udo Rumpf himselt standard F3B schedule flown consists six-minute precision duration 100 points maximum landing fourlap sped two round trips over 150-meter course distance task scored basis laps flown four-minute period top scorers shown separate listing Notice closeness scores Steve work finished 18th place just 45 percentage points behind win ner Liese US teams score 41% behind Austria guys didnt fin ish high hoped nor high capable bad luck side Rich Spicer crashed Number 1 Number 3 Synergies during practice before con test Steve Lewis radio trouble towards end competition make no mistake very Liese took first flying Epsilon model Note new swept-back leading edge wing creditable performance entire US teampilots support people alike team well preparedas much first timers could well equipped well organized managed thing lacking hard-core F3B competition experience can earn being competing agalnst best world plus side Steve Work fast est speed time contest 185 seconds 6th round also low time 4th round Steves Comet made Hans Mueller West Germany proba bly quite fast some new allglass ships Steve got low times skillful piloting flying efficient course can believe World Champi onships event much difficult packed pressure compe titions held States Duration dis tance flown man-on-man winner flight group given 1000 points others get percentage 1000 according score divided win ners duration flight group consisted eight fliers/planes distance flown four time Winches set up just couple feet apart Planes launched very close gether pilot concentrate fly90 Model Aviation Two-time World Champ Raif Decker plane called No Name Design same 63 85 winnIng design except slightly longer tail stronger wing spars three medal winners Reinhard hess center first place Peter Hoffman Aus stria left second Samuele Viltani Italy right finished third place ing plane receiving input other planes doing two spot ters team manager kept track work ing time flight time case relaunch necessary audible signal indicat ing completion lap took special list ening hear plane group different signal high-pitched tone growl chirps declining tone etc people running shouting four different languages something definitely has experienced few times before can learn cope really exciting closeness individual team scores points out what signif icant points World Championships uniformly high levels pilot skills closeness performance Sailplanes spectated 1981 1983 World Championships contests relatively small group plane/pilot combinations capable winning years contest pilots top British Team L R Nb Wright Dave Worrail young Stephen Haley just missed out winning overall team trophy 20 outclassed Reinhard Liese has worked very hard victory worthy champion plane Epsilondesigned built gether Martin Schlottincorporates highest technology design engineer ing available third straight time fly West German team also current European German League champion teammate Ralf Decker won 1983 1985 World Championships could manage place 15th com petition another indicator toughness 1987 event Ralf has remarkable record being West German F3B team six World Championships held thus far British team membersWright Worrall 19-year-old Stephen Haley either led top three po sitions time another Amman Switzerland could have won except crossed centerline Round 4 speed pro ducing zero score Peter Abell Austra lia led two rounds Ten Holt Netherlands hunt win up last round throw-out round kept things some what uncertain up end After five rounds counting best four Liese November 1987 91 US Team Front row L R Steve Lewis Rich Spicer Steve Work Back row L R Lynn King Richard Tlitman Phil Renaud Seth Daweon Tom Thompson John Gngg L Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Joris flew Impuls model made Rowing Models John three FAI Jury members present meet moved second first followed Ten Holt Haley Hoffmann Villain Liese Hoffmann Vilani good 6th-round scores three Brit ish Ten Holt Abell poorish scores could throw out low earlier-round score Liese low 2461 first round needed have good 6th-round score replace 2969 highest Round 6 clinched win scores Round 2 onward very consistent 2963 2855 2916 2975 2969 Steve Works 185-second Round 6 speed run Reinhards 191 gave him 969 points task prevented making 3000-point round As aside nobody scored magic 3000 points round contest Reinhards ability battle back through six days very difficult flying conditions shows kind skill mental tough ness has acquired over lengthy period competing European World Championships Europeans least central countries Germany Austria Switzerland France Holland Italyhave advantage national F3B Francis Casaux France plane after final speed run Both wings partly failed launch note creases Fran cis completed run just 30 seconds league flying national championships European F3B Championships lat ter event held off years between World Championships West Germany F3B flying popu lar have three levels flying pilot must work way up through C B leagues before allowed fly league top three fliers league automatically chosen na tional team British get good experi ence timed tasks Percentage Slot thermal events competi tions plus large number fliers give Europeans background multiple points view necessary keep improving Speaking improvements F3B planes have made quantum leap performance over past eight years Earlier said US team comprised first-timers quite true because Steve Work 1979 team competed Bel gium Remember what plane flew Bird Time Also team Skip Miller flew Aquila Grande Terry Koplan Craft Air Viking Mk II planes built-up wing consthic Continued page 95 92 Model Aviation Jozef Loepp right Czechoslovakia original design voted best overall plane press single servo costs Jozef almost entire weeks wages tion MonoKote covering com pared 1987 ships like 1930s fabric-covered biplanes compared F 15 advances strength speed L over-D around capability abso lutely astounding wonderful part technology being passed along us use Europe today possible buy sev eral ready-made Sailpianes very competitive world-class competitions Ive already mentioned Hans Mueller Comet Steve Work flew Several years WC competitors including Joris Ten Holt flew Rowing Impuls F3B As far ready-made ships concerned favor ite Fiber Glas Flugel Albatros all-glass very up-to-date-looking ship flown Guenther Aichholzer Au strian team inexpensive however price Germany nearly 1300 DM about $700 Before ending report Id like tell little about astounding part todays F3B flying launch Im sure anyone has seen will find numbers hard believe What talking about launching over 250 meters high winch-to-turnaround distance 200 meters 250 meters about 810 feet three parts trick very strong plane about three meters wingNovember1987 95 US team action Tom Thompson iauncfles Tar ieve WOK Lynn King h Phil Renaud times launch F3B model has seen believed span fast powerful winch monofila ment line good elasticity launch goes like 1 Build up good tension line 2 Release have plane climb nearly vertical minimum pulsing 3 When plane starts round over top increase pulsing accelerate plane stretch line 4 At maximum height line stand winch dive plane second two build maximum speed 5 Round out plane ping off line 6 The plane coasts upward about 60-degree angle doubles height released As indicated something has seen believed Also dive ping part launch put incredible G loads wings Its difficult under stand stay dont always Seth Dawson launchIng Steve Lewis Syn ergy Lynn King Rich Splcer right talk trying tone down launching sake being able build less technical airplanes lower-cost winches some sort standard winch could developed adopted coun tries would undoubtedly broaden ap peal sport Finally US F3B team would like thank supporters contributed funds made effort possible love Sailplane flying know very important worthwhile pro gram thank entire team repre senting United States Osnabruck doing great job sportsmanlike manner proud guys Lets now what can build F3B program keep momentum Top Individuals P1 Flier 1 Richard Liese 2 Peter Hoffmann 3 Samuele Villani 4 Stephen Haley 5 Rainer Ammann 6 NRc Wright 7 Joris Ten Holt 8 Carl Wasner Jr 9 David Worrall 10 Gunther Aichholzer 11 Bruno Sieber 12 Peter Abell 13 Rudolf Binkert 14 Jeroen Smits 15 RaIf Decker 16 Martin Schlott 17 Martial Legov 18 Steve Work 19 Francis Casaux 20 Rich Spicer 28 Steve Lewis Country W Germany Austria Italy Gr Britain Switzerland Gr Britain Netherlands Austria Gr Britain Austria Switzerland Australia Switzerland Netherlands W Germany W Germany France USA France USA USA Points 14677 14513 14504 14345 14314 14303 14292 14290 14259 14252 14241 14183 14179 14167 14112 14095 14077 14017 14016 13790 13463 Top Teams P1CountryPoints 1Austria43055 2Great Britain42906 3West Germany42884 4Switzerland42734 5Netherlands42061 6Italy41523 7USA41270 8Hungary40354 9France40289 10Belgium40149 Followed Czechoslovakia Sweden Au stralia Poland Japan Israel Denmark E Germany Norway Argentina Finland Spain New Zealand Canada 96 Model Aviation Base sighting device officials chairs below sight through two wires decide plane has passed Base Another opposite end Base B Rich Splcer stands launch Synergy Rich finished 20th Inclement contest going 1989 World Champion ships contest slated held USA See Helmut Quabeck airfoil fame field-control PA system week An nouncements English German Rich Spicer flies L R Phil Renaud Lynn King Richard Tiltman Seth Dawson look team worked well together looking forward F3B World Champs 1989

Rs oarirg9Ior1dc6hamps ITS THE OLYMPICS model Soaring RC Glider fanatics its like Super Bowl Worlds Series combined Big 1987 World Championships event held last week July Achmer Gliderport near Osnabruck northern part West Germany weather played big part flying abysmal rainy cloudy cold whole week Flying went rain Flying stopped rain low clouds obscured Sailpianes view Its obviously tough pilots launch planes right out sight sun out no perhaps Top Reinhard Liese gets Epsilon model launched Rail Decker third West Ger man team member Martin Schlott operates winch Right Team winners represent ing Austria Saturday evening banquet L R Team Manager Karl Wasner Sr Peter Hoffmann Karl Wasner Jr Gun ther Alchhoizer gold-colored bowls wood bases team members copies Dan Pruss Memorial Team Trophy trophy now FAI sanctioned will awarded championship original trophy kept AMA Headquarters five percent time Weather delays forced organizers have longer flying days scheduledlike 8 nm until after 9 pm Actually couple days best air after 7 pm Seven rounds scheduled originally slow start weather made six rounds maximum possible allowed November 1987 89 Contest winner Reinhard Liese receives Winners Cup awards presentation throw-out round just five rounds flown would have throwout round final placings would have much different well see later Sixty-nine contestants representing 24 countries participated flew threeman teams except New Zealand two fliers Canada rep resented Udo Rumpf himselt standard F3B schedule flown consists six-minute precision duration 100 points maximum landing fourlap sped two round trips over 150-meter course distance task scored basis laps flown four-minute period top scorers shown separate listing Notice closeness scores Steve work finished 18th place just 45 percentage points behind win ner Liese US teams score 41% behind Austria guys didnt fin ish high hoped nor high capable bad luck side Rich Spicer crashed Number 1 Number 3 Synergies during practice before con test Steve Lewis radio trouble towards end competition make no mistake very Liese took first flying Epsilon model Note new swept-back leading edge wing creditable performance entire US teampilots support people alike team well preparedas much first timers could well equipped well organized managed thing lacking hard-core F3B competition experience can earn being competing agalnst best world plus side Steve Work fast est speed time contest 185 seconds 6th round also low time 4th round Steves Comet made Hans Mueller West Germany proba bly quite fast some new allglass ships Steve got low times skillful piloting flying efficient course can believe World Champi onships event much difficult packed pressure compe titions held States Duration dis tance flown man-on-man winner flight group given 1000 points others get percentage 1000 according score divided win ners duration flight group consisted eight fliers/planes distance flown four time Winches set up just couple feet apart Planes launched very close gether pilot concentrate fly90 Model Aviation Two-time World Champ Raif Decker plane called No Name Design same 63 85 winnIng design except slightly longer tail stronger wing spars three medal winners Reinhard hess center first place Peter Hoffman Aus stria left second Samuele Viltani Italy right finished third place ing plane receiving input other planes doing two spot ters team manager kept track work ing time flight time case relaunch necessary audible signal indicat ing completion lap took special list ening hear plane group different signal high-pitched tone growl chirps declining tone etc people running shouting four different languages something definitely has experienced few times before can learn cope really exciting closeness individual team scores points out what signif icant points World Championships uniformly high levels pilot skills closeness performance Sailplanes spectated 1981 1983 World Championships contests relatively small group plane/pilot combinations capable winning years contest pilots top British Team L R Nb Wright Dave Worrail young Stephen Haley just missed out winning overall team trophy 20 outclassed Reinhard Liese has worked very hard victory worthy champion plane Epsilondesigned built gether Martin Schlottincorporates highest technology design engineer ing available third straight time fly West German team also current European German League champion teammate Ralf Decker won 1983 1985 World Championships could manage place 15th com petition another indicator toughness 1987 event Ralf has remarkable record being West German F3B team six World Championships held thus far British team membersWright Worrall 19-year-old Stephen Haley either led top three po sitions time another Amman Switzerland could have won except crossed centerline Round 4 speed pro ducing zero score Peter Abell Austra lia led two rounds Ten Holt Netherlands hunt win up last round throw-out round kept things some what uncertain up end After five rounds counting best four Liese November 1987 91 US Team Front row L R Steve Lewis Rich Spicer Steve Work Back row L R Lynn King Richard Tlitman Phil Renaud Seth Daweon Tom Thompson John Gngg L Joris Ten Holt Netherlands Joris flew Impuls model made Rowing Models John three FAI Jury members present meet moved second first followed Ten Holt Haley Hoffmann Villain Liese Hoffmann Vilani good 6th-round scores three Brit ish Ten Holt Abell poorish scores could throw out low earlier-round score Liese low 2461 first round needed have good 6th-round score replace 2969 highest Round 6 clinched win scores Round 2 onward very consistent 2963 2855 2916 2975 2969 Steve Works 185-second Round 6 speed run Reinhards 191 gave him 969 points task prevented making 3000-point round As aside nobody scored magic 3000 points round contest Reinhards ability battle back through six days very difficult flying conditions shows kind skill mental tough ness has acquired over lengthy period competing European World Championships Europeans least central countries Germany Austria Switzerland France Holland Italyhave advantage national F3B Francis Casaux France plane after final speed run Both wings partly failed launch note creases Fran cis completed run just 30 seconds league flying national championships European F3B Championships lat ter event held off years between World Championships West Germany F3B flying popu lar have three levels flying pilot must work way up through C B leagues before allowed fly league top three fliers league automatically chosen na tional team British get good experi ence timed tasks Percentage Slot thermal events competi tions plus large number fliers give Europeans background multiple points view necessary keep improving Speaking improvements F3B planes have made quantum leap performance over past eight years Earlier said US team comprised first-timers quite true because Steve Work 1979 team competed Bel gium Remember what plane flew Bird Time Also team Skip Miller flew Aquila Grande Terry Koplan Craft Air Viking Mk II planes built-up wing consthic Continued page 95 92 Model Aviation Jozef Loepp right Czechoslovakia original design voted best overall plane press single servo costs Jozef almost entire weeks wages tion MonoKote covering com pared 1987 ships like 1930s fabric-covered biplanes compared F 15 advances strength speed L over-D around capability abso lutely astounding wonderful part technology being passed along us use Europe today possible buy sev eral ready-made Sailpianes very competitive world-class competitions Ive already mentioned Hans Mueller Comet Steve Work flew Several years WC competitors including Joris Ten Holt flew Rowing Impuls F3B As far ready-made ships concerned favor ite Fiber Glas Flugel Albatros all-glass very up-to-date-looking ship flown Guenther Aichholzer Au strian team inexpensive however price Germany nearly 1300 DM about $700 Before ending report Id like tell little about astounding part todays F3B flying launch Im sure anyone has seen will find numbers hard believe What talking about launching over 250 meters high winch-to-turnaround distance 200 meters 250 meters about 810 feet three parts trick very strong plane about three meters wingNovember1987 95 US team action Tom Thompson iauncfles Tar ieve WOK Lynn King h Phil Renaud times launch F3B model has seen believed span fast powerful winch monofila ment line good elasticity launch goes like 1 Build up good tension line 2 Release have plane climb nearly vertical minimum pulsing 3 When plane starts round over top increase pulsing accelerate plane stretch line 4 At maximum height line stand winch dive plane second two build maximum speed 5 Round out plane ping off line 6 The plane coasts upward about 60-degree angle doubles height released As indicated something has seen believed Also dive ping part launch put incredible G loads wings Its difficult under stand stay dont always Seth Dawson launchIng Steve Lewis Syn ergy Lynn King Rich Splcer right talk trying tone down launching sake being able build less technical airplanes lower-cost winches some sort standard winch could developed adopted coun tries would undoubtedly broaden ap peal sport Finally US F3B team would like thank supporters contributed funds made effort possible love Sailplane flying know very important worthwhile pro gram thank entire team repre senting United States Osnabruck doing great job sportsmanlike manner proud guys Lets now what can build F3B program keep momentum Top Individuals P1 Flier 1 Richard Liese 2 Peter Hoffmann 3 Samuele Villani 4 Stephen Haley 5 Rainer Ammann 6 NRc Wright 7 Joris Ten Holt 8 Carl Wasner Jr 9 David Worrall 10 Gunther Aichholzer 11 Bruno Sieber 12 Peter Abell 13 Rudolf Binkert 14 Jeroen Smits 15 RaIf Decker 16 Martin Schlott 17 Martial Legov 18 Steve Work 19 Francis Casaux 20 Rich Spicer 28 Steve Lewis Country W Germany Austria Italy Gr Britain Switzerland Gr Britain Netherlands Austria Gr Britain Austria Switzerland Australia Switzerland Netherlands W Germany W Germany France USA France USA USA Points 14677 14513 14504 14345 14314 14303 14292 14290 14259 14252 14241 14183 14179 14167 14112 14095 14077 14017 14016 13790 13463 Top Teams P1CountryPoints 1Austria43055 2Great Britain42906 3West Germany42884 4Switzerland42734 5Netherlands42061 6Italy41523 7USA41270 8Hungary40354 9France40289 10Belgium40149 Followed Czechoslovakia Sweden Au stralia Poland Japan Israel Denmark E Germany Norway Argentina Finland Spain New Zealand Canada 96 Model Aviation Base sighting device officials chairs below sight through two wires decide plane has passed Base Another opposite end Base B Rich Splcer stands launch Synergy Rich finished 20th Inclement contest going 1989 World Champion ships contest slated held USA See Helmut Quabeck airfoil fame field-control PA system week An nouncements English German Rich Spicer flies L R Phil Renaud Lynn King Richard Tiltman Seth Dawson look team worked well together looking forward F3B World Champs 1989