170 MODEL AVIATION
National Record Updates
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
F1D Rubber (203)
Open 27:50 Mark Bennett 08/27/08
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
HL Glider (140)
Junior 11:26 Sevak Malkhasyan 09/28/08
As of November 2008
months. Completely neglected, often used
as stands for other airplanes or wall
hangings, and, yes, I’ll admit they’re much
like Rodney Dangerfield: no respect.
I have a close friend (Willy) who flies
his slow stuff year-round, but for me, if it
doesn’t have two turnin’ and retracts, it
ends up on the back burner—way back.
Soon after the weather turns cold, dark, and
dreary, those little stick-and-tissue flying
feathers quickly become the apple of my
eye—my little private pathway to a stick fix
in the dead of winter. I pull them down
from their summer perches, dust them off,
and convince myself that they look as good
as new.
Most of the time they need much more
than just a dusting off; all those little hard
landings on the gym floor or that chair you
didn’t mean to hit take their collective toll
on the airworthiness of your little indoor
wonders. Especially when they occur
toward the end of the indoor season and
you tell yourself, “I’ll get that later.”
Well, later has arrived and you now
need to fix all those little things that will no
doubt cause you grief when you least
expect it. You’ll need to check all the glue
joint connections and control systems. If
you’re a person who flies foam models
especially, check the glue joints because
INDOOR FLYING: If you’re anything
like me (that’s a scary thought), your
indoor slow flyers and foamies pretty much
sit and draw dust during the summer
Technically Speaking ...
Greg Hahn
Technical Director
[email protected]
there’s not much that will stick to foam
really well.
Last but not least, and certainly the
most important item on the indoor
checklist, is the power source. I’d guess
99.9% of all indoor stuff now uses Li-Poly
batteries for fuel, and these little beauties
don’t like neglect. Not paying attention to
them can be downright dangerous.
Age and environment are the two items
not often taken into consideration when
dealing with batteries. We all know that
they don’t like to be overcharged, they
don’t take crash damage well, and if you
happen to invert the polarity or dead short
them, well, 911 could be the order of the
day.
If you can’t remember how old your
packs are or how many cycles they’ve been
through, you might entertain the thought of
buying a couple new packs. Also, if you
see a dent or ding in the outside of the pack
and you can’t remember how it got there,
again, could be time to pull out the ol’ hip
national. Keeping old or damaged Li-Poly
packs working is not a badge of honor.
Just some food for thought as we slide into
winter!
See you at briefing. MA
F1D World Championships Results
F1D World Championships Senior individual
podium: Ivan Treger of Slovakia, first; Lutz
Schramm of Germany, second; John Kagan of
the US, third. Brett Sanborn photo.
F1D World Championships Senior
team podium: USA, first; Great
Britain, second; Hungary, third.
Sanborn photo.
F1D World Championships Junior individual
podium: Justin Young of the US, first; Tim
Chang of the US, second; Gabriela Kaplanova
of the Czech Republic, third. Sanborn photo.
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Senior Individual
Place First name Last name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
1 Ivan Treger SVK 34.31 36.23* 35 32.09 34.16 35.25+ 71.48
2 Lutz Schramm GER 36.18* 34.42 9.36 29.44 33.27 35.01+ 71.19
3 John Kagan USA 34.27 34.15 35.38* 35.15+ 18.04 34.01 70.53
4 James Richmond USA 34.56* 10.17 19.55 14.22 33.10+ 32.42 68.06
5 Doug Schaefer USA 1.13 32.19 31.44 34.24* 32.32 33.30+ 67.54
6 Aurel Popa ROU 31.3 31.55 33.05+ 30.27 31.18 34.01* 67.06
7 Lawrence Cailliau W/C 15.57 34.06* 5.5 29.33 31.31 32.20+ 66.26
8 Derek Richards GBR 24.11 30.3 32.38+ 33.27* 30.38 32.12 66.05
9 Dider Barberis FRA 32.30+ 22.27 33.16* 29.11 29.16 28.03 65.46
10 Dezso Orsovai HUN 33.03* 32.33 0 0 32.35+ 10.54 65.38
11 Mark Benns GBR 29.43 31.56+ 33.17* 31.18 30.5 31.15 65.13
12 Andras Ree HUN 31.05 31.3 8.06 31.41+ 32.49* 15.49 64.3
13 Corneliu Mangalea ROU 30.34 32.47* 30.56+ 7.35 27.14 28.42 63.43
14 Robin Bailey GBR 13.27 30.57 31.06+ 32.28* 27.5 6.11 63.34
15 Tomasz Momot POL 24.01 27.48 28.44 31.21+ 0.49 32.06* 63.27
16 Uwe Bundesen GER 27.42 0 28.49 31.38* 29.47 31.28+ 63.06
17 Slobodan Midic SRB 28.16 18.06 30.51+ 31.00* 30.25 30.44 61.51
18 Edvard Ciapala POL 27.33 30.08+ 29.58 29.19 26.34 30.39* 60.47
19 Zoltan Sukosd HUN 30.16+ 30.23* 0 0 0 0 60.39
20 Robert Champion FRA 19.31 29.16 28.46 30.00+ 27.2 30.07* 60.07
21 Mikita Kaplan CZE 14.25 25.44 0 27.38 28.22+ 31.25* 59.47
22 Fabio Manieri ITA 30.06* 26.05 22.22 28.24 28.32+ 28.31 58.38
23 Slobodan Milic SRB 29.12+ 11.24 25.01 23.59 29.14* 4.32 58.26
24 Karol "Vins, Ing." SVK 14.54 28.50+ 29.31* 15.07 27.13 18.48 58.21
25 Rainer Lotz SUI 24.14 27.27+ 26.01 27.25 28.07* 26.58 55.34
26 Hideyo Enomoto JPN 26.26 25.47 27.10+ 28.00* 25.38 9.15 55.1
27 Thierry Marilier FRA 25.22 17.08 19.23 26.02 27.12+ 27.56* 55.08
28 Dan Amoraritei ROU 24.56 27.43* 27.06+ 24.57 10.43 25 54.49
29 Klara Kaplanova CZE 12.34 26.23 27.50* 26.36+ 25.21 1.01 54.26
30 Jerzy Markiewicz POL 25.29 23.3 27.23* 0 26.04+ 18.57 53.27
31 Ljubomir Radosavljevic SRB 22.55 25.04 26.50* 22.23 9.4 26.30+ 53.2
32 Benito Bertolani ITA 6.28 18.56 18.05 3.32 26.30* 26.13+ 52.43
33 Zdenek Cinert CZE 24.14 27.28* 24.34 25.01+ 20.13 21.3 52.29
34 Rimas Steponenas LTU 10.22 25.01+ 10.54 25.53* 0 0 50.54
35 Mario Gialanella ITA 3.41 22.18+ 16.12 15.22 26.35* 17.5 48.53
36 Yoshiharu Nakajo JPN 23.11 19.14 23.07 24.28* 23.15+ 19.51 47.43
37 Ernestas Dambrauskas LTU 20.29+ 8.09 18.56 24.10* 0 19.54 44.39
38 Okitusugu Sasaki JPN 21.47 21.34 22.11* 21.07 8.06 22.01+ 44.12
Junior Individual
Place First name Last name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
1 Justin Young USA 33.24* 32.50+ 29.03 32.13 17.13 31.02 66.14
2 Timothy Chang USA 27.17 15.38 30.19+ 0 30.40* 15.09 60.59
3 Gabriela Kaplanova CZE 26.44 29.38+ 25.32 29.24 27.46 29.45* 59.23
4 Szymon Goralczyk POL 24.27 25.2 28.28+ 29.39* 25.44 27.33 58.07
5 Ciprian Pascu ROU 25.14 2.33 26.02 27.26+ 26.31 27.57* 55.23
6 Petr Klimes CZE 9.49 22.57+ 22.03 21.37 21.01 28.52* 51.49
7 Hugo Marilier FRA 25.11* 22.54 23.04 15.23 23.39 24.46+ 49.57
8 Atilla Seprodi ROU 0 22.18 23.21 21.11 23.46+ 25.37* 49.23
9 Robert Horak CZE 23.54 24.48* 23.54 23.52 20.04 24.28+ 49.16
10 Krzysztof Muras POL 20.42 22.54 23.31+ 25.20* 22.54 8.48 48.51
11 Tomasz Demidowicz POL 21.37 23.50+ 23.17 23.35 24.33* 23.26 48.23
12 Martynas Salkauskas LTU 23.27+ 23.17 22.26 23.53* 12.59 6.33 47.2
13 Cosmin Dediliuc ROU 0 23.12 23.17+ 23.45* 20.43 0 47.02
14 Jonas Deveikis LTU 16.33 9.46 22.32+ 24.02* 21.4 8.44 46.34
15 Jean Trautsolt FRA 6.06 22.41+ 14.04 21.29 21.33 23.30* 46.11
16 Lucas Marilier FRA 21.32 21.31 22.06+ 21.48 22.33* 6.09 44.39
17 Simas Laurikenas LTU 13.19 13.07 5.24 21.13+ 0 22.34* 43.47
F1D World Championships Results
Senior Team
Place Country Abbr. Combined time
1 USA USA 206.53
2 Great Britain GBR 194.52
3 Hungary HUN 190.47
4 Romania ROU 185.38
5 France FRA 181.01
6 Poland POL 177.41
7 Serbia SRB 173.37
8 Czech Republic CZE 166.42
9 Italy ITA 160.14
10 Japan JPN 147.05
11 Germany GER 134.25
12 Slovakia SVK 130.09
13 Lithuania LTU 95.33
14 Switzerland SUI 55.34
Junior Team
Place Country Abbr. Combined time
1 Czech Republic CZE 160.28
2 Poland POL 155.21
3 Romania ROU 151.48
4 France FRA 140.47
5 Lithuania LTU 137.41
6 USA USA 127.13
Flight times are in “min. sec.” format. Asterisk indicates best time recorded and plus sign indicates second-best time. Those are added to get total in right-hand column.
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170 MODEL AVIATION
National Record Updates
INDOOR AMA CEILING CATEGORY I
F1D Rubber (203)
Open 27:50 Mark Bennett 08/27/08
OUTDOOR FREE FLIGHT
HL Glider (140)
Junior 11:26 Sevak Malkhasyan 09/28/08
As of November 2008
months. Completely neglected, often used
as stands for other airplanes or wall
hangings, and, yes, I’ll admit they’re much
like Rodney Dangerfield: no respect.
I have a close friend (Willy) who flies
his slow stuff year-round, but for me, if it
doesn’t have two turnin’ and retracts, it
ends up on the back burner—way back.
Soon after the weather turns cold, dark, and
dreary, those little stick-and-tissue flying
feathers quickly become the apple of my
eye—my little private pathway to a stick fix
in the dead of winter. I pull them down
from their summer perches, dust them off,
and convince myself that they look as good
as new.
Most of the time they need much more
than just a dusting off; all those little hard
landings on the gym floor or that chair you
didn’t mean to hit take their collective toll
on the airworthiness of your little indoor
wonders. Especially when they occur
toward the end of the indoor season and
you tell yourself, “I’ll get that later.”
Well, later has arrived and you now
need to fix all those little things that will no
doubt cause you grief when you least
expect it. You’ll need to check all the glue
joint connections and control systems. If
you’re a person who flies foam models
especially, check the glue joints because
INDOOR FLYING: If you’re anything
like me (that’s a scary thought), your
indoor slow flyers and foamies pretty much
sit and draw dust during the summer
Technically Speaking ...
Greg Hahn
Technical Director
[email protected]
there’s not much that will stick to foam
really well.
Last but not least, and certainly the
most important item on the indoor
checklist, is the power source. I’d guess
99.9% of all indoor stuff now uses Li-Poly
batteries for fuel, and these little beauties
don’t like neglect. Not paying attention to
them can be downright dangerous.
Age and environment are the two items
not often taken into consideration when
dealing with batteries. We all know that
they don’t like to be overcharged, they
don’t take crash damage well, and if you
happen to invert the polarity or dead short
them, well, 911 could be the order of the
day.
If you can’t remember how old your
packs are or how many cycles they’ve been
through, you might entertain the thought of
buying a couple new packs. Also, if you
see a dent or ding in the outside of the pack
and you can’t remember how it got there,
again, could be time to pull out the ol’ hip
national. Keeping old or damaged Li-Poly
packs working is not a badge of honor.
Just some food for thought as we slide into
winter!
See you at briefing. MA
F1D World Championships Results
F1D World Championships Senior individual
podium: Ivan Treger of Slovakia, first; Lutz
Schramm of Germany, second; John Kagan of
the US, third. Brett Sanborn photo.
F1D World Championships Senior
team podium: USA, first; Great
Britain, second; Hungary, third.
Sanborn photo.
F1D World Championships Junior individual
podium: Justin Young of the US, first; Tim
Chang of the US, second; Gabriela Kaplanova
of the Czech Republic, third. Sanborn photo.
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Senior Individual
Place First name Last name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
1 Ivan Treger SVK 34.31 36.23* 35 32.09 34.16 35.25+ 71.48
2 Lutz Schramm GER 36.18* 34.42 9.36 29.44 33.27 35.01+ 71.19
3 John Kagan USA 34.27 34.15 35.38* 35.15+ 18.04 34.01 70.53
4 James Richmond USA 34.56* 10.17 19.55 14.22 33.10+ 32.42 68.06
5 Doug Schaefer USA 1.13 32.19 31.44 34.24* 32.32 33.30+ 67.54
6 Aurel Popa ROU 31.3 31.55 33.05+ 30.27 31.18 34.01* 67.06
7 Lawrence Cailliau W/C 15.57 34.06* 5.5 29.33 31.31 32.20+ 66.26
8 Derek Richards GBR 24.11 30.3 32.38+ 33.27* 30.38 32.12 66.05
9 Dider Barberis FRA 32.30+ 22.27 33.16* 29.11 29.16 28.03 65.46
10 Dezso Orsovai HUN 33.03* 32.33 0 0 32.35+ 10.54 65.38
11 Mark Benns GBR 29.43 31.56+ 33.17* 31.18 30.5 31.15 65.13
12 Andras Ree HUN 31.05 31.3 8.06 31.41+ 32.49* 15.49 64.3
13 Corneliu Mangalea ROU 30.34 32.47* 30.56+ 7.35 27.14 28.42 63.43
14 Robin Bailey GBR 13.27 30.57 31.06+ 32.28* 27.5 6.11 63.34
15 Tomasz Momot POL 24.01 27.48 28.44 31.21+ 0.49 32.06* 63.27
16 Uwe Bundesen GER 27.42 0 28.49 31.38* 29.47 31.28+ 63.06
17 Slobodan Midic SRB 28.16 18.06 30.51+ 31.00* 30.25 30.44 61.51
18 Edvard Ciapala POL 27.33 30.08+ 29.58 29.19 26.34 30.39* 60.47
19 Zoltan Sukosd HUN 30.16+ 30.23* 0 0 0 0 60.39
20 Robert Champion FRA 19.31 29.16 28.46 30.00+ 27.2 30.07* 60.07
21 Mikita Kaplan CZE 14.25 25.44 0 27.38 28.22+ 31.25* 59.47
22 Fabio Manieri ITA 30.06* 26.05 22.22 28.24 28.32+ 28.31 58.38
23 Slobodan Milic SRB 29.12+ 11.24 25.01 23.59 29.14* 4.32 58.26
24 Karol "Vins, Ing." SVK 14.54 28.50+ 29.31* 15.07 27.13 18.48 58.21
25 Rainer Lotz SUI 24.14 27.27+ 26.01 27.25 28.07* 26.58 55.34
26 Hideyo Enomoto JPN 26.26 25.47 27.10+ 28.00* 25.38 9.15 55.1
27 Thierry Marilier FRA 25.22 17.08 19.23 26.02 27.12+ 27.56* 55.08
28 Dan Amoraritei ROU 24.56 27.43* 27.06+ 24.57 10.43 25 54.49
29 Klara Kaplanova CZE 12.34 26.23 27.50* 26.36+ 25.21 1.01 54.26
30 Jerzy Markiewicz POL 25.29 23.3 27.23* 0 26.04+ 18.57 53.27
31 Ljubomir Radosavljevic SRB 22.55 25.04 26.50* 22.23 9.4 26.30+ 53.2
32 Benito Bertolani ITA 6.28 18.56 18.05 3.32 26.30* 26.13+ 52.43
33 Zdenek Cinert CZE 24.14 27.28* 24.34 25.01+ 20.13 21.3 52.29
34 Rimas Steponenas LTU 10.22 25.01+ 10.54 25.53* 0 0 50.54
35 Mario Gialanella ITA 3.41 22.18+ 16.12 15.22 26.35* 17.5 48.53
36 Yoshiharu Nakajo JPN 23.11 19.14 23.07 24.28* 23.15+ 19.51 47.43
37 Ernestas Dambrauskas LTU 20.29+ 8.09 18.56 24.10* 0 19.54 44.39
38 Okitusugu Sasaki JPN 21.47 21.34 22.11* 21.07 8.06 22.01+ 44.12
Junior Individual
Place First name Last name Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total
1 Justin Young USA 33.24* 32.50+ 29.03 32.13 17.13 31.02 66.14
2 Timothy Chang USA 27.17 15.38 30.19+ 0 30.40* 15.09 60.59
3 Gabriela Kaplanova CZE 26.44 29.38+ 25.32 29.24 27.46 29.45* 59.23
4 Szymon Goralczyk POL 24.27 25.2 28.28+ 29.39* 25.44 27.33 58.07
5 Ciprian Pascu ROU 25.14 2.33 26.02 27.26+ 26.31 27.57* 55.23
6 Petr Klimes CZE 9.49 22.57+ 22.03 21.37 21.01 28.52* 51.49
7 Hugo Marilier FRA 25.11* 22.54 23.04 15.23 23.39 24.46+ 49.57
8 Atilla Seprodi ROU 0 22.18 23.21 21.11 23.46+ 25.37* 49.23
9 Robert Horak CZE 23.54 24.48* 23.54 23.52 20.04 24.28+ 49.16
10 Krzysztof Muras POL 20.42 22.54 23.31+ 25.20* 22.54 8.48 48.51
11 Tomasz Demidowicz POL 21.37 23.50+ 23.17 23.35 24.33* 23.26 48.23
12 Martynas Salkauskas LTU 23.27+ 23.17 22.26 23.53* 12.59 6.33 47.2
13 Cosmin Dediliuc ROU 0 23.12 23.17+ 23.45* 20.43 0 47.02
14 Jonas Deveikis LTU 16.33 9.46 22.32+ 24.02* 21.4 8.44 46.34
15 Jean Trautsolt FRA 6.06 22.41+ 14.04 21.29 21.33 23.30* 46.11
16 Lucas Marilier FRA 21.32 21.31 22.06+ 21.48 22.33* 6.09 44.39
17 Simas Laurikenas LTU 13.19 13.07 5.24 21.13+ 0 22.34* 43.47
F1D World Championships Results
Senior Team
Place Country Abbr. Combined time
1 USA USA 206.53
2 Great Britain GBR 194.52
3 Hungary HUN 190.47
4 Romania ROU 185.38
5 France FRA 181.01
6 Poland POL 177.41
7 Serbia SRB 173.37
8 Czech Republic CZE 166.42
9 Italy ITA 160.14
10 Japan JPN 147.05
11 Germany GER 134.25
12 Slovakia SVK 130.09
13 Lithuania LTU 95.33
14 Switzerland SUI 55.34
Junior Team
Place Country Abbr. Combined time
1 Czech Republic CZE 160.28
2 Poland POL 155.21
3 Romania ROU 151.48
4 France FRA 140.47
5 Lithuania LTU 137.41
6 USA USA 127.13
Flight times are in “min. sec.” format. Asterisk indicates best time recorded and plus sign indicates second-best time. Those are added to get total in right-hand column.
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