First you have no luck and then you get even bad luck. Thermic bubbles are very bad for precision flying … The training flights in the morning were great again, but then… Well, for the semi-finals it will probably not … Continue reading
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With the today’s flight, we were quite happy. Let’s see what it brings for the results in total. To even have a chance for the semi-finals, we still need 2 good flights. Because of the ‘lightning’-round on Sunday we already … Continue reading
Hmmm, what shall we say about this bad luck on …? Two model airplanes got a switch off at the same time on two different flightlines. That can not be a coincidence! The same happened to the pilot after Alex … Continue reading
In the biggest heat we had today the opening ceremony of the World Championship. 101 participants from 35 nations! After the opening, there was a huge air show with normalsize helicopters and jets and model airplanes too. A fascinating event! … Continue reading
In the evening, the numbers were even more drawn – as exciting as Lotto! Here are all lists for starting orders.
Today we were on the WM-site for model processing and official practice. First Alex helped Noldi with the preflight for judges and called him the program. Later, during the processing, the model airplane was tested for several points: weight, size, … Continue reading
We got a great practice field through our friend Noldi. Nice location, approximately 50 km from our stay. There we have set also a flight window. Despite the extremely high temperatures we have perfect training conditions.
This year we go for the F3A World Championships to Switzerland. 3 days of travelling: – 1.000 km Rognan – Hamar, – overnightstay, – 150 km Hamar – Oslo, – 20 h ferry Oslo – Kiel, – 1.000 km Kiel … Continue reading
Today the wind was somewhat gracious concerning the strength. However it came from the “wrong” direction: “cross”. At this 3. competition day we had to fly fore the judges group that evaluates the “strictest”, as we could see in the … Continue reading
Well it’s that time again – a new World Cup is coming! This time it takes place in August (15th-25.08.) in South Africa – just south of Johannesburg. Here is the link to the official page: http://www.f3a2013.co.za/ We make preparations … Continue reading
Team Heindel on tour 