Bulletin number 2... Coming back to School...

F3B World Championship Team Members will come back to School... :-O Bulletin here.

F3B USA Team Practice

It seems our American friends are working hard to be in good shape for China...

Ironworks Trophy 2011

I haven't found any report about Ironworks Trophy either I found a video :-P

Is Graupner going to interview German F3B Team?

F3B Shop

I have opened a new section: F3B Shop. I will try to post every week a good f3b offer: planes, winches, radios,... whatever could interest you ;-)

Troféu F3B APSIA 2011

Results and report about F3B World Cup contest made in Portugal with Spanish, German and Portuguese pilots.

F3B under Sun

A very very hot Sunday, lot of duration flights. I help to my father to train Task C. I hope next flights will be made with his Extasys :-P

Orebro Open

Few competitors in Orebro Open :-( and a very understood Joakim Stahl :-) Results here.

New winch

I have bought a second hand winch in very good conditions. Today I have made some launches with it to confirm everything was ok. So now I will have to good winches for competitions and two for trainings. Few people in the field today because a windy day :-( My father, Javier, Dani and me... we don't fail... we must fly once a week to be happy :-) Some photos here.

German Team Site

German site under construction... 10 teams registered now for WC.... who else?

Kamisato Cup

Japanesse friends have had a very special competitor: Joe Wurts.

We go to Mörsburgcup!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeahhhh!!!!! We're already registered to Mörsburgcup, same team that was in KO (Sergi Subias, Alberto Portella, Daniel Portella and me) and maybe my father will be there helping us...

Flying with seniors

Last weekend I couldn't met with everybody so I was flying with my senior team mates (Javier Portella and my father) on Sunday. Both are a deep source of wisdom, and I think I should obey more than I do... :-P I was testing new settings for launch that Mr. Dieter Perlick (Altus designer) gave me nicely. I like them so I'll change my two phases for launching system and I will launch with one and I will use for zoom speed mode :-O

Some photos here

Some videos

Some videos from contests in UK and France

Kirchheim Open 2011

Finally at home, lot of kilometers form Barcelona to Kirchheim... three amazing days again in one of the best F3B Contest in the World. 99 pilots from lot of European countries. Amazing organization so we could fly four rounds in three days.

Herrig brothers are still the referring pilots in F3B scene. Age of Radical and Freestyler 3 seems is ending and Baudis Models and Freestyler 4 are the fashioned models without forgetting Extasys. About flights... I feel every year pilots are stronger, that edition you should reach almost 25 laps and some times more than 30. Martin Herrig beat distance world record with a new score of 38 laps Yeaaahhhhh!!!!!!

First flight of the contest was Speed, and people at 8.30 already made 15.xx seconds scores. In my case my time was 22.xx :-P Personally I made my best personal scores in distance (27 seven laps) and speed (18,89 seconds). I had to flight two rounds with my green Altus because T-tail of orange ones was damaged :-( Also I made a 0 in second speed where I lost all my oportunities to get a better classification. Anyway, I'm happy and very motivated to train hard and compete again in Swiss.

Results and my photos.

Alberto Portella photos.

Is so cute...

Back to normal

After some weekends with lot of problems with launchs it seems I've restored good settings for my Altus :-( Today was very windy so I have to wait for a quiet day to confirm towhook position and deflections are right. Javier brought his "new" motorized Jewel making awsome flights. Dani is a tirelss pilot so he wanted to fly with us despite his injured ankle. Alberto every day is happier with his Crossi II and my father enjoyed flying his Nyx.

Some photos here.

Training for Coll de l'Illa Contest

That afternoon I've been with my father flying in Santa Coloma slope to check our planes are ok for Sunday. We will compete in Coll de l'Illa first contest of F3F Catalonian League tomorrow. It used to be a very cold and windy slope, landing is so dangerous we flight all rounds in a row to avoid more landings. Conditions are extrem but feelings in that slope are amazing. Also amazing is the lunch after the contest. We will make a "Calçotada" as every year

My Caracho had so damaged its tips we decided to cut them so now I have a new version: Caracho 2.9 It seems is very easy to make turns with them. Tomorrow will be a good flight test :-P

I have made some photos while my father flew his V-Ultra.

My photos

I use to be the photographer of my blog so I don't use to appear in my photos. Last Sunday Jose Jurado made us some photos. Mine are those:

New planes and new mates

Last Sunday was a day with lot of news. Jose Jurado made his first flights launching with winch and Alberto brought his new Crossfire II. Ten weekends left for Kirchheim :-O

Some photos here.

Bulletin no. 1 WC F3B 2011

Read in f3x.no Bulletin number 1 already posted.

F3B at "Home"

My father and me rewinding a new line

That morning have in working at home. Our Megalines are consumed so we have had to remove from winches and prepare the new ones bought in Tarragona harbor by my friend Dani. It has been a entertainig morning :-P Some photos here.

New gadget at home

That weekend we've released a trolley called "No more pain in Sergi's back Machine". From now it will be easier to save our winches in wardrobe and my back will thank.

Photos

Ice Age in Pla de Vent

Brrrrr...!!!!!! Very very cold that Sunday in Pla de Vent field, and wind make you feel frozen... Only four braves in the field: Javier, my dad, Dani and me. We have had to rest and have lunch in the House Club. But so many sacrifice have had his reward: a new personal launch of 319 meters of altitude :-)

Photos

F3B French Team site

F3B French Team site.

Two in a row

My dad and me in a nice flight

Last weekend I went to fly Saturday and Sunday :-) We are working hard that Winter to improve our performs in Eurotour. Everything was ok except a bad landing of my father and a little accident with a broken line and my right hand. I spend all weekend training distance task and optimizing my launches. I've realized I lost a lot of altitude in first laps and I fly better in final laps, so I have to improve my perform in first 4 laps :-P Next weekend more flights and I don't discard to make a F3B weekend very soon :-O

New Zealand F3B Nats 2011

Joe Wurts is the champion of New Zealand F3B Nats 2011. Results in page eight.

Training distance task

We we're very quiet yesterday. We just could met in Pla de Vent field my father, Javier and me :-( Dani had to work, Alberto was sick and Sergi Subies was bussy in Barcelona. Fantastic weather, very sunny and good wind for launches. Megaline 1.22 still worked fantastic and I spend all day long making distance flights. Javier is very happy with his Vampire, it looks very nice an performes very well in launches. My father finally got good settings for launches with his Crossfire and brought his new toys for 2011 to make some photos: FX-30 and Extasys by Jiri Tuma.

Seniors in Action

I've planned to train next weekends to set up Altus for distance, yesterday I flew with 400 grams of ballast getting 270-280 meters launches. To be more competitive I have to ballast Altus whit more lead but anyway I think 400 grams is a good beginning.

15 weekends before Kirchheim removes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Photos

Good feelings for 2011

We are very motivated for 2011 Season, so Dani, Sergi Subies and me met to Pla de Vent field to make first flights of the year. We are very motivated and very excited for that Season. We want to perform in more contests in 2011 than last year and train very hard that Winter. First step will be improve our launches and today I got my personal one: 310 meters... :-) Next weekend more flights.

Some photos here.

Sergi Subies photos.

A new Radical at Team

Last Sunday Portella Team (Javier, Alberto and Daniel Portella) and F3B at Home Team (Sergi Subies, my dad and me) met to make some flights, sunday was a special day, Sergi Subies made his first flights with one of his Radicalsm (I hope his girlfriend won't read that blog :-P) After lot of failed launches Sergi set ok the towhook and made some flights with a better launch of 277 meters. Maybe that was our last flights of the year but I'm tempted to fly on 25th...

Few photos

USA F3B Team site

USA already has team web.

2013 F3B World Championship

Germany has bet to organize 2013 WC. See here CIAM document.

Bulletin 0 F3B WC 2011

Here!!!!!!! It looks there will be contest... or not...

F3B Speed Cup in Poway

F3B USA Community looks very motivated so they made a speed contest last weekend. You can read a thread in rcgroups.com about it and where you can read results.

Training for F3F Catalonian Championship 2010

F3F morning with F3B at Home Team (my dad, Sergi Subies and me) and Carles Aymat. Until half past one wind was very pour but finally we have been flying with 10 m/s wind. Sergi Subies has made his first flights with Radical. Next Sunday we have the F3F Catalonian Champ so we have met for a last train next Saturday.

Photos

Making a carbon fuselage

Japanese in action

Yes, we train

Saturday morning I drove to Pla de Vent field where I met with Javier, Dani and Alberto. All three wanted to test his pylon planes for Sunday club contest. It was a new nice day with light south wind that some times increased its strenght. We made lot of flights and I was trying to improve my launches. I tested my new settings in my second phase before zoom and the new position of the towhook. I still have a lot of work and also a lot of time before contests begans.

Some photos here.

We already have F3B 2011 Eurotour Calendar

2011 Calendar posted here.

Update

Next Events section updated.

Vampire

With no rest after last weekend contest we met in Pla de Vent field for more flights. Javier spend all day long to his new brand new Vampire and Dani & me we're trying to improve our launches with south light wind. Next weekend I hope to fly again, we have to prepare 2011 season!!!!!! We're not going to go to China but we would like to go as much eurotour contests as possible ;-)

Photos

Open Pla de Vent 2010

Sunday 31st of October met 9 pilots (including our French friends Sylvain Coulomb, Fabrice Estivals and Roland Henninot) for F3B Speed and Duration tasks Contest.

Wheather forecast all week long was very bad (rain and strong wind) but luckly rain just appeared one hour when we were setting winches, anyway very strong wind was with us all day long.

We made 6 rounds of Speed and Duration task (3 pilots for group) in a row with a short break for meal. Very early top pilots (French Team and Dani Portella) began to stand up and speed times improved all day. Best time was for Dani, 14,92 seconds (his new best personal time) but Fabrice Estivals was very steady with a final average of 16,23 seconds.

After that contest I realize I can fly speed tasks with full ballast with no fear and I have to prepare every flight before every launch to be sure about what I have to do to get best scores.

A very usefull contest to take decissions for next season and keep our friendship with our French neighbors. Personally I made some good flights but tactical mistakes in two duration tasks and a bad speed penalized me a lot. Now is time to fly, fly and fly again all Fall and Winter to prepare next season.

Results
Photos
Alberto Portella Photos

Watering lines for Contest

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2010 F3B Italian Championship

Read in f3b.it, Daniele Amici is the winner of 2010 Italian Championship, followed by Carlo Roso (2nd place) and Samuele Villani (3rd place). Full results here.

Last flights before Pla de Vent Contest

Sunday morning my father and me met with Carles, Javier, Dani and Alberto to make some flights to prepare contest of next Sunday 31st October (Duration and Speed F3B Tasks). We will be matched by our French Friends. I'm sure we spend a good time and nice flights.

Photos.

F3B/F3J Swiss Contest Video

2010 F3B Open International in Milang

I have found an interesting Report in Southern Soaring League site about 2010 F3B Open International in Milang in its April/May newsletter. Read it in page 7 and 12.

Samba Winch

Read in F3J Norwegian Team site, seems Samba is going to comercialize a winch made by Alois Hrabacek (F3J pilot from Czech Republic)

F3B USA Nats

You can read a small report about F3B USA Nats here and enjoy some photos

Training for la Seu Contest

Next Saturday I have f3f contest in la Seu d'Urgell (near Andorra), so I've gone to Santa Coloma with my father for some flights with our Carachos. There, we've met with Escobar family, today young Hugo had to flight for first time his Freestyler but some problems with the battery haven't let fly :-(

F3B World Chamos Image Gallery

Very good Austrian site with lot of photos from 99, 01, 03, 05 and 09 F3B WC

Arnhem Open 2010 Results

1st Reinhard Liese

2nd Denis Duchesne

3rd Christian Rein

Full results in f3b-holland.tk

MC-24

I have bought a second hand MC-24 and it have arrived that afternoon. Its old owner is a F3B Belgium Pilot named Denis Duchesne, maybe you have met him in some Eurotour contest or WC ;-)

2nd Contest Dutch F3B League 2010

1st Jeroen Smits (Radical pro)
2nd Robert Hermans (Cyril)
3rd Frans Vreugdenhil (Radical pro)

Results here and report translated in english here. (source f3b-holland.tk)

Montauban contest

Told by my team mates, Montauban contest was nice (people, place and flights) :-) Results here (source f3news.fr and Laurent Gauthie) and photos here (source f3news.fr and Fabrice Estivals)

Montauban

Very sad weekend personally, while I was driving to Montauban I received a very bad new... my very very loved grandmother have just dead the same morning so I had to cancel my travel and let my team mates (Sergi Subies and Dani and Alberto Portella) in a resting zone in the motorway to come back home :-(

Gone to Montauban

Gone to Montauban for a F3B Contest... see you on Sunday!!!!!

F3B Ironworks Trophy 2010 Photo Gallery

http://picasaweb.google.fi/heikkiastikainen/Sm1#

French Selection Contest in Colmar

Podium (source f3news.fr):

1st Fabrice ESTIVAL 8883.55
2nd Christian PINOTEAU 8677.25
3rd Sylvain COULOMB 8583.38

Sonnenwendpokal Podium

1st Böhlen, Andreas
2nd Flixeder, Bernhard
3rd Bachler, Herbert

Nice Video F3B French Contest

F3B from Roulettes on Vimeo.

Round 3 North Island F3B in Hawkes Bay

Joe Wurts 9000.00
Chris Kaiser 8241.40
Peter Williams 7850.90
Aneil Patel 7767.30
Craig Dawson 7268.00
David James 7246.80
Kevin Botherwa 7176.60
Ken Duffell 7068.50
Ted Bealing 6318.20

More information in few days in http://www.f3b.org.nz/North_Island_F3B_Series/2010.html

New link added

Nice f3b Austrian site.

Dörnberg Pokal 2010 Results

1st Duchesne, Denis
2nd Herrig, Martin
3rd Seyfang, Michael
4th Trautwein, Ulrich
5th Dylla, Thomas

Results 3rd Contest UK League

Steve Haley has won a new contest in UK League... Full results here (you have to join F3BUK Yahoo group).

Trainig for Montauban

Saturday afternoon met with Dani, Javier, Alberto and Sergi Subies to make some flights. It was last day we flew together before Montauban contest. I focus the training making distance task with 400 grms. of ballast. Alberto flew his Altus, Sergi S. was fixing servos and making some flights later and Dani flew is Ceres Lift with new settings that looks work fine. I try to make one more trainig before Montauban next Friday.

New link added

We have a new f3x domain: f3x.biz ;-)

Snowing in Salzburg

Everything OK

I have spent some time for resting, last wekend I was in the field but "extrem wind conditions" made me decide to cancel my training, anyway I made one launch logged with 300 meters of altitude!!!!!!! Yes!!!!! My best launch I ever made :-) I have the photo, I hope to post it in few days.... :-) Calendar has been updated. Next target is Montauban Contest the 27th.

Danish National Championship

Spline designers (John Rasmussen and Jan Hansen) made 2nd and 3rd in Danish National F3B Camps. Photos and Results.

Orebro Open 2010

Joakim Ståhl has won Orebro Open. Results here. I hope modellsegelflyg.se will post photos in few days.

Round 2 NZ League at Matamata‏

Seems NZ has made a good hire with Joe Wurst :-P... Read in nzrcsg@yahoogroups.com:

Hi all,

A great weekend was had a Matamata flying round 2 of the F3B series.

A slow day on Saturday getting thru 2 rounds was finished off relaxing at the field at the end of the day.
Fasted speed time for Saturday was a 15.52sec Round 2 run from Joe. David & Richard did personal best times of 18.76 & 18.37 respectively in Round 1.

Sunday saw a contrast from Saturday with light and variable winds. Another 2 rounds flown and finishing around 2:30 giving us good time to pack up and relax before heading off home.

Joe Wurts - 11997 pointsDave Larsen - 11155 pointsChris Kaiser - 10982 pointsDavid James - 10520 pointsKen Duffell - 10279 pointsKevin Botherway - 10189 pointsAneil Patel - 10092 pointsRichard Thompson - 8085 pointsRhys James - 3362 points

Next round June 19 & 20 in Hawkes Bay.
Thanks guys for a great weekend.

Regards
David James

F3B French Trials

French pilots met in Buzançais on 17-18 April to make a new contest of selection for F3B WC Team. Lot of things to see: Results, Photos and Videos :-D

UK League

Chris Jubb has sent us results of F3B League 1st Contest. Steve Halley still rules in UK... Results in that link.

PS: Thank you very much Chris

Kirchheim 2010 Photos

Photos added. Blog will be updated as soon as possilble ;-)

16th Salzburger Wanderpokalfliegen

Eurotour has started that morning. You can see the starters list here.

Las trainings before Kirchheim

Tomorrow will make a speed training with signal system and everything so yesterday I went to Pla de Vent to adjust my Speed and Start 2 settings in my Altus with good results. Tomorrow will be my last flights with Altus because I have to spend next weekend to prepare my dad's Crossfire that will be my second Plane. Ups...!!!! And I received my order from EMC-Vega 1200 meters of orange 1.22 mm. Very cool!!!!!!!!!!

Trimming my Green Altus

I spend that weekend trimming my Altus. With the help of my old settings and Dani I think I will arrive to Kirchheim in good conditions. Although I have a lot of work to do in two weeks :-O Nextr trainning will be Friday afternoon.

Some photos here.

Results of the Soaring Champs New Zealand

Sourced by nzmaa-news@yahoogroups.com

F3B RESULTS

1, Joe Wurts: 5997 pts
2, Chris Kaiser: 5670 pts
3, Kevin Botherway: 5585 pts
4, Andrew Stiver: 5164 pts
5, Richard Thompson: 5079 pts
6, Dave Larsen: 4899 pts
7, John Shaw: 4799 pts
8, David James: 4648 pts
9, Ted Bealing: 4159 pts
10, Aneil Patel: 3898 pts
11, Ken Duffell: 3407 pts
12, Rob Whalley: 3022 pts

Green Altus RDS ready for Sunday

My new Altus is ready for Sunday. I'm very surprised with its weight 2.070 grms :-O

Carles is right...

No sales, I mean "Next Purchases": Altus RDS and MC24


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What I do?

Yesterday In my second launch I lost the control of my Altus. It's not restorable for F3B. I fear the problem is the radio...What I do? I can use my dad's FC28 but I'm not used to it... This week I have to fly my green Altus and Crossfire to fly in Kirchheim. All work made these months lost in two seconds... No photos today...

Next sales: Altus RDS and MC24 :-P


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French F3B Trials

Trials for F3B Team Selection has begun las weekend in Avanton. Patrick Medard won first contest. Some photos and results has been posted in f3news.fr

Winch lines

That afternoon I've been checking my winch lines. I have enough sort of diameters but anyway I'll order 1.22 Megaline to EMC-Vega


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Altus under Construction

This weekend I didn't let fly
my father... he has lot of work with my Altus. Don't think bad... we're a Team ;-)


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Devices for Altus have arrived from Höllein

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Altus under construction

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Crossfire 2 Video

Milang 2010

Last weekend Aussies began F3B Season in Milang. Very good speed scores :-O Photos and results available.

For 3 meters...

We're in Pla de Vent field, lot of wind so I've put 1 kilo of ballast to my Red Altus. Today I've made my best launch... 297 meters!!!!!! I know it's a pour "score"... Anyway I'm happy!!!!!


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Two Altus better than one

Yesterday I drove to Pla de Vent to make some flights and pick up my brand new green stripped coloured nosecone Altus... Wow...everyone is made betther than previous. Tat version will work with RDS and will be my second plane in Kirchheim... or not... :-P Good work Walter!!! Some photos here.

IV Open Internacional Catalunya F3F Eurotour 2010

Last weekend had F3F Eurotour in Santa Coloma Slope. We met thirty pilots, one of the best was with us, Alexis Marechal, he couldn't win but he made amazing flights, very tight turns in base A & B, he made his Alliaj HM never lost energy in the turns... Alexis is the perfect F3F Pilot.
I think I made my best performance in f3f competition. I was third in one of the rounds :-D In last round I flew with full ballast (980 grms) and I learnt that more ballast don't make you faster allways :-P More photos, results and reports in f3b.es and ikarusrc.com, mine are here.

But now is time to concentrate my efforts in Kirchheim :-O

We already have 2 Caracho

I went to Santa Coloma slope yesterday and today to make last flights before F3F Eurotour Contest Saturday was very windy so I could fly with lot of ballast but Sunday wind was very low so we have been flying very quiet and making lot of landings because wind was off very often. My father has flown his Caracho, so each other have one Caracho :-D ready to fly.

Some photos here.

Speed training

Javier, Dani and me have met in Pla de Vent to make some flights, we have had to wait for lower wind having a coffe in Brafim (village near the field). Today was time for speed training... we just have 6 weekends for training before Kirchheim...!!!!!!!!

My photos here.
Javier Portella photos here.

Coll de l'Illa Scores

A little bit upset with my perform in Coll de l'Illa. I hadto fly with my V-Ultra because a problem in Caracho's tail :-( Best of the contest my new personal score (52,19 seconds)

Results here.

News from Aer-O-Tec

I supose you have already read the mail, in case you don't here you have more information about Crossfire 2:


Hallo,

Finally our new F3B/F3F high-preformance glider CROSSFIRE-2 is ready !

It comes with 2-piece wing and new Max Steidle blend of airfoils ( 7,5-7,9% thickness), 2-piece V-tail and preperation for RDS-linkage in wings. Small parts , cabels, connectors,and wing bags are also included. Ballast system in wings and optional in fuselage.

Introducing offer for F3B version (1+1/2 of 93g carbon layer ) is 1380.- Euro + shipping.
More pictures, details and information will be available soon on our homepage:
www.aer-o-tec.de

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Crossfire 2

We have had to wait a long... I think Steffan is very busy with his F3J toys... :-P First news about Crossfire 2. Personally I prefer older color schemes. See here.

No contest

We had planned F3F Winter Club Contest today, but pour conditions didn't let fly us. Luckily I was in the slope before the call so I clould fly a little bit :-P Next Sunday begins Catalonian F3F League in Coll de l'Illa, a really Extrem Conditions Slope :-O

Some photos here.

RDS Frames have arrived

Today I have picked up the RDS frames from Jiri Baudis, I hope to set them in Altus wings in two weeks :-P Sets are ok but I have to brush wood frames.

Bad Day

Everything went right until Carles crash... I'm sorry with him... Walter visited us and make a flight with Dani's Ceres. Alberto's Altus is finished. Every Altus made is better than previous one. Mine will be a F3B Beast!!!!!!!! I have RDS frames from Jiri Baudis in the Post Office, I will bring them tomorrow.

Every 5 minutes I'm clicking F5 in my Explorer... Today begins registration for Kirchheim Eurotour Contest :-P

Some photos here.