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DAY
.. 3. September - 2003
- A little more.... Just got to write a few more words now that I have found my bed and kissed my wife a few times... :-) Yes it was great. I drove 2200km and sat on a ferry for 28 hours. The conditions was not perfect with plenty wind and rain showers. It went MANY models in both starts, mid-airs and maybe moisture ? Even my own model was not spared after a mid-air just after the start in one round. I also got a servo breakdown so for many this event had plenty of action. But hey that's what it is all bout. Being prepared and go thru a whole event with no "missing in action". There was not the air of Finland with good thermals but every round the treeline gave enough lift to take out those guys that went their own way. I remember Jane (my spotter from Samba) saying to me: "Are you sure you want to go left instead of right on the treeline?"..... She should have banged me in the head with that line a few more times. Mostly the planes went to the treeline with wind into it and soared back and forward until they were last in the sky. Many rounds were flown below 10 minutes and it was good to see that 2nd final gave Tony Vale the win by flying and not landing points. In the finals the last meter of landing gave 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100points for each 20cm but this was not needed thank god. I personally hope that we can use the 2x75m start in F3J in the future..... BTW after the midnight chucky I took out my uncles flying electric wing and made some midnight flights. The tree-elephants grabbed my wing at over 20m. The fire department at the Gilze-Rijen airbase had to blow it down with waterpower from their big trucks!!! It was actually cool to see the tree-elephant had to release the model and it was blown out of the tree... See the pictures... DAY .. 28-31. August - 2003 - 73 Pictures is HERE Short report from Hollandglide (more when I get home as I have taken 260 pictures and some video). For the first time I have been to Hollandglide. First of all let me thank all the people that wished me good luck for this event by email and SMS. It was well appreciated and nice to see that so many look at the pages AND wishes me good luck. I did not by a looong mile win the Hollandglide but I DID WIN the Midnight Chucky. This was a midnight DLG/HLG contest in the middle of the night with lights on our planes. I was not the pilot with the longest flight but I did make 2 loops in the same flight and did throw DLG-style with my "Mini-phønix". So what did I do wrong ? Well after 8+10 hours of driving and long ferry trip I was tired, took some chances (landed twice outside 75m and took restart with other model) and broke another servo on the Brio (the third of this kind.....). But I did get a 999,8? with the Pike Brio and that was a good feeling between the problems. All in all I can look back at one event that gave me prices and gave me plenty of things to think about (mistakes that must be corrected). The Hollandglide was very nice and I loved the event and to see all my friends and new friends there. I think it was 126 competitors on the list (120 flew) and we had 6 preliminary and 2 finals to conclude that England IS BACK! Tony Vale stole the trophy with his Pike Superior in front of Jaroslav Vostrel from Samba. Hollandglide was well organized with plenty of helpers (we took the time our self) and there was no trouble to mention what so ever. We flew mostly 11-13 pilots in each slot and there was 12 pilots in the final. The weather was not with us all the time but as I mentioned 6 rounds + finals in two days is fast and smooth. Congratulations to the organizers for a well prepared event. I will also like to mention the girls on the field that did a marvellous job to keep us smiling and separate prizes for the many juniors. Did I mention a female athlete in fifth place!!!!!!! I think you will find the results at Hollandglide.nl soon |
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DAY
.. 28-31. August - 2003
I am leaving for
Hollandglide,
Eurotour F3J. This is the biggest F3J-competition there is.
Since I didn't get to go for European Championship this is my goal
this year.
Wish me good luck!
I will be flying
with the Czech team and depend on their help. Should be fun!
Luckily Jane from
Samba know a bit English...
DAY
.. 24. August - 2003
Just a few miles away from the flying field there are a good slope
that we wanted to try. The wind should normally be south here but
there is also a North slope that was ok. It was not perfect landing
conditions here but we all found a suitable place to finish of our
flights. Me and 4 others had a superb flying session and I flew the
Brio and a new Vector prototype that worked very well. Actually it
worked so well that when I by accident turned it off before start it
flew for several minutes before it crashed on the back of the hill.
Vector is a foam/EPP flying wing that
flyes gentle and easy for most people. The new "Vector Zero" should
also DS ok and can also be equipped with a small electric motor.
The new model is now called "Vector zero" (name by Finn Krogvig)
because of its zero washout compared to the original.
BTW the CG was found to be best at 210-215mm.
The Vector Zero can be ordered from
http://www.flying-start-rc-models.com
More photos here (some of are taken by Espen G. Bakke, the man who produces the Vector)
DAY
.. 23. August - 2003
Competition day and we started at 11:00. There was a bit wind that
changed with more thermals during the day. I mostly headed for the
nearest slope and found thermals on the way there except one of the
flights. This flight I found a thermal that was ok but wanted to
check out Inge Balswick that was heading another direction in a
smaller thermal. That was a mistake and I fell down a little bit to
early. NEVER leave good air.... Anyhow I did get to the finals won
them both with a good margin. The flight times was not the best as
one needed a good start to be sure of reaching the slopes but I was
always first of the line (I normally go when I feel I have enough or
when first man zoom of).
After I had got a big trophy from the CD Pål Vindfallet we had a
good time flying full size DG-500 (not me) and watching a Yak-52 and
a Birddog flying acro over the field. In the evening we had some
barbeque again.
BTW I flew the Pike Superior all rounds (4+2).
Results and
Nor. txt can be found HERE
DAY
.. 22. August - 2003
On my way to Nome airport and some F3J-cup. Today we had some
practice at the field and I flew the Pike Brio. The wind was pretty
strong and it was possible to slope fly on a nearby hill (apx 800m
away). There was plenty of pilots practicing today and we were 9
pilots for the barbeque in the evening.
DAY
.. 20. August - 2003
Nice weather again and 12m/s wind on the
slope at Storefjell.
Not the perfect direction but I had a nice flight for over 30min
with the Pike Brio X-tail.
Want a Brio desktop picture ? Just click
HERE and right click on the picture for the txt: "set as
background".
DAY
.. 17. August - 2003
Per Arne still here and today we had visitors from Porsgrunn. One of
them (Geir Strømstad) wanted to buy my oldest Pike Superior so we
set up the winch on a local field so that he could get the first
starts and some quality flying. The model off course worked well as
always and a big grin could be seen on his face!
He even managed some spot on landings right away.
We also flew his friends K2 and I flew my own Superior. Per Arne
also got a flight with his Graphite. We did have to stop for a few
minutes for some rain (see the rainbow)
that did not come but we had some good flights and some thermals.
Ållebergstevlingen
2004
Scandinavias biggest
event (F3B-T)
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DAY
.. 16. August - 2003
My uncle Per Arne were here for some
flying and we went to a local field for some winch flying. I flew
the Superior X-tail and have never seen so many flies atracted by
the yellow Superior (see picture). Nice weather and lots of thermals
today. I even had over 50 loops without loosing altitude!
DAY
.. 12. August - 2003
Just a small session of flying at a nearby slope just up for
Fagernes with the PIKE Brio. The V-tail fuse I crashed the other month was repaired so
that I can use it if necessary. It worked out ok but I changed to
the X-tail after 20min of flying and flew another 20min. I really am
hooked on the X-tail and the "neutral" CG that I use now. Thanks
Gordy - You have made me think of many things a whole new way.
DAY
.. 10. August - 2003
Started early and after 270km and apx 3 hours of fun driving with my
mothers cabriolet I arrived at Flittig (the airport of the model
club Vingen). First people said was that it was cool that I made the
trip but why no planes ?? Out from the small car I
took my Organic... It was said that I was going to spot for many of
the Vingen pilots today. So I did without thinking so much of the
28 degrees outside. After a couple of hours I was dehydrated! But it
went ok and I think some of the pilots appreciated the spotting.
Before the competition I got one flight with the Organic and it was
not in as good trim as I wanted. There was not enough elevator
control but it flew ok and the competition went well until every
landing. I also did a mistake when calculating the remaining time in
round 3 and lost a few seconds there. This came up when the results
were put into Egil Roland's pc.. I got beaten by Espen Gjardar Bakke
but got second place only 3 points behind. There were 14 competitors
and I think I should be happy with the results. After all I flew a
plane apx 20dm smaller than Espen.
I also have to tell you about the other guys. There were pilots from
all over the area and lots of new faces were seen. They were all
very nice guys and during the day we had some good laughs. The
flying area was not perfect so bad launch heights or not spotting
the thermal immediately made it extremely difficult to stay up.
There was high trees all around and the wind came from every direction
you could think of. So the landings were really "spaced out" for
some of us. Happily there was no real crash other than one of the
guys not turning on... The plane came down so gentle and nice!!!!
Report from Egil Roland (Nor txt) |
Detailed results |
more photos by me |
photos by Espen
BTW Have you seen the nice slope at the Lyngås motorsports field ??
Picture
DAY
.. 9. August - 2003
I was not going to fly today BUT. Tomorrow I will go to LSF
competition (3x7min thermal). This because I got to borrow my
mothers Mercedes CLK200 (cabriolet 2 seats). This meant that there
was no room for my Pike as there is practically no space in this
car. But I did get to fit my Organic behind the seats. But the
Organic had not been flown as sailplane after the crash last month.
So in the light of the stars I flew a few turns at my mothers place
before it was packed in the car.
DAY
.. 8. August - 2003
It is hot (28 degrees) but in the mountains the temperature is
better. So I went to Klanten in the evening to cool down a bit. The
winch was set up and at 21:30 I had 5 long flights
with the Superior in the calm and hot air.
BTW reports say that some of the guys at WC F3B only use 2mm
start flap in the hot and thin air. So I just had to test that. Hook
further back and testing was done. The Lolo said there was no diff.
in start height...
DAY
.. 7. August - 2003
The local airfield of the club has a solar panel that was not doing
the job so I went and fixed it. It seemed that a cell in the battery
was dead so I changed the battery. The local club's airfield is only
120m long so I went to nearby slope instead and flew the PIKE Brio.
The conditions were typical thermal with 5m/s and thermals lifting
me to great heights. In the back the DS worked every time a thermal
had gone thru (with strong wind after).
DAY
.. 6. August - 2003
Klanten airport and some winch practice with PIKE Brio and a new
elevator. I had cut 3cm of each elevator to get less drag but still
good control. A pilot taking of from Klanten (
LN-NPO ) were really concerned if I was
member - allowed to fly here - etc.... Typical. They don't say who
they are but wants us RC-pilots to stand upright for them. I think
he is member of the board at NLF as I met him in March at our yearly
meeting. What did I do ? Well I stud upright and answered all his
questions. I had a key to the gate - not him :-) Anyhow he soon
disappeared and I could do my thing. It was good conditions with
lots of thermals but also big sink between them. I flew 6 long
flights (2 of them with lead and some speed flying) before I went
home. The elevator worked just fine and I think I will fly with this
elevator every time I use the X-tail and Brio.
DAY
.. 5. August - 2003
The local slope near Fagernes was used today. Both the Superior and
the Brio was in action about half an hour each. Good lift - mostly
thermals. I flew the Brio with CG at 118mm and the Superior at 118
and 120mm. Remember this is only possible by an experienced pilot
and with X-tail.
DAY
.. 3. August - 2003
Wanted to relax today but 5m/s steady wind made
me cruise up into the mountains. I ended up at Beitostølen flying DS
with my PIKE Brio. It was a pretty good day with 5m/s wind and
steady conditions back in the DS (Dynamic Soaring). I have made a
small Video in Windows Media format
(0,5mb). It will not stay on the server forever....
DAY
.. 2. August - 2003
Competition day and the possibility to be Club
Champion in electro-thermal. We fly 3x12minutes and the motor time is withdrawn from the
flight time. It is possible to use diff. motors
and cells because of some handicap rules. In my Organic I have 6
cells and a 3-phase motor equipped with a 17x13prop (10m/s upwards).
My uncle Per Arne wanted to let my try his Graphite electro in the
comp. so I did. This machine is 3,1m an equipped with 10cells it
goes 13m/s upwards. First round I used only 8 seconds of motor and
after 3 rounds I had used only 8+16+9 seconds to fly the 3x12
minutes. I also landed OK (you cant bang these things to the
ground...) and I won the whole event with a plane I had only
flown a few times before :-) Thanks for the borrowing Per Arne!
Detailed
results | More
photos
DAY
.. 1. August - 2003
Arrived at Spydeberg at 14:00 and ready for some
practice with electro. Per Arne and Alf Erik was there and we flew
some flights and discussed some theories about "neutral" CG. That
means what I am trying to achieve with my planes at the moment. I am
trying to decrease the EWD (ElevatorWingDifference) so that the
plane will fly neutral both straight and upside down. This can be
done when you have a full flying stab. Just change the CG (center of
gravity) until the plane flies both ways. I have found that I want
my plane to fly straight upside down with speed flap on. It is a
little bit difficult subject to explain and maybe not anything for
all pilots to test. To do this will not make your plane fly much
further and you will maybe not stay up there longer. But I think it
will maybe make it easier to spot thermals and the response on the
input is greater. BTW This is not possible with a fixed tail. Today
I flew the Organic a few flights and the Superior one flight.