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DAY .. 30.oktober
2007 -
Perfect
electro YES the first Pike Perfect with electro has flown. It is a first issue to check out the incidence on the motor and see that all equipment could be easily installed. I used my trusty Hacker B50-6S with 6,7:1 gear, 18x11 prop and FAI18 controller. The cells were 4xA123 that needs to be slightly warm to do well but does fairly well cold also on the first climb (we are talking >10m/s). The total weight was 2735g with the standard wing (edited 2545g with SL wing) and the fuse ready to go was 1280g (incl. elevator this was a standard fuse). The model flew just as well as I expected and it was like I had the small ballast tube in. The incidence is 0 degrees both down and right but since the nose is dropping (banana shaped the whole fuse) it makes some degrees down thrust. This was super and there was no need for right thrust. Since the fuse is shaped like this it is very easy to get whatever cells you want inside from the canopy. I checked with both some Kokam 4 cells, 10GP2200 and the mentioned A123 and there is room for much more if someone wants a rocket. Will get back with the weights. In the tail I used 2 pcs of Airtronics 94761Z (the whole model is equipped with this servo) and there was enough room to have everything inside the rudder post (nice ;). For receiver I used a 9ch SPCM JR and 4 cells 1500mah AA-NiCd just behind the wing. Photos by my son Fredrik |
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DAY .. 28.oktober
2007 - Lærdalstunnelen
On the way home I went by the longest tunnel in
the world and stopped for some flying. With its
24,5km it is a long drive so what is more
natural than to stop and fly in one of the 3
large stopping places ?-) I flew the Joker2 and
stopped flying when a couple of large trailers
were rumbling in the background. Cool to have
done that too (fly a heli inside here too)
DAY .. 24-26.oktober
2007 - Photomission
Yes it has been a bit quiet here but for a
reason. I have been on the North part of the
west coast to take some photos of some rocks for
geologists in a large oil company. It went very
well. 3 days of photos in heavy turbulence but
we did it. I am not so sure any other operators
of this kind would have so much success. But the
main place we flew on the second day was
supposed to be 45min light walking but after
45min climbing!! we were not even at the top. It
took 2 hours each way and 10-15m/s winds at the
top made it difficult. But after 2 hours and
three flights landing on 5x2m of fairly ok
ground we had the 400 pictures we needed. On the
picture you see the area we photographed that
day (photo from the plane we flew).
Have a lot of video and pictures but too much
right now....
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DAY .. 19.oktober
2007 -
Perfect
DAY .. 18.oktober
2007 -
Kobra DS |
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DAY .. 12-14.oktober
2007 -
Soarist Open F3J -
More pictures by Jojo -
RC-groups video by Kadir Istifci
one /
two
NEW
Photos by Lionel Fournier of me and my son -
South Africa blogspot
So then I am home again! I did not bring my
laptop to the event but my Ipaq that did not do
the trick with updating this website.
Soarist Open 2007 gathered 86 pilots from 26
countries around the world for a Tournament of
Champions. It was an invitational event and I am
very happy that I was invited for this. Left
Norway Thursday morning and after a 3 hour
flight I arrived in Istanbul together with my
son. I paid for my son so that he could see more
of what a huge F3J contest is and maybe work
hard this winter flying. Maybe he can be a
junior pilot soon? Dad really hope so off course
;)
Some of this writeup will have to be seen as a
"check" for next World Championship F3J that
Turkey will organize.
Most pilots arrived Thursday and we headed of to
the Hotel in busses provided by the organizers.
Customs are never a problem in Turkey and most
pilots got their boxes. 2 1/2 hours later we
arrived at the Hotel while one bus was caught in
traffic and used 6 hours... It was National
holiday so early or late is the best arriving in
Istanbul I think. Hotel was nice (20 of us had
another Hotel nearby) and Setur the booking
company does a nice job making sure we are all
were and when we should be... I will actually go
so far that I think all teams should let them
handle the booking for next World Championship
as I am not sure I can do a better job for my
team. Maybe I want a car to sleep a bit longer
and maybe stay at the field some nights but it
is good to have someone care for you.
Friday morning we woke up to high temperatures
and 1 hour drive to a field that looked like it
was not for us. Imagine a huge field you can
launch in any direction and with grass cut like
it was a golf field. A big tent for models and
catering and also and also extra food wagons if
you found yourself hungry outside the normal
breakfast/lunch/dinner time. Field is laid out
with the usual red stripes to show launch
corridor and possibility to launch in either
direction from the middle. There are no slopes
nearby. Some tree lines can work as thermal
kickers but not big enough to be worked as
slope. Friday was practice day but they also
flew round 0 to check up the gear and let us all
make good use of the day. It was easy conditions
all day but the last groups had a more calm
condition with the sun (and visible flying
light) just disappearing. In the evening we went
to a surprise party with barbeque and a very fun
karaoke night. A hat was taken out to draw the
names though I think there was some cheating
from Semin (our Aunt in Turkey...) to make it
more exiting. We had a blast and I had to sing a
Turkish song. That was not possible so ended up
making a rap on F3J. It is not more than a
karaoke machine that is needed to have a full
evening of fun. My son took video of almost all
the singing done during the night but I am not
sure you are in the same mood as us when you
watch it ;) Great evening at a very nice
place with a small pond and garden around it.
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Saturday we started early as all athletes should do I guess! Up at 6 and off with the bus at 7:30 I think it was. We arrived in foggy conditions at the field but managed to start of the competition in decent time. Some did fly a but far thru the fog but no models were lost I think. Conditions were different all day making it sometimes very difficult in some rounds and easy in others. We had a great big lunch midday and the weather looked for a while super with sun coming in over us as we heard rumours about rain other places. We did have some stops but flew until the sun gave up on us and had 3 1/2 round at the end of the day. The contest was running pretty smooth and the only stops we had was mostly because of weather. The timing system is just as we have been used to in Turkey and works ok. As you know I make some MP3 files of my own and like it slightly other ways but it works and there were no glitches in the timing or the LED boards on each end of the corridor. Official timers were provided and for the first time in modelling I think we used electronic sending of times and landings to the main computer that also provides scores on big screens in the "pits". You even get a receipt of your scores from tiny printers the timers have in their belt. Beware that the official timing is with as the rules state a digital clock as usual. The boards was not used all the time as the rain came in but I think it worked well also showing video of this and earlier events. A note is that I think the hand units that sent the times in for scoring were on 2,4gHz and were not any problem for those who flew on 2,4gHz in their planes. On Friday I had the chance to fly Larry Jolly's Pike Perfect equipped with this technology from JR/Horizon hobbies and YES it did work and YES I did fly Larry's plane extremely far away in low altitude. Larry's model is a new version fuse with glass/kevlar in the nose area so that the 2,4gHz Rx antenna can sit inside the fuse. It seems to be a fast and reliable system and I know there was a lot of other communication devices on this field (Walkie talkies, computers, mobiles, etc). Dinner was at the Hotel and as always in Turkey I get good food. Even my son ate some and you know how difficult a 10 year old can be not being home.. Larry also helped me with bringing a JR9303 since my son wanted one and I cant get it here in Europe. Thanks Larry!! You are a good friend.
Sunday we woke up to a lot of rain coming down on us and even though we went for a very early start there was no chance that the weather was going to improve enough to be flying. So we went to the wet airfield and packed our boxes before we headed for a very cool fishing restaurant up the hills. Here we were for many hours eating lots of small nice meals before we did a few words to wrap up the contest. The evening was spent in the Hotel and while some gathered in a party others slept a bit before we would go home on Monday or later into the night.
All in all a very
good test for next years World Championship in
Turkey. There was things to improve but that is
also why they did this competition. They want to
improve and be the best. Be SURE to be there for
Eurotour early spring because I WILL. I have
learned to love Turkey and the people I have met
up with there. And when they can get so many
nice pilots (F3J pilots is a good bunch of
lovely people) together it cant go wrong. I
would like to thank the Organizers and their
sponsors for a great event (again) and also all
the pilots and my team the Czech guys (and Jane
that was kind of best of us on the list this
time...). Love you all.
More pictures by Jojo
New models? Should there be any new models this year?)) Yes there were one at least. The High End from HKM was there and it seems to be a nice quality plane that does not fly bad. I did not get the chance to try one or see one in difficult air but it looked nice. I also heard that Stefan Eder is making a face lift on the Crossfire with better linkage and new and better tail for the V-tail version. Not really a F3J model but for windy conditions we sometimes need that. Many of today's F3J models are made very light and fragile. New this year is more and more 2,4gHz. As mentioned earlier Larry Jolly was there with his Pike Perfect and flew pretty well (had one line snap though) and I know the Supra comes with glass/kevlar nose cone also. I think many will switch to this system and it does have some advantages. I did have a glitch on Friday with my Perfect on 35Mhz possibly due to a Tx being shut on briefly?? and that would hopefully not have happened with 2,4gHz.
Have probably
forgotten something or someone in this writeup.
Will update if I wake up during the week ;)
Please send me an email if you have an update or
pictures!!!! jojo (at) vfkm.no
DAY .. 9.oktober
2007 - Nemo
New tail feathers finsihed made in depron that I
sanded a bit and applied 25g glassfiber on each
side and on one side a little UMS carbon rowings.
The weight for each is 3,6 and 4,2g and they are
stiff enough. My Nemo is a bit beaten up maybe
but with 300mah lipo cell for battery I got the
weight down to 108g and that is ok. It flew well
and I had lots of tiny thermals to work on today
so the flights was 1min to 6 minutes and a top
altitude of 52m... Most launches was 20 to 32m
and that is no spinning - only one swing.
DAY .. 8.oktober
2007 - Old logs and Nemo
Flew the Nemo in calm air today with the heavy
tail feathers and although it flew well I found
I wanted to make some new ones.
A little late maybe.. but here are the flights I
logged at Nationals F3B. It was 6-10m/s and the
wind came 70-90 degrees from the side.
Some of my
flight logs -
zlog-files from 15.sep
DAY .. 7.oktober
2007 - Nemo
Changed the elevators on my Nemo as I was tired
of them twisting in the heat of the car. the
overall weight is higher but they now hopefully
can take some beating. That is the clue with
this model - it should take some beating and be
taken out of the car anytime to have some fun. A
bit windy and turbulent but lots of thermals so
I flew pretty long flights when I nailed the
thermals. The extra weight seems to make the
Nemo good coming home again (apx 120g.). The
Nemo can be built from 85 to 95 with the stock
elevators.
DAY .. 5.oktober 2007
- Pike Perfect
Great evening with the Pike Perfect in calm air
to confirm the settings. Had 8 flights on short
line on the winch. Fredrik took the photos.
DAY .. 4.oktober 2007
My son flew his Easyglider that we have put an
electric motor in. Just a MTM400, 3 cell lipo
and a 7x4 prop to get it up there. Worked out
nicely and the climb rate fits ok for his flying
and the model is just as light as before. He
also flew my Nemo and controls it ok even after
a hard throw. No pictures again...
DAY ..
3.oktober 2007
Me and my son went up to my mother's mountain
place and while he drove his electric car I flew
the Nemo. Wonderful weather and a few thermals
to hunt for. Just had to update though no
pictures
DAY .. 3.oktober 2007
Snipped from
RCSE.. Written by our good friend Larry
Jolly.
For those of you interested in International
Soaring Competitions, the Worlds Best organized
Glider Competition will be held the week after
Visalia, in Adapazari, Turkey. The Competition
is the Soarist Open, formerly Istanbul Open and
is the result and dedication of the
Soarist
group in Istanbul and their Chairman Mustafa Koc.
Their hard work has bought new standards to
international F3J Soaring competitions, and will
bring Turkey the honor of hosting the Best
World
Championships to date next July. This is the
website for this years competition.
http://www.soarist.com/soaristopen/ For
those interested, you will be able to check out
the excellent flying venue, the organization,
and the great people putting on this Unique
Model Sporting Event.
DAY .. 1.oktober 2007
Very calm and nice day but I took my chances and
went to a huge slope I have nearby called
Slettefjell. I was lucky and the thermals drove
the slope to a wonderful day. Started out
checking out the conditions with my tiny DLG
Nemo and went directly for the bigger DG-600
(4-4,8meter from H-models in Czech Republic
provided by my friend
Petter).
What a blast! This was the maiden flight but the
settings was as good as I could hope for. I will
probably move the CG backwards a bit (Was at
84mm for those who wants to know) and make some
ballast system but other than that it behaved
very nicely. When the thermals went thru I could
really step it up on the slope edge with speed
flap (made a huge difference). My son made a
nice video
HERE
(50mb .wmv) or small preview
here
(17mb .wmv). Also flew the Supra electric
afterwards and though it is a better tool I was
in heaven after the DG-600 flight so never
really enjoyed the Supra's perfect 4 point
rolls... A note is that I today used the A123
and took out a bit more power of them (135Amps).
They did not perform well before the 3rd climb.
Maybe they need to get heated before use?
