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Robert Hetzel, 2004
based on JAlbum 6.3
germanf3k2006
Tent and bus that hosted the office of the competition.
Me, putting on my starting number.
Pilots meeting
One of the organizers, Alex Wunschheim talking to pilots. Alex also participated and placed 42th.
View to the field. The white line on the front is the flying box marker. The feared sunflower field on the back. It was not so high near the field, but more than 2 meters high further back
Start of the first round. I was in the first group and was late. Me and my timer, Edgars Koks from Latvia running the field.
I had problems with plane. I left the wing upside down before contest. Dymond D-60 servos overheated under the sun (yes, there was really sunshine :) and the thermal drift put the center off by 5mm! I did not realize what happened and recentered them. After first flight I had 5mm reflex. Fortunately, this was last flight counts task and there was no thermals, so I still managed to get 835 points from this round.
Rok Bordon (with plane) and Samo Leskosek from Slovenia.
View to the field and camp.
Entrance to the flying field. Camp on the back.
Sergei Timofejev from Latvia.
Our car with Estonian flag on the left.
Spectacular rainbow with double colors.
Notice the multiple green and purple stripes.
View to the field.
Transmitter impound. Most of the pilots gave away only the antenna. The transmitter was given only when it was impossible to remove the antenna.
Winner and his wing. Martin Herrig became the German Champion 2006. He is one the builders of the Aspirin.
Unusal tail on one of the Aspirins.
Joachim Pichotta launching
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Stefan Wahlberg from Sweden launching.
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Arne Schipper launching
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Alex Wunschheim with his planes.
Bruce Davidson with his planes
Edgars Koks launching
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Claus Schnarrenberger launching
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Aspirin in air
Turbo in air
Nikola Francic from Croatia launching
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Estonian fans - my wife Kirsi and her sister Edith
My son Taavi. Seems he got great launch
Hot-air balloon bypassing the flying field
Balloon over the sunflowers.
Another balloon landing behind the camp.
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Me, launching
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Second launch
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My plane in the air. Blaster fuselage and own-made SuperGee II wing and tail
Edgars Koks
Pilots checking the results. Bus windows make good weatherproof billboard.
View to the field before senior fly-off. Weather was much better during the fly-off.
First task - all up, last down, 3 launches, 3 minute max. Helpers were located outside the flying box, so flyer was alone. Phil Barnes in front, Bas Preijer on the right, Jean-Bernard Verrier on the left
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Phils plane at the moment of the release - note the bend in the wings and tailboom.
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Phil and Samo Leskosek did not make back to the field. Phil was very high before he started to go back, so it was quite surprising for me that he landed outside the flight box.
Richard Swindells launching the Aspirin. Samo Leskosek on the right.
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The contest was held on the open airfield. Gliders were starting all the time and surfed the big cliff near the airfield. During the flyoff they flew over the model airfield and used "our" thermals.
Mattias Hammarskiöld from Sweden launching.
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Jean-Bernard Verrier and Phil waiting for launch
Aspirins.
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Another full-scale encounter.
Crowd watching the fly-offs
Phil landed outside again.
Ralph Mittelbach
Mattias Hammarskiöld and his helper Jonas Blomdahl
Bruce and Phil returning from field
Group photo. 87 pilots altogether. AFAIK this was worlds largest F3K competition.
Chris Gibbs packing - the rain is approaching fast.
Desk with prices. There was something for everybody. Pilots entered the tent in the order of their rank, so best pilots chosed first.
Trophies
Medals
Winners of the preliminary rounds (from left) Mattias Mattias Hammarskiöld - seconds place, Ralph Mittelbach - first place, Phil Barnes - third place. The Eurotour points were awarded on the basis of scores from preliminary rounds.
German Champions - Juniors
German Champions - Jugend
German Champions - Jean-Bernard Verrier (second place), Martin Herrig (first place), Richard Swindells (third place)
And finally - 28. Arne Ansper :) I'm very happy about this competition. It was my first big one and I learned a lot. My final placing was 28 and score was 84,38%.