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7/8:
Espen have been playing a bit with his camera and gives us
aerial shots of the WC-site.
Look at the pictures here
5/8:
Some gossip: Espen crashed because of a servo horn on the
elevator. The model is not repairable. Pasi Vaisanen and Daryl
Perkins used up their working time in speed but Pasi got a
reflight (as usual..:-). The Swedes are doing very well but the
Swiss is now on top (they are as always almost invisible but in
the end...). The weather is like the
rest of Europe extremely hot with 37 degrees at the WC site and
32 now at 21:30.
5/8:
Download TV-report by German television (20,4mb .zipped
.mpg). 4/8-17:00: Espen have crashed in a tree and needs the fire department.. It seems that he had little control of the elevator. He managed to fly over 6 min in round 2 duration.... Now they are repairing.
4/8-15:45:
There have been a "disaster" at the flying field. A strong wind
came over the field and took some tents with it high up in the
air. But it also took some models and Widar's Tragi went 50m up
into the air and crashed. It is no longer with us... Espen's X21
almost went also but Espen held it and he was almost in the air
(he made himself "heavy"... He knows how..).
2/8:
The Norwegian Team is in place and ready for WC. 29/7: We are on our way to WC. Just have to stop in Czech Republic and Slovakia.. Ooops there we were almost in Poland after bad map reading. We are now practicing mental F3B training in the car.
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 Espen
Torp - Stavanger: Age: 40Profession : Self employed consultant. Modelling since :1980 Merits : - Norwegian Champion in F3F: 84,88,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,99,00,01,02 - Norwegian Champion in F3B: 88,89,90,91,92,93,95,96,97,98,99,01,02 - Norwegian Champion in F3J: 95,96 - Nordic Champion in F3F: 94 - Nordic Champion in F3B: 95 - Viking Race Champion F3F: 94,96 - Participated in every world championship in F3B since 1987 (Osnabruck) Best result: # 13 in South Africa 1999. - First place in the 1999 World Speed Trials, USA - First place in the 1999, 2000, 2001 Welsh Open F3F, Wales - Former world record holder in F3B Speed: 14,24 seconds. - Current F3B distance World record holder with 35 laps. I started model sailplanes in 1980. I have always liked to compete against myself and others. I really enjoy being out in the nature, sometimes alone together with my sailplane, this gives me peace and harmony. But somehow this is not enough, the thrill of flying against the clock is really giving me an adrenalin kick and I think it will be a long time before I give up this sport. Many people think that model sailplanes are boring stuff. Just a plane you park in the sky and wait until it comes down. I think it is just the opposite, lots of challenges and possibilities. It is always interesting to fight the laws of nature! Ambitions: As one can read from my merits, Norwegian championships seems to come easily for me, but I can insure all that have doubts that it is not easy to keep up concentration for this long. And there are so many factors involved which makes it even more difficult. So my goal is to try and keep the rest of the Norwegians behind me for some years more. I also want to continue to participate in future World and European Championships in F3B. The next Worlds (2003) in F3B will be held in Germany and this will be my short term goal. Regards, Espen ET-AIR - www.et-air.com No limits, just DS! It will change your life! Models during WC:
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Holmedahl, age 43, lives in the countryside, not too far from Oslo.He is married, and the father of a 10 year old girl. At work he is working as a Software Developer. He started RC Aeromodelling at the age of 16, and since then he has flown allmost anything with RC, from glow to electric, planes to helicopters, land and water. The "collection" of FAI classes flown now contains F3A/B/C/J, F5B/F. Most at national level. First about 2 years ago he started to fly sailplanes, and since then, most flying time has been with F3B sailplanes. At the last F3B nationals he finished third. Planes to be used at WC: -1st model is X21 Profile: MH-32, Wing span: 3200mm -2nd model is Tragi 702 Profile: RG-15, Wing area: 63,2dm2, Wing span: 3040mm -3rd model is Ellipse 4 Profile: HQ/W, Wing area: 65,7dm2, Wing span: 3150mm All controlled by Graupner MC24.
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support and helper:Gjermund Westad - Løten, Born: 1964 Married to Inger Marit,and the father of Anette 8, and Mari 5 Started in RC at the age of 14 and competed in F3B in the early eighties. Then life came along and he got busy trying to find an honest way to make a living. He soon gave up and became an airline pilot in `88.(too lazy to work, too scared to steal) He started in RC again about five years ago with the ambition to get more out of it than just "glider guiding". The results have yet to materialize... His tech. support qualifications consist of a pair of pliers and a complete lack of respect for mechanical contraptions. Raw need drove him into making his own vinches a couple of years ago. It was so much fun he might do that again some time. He is eagerly waiting to meet everybody at this years World Championships. |
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