ALS Cup F3B in Sønderborg, Denmark
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Sønderborg F3B 17-18.april 2004, |
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Taken from Jojo's diary:
DAY .. 16. April -
2004
Me and Espen took the "speedboat" to Denmark and
going 40knots it only took 2,5hours to get to Denmark. Now this is much better
than the night over with a normal ferry. It costs a bit more but is worth it. We
arrived at Jan and Louise Hansen and there we met Erik Morgan Villadsen for some
Danish hospitality. Jan and Louise have lived in Norway and we know them pretty
well from before. We also drove by
El-flight and went berzerk..
My Visa card became warm
DAY .. 17. April - 2004
A Danish sailplane event is a whole differrent than
in Norway. Here they start with breakfast on the field early morning. This makes
you calm down and since the winches is allready up everybody is ready for the
task! Today we were going to fly "only" duration and speed but we managed a
whole 6 rounds, lunch and also a great dinner prepared on the field. Again the
Danish guys AND girls know how to make it a great event. But there is no secret
that both me and Espen likes good food... Erik have lived in Denmark so one
could say is used to it but still looks like an athlete (sorry Espen..:-) After
two tasks completed Espen was in 2nd place after Jesper Jensen with me in 7th
and Erik in 6th.
The most exiting thing for many might be that Espen flew his new
RaceM F3B that he allready
had place for good 2nd place in F3F a week ago *(see
www.F3X.no for results). The model was blistering good with good launch
height (250-290 according to Lolo), good speed (all speeds 17.. something exept
one with missed turn) and it seemed to thermal well. The model is based on the
famous Racemachine but is bigger. Sadly this is the first model out of the
moulds and it needs to be much stiffer. But Espen is allready on it to change
the production slightly.
Myself ? Well I have full time duration points and does well there with my Brio.
I did not fly full time in the one round I used Caracho (have to compare with
Brio). The speeds are not as good as I want (mainly 19.. something speeds) but I
did not fly better with Caracho so it is my thumbs that needs to "activated" for
speed.
Anyhow the competition was well run and most of the pilots attending are very
good. The conditions were foggy/sun but warm and 6-8m/s wind straight on.
DAY
.. 18. April - 2004 F3B Denmark
A new day and new possibillities. Today we were going to fly only distance and
the organizer had 8 helpers on place allready from 8 o'clock !! That is
fantastic for such an event. We were 3 men teams so it could take some time to
pick up models landing far out. But it went smooth and the F3B timing gear from
Søren Krogh (that looks superb) worked us thru the day. Me and Espen were going
on the boat to Norway at 17:30 so they speeded the whole event up as much as
possible and we were actually finished with 6 rounds before 1 o'clock! Amazing
is the only word I can say to the organizers. That is 4 groups of 3 pilots = 24
flying groups in only 4 hours. Espen was a bit unlucky in round 5 when a wind
gust blew his model around just after the launch because of a strong thermal.
The model took 4-5 loops on the line before it landed almost unhurt in the winch
lines. He borrowed my Caracho and flew well with it for two distances (seems
that my launch setup is good because he got very high and crushed the others).
The wind was 2-4m/s 90 degrees cross and sometimes from the back or front
because of thermals. The sun was shining all day. So me then ?
I think I flew well and only lost a leg or two
somewhere. But I did fly against both Jesper Jensen and Jan Hansen (that came
1st and 3rd) and gave them some beating. So here are the results (will have
details later from Søren). Sorry that I did not remember the last name of
smilling Thomas!