The F3B worlds ended a week of competition this past weekend. Results at the highest level of RC sailplane flying were:
1. Martin Herrig – Germany
2. Andreas Herrig – Germany
3. Fidel Frick- Liechtenstein
Team USA had a great showing against the best in the world with the Team earning a 3rd place and individual placings as follows:
Mike Smith 8th
Tom Keisling 15th
Aaron Valdes 16th
Congrats to the Herrig brothers and Fidel Frick and a big Well done team USA!
The F3B World Championship runs from July 7 through July 14 and is being held in Emmen, Switzerland.
F3B is a multi-task thermal glider competition that focuses on three tasks.
Duration – flight time of exactly 10 minutes with landing as close as possible to a marking on the ground.
Distance – passing a flight zone of 150 meters as often as possible within a limited time.
Speed – passing a flight zone of 150 meters two times in both directions as quickly as possible. Speeds reach up to 150 km/h!
Local and National competitions lead up to the F3B Worlds and pit the world’s best model glider pilots who vie for gold, silver and bronze.
The high-tech sailplanes are among the most beautiful in our sport and many are as high-tech in their construction as an F1 car!
Keep up with the official Worlds site at:
http://www.f3b-wm.ch/index.php?show=49
Or view the Team USA site at:
http://www.usrainfo.org/teamusaf3b/5_6/html/index.html
There is even an RCGroups discussion at:
I’ve set up a Public Flickr Group for Soar Milwaukee to become a repository for photos of our radio control soaring activities Milwaukee area. The Flickr Group is at:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/soarmilwaukee/
If you are already a Flickr member you probably know how to post to group pools but if not, join the group above first then find a photo you uploaded, look at the icons directly above the photo and choose send to group, then pick the group you want to send the photos to. You can do it through the batch tool as well.
If you are not a Flickr member basic memberships are free and Flickr is one of the biggest communities for photo sharing and is a Yahoo! company. Great place.
I am working on the renewal of charter #1865 for the Milwaukee Soaring Group. It hasn’t been that long since we had an active charter and I was Secretary so I can get this going. I already have the info from the AMA and will keep you posted on the progress.
Welcome to Soar Milwaukee! This is the website for a Milwaukee based club called the Milwaukee Soaring Group; dedicated to growing the hobby or radio control sailplane flying and promoting competitions for rc soaring enthusiasts.
MSG members are active in all facets of radio controlled soaring;