Today started with a rainbow which all the British competitors hoped would end in a pot of Gold. Andy was due to fly early, (which for those who know Andy is NOT an EASY task as he is not at his best after getting up at 6:30 😊) In round 4 Andy flew Cary Minor who … Read More
2024 F2 World Championships, Muncie, USA Day 3
2024 F2 World Championships, Muncie, USA Day 1 & 2
Pre Championships Report Prior to the competition we decided that we needed to test and show that we could control stress levels and keep rehydrated so Dave Wiseman took up black jack at the local casino and won whilst Johnathon Crabtree practiced his re hydration techniques. Both were done successfully. It was also amazing to … Read More
2024 F4 Scale World Championships Day 7 report
Day 7 started as mad as day 6 finished, we hurried down to the airfield to crack on with assembling the models. With Nigel still a little unwell and the call to static judging an hour earlier than we had expected, the challenge was on to get all the delicate fancy scale bits like pitot … Read More
2024 European F3C Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 3, 4 & 5
Apologies for the lack of updates but its been very full on for the GBR F3C team. Not only has the flying order meant that the 3 pilots are spread out across the day, but we have also had trouble with one of our vehicles- more on that later! As I am writing this we … Read More
2024 European F3N Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 5
Our round today (Music) was due to start at 3.20pm but a band of rain was forecast for around 4.30 / 5pm so the organisers asked if we minded starting early to try and avoid the rain. We were all at the competition site by 2.55pm having been at the practise site since 9.30am. Luca … Read More
2024 F4 Scale World Championships Day 6 report
Apologies for missing days 4, and 5, to be fair the world may have ended but I wouldn’t have noticed I as was suffering with “Bucharest Belly”, not only that but, with planes stuck in customs, there wasn’t much to report other than a new or varied sob story. So this was the “today or … Read More
2024 European F3N Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 4
Day 4: Dave was up first this morning (8am) for the 3rd round (2nd Sets). The winds had picked up again from yesterday (around 16mph) and had completely switched directions, now coming from the ESE. With no clouds in sight, the sun was so bright in front off to the right that I requested the … Read More
2024 European F3N Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 1, 2 & 3.
Half of our team arrived here in Denmark Thursday afternoon (Dave + Summer Fisher & TM Julie Fisher), driving with all of the team’s helicopters (8 in total) plus generators, lipos and charging gear. Stu Smith and Duncan arrived late last night (Friday) having flown into Billund airport (1.5 hours drive from our accommodation). We … Read More
2024 European F3C Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 1 & 2.
Day one of the F3CN European Championships is in the books. Today consisted of official practice, model processing and the official opening ceremony of the championships. The GBR F3C team were up at 8.30 for official practice and all went well. The wind was still blowing hard, but if was certainly slightly less than it … Read More
2024 F4 Scale World Championships Day 3 report
First Team Managers meeting of the championships today and it won’t surprise scale championship veterans that organisation of the event has been taken over by the exceptionally capable Pål Anthonisen. From a competitor’s point of view this is very welcome, the plan slightly changes but is easy enough to cope with. At the Team Managers … Read More