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SEN issue 1029 10 September 2006

Table of Contents
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Radio D/T devices
combine F1P with F1C - Ree
combine F1P with F1C - Secor
Free Flight Mongolia Cup
F1 model spec's - Brokenspar
Junior World Champs Photos on Tx Timer Web Site
USFF Champs 2006 Disappointment Buddenbohn and Ray

Radio D/T devices
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I noted in SEN 1027 that Ian Kaynes confirmed that radio D/T was permitted  
in F1A and F1B.  Who produces the transmitter, receiver and actuating  device 
to install radio D/T in a model which has no other electronic  equipment?  
Other than using some of the now available micro RC  gear, which use normal RC 
frequencies and which might cause  interference, or be interfered with by 
adjacent frequencies, is there any device  available, perhaps using the coded signals 
associated with such things as remote  garage door openers, purpose built for 
model radio D/T?  I believe Ken  Bauer was working on something, but I have 
not heard any more for a long  time.
 
Jack Reid

[ jack

The orginal Danish multi-function timer can be equipped with a Radio DT they supply.

Ken Bauer makes the Airtek Radio D/R with works with Red , Black, Little and Smart
Magic timers. Ken is in the process of upgrading his current design so 
until this is finished the availability is limited. Ken's son Brian used the Radio
DT in the recent Junior world champs. ]


combine F1P with F1C
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"combine F1P with F1C"

Hi Klaus,
The Puszta Cup WCup organizer offers to participate
with F1P models since the class exist, but with nearly
no interest.
Regards
Andras Ree

 
 
combine F1P with F1C
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Great Idea Klaus W. Salzer!

At Lost Hills for the past two years almost all of the FAI contests have F1P
& F1C fly together. F1P by their rules, F1C by their rules. If a flyer Maxes
out and he is the only F1P flyer he can still fly in the flyoff for
practice. This has proved to be a great way for my son Cody to get practice
when he has had no other F1P flyers to fly with......

Randy Secor

[ .. if nothing else given Cody's Junior performamnce, this is a reason 
for doing it !]


Free Flight Mongolia Cup
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Mongolian AeromodelSport Association (MASA) held an international 
competition "Free Flight Mongolia Cup" on 14 to 17 August at Mongolia. The 
participating nation was Mongolia, Russia and Japan and number of 
competitors was more than 30. A flying site, a huge field about 5km 
squared, is about 50km away from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. 
Accommodation in a grassy field is only 5km from the flying site and it is 
possible to do test flight for trimming with 2 minutes flight at a 
neighboring field. The average height of grasses in the field is lower than 
10cm and the ground is hard and thus easy to run for the glider circling or 
bunting. The height above sea level is about 2000m and it is the same 
height in Denver, Colorado. Due to the high elevation, low temperature is 
approx 5 centigrade and high is about 30 centigrade.
Thermal was tricky and it depends on the positionof field because the field 
has slow undulation and if a model flew on the slow depression, it 
sometimes caught dethermal. For example, altitude of an F1A model after 
bunting was about 80m and it at once reached to about 100m. Everybody 
believed the maxed, but it sanklike DT falling and the time was 2mimutes 37 
seconds. Atmosphere isclear and wind speed is not so strong within 3-5m/s 
and easy for retrievers. But you have to use radio beacon because of no 
person andno trees except horses and cows in the field.
Mongolian staff made the best management. Good accommodation, huge field, 
very well run competition with clear announces by Mongolian, Russian and 
Japanese. Our Japanese team won the six championships in the seven classes, 
however, a purpose of this competition was to deepen the friendship among 
countries and it was achieved enough.
We hope that world cup or Asian championship will be held in the recent future.

You can enjoy a slide show on this competition.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/JPN34F80713/SP6/index.htm

Yasuo Yoshioka


F1 model spec's
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I  am following the discussion
with mounting apprehension.

F1C is next

My conclusion is  -  we better send
Walt Ghio to the meeting !

Brokenspar


 
Junior World Champs Photos on Tx Timer Web Site
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Check out TX Timer Web Site-Photos of Cody and Antonio

www.texastimers.com



USFF Champs 2006 Disappointment
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First I would like to thank Ted Firster, the CD, and all the people 
that helped him. I did have a good time but the contest was a DISGRACE. 
The USFF Champs was run like the most meaningless fun fly. 
Write your own name and scores down with almost no oversight, 
no sense that any of it mattered. Just a big campout.

This was the last nail in the coffin for this "contest" and I doubt 
that I will be making any effort to go again.

Stan Buddenbohm

I believe that the USFF Champs by definition is not a fun fly. I will 
go back again and hope that the meet is handled like a championship.

I appreciate the effort by Mr Firster and his team but I would not have 
entered for a "Fun Fly".

Ralph Ray




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Roger Morrell