SEN 1021 - 25 Aug 2006

SEN issue 1021 25 August 2006 Jnr World Champs final


Table of Contents
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Junior World Champs report
Bauer Report
Hotard Report
SEN 1018 and alternate e-mails
Limiting Performance of FAI Classes.... - Helmich

Junior World Champs Results
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F1A

Gabriela DOMOKOVÁ SVK 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 272 0 1352 1
Sergey PROTOPOPOV UKR 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 251 0 1331 2
Anrijs PLUME LAT 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 235 0 1315 3
Tylor SECOR USA 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 229 0 1309 4
Luca ARINGER AUT 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 223 0 1303 5
Teemu TAPONEN FIN 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 203 0 1283 6
Milan JINDA CZE 180 180 180 180 180 180 0 185 0 1265 7
Aleksei SAMSONOV UKR 180 170 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 1070 8
Kyle JONES USA 174 180 180 170 180 180 0 0 0 1064 9
Marc ROSSEN NED 180 152 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 1052 10
Martin BOHUS SVK 180 180 180 180 180 152 0 0 0 1052 10
Brian BAUER USA 141 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 1041 12
Aurimas BERNOTAS LTU 180 168 145 163 180 180 0 0 0 1016 13
Aviv BALASSIANO ISR 134 180 161 180 180 180 0 0 0 1015 14
Przemyslaw GUMIENNY POL 180 146 180 180 180 143 0 0 0 1009 15
Pavlo MARAKHOVSKYY UKR 101 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 1001 16
Adar FRENKEL ISR 162 110 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 992 17
Boris BERNARD FRA 103 180 180 180 166 180 0 0 0 989 18
Camille MARQUOIS FRA 180 180 86 180 180 180 0 0 0 986 19
Anton ZHELOBAEV RUS 180 180 123 139 180 180 0 0 0 982 20
Loic BOCHET FRA 180 76 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 976 21
Tomasz DROZDZINSKI POL 147 180 108 180 180 180 0 0 0 975 22
Johannes SEREN GER 180 90 163 180 180 180 0 0 0 973 23
Martin MEISALU EST 160 180 74 180 180 180 0 0 0 954 24
Anton ZASEKA RUS 139 180 91 180 180 180 0 0 0 950 25
Daniel FINDAHL SWE 47 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 947 26
Max HERWIG GER 180 96 128 180 180 180 0 0 0 944 27
Mihály ER?S HUN 146 180 78 180 180 180 0 0 0 944 27
Mikael HENRIKSSON FIN 61 180 150 180 180 180 0 0 0 931 29
J?nis ZARINS LAT 83 180 125 180 180 180 0 0 0 928 30
Oskar BOLKO POL 163 105 107 180 180 180 0 0 0 915 31
Egor PARKHAEV RUS 130 180 44 180 180 180 0 0 0 894 32
Eli GERBER ISR 109 180 88 180 180 150 0 0 0 887 33
Topi PENTTILÄ FIN 180 85 144 180 172 88 0 0 0 849 34
Albin NILSSON SWE 171 97 39 180 180 180 0 0 0 847 35
Petr SVOBODA CZE 105 83 109 180 180 180 0 0 0 837 36
Tereza VOSEJPKOVA CZE 105 180 60 180 161 145 0 0 0 831 37
Richard KULCSÁR HUN 152 79 180 180 67 169 0 0 0 827 38
Jozef ROGOVSKY SVK 94 0 180 180 180 170 0 0 0 804 39
Marcel WÄCHTLER GER 90 156 178 147 54 117 0 0 0 742 40
Janar SELL EST 75 106 0 180 180 180 0 0 0 721 41
Niels WIJNHOVEN NEDWC 180 88 86 59 142 150 0 0 0 705 42
Daan KURVERS NED 180 0 44 82 131 0 0 0 0 437 43
Gaspar SUBIC SLO 144 180 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 429 44
Dávid KRASZNAI HUN 88 180 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 405 45
Rok SIFTAR SLO 61 180 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 313 46
Jernej GROM SLO 82 180 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 308 47
Toms DREIKA LAT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 48

F1B
Daniel BILLHAM GBR 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 242 1802 1
Bartlomiej SKIBICKI POL 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 224 1784 2
Paul COUTINEAU FRA 180 180 174 180 178 180 180 0 0 1252 3
Oskar FINDAHL SWE 180 170 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 1250 4
Taylor GUNDER USA 180 180 159 180 180 180 180 0 0 1239 5
Evan SIMON USA 180 180 156 180 180 180 180 0 0 1236 6
Benjamin MARQUOIS FRA 180 180 180 155 180 180 180 0 0 1235 7
Stanislav ABSOLON CZE 180 154 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 1234 8
Paul SHAILOR USA 180 180 180 180 180 180 149 0 0 1229 9
Sergey SEREBRYANIK RUS 180 180 180 180 142 180 180 0 0 1222 10
Philipp SEIFERT GER 180 180 138 180 180 180 180 0 0 1218 11
Richard ULDERINK NED 148 180 170 180 180 180 180 0 0 1218 11
Shauli RAJWAN ISR 180 180 162 153 180 180 180 0 0 1215 13
Kacper OSYDA POL 180 136 180 178 180 180 180 0 0 1214 14
Tomas MACKUS LTU 150 154 180 180 180 180 180 0 0 1204 15
Denys KOBZAN UKR 180 136 180 180 152 180 180 0 0 1188 16
Mykhaylo KALENYUK UKR 180 138 180 180 180 169 154 0 0 1181 17
Alexey LYCHAGIN RUS 167 157 168 180 145 180 180 0 0 1177 18
Oleksandr KULAKOVSKYY UKR 157 180 93 177 180 180 180 0 0 1147 19
Stephen JALLET FRA 180 110 180 180 135 180 180 0 0 1145 20
Martin KUBICEK CZE 180 138 180 180 123 180 160 0 0 1141 21
Thomas SEREN GER 180 82 180 180 154 180 180 0 0 1136 22
Jan SIMLIK CZE 180 180 86 105 180 180 180 0 0 1091 23
Monika SOWA POL 127 147 133 180 180 126 180 0 0 1073 24
Hadar GOLAN ISR 110 148 180 95 179 180 180 0 0 1072 25
Alexander LAPETS RUS 180 103 180 144 123 120 180 0 0 1030 26
Rom?ns DEMCENKO LAT 106 180 70 180 132 180 180 0 0 1028 27
Benediktas RUKAS LTU 141 133 180 180 150 21 141 0 0 946 28
Kevin LAMERS NED 180 0 180 180 180 180 0 0 0 900 29
Inga WEISHEIT GER 105 180 180 106 90 144 64 0 0 869 30

F1P

Cody SECOR USA 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 311 0 1571 1
Anthony FERRARIO USA 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 296 0 1556 2
Robert SAWKA POL 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 249 0 1509 3
Matthias SEREN GER 180 180 180 180 180 180 165 0 0 1245 4
Altxander NAZAROV RUS 180 180 180 180 180 180 149 0 0 1229 5
Artur DANIELYAN RUS 180 180 180 180 180 145 180 0 0 1225 6
Dmytro SADOMOV UKR 159 180 180 180 180 149 180 0 0 1208 7
Brian PACELLI USA 175 180 178 152 180 146 180 0 0 1191 8
Johannes SEREN GER 180 180 150 180 137 180 180 0 0 1187 9
Christian FUX GER 180 180 104 169 180 180 180 0 0 1173 10
Altxander KOROVIN RUS 180 180 180 180 108 155 180 0 0 1163 11
Oleksiy SAKHNO UKR 161 180 180 87 180 180 180 0 0 1148 12
Pavlo KILDAU UKR 180 180 132 180 158 180 106 0 0 1116 13
Adam TANASIEWICZ POL 180 166 180 180 180 77 138 0 0 1101 14
Przemyslaw WISNIEWSKI POL 180 126 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 309 15


Bauer Report
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The Jr WC is over. The F1P flyoff started at 7:30 this morning in good
conditions with moderate drift and cool smooth air. Anthony Ferrario
went off first with a normal pattern and started gliding well. Then
Cody Secor fired up his Astro Star and put up another perfect corkscrew
power pattern just like he did all day yesterday. He got higher than
Anthony and started gliding well. The Polish flyer then launched but
the model went somewhat off pattern and did not get as high as the
other two. As they drifted downwind Cody's model was nearly blocked by
trees as it decended and we were worried that he would get clocked off
early, but it fortunately skirted just to the side of the trees and the
timers saw it for 311 seconds. Anthony did 296 seconds and the Polish
flyer was less than that, so Cody is the new world champ with Anthony
placing second.



The F1A flyoff started at 8am in the same conditions with 7 flyers.
Tyler Secor was one of the first to go up and start circle towing
upwind and to the right of the line over the runway. About halfway
through the 10 min window Tyler decided to go and got off a beautiful
launch. About the same time several of the other flyers went off as
well, some straight towing up and off. Tyler's model glided well and
came down slowly and did about 3:49 as I remember and ended up in 4th
place. The official scores are still not posted. The winner was a
girl from Slovakia that I believe did around 4:30. The model looked
like a normal thermal model so she must have found a sweet spot in the
air. Overall Tyler and all the US kids were very happy.



Tonight is the closing ceremony and tomorrow we leave. The US team
shirts are a hot commodity as all the other kids are already trading to
get them. There is a great sprit of friendship as all the kids are
hanging around together. This afternoon the German kids were at our
hotel swimming and having fun with our team. Our hotel accomodations
were great as the hotel is part of a sports center. There is a bowling
alley right under our room where the guys have spent some time, but the
big hit is the indoor pool and spa which features a big water slide.
Our entire team goes swimming about every day now, and the whole bunch
of them will pile into the entrance of the slide and go down together
all crashing together in a big pile at the bottom. I've got pictures of
this. Apparently one of the hotel people was yelling at them in German
saying something like "one at a time", but they just responded with,
"sorry, we don't speak German"! These boys have gotten about as close
as any team I've witnessed and they are thrilled with the team
victories.



So despite the poor weather and barbed wire fence, it all turned out OK.
I've giving the US perspective of course, so others please write about
your own teams.



Here's a few other stories before I end-



Our boys encountered several problems which resulted in attempts, but
each time they pulled together and got off a great reflight. Paul
Shailor had his F1B motor start prematured on the ground and broke some
prop blades, but recovered and flew fine. Later he was called for a
model processing check and told his model was too big which really
rattled him, but then it was discovered that they were not measuring
correctly and all was actually OK. Then there is a TV crew watching him
and apparently his stab is not hooked up right and he crashes with a 5
sec flight. Evan Simon then flies while Paul gets another model ready
and he throws up another max.



About the 6th round of F1B Evan Simon is the last one to go with about
10 minutes left in the round. He launches but the DPR time is set too
long and the model stalls before the prop starts and then crashes.
Taylor Gunder helps him get the backup model ready and he winds and
launches with about 4 minutes left and gets the max.



Chasing was made more difficult because almost every max flight went
over the fence almost every day, and there was only a couple open gates
in the fence for the entire airport perimeter. Sometimes models came
back by car and sometimes they were handed over the fence. Only a
couple of our flights landed in trees but they were recovered thanks to
the pole than Henning brought. Cody had one flight in a huge thermal
which was up for about 6 minutes and went 2.5 km. I helped track it
using GPS coordinates but Taylor Gunder beat me to it and found it in
the backyard of a house in a nearby village. All the models came back
OK.



Ask me, or better yet ask the boys for more stories when they get home.



Ken



Hotard Report
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[For those who do not know - Al and Judy Hortard were planning to go to the Jnr Champs,
two of their grandsons - Tyler and Cody Secor were on the USA team. Judy had to go
into hospital at the last moment and they could not go.

Al is the 'father' of the America's Cup and used to be a determined sportsman. In recent
years they have both help with the running of major events and with coaching the grandsons.

So evethough Al and Judy could not make it to Germany we would like to share with the
joy of the family team's outstanding performance]




Family & Friends: Friday 8/25/06

This has been quite a morning!!! First,-------about our guys in Germany at
the Junior World Championships. Randy called this morning with really
fantastic news!------I already told you that the USA Teams came in FIRST in F1A
Glider, F1B Rubber Powered, and F1P Gas Powered!!! How about that????!!!!!
But, there is more;------Cody was in the final flyoff against two other
competitors in F1P, and he came in FIRST!!!! And, Tyler was in the final flyoff
against seven other competitors in F1A Glider, and, he came in Fourth!!!!!
How about that???!!! We are so, so, proud of these Grandsons! They sure are
going to get a bunch of great big hugs when they fly in Monday to LAX!!
That is an amazing set of performances by all our Junior team members--and,
especially our own Grandsons!! Our congratulations to them, and, all the parents
and other adults who made this Championships such a success. And,---the
flying conditions were just terrible--rain & wind on a field that most certainly
not the best. WAY TO GO GUYS AND GALS!!!!!!!!

Now, our other good news. Grandma Judy is doing really well in the
hospital. She looks great, is eating well, is walking up and down the hall without a
walker, and they took out the catheter this morning. There is a good chance
she can go home tomorrow---she was waiting to see what the doctor has to
say, later today. So,----keep your fingers crossed! This has been a great
morning for me!!

---Al


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Limiting Performance of FAI Classes....
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Many years ago, as editor of the infamous Bat Sheet, I proposed a semi-sane and
sensible method of limiting performace of the FAI Classes. That would be wingspan
limits. If I remember correctly, I suggested 2 meters for F1A, 1.5 meters for F1B,
and 1.7 meters for F1C.


The benefits would be slower climbs, poorer still air performance, etc. But most
mportant, the models would be much easier to build from common hobby shop materials.
Composits would still have some advantages, but not as much, so modelers all over
the World would be able to build pretty much equal equipment, at home on the kitchen table.
The models would be easier to fly, would not require bunt transitions, etc.

Can anybody think of a reason why this would not be a good thing for FAI Free Flight?
Thermals, Steve (O'Bat) Helmick


............
Roger Morrell