AeroModeller – June 2018

Free Flight Duration

18 AeroModeller - June 2018

that he was not that disappointed! The

retrievals kept me bodily warm however

the hands and the nose suff ered a bit.

As the day wore on the drift eased and

the models went less distance, thus the

max was raised to 3:00 minutes. In these

conditions, when the models’ DT down

onto the snow the fuselages sink in while

the wings rest spread across the surface.

Thus, after retrieval the front of models

need to be cleared of snow. I learnt

several years ago not to blow the snow

away as the moisture in the breath turns

the snow to ice. I now clear the snow

away with a small brush.

Low Temperature Degradation

The last round was relatively cold with

the low-level drift going North and

the higher levels drifting South. As

mentioned the nylon lines were tight and

in preparing for the fi fth round the DT line

broke. I changed models and that was

my fi nal undoing. The model climbed

well but suff ered the fate that all F1B

fl yers fear, the dreaded prop fold on the

wing. The glide tightened, and the nose

These little tents were useful in that they kept the

breeze off and help to reduce the wind chill on the

hands.

New F1B from Vegar Nereng full carbon 6-panel

wing designed by Mike Achterburg (USA).

Rolandus Mackus (Lithuania) took 3rd in the F1B

fl y off.

Eventual winner Dag Larsen (Norway) prepares for

the F1B fl y off.

Vegar Nereng (Norway) makes fi nal checks before launch in the F1B fl y off – Vegar took 2nd place.

A view across Gjovik to the lake. Inside 22C, outside minus 20.5C!

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