AeroModeller – June 2018

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went down, and the model failed to max.

I fi nished fi fth as the highest non-maxer.

A funny coincidence, but this is the same

place that I fi nished the fi rst time I fl ew in

the event all those thirty years earlier.

There were fl y off s in both F1A and

F1B. In these conditions of heavy snow

cover I’m amazed that the F1A fl yers

can actually run and tow, but they do

• in these conditions, to fl y F1A to be
  fi t (and young!) is a necessity. In F1A at
  the end of fourth round only two fl yers
  had dropped time. However, in round
  fi ve there seemed to be mass suicide as
  four fl yers managed a zero score. The
  reasons were mainly the failure to unlatch
  the towline on launch; the breeze had
  dropped and getting up speed to power
  the launch and unlatch the hook can be
  diffi cult over the snow-covered surface.
  At fl y off time the breeze had pretty well
  ceased and the max was set at 8:00 in
  an eff ort to make the fl y off s a
  one-shot aff air.

Fly Off s

F1B was the fi rst of the fl y off s, and the

fi rst model in the air was that of the Dag

Larsen (Norway) who beat his fellow club

member Vegar Nereng by a few seconds.

Dag was using a six-panel wing, this

wing is being used by several fl yers and

is viewed by many as the best all round

wing currently in use. The wing was

designed by Tony Matthews of Canada

with a Brian Eggleston section and built

in the Ukraine by Stepan Stefanchuck.

The only model that could have foiled

Dag was fl own by Hakan Broberg

(Sweden), A full carbon LDA winged

model, however Hakan launched badly.

One has to get a modern F1B away

correctly to ensure an effi cient climb

pattern. The models in the now calm air

landed only feet away.

In F1A the launch decided the result.

The best and highest launch came from

Per Findahl (Sweden) fl ying a full carbon

fl apped wing model. Per had won the

Bear Cup in Finland the previous week

with the same model.

Well that is the end of the series as

there will be no Holiday on Ice 2019.

I have reported on all of the events in

the AeroModeller when the weather

has allowed them to take place. I have

enjoyed the trips and have many happy

memories of the times spent on the lake.

The question is, what am I going to do

with myself in March next year? ■

Results

F1A

1st Per Findahl Sweden

2nd Henrikas Aukstakis Lithuania

3rd Mikhail Kosonozhkin Russia

Junior Tuomas Hartikainen Finland

F1B

1st Dar Larsen Norway

2nd Vegar Nereng Norway

3rd Rolandus Mackus Lithuania

F1Q

1st Ossi Kilpelainen Finland

2nd Andreas Lindner Germany

Mikhail Kosonozhkin (Russia) took 3rd place in F1A. F1A winner Per Findahl (Sweden) checking out before the fl y off.

Vegar and his wife waiting for the prizes. F1A Junior prize giving. Tuomas Hartikainen was top placed junior in F1A,

Nikolas Autio missing the top spot by 1 point after a poor round 3.

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