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- Budapest Cup
- W Champs Field closed 7 August
Budapest Cup
Probably the toughest World Cup contest in a long time. If not the toughest ever.
The event preceded the 2017 World Champs in Szentes, Hungary and was held on the Champs site. All 3 classes F1AB and C were flown together on the World Champs flight line with 6 people to a pole 90 minutes rounds (no F1Q). The first round max was 5 minutes. In the days before the event the wind was in what we understand to be the prevailing direction and most mornings was fairly gentle. The high temperature was up to 40 C. On the day of the event the wind was in the opposite direction, from the North, turbulent and much stronger, about 5-6 m/s. In this direction the highway was approximately 2 KM and between the highway and the flight line there were tall partially harvested crops. So the retrieval is much more difficult than in the ‘normal’ direction. In spite of the difficulties a good number of people made the 5 minutes max. A number of models crossed the high way and railway line . One well known F1B flyer D/T’d on top of a glass green house and well known F1A flyer went through the glass on another. On the pole I was on no flyer who has maxed made in back by the beginning of the second round and they all got off quite quickly. During the next two rounds the wind lessened slightly and swung to the North East. This put models in the most difficult retrieval zone. There is row of high trees parallel with the entrance road on the other side of the trees is a canal and a swamp. It had appeared that the might be a bridge to cross the canal close to the trees but it did not exist and it was in fact it is about 500 m up wind. In my case I D/T’d just over the trees and landed on the flight line side of the swamp. But the retrieval crew could not see it until they had crossed the canal and see it from the other side. One wing tip was in the water. My crew got dehydrated as they did not take sufficient water with them and by the time they got back we missed the fourth round so I stopped flying I was reluctant to use another model in these conditions with the Champs only a few days way. A number of people stripped down to their underwear and went into the canal. While the idea of cooling off in the water had some appeal, the water itself was a bit off putting and probably not all that safe. About this time the wind dropped and the temperature rose to over 40 C. The flyoff was held later in the day with a slight cooling but some confusion on pole assignments. I spoke to two of the 3 podium getters in F1B and the both had 2 tree landings (probably better than swamp !) and one also had a canal excursion (this third of the week).
For some reason the F1A flyers seemed to have more difficulty with the conditions compared with F1B. Not sure if it was the turbulence or not. In theory a windy day should have helped the LDA models.
Well deserved victories for the winners but very challenging day for people planning on taking part in the Champs.
F1A – 113 entered
NAME COUNTRY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. FO1 FO2 Total
Balassianio, Aviv ISR 300 180 180 180 180 420 480 1920 1
Halbmeier, Dirk GER 300 180 180 180 180 420 354 1794 2
Findahl, Per SWE 300 180 180 180 180 420 340 1780 3
Galor, Eyal ISR 300 180 180 180 180 420 305 1745 4
Adametz, Frank GER 300 180 180 180 180 420 299 1739 5
Carter, John GBR 300 180 180 180 180 420 287 1727 6
Makarov, Sergey RUS 300 180 180 180 180 399 1419 7
Danier, Jama CAN 300 180 180 180 180 281 1301 8
Rössler, Vitek CZE 131 180 180 180 180 341 1192 9
Klobušický, Filip SVK 213 143 135 180 180 207 1058 10
Gobbo, Massimiliano ITA 300 172 180 180 180 1012 11
Grushkovskiy, Yuri UKR 300 147 180 180 180 987 12
Sung Hwaen, Son KOR 251 180 165 180 180 956 13
Persson, Anders SWE 300 180 180 180 84 924 14
Parker, Jim USA 235 132 180 180 180 907 15
Neyra, Federico N. ARG 185 180 180 180 180 905 16
Ragot,Emanuel FRA 251 110 180 180 180 901 17
Blazek, Josef CZE 175 180 180 180 180 895 18
Aliev, Eldar RUS 300 143 180 180 82 885 19
Hyeong Mo, Kim KOR 156 180 180 180 180 876 20
Galván, Cristian Darío ARG 146 180 180 180 180 866 21
Campbell, Malcolm AUS 300 125 180 66 180 851 22
Ragot, Capucin FRA 130 180 180 180 180 850 23
Szteblák , Tamas HUN 300 101 180 86 180 847 24
Szabolcs, Horvath HUN 122 180 180 180 180 842 25
Hellgren, Robert SWE 121 180 180 180 180 841 26
Aberlenc, Fréderic FRA 252 180 107 180 118 837 27
Fric, Dusan CZE 227 67 180 180 180 834 28
Barron, Andrew USA 212 180 174 180 81 827 29
Limberger, Siegfried GER 130 180 150 180 180 820 30
Bleuer, Michael SUI 200 180 86 170 180 816 31
Reuss, Steffen GER 95 180 180 180 180 815 32
Kerner, Ferenc HUN 93 180 180 168 180 801 33
Nielsen, Leif DEN 95 180 116 180 180 751 34
Brussolo, Vittorio ITA 93 180 180 180 114 747 35
Grüneis, Manfred AUT 61 140 180 180 180 741 36
Hannaford, Matt AUS 132 180 55 180 180 727 37
Kerner, Martin Benedek HUN 47 120 180 180 180 707 38
Zuyev, Sergey KAZ 111 180 180 128 100 699 39
Vosejpka, Jan CZE 219 102 180 180 681 40
Yevhen, Kantipailo RUS 32 160 121 180 180 673 41
Strobel, Thomas GER 92 126 180 180 94 672 42
Dorian, Cristea Vlad ROU 142 7 160 180 180 669 43
Bottyan, Viktor HUN 300 180 180 660 44
Keselak, Jozef SVK 31 180 162 158 98 629 45
Jensen, Lars Buch DEN 5 114 147 180 180 626 46
Betak, Matej SVK 164 180 87 180 611 47
Neyra, Alejandro C. ARG 113 180 130 180 603 48
Gorskiy, Anton RUS 216 180 176 572 49
Ganzorig, Chimed MGL 300 144 114 558 50
Holzleitner, Rudolf AUT 224 154 180 558 51
Nagy, Csaba HUN 300 40 180 520 52
Kyung Ho, Ha KR 22 109 97 180 104 512 53
Andrist, Dominik SUI 196 120 180 496 54
Farkas, Laszlo CAN 135 180 180 495 55
Horvath, Tamas HUN 122 180 180 482 56
Stemmler, Jens GER 300 180 480 57
Kochkarev, Mikhail RUS 300 180 480 58
Koglot, Roland SLO 300 180 480 59
Evelina, Ostroukhova RUS 72 177 86 131 466 60
Khoklov, Victor KAZ 205 146 88 439 61
Kosonozhkin, Mikhail RUS 300 138 438 62
Gurer, Omer TUR 74 60 180 121 435 63
Keskin, Ismail TUR 197 180 19 396 64
Nest, Brian Van USA 300 93 393 65
Limberger, Rene USA 156 180 336 66
McKeever, Mike USA 153 171 324 67
Trachez, Bernard FRA 137 180 317 68
Alnutt, Peter CAN 300 300 69
Aringer, Luca AUT 300 300 70
Bombek, Igor CRO 300 300 71
Cohen, Koby ISR 115 180 295 72
Pitlanic, Miroslav SVK 103 180 283 73
Bajorat, Volker GER 160 105 265 74
Weimer, Thomas GER 261 261 75
Altman, Ran ISR 145 115 260 76
Lesko, Robert CRO 9 180 189 77
Fuss, Helmut AUT 172 172 78
Olgun, Hasan Yalcin TUR 146 146 79
Galván, Gustavo ARG 145 145 80
Bezak, Ivan SVK 141 141 81
Kargin, Cetin TUR 138 138 82
Aringer, Gerhard AUT 122 122 83
She, Zhiping CHN 121 121 84
Lomov, Mikhail RUS 115 115 85
Bachmann, Gottfried SUI 78 36 114 86
Shi, Junping CHN 105 105 87
Tumur, Sanjaa MGL 103 103 88
Ghiselli, Paolo ITA 86 86 89
Barkai, Tomer ISR 86 86 90
Klaric, Sinisa CRO 84 84 91
Wutzl, Franz AUT 38 38 92
Hudak, Gabriel SVK 11 11 93
Bachmann, Christoph SUI 6 6 94
F1B – 84 entered
NAME COUNTRY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. FO1 FO2 Total
Andriukov, Alex USA 300 180 180 180 180 420 382 1822 1
Rigault, Mickael FRA 300 180 180 180 180 420 374 1814 2
Krawiec, Adam POL 300 180 180 180 180 420 333 1773 3
Mathews, Tony CAN 300 180 180 180 180 420 329 1769 4
Erdenedavaa, Baltsag MGL 300 180 180 180 180 420 265 1705 5
Seifert, Michael GER 300 180 180 180 180 399 1419 6
Stefanchuk, Stepan UKR 300 180 180 180 180 390 1410 7
Lucassen, Roel NED 300 180 180 180 180 387 1407 8
Pivonka, Jace USA 300 180 180 180 180 360 1380 9
Tedeschi, Serge FRA 300 180 180 180 180 231 1251 10
Jensen, Blake USA 300 180 169 180 180 1009 11
Brinks, Gerard jr. NED 300 180 180 158 180 998 12
Bulatov, Albert RUS 300 180 180 180 148 988 13
Solongo, Sodnombaljir MGL 233 180 180 180 180 953 14
Urban, Vladislav CZE 232 180 180 180 180 952 15
Larsen, Dag Edvard NOR 300 180 180 167 120 947 16
Sabo, Soniboj CRO 300 180 180 180 97 937 17
Yurtseven, Ismet TUR 212 180 180 180 180 932 18
Lihtamo, Matti FIN 217 180 180 116 180 873 19
Yong Gil, Park KOR 253 123 180 91 180 827 20
Celen, Kayhan TUR 145 118 140 80 180 663 21
Franic, Ante CRO 300 180 180 660 22
Morgan, Vin AUS 300 180 180 660 23
Nouvian, Richard FRA 300 180 155 635 24
Hemsworth, Craig AUS 270 180 172 622 25
Marchese, Alejandro ARG 262 180 180 622 26
Morrell, Roger NZL 260 180 180 620 27
Andrist, Christian SUI 300 180 132 612 28
Lamers, Kevin NED 300 116 152 568 29
Gongor, Mijiddorj MGL 201 180 180 561 30
Tomljanovic, Vinko CRO 300 72 180 552 31
Sarioglu, Ismail TUR 240 115 138 493 32
Shi, Hauyuan CHN 300 180 480 33
Kusterle, Mario ITA 300 180 480 34
Banin, Albert KAZ 300 180 480 35
Mitzmacher, Gil ISR 300 180 480 36
Jones, Charles USA 91 180 180 451 37
Broberg, Hakan SWE 270 180 450 38
Mykola, Kovalenko UKR 261 180 441 39
Martin, Hartl CZE 225 180 405 40
Alignani, Pablo Oscar ARG 221 180 401 41
Ehrlich, Walter AUT 208 180 388 42
Siebenmann, Dieter SUI 300 300 43
Lu, Hong CHN 300 300 44
Zhang, Hongwu CHN 300 300 45
Eimar, Bror SWE 300 300 46
Gey, Andreas GER 300 300 47
Nereng, Vegar NOR 300 300 48
Bortne, Tor NOR 300 300 49
Vivchar, Igor UKR 300 300 50
Ortiz, Horacio Osvaldo ARG 298 298 51
Sokolic, Danko CRO 268 268 52
Hribar, Tomaz SLO 267 267 53
Peers, Russel GBR 258 258 54
Cihak, Jan CZE 242 242 55
Baruch, Abraham ISR 241 241 56
Gharibyan, Ferdinand ARM 129 109 238 57
Horak, Ladislav CAN 230 230 58
Hagay, Gil ISR 229 229 59
Novy, Milan CZE 212 212 60
Woolner, Michael GBR 204 204 61
Liberatore, Walter ITA 203 203 62
Mark, Gilad ISR 202 202 63
Meolic, Damjan SLO 199 199 64
Pisesrchio, Bob USA 160 160 65
Kulakovskii, Oleg UKR 156 156 66
Silz, Bernd GER 154 154 67
Sang Wook, Ko KOR 153 153 68
Lagan, Paul NZL 152 152 69
Ysasi, Miguel ARG 89 6 95 70
D’Atti, Alfonso ITA 84 84 71
Gurer, Mehmet Saim TUR 52 20 72 72
F1C – 51 Entered
NAME COUNTRY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. FO1 Total
Sychov, Volodymyr SLO 300 180 180 180 180 143 1163 1
Ducassou, François FRA 300 180 180 180 180 55 1075 2
Zosymenko, Vasyl UKR 300 164 180 180 180 1004 3
Yehorov, Valentyn UKR 300 180 180 180 117 957 4
Shvedenkov, Yury CAN 219 180 180 180 180 939 5
Sheng, Xinpu CHN 300 125 180 180 153 938 6
Podlesnyy, Sergey KAZ 249 180 180 180 140 929 7
Savukhina, Larissa RUS 256 138 175 180 180 929 8
Szecsenyi, Janos Jr. HUN 300 180 158 139 118 895 9
Briere, Gauthier FRA 241 180 110 124 180 835 10
Gradi, Franco ITA 300 180 180 96 756 11
Zsengeller, Gabor HUN 70 170 138 180 180 738 12
Banci, Andrea ITA 127 173 180 180 660 13
Guadagno, Roberto ITA 225 81 145 38 79 568 14
Parker, Faust USA 300 180 480 15
Gryshkov, Oleg UKR 300 178 478 16
Bat-Itgel, Sainbayar MGL 285 180 465 17
Shen, Weizhong CHN 300 62 362 18
Szecsenyi, Janos HUN 284 24 308 19
Marrot, Pierre FRA 245 56 301 20
Drozdov, Alexandr RUS 300 300 21
Gao, Yuan CHN 300 300 22
Larsson, Martin SWE 300 300 23
Aleksandrov, Viacheslav UKR 300 300 24
Perchuk, Yiri RUS 274 274 25
Elyakim, Avi ISR 255 255 26
Zilbershtain, Ury KAZ 254 254 27
Sondhauss, Michael GER 242 242 28
Truppe, Reinhard AUT 209 209 29
Shemesh, Ezra ISR 204 204 30
Vyazov, Alexander RUS 200 200 31
Ulzii, Erdenebayar MGL 181 181 32
Zulic, Damjan SLO 108 59 167 33
Jermol, Darijo CRO 63 63 34
Yamasaki, Atae JPN 35 35 35
Pope, Gary AUS 25 25 36
Full results on the organizer’s web site at http://www.faif1abc.com/result/
W Champs Field closed 7 August
Because of rain following the opening ceremony and throughout the night the field has be closed for training today to preserve it for the main event.
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Roger Morrell