National Free Flight Society

SEN 2531

  1. It’s about reaction time
  2. Humming Bird Model Products attends its first contest
  3. For Sale – WTR – 3   Thermal Detection System
  4. Fab Feb Entries so far

It’s about reaction time
From: Mike Roberts

Roger
For SEN please.

I could be wrong (not possible you say), but I believe both Ed’s proposal and the previous proposal from Larisa and Artem, are trying to eliminate the “variable speed” thumb issue when timing F1 Cs.  I have been using electronic timers for eight or nine years now and have at times experienced scored engine times that varied by three tenths of a second during a seven round event with no change to the engine program.  Given that one one hundredth wrong can eliminate a competitor, it would be wonderful to not have to worry about this possibility.

Perhaps, after the timer reviews the program and does a ground check, the timer could hold the flyers programmer until after launch, thus eliminating the possibility of an “adjustment “ to the engine run time.  I do hope that in the near future we may have certified chips or something that we can install prior to the first round of our contests that give us a legal engine run without having to struggle to determine engine stop with a stopwatch.

I am an active F1 C flyer with many years of electronic timer experience.

Just another free opinion.

Best Regards

Mike

Humming Bird Model Products attends its first contest
From:    Bernard Guest

Hi All,
So Hummingbird Model Products (see http://hummingbirdmodelproducts.com  ) will be at Fab Feb from the 5th to the17th. I will have pitch gauges (single gauge for F1B and F1G), Balsa Strippers, Tiny Timers for F1S/E36/AMA Electric, and some short kits (Nos Wake, Vargo Wock, and AMA one designs model Elite Skyrockets). Will also have some other goodies. Please come by and check out my wares.

thanks for your support.
Bernard

Bernard Guest
President/factoryworker/janitor
Hummingbird Model Products
Hummingbirdmodelproducts.com

For Sale again in SEN – Thermal Detection System 
From:    Roy Summersby

Hi Roger,
Can you put this in SEN again please? Had a buyer and he dropped out.

Regards,

Roy.

For Sale
WTR – 3   Thermal Detection System   $500
Paper Chart Recorder for the determination of rising air streams.
These machines I believe were built and used very successfully
by F1C flyer Leonid Fuzeev in Russia.
Comes complete with instructions and is in aluminium case.
You would need a pole for the wind meter.
I can send photos and can deliver to Lost Hills in February.
Roy Summersby roydi132@optusnet.com.au
0413588720

Fab Feb Entries so far
There over 140 people entered in the FAI events.  We have a had a number of people ask who as entered so far.  Here is a list of the F1ABCPQ entries.

So far the country outside of the North America with most people attending is China

F1A

Family Name         Given Name          3 Letter Code
Malila              Lauri               SUI
Valo                Jari                FIN
Niiranen            Meri                FIN
Mitchell            Phil                AUS
Baños               Alfredo Daniel      ARG
Fathers             Albert              AUS
Jensen              Steffen             DEN
Kongstad            Karsten             DEN
Zak                 Yehuda              ISR
Issakov             Saar                ISR
Arigos              Lucas               ARG
Arigós              Aníbal Enrique      ARG
Carter              John                GBR
Saribekyan          Artavazd            ARM
Gao                 Xuyun               CHN
Cooper              John                GBR
Bauer               Ken                 USA
Findahl             Per                 SWE
Persson             Anders              SWE
Bachmann            Christoph           SUI
Rosenzweig          Shlomi              USA
Parker              Jim                 USA
Rasmussen           Peter               DEN
Echivard            Didier              FRA
McKeever            Mike                USA
Brun                Pierre              USA
Pecenkovic          Enes                BIH
Pecenkovic          Jasminka            BIH
Brocks              Peter               USA
Balassiano          Aviv                ISR
Puhakka             Risto               USA
Aberlenc            Frederic            FRA
Greub               Martin              SUI
Abad                Javier              ESP
Van Nest            Brian               USA
Sitton              Shmulik             ISR
Campbell            Malcolm             AUS
Danier              Jama                CAN
Wang                Huaqiang            CHN
Dong                Ziyi                CHN
Jones               Thomas              USA
Farkas              Leslie              CAN
Goldstein           Guy                 USA
Baruch              Abraham             ISR
Obligenarz          Tomer               ISR
Machado Ulm         Adelaide            USA
Ulm                 Eugene              USA

F1B

Family Name         Given Name          3 Letter Code
Norvall             Larry               USA
Nereng              Vegar               NOR
Barberis            Didier              FRA
Felix               Ronald              USA
Jensen              Steffen             DEN
Bodin               Jean Luc            FRA
Stefanchuk          Stepan              UKR
Fitch               Jerry               USA
Crowley             Paul                USA
Fibish              Tuvia               ISR
Schwartzbach        Christian           DEN
Dong                Qingming            CHN
Liu                 Ruizhe              CHN
Richardson          Michael             USA
Baruch              Abraham             ISR
Matsuo              Tetsuro             JPN
Andriukov           Alexander           USA
Larsen              Dag Edvard          NOR
Batiuk              George              GER
Wu                  Qiong               CHN
Seifert             Michael             GER
Paff                Dieter              GER
Drapeau             Jean Luc            FRA
Ball                Philip              GBR
Eimar               Bror                SWE
Ackerley            Cameron             CAN
Chevenard           Didier              FRA
Guest               Bernard             CAN
Jensen              Blake               USA
Obligenarz          Tomer               ISR
Squires             Paul                NZL
Lovejoy             Graham              NZL
Benns               Mark                GBR
Jones               Charlie             USA
Davis               Michael             USA
Morgan              Vin                 AUS
Cao                 Jiarui              CHN
Hemsworth           Craig               AUS
Ghio                Walt                USA
Kulakovsky          Oleg                UKR
Kovalenko           Mykola              UKR
Vichar              Igor                UKR
Booth               William             USA
Mathews             Tony                CAN
Clapp               John                USA
Morrell             Roger               NZL
Koike               Masaru              JPN
Kawai               Ryo                 JPN
McGuckin            Derek               USA
Schlosberg          Aram                USA
Yoshida             Kazutoshi           JPN
Sheng               Xinpu               CHN
Wang                Na                  CHN
Zhao                Yue                 CHN
Zhencheng           Yuxuan              CHN
Saribekyan          Artavazd            ARM
Ioerger             Thomas              USA

F1C and F1P

Family Name         Given Name          3 Letter Code
Roberts             Mike                USA
Summersby           Roy                 AUS
Gao                 Yuan                CHN
Faux                Ken                 GBR
Ducassou            François            FRA
Deng                Hongyu              CHN
Ji                  Wei                 CHN
McBurnett           Ron                 USA
Babenko             Artem               UKR
Savukhina           Larissa             RUS
Parker              Faust               USA
Jack                Alan                GBR
Briere              Gauthier            FRA
Buskell             John                CAN
Perkins             Daryl               USA
Terzian             Fred                USA
An                  Ruijian             CHN
Jing                Shibo               CHN
Li                  Wenze               CHN
Dong                Ziyi                CHN
Shvedenkov          Yury                CAN
Parsons             Carl David          USA
Schneider           Glenn               USA
Ji                  Xiangxue            CHN
Secor               Randy               USA
Rounsaville         Dave                USA

F1Q

Family Name         Given Name          3 Letter Code
Tarcher             Benjamin            USA
Kaynes              Ian                 GBR
Ioerger             Thomas              USA
Murphy              Jack                USA
Sifleet             Robert              USA
Sitton              Shmulik             ISR
Saribekyan          Artavazd            ARM
Schlosberg          Aram                USA