German Indoor Aerobatics Championship 2011

complimenten aan de organisatie! een geweldig weekend en een mooie strijd.

 

THX for the compliments.

One competitor managed "to escape my radar": I have no picture of Ron Smetsers with his model.

Anybody took a picture of him and his Disney?

Jürgen

 

Hier een video van Derk's eerste wedstrijd vlucht F3P-A (expert).
http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/vdVechten/DM Bleicherode.wmv
De tweede vlucht was de beste vlucht van Derk maar die heeft Jürgen op video staan.
Video: http://youtu.be/9gisxHDGp_E
De wedstrijd was zeer spannend tot en met de laatste vlucht.
Bedankt voor de super organisatie van: Jürgen Heilig, Frank Biermann en zijn team.

Dick, Derk en Bert

 

Hey Jurgen, lots of people took a picture of my model, including you I think. But no picture of me alone with my plane I guess.

 

I took pictures of all models from the Top Ten in F3P-Expert, but somehow I missed taking a picture of you and your model. You have to come again next year!

Jürgen

 

OK, let's have a look at the results :

If I would have strictly adhered to the contest description (only Top 12 in F3P-Expert and Top 6 in F3P-Sport), we would not have seen the AeroMusicals of Bert van der Vecht, Boris Ziegenhagen, Dennis Heskamp and Nando te Riele.

Would it have made any difference in in the podium places? No. Actually, it would not have made any difference in the first six places.

With a better (= lighter) model, I am sure Dennis Heskamp also would have made it into the top six in F3P-Sport.

The results prove, that the best "Pattern Pilots" usually also come up with the best AeroMusicals.

Jürgen

 

Well, i do not agree with you again in this subject.
The 3 times i flew my AM in germany where the first 3 time's my am plane flew, so of coarse i did not do well.

ALL my preparation was based on the rules. Needing to place top 12 to fly AM.
And i would have, if my battery stayed on in flight 2 or i had the right model in the transmitter for round 2. (both had the same % score, only ~20 under what was needed) (and the way i read the rules i placed right now, because not all top 12 a pilots also flew AM)
Also, if i was not allowed to fly AM i would have fought the judges decision in flight 3, either resulting in a 0 in the hole flight of 10's for the start (because the start did not start yet))



If i would have prepared the way i would have done if i was sure i was able to compete in AM, my AM plane would be done before my A plane. Flying A with a (almost?) unknown plane and having lots of flights with the am plane, and way more practice am flights.



So saying the rule would not make any differance is something you cannot say imo.

 

Well, what can I say? The dates for the German Indoor Aerobatics Championship 2011 were announced 12 months prior to the event, so you had plenty of time to build your model.
It was even announced in advance, that all competitors who had registered for F3P-AM would be allowed to participate - independant from their ranking in pattern.

As in the previous 8 years, the top pilots in pattern also achieved top positions in the AeroMusicals category. Something you can't disagree with, because these are facts.

Properly fixing flight batteries or selecting the correct model memory is the sole responsibility of the competitor. Everbody had plenty of time to do so, especially as there was no transmitter impound.

Jürgen