The Spring Cup 2012, Poland

Here are a couple of fantastic videos from Poland's World Cup F3F event, The Spring Cup, held this weekend.


The first clip is by PitPlane



and the second clip is by SpecyfickRC



I enjoyed both clips very much, and am quite tempted to try to get to the Spring Cup one day.

Another corker of a video from Chris Studley

Local lad does it again! I really enjoy Chris Studley's videos. I also really enjoy watching Roger Brown fly aeros.
Here is a vid from this weekend just gone. Really wish I was an eye-witness.


Roger aka CliffHanger goes through the routines flying his home brew "Jedi" at Mickeys slope, The Bwlch, South Wales.
The wind was SW - absolutley on the nose of the slope, and 25-30 mph.
Filmed with a Panasonic SD600.

Updates on Funnel-web and Redback pages

A little bit of an update on the pages about the Redback and the Funnel-web


Nothing physical yet, just mental!!

Welsh Open

It might be blind optimism and sheer pig-headedness, but I have entered the Welsh Open F3F for September this year.
The wife is in a particularly good mood today so I might raise the topic of me rewarding myself with 3 days on the Bwlch for finishing the ODP training (presuming I do! hehehe).


Fingers crossed! Got a bit of repair work to do before mid September now!

Not too long to go now! Woop Woop!

Two presentations done ...... Two presentations to go...... Followed by three exams and some portfolio tidying up.
Then I will be free (FREE I TELL YOU except for family and home improvement commitments ) to tackle this

So that I can start on the own designs, but first some repairs.
I think I am going to start on the aerobat, after repairing the Skorpions (yep, I've got two BROKEN ones ;-( )
Looking forward to having a tinker.

F3F World Champs. Aussie Team?

I hope there is an Australian team going to the World Champs for F3F in October.
I offered my services as there is no public selection process as yet but they (my services) were declined and I was told it is all in hand by the MAAA (Controlling body for RC in Australia). It was also made pretty clear (understandably) that to compete as an Aussie, I would need to qualify in Australia.
If the governing body back home had entertained the idea (if no-one had shown any interest) of me representing Aus at the F3FWChamps, I reckon I could have made an exception to my self-imposed exile and found a way to compete.
Licencing and insurance are ridiculously expensive back home so all future International comps that I attend will be attended as a Brit.
I am still quite a way off from getting back into F3F but I do have every intention of returning.

I even have plans to 'roll my own' F3Ffer in the next couple of years while my participation is restricted to the garage.

Anyway, I'm just procrastinating.

I am supposed to be studying. I've got 10 weeks until all my uni work should be finished, YAYAYAY!

Hope the guys and girls in the UK that read this are enjoying the weather lately. Back to the books for me.

Welsh F3F blogspot

Andrzej Tabero has created a great blogspot for posting his news and reports from the Welsh F3F scene.
I have always really enjoyed reading his excellent race reports and I'm stoked that they are in one place now.
http://welsh-f3f.blogspot.com/ is the address.