28th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH AFRICA 2013
 

First Bulletin EI and Infos
Thanks to BOB SKINNER

http://fai-f3aworld.blogspot.com/p/2...th-africa.html

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Very good..:D

RE: 28th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH AFRICA 2013
 

Hope to see everyone here next year. A big turnout would be appreciated in our far flung corner of Africa.

If you consider that you only have to drive 60km's from your first point of call in South Africa (OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg) it sounds (to me anyway) much easier access than some of the previous World Champs!!!!!


If anyone has any non official type questions then Clint and myself (amongst others) will do our best to help. Sunshine is all but guaranteed and after 9am jeans and T-shirt will be fine. Evenings and mornings need a windcheater type jacket and/or pullover. The wind can add a bit of a chill to the air but nothing like what you guys up north are used to. Remember that August in South Africa is the END of winter.

RE: 28th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH AFRICA 2013
 

Hi,

Here is bulletin 3 for the World Champs...only a few weeks to go. Hope to see several of you in South Africa next month. It is sure to be a fantastic event, and I know that Bob Skinner and team have been extremely hard at work to ensure it is world class.

Regards
Clint

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Introducing the South African F3A World Champs 2013 Team.



Left to Right: Clinton Carter-Brown (manager), Christopher Harris, Pierre Marais, Roston Dugmore (Jnr), Andre Stockwell

Good luck guys...make us proud! See the team bio pdf attachment for more info.

RE: 28th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH AFRICA 2013
 

Geezz Clint, you're the shortest of the lot, including Roston :D

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And here the the pdf of the team profile....

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<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear Friends:</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I will take this opportunity to introduce you the Colombian National Team for FAI F3A precision aerobatics, going to The FAI F3A World Championships in Meyerton, South Africa</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We will be travelling together on Aug 10 / 2013 through Sao Paulo to Johannesburg, and will be returning home on Aug 25th / 2013 after the finals. We'll stay at the official accomodation partner the Riverside Tsogo Sun Resort.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
On the attached picture:
<br type="_moz" /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sitting below is Federico Hinestrosa, going to his third World Championship; long time national Champion with more than 25 years of experience on precision aerobatics. He will be flying a CA models Xurama, powered by a Hacker Q80 and a Jeti spin opto 99. Federico flies JR all the way around.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Standing on the right is Armando Lega, going also to his third World Championship, also national champion several times with around 15 years of experience on precision aerobatics. He will be flying an Oxai Citrin, powered by a Dualsky motor and ESC. Armando flies Futaba TX, RX and servos</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Standing on the left is Marcelo Velez, going to his second World Championship, involved in RC modeling since he was 6 years old, but only in Precision aerobatics since 2009. He'll be flying an Oxai Citrin, powered by a Hacker Q80 14XS and a Jeti spin opto 99 pro ESC. His TX, RX and servos are Futaba</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We'll do our best to represent our country in the best possible way... we'll be posting our trip in this blog:</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">colombiaf3a.blogspot.com</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sorry it's in Spanish, but we'll try to post some info and pics in English here as well</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wishing everybody the best at the NATS this week and at the worlds next month</span></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">See you soon!</span>

The planes are packed, now time to pack the rest...

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1906484 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1906485

https://www.google.com/search?q=Meye...n+south+africa
This is a weather link. Seems like its a tad cool but not bad. Mike

Hi,
I'd like to wish all of team USA the very best for the WC;s.
I think the team event is a two horse race and you guys are in it .
I would also like to extend the very best wishes to team GB as well.

Brian

Two horses maybe Brian, but how many wings? :)

All the best to team GB too.

Malcolm

:)
Good question Malcolm.
It will be interesting to see how many Bipes at this - it could be close to 50/50.
Nearly all the rest will have an array of 'winglets'.
I get the impression that quite a few have made a late change - probably at least in part due to altitude density concerns.

Brian

hy to all

we want pictures !!!!!!!

Hello

You can follow with :
http://jp-f3a.blogspot.fr/
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http://teamcanf3a2013.blogspot.fr/

Claude

Just want to say of course I'm for team USA but I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you guys from other countries updates and photos. Here is the team USA updates:

https://2013worldsteamusa.shutterfly.com/

Robert

L'enseignant est sur le point de sonner cloche d'ecole!

Yep!

Day 1 scores

FAI World Championship Class F3A
Result of day 1 - Preliminary round
Pilot number Name Forname Country Total Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4
1 ROHOVYI Yurii UKR 404.6 404.6 0 0 0
2 STOCKWELL Andre RSA 385.8 385.8 0 0 0
3 GARLE Aaron AUS 347 347 0 0 0
4 COLOMBO Marcelo ARG 366.8 366.8 0 0 0
5 TURPAUD Fabien FRA 395.4 395.4 0 0 0
6 FREMMING Ola NOR 397.6 397.6 0 0 0
7 YI HUNG Wei TPE 387.6 387.6 0 0 0
8 PAYSANT-LE ROUX Christophe FRA 465.8 465.8 0 0 0
9 HOYLAND Matthew GBR 386.8 386.8 0 0 0
10 ROMBAUT Juan ESP 405.6 405.6 0 0 0
11 ZEINER Markus AUT 427.6 427.6 0 0 0
12 BAILEY Matthew J AUS 389.8 389.8 0 0 0
13 BUTUZOV Sergey UKR 367 367 0 0 0
14 GEORGIADES Nicolas CYP 396.8 396.8 0 0 0
15 ORCHARD Glen AUS 377 377 0 0 0
16 VISCONTI DOS SANTOS Bruno BRA 343.2 343.2 0 0 0
17 ZHIYONG Duan CHN 374 374 0 0 0
18 SZCZUR Joseph J USA 385.8 385.8 0 0 0
19 NORTHEAST Chad CAN 404.8 404.8 0 0 0
20 XUJUN Zhang CHN 371.4 371.4 0 0 0
21 WICKIZER Brett USA 409.6 0 409.6 0 0
22 SHEVIAKOV Alexey J RUS 405.8 0 405.8 0 0
23 BAK Alpaslan TUR 297 0 297 0 0
24 SILVA Carlos Eduardo VEN 362.2 0 362.2 0 0
25 MARAIS Pierre RSA 397.4 0 397.4 0 0
26 RUBIN Marc SUI 450.4 0 450.4 0 0
27 TRAVASSAROS Dennis AUS 395.4 0 395.4 0 0
28 DUGMORE Roston J RSA 424.8 0 424.8 0 0
29 VELEZ Marcelo COL 354.6 0 354.6 0 0
30 CRAIGHEAD Ross NZL 388.6 0 388.6 0 0
31 SHULMAN Jason USA 439.2 0 439.2 0 0
32 HATTA Hajime JPN 443.8 0 443.8 0 0
33 DANILOV Sergey RUS 394.2 0 394.2 0 0
34 JESKY Andrew USA 462 0 462 0 0
35 PARK Ji-Ho KOR 406.8 0 406.8 0 0
36 SOLBERG Arnstein NOR 387.8 0 387.8 0 0
37 SHEYGAS Sergey CYP 375.8 0 375.8 0 0
38 COPPEDE Facundo ARG 420.2 0 420.2 0 0
39 DANKSAGMULLER Helmut AUT 450.8 0 450.8 0 0
40 HINESTROSA Federico COL 381.2 0 381.2 0 0
41 UNDERWOOD Steve GBR 360.8 0 0 360.8 0
42 LEE Jin-Young KOR 314.4 0 0 314.4 0
43 AKIMOTO Michi CAN 340 0 0 340 0
44 TRUMPP Robin GER 405 0 0 405 0
45 ZAGITOV Dmitry RUS 368.8 0 0 368.8 0
46 RANNETSHAUSER Philip J GER 350.4 0 0 350.4 0
47 CHARIANDY Ethan J CAN 383.2 0 0 383.2 0
48 SUZUKI Yuhei J JPN 389.8 0 0 389.8 0
49 NIKLASS Christian GER 407.8 0 0 407.8 0
50 NURILA Lassi FIN 382.4 0 0 382.4 0
51 SCHUMACHER Reto SUI 407 0 0 407 0
52 MARTINS Rui Daniel MOZ 312.8 0 0 312.8 0
53 ZHENDI Huang CHN 376.8 0 0 376.8 0
54 NASRI Gustavo Lanzoni BRA 286.8 0 0 286.8 0
55 CHOU Tso Yun TPE 308.4 0 0 308.4 0
56 DIETRICH Lukas J AUT 402.6 0 0 402.6 0
57 LEGA Arnando COL 355.8 0 0 355.8 0
58 CHARIANDY Colin CAN 328.4 0 0 328.4 0
59 MATT Wolfgang LIE 433.4 0 0 433.4 0
60 CATON Kevin GBR 372 0 0 372 0
61 HEINDEL Alex NOR 398.6 0 0 0 398.6
62 MAYR Gerhard AUT 437.6 0 0 0 437.6
63 BENINCASA Marco ITA 406 0 0 0 406
64 RESENDE Marcos Angelo M BRA 190.6 0 0 0 190.6
65 ALEKHIN Alexander RUS 363.8 0 0 0 363.8
66 CHEN Cheng Feng TPE 0 0 0 0 0
67 PELLONI Daniele ITA 411 0 0 0 411
68 CHESTER Shlomi ISR 356 0 0 0 356
69 SILVESTRI Sebastiano SMR 449.6 0 0 0 449.6
70 ULSAMER Gunther GER 421.8 0 0 0 421.8
71 ONDA Tetsuo JPN 473.6 0 0 0 473.6
72 MAZZUCCHELLI Marco ITA 453 0 0 0 453
73 MAKAROV Valerii UKR 358.2 0 0 0 358.2
74 SUZUKI Koji JPN 447 0 0 0 447
75 BURBAUD Lo´c FRA 428 0 0 0 428
76 SALTA Serdar TUR 334 0 0 0 334
77 HARRIS Christopher RSA 411.4 0 0 0 411.4
78 JUND Pirmin SUI 421.6 0 0 0 421.6
79 ABASLIOGLU Tamer TUR 291.6 0 0 0 291.6
80 GOSTANIAN Mariano ARG 383.8 0 0 0 383.8

Glad to realize those are not in order. Is Jesky really killin' it?! :)

He's doing well, but so are Christophe and Onda. These are raw scores so there isn't equal exposure to all judges.

So.. anyone wanna make a prediction???

Andrew, Christophe, and then Onda, in that order..

Andrew has an advantage as the other two fly glow, and in the SA skies there are many problems with reference as there are absolutely no clouds, they are flying diagonally to the runway with strong and gusty winds, very complicated and the judging does not seems to be that good as the variable criteria is to great. Yesterday was Onda 473 CPLR 465 and AJ 463, this right now means nothing, only when there are three rounds it might mean something, but these score are higher than anyone else anyway.

I agree. It's way too early to make any predictions based on scores from one partial round.