I am going to be the CD of the team select at Muncie this year (only so Dave can fly) and will be doing the timing chore and overall good observer. This is my second time and it has been a prevliage.
If you really want to learn about F3B, go to the NATS and watch and then volunteer for the team select as I did to help the good guys out. The learning experience is fantastic and it is one of the few things I can do to help our team compete for the "Worlds".
I feel that I am too old and tired to practice enough to even try to fly this fantastic event but I know you and you are not. The first step is really paying attention and watching the perfect turns in speed- no bobbles, no dives, no climbs, no zizgs, no zags. It is like watching a perfect 10 in any sporting event. Few do it and we are taking about the best in the world.
The guys are fantastic to work with as there is never enough help and the world champs even pitch in to do chores that no F1 driver would consider (maybe Michael is the exception).
I will be glad to be whatever help I can (vey limited because I am not a competitor) but understand it will take a committment on your part to travel, to team up with the few other guys east of the Mississippi and maybe not even fly for a year to understand the committment.
Call me if you want,
Jack
On 5/6/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey guys.... I have ,
a spare Fisher Plus V-Ultra fuselage and V tail. It is all rigged up with the wing harness and pushrods.... All is needed is to make a wing for it (wing is RG15)
I have an F3B and F3F fuselage and V tail...... It's a steal....
$175.00 plus s&h
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Lachowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2006 7:27 am
Subject: Re: [RCSE] F3B
>
>
> Harry DeBoer wrote:
> >
>
> > Now that most of the smoke has cleared, where can we find more
> out about
> > F3B;
>
> > 3. how do you get started?
> Just like anything else in the hobby. It helps to have some others
> around to assist you. And it helps even more to have a group that
> flies
> together. This lets you practice some of the man on man aspects,
> plus a
> little friendly competition in practice on who is launching
> highest,
> going fastest, etc never hurt anyone in improving thier model setup.
>
> And of course, RCSE doesn't hurt. Obviously there were quite a few
> responses. Mostly from guys who really love to fly F3b. There
> really is
> no way to explain what it is like to fly distance and speed to
> someone
> who has only flown TD. You can be descriptive and say what takes
> place,
> but until you've flown some good distance groups and done it is
> some
> good air, you just don't know...
>
> > 4. what airplanes qualify?
> Almost anything qualifies. Lots of TD models are out there with MH-
> 32's,
> RG15's, etc. They are good enough to get the feel of the tasks and
> to
> learn a lot about flying. Like models will go up without
> circling....
> You can even fly a Supra in F3b. And if you go to ancient
> history...
> you can use a woody.
>
>
> > 5. about how much dose it cost to compete?
> Like anything, as much as you want. The biggest cost is the
> practice
> time you need to improve your flying skills. You can buy a good
> model,
> but it doesn't replace the practice required to learn to fly it well.
>
>
> > 6. on average how many people do you need to run a contest?
> Most F3b contests get run be the people flying them. If you read
> the
> rules, it looks like a billion officials. But just like our AMA TD
> contests, you don't need most of them. The only big overhead help
> item
> is getting guys out to base B for the distance flights. Your own
> helpers
> at base A can usually keep track of the flight times and count laps.
>
> There are a few F3b buzzer systems in various places around the
> US. Some
> of them even take care of all the timekeeping and lap counting.
> The only
> thing "official" needed is someone at base A and base B to push
> the
> appropriate buttons.
>
> And yes, you can even fly the F3b tasks in a contest all by
> yourself. I
> wouldn't recommend it, but it has been done.
>
>
>
>
>
> What you didn't ask is what can you learn from flying F3b. Of
> course,
> we all abuse Jeff Steifel, about his flying. But his overall
> flying
> has gotten better since he has been flying F3b.
>
> If you've never flown on monofilament and a F3b winch, you
> probably have
> a lot to learn about setting up your model for launch. I have
> several
> F3b winches. Great to launch my Bubble Dancer as well as my F3b
> models.
> Got rid of my FLS decades ago.
>
>
> I hope you get a chance to meet up with Dave or someone else in
> your
> area to give flying off some F3b winches a try. And you still
> have time
> to change your NATS entry from XC to F3b!
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