[RCSE] F3b Team Selections

[Michael Lachowski]

This years F3b team selection is over and done.  I see the winners have 
been posted already to RCSE. Good luck at the next WC.

I'd like to thank Phil Renaud for CD'ing a good contest and especially 
the guys who were out there helping.  Jack did a great job of getting 
the course set up and operating smoothly every day.  And the helpers did 
a good job pushing buttons for the three days.  We had very few 
reflights through the contest.  Thank you for coming out and seeing the 
show and really making it all possible.

Since most of you haven't flown F3b, it's a busy and full day for all of 
us. The workers get to stand out in the sun and watch everyone else fly. 
The shorter October days helped in the pilot and helper energy 
management through the day. If you're not flying or helping a team 
member in flight, you probably are considering changing lines. With the 
small number of flight groups, there wasn't much down time through the 
day. There isn't much time beyond focusing on your teams flights with a 
small group of competitors.

We had a good variety of conditions through the three days. Through the 
3 days I used all my different drum sizes and line sizes except for the 
lightest line I have.  The 600 by 600 makes a nice F3b site with plenty 
of unrestricted flying in all directions. Plenty of duration flights and 
some distance flights were flown well off the AMA property area.  The 
dry September and 30+ degree temperature swings made for some pretty 
strong lift conditions and some good distance flights.

RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News.  Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.