Bulletin for the last championship competition in Jämi on September 6-7. The complete version of the bulletin is available in the Finnish version of the post.
Results from the second cup competition of the year 2003. Pictures and reportage at home page of Raimo Ruokonen
Continue reading ‘F3A Cup 2/4 2003, Hämeenkyrö’
Cloud base did not lift properly and we saw mostly just showflying today.
F3A-FAI 4th preliminary or finals could not be flown, so end results are based on 3 preliminary rounds. According to them, OLA FREMMING IS NOW FIVE TIMES NORDIC CHAMPION!!! Congratulations on the behalf of organisers!
After Fremming, there were two swedes; Bernt Olsson and Anders Johansson. Swedish Teamwork was so good, that they secured the best position among teams by good margin. Well done!
There were two short speeches in prizegiving ceremony held by CD Erkki Haapanen and flightline director Erkko Saviaro. Prizes were hand out and Championships were declared over. What was remaining still was some show flying. Fremming gave marvellous demonstration of smooth precision and control, flying rolling circles with one roll, hammerhead loops and 360 inverted circles with his Synergy. Other show flyers were electrics: 3D- Diablotin, Electric F3A-Midas, indoor bibe and a couple of fast gliders.
Meals at the Jämi Motel and off we go heading home to different directions. Safe journey to all and see you again, flying pattern!
F3A NC 2003 Organisers
Saturday morning we were supposed to continue with 3rd Nordic round. However the cloud base wasn’t high enough so starting of flights were delayed.
At 1100AM cloud base had lifted somewhat and competition could be continued. However there were still some problems with visibility in high altitudes. But the whole round was completed succesfully.
Next round should have been 4th FAI round, but the ceiling wasn’t still high enough to make all FAI pilots feel comfortable. F3A-Nordic -class does not involve as high-reaching manuevers as F3A-FAI, so the last Nordic round was started instead.
In the afternoon it started to rain and flights were stopped for a couple of hours. Fortunately we were able to finish the last 5 flights before the evening (and banquet). Final F3A-Nordic NC 2003 results can be found the result page.
Congratulations to new Nordic Champion, Pål Westerhaug from Norway!
It must be pointed out that silver medalist, Lassi Nurila is only 16 years old which probably makes him the youngest F3A-Nordic -pilot this high in the scoreboard ever! Good work.
Team results, F3A-Nordic
1. Norway 1000
2. Finland 975
3. Denmark 925
4. Sweden 829
Lets hope we can get enough weather to get the FAI finals running.
Thursday evening looked certainly promising. Sky cleared up almost the same time as day´s last competition flight was flown. There was even some delightful looking slope gliding action among the F3A-pros flying Zagis and HLGs.Well it was not to be though, as frontal system made morning weather to look almost the same as Thrusday morning. Bad weather unexpectancies most certainly belong to aviation! So basically, if it rains, then you´ll do it in the rain!
Day 2 was opened up by a round of F3A-Nordic. This class is our Scandinavian version meant to lower the difficulty levels somewhat with new pilots in mind. Nordic maneuvers are decided every second year during Nordic Championships, and it happened to be Friday evening here in Jämijärvi that the Nordic routine for the next two years was decided. F3A-FAI gets harder and harder every year, so Nordic might be doing the same…
Material side of the things manifested itself today in form of a few zeros in the scoreboard. There was an inflight engine stoppage and three technical problems in the readybox. High workload associated with retractable landing gear systems is well known to all, and it did claim one of the cancellations today, another one being engine vibration mount failure.
Speaking of retracts, about half of the competitors still used them. With today´s high-powered engines and even decidedly large-diameter, drag-inducing fuselages the need for retracts it not so obvious anymore. But still, they are used so they probably fit to the flying styles of several people.
During yesterdays registration, details of all models were written down, and thus we can offer you a full listing of equipment used by each team, which surely is of interest to everyone. Some statistical analysis will show where we are heading in this class.
Results after Day 2: Fremming leads the way in FAI (did anybody expect anything less?) and Urban Forslöf (SWE) in Nordic. Norwegian team is very strong in Nordic, whereas Swedes have the best team effort in FAI.
F3A Nordic Championships started in Jämijärvi, Finland. Conditions were not exactly ideal with brisk wind directly across the flying direction, but lets look at the bright side: it did not rain.
Continue reading ‘NC 2003: Day 1 – Thursday’
The 2003 Finnish Championship and third Cup competition is held in Oulu on July 26-27. The complete version of the bulletin is available in the Finnish version of the post.
The seconds cup competition is held in Hämeenkyrö on June 14-15. The complete version of the bulletin is available in the Finnish version of the post.
The first cup competition is held in Turku on May 24-25. The complete version of the bulletin is available in the Finnish version of the post.
F3A Team Finland organizes a training course for judges at Jämi 5-6 April 2003. The course is intended for judges, pilots and their helpers.
European Championships in Zamora, Spain, on September 1-8.
Continue reading ‘European Championships 2002’
Finnish Championship and Nordic titles were decided based on three best results from four competitions.
Pictures and reportage in homepages of Raimo Ruokonen.
| FAI | Hämeenkyrö | Oulu | Turku | Kokkola | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jens Poikelin | 1000 | 996 | 1000 | 677 | 2,996 |
| 2. Tuomas Tanska | 957 | 1000 | 970 | 1000 | 2,970 |
| 3. Markus Aaltonen | 706 | 730 | 806 | – | 2,240 |
| 4. Erkko Saviaro | 663 | 442 | 686 | 592 | 1,941 |
| 5. Jussi Kettunen | 758 | 886 | – | – | 1,644 |
| 6. Juha Levaniemi | 788 | – | – | 817 | 1,605 |
| 7. Juho Karppinen | 719 | – | – | 649 | 1,368 |
| 8. Jussi Ekqvist | 435 | – | 649 | – | 1,084 |
| 9. Raimo Ruokonen | – | – | 433 | 492 | 925 |
| 10. Ari Syrja | 842 | – | – | – | 842 |
| 11. Mikko Eirola | – | 597 | – | – | 597 |
| 12. Jani Loikkanen | – | – | 481 | – | 481 |
| 13. Jaakko Viertola | – | 284 | – | – | 284 |
| 14. Kimmo Kaukoranta | – | – | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| Nordic | Hämeenkyrö | Oulu | Turku | Kokkola | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Markus Aaltonen | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | – | 3,000 |
| 2. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 960 | 930 | 958 | 996 | 2,915 |
| 3. Jani Loikkanen | 950 | 943 | 860 | 1000 | 2,893 |
| 4. Lassi Nurila | 766 | 921 | – | 964 | 2,651 |
| 5. Raimo Ruokonen | 838 | 696 | 808 | 832 | 2,478 |
| 6. Juha Nissi | 303 | 263 | 745 | 732 | 1,780 |
| 7. Johan Broström (SWE) | – | 991 | – | – | 991 |
| 8. Jussi Kakko | – | 645 | – | – | 645 |
Results from the competition in Kokkola, August 10-11.
| FAI tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuomas Tanska | 981 | 969 | 1000 | 1000 | 2,981 |
| 2. Juha Levaniemi | 723 | 794 | 786 | 854 | 2,434 |
| 3. Jens Poikelin | 1000 | 1000 | 18 | – | 2,018 |
| 4. Juho Karppinen | 524 | 632 | 685 | 617 | 1,935 |
| 5. Erkko Saviaro | 402 | 686 | 677 | 337 | 1,765 |
| 6. Raimo Ruokonen | 397 | 431 | 580 | 456 | 1,467 |
| 7. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 38 | 36 | – | – | 74 |
| Nordic tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jani Loikkanen | 1000 | 938 | 1000 | 1000 | 3,000 |
| 2. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 284 | 1000 | 993 | 995 | 2,988 |
| 3. Lasse Nurila | 953 | 972 | 966 | 944 | 2,891 |
| 4. Raimo Ruokonen | 774 | 768 | 878 | 843 | 2,495 |
| 5. Juha Nissi | 826 | – | 678 | 693 | 2,197 |
Results from the competition in Turku.
| FAI tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jens Poikelin | 899 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 3,000 |
| 2. Tuomas Tanska | 1000 | 891 | 951 | 959 | 2,910 |
| 3. Markus Aaltonen | 775 | 855 | 783 | 726 | 2,413 |
| 4. Erkko Saviaro | 709 | 669 | 654 | 681 | 2,059 |
| 5. Jussi Ekqvist | 672 | 638 | 601 | 637 | 1,947 |
| 6. Jani Loikkanen | 468 | 427 | 330 | 547 | 1,442 |
| 7. Raimo Ruokonen | 354 | 414 | 389 | 495 | 1,298 |
| 8. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 33 | 33 |
| Nordic tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Markus Aaltonen | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 980 | 3,000 |
| 2. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 857 | 899 | 976 | 1000 | 2,875 |
| 3. Jani Loikkanen | 841 | 839 | 806 | 899 | 2,579 |
| 4. Raimo Ruokonen | 818 | 788 | 819 | 782 | 2,425 |
| 5. Juha Nissi | 616 | 32 | 755 | 863 | 2,234 |
The results from the second competition are separated into Finnish championship and Open results since there was two competitors from Sweden.
Open competition:
| FAI-Open | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tommy Stenlund (SWE) | 1,000 | 977 | 1,000 | 957 | 2,977 |
| 2. Inge Norberg (SWE) | 971 | 1,000 | 955 | 1,000 | 2,971 |
| 3. Jens Poikelin | 20 | 935 | 955 | 991 | 2,881 |
| 4. Tuomas Tanska | 849 | 945 | 956 | 911 | 2,813 |
| 5. Jussi Kettunen | 753 | 878 | 805 | 93 | 2,436 |
| 6. Markus Aaltonen | 611 | 766 | 631 | 653 | 2,051 |
| 7. Mikko Eirola | 580 | 452 | 546 | 533 | 1,658 |
| 8. Erkko Saviaro | 566 | 623 | – | – | 1,189 |
| 9. Jaakko Viertola | 724 | – | – | – | 724 |
Finnish Championship:
| FAI-SM | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuomas Tanska | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 920 | 3,000 |
| 2. Jens Poikelin | 23 | 989 | 999 | 1000 | 2,989 |
| 3. Jussi Kettunen | 887 | 929 | 842 | 94 | 2,658 |
| 4. Markus Aaltonen | 719 | 811 | 660 | 660 | 2,190 |
| 5. Mikko Eirola | 682 | 478 | 571 | 538 | 1,791 |
| 6. Erkko Saviaro | 666 | 659 | – | – | 1,325 |
| 7. Jaakko Viertola | 852 | – | – | – | 852 |
| Nordic tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Markus Aaltonen | 946 | 1,000 | 976 | 1,000 | 2,976 |
| 2. Johan Broström (SWE) | 1,000 | 942 | 1,000 | 949 | 2,949 |
| 3. Jani Loikkanen | 960 | 936 | 911 | 911 | 2,807 |
| 4. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 904 | 855 | 909 | 956 | 2,769 |
| 5. Lassi Nurila | 32 | 963 | 978 | 801 | 2,742 |
| 6. Raimo Ruokonen | 764 | 674 | 632 | 60 | 2,070 |
| 7. Jussi Kakko | 597 | 535 | 714 | 608 | 1,920 |
| 8. Juha Nissi | – | – | 492 | 290 | 782 |
Bulletin for the Championship competition in Kokkola. More details in the Finnish version of the post.
Results from the first competition of the year 2002 held in Hämeenkyrö June 8-9.
| FAI tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Jens Poikelin | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 3000 |
| 2. Tuomas Tanska | 977 | 930 | 929 | 965 | 2,872 |
| 3. Ari Syrjä | 866 | 831 | 830 | 771 | 2,527 |
| 4. Juha Levaniemi | 696 | 860 | 732 | 773 | 2,365 |
| 5. Jussi Kettunen | 796 | 740 | 737 | 104 | 2,273 |
| 6. Juho Karppinen | 746 | 670 | 700 | 710 | 2,156 |
| 7. Markus Aaltonen | 777 | 646 | 660 | 681 | 2,118 |
| 8. Erkko Saviaro | 633 | 649 | 668 | 672 | 1,989 |
| 9. Jussi Ekqvist | 685 | 619 | – | – | 1,304 |
| Nordic tulokset | Kierros 1 | Kierros 2 | Kierros 3 | Kierros 4 | Yhteensä 3/4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Markus Aaltonen | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 |
| 2. Kimmo Kaukoranta | 972 | 877 | 936 | 974 | 2,881 |
| 3. Jani Loikkanen | 924 | 939 | 883 | 988 | 2,851 |
| 4. Raimo Ruokonen | 845 | 29 | 863 | 807 | 2,515 |
| 5. Lassi Nurila | 59 | 715 | 735 | 848 | 2,299 |
| 6. Juha Nissi | 145 | 386 | 379 | – | 910 |
