F3P in the UK

Wow. This weekend was genuinely the best experience I’ve ever had in all my years of RC flying. Its going to take something really special to top it all. That said I’m also completely exhausted as are most of the pilots and staff who made this truly remarkable event a resounding success. I’ll add photographs and videos to my report over the next few weeks and welcome a pilots eye report from anyone who took part in the competition to share their experiences with us.

I really must thank our Pilots first as without them we would not have a competition. Pilots of note who really stood out for me over the competition weekend were firstly all of our international field. Of which two real stars of the show emerged as expected in the form of Donatas and Derk. Carl Ollson supporting us for the second consecutive year kept the lads honest as did Nicolas Pietu. All the top honnors in F3P-A and Am going overseas.

The whole spirit of the competition was well received by the pilots and the audience alike. Its so difficult to name everyone who made the competition the spectacle it was and I had my head down most of the day looking at timetables, scoring so I can’t recall every flight and its a real pity that no doubt I will miss some note-able performances in my mini competition report.

For me the only negative from the weekend was the mindless thugs who took it upon themselves to destroy the passenger window in the Van Der Vechts car, stealing both a mobile telephone and a sat nav. My faith in humanity was restored somewhat by the staff at the centre. They went well beyond the call of duty to not only help clear the broken glass from the vehicle but to also fit a temporary pesprex (plexiglass) window to ensure them a safe journey home, although I hear the boat trip was somewhat memorable due to rough seas.

Nicolas Pietu competition report here: http://www.topmodel.fr/topics-497

Aeromusical

I think we have all marveled in the performances we have seen on youtube of people like Donatas and Derk performing their AM routines but to see them first hand is another matter indeed.

Derk took top honors with a stunning and simply beautiful routine , just edging Donatas in 2nd place and Carl Olsson taking 3rd place with the same model that he used last year. How Carl has kept his model in truly perfect condition is beyond me. All three top placed routines were notably different in there choice of music and style. Derk’s routine was generally bigger using more space in the hall which may have just grabbed him the points that took him to the top step of the podium. Derk used different music and a different routine in Round 3 (his WAG routine) that didn’t pay off as it didn’t quiet fit into the space we had available, but the damage had already been done to the opposition by then as Derk had already taken the first two rounds.

Full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	Summary
Van Der Vecht;Derk	100	200	R1:100.0000 R2:100.0000 (R3:92.2800)
Donatas;Pauzuolis	98.885	197.77	(R1:97.1900) R2:97.7700 R3:100.0000
Olsson;Carl	91.32	182.64	R1:91.1600 R2:91.4800 (R3:90.6900)
Van Der Vecht;Bert	81.44	162.88	R1:79.7200 R2:83.1600 (R3:79.6000)
Pietu;Nicolas	80.59	161.18	(R1:71.0800) R2:82.9600 R3:78.2200
Banglawala;Shahid	80.36	160.72	R1:80.5200 (R2:77.2800) R3:80.2000
Roscoe;Graham	79.75	159.5	R1:78.5100 (R2:76.6700) R3:80.9900
McNeil;Simon	77.955	155.91	(R1:76.5100) R2:77.6900 R3:78.2200
Bogdanski;Krszysztof	76.665	153.33	(R1:56.2200) R2:77.6900 R3:75.6400
Currie;Chris	75.68	151.36	R1:76.3100 R2:75.0500 (R3:56.2400)
Rigby;Andy	75.48	150.96	(R1:70.8800) R2:78.0900 R3:72.8700
Haux;Loic	74.48	148.96	R1:74.7000 (R2:70.5900) R3:74.2600
Hepworth;Paul	71.92	143.84	R1:77.5100 R2:66.3300 (R3:51.8800)

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Total Score

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Contest : EIM-F3P-AM Date: 06-12-2009

Schedule : EIM-AM

Calc. Method : F3P

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Using best 2 of 3 rounds for total

Pos Pilot Prcnt Summary

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1 Van Der Vecht;Derk 100.0000 R1:100.0000 R2:100.0000 (R3:92.2800)

2 Donatas;Pauzuolis 98.8850 (R1:97.1900) R2:97.7700 R3:100.0000

3 Olsson;Carl 91.3200 R1:91.1600 R2:91.4800 (R3:90.6900)

4 Van Der Vecht;Bert 81.4400 R1:79.7200 R2:83.1600 (R3:79.6000)

5 Pietu;Nicolas 80.5900 (R1:71.0800) R2:82.9600 R3:78.2200

6 Banglawala;Shahid 80.3600 R1:80.5200 (R2:77.2800) R3:80.2000

7 Roscoe;Graham 79.7500 R1:78.5100 (R2:76.6700) R3:80.9900

8 McNeil;Simon 77.9550 (R1:76.5100) R2:77.6900 R3:78.2200

9 Bogdanski;Krszysztof 76.6650 (R1:56.2200) R2:77.6900 R3:75.6400

10 Currie;Chris 75.6800 R1:76.3100 R2:75.0500 (R3:56.2400)

11 Rigby;Andy 75.4800 (R1:70.8800) R2:78.0900 R3:72.8700

12 Haux;Loic 74.4800 R1:74.7000 (R2:70.5900) R3:74.2600

13 Hepworth;Paul 71.9200 R1:77.5100 R2:66.3300 (R3:51.8800)

Scores between () are not used for the totalscore

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Score for Round 1

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Contest : EIM-F3P-AM Date: 06-12-2009

Schedule : EIM-AM

Calc. Method : F3P

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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent

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1 Van Der Vecht;Derk 166.00 166.0000 100.0000

2 Donatas;Pauzuolis 161.33 161.3333 97.1900

3 Olsson;Carl 151.33 151.3333 91.1600

4 Banglawala;Shahid 133.67 133.6667 80.5200

5 Van Der Vecht;Bert 132.33 132.3333 79.7200

6 Roscoe;Graham 130.33 130.3333 78.5100

7 Hepworth;Paul 128.67 128.6667 77.5100

8 McNeil;Simon 127.00 127.0000 76.5100

9 Currie;Chris 126.67 126.6667 76.3100

10 Haux;Loic 124.00 124.0000 74.7000

11 Pietu;Nicolas 118.00 118.0000 71.0800

12 Rigby;Andy 117.67 117.6667 70.8800

13 Bogdanski;Krszysztof 93.33 93.3333 56.2200

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Score for Round 2

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Contest : EIM-F3P-AM Date: 06-12-2009

Schedule : EIM-AM

Calc. Method : F3P

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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent

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1 Van Der Vecht;Derk 164.33 164.3333 100.0000

2 Donatas;Pauzuolis 160.67 160.6667 97.7700

3 Olsson;Carl 150.33 150.3333 91.4800

4 Van Der Vecht;Bert 136.67 136.6667 83.1600

5 Pietu;Nicolas 136.33 136.3333 82.9600

6 Rigby;Andy 128.33 128.3333 78.0900

7 McNeil;Simon 127.67 127.6667 77.6900

8 Bogdanski;Krszysztof 127.67 127.6667 77.6900

9 Banglawala;Shahid 127.00 127.0000 77.2800

10 Roscoe;Graham 126.00 126.0000 76.6700

11 Currie;Chris 123.33 123.3333 75.0500

12 Haux;Loic 116.00 116.0000 70.5900

13 Hepworth;Paul 109.00 109.0000 66.3300

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Score for Round 3

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Contest : EIM-F3P-AM Date: 06-12-2009

Schedule : EIM-AM

Calc. Method : F3P

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Pos Pilot Total Average Procent

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1 Donatas;Pauzuolis 168.33 168.3333 100.0000

2 Van Der Vecht;Derk 155.33 155.3333 92.2800

3 Olsson;Carl 152.67 152.6667 90.6900

4 Roscoe;Graham 136.33 136.3333 80.9900

5 Banglawala;Shahid 135.00 135.0000 80.2000

6 Van Der Vecht;Bert 134.00 134.0000 79.6000

7 McNeil;Simon 131.67 131.6667 78.2200

8 Pietu;Nicolas 131.67 131.6667 78.2200

9 Bogdanski;Krszysztof 127.33 127.3333 75.6400

10 Haux;Loic 125.00 125.0000 74.2600

11 Rigby;Andy 122.67 122.6667 72.8700

12 Currie;Chris 94.67 94.6667 56.2400

13 Hepworth;Paul 87.33 87.3333 51.8800

Freestyle “The revenge of Donatas”

So we’ve never had an Indoor freestyle competition before and how do you mark a freestyle event? I decided freestyle was all about pleasing the crowd so how better could we do other than let the crowd themselves decide. 10 Flash cards scored 1 to 10 were distributed at random to the seated audience on both Saturday when we flown one round of Freestyle an two further rounds on Sunday. I have to be honest one mans insistence to score 10’s from most of the audience made entering the scores a simple task. If you saw the performances yourself you wouldn’t be surprised to see Donatas top the score sheets in all three rounds. Round three was close, very close as Derk pushed Don all the way but was still beaten by just a single point. What did amaze me in freestyle however was my close friend Connor Stephenson. Connor has only been flying for just over three years and continues to go from strength to strength. Connor Matched Derk in Round 1 point for point , struggled a little in round 2 but pulled it all back in Round 3 with an amazing maneuver through the beams in the very highest visible point in the ceiling some 22m high. Connor will be more than happy with his third place considering who he was beaten by. Shahid (aka Bango) what can I say? Round 3 your a complete lunatic but then again so is Donatas and his friend Unsure if he could fly the model through a 900 mm diameter hoop so the hoop connected to two meatl poles was dragged over the hovering model then over Bango himself. Lets be honest the routine wasn’t technically amazing but was so funny you couldn’t help but to agree with the crowds decision to match him point for point with Derk. Don used very trick available though and thoroughly deserved his win and the accompanying Glassware. BTW look out for Andy Rigby’s stair run very soon!

Full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	Summary
Donatas;Pauzuolis	100	200	R1:100.0000 R2:100.0000 (R3:100.0000)
Van Der Vecht;Derk	93.25	186.51	(R1:86.6000) R2:87.6288 R3:98.8800
Stephenson;Connor	89.93	179.86	R1:86.6000 (R2:74.2300) R3:93.2600
Banglawala;Shahid	85.52	171.04	R1:72.1600 R2:0.0000 R3:98.8800
Van De Riet;Peter	84.54	169.08	R1:81.4400 (R2:40..2100) R3:87.6400
Rigby;Andy	63.98	127.96	R1:63.9200 (R2:60.8200) R3:64.0400
Bogdanski;Krszysztof	50.3	100.6	R1:0.0000 R2:43.3000 R3:57.3000

Synchro

We never had enough time to prepare for synchro so only two teams entered, that was Derk and Bert Van Der Vecht and Loic Haux and Nicolas Pietu. So the lads were asked to perform their routines once just for fun. It was then and only then that Simon McNeil and Chris Currie said they would make up a routine so we could have a competition, they had a secret weapon too! Not be be left out the Irish lads stepped up to the Mark too and with the help of Robert Graham and Harry Reid we had a four way fly off for the viewing public to s core again. We only found out later in the day why Loic and Nicolas said they could only fly their synchro flight after the AM competition had ended. First up were Derk and Bert with a polished routine that showed their dedication and practice. Robert Graham and Harry Reid both flew there Deluxe V3’s is smooth flowing and surprisingly well synchronised F3P style maneuvers to second place. Chris Currie and Simon McNeil were guided through there routine by a very strange little man in a green suit and a matching hat. The fact that the trousers were missing a belt just added to the comedy I don’t think I watched the routine just laughed at the spectacle. Loic and Nicolas didn’t take the synchro seriously either a minute into the routine saw Loic is a steady hover well away from the safety line and Nicolas flying around him wildly at speed. The inevitable and deliberate collision got rapturous applause but not a score to match. Well done to everyone who took part.

full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw
Derk and Bert Van Der Vecht	100	90
Robert Graham / Harry Reid	89	80
Chris Currie/ Simon McNeil & Leprechaun	85.5	77
Loic Haux / Nicolas Pietu	77	69

Pylon

What can I say a complete laugh and a great end to the days proceedings. My own model was showing the signs of wear as twice on Sunday morning when we were trying to decide on where to put the carbon poles for the pylon turns I took the left wing of completely. I don’t even know who was actually in the final. I know Donatas was supposed to be there but due to what Donatas describes as technical modification sot his model like changing the battery he never made it to the start line of 6 models. Someone else noticed his absence and jumped in very opportunistically to make six models in the final . The truth is Don had a choice of 3 illegal props in his hand to try and gain an advantage. His face was a picture as the race started.

1st: Derk Van Der Vecht

2nd: Ian Watson flying Simon Claydon’s model

3rd: Simon McNeil

F3P-C

The F3P-C Pilot list was dominated by local fliers with just Shaun Davies (England) and Gordon McRea (Northern Ireland) preventing the competition being fought out by local lads. Top honors in a fairly tight competition went to Neal Shead , Gordon McRea split the otherwise all English field to take second place and young Adam Lomax took third place with a model he had only 1hrs experience with. Shaun Davies won round 1 but had to settle for fourth place as the other pilots upped their game in the latter rounds. Another young lad David Childs came fifth flying the only Biplane at this years competition (Fancy Foam Milled Vrolet). Daniel Munnings struggled with his model but told me he had a great experience and would be better prepared next year.

full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	summary
Shead;Neal	100	300	(R1:99.6500) R2:100.0000 R3:100.0000 R4:100.0000
McRea;Gordon	96.3766666666667	289.13	R1:97.9100 (R2:94.1100) R3:94.8100 R4:96.4100
Lomax;Adam	96.36	289.08	R1:94.9400 R2:99.3300 R3:94.8100 (R4:88.7400)
Davies;Shaun	94.7833333333333	284.35	R1:100.0000 (R2:86.7000) R3:97.2400 R4:87.1100
Childs;David	93.94	281.82	(R1:91.2700) R2:91.4100 R3:95.1400 R4:95.2700
Munnings;Daniel	12.1333333333333	36.4	R1:10.4700 R2:25.9300 R3:0.0000 R4:0.0000

F3P-B

Three English men, 3 from Northern Ireland, 2 Dutch and a quiet young man from Poland battled it out in this years demanding B schedule. It must have been demoralising at times for most of the pilots. Top spot going to our very own Connor Stephenson with a near perfect display in each and every round. The competition was really for second and third place as a result of this demonstration of how to fly the “B” Schedule. That said some good scores were put in from all the other pilots 2nd, 3rd and 4th places were very close. I think we could have easily seen my Dutch friend Winfried De Vries taking home some glassware if he hadn’t been so tired from his long journey. A very creditable 2nd place went to Robert Graham from Northern Ireland and another star of the show for reasons most people including myself didn’t first realise grabbed 3rd place under the name of Andy Rigby. Andy worked harder than any other pilot over the weekend. Flying F3P-B, Freestyle, Aeromusical and sitting on the judges bench at every opportunity he got.

full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	summary
Stephenson;Connor	100	300	R1:100.0000 (R2:100.0000) R3:100.0000 R4:100.0000
Graham;Robert	89.4033333333333	268.21	R1:86.8500 (R2:85.3000) R3:89.4600 R4:91.9000
Rigby;Andy	87.9966666666667	263.99	R1:91.0600 R2:86.2300 (R3:81.1200) R4:86.7000
Vries, de;Winfried	86.8933333333333	260.68	R1:82.7600 R2:91.7200 (R3:73.2900) R4:86.2000
Kirk;Dave	82.4566666666667	247.37	R1:79.6300 (R2:73.2900) R3:84.2400 R4:83.5000
Reid;Harry	77.36	232.08	R1:79.0900 R2:75.9800 R3:77.0100 (R4:73.3000)
Bogdanski;Krszysztof	73.1833333333333	219.55	R1:75.1100 R2:71.8400 (R3:70.0800) R4:72.6000
Barselaar;Ruud	62.4766666666667	187.43	R1:66.4900 R2:61.8000 R3:59.1400 (R4:57.5000)

F3P-A

Perhaps the most closely contested competition all weekend. just over 6% would separate the top four after five tight rounds of competition. Swedens Carl Ollson took round 1 ahead of Donatas in second place and Derk Van Der Vecht in 3rd. It wasn’t to stay like this for long though. Donatas is famed for his Aeromusical routines and VPP flying but precision is hwere most of the top fliers earn their skills in the early years and Donatas is no exception, every round in the preliminaries and the final belonged to Donatas, with the chasing pack fighting hard. Derk was just squeezed out of even more glassware by the charismatic Nicolas Pietu (the man with the widest stance I’ve ever seen) in part and by his own admission due to small errors where it mattered.

Final Scores

full_name	TotalScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	Final Round	Preliminary
Donatas;Pauzuolis	100	200	100	100
Olsson;Carl	98.06665	196.1333	97.49	98.6433
Pietu;Nicolas	95.90165	191.8033	97.0300	94.7733
Van Der Vecht;Derk	93.37665	186.7533	92.6600	94.0933
Haux;Loic	84.38665	168.7733	81.0000	87.7733
Van De Riet;Peter	82.73	165.46	80.1900	85.27

Final round Top 6

full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	summary
Donatas;Pauzuolis	100	100	R1:100.0000
Olsson;Carl	97.49	97.49	R1:97.4900
Pietu;Nicolas	97.03	97.03	R1:97.0300
Van Der Vecht;Derk	92.66	92.66	R1:92.6600
Haux;Loic	81	81	R1:81.0000
Van De Riet;Peter	80.19	80.19	R1:80.1900

Preliminary rounds (all Pilots)

full_name	ScorePrcnt	ScoreRaw	summary
Donatas;Pauzuolis	100	300	(R1:97.8500) R2:100.0000 R3:100.0000 R4:100.0000
Olsson;Carl	98.6433333333333	295.93	R1:100.0000 (R2:95.9200) R3:97.9500 R4:97.9800
Pietu;Nicolas	94.7333333333333	284.2	(R1:90.1000) R2:90.9100 R3:96.2600 R4:97.0300
Van Der Vecht;Derk	94.0933333333333	282.28	(R1:90.1600) R2:94.7600 R3:96.0800 R4:91.4400
Haux;Loic	87.7733333333333	263.32	(R1:78.7700) R2:87.3000 R3:90.0500 R4:85.9700
Van De Riet;Peter	85.27	255.81	(R1:72.8700) R2:85.7900 R3:86.4900 R4:83.5300
Roscoe;Graham	83.7566666666667	251.27	(R1:81.9300) R2:83.4600 R3:85.6500 R4:82.1600
Pietu;Stephane	82.1	246.3	R1:79.5500 (R2:78.2800) R3:82.3900 R4:84.3600
Currie;Chris	80.5833333333333	241.75	R1:77.1000 (R2:76.1800) R3:80.5800 R4:84.0700
Hoyland;Matthew	78.75	236.25	R1:76.8600 (R2:68.6100) R3:78.8900 R4:80.5000
McNeil;Simon	77.56	232.68	R1:75.7900 R2:79.1500 R3:77.7400 (R4:75.4500)
Van Der Vecht;Bert	75.0266666666667	225.08	R1:75.1900 R2:74.0800 R3:75.8100 (R4:72.5300)
Hepworth;Paul	68.7433333333333	206.23	R1:67.9200 (R2:62.6100) R3:72.5000 R4:65.8100

Katie Anne Whitehead Memorial Trophy

For me the most Important trophy of the competition!

The Katie Anne Whitehead Memorial trophy is in memory of the baby daughter of my wife Vanya and Myself. Katie Anne Whitehead was born sleeping on 25th May 2007 as a result of a rare genetic disorder called Edwards syndrome. It was an incredibly difficult time in our lives and it was then I first decided to initiate an F3P competition in the UK to stop my mind wondering and maintain some level of sanity. The Pilots Judges and helpers get to decide who deserves the trophy most from all the people involved with the competition.

I was very touched to see my name had appeared on a number of occasions but the eventual winner was a very popular choice and very deserving of the trophy in both Vanya’s and my eyes and equally so those of everyone involved. Derk Van Der Vecht once again taking home another trophy to his expanding collection.

F3P in the UK

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Freestyle “The revenge of Donatas”

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Katie Anne Whitehead Memorial Trophy

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