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Nov 14

I make this blog entry on the 15th actually. We have had to wait all night to get the results of the team standings and individual pilots standings. The standings for Canada is as follows.

As a team Canada placed 10th.

Chad Northeast is 22nd. He will now advance into the semi finals.

Dezso Vaghy finished at 37th. Dave Reaville finished at 50th.

Last day of the prelims and weather is a big factor. Winds were blowing in 90 degrees crosswind at around 40k. This made taking off and landing very dangerous at times and as a result there were a few mishaps. Some crashes, bumps and bruizes. Spin enteries were critical, difficult, and in blowing the plane in too far for many made the next few manouvers a bit scary. The wind didn't change in speed all through the day, so all were affected.

More later...

 

		Competitor		Total	Panel 1	Panel 2	Panel 3	Panel 4
1	33	PAYSANT-LE ROUX Christophe	FRA	2981.67	964.01	1000	1000	981.67
2	78	SCHULMAN Jason	USA	2926.33	984.29	974.99	964.68	967.05
3	46	ONDA Tetsuo	JPN	2921.82	949.2	962.45	959.37	1000
4	79	SOMENZINI Quique	USA	2902.07	958.98	969.8	973.29	864.53
5	49	MATT Wolfgang	LIE	2854.55	959.96	969.87	914.51	924.72
6	87	AKIBA Yoichiro	JPN	2852.66	863.97	944.04	923.11	985.51
7	31	PAYSANT-LE ROUX Benoit	FRA	2835.92	1000	892.79	871.01	943.13
8	86	SILVESTRI Sebastiano	ITA	2822.75	894.58	921.94	936.24	964.56
9	32	CARRIER Stephane	FRA	2796.31	937.27	936.28	903.21	922.76
10	80	JESKY Andrew	USA	2777.41	902.18	952.14	895.79	923.09
11	34	WISSINGER Markus	GER	2762.77	908.44	910.93	932.36	919.48
12	10	MARQUET Philippe	BEL	2758.04	946.12	898.82	912.04	899.88
13	47	SUZUKI Koji	JPN	2754.46	882.96	897.29	895.24	961.93
14	43	FRIGGERI Luca	ITA	2735.09	884.07	902.67	900.44	931.98
15	11	DIERICKX Benoit	BEL	2724.23	0	897.17	909.95	917.11
16	83	COLOMBO Marcelo	ARG	2713.34	839.25	932.44	764.61	941.65
17	35	BESCHORNER Bernd	GER	2693.86	867.94	920.26	869.03	904.57
18	66	RUBIN Marc	SUI	2692.5	818.15	903.15	899.95	889.4
19	36	ULSAMER Guenther	GER	2683.62	902.11	861.83	866.43	915.08
20	51	FREMMING Ola	NOR	2657.74	829.37	874.9	855.65	927.18
21	7	MAYR Gerhard	AUT	2633.81	883.25	871.44	864.95	879.12
22	16	NORTHEAST Chad	CAN	2628.75	804.39	960.4	817.93	850.42
23	44	GRASELLI Andrea	ITA	2608	817.84	880.78	773.52	909.38
24	8	DANKSAGMULLER Helmut	AUT	2601.15	836.47	878.6	854.61	867.94
25	9	FILGAS Erich	AUT	2567.06	839.04	762.17	859.09	868.93
26	50	VAN VLIET Danny	NED	2565.29	794.38	891.14	823.1	851.05
27	5	BLOODWORTH Bill	AUS	2554.18	828.9	806.15	831.08	894.2
28	42	ROBINSON Shane	IRL	2549.98	816.63	901.59	702.11	831.76
29	65	SCHADEN Bernhard	SUI	2541.8	827.55	857.98	838.37	845.44
30	84	NIETO Daniel	ARG	2533.5	761.45	915.23	767.39	850.88
31	22	XU JUN Zhang	CHN	2523.96	832.39	871.67	819.9	0
32	12	ZARDINI Jean-Pierre	BEL	2515.61	838.66	880.35	796.6	0
33	88	LUNDSTROM David	SWE	2499.16	750.27	830.37	826.81	841.98
34	4	CORAM Steve	AUS	2486.36	802.37	846.19	767.81	837.79
35	61	WOLFFE Marc	RSA	2465.64	802.59	831.62	811.52	822.5
36	37	LAU Alex	HKG	2435.33	745.95	870.14	739.65	819.24
37	17	VAGHY Dezso	CAN	2434.59	796.16	801.2	701.29	837.23
38	75	HARROP John	GBR	2422.89	765.81	886.71	770.38	241.31
39	24	ZHI YONG Duan	CHN	2421.75	794.71	839.89	787.16	769.59
40	56	SELVA Massimo	SMR	2419.09	781.3	767.52	785.02	852.76
41	52	COSTA Antonio	POR	2404.71	800.19	712.52	803.54	800.97
42	67	PASINI Sylvain	SUI	2403.22	790.09	758.85	815.81	797.33
43	53	BUTUZOV Sergey	RUS	2394.65	781.06	817.35	728.49	796.24
44	55	MANDRIKA Victor	RUS	2360.95	639.95	801.97	778.6	780.39
45	6	CROSSMAN Adam	AUS	2352.76	0	782.76	738.58	831.42
46	77	JACKSON Keith	GBR	2345.01	794.67	786.69	763.65	751.56
47	23	ZHENDI Huang	CHN	2343.75	764.89	764.5	732.8	814.36
48	40	KEANE Ray	IRL	2340.62	759.55	858.13	722.94	668.06
49	63	BYOUNG Jun	KOR	2334.22	742.75	812.12	761.75	760.34
50	18	REAVILLE Dave	CAN	2330.45	740.72	855.46	642.25	734.27
51	28	KURI Pablo	ECU	2304.75	744	769.23	765.27	770.25
52	85	AMBROGGI Leonardo	ARG	2302	793.64	0	684.42	823.93
53	62	DONG HEE Lee	KOR	2270.21	696.65	820.06	611.67	753.5
54	81	URDANETA Carlos Silva	VEN	2255.49	665.92	844.79	686.16	724.54
55	59	WENTZEL Ian	RSA	2245.04	777.67	665.86	759.18	708.19
56	29	AGUILAR Joaquin	ECU	2222.14	723.14	612.75	755.79	743.2
57	60	GERMUSHUYS Carel	RSA	2214.27	727.53	650.97	728.59	758.15
58	14	AVILA MOY William	BRA	2207.51	719.47	745.56	640.36	742.48
59	30	ALMEIDA Xavier	ECU	2197.96	706.38	693.47	736.91	754.67
60	54	DANILOV Sergey	RUS	2185.25	658.45	753.87	617.58	772.94
61	21	REYES Rene	CHI	2180.77	635.61	634.3	729.42	815.74
62	73	RATTANAPRAROM Natawut	THA	2158.63	731.58	0	738.13	688.92
63	64	WON Kang Seo	KOR	2137.58	659.07	801.04	550.98	677.47
64	76	CATON Kevin	GBR	2129.38	753.65	0	724.78	650.95
65	20	CHAPARRO GARESE Patricio	CHI	2119.44	-6.37	652.58	656.72	810.14
66	13	DOS SANTOS NUNES Bruno Visconte	BRA	2105.02	714.26	685.37	676.47	705.39
67	39	WONG Adrian	HKG	2084.14	721.31	773.12	589.64	589.71
68	27	MARTINEZ Roberto	COL	2040.84	596.18	614.12	682.77	743.94
69	69	BAINATHSAH Geoffrey	SUR	2010.08	623.5	642.25	679.96	687.87
70	19	HYEOK Yu Sung	CHI	1998.2	607.53	641.05	656.11	701.04
71	38	HUNG KAY Li	HKG	1997.74	663.81	648.49	550.87	685.45
72	25	LOZANO Jorge	COL	1994.5	531.07	629.1	582.44	782.96
73	41	BARRET Noel	IRL	1976.59	716.08	635.88	603.9	624.63
74	57	YONG Frederick	SIN	1897.7	711.55	612.46	553.34	573.69
75	68	BAINATHSAH John	SUR	1883.65	638.98	-17.13	593.83	650.83
76	26	HINESTROSA Federico	COL	1815.51	567.05	573.7	594.63	647.17
77	70	HAGENS Freddy	SUR	1642.04	542.72	555.44	543.88	508.46
78	74	TECHAVIPARK Praphon	THA	1595.59	537.49	524.9	533.2	444.4
79	72	SUKUMCHAROENJIT Chuchard	THA	1585.41	129.13	0	697.29	758.99
80	15	MALLOY RESENDE Marcos Angelo	BRA	1580.56	571.11	529.23	480.22	53.75
81	82	PEREIRA Alejandro	VEN	1209.32	0	484.97	364.08	360.28
82	58	CHONG Frederick	SIN	1196.08	584.33	0	611.75	0

 

Nov 13

Today was round 3. The team flew in the Morning. Dez flew very close to the start of the round. The wind was blowing out very strongly this morning and then calmed down to almost nothing near noon. Then it switched direction by 90 degrees and picked up to very strong again in the afternoon. Dez and Dave flew in heavy winds while Chad got lucky and flew in the period where there was no wind. It was a good day for the team as Chad flew a very good round, Dave flew his best yet, and me, I didn't fly as well as yesterday. We fly in the afternoon tomorrow for the 4rth prelim round and then wait for results to all four rounds. Here are some shots of other competitors and planes on our flight line.

Also for some results so far check out this link (there is no ranking yet, just raw scores)

Also also as promised here is a video 5megs in size of an intersection close to the hotel that (as so many around here have) has no stop signs. You decide what the rules are.

Scores can be seen at this link.

 

Nov 12

Today was round 2 of four. The wind was blowing in the opposite direction today quite strongly. Straight out 90 degrees. In fact one could have flown either way, just had to pick which way. It was a challenge for sure to keep it close, to have a nice take off, and landings were tricky as well. We saw a few mishaps today including power plant failures, aborted takeoffs, and even a crash. Through the grape vine we heard that some individuals failed the sound test, flew too long, and yes even forgot to wear the required official yellow bib which shows your pilot number.

The team did well. Dez, that's me was up first in the afternoon about 1:30ish. Dave went up next about an hour later, and finally Chad wrapped up the day flying last at around 4:30 with sun encroaching into the flying area, or "box" as it is called. I scored better today than yesterday. Chad also. Tomorrow I start things off for the team by flying early. I have to be to the field by 7am and I am 3rd up.

 

This is just an aside addition I am putting as a bonus. In Santa Fe center there is a grid of roads alternating one way. There are no stop signs in this area of town. The rule is that the person on the right has the right of way however, many times the person that is more determined wins out in the end. Anyway, you decide for yourself how it works. Keep in mind that a huge chunk of downtown has intersections such as this. I will post a video that works a bit later on. Reason for you to visit again. And by the way, the Squeegee kids are brutal.

Nov 11

Preliminary flights were flown by all today. For the next 4 days every competitor will fly in front of 4 panels of judges. At the end of the 4 days the standings will be posted and only a certain percentage of pilots will move on to the semi finals. The semi finals involves flying a different sequence which is more technically demanding. Of course the finals will involve even less pilots still and an unknown sequence of maneuvers.

Today we flew in the Morning. It was rather chilly, brisk wind but sunny. The cross wind was blowing in which made it challenging. All three of us flew well. A good start to the contest.

 

Nov 10

Today was the official practice for all teams at the World Championships site. Each team is allotted 45 minutes in which they have the field to practice, check model noise, and to get familiar with the site in general. Chad, Dave and I all flew the sequence. We had enough time left over for Chad to fly again. After finishing with our flights we moved to a near-by airplane hanger where officials weighed, measured and checked over our models and transmitters. This is standard practice at all world championships. While we had all of our models together we took time to make some team photos.

After being finished with processing, we hurried back to the practice field for some flights in very strong crosswind mimicking what we think might happen for first flights tomorrow (round 1) which will be in the morning hours. I do my flight in lucky 13th spot. Chad fly's near the beginning and Dave near the end. Some pictures of what happened are below. Also notice that I have reversed the ordering in what day gets posted at the top of the page. Hopefully this way one can read the blog and not wait for all the pictures to load.

The opening ceremonies were very nice and included demos from Kite flying, Parachuting and a fly-by of some military aircraft. Lots of locals were in attendance as this is a big event for this community. We have an early day again tomorrow so I will cut this short, like usual.

 

 

Nov 9

Xavier and me have this morning checked out of our first hotel and moved into the Holiday Inn to join the rest of the team. This was a nice move. The air conditioning works better, Internet is more convenient, and the room is bigger amongst other things. We carried the boxes the two blocks that separated the two hotels. Good things for the wheels on the boxes. After our transfer ordeal we joined the team at Galvez field and practiced the whole balance of the day with the Japanese. The wind was very strong and it was raining for the better . This seems to be a theme here in Argentina. Very strong winds. Also at the flying club in Galvez we were treated to an authentic Argentinean style BBQ with all of the trimmings.

 

Nov 7

Today we practiced at the Galvez field where we again were greeted by the president of the club. Again we were invited for a BBQ and I think we might take up this offer as we might have a chance to practice with the Japanese team. That is... if it doesn't rain and if they show. I got 3 flights in before it started to rain. It is still raining off and on as I type. There is a chance that tomorrow will be a washout. Anyway we practiced with the Italians, in the rain :) So below see one of the Italians do a hand launch. Also very interesting a counter rotating double prop assembly for electric. Will be interesting to see how it works. Apparently it makes a strange noise.

Hand launch

Nov 6

Another day dedicated to practice but this time we found a club where no one was around. Around 140 K from the hotel. It was a long drive yes but mostly on good highway at 130K speeds.

The whole team including Dave who had just arrived the day before was here at our secret place. It was almost impossible to find. A little grass strip right on a highway and big trucks passed by constantly all day long honking as they passed. I have a nifty cold. Started yesterday and settled in last night. I slept onward of 9:30 and all night. Feel much better this morning.

Nov 5

Xavier is rushing me through the door so I will just post some pics of the practice field we were at today and also the airport or site of the worlds we visited to get registered today as well.

We are finding traffic and road conditions difficult. Some roads cause the plane to shake so badly in the car that one is forced to drive very slowly. 30K can take 45 minutes. Today we actually went and visited the World Championships site and while there we got registered. Part of our registration package included a can of beer. After that we went to the practice site we found on our fist day of exploration. Beautiful little club with bathroom facilities and power, also well treed. Part of a full scale airport with gliding. It was a windy day so difficult conditions to fly in. There was a reporter there from Fox Sports and he took film of me taking off, and also pics of my hands while I was flying. We were able to put in 4 flights or so, but had to spend the rest of the day in lineup because of many pilots waiting to fly.. Lots of teams were there. As the week goes by it will only get more crowded.

Nov 4.

Monday was first practice for Chad and Dez. After a quick stop at Walmart, where we picked up chairs to sit on while out practicing, water, and some other odds and ends, we headed for a field by a city called Parana. On arrival to the field we found a couple of teams in preparations and flying. Members from Thailand, Germany, Chile and Honk Hong were there. Most of the day was spent at the field. I had 5 flights and I think Chad had 4 or 5 flights. Temperatures reached about 30 degrees, and it was rather windy. 90 degrees crosswind blowing out. Wind speeds reached reached about 22K. Sunny, warm. what else can you ask for when back home temps are not as nice, but I will have to check on that for sure...

Sunday Nov 3.

2 out of the 3 pilots, our callers and team manager have arrived in Santa Fe. We arrived directly after landing in Buenos Aeries. It was a 4 hour drive. With no very detailed map and a couple detours through cities along the way we made it to our Hotel by 2am. of Sunday Morning.

Argentina / Santa Fe is an interesting place. The water swirls the opposite way when going down the drain. Cars seen driving around are interesting. A mix of the very old and very new models. Motor cycles with many passengers, and an interesting way of negotiating intersections that have no stop signs. I wonder if that would work in Canada? We have already sampled some of the cuisine. A steak dinner is about 18 pesos which works out to be 6 Canadian dollars and a Liter of Stella beer is 9 Pesos or about 3 CAN dollars. At the corner store a liter of beer 4 Pesos.

Also the pace of life is as the dog below illustrates.

Sat Nov 2

3 pictures in our travels.

 

If you are here at the bottom and are confused, please go to the top of the page for news. I reversed the blog so that the newest info appears first at the top.

 

 

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