The title for F3A FAI Finnish Championship was given in one Championship competition. The FAI and Nordic Cups were decided based on points given in four Cup competitions (Finnish Championship included). International competitions were Nordic Championships in Finland and World Championships in Poland.
FAI SM Oulu 26.-27.7 Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Kierros 4 Yhteensä 3/4
1. Jens Poikelin 1000 1000 1000 1000 3000
2. Tuomas Tanska 810 993 821 939 2752
3. Markus Aaltonen 742 871 858 915 2644
4. Jani Loikkanen 568 682 716 616 2014
5. Ari Syrjä 558 664 691 650 2005
6. Erkko Saviaro 624 395 540 526 1690
7. Mikko Eirola 145 78 0 2 224
FAI Cup TurkuHämeenkyröOuluJämi Yhteensä 3/4
1. Markus Aaltonen 7 6 3 6 22
2. Jens Poikelin 7 5 7 19
3. Jussi Kettunen 6 5 4 15
4. Robert Sundström SWE 7 7
5. Tommy Stenlund SWE 6 6
6. Esa Eirola 5 5
7. Ari Syrjä 4 1 5
8. Erkko Saviaro 5 0 5
9. Tuomas Tanska 4 4
10. Juho Karppinen 4 4
11. Kimmo Kaukoranta 3 3
12. Jani Loikkanen 2 2
13. Mikko Eirola 0 0
Nordic Cup TurkuHämeenkyröOuluJämi Yhteensä 3/4
1. Jani Loikkanen 7 6 6 7 26
2. Lassi Nurila 5 7 7 19
3. Kimmo Kaukoranta 6 5 5 16
4. Raimo Ruokonen 4 4 6 14
5. Iiro Nikkilä 3 5 8
6. Juha Nissi 3 2 5
7. Mikko Eirola 4 4
8. Tuomas Pietinen 2 2
World Championship competetion in Deblin, Poland, August 7-18 2003.
Finland had a large team on site consisting of three pilots, team manager and supporters. We provided some daily reports on Finnish forum Lennokit.net and pictures on these pages.
The official kotisivu doesn’t work anymore (February 2007).
Results from the 2003 Finnish Championship and third part of the Cup series. The results of the Cup competition were also results of the Finnish Championship competition, except two Swedish competitors were not taken into account.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Kimmon Somethin’ Extran ohjaajalla on iloinen ilme
Kisaviikonlopun sää oli hyvin epävakainen eikä sateiltakaan täysin vältytty
Korkeusperäsimen työntötanko on hiilikuituinen putki servolta MK:n vivustolle saakka
Lassi kasaa Super Desireeta
Lassi kuvaa edelleenkin Enigmaa
Lassi kuvaa tarkasti Auroraa
Lassin Super Desiree
Loikkasen Janin Midas telineellä tauon aikana
Lyhyt brieffaus Tuomakselle vielä ennen lentoonlähtöä
Markuksen Enigma parkissa
Markuksen Enigma
Markuksen Enigman siiven yläpinnan kuviointi on hyvin erottuva
Markuksen radion kantolaite jälleen kuvassa
Moottori käy
Moottoriasennus Enigmassa
Paattisten kentällä on hyvin tilaa järjestää isompiakin kilpailuita
Paattisten kentän kiitorata on asfaltoitu
Paattisten stunttikauden avauskilpailuun ei tullut aivan odotettua määrää kilpailijoita
Parkkipaikka kentän reunassa on turvallisen kaukana päällystetystä lennätyskiitoradasta
Pietisen Tuomas virittämässä sähköstunttiaan kisalennolla
Raimo pakkaa Saphiria kuljetuspusseihin kilpailun jälkeen
Raimon laminoimia hiilikuituspinnereitä oli näytillä majalla
Sähköstuntin keveät rakenteet ja läpinäkyvä päällystys erottavat koneen polttomoottorikäyttöisistä virkaveljistään
Saphirin peräsimet
Saviaron Erkon Sonic laskussa. Erkon Sombreron moottori ei käynyt luotettavasti, joten Erkko otti pienen ARF-varakoneensa käyttöön. Näytti se FAI-ohjelmakin vääntyvän pienellä koneella
Sonic ampaisee hetken päästä Erkon ohjastamana hurjalle FAI-ohjelman mukaiselle kisalennolle
Taitolennokki ei kannusta tarvitse
Tarkempi detaljikuva vaijerista ja hornista
Tuomarit ovat valmiita arvostelemaan lennon
Turun kilpailussa ruokailut järjestettiin hakemalla ruoka-annokset lähistön Shell Simpukka -ravintolasta. Kentällä paistettiin myös makkaroita buffetissa