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1. Fab Feb Sales Items
2. Historical questions
3. 2025 FAI Arizona FF Champs

 

Fab Feb Sales Items: 
From:   Walt Ghio. [email protected]

I will have Nelson and Italian glow plugs for sale at the Fab Feb week of events.  The Nelson glow plugs are $11 each and the Italian are $7 each.

New metal prop hubs for F1C.  They are a copy of Artem’s aluminum hub’s manufactured by Oleg Kulakovsky in the Ukraine.  Oleg has made prop hubs for Eugene Verbitsky in the past and the quality is excellent.  They come with the two pins and have a black oxide finish.  Cost is $35 each.

Carbon tailbooms for 1/2A / F1J / F1P.  They have been manufactured by Stepan Stefanchuk in the Ukraine.  The weight is approximately 20 grams.  The big end diameter is 1.080 inches and the small end is .300 inches.  The length is 38 inches.  The cost is $45 each.

Historical questions
From: Klaus W. Salzer

Hello all,
talking with somebody who knew nothing about freeflight I found out that I myself have quite a deficit of historical knowledge!
– is theWakefield-cup in fact the oldest Free-Flight competition worldwide?
– When were the first Glider comps – national and international? In my opinion uncontrolled glider flying from slopes may be older.
– When were the first towline-glider comps?
– When were the first self-controlled slpope soaring comps (optical or magnet controlled)? I read about optical experiments during WW2.
– Was 1953 Madrid in fact the first world free flight event?
Any answer appreciated to satisfy my curiosity.
BTW: Seasons greetings to all from Austria!
Klaus Salzer

—
DI Klaus W. Salzer
Joh.Hönigsberger-G. 5

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2025 FAI Arizona FF Champs

From: Peter Brocks

2025 FAI Arizona Free Flight Championships Report 
We had good weather at the last America’s Cup contest of the year on Dec. 6 and 7. It was a cool 44°F (7°C) when the contest started at 8:30am, but then it warmed up to about 75°F (24°C). We had cloudless, blue skies on both days. The wind was from very calm to about 6 mph (3m/s) and had variable directions on both days. On Saturday when the 5th round started at 12:30pm we just had a big temperature change of more than 10°F (6°C) caused by a wind shift from ESE to North. In this “terrible” 5th round 66.7% of the fliers did not achieve the 180s max, there was no air movement and only very few thermals for the whole hour round. Contest attendance was low, except for the 5 FAI Junior competitors from California, they are members of the National Youth Aviation Academy. They brought energy and joy to the field.

On Sunday Jim Farmer was the only flier to max-out in F1A. He bested out 5 F1A fliers for 1st place. Shlomi Rosenzweig was 2nd and Peter Barron was 3rd. Daniel Son was 1st in the Junior class in F1A. Tomer Obligenarz was the winner in F1B by achieving 5 maxes. Junior Adith Alagiri was close by missing only 8s in the 5th round. He was 2nd overall and 1st in the Junior class. In F1Q Leah Park flew very well and maxed out. Leah was 1st overall and 1st in Junior. Aarav Alagiri was 2nd overall and 2nd in Junior in F1Q missing 20s. Kiana Lin placed 3rd overall and 3rd in the Junior class in F1Q dropping 16s.
On Sunday in F1G Alan Petersen missed only 2s in the 1st round for 1st place. Peter Brocks’ model was high in the sky when it dt’d early for a 12s drop in round 3 for 2nd place in F1G. In F1S we had 3 competitors, 2 maxed out. The fly-off in F1S was then won by Charlie Morris with Jack Murphy in 2nd place. George Morris was 3rd in F1S.

Please fly with us at the AMA, NFFS, FAC Southwest Regionals and FAI Tui World Cup of New Zealand on January 17-19, 2025 at Eloy, Arizona. Please pre-register by January 1st. Electronic payment entry info and other information are on the SWR website  https://swregionals.org/
I thank Tom Gaylor and my wife Brigitte for their help running the FAI part of the Arizona Free Flight Champs.
Peter Brocks, CD
ELOY, ARIZONA – DECEMBER 6 AND 7
2025 FAI ARIZONA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
Peter Brocks, CD
F1A                          1   2   3   4   5         Total
Jim Farmer                 180 180 180 180 180       900
Shlomi Rosenzweig           180    168 180 177       885
Peter Barron               180 180 180 180 157       877
Andrew Barron              180 180 180 148 136       824
Peter Brocks               154 145 180 180   0       659
Daniel Son        Junior 1 138 180 180  15  90       603

F1B                          1   2   3   4   5        Total
Tomer Obligenarz           180 180 180 180 180       900
Adith Alagiri     Junior 1 180 180 180 180 172       892

F1Q                          1   2   3   4   5        Total
Leah Park         Junior 1 180 180 180 180 180       900
Aarav Alagiri     Junior 2 180 180 180 180 160       880
Kiana Lin         Junior 3 180 180 180 154 180       874
Jack Murphy                180 180 180 180 139       859

F1G                          1   2   3   4   5         Total
Alan Petersen              118 120 120 120 120       598
Peter Brocks               120 120 108 120 120       588

F1S                          1   2   3   4   5 F/O    Total
Charlie Morris             120 120 120 120 120 104   704
Jack Murphy                120 120 120 120 120  93   693
George Morris              120 120 120 120  25       505

THERE WERE NO ENTRIES IN F1C/P, F1H AND F1J

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