Monday, 20 February 2012

Willow makes even my thumbs winners!


  It’s the best/worst and greatest attraction of f3f in the UK- glorious unpredictability.  You know that on any day there’s a chance of winning a round or 2 from the best pilots.  The ice cream slope is one that stands out in my mind as a slope that generates a large amount of variation.   I really wanted to fly my latest Willow but a servo problem and early morning snow meant that I’d have a quick 5 mins with the Willow before round 1.

  The Welsh league attracts some of the best pilots in the UK and it seemed like the Alliaj was the model that seemed to be coming out of the back of most cars- with a smattering of radicals and Freestyler 3s and 4s.  Getting the new Willow out gave me the chance to show off it’s improved quality.

  The Maiden went well enough to stop me taking out my other Willow so with 20mph of icey winds blowing in our faces (from a range of directions) we were off.  Those Alliaj’s always have the look of steady reliable models that were delivering times faster than they look whilst Martin was disguising his Freestyler’s limited ability to climb straight and level with his pumping climb out.  For the first few rounds each flight lead to set up tweaks and changes (I really should have the hang of the Willow by now.

  The Willow really does react to lift so well.  A thermal passing through the course and she accelerates better than any other model I’ve had.   Round 6 and the lift was there for me, the Willow’s stability made it feel easy and I set a 44- my first round win in longer than I can remember.

  I could tell you the rounds where I waited for walkers and then launched into sink so I entered the course in thermal mode but it was clear who had the classiest thumbs in the field and after 12 rounds the cream rose to the top.  It was great to see Stefan again for a day that really reminded me of the fun side of F3F and thanks to my Willow I managed to keep holding on to a Champion of Champions place as well!

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Willow wins a round thanks to some great customer service

I'll get some pictures of the race soon but...

I have been really keen to race the latest Willows but I found a faulty servo on Friday.  Thanks to Hyperflight and tony at Sloperacer had ther new servos on my door step on Saturday.

  So get to the race early right?  did I mention it was in Wales so there would be snow!  Round 1 was flight 2 for the new model and rounf 6 was my first round win with a Willow!  An average pilot winning with a Willow you know why I didn't wait for thhe pictures!

Monday, 6 February 2012

New models frozen in the Snow

I've just recieved these pictures from my good Friend Maslo.  The weather there is minus 25C- so no complaints about my workshop heater!

I've blogged about the Air one for a good while now, with a developemtn history of several years it almost feels like a model of my own.  After some fun winter air time I cna say that it's a great model that has the mix of responsiveness and forgiveness just about spot on.

 The 3m Air one Hybrids should be with Tony at SlopeRacer any day now- snow drifts permitting.

Saturday, 4 February 2012

I must be the only one!

You know what it's like, you're out shopping with your kids on a wet Saturday and you get a text from you're mate.  39.86!

Yes, he's out flying, yes he's racing, yes he's had a stunning time and- he's done it with a Willow.

I'm fast becoming the only Willow pilot without a sub 40!

Report on Frank's day in North yorks later

Friday, 3 February 2012

Willow goes down under

I've just recieved this video from 'AVB' in Australia.  His Willow's maidenn flight annd he ends up doing inverted DS before taking the Willow to 134mph.

Video

Really nice flying site and when was the last time you did that on a Maiden!