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Oliver Missbach [Sysop] (Oliver)

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Was für die Modellraketensportler unter uns: ein Bericht von Stuart Lodge über den Canterbury Cup, dem ersten internationalen FAI-Wettbewerb in Großbritannien. Ich habe ihn nicht übersetzt, wer Interesse an einer deutsche Fassung hat, bitte kurz hier melden!

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"Rockets & Things" 1st CANTERBURY CUP
4-6 August 2k Stalisfield nr Canterbury, UK

ENGLAND GOT ITS World Cup...but it wasn’t football that came home over the brilliant first weekend in August, it was rockets, rockets & rockets !! The 1st Canterbury Cup took a year to set up, harnessing the talents of "Rockets & Things", Tony Betts, the British Model Flying Association, Radioflight Services and Southern England Rocket Flyers.

Organisers Stuart Lodge and Tony Betts put on a package of FAI and non-FAI competitions, in conjunction with an extensive fly-for-fun programme. The result was a good international contest, a superb British Championship and literally hundreds of sport launches. First off, this is where the medals went...

S6A-Streamer Duration World Cup The UK put in a strong showing in this most classical of Space Modelling categories - boosting a 5g rocket under minuscule 2.5 Newton seconds (Ns) impulse to 250m (800’) and skyhooking it with concertina’d strip of mylar/tissue. But the likes of Ian Dowsett, Verney Montague & Matt O’Brien knew only the best would count against the young Polish World Cup leader, Bartosz Boniecki, father Jerzy and Switzerland’s Kurt Grimm. The air in round 1 seemed decidedly patchy, with Jerzy Boniecki’s 135s as good as it got and this proved decisive in the final countdown. Ian Dowsett flew an improving series to threaten, but a bright spot for UK was Simon Howers, who took instructions in how to fly this class by internet in the preceding week - 6th overall and 3rd in the UK event...super. But the heavy metal was smelted as follows...the Poles a little too good :-


1 Jerzy BONIECKI POL 135 143 177 = 455s

2 Bartosz BONIECKI POL 121 180 127 = 428s

3 Ian DOWSETT GBR 115 132 138 = 385s

S8E-RC Rocket Glider World Cup Small entry, but high class - the real winner was the atmosphere, mimicking S6A-Streamer Duration...full of holes. The models are the Formula 1 of gliders, boosting to 300m (~900’) in ten seconds and >300kph (~200mph) at the top of the boost. Nigel Bathe’s new composite construction S8E, featuring asymmetric fin/tailplane had a clear performance edge over the traditional Polish designs, boosting consistently higher, well deserving the Gold...

1 Nigel BATHE GBR 360 331 360 = 1051s

2 Bartosz BONIECKI POL 360 183 297 = 840s

3 Jerzy BONIECKI POL 227 360 175 = 761s

S4A-Boost Glider & S9A-Gyrocopter Duration Tough classes these; the former very well contested, despite a patchy standard below the top three. Boost gliders resemble a small "chuck glider" and at Canterbury being boosted on 2.5Ns power - at this low impulse level, the real skill is getting the transition between boost and glide very smooth. The Poles flew fold-up slew-wing models, the rest rigid designs...although the new variable flap S4 by Nige Bathe showed great promise.

S9A-Gyrocopter Duration was a disappointment, only two entries...but Bartosz Boniecki’s was the best heliroc anyone had seen - featherweight and with a six lamina rotor that whirled like a turbine...

S4A Boost Glider

1 Jerzy BONIECKI POL 180 80 56 = 316s

2 Nigel BATHE GBR 102 64 108 = 274s

3 Bartosz BONIECKI POL 104 60 53 = 217s

S9A-Gyrocopter Duration

1 Bartosz BONIECKI POL 143 - - = 143s

2 Matt O’BRIEN GBR 33 72 37 = 142s

Egg Loft Duration With the World Cup and other FAI events out of the way on Saturday, a more "school’s out" tempo prevailed on Sunday. Boosting a nose heavy ‘lofter under 10Ns to 200m (600’) and achieving a good flight duration is fraught with trauma...parachutes strip rigging, egg cones separate and the cargo is ready for the frying pan !! And the score is Zero. However, it’s a popular event, with kits easily obtainable and the Canterbury ‘lofter event looked to be good from the off.

Kurt Grimm started favourite, hot on the heels of his 2nd place at RAK2000 in Switzerland earlier in the year and set the standard for the field. Matt O’Brien got off to a good start, which is more than could be said for Ian Dowsett - two rounds...2 zeros ! It was good to see juniors Robin & Trevor Seabrook slugging it out with the best; Robin coming 3rd in the British Championship...well done. With Grimm seemingly having it in the bag, Dowsett flew the last round...shattering your scribe’s British Record with an 816s miracle (Egg Loft has no max) and scoring Gold...who says consistency counts !?!

1 Ian DOWSETT GBR 0 0 816 = 816s

2 Kurt GRIMM SUI 116 75 125 = 241s

3 Matt O’BRIEN GBR 92 35 124 = 216s

Sport Scale & Show Models The last events of Sunday afternoon...the former attracting a small but varied entry, being capably judged by Steve Moores & Tony Betts. Less formal than FAI category S7, the static judging was more subjective than usual, although the gremlins had their normal run-out come qualification flight time. Wojciech Krzywinsi’s Ariane 2 was impressive but had flight problems and Rob O’Brien’s Saturn 5 just a little too rough to draw approbation. Gary Blinco’s Tomahawk ground launched cruise missile was simple, but superb...and cruised away superbly.

Show Models - Oddrocs attracted the usual madness...tho’ Kurt Grimm’s Willem Tell’s Arrow drew the plaudits. Other included John Jacomb’s Heathcliffe and Dave Tranter’s Bertie Bassett licorice allsorts wonder. Remarkably they all flew well enough to score...

Sport Scale

1 Gary BLINCO Tomahawk 50+40 = 90pts

2 Jerzy BONIECKI Ariane 2 30+50 = 80pts

3 John JACOMB SR-71 40+30 = 70pts

Show Models - Oddrocs

1 Kurt GRIMM "Willem Tell’s Arrow"

2 John JACOMB "Heathcliffe"

3 Dave TRANTER "Bertie Bassett"

British Space Modelling Association Championships

It had been decided to host the British Championships at Canterbury, interpolating the scores from the international event. BMFA supplied Millennium Medals for this contest - for successful flyers and also administrators - these were awarded so..

S6A-Steamer Duration S4A-Boost Glider Egg Loft Duration

1 Ian DOWSETT 1 Nigel BATHE 1 Ian DOWSETT

2 Verney MONTAGUE 2 Ian DOWSETT 2 Matt O’BRIEN

3 Simon HOWERS 3 Verney MONTAGUE 3 Robin SEABROOK

Sport Scale S8E-RC Rocket Glider

1 Gary BLINCO Tomahawk 1 Nigel Bathe

2 John JACOMB SR-71 (no 2nd & 3rd)

3 Rob O’BRIEN Saturn 5

Canterbury Tale.. Was it worth the effort; will we do it again ?!? Slightly disappointing level of international entry, despite some assurances in the months before - with the 13th World Space Modelling Championships coming up a month later, some decided on home-based preparations. But the UK interest - especially the hordes who turned up for the sport flying phase of the event - made up for this and vindicated the organisers’ decision to make the 1st Canterbury Cup a "Rocket Festival", rather than just an FAI contest. Naturally thanks are due to many...event organisers, timekeepers, Rockets & Things’ Tony & Mary Betts, BMFA, Radioflight Services - international events are always a team effort. Now to fill in the forms for 2001 - wot...another Space Oddessy !?!

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