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[pjapuy]

Quique: From the first time I saw you flying a plane in the year 2000, at Costa Rica los Reyes RC Air Show, I can´t believed a plane can do such extreme maneuvers, like torque rolls and your very slow perfects rolling circle (now I know the names). That was my very first time I have contact with the RC planes, and that touch me very deep, your show was AWESOME (as are today every time I see one of your video). Two years later (2002), I start flying model planes, and every time I talk about RC Model Planes with my buddies, your name allways sound. THANKS very much to be such a great model for the RC community. The next year (2008) I hope to be at the Joe Nall to see you flying again in live (Maybe I´ll travel with Guardia and Pastora, to be there for the first time).

Regards from Costa Rica

Pedro Apuy

[Quique]

Thank you very much for your comments. I never feel I had resistance or questioning the 3D. I always felt it was well received and from day one who watched wants to do it, got hook it!. As you very well say now 3D is a very popular aerobatic and practice by many people around the world and I think will keep growing. I do not know what could be the next "big thing" but what I know not matter what we are doing or what we will be doing in the future it will still same basic principle of the aerobatic, show control, be precise and smooth. Take care and thank you again. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by Wojcigitty
	Quique, you are credited with inventing 3D aerobatics. With any new type of flying, especially something as different as 3D, there is a certain amount of resistance/questioning at its introduction. I remember someone at my flying field complaining "real planes don't fly like that!" when I was torque rolling my model back before 3D became really mainstream. It seemed to some to be "silly." Did you have any reservations about 3D when you started flying it, any questions as to whether or not it would catch on? Secondly, 3D has become very mainstream now, it's no longer limited to only a handful of pilots. The same could be said for giant scale aerobatics. Do you have any idea what the next "big thing" might be? Thanks for all you've done for the hobby. You're truly a visionary, and I especially like what you said about foamies bringing RC to a completely new audience. I agree completely!

[Quique]

Dear Glenn, Thank you for your post and comments. I judged you as well many times at the Nationals and I watch you winning it!
1)good question and difficult answer. Both options are very good and capable to win. I think this is a personal decision. I choose glow for this W/C. As well I flew electric before with good results too. I feel combination glow/biplane balance very well. I also like the sound of the glow and I feel helps to enhance my flying. I enjoy listening to my YS engine, I do not this is very personal. I grew up with engines around, my dad raced bikes, go karts, cars, actually he did make his own car and tuned his engines. I think EC engines are in my blood! but the sound and smell give me more motivations. I feel also glow engine do a better job under strong winds however improvement of the battery shown lately are great and the difference it is smaller. Bottom line I trully believe it is very personal choice and both are valid. I am more to the glow but it is my own and personal choice.

2)Yes I flew 4 blade at W/C as well. Prop is an APC modified by Wayne Ulery. Wayne build his props based on 15.5x12 APC prop. With his own technique of additing carbon and fiberglass he re-shaped and re-pitched the prop. Prop size is 16.2x13.

3)You are ready :-)

Take care and see you next Nats. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by rcprecision
	Dear Quique, Congratulations on becoming World Champion. You have been an inspiration to me over the years watching and judging your flying at the US Nationals. I would greatly appreciate your opinion and input on a couple of topics regarding Pattern/F3A. You have competed at the highest level in F3A over the years with both glo and e-power, given the current maneuver trends and available aircraft design do you see an advantage of glo vs. electric? The last 2 seasons I have been using APC 4-blade props on my DZ-160 powered pattern aircraft, and have recently upgraded to the 170. I noticed at the NATS the 4 blade on your aircraft was a modified APC. I assume you used a similar prop at the WC's. What was the original size and what modifications did you make? What was the value-added benefit of the modifications? What should one work on who aspires to move from AMA Masters pattern class to FAI and be competitive at the US Nationals? Thanks in advance...

[madmax]

Quique, THANK YOU for coming in and talking the time to answer our questions! This is a very cool Q&A, and a very unique experience. Thanks again!!

Okay folks, we're going to ask the last questions be posted prior to 5 pm CST tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have a trivia question for you Quique buffs out there.

Question is: What is the significance of the acronym "MES", and what does it stand for?

***PM MADMAX THE ANSWER, DO NOT POST*** If you are super uber connected industry type who would know this, you're DQ'd.

First 3 to answer correctly win be sent a FlyingGiants Care Package.

Keep the questions coming folks, and THANKS QUIQUE!!

[Kiwi]

Gents.

We are in the process of uploading a seriously large amount of excellent photos in to the Large events gallery over the next day or so. At the moment there is a small hiccup that Max is fixing (aren't you Max) so we can get you some of the greatest RC photos we have had access to for a very long time.

Hang and check often. You wont be disappointed I promise.

[tlrascal]

I met Quique at the Great Planes E-fest in Champaign, the first one held. What a gracious fellow. We had about an hour conversation and you know we talked about airplanes for about 5 minutes. The rest of the conversation was about how he liked living in the US and the direction model aviation was taking and then we talked about 40 minutes about his young son. He is a most proud Papa and I just can't imagine what he son will be like when he starts flying. We were both impresed by the youth talent we saw there and their dedication and practice and how they flew so artistically. You want to talk to Quique ask him how his son is doing.

[Quique]

Hi Spike, Thank you for your post and words. About your first question. I think is something that we all feel and best way to "cure" it is to fly in front of the people as much you can. Competition, shows, demos give you very a similar feeling. More you fly in front of others more help you to control your self. More you practice and get tuned before the contest also help you to feel stronger about your flying. A good caller will help to. Caller is very important and is the person will be out there with you, talking to you guiding you and perhaps helping you with any nerves you could have. Perform 100% at competition is not easy, it takes time and experience so do not feel bad. Build up a free style routine takes time and it is very challenge to come up with 4 minutes of no boring flying!. I try to work all the time in different maneuvers or combination of maneuvers. Basically I am all the time trying to expand my list of maneuvers or combination of maneuvers. I try to get the best feel for each. Later I search for music and I will be choosing based on what I like and what could work with my list of maneuvers. It is important to have the feeling for most of your maneuvers or combination at the time you are doing and choosing the songs. When you have the feeling not only you know how to fly them you also know more or less how much time it takes to do each maneuver. Later listening to the music and this list you start to build the program and put it in writing. Later go to the field play the music and try to do what you wrote. If the feeling for your maneuvers are good your timing to the music will be very close that with practice will be possible to fine tune. More or less this is what I do. I am sure there are many other method and are all valid as each pilot feel and like different style of music and flying which is directly related to the way to construct the routine. Take care. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by !Spike!
	Quique, Congratulations on your great win. I began competing seriously in IMAC this year and was fortunate enough to make it to the Tucson Shootout and I can say without a doubt that I am hooked on precisions competition. My question is this: I went in to the Shootout feeling well prepared and I truley believed I would put up my best rounds as I had addressed all the rough areas in my flying and tuned them to be flying the best I had ever flown. Well I had no idea what a massive event Tucson was and I have to admit I did not put up my best rounds and I did not feel as concentrated as I could have been. How did you, or do you deal with the "Nerves" involved in a big contest. What do yo do to stay focused? Second, One day as I move up, my goal is to be able to compete in the Freestyle event. How do you go about putting your Freestyle routine together. Regards, Mike Root

[madmax]

10 members have responded, all with incorrect answers. Except for Breadbowl who was on the US Team, and thus DQ'd.

It's a tough one folks.

[Quique]

Thank you for your comments. TOC was the contest that helped so much to develop the giant scale airplanes and the aerobatic. Thanks to the TOC we are flying the planes we are flying now and the equipment we are using. TOC did have a free style segment and it was an important segment of the contest even the weight of the program was 20%. Because the necesity to come out with something different and new for the free style I end up doing this type of aerobatics. With the big support of my Dad Mario I started to visualized a different type of flying when I did slow down my giant scale airplane. I was starting to be able to keep controlling my airplane beyond the stall. I learned that was possible and from then we could not stop!. With my dad we modified surfaces and start to get them bigger and bigger. I was feeling that was what we need to do. I was flying an airspeed that I was getting a mix a lift. Some comming from the wing and othe coming from the prop. Actually I was doing what it is known today a Harrier and by then I called "The cobra" the basic maneuver of the 3D aerobatic. When I was be able to control the airplane on upright harrier then I wanted to do same but inverted, then I started plying with the wind and understand that I could come down like a leaf upright, inverted. Later I found I could roll the airplane at harrier speed so I was doing the harrier roll and so on. It was a 30 days of practicing for TOC when one maneuver did come one right after the other. My dad and me were so exited that we could not wait to come to Las Vegas. Was back in 94 and I still having in my mind all the feeling when I flew my free style program for first time in public that day at TOC. Thank you and take care. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by snap a saurus
	First congratulation to QQ for winning the world championship, you are way ahead of your time, congratulation to team USA as well. One simple question, everyone knows you invented 3D, what was the reason you started flying 3D, how did it come to you and how did you know it could be done? Thanks Elie

[Quique]

Dear Lee, I do not think we'll do that as I am very happy with OXAI who produce and sales my bipe Euphoria. I enjoy OXAI very they are light, straigh, outstanding finish, very hard to beat!. Take care. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by mxcop
	Quique, What are the chances of QQ Aircraft releasing a good, competitive pattern airplane? Thanks, Lee

[Quique]

Dear Dave, Thank you for your comments and for share with us what happened at TAS. Believe it or not I sort of remember that, I think I do because you were very close!!. I hope I did speak to you with the right tone :-). Regarding to your questions. I think all of us goes and at least one time or more !! through to a situation as you described. No body likes crashes and they are depressing!. Of course I went through and it is hard to come back and put an other airplane together but you know is part of the game. I warrantee you if you start right away a new project right after the crash your pain will be less and your focus will remain healthier. Sooner your start a new project after the crash better it will be for you. Please write me at qqaircraft@gmail.com regarding your flying. Loking forward to see you again. take care. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by Dave_ORCC
	Quique, Allow me, first of all, to echo the comments from everyone here. Congrats on your win this year at the world's and throughout your career. An accomplishment envied and admired by many. Interesting that in an earlier post, you credit Ivan Kristensen. I've had the good fortune to fly with Ivan and he truly is a gentleman and a great ambassador to our hobby. A little story that I'd like to share with you and, I guess, the rest of the FG community. A bit embarrassing but, what the heck. Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting you at TAS. While on the plane, on the way to TAS, my friend Scot asked me who I was most looking forward to meeting. My immediate response, after Max and Biff of course , was you. So, we arrive at the field and we're walking towards the spectator area and Scot says, "Hey, isn't that Quique, right there?" You were chatting and having your picture taken with another fan and as he left, Scot called out asking if we could come and say hello and have our picture taken with you. To be honest I was a little overwhelmed and as a result, I wandered a little close to the horiz. stab of your plane. The first words you spoke to me were, "be careful of the aeroplane" and I looked down to see my leg, inches away from your plane. Typically, I'm very conscious of the aircraft that I'm wandering around. Be it a .40 sized trainer, or a 40%'er. We chatted for a few minutes and the only thing I could think of was what an idiot I'd been. One of those times where, afterwards I thought of all the things I wished I'd said, or asked you. Needless to say, I hope to have an opportunity to meet you again and have the presence of mind to not step on your plane and have a more candid conversation. OK........... now to my questions. I hope you don't mind but, I have 3 1: This past year I started competing in IMAC. I had a run of bad luck/dumb thumbs and broke two airplanes which left me without a plane to fly in the Nationals up here in Canada. So, if you experience some bad luck, how do YOU maintain focus and motivation to keep at it? I don't know if you've ever experienced that kind of bad luck but, if you have, I'm sure it was a while ago. 2: Would you come to the contest I'm hosting at my home field this upcoming May? I'd cover your entrance fee 3: Will you forgive me for almost stepping on your plane? Cheers, Dave ps: here's the pic that was taken then. ps2: my apologies to the FG community for rambling

[Quique]

I will see you there and thank your outstanding gas filler system!. Take care. Quique

	Quote: Originally Posted by HUNTERNFLA
	CONGRATS !!TO QQ FROM FISHER FUEL PRODUCTS HOPE TO SEE YA IN FLA THIS COMING YEAR