FAI World Championship update. (Updated regularly)

[SleepyC]

Hey guys, we don not have too much to report but it looks like TEAM USA is flying well!!

I'm sure when the guys get some extra time we will get a "full on" report, but until then,

Brett sent us the following a day a go:

	Quote:
	Day 2 done. Today went much better than the first day for me. Flew the backup today because I wasn't happy with how the primary flew yesterday. My round was much better, hopefully I can build on that and put in a good result for the US. Threw an ounce in the nose of the primary and flew it at the practice field tonight and it's flying even better, so I will be back to flying the primary tomorrow. Things are going pretty well, all leading up to the semi-finals and (hopefully) the finals. So far my first world championship has been a fantastic, all-be-it stressful, experience. All of us really appreciate the support from back home. Keep it coming!

Ryan Smith (QQ's caller) added:

	Quote:
	So far. Things will change (hopefully for the better) tomorrow regardless. You know who the top pilots in a given group are for today, sure, but there are three more days before you can say how things are going to end up. I wouldn't put too much stock on what you're seeing right now. And remember- Quique is not flying for the team this year, he's an independant as returning world champion, so his scores do not count for the team. Nevertheless, I think the US is poised for a good finish overall, and to say I'm pleased with Quique's flying since we've been over here is an understatement.

Below are day three's scores, and of course more pictures from Cindy Wickizer!
Thanks again for the pics!!

Keep going guys! USA- USA - USA- USA - USA!!!




ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!!
Guys this thread is updating,
when we get any info, you get info.
I really want to keep some attention
on the Championship, so I'm going to
leave this thread in the leading edge slot...
but keep reading it, Andrew and the
guys are reporting back when they can!

[SleepyC]

Day 3 scores:

[SleepyC]

Cindy's pics from Monday:

[SleepyC]

Cindy's pics from Tuesday:
(Thanks again x 10 Cindy!)

[askforplanes]

Go team USA!

JP

[PLANKBONE]

variable pitch? Is this common for pattern planes?

[Reza]

Thanks for keeping on top of this guys!!!
Really appreciated!

[sc204]

It is actually a variable thrust setup not pitch. And I think it is the only setup like it
Stuart

[3DHobbyShop]

variable pitch? Is this common for pattern planes?

Looks like yaw vectoring to me. I suspect it's the plettenberg system.

[Judge]

FWIW here are the normalized total for the two groups that have flown in front of all 4 judge panels.
They are normalized after dropping the lowest round.

Here are the top ten so far:


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[PLANKBONE]

	Quote: Originally Posted by sc204
	It is actually a variable thrust setup not pitch. And I think it is the only setup like it Stuart

Too flippin' cool. Thanks for the information!

[SleepyC]

Thanks Judge!

GO USA!! Go QQ!
Go Andrew!
Go Jason!
Go BRETT!!!

[heligrom]

USA! USA!! Yea jesky!!! Man, he's pwn-ing

[Jkoch713]

Interesting to see all of those plastic spinners on those high cost
aircrafts....
Do these planes tend to come out nose heavy due to the pull/pull rudder and all the electronics
in the fuse center??

[Judge]

Just a note, the list I posted may not be accurate becasue I am not sure how they are going to calculate the
final scores for the Preliminaries.
There are 3 ways they could do it:

Are they normalizing all the pilot's score for each panel and taking the 3 best normalized scores for each pilot?

OR

Are they dropping the low raw score, totalling the 3 best and then normalizing from there for each flight group?

OR

Are they going to wait until all the pilots have flown all 4 rounds, drop the low for each and then normalize as a
group to get the top 30??

I was just told that #1 is the way they will do it. So my list is wrong.