F3B is flown not only in Europe. Next season can start for you already at the end of February in warm & cozy Florida, USA or in the middle of March in hot Milang, Australia. Check websites dedicated to these events.

Gator by Gordon Buckland (Invitation letter PDF) and Milang by F3B Australia (LSF Australia or F3B Australia Facebook).

Good inspirations are always invaluable. In China I noted at least three such ones for me.

Talking timer

In Laiwu, USA guys were using Apple iPod Nano as talking timer. At least for training, but perhaps for contest also, seems to me it’s smart idea. Since long time I was using loud talking timer, but time modes were limited to “hardwared” ones, control buttons were not easy to find and whole device was a bit hard-to-handle. However MP3 players like iPod Nano gives you freedom in all aspects. I selected Philips GoGear Raga instead of iPod Nano and recorded F3B duration and F3B distance timing/talking. [continue]

TracLog, neat device for precise F3X launch tuning.  My traction logger was designed by my specification. I colaborated with people experiencing more than 40 years in traction and stenght industry. Prototype I’m flying nearly two years. Right now we finished a few pieces.

TracLog

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