Nach einer Zwangspause im letzten Jahr aufgrund der F3A-Europameisterschaft ist unser Flugtag in diesem Jahr wieder zurück.
Traditionell am letzten Sonntag im Juni.
Wie immer mit einigen Toppiloten aus Deutschland und Europa!!!
Untermünkheim RC-Classics
Bereits am Samstag vor dem Flugtag findet ein kleines aber feines Treffen für Flieger/Helis und Equipment aus vergangenen Tagen statt.
Zusammensitzen und die Modelle der Kindheit unserer Väter fliegen, teilweise mit den Fernsteuerungen aus dieser Zeit!
Taxi, Topsy, Kwikfly, Amigo, Beginner, Charter, Curare, BlueAngel, Arrow…Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen!
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Hacker Ditex TD0606M- the servo we´ve been all waiting for!
Since this week Hacker´s all new Ditex TD0606M is on the market.
And this metal servo is something all F3A pilots have been waiting for.
It seems to be perfect for all ailerons and elevators for the F3A biplanes.
Until now, the market was dominated by the Futaba BLS 173SV. With the new Ditex TD0606M we have a great alternative.
Compared to the other servos we used it is:
- smaller (29x23x12mm)
- lighter (only 22g)
- faster (0.06s/60°)
- cheaper (99 €)
After all the great experiences with other Ditex servos in the past year, I´m sure it is another great servo by Hacker!
Ditex TD0606M will be installed in my new F3A biplanes on ailerons and elevator. On rudder it will be a Ditex TD2111S.
More information:
http://www.ditex-servo.com/portfolio-produkt/ditex-td0606m/?portfolioCats=8
Proud winner of the Australian Masters 2017!
Australia, New Zealand, USA, Japan and Germany at the Masters!
After hard practice in the 1,5 weeks before the Masters and the 1000km drive from Melbourne to Sydney, it was time to start the Australian Masters! In Pitt Town on the „Charles Kingsford Smith Model Aircraft Club”, a turf farm 30km outside of Sydney was the competition. Not only FAI F3A-class, also Hobby, Sport, Expert and Advanced took part. Overall more than 40 competitors.
unusual flight conditions -> mid-air collision
A normal grass runway but 2 flight lines on it! The distance between both pilots was at least only 50-100m and both planes flew almost in the same box. That means if 2 pilots fly exactly same distance and height, it could happen that they meet each other in the air. Surprisingly it happened not until the second day of competition. 1 total loss and a badly damaged airplane was the result.
5 of 6 flights for the victory
On Friday we started with 2 flights of P17, the first round was won by AC Glenn from the USA, the second was tightly won by myself. So the first day of competition I finished 2nd. On Saturday, the second day of competition, I changed my style a little, flew closer and a bit faster- more European style. And it was a good decision!
I won both rounds on Saturday of P17, followed by the 2 Americans AC Glenn and Pete Collins. On Monday was the big final with 2 rounds of F17. I could win both flights and that meant the victory of the Australian Masters. Second was AC Glenn, 3rd Pete Collins and 4th Aussie-mate GlennO.
With the victory at the Australian masters I could made our trip also from the competitive side unforgettable!
Congrats to AC, Pete and GlennO, not only for great flying, more for being great sportsmen!
Also to the winners of the other classes and participants congratulations and thanks for the great time we could spent with you!
A special “Thank you” goes to our partners Hacker Motor, JETI model, ORACOVER, PowerBox Systems and rc-factory for making the competition, especially the raffle, to a real highlight!
Luke, Mike and Robbo 🙂
Back home from an unforgettable journey to Australia!
What started with high excitement on 1st of March ended already on the 19th of March.
But in the time between we had the time of our lives- in Australia!
Glenn Orchard, Australia’s number one aerobatic pilot, took us 2 weeks through Australia and showed us the country, the people and many airfields, our target was the Australian Masters from 11th-13th of March in Sydney.
In the first days we practiced a lot, analysed the flights of Australian pilots and flew at the All-Stars Day at P&DARCS (close to Melbourne). The days in Melbourne went so fast and on the 8th of March we drove by car and trailer to Pitt Town, close to Sydney, the location where the Australian Masters were held. Finally we enjoyed another 6 days of sightseeing in Sydney and around until it was “time to say goodbye”- which was very hard!
On this point we would like thank Glenn Orchard, he was mainly responsible for the great success of our journey and especially for providing us his own car.
More important persons who became good friends: Norm Morrish, Russell Edwards, Jason Sparks, Jason Arnold and all the others who welcomed us so fantastically and had so much fun and joy with!
These were fantastic experiences and impressions that no one can take from us and stay forever in our minds and hearts.
Check out our gallery Australientour 2017; Michael and Lukas captured the greatest moments for you!
See you!
Michal, Lukas and Robin
The article about the Australian F3A Masters will be published separately.
RT Eraser V3 EPP: Airplane of the year 2017!
After 5 years and in 3rd version our design distributed by the Hacker Motor GmbH won the price airplane of the year 2017 in the category slowflyer.
RT Eraser V3 EPP was voted by the authors of famous FlugModell magazine.
At the international toy fair in Nuremberg Hacker got the diploma and the medal for this amazing award.
We are very proud of this achievement and hope that it was not our last award for airplanes designed by Robin Trumpp.
The future we plan bigger, more valuable and more beautiful, that´s what I can tell you already.
BE EXCITED 😉
AVIrem StickMover!!!
I would like to introduce you a project I am part of.
It is the StickMover by AVIrem!
It looks like a radio, but this device is not sending. There are 4 digitalservos installed which are moving the 2 sticks.
What does StickMover do?
You are watching a video of a complex heli or airplane maneuver while holding the stick mover in your hands. Your fingers are on the sticks like on a real radio. While the video is running the StickMover moves the sticks synchronous to the maneuver in the video.
It shows exactly how to fly the maneuver in any speed you choose. You repeat this until you feel safe and ready to try it in real or in a simulator.
The StickMover “takes you by the hand” for every complex maneuver.
What has Robin Trumpp to do with it?
Next to the helicopter aces Eric Weber and Nico Niewind I am responsible for the airplane maneuvers in the programme.
The maneuvers are not created by a computer software, they are all flown with a lot of effort and diligence from real rc-pilots and embedded by the StickMover team to the AVIrem software.
Who is behind the StickMover?
Developed was it by Patrick Zajonc and Ulrich F. Beyle and is after 4 years almost ready for everyone. To make it available for you those 2 guys need your help!
Because the injection mold for making the case of the StickMover is very expensive.
Support the Kickstarter campaign from 15th of February and help to realize this project and get the StickMover to a special price.
DO IT FOR OUR HOBBY!!!
Facts:
-in the Kickstarter campaign from 190€!
– all radio modes
– replay the videos in any speed (ultra Slowmo until realtime and even faster)
– continuously growing maneuvers
– special flights from events (Euro and World championships, airshows..) after it online and ready for “feel them”
Support the project HERE:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stickmover/stickmover-feel-it-try-it-fly-it-by-avirem
brandnew JETI DC-24!!!
Finally in our hands, the brandnew JETI DC-24 in special RT-edition gold/carbon!
Here are a few pictures from the production of this highend radio which I would like to share with you.
Not only the design also the features and the quality is unique, but convince yourself!
More information about the JETI DC-24:
http://www.jetimodel.com/en/katalog/Transmitters/@produkt/DC-24/
Australian F3A Masters 2017- we will be there!
Together with my team we will be on an Australian F3A-Tour from 1st -19th March 2017.
At first we will attend competitions and airshows in Melbourne and Sydney; after that we will have some days for Sightseeingtours in Sydney and around.
More information will follow…
Airshow „Stars des Jahres“ at the rc-fair in Friedrichshafen
From 28th– 30th of October the most visited rc-fair of the year took place in Friedrichshafen. Besides the different halls there was also the airshow “Stars des Jahres” took places in the corner of the Friedrichshafen airport, organized by the German magazine FMT. I followed the invitation from Uwe Puchtinger and had together with my time an amazing weekend with fantastic weather! I flew the electric GeeBee and the Tucano with Turboprop.
Philipp Rösner was with me and made 2 great videos of my flights!
Thanks to Uli Neuberger and Michael Setzer for the pictures and the FMT for the invitation!
A special thank you goes to Rainer Hacker, who supported us at the airfield during the preparations and flights in spite of his stress inside the hall!
GeeBee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfArYS-bwxo
Tucano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZjSDIFW04″>
UAV Grand Prix and Jet Formation Cup in Anji, China
From 17th – 25th of October I was with other aeromodellers at the Jet Formation Cup in Anji, Zhejiang province (around 3 hours by car from Shanghai). Together with my father we judged the competition and explored the city of Shanghai in our group.
How it was and which status aeromodelling in China has, you can read in my detailed article in one of the coming “Flugmodell” magazines (German only).
Special thanks to PowerBox Systems and the Chinese Aerospace Association for inviting us!