Did you know that Rotor Out is the old and new Australian 4way champion? posted: Apr 10th, 2012 The Australian Nationals 2012 took place at the Ramblers DZ in Toogoolawah, Queensland, while the rest of the world competed at the World Challenge 2012.
Four teams competed in the Open Class and six additional teams in the Australian Intermediate Class. Rotor Out, the defending AAA Class champion, won with a 17.0 average. Rotor Out came to the national championship with a new lineup after Jens Goennemann stepped down after the World Cup 2011 where the Australian team finished with a 15.9 average in 9th place.
George Attard, a former Black member who placed 2nd behind Rotor Out in 2010, has... (more)
Did you know that NMP-PCH Hayabusa is simply one point faster at the moment? posted: Apr 10th, 2012 Not only Pete Allum was impressed with the NMP-PCH Hayabusa performance at the World Challenge 2012, and there were many good reasons for the great respect that the Belgian team earned once again at Bodyflight Bedford.
Hayabusa had the sole highscores in five of the ten rounds, tied the highscore for a round additional four times and gave away only one single round for a 13-point victory. It was a statement, not only the successful title defense. A closer look at the progression of the Hayabusa attendance at the World Challenge puts even more substance behind this year's victory.
The NSL... (more)
Did you know that Pete Allum reviewed Round 1 and Round 7 of the World Challenge for the NSL News? posted: Apr 9th, 2012 The NSL News follows up on the female 4way competition at the World Challenge 2012. The extended leaderboard now shows the point deductions that each team had throughout the competition.
The German team ISB Air Remscheid had the cleanest start into the meet and was without any penalties and with the lead after three rounds. Round 4 brought the first penalty for the Germans, and they had to give up the top position to Just4Fun at the same time. ISB Air Remscheid did not have any penalties from then on but also never went back to the top spot.
The UK pickup team of former world champions took... (more)
Did you know that NSL Reality TV features Just4Fun's Round 7? posted: Apr 8th, 2012 The scores of the female 4way competition at the World Challenge 2012 were the last ones that were posted yesterday. Just4Fun won by two points after a great last round by Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders.
The NSL News mentioned earlier that another controversial issue occured when the UK team was granted a re-flying session in Round 7. It went by almost unnoticed since the flying session was squeezed in out of the usual flying order of the teams. The Just4Fun score for Round 7 went from 21 to 24, wich was brought to the NSL News attention later on.
The NSL Reality TV video of Round 7 shows what... (more)
Did you know that Round 10 completed NMP-PCH Hayabusa's successful title defense? posted: Apr 7th, 2012 The sequence of Round 10 was a slot switcher for the rear piece this time. Block 12 (Bundy - Bundy) would switch the piece partners of the front pieces in their slots, and Block 5 (Opal - Opal) would switch them back later on. Block 5 switches both pieces, and the rear piece eventually ends up with the memory for two different pages.
NSL Reality TV features once again the top teams in the AAA Open Class competition where a few good races kept the teams on their toes until the very end. The camera missed the Thunder performance, which was about holding the 3-point difference to Satori and possibly... (more)
Did you know that NMP-PCH Hayabusa keeps adding distance to France and USA? posted: Apr 7th, 2012 The slow sequence of Round 8 did not change much on the AAA Class leaderboards. However, it was once again impressive to see that NMP-PCH Hayabusa scored two more points than Aerodyne Aerokart and Arizona Airspeed. France, with the highest score after Hayabusa, was in the inter of Block 4 (Monopod - Monopod) on the last page, while the quick Belgians completed the second Monopod and built the first Snowflake of Block 1.
Aerodyne Aerokart has caught up again with Airspeed, and SDC Rhythm XP had one of the team's best rounds of the meet matching the XL 21-pointer and creating a 2-point advantage... (more)