USTeam Pictures From the 13th World Space Modeling Championships
HeldSept 12-17, 2000 in Liptovsky Mikulas, SlovakRepublic

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Page 3 - Saturday's World Cup events

S6 - A Streamer Duration

S8 - E R/C R/G

S7 - Scale

So, what's with the FAI event numbers? Translations:

S1 = B Altitude (30mm minimum diameter)
S3 = A Parachute Duration (30mm minimum diameter)
S4 = B Boost Glide
S5 = B Scale Altitude (40 mm minimum body diameter)
S6 = A Streamer Duration (30mm minimum diameter)
S7 = Scale
S8 = E R/C Rocket Glide

The World championship flying ended on Friday, with S7. Three other events for the World Cup were flown on Saturday.The US S8 fliers all got to fly out of their own lanes with their own timers, and usually flew in the first 15 minutes of the 75 minute rounds. This allowed ample time to take a lot of photographs, unlike Thursday's S8 WSMC event.


Dave O'Bryan ready to fly Stingray-6

George Riebesehl (r) with US S8 models as others look on

US & Chinese S8 fliers
(D-450 shot by Chad Ring)

Chinese Junior S8 team flew 'Cuda models with modified upright V-tails.


Chinese Junior S8 boost ('Cuda)

German S8 model

Assorted Polish S8 models

 


Low wing loading Polish S8 model

 


Boost of unknown model

Unknown S8 model

Unknown S8 model

Unknown S8 model

Boost of unknown model

 


Andy Tomasch readies to fly S6

Ross Hironaka (r) waiting for S6 to "heat up" above 56 degrees, with (l-r) Tony Reynolds, George Riebesehl, and Dave O'Bryan

British flyer and Scale Judge Ian Dowsett

"Igors" on the bus - The US Team's Igor general equipment case plus Andy T's and George G's cases. Those SBK golf club cases are GREAT!

Gathering of some of the S7 and S5 fliers at the banquet Saturday night

(D-450 shot by Andy Tomasch)


Hotel Grand
(a rare time when the team was at the hotel after dawn and before night. In this case, loading up Sunday Sept 18th to return to Budapest)
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Unless otherwise noted, all photos were takenby George Gassaway using an Olympus D-450 digitalcamera.

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