F3J

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F3J is a competitive class in international air sports . The regulations for these competitions are established by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in agreement with the national associations. The letter F stands for the model flight division , the number 3 for radio-controlled model flight and J for thermal continuous flight.

The competition class F3J has officially existed since 1993. The first European championship was held in 1997 in Poprad , Slovakia . Alex Hoekstra (NED) became European champion in the senior ranking and Kai Thomas (GER) in the junior ranking. World championships have been held every two years since 1998. In addition to the European and World Championships, there is the annual F3J Euro Tour. This includes several competitions in Germany and other European countries.

At the championships, in addition to the senior ranking, a youth ranking and a team ranking are flown out. The goal is to achieve a flight of 10 minutes after a high start with a radio-controlled glider model . This is completed by landing on a target. Each participant may use up to three models per competition.

World championships

  • The first World Cup was held in 1998 in England, the country of origin. American Joe Wurtz was world champion in the seniors and Reinhard Vallant from Germany in the juniors.
  • In 2000 the World Cup was held in Corfu , Greece. The world champion in the seniors was the Czech Jan Kohout and in the juniors Eiko Hasemann.
  • The following 2002 World Cup was held from August 5th to 10th in Lappeenranta , Finland. Tobias Lämmlein became world champion in the juniors. The Canadian Arend Borst became world champion among seniors .
  • In 2004 the World Championships were held in Red Deer , Canada. Philip Kolb became team world champion and took 3rd place in the individual ranking. The Australian David Hobby became world champion in the seniors.
  • In 2006 the World Championship was held in Martin , Slovakia. Philip Kolb was again team world champion. The Australian David Hobby was able to defend his senior title.
  • The 2008 World Championships took place in Adapazarı , Turkey. Benedikt Feigl became the individual world champion .
  • The 2010 World Championships took place from July 29th to August 8th at Dole-Jura Airport , France. American Daryl Perkins became world champion in the seniors with 10,989.2 points.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What is F3J? Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
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  4. ↑ http://www.lsc-babenhausen.de/lsc/public/ueberuns/finnland.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.modellflug-im-hlb.de/sportberichte/2002/FIN-Bericht.doc  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.modellflug-im-hlb.de  
  6. ↑ http://www.contest-modellsport.de/2008/f3j_sieger.html
  7. ↑ http://www.aufwind-magazin.de/redaktion/Benedikt209/index.html
  8. ↑ http://www.f3jfrance2010.fr/

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