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The Swedish Indoor Championships 2002

After an intermission of four year, a new Swedish indoor championship was finally held on the 10th of August, 2002. The competition, which took place in Sätrahallen, Stockholm, was arranged by Jonas Romblad and the Solna model flying club. With 21 competitors flying in 11 different classes, it was a great success. The Sätrahallen proved to be perfect for indoor flying, large (66x96 meters), high (13.5 m), and with a clean ceiling without too many model catching hazards.

F1D

In F1D, Jonas Romblad was totally invincible. His best flight of 27 min 12 sec was in fact only 37 seconds below the world record for this hall category. Pontan and Comét took second and third places. Daniel Ohlsson, a newcomer to F1D, was not far behind.

F1L

I had built a new propeller for my old F1L which made a considerable improvement to performance, but it was not enough to beat Sven Pontan, who won using his old aluminium mylar covered model. Jonas Romblad, who concentrated on F1D, took third place.

F1M

Peter Comét won, with Anders Sellman in second place. Pontan didn't have time to make more than one flight.

Ministick

The Scanians dominated this class, with Peter Comét gaining first place by just one second over Daniel Ohlsson. Kalle Westerblad and Georg Törnkvist were not far behind either.

F4F - Peanut

In peanut we used the old Swedish rules, where the total points are calculated as: total = duration of 2 best flights in seconds + 3 x scale-points
As there is less variation in scale points than in flight duration, this tends to favour the best flyers. My own Drzewiecki Canard won with flights in the 90 second range, with Lilienbergs Voisin Canard in second place. Most of the models had been seen before, but an interesting new one was Gustaf Enebog's Tipsy S2, attractively finished in blue and silver.

F4D Rubber-powered scale

This class had only one competitor, Lennart Lilienberg with his peanut Miss Los Angeles.

F4E Electric/CO₂-powered scale

Only two planes were entered in the F4E class, but both of them were true museum scale models. Both of them were CO₂-powered, and both of them Tiger Moths! Georg's model had an all yellow RAF paint scheme, while Tolkstam's was finished in the red/yellow Swedish Air Force colours. Tolkstam's model was the larger of the two, too large to fly in all but the most spacious halls. In fact, it was a bit too large even for the Sätrahallen. To minimize the risk of flying into the walls or the spectator benches, he placed helpers at strategic places, ready to catch the model should it come to close. A wise precaution when the flying circle opened up during the landing phase!

Manhattan Cabin

With just two competitors, this class proved an easy win for Anders Sjöberg.

Bostonian

Bostonian, a new class on the Swedish indoor scene, was won by Anders Sellman.

Nocal

The Nocal class had the largest number of entries. The Törnkvist Wittman Racer made the longest flight, but the others were not too far behind. The most unusual model was Daniel Brånns Beriev 12, a Russian two-engined flying boat. Even though it came last, its flight of 36 seconds was quite impressive.

F1N - Hand Launched Glider

Indoor hand launced glider has been flown occasionally in Swedish competitions, usually with Pontan taking first place. These models are quite difficult to trim and launch for maximum duration, as the best trim usually has very little inherent stability.

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