The Swedish Indoor Championships 2003
The 2003 Swedish Indoor championships took place in the "Kombihall" in Malmö 2003-09-06.
F1D
Jonas Romblad is one of the top flyers at international level, and it did not come as a surprise when he won the F1D class by a very
large margin. Hans Karlsson and Bengt Stibner flew F1Ls.
Peter Cométs models, F1D (center) and F1M (right)
| Placing | Competitor | 2 best flights (sec) | Sum of 2 best flights (sec) |
| 1 | Jonas Romblad | 1539 | 1557 | 3096 |
| 2 | Peter Comét | 823 | 989 | 1812 |
| 3 | Hans Karlsson | 441 | 401 | 842 |
| 4 | Bengt Stibner | 393 | 331 | 724 |
F1L
Jonas Romblad won this class too, with myself in second place. I had built a new model which was a considerable improvement over my previous F1L, but it still didn't even come close to Jonas performance.
Andrea Hartsteinīs new F1L on its stand
| Placing | Competitor | 2 best flights (sec) | Sum of 2 best flights (sec) |
| 1 | Jonas Romblad | 824 | 787 | 1611 |
| 2 | Andrea Hartstein | 604 | 598 | 1202 |
| 3 | Kalle Westerblad | 566 | 548 | 1114 |
| 4 | Bengt Stibner | 495 | 471 | 966 |
| 5 | Hans Karlsson | 507 | 432 | 939 |
F1M
Peter Comét won, with Hans Karlsson close behind.
Anders Sellman's F1M
| Placing | Competitor | 2 best flights (sec) | Sum of 2 best flights (sec) |
| 1 | Peter Comét | 508 | 500 | 1008 |
| 2 | Hans Karlsson | 487 | 478 | 965 |
| 3 | Anders Sellman | 419 | 359 | 778 |
| 4 | Anders Håkansson | 184 | 159 | 343 |
Ministick
Georg Törnkvist won this class by a quite large margin. My own model behaved dismally (later
found to be due to a loose fin), and ended up last.
| No. | Competitor | Single best flights (s) |
| 1 | Georg Törnkvist | 378 |
| 2 | Peter Comet | 331 |
| 3 | Hans Karlsson | 319 |
| 4 | Kalle Westerblad | 310 |
| 5 | Anders Sellman | 297 |
| 6 | Andrea Hartstein | 111 |
F4F - Peanut
Entries were down from what has been usual in this class, but nevertheless many good flights were seen, the top
models all achieving durations of more than 60 seconds.
After the scores were summed up, my Handley-Page Sayers emerged the winner. This model is interesting in that
it is covered with transparent mylar film, which has then been spray painted. The result weighs less than
normal paper covering and looks very realistic.
Close behind was Gustaf Enebogīs gorgeuos Tipsy, which thanks to some testing with longer rubber got a considerable increase
in performance.
| Placing | Competitor | Plane | 2 best flights (s) | Sum of 2 best flights (s) | Flight rank | Scale points | Scale rank | Total ranking |
| 1 | Andrea Hartstein | H.P. Sayers | 71 | 65 | 136 | 1 | 55.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Gustaf Enebog | Tipsy S2 | 61 | 45 | 106 | 3 | 53.5 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Lars Tolkstam | Piper Cub | 64 | 62 | 126 | 2 | 42.5 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Anders Sellman | Farman Moustique | 26 | 25 | 51 | 4 | 49.5 | 3 | 7 |
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Andrea Hartsteinīs Handley-Page Sayers ultralight.
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Gustaf Enebogīs Tipsy is a good flier.
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Anders Sellbergīs Farman Moustique.
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| Lars Tolkstamīs Piper Cub from the Peck-Polymer kit. |
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F4E - CO2/electric scale
Only two models were entered in the F4E class, a Demoiselle by Georg Törnkvist and a REP B by
Anders Sellman, both of them CO2-powered.
In the scale judgement, Georgeīs Demoiselle was the clear winner. It is a true museum class masterpiece,
while Anders REP, though well built, was handicapped by having no documentation whatsoever.
In the flight judgement, none of the two
models succeeded in making a qualifying flight. As Georgīs Demoiselle had flown for the longest
time, it was declared the winner, and so became the overall winner of the class.
| Place | Competitor | Model | Flight ranking | Scale ranking | Total ranking |
| 1 | Georg Törnkvist | Santos-Dumont Demoiselle | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Anders Sellman | REP B | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Georg Törnkvists museum scale Demoiselle.
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Nocal
The Nocal class had quite a good turnout of entries. Birgit Törnkvist won by a large margin with her
Wittman Racer, with flights of up to three minutes.
Birgit Törnkvistīs winning Wittman Nocal. Note photo of herself in the cockpit!
Photo by Törnkvist?
| Place | Competitor | Single best flight (s) |
| 1 | Birgit Törnkvist | 180 |
| 2 | Kalle Westerblad | 134 |
| 3 | Lars Tolkstam | 130 |
| 4 | Anders Håkansson | 126 |
| 5 | Peter Comet | 92 |
| 6 | Andrea Hartstein | 91 |
| 7 | Lars Tolkstam | 56 |
| 8 | Georg Törnkvist | 46 |
Bostonian
There were only two competitors in Bostonian. Birgit Törnkvist won this class too.
| Place | Competitor | Single best flight (s) |
| 1 | Birgit Törnkvist | 83 |
| 2 | Anders Sellman | 81 |
