1995 Swedish Indoor Championships
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| Peter Comet's winning F1D model in flight |
Peter Comet disentangling his F1D from the steering wire after a mishap |
Report from the 1995 Swedish indoor championships in Malmö
by Sven Pontan
Jonas Romblad and I went by train to Malmö.
As it turned out, we were the only
competitors from outside Skåne.
The hall is an old exhibition hall, about 18 meters high. Unfortunately,
lighting armatures were hanging down about 1.5 m from the roof along the
walls. Many models were caught, but we managed to retrieve most of them, and
only a Flugan (AMA-Cub) and my old 50-öres were lost permanently.
On Saturday the Flugan, Antoinette (another simple beginners model) and NoCal
competitions were flown, as well as trimming flights for the other classes.
NoCal was won by Peter Comet, with flights over 3 minutes. He used the
Waterman Gosling designed by Dave Linstrum, as most of the other competitors.
On Sunday, the main competitions in F1L, 50-öres and
F1D were held. It was not
an easy hall to fly in, and we all got caught in beams and lighting armatures
several times. In F1L, I flew my 10 year old model, which is usually started
with a moment of more than 18 gcm. Now it had to be reduced to 9 gcm! With two
scores of over 11 minutes, I still managed to win after much work.
Jonas Romblad had built a new 50-öres (~F1D Beginner) after the latest
fashion. He had tried to make a model with a slow climb, and this
turned out to be a successful approach, as he won by a clear margin.
In F1D it was only Peter Comet who had real microfilm models. Jonas and
I flew with F1L's. Peter won, but his models can fly much longer than they
did. It would have needed a variable pitch propeller to get good times in
this hall.
Finally, we would like to thank the organizers for a successful first
indoor competition in Malmö.
Results
F1L (EZB)
| No. | Competitor | Club | Time of 2 best flights(m:s) |
| 1 | Sven Pontan | B039 | 22:46 |
| 2 | Jonas Romblad | B039 | 17:05 |
| 3 | Peter Comet | M169 | 13:35 |
| 4 | Bengt Stibner | M008 | 6:11 |
F1D
| No. | Competitor | Club | Time of 2 best flights(m:s) |
| 1 | Peter Comet | M169 | 19:38 |
| 2 | Jonas Romblad | B039 | 18:23 |
| 3 | Sven Pontan | B039 | 15:45 |
50-öres
| No. | Competitor | Club | Time of 2 best flights(m:s) |
| 1 | Jonas Romblad | B039 | 18:28 |
| 2 | Peter Comet | M169 | 14:45 |
| 3 | Kalle Westerblad | M343 | 9:19 |
| 4 | Owe Carlsson | M015 | 8:26 |
| 5 | Bengt Stibner | M008 | 6:30 |
| 6 | Anders Håkansson | M010 | 3:57 |
| 7 | Sven Pontan | B039 | 2:43 |
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| Jonas Romblad with his winning 50-öring |
Sven Pontans EZB-winner. This model was built in 1985,
but has since got a new fuselage. |
