Small Flying Arts

Andrea,
both of Alfery's peanuts were utterly fantastic to watch flying! The Seiran just did NOT want to come down! The level of detail he's able to get into those models is amazing with his choice of materials - and that goes to ALL of his models!

...and those pistachios of his...

Pete

Another exponent of foam models was Jacques Cartigny, whose Bugatti made very realistic flights using almost the entire space of the hall, looking just like the racer it was meant to be.

This Messerschmitt 109 is another of Jacques models. Note that it does not have the thin undercambered type of wing profile usually used on foam models, but a scalish profile where even the wheel wells have been cut out!

Going from foam peanuts to more lightweight stuff, here is Sven Pontan (Sweden) with his F1L. Managed 2:nd place in spite of troubles with the model.

and here are some unusual duration models by the Russians. Not sure what class, if any, they competed in.

I will post some more photos tomorrow. It was nice seeing you all in Nijmegen and on the SFA site!
/Andrea

AnYun wrote:and here are some unusual duration models by the Russians. Not sure what class, if any, they competed in.

I think those are Rafik Savarov's F1L (top) and F1M.

Great photos! Thank you all! I too would love to have been there.

Here are some more photos. First my own Miles Sparrowhawk, built from the Mooney plan but with many modifications to improve scale fidelity. Among these modifications were two that I regret; scale sized stabiliser and reduced dihedral. With the scale stabiliser the model proved unstable even with CG at 1/4 chord, replacement with a Mooney sized stabiliser solved that problem. The dihedral is unfortunately more difficult to change... It has flown 30 seconds outdoors, but at Nijmegen it showed no inclination to fly and broke the propeller.
It's built in the traditional way, painted tissue covering with registration letters cut out from paper.

I took a liking to this PIK 18, built by Tapio Linkosalo, Finland. The model is covered with printed tissue, which has been chalked on the backside to improve opacity.