[RCSE] US F3J Team Update

[Jim Monaco]

I’m writing this on Thursday morning.  We had an excellent day on Wednesday.  The senior pilots are getting into the groove.  All the senior flights were excellent.  Joe had a hectic day between launching for everyone and running back to the hangar to repair his light model that was badly damaged in a midair.  He test flew the repair this morning and it looks pretty good.  Tom has been very consistent and is maintaining his position in the top 10.  Joe and Skip have some work to do to make it into the top 12, but there are plenty of rounds left.  Skip had some odd radio issues all day yesterday.  He flet that his plane was not responding well at distance and several flights were very interesting, but he did a great job making them work.  He ultimately determined that his PCM receiver was masking poor range.  He swapped in an FM receiver and immediately discovered terrible range.  After doubling the antenna – his range was back and he flight tested the plane early in the morning and it appears all is well for today.   The juniors have been flying awesome the last few rounds.  They had been chasing the Germans and finally today moved into the lead.  All of our junior pilots are currently in the top 12 with 2 rounds to go.  Now we need to protect the lead.   We will have 3 rounds of seniors today and then restart the juniors at the end of the day.   Go USA! Jim   Jim Monaco US F3J Team Manager 2006   From: James V. Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:37 AM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] "Skip Miller Injured"   Just as it happened... http://www.rcmklub.sk/wcf3j2006/dnldwatermark.php?fname=../../foto_albumy/foto_340.jpg At 11:34 AM 8/2/2006, James V. Bacus wrote: Actually, it looks like it was Joe that was injured throwing Skips model. http://www.rcmklub.sk/wcf3j2006/dnldwatermark.php?fname=../../foto_albumy/foto_347.jpg At 07:13 AM 8/1/2006, McCleave, Howard R \(SN\) wrote: The web site for tracking the F3J Worlds had a note about Skip being injured.  Anyone know more details? Thanks, Randy McCleave http://www.rcmklub.sk/wcf3j2006/?item=20&pol=c55 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537    LSF 7560 Level IV   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537    LSF 7560 Level IV   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net