F3B Finals
Rome, Georgia  2002
Jeff Steifel, early morning setup
Pilots meeting
LZ's and pits
Winch line
Line Boss's tent, field and sights
Darryl Z tossing for Gavin
Gavin and the "SP2"
"Estrella"
Brian Agnew  and his "Warp"
Arizona-New Mexico crew
Chicago  crew
one of the Eastcoast teams
CD Bob Edson with the best
California  crew
Rich Speroni's fine winches
used by the CA team
European winch
and older BS winch
NJ  winches
Turnaround using pulley from an Otis elevator
Turnaround using a/c control pulley, 1/2 the weight
My fourth winch design,
only one built
My third winch design,
over one dozen in use
Sight hoop mounted on monopole
Back
Click here to read about the contest
as told by Glenn Dean
to the readers of the RCSE
Click here to read a summary of
F3B rules
Click here to read a few F3B flying tips
Click here to read a Primer on F3B flying
that appeared as a chaper in the
R/C Pilots Handbook
published by
Air Age Publications