News 2008
* Fuses for 2.4 GHz as suggested by Larry Jolly has proven good
and many satisfied pilots already use these fuses. Double World Champion David Hobby from Australia will fly with
this version at coming WC 2008 in Turkey.
His model can be seen
on the pictures HERE
* Very demanding electro version of PIKE Perfect will be put
into production in July 2008. You can see the prototype of
electro version on
THIS PAGE
* JK Edition - There has been developed a new version of PIKE Perfect
on request of Jan Kohout. He required high stiffness with low
weight and possibility of using ballast. this version has full
carbon fuselage, new ballast system, tape instead of epoxy
wipers on ailerons and minimum quantity of epoxy and paint. This
version is usable for all conditions except the extremely windy
conditions, where carbon socks in ailerons are needed to prevent
flutter. Flying weight of this universal version is 2050-2070 g.
Full carbon SL version 1950 g is usable only for light
conditions
Some results from competitions
Poříčí 26.4.2008 ČR
This was one of qualification competitions for next year F3J
European championship
1st Jan Kohout PIKE Perfect
2nd Jiří Ducháň PIKE Perfect
3rd Jaroslav Vostřel PIKE Perfect
These 3 pilots are members of national team for 2008 F3J WC in
Turkey
Pictures HERE
26.-27.4 2008 Lodi Italy Eurotour
Very well manned Eurotour competition with 92 competitors.
Winner
Philip Kolb DE, PIKE Perfect,
2nd Givanni Gallizia IT, PIKE Perfect ,
3rd Filippo Gallizia IT, PIKE Perfect
Pictures HERE
See also: www.f3j.it
www.modeltv.it
3.-4.5.2008 Holíč SVK
53 competitors attended the competition in Holic. This
competition was followed by very difficult and unpredictable
conditions.
1st Wojciech Byrski PL, PIKE PErfect
2nd Vlastimil Vostřel CZ, PIKE Perfect
3rd Jan Leiner CZ, Fazer
4th Vítězslav Štěrba CZ, PIKE Perfect
pictures from Holic taken by Karel Bobcik
Pictures HERE
NEWS for F3J 2007
After successful season 2006 for Perfect this model came through
some small aerodynamical and construction modifications. We
concentrated on the weak points where model suffered during hard
landing, we managed to reinforce these places and keeping the
same weight. The actual flying weight of the mostly used and
universal full 68 carbon version is 2150-2200g. At the end of
last year the demand for super light Perfect increased. We
developed special super light version for very weak conditions
that is also full
carbon. Flying weight of this version is 1950 g. Some of the
competitions this year confirmed justness of this version for calm
conditions. Lots of testing and measurements of performance
confirmed difference
comparing to standard carbon 68 version. But this version make
sense only for calm no thermal conditions. WE also considered
v-tail version, that's weight would be even 100g lower (1850 g
of sl version and 2050-2100 g of carbon 68). But we relinquished
from this idea for now because of the worse handling of all
v-tail models and also because of the low demand for F3J models
with v-tails in general.
 7/12
WC F3J 2008 Turkey
Bulletin 0 out -
f3jturkey.com
3/12
Philip wins the Eppler Trophy!!!
Philip Kolb wins
the famous Eppler Trophy 2007 from
BARCS. Congratulation!
Writeup HERE
22/10
Larry flew the first 2,4 Perfect
Larry Jolly have flown the first 2,4ghz Pike Perfect.
Read his first
thoughts
12-14/10
Soarist Open 2007
Sadly we did not finish this years Soarist Open in Turkey due to
rain on Sunday. But a great competition and a battle among the
best it was!
Jojo have a few words and some links
7/10
Daryl Perkins won Visalia Fall Festival 2007
Daryl flew a Pike Perfect.
Scores -
Club page
22-23/9
Wojciech Byrski wins world cup in
Martin
Read his words HERE.
Congratulation!
17th
Alpine Cup and last Eurotour event 2007
Congratulation to Philip Kolb!
Read more
and see pictures
8-9/9 Philip won Eurotour F3J 2007
Philip won also the last Eurotour event of the season and won
his 6th Eurotour win this year and have a perfect score of 309p
in the Eurotour 2007!!! Congratulation!
Link:
Eurotour
19-26/8 EC F3J
Czech Junior team European Champions and Czech Senior team a
wonderful 2nd place. A great team effort! Sebastian Feigl is the
new European Champion. Congratulation. Marco Salvigni finished
3rd!! with Perfect and Philip Kolb broke a 1,55 line and ended
4th.
Link:
http://www.trnavaf3j.sk/
German site -
Italian blog -
UK updates
NEW
Here
are some photos
17-19/8 Trnava Cup
Philip Kolb wins the World Cup event in Trnava - the pre
event for EC F3J. Congrats again!
Amazing!
Link:
http://www.trnavaf3j.sk/
11-12/8 Hollandglide
Philip Kolb takes his 5th
Eurotour win THIS year!!
Link:
Hollandglide -
Pictures and updates by Jojo
26-27 Nats USA - Craig Greening winning
Craig Greening new National
Champion USA in Unlimited Class 2007. Craig also won 2m class.
Reports from Nats -
RCgroups -
Pictures by
Ben Wilson
14-15/7 Bulgarian F3J Cup 2007
Pike perfect taking the first three
places on the Bulgarian F3J Cup 2007. Strong Team Turkey!
Read
more
8-10/6 Jerilderie Australia team
trial
David Hobby won with Perfect ahead of Mike Rae and Mike O'Reilly
both flying Superior. Congrats!
Link
LSF Aussie
18/6 Jura's Cup France
Young Italian Junior Galizia wins with Perfect!!
Big congratulation. About 140 pilots entered and 15 pilots in
the finals. Philip Kolb broke a line in the finals and did not
reach up. 6 Perfects in finals.
Pictures
Planet-soaring -
Oliver Bordes -
results
NEW
pictures Vlastimil
3/6 Podhorany
Lots of rain and difficult weather. Jaroslav Vostrel won
preliminaries with 5000p. 6 Perfect's in flyoff. 1.Feigl,
2.Adamek, 3.Duchan (Perfect), 4.Jan Kohout (Perfect), 5.Jaroslav
Vostrel (Perfect).
Eurotour site
26/5 Osiek
14/5 Eurotour Nuthecup 2007
Philip Kolb got a firm grip on Eurotour with
another win in Berlin. See results
Senior -
Junior
Philip also got more impressive results...
1st place Philip Kolb, GER, PIKE Perfect
2nd Olivier Ladach, GER, PIKE Perfect
3rd Egbert van der Laan, NED, PIKE Perfect
See the
Eurotour site -
Pictures from Nuthecup
30/3-1/4
Eurotour Istanbul Cup 2007
First Eurotour event 2007 is over and what a blast.
It did roll over to a landing contest and it was very interresting
to see what the level of launching pilots are up too. Pike Perfect
had 5 out of 8 places in the finals and showed that fast launching
is another thing this model is good at.
Jan Kohout with PIKE Perfect was first and Philip Kolb
with PIKE Perfect second
Jojo have some pictures and some results HERE
NEW
21/4 Forli
1st place Philip Kolb, GER, PIKE Perfect
17-18/3
North Cyprus F3J Open
Another invitation event at North Cyprus is over.
This is a very relaxed and nice event in spring at North Cyprus.
Jojo have some pictures HERE
12/12 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Merry Christmas to all our friends and
customers out there! May you have a
wonderful next year. Samba 2006
Download a card
and send your friends
Card 1 -
Card 2 -
Card 3
16/10 Jojo gets
H M The King's pokal
Jojo receives H M The King's pokal in Norway for
excellent achievement in National Championship and International
events. Jojo flew the Pike Perfect!
25/9 Jojo won National Championship F3J
For the 5th time in a row Jojo won the National
Championship F3J in Norway. Jojo flew his Perfect in all rounds.
Results
25/9 Test of Pike Perfect
RCSoaringDigest have a test of Pike Perfect.
Backup of that issue
HERE
12/9 Last Eurotour event
last eurotour competition this year was held in bled
last weekend. 90 competitors started. Philip Kolb won after
difficult contest and thanks to this he won also
Eurotour 2006. Congratulation!!!
Pictures.
16/8 WC F3J in Martin, Perfect and David wins"
David Hobby wins the World Championship F3J in
Martin and we congratulate!
WC site: www.F3J.sk
(check also team section)
Norway's site (Jo
Grini): www.F3X.no
South Africa:
http://f3j.blogspot.com/
18/7 Larry Jolly gets his first Perfect up!
Read his first impressions and about his first
contest.
Larry has also been helping out during release.
10/7 Eurotour F3J in Bulgaria
Philip Kolb reports:
Just something for the homepage after a really
remarkable, allthough still small competition in bulgaria.
Read more HERE
9/7
Gossip Column pre for the WC F3J 2006
Read Uncle Sydney's
Gossip Column for the World Championship in Martin 2006 F3J
5/7 Czech Championship F3J 2006
Pike Perfect fits all the top spots!
Congratulation to Jaroslav Tupec!
Read more HERE
28/6 Eurotour F3J Jura's Cup, France
Jaroslav Vostrel came 3rd!!
Pictures and links
HERE
22/6 Jerilderie Australia
David Hobby wins this big event using Perfect
(5rd),
Giant (3rd) and Superior (last rd). 58 competitors and 9 rounds.
David's comments HERE
Results on the
LSF
Australia site
HERE
4/6 Eurotour F3J Podhorany
Philip brakes 3 times 1,45mm line and moves out
of the finals but Jo Grini got 2nd and Jan Kohout got 3rd with Pike
Perfect.
Results -
Pictures -
Jojo's diary
24/5 Eurotour F3J Osijek
Philip Kolb with Pike Perfect got 2nd place in
Osijek
Results -
Club
15/5 Instructions Perfect
Instructions on building the Pike Perfect is out
Perfect Page
11/5 Good competition in
Holíč
78 competitors showed up for what became a successful Eurotour F3J.
Many of those were top pilots.
Conditions were very difficult. Light winds changed to strong winds
in gusts as a storm was coming in. But there were also calm evening
rounds.
Read more HERE
8/4 Perfect start to new model
A Perfect start for our new model.
In the first competition we had 3 Perfect's in the finals and all
places on the podium were Pike's.
Eurotour F3J in Istanbul:
1. Philip Kolb, Pike Perfect
2. Colin Lucas, Pike Superior
3. Jo Grini, Pike Perfect
Some words from Jojo - Read about Perfect
19/3 Pictures of visit at Samba
Pictures from Philips's visit with the first CNC
molds 24-25/5-05 Philip and when Philip, Mustafa and more visited us
to bring the first 4 models for testing in Istanbul 28/2-06.
See pictures HERE
18/3
New joiner mould Pike Perfect ready
The first joiners were solid but we have now made new mould and
saved 17g on each joiner. The new joiners are hollow and weighs 18g
each. That is a total save on 34g. It probably sounds little but this is
out in the tip and makes a difference.
14/3 Hello out
there!
We are still alive and flying. We spent three more days
experiencing calmer air. Unfortunately it was again far away from
floating conditions.
Read more HERE
2/3 evening from
Philip
O.K. Guys, first day's done!
We had more wind today than expected, but nevertheless we went out
to do the first flýghts on the Pike perfect.
We spent quite a long time on fixing a suitable CG for that weather
and finally I was happy flying it on 107mm measured behind the
Rootsections leading edge.......
Read more HERE
2/3-06: from Philip Kolb:
I just finished the first model yesterday and put some pictures in
the attachment. Dealing to fix the model was very easy, nothing
unexpected, just perfect work done by samba model. The plane looks
really promising and whilst the weather down here looks quite
promising too (we have some 15°C, partly cloudy skies and about 6m/s
Wind) the first flights will take place in a few hours. I surely let
you know how it went.
Some pictures
Pike Perfect release 01.03.06
The new tool from Samba model is released.
This has been a long way development and we are very pleased to say
that it is now ready. The development have been made possible by
joining effort from many people and the design is from Philip Kolb.
Philip have also made a very nice article to explain how the
thoughts of the model have progressed.
Read more HERE
Czech League F3F 2005
Won by Radek Plch with Pike Brio V and X-tail
Congratulation
Electro fuse for Superior,
Giant and Brio
Dont have a winch or someone to tow ?
Experience the joy of electric silent flight
Be sure to
check all our accessories
We can deliver most of what you will
need to get the most out of your model. If you have a special
request do not hesitate to ask us.
Maybe we can do just that for you!
Check the accessories page HERE
Clear servo covers available!
Check the accessories page
Philip Kolb also won Bled
Eurotour
and confirms why he wins the Eurotour this year. He flew the
Pike Superior X-tail all finals.
Pike Giant moulds
are ready!!
The Pike Giant is a Pike Brio but with new bigger tips.
Prototype was first tested in WC F3J 2004 by
Jo Grini. Jo brought home 1000points in difficult rounds when nobody
flew full times. In EC F3J 2005 Jaroslav Tupec brought it for windy
rounds. The model have what is needed for new F3J style flying. This
means more aggressive flying yet still be able to slowly work some
neutral air with huge camber. The Pike Giant have a range that makes
it THE weapon for working the last of a thermal far away and be able
to come home. Ballast in windy conditions is no longer needed with
this model.
The weights are in the range 1900-2200 depending on layup and fuse
chosen. Wingspan is 3,3m, area 64dm and airfoil used is MG-06. The
spar for
Pike Giant is even stronger than the one used for Pike Brio.
Fuses are the same as Brio and Superior so they can be combined.
This means One can choose from X-tail, V-tail and even 2-piece
V-tail fuses.
The model have allready been used for success in several Nationals
and European Championship F3J.
See our Success
page | More pictures of Giant
HERE
Winners lately:
National Champion F3J Norway, Jo Grini
National Champion F3J England, Tony Vale
Interglide F3J England, Tom Mertens
More at the Success
page.
European
Championship F3J 2005
1: Philip Kolb (superior x)
2: Jan Kohout (superior x / pike plus)
3: Jaroslav Tupec (superior X)
Congratulation to all the winners!!!!
Uncle Sydney (atleast the Uncle of F3J) have made a new super report
in front of the EC in Croatia
HERE and super report AFTER EC
HERE
Championship website HERE
Pictures by Samba model HERE
New versions available of
Superior!
Even 100g lighter!!!!
Philip Kolb wins Bled Eurotour event
AND thereby the Contest Eurotour!!
Jaroslav Vostrel was 7th. Pilost flying with Superiors were
1,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13,14,15,16,20,21,23
Last fly off pilot lose 15 points, 23rd pilot lose 47 pionts. Morning and
evening rounds were very difficult.
We congratulate!
See the Contest
Eurotour page
Setup of models?
New article released. Rewritten during WC.
Read HERE
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Pictures from
Poříčí, Lodi and Holíč HERE
New 2,4GHz friendly model for David Hobby
2x World Champion F3J.
Pictures HERE
Philip Kolb wins
the famous
Eppler Trophy 2007 from
BARCS.
Congratulation!
Writeup HERE
Wojciech Byrski wins World Cup in
Martin
Read his words HERE.
Congratulation!
Larry Jolly have flown the first 2,4ghz Pike Perfect.
Read his first thoughts
17th Alpine Cup and last Eurotour event 2007
Read more and
see pictures
Philip Kolb takes his 5th
Eurotour win THIS year!!
Hollandglide
-
Pictures and updates by Jojo
Craig Greening new National Champion USA in Unlimited Class 2007.
Reports from Nats
RCgroups -
Pictures by Ben
Wilson
Jura's Cup 2007
results -
NEW
pictures Vlastimil
Jerilderie Australia team
trial
David Hobby won with Perfect ahead of Mike Rae and Mike O'Reilly
both flying Superior. Congrats!
Link LSF
Aussie
"Istanbul testcrew" were happy in Osijek.
Philip Writeup HERE
Philip Kolb got a firm grip on Eurotour with
another win in Berlin. See results
Senior -
Junior
Philip also got more impressive results...
See the
Eurotour site -
Pictures from Nuthecup
First Eurotour event 2007
A nice and friendly invitation
Jojo receives H M The King's pokal in Norway for
excellent achievement in National Championship and International
events.
Jojo became National Champion F3J.
Results
The World Champion! David Hobby, AUS
A bunch of good photos HERE
Larry Jolly have flown his first Perfect
10/7 Eurotour F3J in Bulgaria
Read
more HERE
Czech Championship F3J
Pictures from Jura Cup
David Hobby wins Jerilderie!
Read more
Instructions Perfect out
A Perfect start for our new model. In the first
competition we had 3 Perfect's in the finals and all places on the
podium were Pike's.
Eurotour F3J in Istanbul:
1. Philip Kolb, Pike Perfect
2. Colin Lucas, Pike Superior
3. Jo Grini, Pike Perfect
Some words from Jojo's diary
Read Philip's first days of flying
with Pike Perfect HERE
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