This is a collection of older news from the frontpage

NEW 11/5 Good competition in Holíč
87 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 pre-release 01.03.06
We have decided to release some info on the Pike Perfect even though the model is not yet in regular production. More info will come within a week.
Se some pictures HERE

NEW 2/3 evening from Philip
O.K. Guys, fýrst 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

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

Swiss champion F3J 2005:
Reto Baumgartner, Pike Superior V
And the competition NMA F3J 2005:
Thomas Kübler, Pike Superior X

Reports from Tomas Bartovsky:
- EC F3J 2005
- World Cup F3J/F3B
Congratulation to the winners!!

Czech League F3F 2005
Won by Radek Plch with Pike Brio V and X-tail
Congratulation

Istanbul Open 1-2.october 2005
 Results - Pictures by Jojo

Turkish Championship F3J 2005
and qualification to WC 2006.
1. Murat Etibatir, PIKE Superior x-tail
2. Ilgaz Kalaycoglu, PIKE Superior x-tail
3. Mustafa Koc, PIKE Superior x-tail
Congratulation! Picture1 - Picture2

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 2100-2200 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.
The model have allready been used for success in several Nationals and European Championship F3J. See our Success page.
New webpage for Pike Giant soon.
Picture of first 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

Qualifying competition (1 of 4) for F3J WC 2006 in Česká Třebová 8.-9.7.2005, Czech Republic
1st Jaroslav Vostřel PIKE Superior x-tail
2nd Jaroslav Tupec PIKE Superior x-tail
3rd Jan Kohout PIKE Superior x-tail
4th Jan Vácha PIKE Superior x-tail
5th Martin Rajšner PIKE Superior x-tail
Pictures HERE

2-3/7-05 National Championship F3J, Czech Republic Jaroslav Tupec prolonged his series of win.

1. Jaroslav Tupec PIKE Superior x-tail, PIKE Brio Giant x-tail
2. Martin Rajšner PIKE Superior x-tail
5. Jan Vácha PIKE Superior, x-tail
6. Vítězslav Štěrba PIKE Superior x-tail
Pictures HERE

Upcoming events:
EC F3J in Osijek, Croatia
Read the gossip column from Uncle Sydney

World Cup F3J in Martin, Slovak Republic 25-26/6-05
1st Jaroslav Tupec
 - PIKE Superior X-tail, Brio Giant X-tail
3rd Vítězslav Štěrba - PIKE SUperior X-tail
5th Martin Rajšner - PIKE Superior X-tail
Pictures HERE

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

Eurotour Podhorany
Philip Kolb won Eurotour in Podhorany and
got 103 points. He was flying with Superior but he had to fly with Sharon in 1 of the fly off flights as his Superior was shot down and broken in flyoff.

RCV2 - Jehnědí, Czech Republic 2005
Jaroslav Tupec - RCV2 champion 2005
RCV2 is very similar to F3J and have been flown in Czech Republic for more than 30 years.
More pictures

Cyprus open 2005 - results - pictures
We had a great time at Cyprus, everything was super and free of charge. Organization of the competition was also very good. Lot of food and drinks for all the day. They took the boxes with models to the hotel with a large truck. The accomodation was in a 5 star hotel on the coast (1 night 225 USD/person).
But the conditions durind the competition were very difficult. We had to fly very far with not very strong thermals. Results are as following:
1. Reinhard Valant Europia GER
2. Jan Kohout PIKE Superior x-tail CZE
3. Joe Wurst Icon USA
4. Vítězslav Štěrba PIKE Superior x-tail CZE
5. Skip MIller PIKE Superior x-tails USA
6. Neil Jones PIKE Superior v-tail GBP
Unfortunately David Hobby was not there. One of the competitors told us that F3J becomes more fair. When we asked him why, he told us that all pilots start to fly with the same model, he was talking about Superior :-)
Well half of the pilots were flying with Superior.
1st price was 1 week stay in luxury hotel + air tickets
2nd price was MC 24
3rd was PIKE Superior
The only one trouble was with small distances between the spots (about 8 m) so there was a lot of crashes (also minimum 4 Superiors). Thanks to North Cyprus Aviation Association for organization and invitation to such a great event. It was very nice to meet F3J filots from many countries and nice diversification of winter season.

Electro fuse for Superior and Brio
Dont have a winch or someone to tow ?
Experience the joy of electric silent flight

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


Clear servo covers available!
Check the accessories page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Podium Eurotour F3J in Holíč
Read more HERE


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


Pike Perfect released.
Jane is holding the model


Philip launches the first Pike Perfect


Pike Perfect prelease out


Radek Plch won Czech League F3F 2005
More pictures with him HERE


Swizz podium F3J 2005: 3. Stefan Böhlen, 1. Reto Baumgartner, CD Ernesto Weber, 2. Andreas Böhlen


Turkish Championship F3J and qualification to WC 2006. 1. Murat Etibatir, PIKE Superior x-tail
2. Ilgaz Kalaycoglu, PIKE Superior x-tail
3. Mustafa Koc, PIKE Superior x-tail
Congratulation! Picture1 - Picture2


Philip Kolb also won Bled Eurotour and confirms why he wins the Eurotour this year. He flew the Pike Superior X-tail all finals.


Pictures from EC F3J 2005


F3J 8-9/7-05: 2nd Jaroslav Tupec, 1st Jaroslav Vostřel, 3rd Jan Kohout. Pictures HERE


Tupec "goes to the water" again.
National Championship F3J in Czech Republic.
Pictures HERE


Philip Kolb won Eurotour in Podharny


Jaroslav Tupec - RCV2 champion 2005
More pictures


 The winners of this years Cyprus Open.
A big thanks for a great competition!
 pictures HERE

NEW WEBPAGES ACTIVE
WWW.F3J.COM

Pike Superior takes the grip of Eurotour:

-  1st Eurotour competition 2004 in istanbul won Philip Kolb with Superior x-tail
 - 2nd Eurotour 2004 in Itali Forli wont Tony Vale with Superior v-tail
-  3rd Eurotour 2004 in Holíč SK - the second was Saša Pečinar with Superior v-tail

Mike O'Reilly becomes State Thermal Champion with his Pike Brio. Congrats!
Read more on SSL in Australia | picture

Tony Vale wins Hollandglide 2003!
With Pike Superior V-tail Tony Vale wins this years Hollandglide by flying longer than anyone else. This year was difficult and this time it was not the landing points that gave him the win. Tony places England firmly on the F3J-map this year and we wish him good luck further on.
 Jaroslav Vostřel placed second with Pike Superior X-tail and Cor de Jong came third.
See the Hollandglide.nl page | Pictures by Jo Grini | Pictures by F3J.dk
 

European Championship F3J, Deva 2003
Congratulation to all the winners of medals and to all helpers of the teams that probably also have earned a medal! A special congratulation from us to the following pilots:

Seniors:
- 1st Kohout
- 5th Vostřel
- Tupec got 100 points penalization (Safety corridor) and he felt down from the second to the 18th place.
 
1st placed senior team
- Jan Kohout - 7 flights of preliminary rounds
with PIKE Plus and 2 flights with crossing Superior
and all fly off flights with X-Superior
- Jaroslav Vostřel - crossing tail Superior
- Jaroslav Tupec - crossing tail Superior
 
Juniors:
- 2nd Rajšner - CZK - v-tail Superior
- 3rd Markovič - SLO - crossing tail Superior

See more pictures | Download detailed results (excel 66kb .zip) | Official site

 

PIKE Brio now in production
The PIKE Brio model is designed for top F3F flying. It is also easy to control like all PIKE´s. You can also fly F3B category with this model.

 

Development and the production :
The prototype was finished of styropor and balsa. Kevin Newton and Radovan Plch have tested the qualities of the model and it is great. The model is now in production. Some details: Wingspan 3m, new fuse with 2 piece V-tail or Superior fuse, profile MG06 mod. Weight carbon X-tail: apx 2050g

Official Brio page are HERE... 
Throws are HERE

Kevin Newton is one of the test-pilots and some pictures and writing is on his site: www.knewt.com 
Latest news is that Kevin won the UK F3F League in 2002 by the largest amount in many years using the Brio prototype. 

PIKE Carbon fuse  
How to get good range on a carbon fuse

12.4.2003 Many questions about range on carbon fuses so we have now put a page with solutions just for you. Be sure to make range checks and never fly your plane with bad range.
See the solutions on THIS PAGE 

PIKE Superior Video  
Jojo has a Superior and a camera...

13.01.2003 Ever seen a Pike Superior launch ?
Now you can download a small video of the launch viewed from the plane. 13,5mb of .AVI video should be well worth the download. 
Video by Jo Grini

 

PIKE Superior Xtail NEW: Now also with X-tail 
The Superior can now be supplied with X-tail. 

05.12.2002 We have just developed and tested a new X-tail for Superior. This fuse can also be used on the Brio... The X-tail is smaller than the one used on the Pike Plus and made all composite and so stiff that it can be used in any F3X competition. 
See some pictures on THIS PAGE


PIKE Superior is finally here. 
At last a completely new model from Samba for F3J, F3B. 
It was constructed by the newest knowledge about aerodynamics and about the construction of the models that guarantee the big strength of the models by small weight. And also we took advantage of our many years experience.

Superior just left the line in Norway. Development and the production :
In June 2001 the protype was finished of styropor and balsa. We have tested the qualities of the model for 4 months and it was great. It was just like we wanted, the qualities are as we expected. After small changes we the final version of the model is now in production.
Model was tested by Ing. Jan Kohout and Jaroslav Tupec. The production of the moulds was made with CAD-CAM technology. The tooling was made on 3D professional cutter that works with 0,02 mm precision. The result are really very exact moulds. 

Specification:
Wing span: 3300 mm
Wing area: 66,5 dm2
The profile in the centre of the wing: HQ/W 2,5/8 - the camber and the thickness is gradually changed to the end of the wing
Flying weight: 1860 - 2180g -it depends on the version of the strength
Ballast tube: 500 g - 1500 g - depends on the version
Joiners are 11,5x11,8 mm (bigger than the old one)
3-piece wing
The leading edge is ellipsed. The flaps and ailerons are bottom hinged that makes better aerodynamics because we don't need big servo covers.
The seating of the wings and V-tail is very strong and precise.
| Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Fuselage 1 | Fuselage 2 | Wing 1 | Tail 1 |

Differences between PIKE Plus and PIKE SUPERIOR
 Three times champions in the Czech championship F3J 2002- much more better gliding quality
- better penetrating 
- faster tows
- very good circling flight 
- very good handling by landing
- the flaps are broader - 60 mm

Success of Superior:
Allready the Superior shows power around the world
- National champion F3J and combined champion F3B/J, Jo Grini of Norway
- National champion F3J, Michel Freisse of France
- All top three placings in Czech championship