Karel Doorman Cup – Ypenberg Holland 2016

RESULTS

VIDEO

Here’s the first report from Europe in 2016 – I do hope they’ll continue sending them even if the UK ends up “BREXIT-ing in June”! The meeting took place on 7th & 8th May on a site near The Hague and it looks as if everyone had a great time in very nice weather. There was a UK presence there too with Andy Housden, Roy Green, Mike Welch and Bob Phillips featuring on the smart yellow deck. As a treat probably for me as well as everyone there, Max Uttien brought along his Class 1 “secret weapon” MO-1 for testing; it uses a lot of inspiration from the US master Eric Conley’s similar record breaking Class 1 model. So without further ado, lets see the pictures. The results can be seen by clicking on the RED link above, and there’s some Video too!

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Max’s very pretty Class 1 MO-1..
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with all the gizmos, including a potent-looking muffler and full line slider!

 

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Mike Welch and his Wildcat enjoying the sunshine

 

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Andy’s much-flown Seamew was here – as Jan says, he seems to be going in for turbulation BIG time…

Jan is ready

Jan preparing to launch the Tigercat for another mission…

Jan's Tigercat

…seeking out any would-be opponents – is it just me, or does that LiPo look a bit loose?

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Great idea, starting the next generation of fliers off on the “right lines”!

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Post-flight relaxation – the end of a great weekend