Sun 7:30

we finished with duration yesterday. Roughly every second group had astronomical flight altitudes. The groups in between struggled to reach 7min flight time.

Today we have very low clouds and will have to delay the start of the competition.

16:40

second speed with much more wind is completed. Heavy aircraft and thick lines that still break occasionally.

unfortunately some damaged aircraft in the Gusty ground level.

duration afterwards with similar conditions. It is difficult to decide if you want to fly far away or directly overhead. Since only one side (lee) is allowed to fly, the timing gets even much more important than the side or distance. From the base.

12:20

we started with duration. Very calm weather, so basically just gliding at reduced sink.

Distance had changing conditions. Even within the working time!

now speed. Also thermals coming through every 4-5 minutes making the ballast decision tricky

What an incredible weekend. The organisation was, as always, spot on — the experience built into this event really shows. And the weather delivered too: classic Nardt conditions, meaning the year’s first real heat wave arrived right on cue. Occasional gusts of wind were a welcome relief, a noticeable improvement over last year’s World Championship.

Both days brought constant shifts in wind strength and direction, and at Team Foo we were caught a little off-guard on Sunday. Flying in 10-knot wind on 1.18mm line is a serious challenge — but Steffen rose to it and somehow kept the line in one piece. Others faced different challenges, courtesy of the „good times“ rolling later and later into Saturday night at the Bergfest. That’s also your hint that the Nardt airfield once again delivered exceptional catering — food and drinks on point all weekend.

The flying was pure Nardt: unpredictable, always changing, and challenging. Duration caught some pilots out, but distance was where most of the real battles were fought — especially on Sunday. Thermals built up fast and were hard to centre. If you found a strong one on your distance run, you had a decisive edge that most competitors simply couldn’t match. Speed rounds were mostly light-wind and heavy air, with the exception of the second half of Speed 4 on Sunday when the strong gusts rolled in.

Steffen held onto his points lead from Saturday, giving up a few in Distance and Speed but doing enough to claim the overall win, German master and the Speed trophy, ahead of Andreas and Michal Behensky. Theo Weberschock had a standout weekend — strong, consistent flying earned him the Junior ranking and an impressive 4th place overall. The Juniors as a group were excellent; they flew in demanding conditions, didn’t default to easier duration flight areas but tried to actively get an advantage, and genuinely impressed experienced pilots with how far they’ve already come. The consistency will come — but it’s worth noting that very few pilots at any level have truly cracked that.
Team Foo had plenty to be happy about in the rankings overall. The author (Christian) had a „small“ setback and is heading back to the workshop. Belgium is coming fast!

A huge thank you to the Nardt airfield, all the helpers, and organizers Dylla & Dylla for four rounds of flying, excellent weather management, and a weekend full of fun.

A few reminders before I sign off:

• Several competitions are still open for registration — dates and links here
• I’d especially love to see more pilots at the Söhl competition in Bavaria in about four weeks. Financials are not the issue, Juniors are free of charge! — I just prefer a field of 12 or more pilots. Sign up here: f3xvault.com
  Next year i try to fix the date earlier if the location works again.

See you in Belgium!

Sunday 13:15

sorry for the late post. I had 2x technical difficulties.

we started with duration. Less wind than yesterday and already hotter with full sun.

interestingly no good thermals were there. But you had to find the less sinking area.

another distance round was similar. But thermals became a bit stronger.

afterwards speed round 3. Low altitudes. But some awesome speeds. Very precise and smooth.

after lunch we are now going for speed round 4.

22:30

the day has ended. We finished 2 complete rounds and one duration flight. We were really lucky with the showers. The thunderstorms really developed just after passing us. We only had 2 or 3 small breaks with a little rain.

The temperatures also went down a bit with the rain, making it a bit easier. On the other hand we had a lot of line changing due to fluctuating wind speed and direction.

the first speed was quite standard. The second speed had low launch altitudes and in general much slower speeds.

the final duration was mostly possible, but never a safe thing. Low launch altitudes and very low thermal activity punished every single mistake immediately.

thats it for today. See you again tomorrow !

16:00

we first continued with duration. And two small rain showers later. We are now in speed.

wind is changing strength and direction frequently.

intermediate results in the gallery below.

12:55

we flew three groups duration and had lunch now. Awesome catering as always!

we will continue with speed in 5minutes due to the thunderstorms that are building up.

11:06

second round duration. Wind gets a little bit less, thermals get stronger.

we already have high temperatures and cloud free sky. Fortunately a bit of wind for a bit of refreshment.

10:10

we started with distance. Max legs around 20. Wind and thermals are there but difficult to find and rather weak.

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sun10:20

we had amazing speeds yesterday! Andreas Böhlen killed it with a 12.0x s time.

today we started with a lot of wind again and nice launch altitudes. speeds were not as low fue zo the more straight west wind direction and more turbulence.

now distance started, but unfortunately we have a break due to rain.

sat 15:46

speed round 2 went really well. wind increased alot and the altutudes were great.

a lot of low 13s and 14s.

but also a lot of missed turns. the b base is hard in lünen.

now fistance tound 2.

sat 12:30

now speed. wind turned a bit more to west again, against launch direction. nice!

altitudes are better and speeds quite fast. but the famous hardest B-Base of F3B is in effect and there are some missed turns.

sat 11:15

duration was the first task. conditions were difficult but doable. someone alsways made the full time. but if you went to sinking air a bit too long, you had a problem. we have south wind, and the wind shadow from the trees is naking the starts tricky. no force until 40-50m and then you get sudden force and have to be careful about line breaks.

currently we are glying duration. the sun is shining strong, temperature tose quickly and we are getting a bit more thermals.

sat 6:50

good morning from Lünen. the airfield awakens…

https://de.windfinder.com/weatherforecast/hoyerswerda

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quick summary saturday:

we started in the morning with sunshine and medium winds. Launch altitudes were very good all day, but the wind increased and made the models heavier throughout the day. In the evening we had a small rainshower, but we completed 2 rounds and started Duration #3.
Duration was quite interesting. In the morning, the small hill and little thermals provided usually enough lift for everybody.
In the afternoon for the second round the thermals were much stronger and moved quicker. Suddenly there were very strong thermals in the lee side. But you needed the courage to fly there directly or the rarer opportunity to get it at the luv side and move with the thermal to lee. Since the dondraft became stronger, the hill did not produce reliable lift for the entire time. Numerous pilots lost a lot of points here.
Distance was both times strongly influenced by thermals. Since flying over the hangars is not allowed (good idea!), the usual flight area is very small directly above you . The other side is in lee but not the area with the strong thermals. Depending on the conditions pilots showed solid results with 22-25 flown legs or tortured their models to get the winning 16th leg. Predictability was not available, but conditions also changed very quickly due to the string crosswind component. Definitely an interesting task to watch but sometimes not the most fun to fly the condition you got dealt.
Speed, especially the second round was very subject to the weather with sometimes even longer periods of very good conditions. But not everyone gets lucky. The planes are high, heavy and fast.
What about team foo?
We have some mixed results with good and very good results for Andreas, Matthias and me (Christian). I had the doubtful honor to open the first speed. I really don’t like it too much, but fortunately, this time I managed to not get a missed turn. Steffen had both times bad conditions for the speed flight but made the best with it. Björn had an interesting distance win with 16legs and is only a little behind at the moment. He, Sebastian and Robbi are just a little bit behind with speed, or one unlucky duration for Robbi) making the difference. Markus had one suboptimal distance flight. Thilo is also making quick progress with great duration and dustance results!

All in all good team results. We try to keep it up tomorrow. Different wind and weather will definitely shake it up again!
We hope that the rain will come later in the day and the cloud base is high enough.
Good night!