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(If you want to send us your own news and plans we will be pleased to hear from you here)

Wednesday 28 July 2010:

OK, we are back from Venlo now and things are beginning to settle, so this seems a good opportunity to provide my own view of the event.
Flying
The event began on Friday Lunchtime after registrations in the morning with the Experts Set Manoeuvres followed by the Masters Set Manoeuvres. A small shower of rain delayed completion of the Masters round, but it concluded in time for Demonstration Flights during the evening and then Night Flying practice.
Saturday was a perfect day weather-wise and began with Experts Music, followed by Masters Freestyle and then Experts Freestyle. The first Synchro Competition took place during lunchtime - this competition was pioneered by 3D Masters in 2009 and has grown to become a massive attraction at the event. The prize goes to the Team making the best score of the weekend. Saturday was rounded-off with the Night Competition, won by Petr Novotny with a special prize for 10 years old Alon Barak for staying up late to entertain us all.
Sunday began with Masters Music and this was then followed by the Finals Rounds, Set Manoeuvres and Freestyle with the Music scores being carried forward from the preliminary rounds. The second half of the Synchro Competition was again well-received. The Masters Freestyle Round was interrupted briefly by rain, but completed to everyone's satisfaction. The rain then held off through the afternoon Demonstrations but then the heavens opened for the Awards Ceremony, easing again for the Victory Flights. The winners and positions for every round are to be found in the attached spreadsheet.
General Comments
Flying
The standards of flying at 3D Masters was in most cases excellent, and we succeeded again in providing over 36 hours of seamless extreme 3D for the entire weekend. There were a few Safety Issues, but I am proud to say that 3D Masters has maintained its unblemished safety record. The 'Yellow Card' Syetem worked extremely well.
Venue
With almost the whole club turning out to provide infrastructure support, the Jupiter Club aimed to prove Chairman Walter Robijns' promise "the Best 3D Masters Ever" and they certainly delivered. Catering was often commented upon as efficient and priced reasonably, and the ElyBBQ on Saturday evening was particularly enjoyable
Help
Our sincere thanks to all members of the Jupiter Club, Commentators Colin Lucas, Roel Woering, the Smith Brothers, Roger Hamilton and to Roel Verberkt for the Sound. Jan Robijns, Procyon Networks and Kembit provided IT and Network Support.Tony and Terry are working on the 3DX video, Nigel Revill once again provided scoring support and John Vugts ran a superbly controlled Airside. John de Quincey ran the 3D Masters Shop. Our Judges for 3D Masters were Jeremy Morcom, Kevin Targett, Nigel Fraser-Ker, Chris Walton and Mr Curtis Youngblood.
Love and Infinite thanks to Ben and Judy.
Weather
We were again very lucky with the weather, showers caused only minor delays rather than cancellations.
Attendance
Was up on any previous year, we estimate around 2000 people were on the field on Saturday. As always, those who bought tickets in advance benefitted from lower prices, but after 14:00 on Sunday we reduced the price of tickets in order to encourage locals to watch from behind the Safety Net rather than from the surrounding countryside. They had seen the nationwide TV coverage on Saturday and wanted to take a look at 3D.

Western end of the Spectator line taken from Judges Marquee

We have to thank our Spectators for their excellent behaviour during the event, their enormous enthusiasm, and of course for joining in with Colin's Mexican waves. You all seemed to be enjoying yourselves massively, and I thank you for kindness and courtesy.
2010 marks the 10th Anniversary of 3D Masters, having evolved from a small event on a Rugby Field in Northamptonshire to a huge international event attended by pilots from 24 countries and spectators from many more.
We could not have done this without the support of many people over those 10 years,and we take this opportunity to extend our thanks for helping us on this journey.
You know who you are, THANKS
Sponsors
3D Masters only exists due to the support of our Sponsors. We remain grateful to them all for their recognition of 3D Masters as the supreme manifestation of 3D on Planet Earth.

Picture from Danish National TV HeliCam (uncorrected Aspect Ratio)

 

Monday 26 July 2010:

Wow, just this minute back from Venlo after a fantastic weekend of wall-to-wall 3D. If you were not there you missed out on the most incredible 3D Masters ever. Sincere thanks to everyone concerned, and thanks too for the messages - they are much appreciated.

Will post the scores shortly - we had to clear the field, then I took some of our helpers to Weeze. then back for a nights sleep before a wind-up meeting and then the drive home. Fantastic experience.

 

Saturday 17 July 2010:

The rush continues to have those guaranteed tickets. It has been totally hectic here with all the correspondence and mad-rush last-minute must-have-now stuff, but that's not unusual. Really looking forward now to the journey to Venlo and making the site ready for 3D Masters 2010. Early thanks to all at Jupiter who resolved to make 3D Masters 2010 THE BEST EVER, and it looks like they may well acheive it. Certainly attendance will be well up on past years and it looks like the Catering is going to be fantastic, during the day and with the ElyBBQ on Saturday Evening. Add to that the World's most talented Pilots, Fantastic Sponsors, Humungous Trade Stands and a mad, mad crowd and it's all set for a memorable weekend.

Just can't wait. See you there

 

Friday 16 July 2010:

Wow, a sudden last minute rush for tickets is keeping us very busy. We now have over 50% more pre-sold tickets than ever before. We are up to date with acknowledgements, so if you do not have your pdf voucher then please contact us immediately. We hope you enjoy 3D Masters.

Wednesday 14 July 2010:

News from AllMyRC:

Following on from 3D Masters pioneering use of Blogs in 2007, 2008, Curtis will not be the only one blogging throughout 3D Masters 2010. We've had some other guys step up and this is going to be a great resource for pilots and spectators attending and at home.

Blogs:
Curtis Youngblood- Judge's Blog
Chris Walton- Judge's Blog

Chen Zarfati- Pilot Blog
Jamie Robertson- Pilot Blog
Nick Maxwell- Pilot Blog
Tom-Erik Rolfson- Pilot Blog

and from the Organisers:

Very soon our responses to eMails will be slow or non-existant due to high workload.. So if you need to contact us, please do it soon.
Sorry, but after all - we are Making ready for the greatest 3D Show on Earth

 

Tuesday 13 July 2010:

The ElyBBQ will be on Saturday Evening, sponsored by ElyQ.

Tickets will be available to buy at 3D Masters on the Venlo site when you arrive. Numbers are limited, and prices are remarkably low, so buy yours as soon as you can.

We have just heard from Align that Alan Szabo Jnr will not be able to make 3D Masters due to personal issues. Best wishes from us all Alan

 

Thursday 8 July 2010:

Taxi information if you want to have a few drinks, added to Location Page

 

Wednesday 7 July 2010:

Only a few days to go now and we're in that odd situation where we believe everything is in place and if it is not it is too late to do anything about it!
So we are really looking forward to making 3D Masters happen for you.

For those who cannot be there we will be posting links on the Home Page to all the resources who will be providing coverage of the event:
Fly3dx - Amit and Ron will provide Pictures and a Blog. Tony and Terry will create video
RotorWorld - Neil Mead will provide Pictures and a Blog
RunRyder - Mark will be filming and providing updates
AllMyRC - Zak will have a daily blog with Curtis contributing comments
RCHeliResource -Derek will be there with us

For those who are coming, we can announce that tickets pre-sales are over 50% up on any previous 3D Masters and still growing. We have had to find extra parking space.

Rest assured, this is going to be a BIG, BIG event - Can't Wait !

 

Tuesday 6 July 2010:

Only vaguely related to 3D Masters, but an interesting day yesterday.I went along to take pictures while John de Quincey, who will be manning the 3D Masters Club Tent, and Roger Kimbell had a go in an Autogyro. Roger andf John are both current Fixed Wing Pilots and decided that they had both lived far too long:

 

John absorbed the whole thing, and here's his explananation how it all works;

 

 

He'll be happy to explain it all to you in Venlo - visit him in the 3D Masters Club Tent, where he'll be selling T Shirts, Caps and other 3D Masters stuff.

Great Day Guys!

 

Friday 2 July 2010:

Markus from Freakware has just informed us that the BeAStX Team of 3 pilots will contest the Synchro Competition - so that makes 2 teams who will fly a 3-ship contest. Exciting!

Welcome to Mr Diaz, visiting us from Bogota in Colombia, and by some co-incidence Mr Kokes from the Czech Republic, both booked tickets within minutes of each other. Hmmm - we hope you enjoy 3D Masters 2010 in Venlo.

Wednesday 30June 2010:

Now I am not sure why, but we have had a sudden influx of ticket purchases from Finland, so Welcome to all the Finns.
I wonder if they are like the Norwegians - when they used to come they would email the local Pub and say "Get Beef and Strong Liquor, the Norwegians are coming"
Bring flags guys.

Good news from Jupiter - they have managed to find extra parking space
The massive uptake of tickets this year means that we are beginning to worry that we are running out of room - Gulp

Pilots Guide sent to all 3D Masters 2010 pilots - only 3 weeks to go

 

Tuesday 29 June 2010:

Mikado have now entered their Team for the Synchro Competition, so that makes a neat 7 Teams for this year, and a good entry level too for the Night Competition.

 

Monday 28 June 2010:

Congratulations for Jupiter on their successful Meet at the weekend, a chance to check out the 3D Masters winners rostrum. Walter, Jupiter Club Chairman, came 3rd in the 3D Contest, behind Bas de Groot (1) and Frederik Hanisch (2)

Frederik has now been offred a place in the Mikado Team at 3D Masters. .

That's Holy Ground you guys are treading on!
There are quite a few other pilots who want to be where you are standing.

 

Wednesday 24 June 2010:

We've just heard that we'll be featured on a local TV station Duisberg WDR Broadcasting:

We will be broadcast it in the "WDR-Lokalzeit aus Duisburg - Tipps & Termine" on Tuesday, 20th July, 7.30 pm. You will find it for one week also on the internet:

http://www.wdr.de/mediathek/html/regional/rueckschau/lokalzeit_duisburg.xml

Tuesday 22 June 2010:

A record-breaking year
After a slightly shaky 2009 in Spain due among other things to the Global Recession, 3D Masters has risen to new dizzy heights as the pre-eminent world 3D Competition:

• · Competition Pilots will be coming from 23 countries around the World, Demonstration Pilots from 14 countries - a truly International event.
• · 3D Masters has more International and World Sponsors than ever before - companies throughout the World who are household names are making their presence felt with big investments into 3D Masters in terms of resources and pilots.
• · There will be more Trade-booths than ever before. Companies ranging from small local Distributors, through International Shops to World Manufacturers to will be there to talk to visitors, sell, talk business and generally help to boost the prowess of this massive International Event.
• · Venlo in the Netherlands has proven to be a very popular destination for 3D Enthusiasts. Ticket pre-sales for 3D Masters 2010 in Venlo have now exceeded pre-sales for any previous year. At the time of writing pre-sales are well up on any past year, and with 5 weeks to run that can only mean a massive level of 3D Enthusiast support for this, the 10th 3D Masters.
• · There is more to do and see than ever before: As well as the 3 Disciplines of 3D Masters itself - Set Manoeuvres, Freestyle and Flight to Music, there will be the Night Competition, Synchro Competition, Evening Free Flying as well as Demonstration Flying from some of the World's Top Pilots. ElyQ have sponsored the Saturday Evening BBQ and of course there is the Raffle and the outrageous Victory Flights on Sunday, pioneered by 3D Masters and become World-famous for their inevitable conclusion.
  

Sunday 20 June 2010:
Just back from the UK 3D Cup at Weston Park. Great to meet up with all of you, and congratulations to Craig and his Team for putting on a superb event. It was a real mix of serious flying and serious FUN, with the Smith Brothers egging all the pilots on to great things.Judges Nigel Fraser Ker, Jon Fox and Kevin Targett did a magnificent job, the final results were:
1) Duncan Osbourn
2) Adam Turner
3) Stuart Smith
4) Stefan Simmons
5) Dave Fisher

James Moon took the 8k Cup, for contestants with a k factor of 8 or less.

Craig promises to run the contest again next year, so I for one am looking forward very much to being there. Well done to all concerned!

 

Tuesday 15June 2010:
Thanks to Sponsors for their promises of items for the Raffle - looks like it's going to be a bonanza-year thanks to their generosity. 3DHQ has been away in France for a few days, so now we are back and will be dealing with all the emails as soon as possible.

Just seen the XFC results: Kyle Dahl 1st, Jamie Robertson 3rd, Colin Bell 5th, Nick Maxwell 7th
It will be interesting to see how these guys fare at 3D Masters.

 

Monday 7 June 2010:
Just back from the 'Smackdown on the Beach' in Rimini - a fantastic weekend where we met a lot of Top Pilots and had a superb time. Sincere thanks to our Italian Hosts, who worked really hard to make everything happen. As soon as I have time I'll post a few pictures and write a short description.

While away we have a few additions to make - Stefan Simmons and Shay Kavanagh from the UK will join in the Synchro Competition, as will brotherrs Jonathan and Dunkan Bossion from France. The Bossion Brothers were declared the most entertaining at the Smackdown on the Beach and Dunkan presented with the 'Man of the Match' Trophy.
Man, do they have some exciting routines ready for 3D Masters!

Apologies to those waiting for an answer to recent emails - I'm working on them right now

 

Tuesday 1 June 2010:
Location information added to help you find the venue for 3D Masters 2010

 

Monday 31 May 2010:
Wow, it's been a hectic weekend, with all the Entrants sending in their Music and Sets.
We are also pleased to welcome Amit Shussel as our Official Still Photographer. Amit has wide experience of Action and Sports Photography and promises outstanding coverage of 3D Masters 2010.

Chen Zarfatit has entered for the Night Competition.

 

Wednesday 26 May 2010:
With 8 weeks to go, we have exceeded all previous years' tickets pre-sales!

And why not? 2010 promises to be the biggest and most spectacular 3D Masters ever, with 60 of the world's top 3D pilots from 23 countries competing, the world's top demonstration pilots, wall-to-wall competition and demonstration flying planned.

Monday 24 May 2010:
Alon Barak joins the Night Competition - that makes 9 so far

Sunday 23 May 2010:
Here's a thought - Dominik Haegele could be the first to win 3 x 3D Masters - this has never been done before!!!!!

Curtis has won twice, and Duncan, Lukas and Chen have won once so there is everyting to go for:

Have we got some 3D talent for you:

Dominik Haegele - 2009 and 2007 Masters Winner
Lukas Riva - 2008 Masters Winner
Duncan Osbourn - 2005 Masters, 2003 Experts, 2002 Sportsman Winner
Chen Zarfati - 2006 Masters, 2005 Expert Winner
Tom-Erik Rolfson - 2009 Experts Winner
Tristan Balege - 2008 Experts Winner
JaeHong Lee - 2007 Experts Winner

Then of course also taking part will be Curtis Youngblood, 2004 and 2002 Masters Winner, Judge Kevin Targett 2001 Sportsman Winner and Caller Kjetil Strom, 2004 Sportsman Winner.
Not to mention all those incredible pilots who so nearly made it and are back for another try.

Saturday 22 May 2010:
Team MKS sign up for Synchro:

Team Name: Team MKS
Pilot 1:Sebastiam Zajonz Pilot 2:Markus Mueller
Heli Type: Compass 3D Plus

 

Friday 21 May 2010:
A record number of Tradestands at 3D Masters - who will be there:

Outrage RC - Howard and Team will be showing the Outrage Velocity Range
Thunder Tiger - Fabulous Joerk with the Titan X50
Robbe - Eberhard and Co. showing the range of machines
Mikado - Inge and Ralf with their range of machines
ElyQ - Giuliano and Team showing the Vision 90 Competition
Scorpion - Georges and Team with lots of Electric Fly goodies
Mercado RC - all the way from Spain
BizModel - go and see Giuseppe - one of Italy's main Distributors
Kontronik - Jan and Team with Electric Goodies
Compass Model - Luke with his Heli Range
Rapicon - always happy to see you, go and see Mr Lee and his Team
Freakware - Markus and the Freakware guys with some Beasty Stuff
eRC Market - Alex and his Team from Belgium
Optifuel - Andy will be selling Optifuel
Gaui TSH - Mr Chuang, Mr Lin with their Heli Range
Fast Lad - Jamie and Co. will be attending with their bargain-packed trade stall.
RotorWorld - Blogging. Reporting and generally happy to be with us
3D Masters - John will be selling Souvenir Caps, T Shirts, Chairs etc
CY Enterprises - Curtis' range of products will be on show
Multiplex - Karl-Heinz and the famous Multiplex Radio and Accessories range
Hyperion - Gudmund and his Team, Electric Flight Gurus
AHF-Europe - a new range of helicopters on show with Thomas and Christian
Torsion Blades - Petr Novotny. a regular at 3D Masters
ModellFlugSchule2000 - Ralf and his Team

All this and Flying too!

OOO - You Lucky Lucky People

 

Thursday 20 May 2010:
Night and Synchro Competitors to date:

Synchro Competition:

Team Name: Team Outrage France
Pilot 1: Jordan Sadosky Pilot 2: Gael Lamirand
Heli Type: Velocity 90

Team Name: JRT for EDGE
Pilot 1: Gellon Cyril Pilot 2: Farrugia Ugo
Heli Type: T-REX 700 Vbar

Team Name: MRC
Pilot 1: Julio Memba Pilot 2: Sergio Gonzalez Pilot 3: Yue Yuan Liu
Heli Type: Black Sting 450, 500

Team Name: The Smith Brothers
Pilot 1: Stuart Smith Pilot 2:Adrian Smith
Heli Type: ElyQ Vision

Team Name: Team Gaui
Pilot 1: Jonathan Bossion, Pilot 2 Dunkan Bossion
Heli Type: Gaui X5

Team Name: Team Mikado
Pilot1: Nico Niewind, Pilot2: Florian Otzmann
Heli Type: Mikado Logo 600 3D

Team Name: BeAStX
Pilot 1:Simon Stummer Pilot 2: Alex Lorenz Pilot 3: Keven Schauz
Heli Type: Trex 600/700

 

Monday 17 May 2010:
Hope you had a good weekend, Alex Abd El Rahman has now entered the Night Flying Comp - we will post a list in a few more days

 

Wednesday 12 May 2010:
The Entrants for 3D Masters are now submitting their fuel requirements, Sponsored by Morgan, Optifuel and Rapicon, and some have sent in their entries for the Night Flying Competition:
Tom-Erik Rolfson, Julio Memba, Dominique Buhn, Jo Kaulbach and Pavel Kefurt have entered so far, and Stuart and Adrian Smith are promising to entertain us all with a Dual Night Flight. Those of you who attended 3D Masters 2009 will remember that Pavel and the The Smiths provided some fantastic Night Flying, so plenty to look forward to this year. Practice on Friday Night and Finals on Saturday Night, trophy sponsored by Bladescratcher

Demand for tickets is greater than ever, they are selling fast! Thanks to everyone who has already booked their tickets and for those who have not - Don't say we did not warn you!

 

Monday 10 May 2010:
We invited Sponsors a few days ago to enter the Synchro Competition, and already we have some entries:

Team Name: Team Outrage France
Pilot 1: Jordan Sadosky Pilot 2: Gael Lamirand
Heli Type: Velocity 90

Team Name: JRT for EDGE
Pilot 1: Gellon Cyril Pilot 2: Farrugia Ugo
Heli Type: T-REX 700 Vbar

Team Name: MRC
Pilot 1: Julio Memba Pilot 2: Sergio Gonzalez Pilot 3: Yue Yuan Liu
Heli Type: Black Sting 450, 500

Yes, that's a 3-ship Team for MRC, promises to be interesting!!!!!!!!

Shortly we'll be issuing invitations for the Evening and Night Flying, and we'll be sure to keep you up to date with developments.

 

Friday 30 April 2010:

Hey Guys - only 12 Earth-weeks to go before the World's Greatest 3D Contest!
Practice, practice, practice!

Sponsors are sending in daily their Demonstration Pilots names - 11 countries represented so far and including Alan Szabo Jnr, Duncan Osbourn, Lukas Riva, Kyle Dahl, Tareq Al Saadi, Eric Brandenburg, Alvin Chai, Korawich Thongsri, Theeradet Mahamontree, Luca Invernnizzi, John O'Rourke, Steffen Richter, Erick Ehrstein, Freddy Coenen, Tristam Balege, Eitan Goldstin, Jordan Sadosky, Gael Lamirand

Many of these pilots made their names through 3D Masters, they are guaranteed to lay down some serious smack in Venlo.

Top World Talent - 11 Countries so far

We will also be requesting applications for the Synchro Competition - watch for details as the Teams are announced.

Good Luck to Walter and Jupiter with their event this weekend.

Thursday 29 April 2010:
Introducing 3DXtreme - ours is an Extreme Sport, let's make sure that the world knows it!

We intend to cram in as much wild 3D action as we possibly can into our weekend at Venlo to continue the ever-ascending experience which is 3D Masters.
It will be exciting beyond your wildest dreams - Be there

 

Tuesday 27 April 2010:
Things are moving forward rapidly with 3D Masters 2010. Sponsors are now starting to declare their Demonstration Teams and we will soon be ready to accept applications for the Synchro Competition. We will keep you up to date as events unfold, but you are going to be pretty impressed with the array of stars we have lined up for you

 

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