10th BELGRADE CUP for Space Models 16th to 17th July 2011 ~ Lisiciji Jarak ~ Belgrade ~ Serbia
by Stuart Lodge
S4A-Boost Glider World Cup
1 Zika JOSIPOVIC SRB 103 139 180 = 422s
2 Djordje VUKASINOVIC SRB 25 180 180 = 385s
3 Luka VOLAREVIC SRB 121 180 53 = 303s
S6A-Streamer Duration World Cup
1 Plamen JORDANOV BUL 112 180 148 = 440s
2 Luka VOLAREVIC SRB 165 180 91 = 436s
3 Zika JOSIPOVIC SRB 144 180 98 = 422s
S9A-Gyrocopter Duration World Cup
1 Tomislav ERDEG SRB 180 180 180 = 540s
2 Zika JOSIPOVIC SRB 180 180 150 = 510s
3 Boris LEKOV BUL 180 145 175 = 500s
S7-Scale World Cup
1 Zika JOSIPOVIC SRB Saturn 1B 205 745 + 75 = 820pt
2 Miroslav STANCEVIC SRB Saturn 1B 205 712 + 65 = 777pt
3 Vladimir CIPCIC SRB Ariane 1 670 + 80 = 750pt
S8E/P-RC Rocket Glider Spot Landing World Cup
Poor! World Cups should feature more than three starters in any class. Reasons were unclear, but the unhappy trends observed at many events in 2011 were repeated at Belgrade. Vlada Cipcic, Angel Conev and Nikolay Peycev did their best to impress, but this was pretty warm beer really. Podium:
1 Vladimir CIPCIC SRB 896 1000 957 + 1000 = 3853pt
2 Angel CONEV BUL 808 803 1000 + 947 = 3588pt
3 Nikolay PEYCEV BUL 1000 890 DQ + 988 = 2878pt
Good one, leaving the FAI Jury of Stuart Lodge, Srdjan Pelagic, Andija Ducak and Jordan Kovacevic little to do but sign off the scoresheets. Great to see a sizable haul of S7-Scale models for Stanisa Petrovic, Nikola Cveticanin and Miodrag Cipcic to run the rule over. Less good was the need to judge these models in the dark! ..photons in the bar of Aerodrom Lisicji Jarak seriously lacking. Throughout the weekend, Range Safety Officer, Georgi Georgieski from Macedonia, ran the show with confident aplomb. Socially brilliant, the banquet hosted in the same darkened place where S7-Scale was judged and the food and conviviality was stellar.