IITOP traditionally gathers best European F3P pilots. 63 pilots from 11 countries attended this wonderful competition. It seems that F3P category is growing and quality level is rising very fast. IITOP 2012 was outstadning in every sense – organization, quality of flying, variability of models, new features and number of pilots. In F3P-A FAI finals (13 best pilots) there were 11 different models flying. That shows the diversity of models used at IITOP very well. There were also a lot of special features on the models: two different kinds of co-axial propulsion units, carbon airframes, split rudders for braking, dual-ailerons, innovative airbrakes, super-light models,… In freestyle part of competition we saw quite much vector units (also with separated servo control) – on regular motors and on VPP units, some nice new special effects – smoke curtain, models with numerous LEDs ,…In other words, there was almost everything which exists in F3P. Quality of flying was really impressive and there was no space for mistakes. In preliminary flights pilot had to have almost 94% score of the winner to be in the top 10 position. For top 20 – almost 90%. I am happy with my performance and results at IITOP – I managed to come to finals in both categories and I finished on 7th place in F3P-A FAI and 5th place in F3P AeroMusicals. It was also great to meet old friends and get to know some new ones. See you at IITOP 2013!
