I spent most of the afternoon and evening preparing the Finnish RadioSailors stand at the Helsinki Model Expo which will be open Friday - Sunday. The plan is to have 2 IOMs, one 5.5mrc, and about three MicroMagics on display. A 32" LCD screen displays sailing videos while people interested in the sport can pick up an information leaflet or ask questions from our club members who will be manning the stand. New for this year is MicroMagic sailing in the pool (which is 22cm deep I am told) on Saturday and Sunday. Timo and his team from Tampere are bringing three MicroMagics while I fixed the wind: two powerful blowers leased from cramo (the two black dots in the far corner of the pool below). A quick test run showed that two blowers of this size were quite well suited for the 14x17 m pool. When blowing diagonally across the water all but the extreme corners were covered with wind, and even at the far end we had at least 2 m/s. Ofcourse the wind speed distribution is a bit uneven with the speed going significantly up close to the fans, but you can't have it all...
