“Motor-2026” Belarus Open Shipmodeling Competition among radio-controlled FSR speedboats took place from 22 to 24 May 2026 in the vicinities of Minsk, Yarkovo village. In total, 44 leading modelers from Belarus and Russia participated in the event, the competition geography ranging widely: Belarus teams (DOSAAF Water Sports School, Minsk; Vitebsk DOSAAF Office, Gomel DOSAAF Office, “Frunzenskaya” DOSAAF District Office, Minsk, Belarus State Aviation Academy, Lida) and Russian teams from Tver, Staraya Russa, Moscow…

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For the following three days, the participants demonstrated their superb navigation skills and profound technical expertise. All the starts were very competitive but the referees’ team pinpointed top leaders in each class:

• FSR H 3,5: Sergey Dementyev (Tver, Russia)
• FSR H 7,5: Andrey Bikeev (Staraya Russa, Russia)
• FSR H 15: Evgeniy Lyakhnovich (DOSAAF Water Sports School, Belarus)
• FSR H 27: Ivan Kulevskiy (Belarus State Aviation Academy)
• FSR O 3,5: Oleg Suvorov (Staraya Russa, Russia)
• FSR O 7,5: Alexander Shaklanov (Gomel DOSAAF Office, Belarus)
• FSR O 15: Evgeniy Lyakhnovich (DOSAAF Water Sports School, Belarus)
• FSR O 27: Vladimir Trigub, (Minsk, Belarus)
• FSR V 3,5: Andrey Kasach (DOSAAF Water Sports School, Belarus)
• FSR V 7,5: Bogdan Znachenok (Minsk, Belarus)
• FSR V 15: Ruslan Shapovalov (Minsk, Belarus)
• FSR V 27: Oleg Moshnin (Tver, Russia)

This year’s competition, “Motor-2026” stood out thanks to the serious level of competition in all classes - from the smallest engines (3.5. cubic cm) to the powerful 27 cubic cm ones. Evgeniy Lyakhnovich’s achievement (DOSAAF Water Sports School, Belarus) deserves special attention as the modeler had prepared new models for the sports season and won gold medals in two classes at once — FSR H 15 and FSR O 15.

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