I asked Yoshihide Muroya the outlook for the 2016 season of the air race such as "What is your response to the first victory?"

Opening on 10th March 2016 "Red Bull Air Race World Championship (Red Bull Air Race)Prior to 'Asia', pilots Yoshihide Muroya who will participate in the air race will tell the 2016 season's team structure, enthusiasm and Sky Sports'Muroya Yoshihide 2016 season kick-off · meeting"Was held. Therefore, I asked Mr. Muroya variously about the finishing condition for the air race to be held in Chiba Prefecture in 2016.

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A press conference was held as "Muroya Yoshihide Kickoff Meeting" at the timing immediately before Muroya entered the race mode, before the opening race of Abu Dhabi, air race 2016, which will open on March 11, 2016.


Muroya player appeared.


A new aircraft introduced from Chiba in 2015Edge 540V3 ", from the 2016 season"Winglet"Adopted. However, the winglet which was OK in October 2015 is subject to deliberation and it is said that it will not be in time for the opening race of 2016.


◆ Interview
That is why I interviewed Muroya after the press conference, including winglets.

GIGAZINE (hereinafter "G"):
In the 2016 season, there are fine rule changes such as the opponent of the round of 8 being decided in the order of the round of 14 time and the points are given up to the tenth place, but in addition to the rule, Peter Beznay, Paul There is a change that the pilot who made history of air race called Bonomu retired. For Muroya, is it a great opportunity?

Yoshihide Muroya (hereinafter, "Muroya"):
Well. I do not think so. There are 14 pilots, even if someone comes out, there is no difference in being a battlefield, and even if someone comes out, someone will certainly come out. So, I do not regard it as a special opportunity.

G:
At the time of the surrounding covering, we told that 2009 debut group (Yoshihide Muroya, Matt Hall, Matthias Doddler, Pete McLeod) seems to be the center of the 2016 season, but Mr. Muroya of the 2009 group Does that mean that we have a winning response this year?

Muroya:
I agree. I think that teams that can remain in Final 4, have been able to enter the top three. Among them, becoming No. 1 must be withdrawn, and although it is in a state of losing an item for that (note: Winglett to be newly introduced to the aircraft), if it is loaded there, the final I think that I can also win the championship. However, I am thinking that there is enough skill to remain in the final stage even at the present stage (without winglets).


G:
Looking back on the 2015 season, I think that there is no doubt that the speed of one shot, such as Chiba's course record and Las Vegas's preliminary selection top, is certain. However, it seems to be difficult to qualify for this in qualifying, round of 14, round of 8, final 4. What is the difficulty of consistent time alignment?

Muroya:
Last time I finished in the final 4 is settled in the second half of last year, but in fact the time falls only for the final. That tendency was obvious. There is one hour from the round of 14 to the round of 8, but it is around 5 minutes because there is refueling from the round of 8 to the final 4. So, the final temperature of the engine such as the final 4 is quite different from other flights. There is no difference in the temperature seen in the instruments in the cabinet, but including the preservators without sensors there is a possibility that various items may be overheating, I knew on the way. It is almost ascertained that the cause of stall in Final 4 is the cause.

However, there is still a place where I am not "accustomed to the final", and I could not win it, it is a big factor that I did not reach the victory. I understand now that only Final 4, including various management, is different, but I think that last year it went on without understanding well.

G:
I see. Heat countermeasures are important. Does that mean that it was understood that it remained in Final 4, so what was missing was "experience"?

Muroya:
I agree. I think that it is experience.

G:
The first podium in 2014. In 2015 I went to 3rd place twice. However, I mentioned that "the wall between 3rd and 1st place", can you clear the wall?

Muroya:
I intended to have cleared up (laugh) Also, I came back a bit. Although I am in a state of coming back and forth, I think that (the other side of the wall is visible). However, since there are many things that other teams are preparing during the winter, there are many things that I do not understand honestly, so I think that the wall will become higher again if there are teams that fly through. However, thinking from last year's race, I think that our team is proceeding with an order.

However, when it comes to the overall victory, champion, it means "to win constantly", so the aircraft wants another stage (upper level). I want another speed. If it is there, you will not have to force yourself in the race such as taking a course, so you can win with stability. That was our big plan, but since it would not be sweet, I think it's about whether you can attack and attack and win.


G:
If impossible to compensate for the ability of the aircraft, it lacks stability. So you need more speed. Is that a weapon for that purpose winglet?

Muroya:
That's right. Although I was trying to enter, but since there is not yet weapons at the present moment, it is impossible to force the winglet until it introduces the winglet and it is only necessary to grab the win and advance various things even in the state without winglets It is a situation that you have to go.

G:
Do you include the heat countermeasures earlier?

Muroya:
I agree. It is all part including heat measures.

G:
Last year, when V3 of the new aircraft was introduced, is it maturing at last? What is the image that the finish is up to what percentage?

Muroya:
There is no such thing as%, it is always evolving. Other teams are so. Now I do not use what I have set up in the winter for one year. It's about half a year old and it's getting old fashioned too. One year should not completely catch up with the time. So, I will always chase even during the off season and on-season. The moment when I thought that it was 95%, 98% and it became 100%, others caught up and pulled out. Again% will return. Because all teams are crossing over to each other and going back and forth. Among them, how to always lead one step is a difficult task. So I think that it is not 100%.


G:
I see. Always evolving is necessary.

Muroya:
I agree.

G:
Does that mean that the pilot must continue evolving as well as the aircraft?

Muroya:
I agree.

G:
There was a story saying that he is also working on mental training at a press conference, but Muroya has something like a routine?

Muroya:
I keep in mind that I keep the pace of the day. Whether it is a day of racing or a day of regular training.

G:
Is it always a state of race?

Muroya:
I agree. However, since maintaining tension mentally does not hold the body, I think that it is important to keep the condition steady.

G:
Not limited to Muroya player, in the air race scenes are often seen to be lost in the round of 14 even in the top qualifying rank. Is there a difficulty different from a simple time trial for direct confrontation heat?

Muroya:
There is. Especially in the last year's method, I think there was quite a lot difference between the qualifying result and the advancing people. There is also a bit of luck. I think that it will be resolved this year by changing rules. Round of 14 will be much more important than last year. I anticipate that a fast team with good time will come up to the top in order

G:
In terms of luck, it is an image that often matches Matthias Doddler of the same 2009 group.

Muroya:
Well (laugh)

G:
Do you have an unpleasant partner?

Muroya:
It can not be helped even if you care about your opponent. It's just fighting time. I am afraid that ...... Doddler and others are good friends knowing from training. He is doing it on the media (provoking) on ​​purpose. There are parts of a game by half a joke. Because Dhoddahlar is the fastest here, it is a hard partner.

G:
Druderer seems to let the singing voice to be heard wirelessly after the winning race, but do you have such interactions with all the players like such a nerve warfare?

Muroya:
There is a bit, but ... .... Of course it is prohibited before flying. Because doing so will result in disqualification. After flying ... .... I'm losing anymore, so it's fine as there is no next flight. It is half a joke for the next race, but there are places where we are meeting each other.

G:
When you flight next time, what is the state when you are turning in the air and waiting?

Muroya:
The waiting time is roughly three and a half minutes. Because takeoff is being controlled. There is a setup of the engine by going up in the air, and in some cases, we will also let the engine fully open and reduce the fuel to the limit. Of course, if the temperature rises too much, I will squeeze (throttle) this time to cool down. Also, I am busy with the feeling of preparing for the wind and entering the race. To some extent, after warming up to G to race condition, it is my way to leave physical strength and wait still.

G:
There is a favorable disadvantage though the direct confrontation has precedence (the player who has a slow time) and the back attack (the fast time player).

Muroya:
It is overwhelming advantageous backward attack. Because I fly by listening to time.

G:
Is it possible to change strategy?

Muroya:
Yes. Later attack is more advantageous, is not it?

G:
In the cockpit image during the race, Muroya seems to be shouting "shouting" such as "ha", "ho", etc. I do not know what that is doing for that purpose.

Muroya:
There is a moment when concentration stops for a moment during the race. Because I do not have concentration for one minute. We have to repartition once for each sector, from here to here. In such a case, since it did not go very well quietly, I feel like I'm doing something like sectors 1, sectors 2, ... as if I am interested by singing out and dividing it up and focusing on the next .

G:
About the winglet you are about to introduce newly, it is said to be "1 second faster", but what are the specific merits and demerits?

Muroya:
The advantage is that the resistance drops considerably by stopping "wing tip vortex" at the end of the wing. It works especially when G is applied such as turning. The speed of turning will be raised, and naturally acceleration will improve. The escape speed from turning increases. The disadvantage is that increasing the physical area increases the resistance and the linear speed drops.


G:
Does that mean that you took turning ability at the expense of linear speed?

Muroya:
I agree. Because the turning time is longer during the race. As a result of simulation all, it means that we arrived at twice the length.

G:
Before the start of 2015 I was talking about the 2015 season to make "a position to be able to go from the start (in 2016 season) to win". Does it mean that the winglet's approval is delayed and correcting its orbit and being able to go on to win from the middle of 2016?

Muroya:
Now, plan is being developed. Since it was originally not supposed (that the winglet's approval will be delayed). However, I think that we have to bring that far.

G:
Is it roughly the summer?

Muroya:
I would like to do it as soon as possible, but today as well, even now engineers are planning plans. I calculate that and that. It is hard to say yet when to put it in.


G:
I heard that the mechanic will be replaced by Mr. Nishimura as a new mechanic. What is the reason for this?

Muroya:
Kelly enters the mechanism called. I decided to put specialists on new remodeling to speed up.

G:
Including winglets?

Muroya:
That kind of carbon design is a very good mechanic.

G:
Finally, more people are aware of the race by looking at the first air race held in Japan in 2015. Please tell me about the points of "Second year's Chiba".

Muroya:
Since last year, I got more chance to see the air race quite a bit including TV. I think that everything about the circumstances of the race including the pilot has become much more detailed than last year. If you look at the preliminary knowledge of air racing, it will be even more interesting and I think you can enjoy more. This year it should be a format to heat up much more from qualifying, so it will be quite interesting from qualifying day.

G:
Thank you for today.

The Air Race 2016 season, which opens on March 11, 2016, will be held in Chiba this year on Saturday, June 4, 2016 (Saturday), June 5 (Sun).Red Bull Air Race Chiba 2016We will start all the seats at the same time from 10 am on March 1, 2016 (Tue).