F3F Slope Race in Fei Ngo Shan
6 July, 2003

A F3F slope was held in Fei Ngo Shan southwest-facing slope on Sunday, 6 July 2003. This is the first time an F3F race was ever run in the southwest-facing slope in Fei Ngo Shan. It was believed that this slope with its jaggy edges is not suitable for F3F. Anyway, we showed that it was possible but the cost is a high casualty rate! Apart from this, the event was a success and we would like to thank the enthusiastic helpers and r/c soarers for their supports. Here is a short report:  The weather was generally fine with moderate southwesterly wind of average speed of 12km/hr. Totally 18 pilots took part in the race which was started at 12:00pm and ended at 5:00pm. Five rounds of races were completed. The best time is 55.56s by Master Leung who also won the race, congratulation! Due to a high accident rate, some pilots can not finish all rounds, what's a pity! HKRCSS would like to thank the sponsors Windrider Aviation Ltd. and Aero Model Design (AMD) for their support.  Here are the detailed scores of the race:

Name Model Used Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Scr 1 Scr 2 Scr 3 Scr 4 Scr 5 Score
Master Leung Sting 76.91 55.56 64.10 57.97 58.56 945 1000 963 1000 1000 3963
Stanley Chan Sting 72.68 71.32 73.41 66.41 62.06 1000 779 841 873 944 3658
K. Y. Mak NewSting/MiniNYX 75.34 68.38 61.75 68.25 69.47 965 813 1000 849 843 3657
Au Chi Fai Shooting Star 81.62 77.72 78.56 71.31 63.91 890 715 786 813 916 3405
Ho Kwok Wai Shooting Star 82.59 86.62 80.34 67.69 66.58 880 641 769 856 880 3385
C.M. Cheng NewSting/BriskIII 94.53 75.75 x 62.31 64.75 769 733 0 930 904 3336
Y.C.. Lui PikeWR/Sting 98.38 91.50 67.75 59.90 x 739 607 911 968 0 3225
Stephen Chan Shooting Star 82.34 83.97 78.50 73.87 77.44 883 662 786 785 756 3210
Angus Lee Prodij/MiniNYX 85.00 73.06 82.06 79.28 78.19 885 760 752 731 749 3146
Alex So Shooting Star 82.22 78.41 79.60 82.75 76.31 884 709 776 701 767 3136
Lo Kwok Wah MiniNYX 84.96 75.41 x 82.87 70.56 855 737 0 700 830 3122
Alex Lip Shooting Star 86.69 79.94 76.29 78.63 84.47 838 695 809 737 693 3077
Leung Wing Wun Shooting Star 109.16 80.59 77.34 89.44 75.84 666 689 798 648 772 2925
Ben Wong Gulp SR x 85.12 83.47 96.21 73.59 0 653 740 602 796 2791
Chester Tai Eliminator/Shooting Star x 89.68 86.90 74.16 87.88 0 619 711 782 666 2778
Eric Wong GulpSR 115.81 75.56 84.15 87.87 88.31 627 734 734 660 631 2759
Lou Tsz Ming Queen Bee 93.31 90.44 90.15 x 96.40 779 614 685 0 607 2685
Lo Po Chung Shooting Star 120.84 x x x x 601 0 0 0 0 601


Hi, dear fellow Masters, are you aiming for the prizes?


Law Wah, first time F3F competitor, launches his MiniNYX


Stephen is on the sticks and seems to be confident


The competition is tense, the body language of Tsz Ming will tell


Our top racing machines on standby


Chester, what made you so happy or not? Oh! Your Eliminator SR was eliminated by a small kid. You know you should be nice to the kids, right?


A simple home-made pole in Base A


Sting on a roll over turn in Base A


MiniNYX flies pass Kowloon City


Mak, what've happened to your New Sting - a bad landing!


This New Sting carries a payload?


Oh no, what happen? C.M. New Sting hit the pole in Base A and just steel the "flag" from it!


Our winner today Master Leung really desires the goal. Look at his professional style in mastering the run. Actually, he has been practicing F3F secretly for a long time!


But Master Leung, we are sure you will be challenged in the future years. You see our youngest competitor, Ben, already performed better than his father! He means to be professional


The winner Master Leung gets his prize from the sponsor Lou Tsz Ming of Windridder


The first runner up Stanley receives his prize


Mak is the second runner up, his score is only one mark less of Stanley's


Master Fai got the forth place and also a prize


Our future star, 9 years old Ben,  receives a prize for his courage and successful competing all rounds


Have a group photo to commemorate this wonderful event. Cheers!