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Ma On Shan
F3F Slope Race and BBQ Night
19
December, 2004
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A F3F competition was held in Ma On Shan
east-facing slope on Sunday, 19 December 2004. The weather was fine but the wind was marginal with average
speed around 9km/hr. The fluctuating
wind has a profound effect on the result of the race. Some pilots have
15km of wind when launched, but the wind can occasionally drop to 4 km
during the run! Totally, 15 pilots participated in the race which was
started at 10:30pm. A
round zero was run to allow pilots to get familiar with the slope and
wind condition. Due to the unfavour wind condition at the middle of
Round 3, the race was finally called off at 3:15pm, and it was decided
that the race will be re-scheduled two or three weeks later. The main
propulsion to call off the race was due to spectacular ride by Ah Wai
in searching for the thermal 2 kilometer out from the slope. Ah Wai was
helping C.M. to sheer his Brisk III to re-gain height after it was
loosing attitude and was hopelessly sinking after the run.
Everybody was scared as most of us do not have good eye sight to
control a sailplane 2km away! It was a
really wonderful experience and we sure we will have a winner if there
is a cross country event! Although the race was called off early, we
have a wonderful BBQ at night in the Ma On Shan country park BBQ
ground. Here are the detailed scores for the
two rounds achieved:
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Name
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Plane |
Total Score |
Position |
Round 0 Times |
Round 1 Times |
Score 1 |
Round 2 Times |
Score 2 |
Chan Kwok Wai |
New Sting |
1629.24 |
7 |
99.03 |
103.48 |
680.90 |
67.75 |
948.34 |
Angus Lee |
Demo/RaceM |
1557.50 |
8 |
115.58 |
82.79 |
851.07 |
90.95 |
706.43 |
Cheung Kam
Lam |
Korba |
1226.47 |
15 |
97.92 |
118.38 |
595.20 |
101.78 |
631.26 |
Stephen Chan |
MiniCorado |
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0.00 |
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0.00 |
Cheung Wan Kin |
NYX F3F |
1861.26 |
2 |
109.82 |
70.46 |
1000.00 |
74.60 |
861.26 |
Ho Kwok Wai |
NYX F3F |
1548.01 |
9 |
80.27 |
83.13 |
847.59 |
91.73 |
700.43 |
Ah Sang |
Sting |
1699.30 |
4 |
96.10 |
81.88 |
860.53 |
76.60 |
838.77 |
Ah Wing |
Destiny |
1374.93 |
14 |
107.48 |
109.09 |
645.89 |
88.13 |
729.04 |
C.M. Cheng |
Brisk III |
1416.55 |
13 |
80.13 |
114.47 |
615.53 |
80.21 |
801.02 |
Au Chi Fai |
NYX F3F |
1474.53 |
12 |
96.51 |
104.71 |
672.91 |
80.15 |
801.62 |
Mak Kai Yeung |
New Sting |
1696.60 |
5 |
89.21 |
96.83 |
727.67 |
66.31 |
968.93 |
So Kwok Ying |
Sting |
1641.90 |
6 |
95.89 |
107.93 |
652.83 |
64.96 |
989.07 |
Stanley Chan |
Sting |
1908.81 |
1 |
91.06 |
77.53 |
908.81 |
64.25 |
1000.00 |
Y.C. Lui |
Elita |
1802.70 |
3 |
101.21 |
85.60 |
823.13 |
65.59 |
979.57 |
Eric Wong |
Sting |
1525.35 |
10 |
70.69 |
89.25 |
789.47 |
87.31 |
735.88 |
Heung Fok Lok |
Joker |
1505.36 |
11 |
80.72 |
83.01 |
848.81 |
97.86 |
656.55 |
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Mak is ready to launch Angus' Demo
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HKRCSS has built an electronic timing system
that automatic the scoring process.
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Three beautiful medals are ready
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Mak launches his New Sting by himself
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Ah Kam is getting some problems in setting up
his Korba
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Look like a VR2004 veteran
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Stanley is busy with the score entry
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The judges in Base B
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Stephen is in charge of the race
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Ah Wai is helping Ah Sang, who is from Taiwan,
to launch his Sting
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Eric, are you disappointing with your run?
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Sting has a very good performance in light lift
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Ah Wing is confident in his first time F3F race
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Destiny is heading towards base A
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Stanley is helping to remind Ah Kam for the
number of leg he has finished
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Kam's Korba is heading toward base A
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Angus is the proud owner of this RaceM, the
one and only one now lives in Hong Kong
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RaceM is certainly one of the top F3F ships
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NYX F3F on a speed track towards base B
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RaceM on a landing approach
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Ah Kam, push harder! Your Korba can run faster
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Have a group photo after the race, Cheers!
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