A F3F
competition was held on Sunday, 9
January 2005. The venue was originally scheduled to be in Ma On Shan
east-facing slope. However, the wind direction was unfortunately
from north
to northeastern, so Ma On Shan's slope is not suitable. The
race was re-located to High Junk Peak in Sai Kung peninsular. This slope is long and steep and is
suitable for northeasterly wind. In fact this slope was just discovered
by some fellow r/c glider pilots a week ago and most of the contestants
have never been to this slope before. High Junk Peak is also called Tiu
Yue Yung in Chinese which is actually located not far away from the Clearwater Bay flying site. We have
been noticing for this slope for a long time
whenever
we drive pass it along Clearwater bay road, but we never have the will
to hike up there thinking that this is a very difficult hike. In fact,
the trial going up to the peak from the main road is an easy trial
which took us about half an hour of effortless hike! When we got up
there at about 12:30pm, the wind was blowing at an average speed of
30km/hr, wonderful! We quickly set up our
equipment and
the race was started exactly at 1:00pm. Angus led the race with a
44.38s in the first round and
continue to win the champion of the day. His RaceM
dashed through the air with
impressive speed! I am sure more RaceMs will be seen in Hong
Kong in the coming race circles. The wind gradually died down to about
4km/hr in the afternoon and the race was finally called off at 4:30pm
after four rounds were completed. Here
are the detailed scores
for the race:
Name
Plane
Total
Score
Position
Round 1 Times
Round 1 Score
Round 2 Times
Round 2 Score
Round 3 Times
Round 3 Score
Round 4 Times
Round 4 Score
Chan Kwok
Wai
New
Sting
2541.62
7
64.28
690.42
73.02
743.77
66.57
884.18
74.83
913.67
K.Y.Mak
NYX
F3F
2669.23
3
50.37
881.08
67.47
804.95
63.92
920.84
78.83
867.31
Angus Lee
RaceM
3000.00
1
44.38
1000.00
54.31
1000.00
58.86
1000.00
68.37
1000.00
Ah Wing
Destiny
2085.72
16
DNF
0.00
93.36
581.73
70.95
829.60
101.38
674.39
Cheung Wan Kin
NYX F3F
2701.08
2
59.20
749.66
61.74
879.66
71.58
822.30
68.43
999.12
Au Chi Fai
NYX F3F
2548.69
6
56.16
790.24
62.74
865.64
69.29
849.47
82.02
833.58
Ho Kwok Wai
NYX F3F
2503.01
9
67.81
654.48
74.28
731.15
60.00
981.00
86.45
790.86
Ben 仔
MiniNYX
2303.95
12
79.93
555.24
73.14
742.55
77.24
762.04
85.53
799.37
Law Wah
Sting
2518.45
8
52.78
840.85
68.52
792.62
66.51
884.98
103.52
660.45
李炳生
Sting
2294.38
13
DNF
0.00
62.18
873.43
79.29
742.34
100.75
678.61
Stanley Chan
Sting
2667.96
4
49.09
904.05
64.63
840.32
63.73
923.58
90.03
759.41
C.M. Cheng
Brisk III
2341.09
11
64.52
687.85
69.13
785.62
67.84
867.63
100.25
682.00
Y.C. Lui
Elita
2624.18
5
52.24
849.54
62.38
870.63
65.11
904.01
112.60
607.19
So Kwok Ying
Sting
2101.54
15
66.88
663.58
70.50
770.35
110.17
534.27
102.41
667.61
Ah Pong
Sting
2125.61
14
62.40
711.22
82.57
657.74
77.79
756.65
140.97
485.00
Eric Wong
Sting
2466.95
10
79.62
557.40
64.79
838.25
63.06
933.40
98.33
695.31
This
is the first time an F3F race was held in this slope. In fact most of
the pilots in the race have never been to this slope before
See
the High Junk Peak in this
photo.
The slope is just wonderful for northeasterly
wind
Master
Leung is helping Angus to launch his RaceM
Ready to launch Fat Fai's NYX
Eric is launching the NYX
Who
is picking up the weapon?
NYX
F3F on a speedy flypass
The slope is good also for southwesterly wind and DS too!
