A F3F competitionwas held in Ma On Shan
on Sunday, 28
August 2005. The weather was as predicted,
strong
easterly wind with lots of sunshine, what a wonderful condition for F3F
contest! The average wind speed was 12 m/s and the wind was straight to
the slope - perfect! The contest was started at 11:00am with 10 pilots.
Sorry for Ah Wing not be able to take part in the race because his
Hypnosis was plunged into a tree during landing with severe damage,
what a bite! Ah Wai kicked off the race with a convincing 42.99 - wow!
This is certainly a good start after waiting 7 months for the right
season. Stanley did poorly in the first flight with his brand new Aris
for which he has only about 10 minutes of stick time before the race.
However, he managed to adapt a new style of flying and learned the
potential of the plane. He got a 40.74 in the second flight - what a
great improvement! Stanley continued to perform well with a 39.91 in
round 4 - the first thirty ever recorded in Hong Kong! This record soon
be replaced by another record of 36.15 in round 5,
congratulation! Chan Kwok Wai (Ko Lo Wai) showed us his
master skill not only in repairing the rip wing of his New Sting but
also the potential of pushing the plane to it limits with a personal
best of 38.16. Angus performed consistently well with his Aris in the
beginning, but after a few cuts in round 5 and 7, he was gradually
slipping behind. His landing after round 8 went into a disaster. The
inner nose cone of his brand new Aris was broken in disbelief, what a
bite to him! The race was called off after 9 rounds at 3:30pm, not only
because we didn't want to have more rounds as time was allowed but
there were heavy casualty in landing. In the end, there were only 4
planes left that were still capable of airborne - what's a fierce
fighting you see! Even though the casualty was high, everybody was
happier, because they all got their new personal bests, wonderful! The
organizer wishes to thank numerous tireless helpers, in particular,
C.M. and Ah Wing for manning the bases. See you in the Hong Kong F3F
Open!
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Name
Plane
Total
Score
Pos
Round 1
Times
Round
1
Score
Round 2
Times
Round 2
Score
Round 3
Times
Round 3
Score
Round 4
Times
Round 4
Score
Round 5
Times
Round 5
Score
Round 6
Times
Round 6
Score
Round 7
Times
Round
7
Score
Round 8
Times
Round
8
Score
Round 9
Times
Round
9
Score
Ho Kwok Wai
NYX F3F
4849.22
8
42.99
1000.00
49.88
816.76
52.15
804.41
47.57
838.97
63.40
570.19
46.60
818.88
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
Chan Kwok Wai
New Sting
7282.01
4
43.88
979.72
50.26
810.58
48.17
870.87
41.41
963.78
51.29
704.82
38.16
1000.00
49.62
829.10
43.80
941.78
51.13
886.17
So Kwok Ying
Sting
4218.54
9
47.75
900.31
45.86
888.36
51.35
816.94
46.64
855.70
47.74
757.23
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
Johnson Yeung
Sting
5950.60
7
53.10
809.60
53.56
760.64
58.31
719.43
54.79
728.42
56.03
645.19
50.85
750.44
54.52
754.59
52.73
782.29
DNF
0.00
Au Chi Fai
NYX F3F
7236.39
5
49.48
868.84
46.69
872.56
42.20
994.08
43.49
917.68
43.94
822.71
47.54
802.69
48.80
843.03
44.96
917.48
45.31
1000.00
Cheung Wan Kin
RaceM
7428.29
3
48.39
888.41
51.57
789.99
41.95
1000.00
41.56
960.30
47.33
763.79
40.87
933.69
46.66
881.70
41.25
1000.00
46.51
974.20
Stanley Chan
Aris
7675.26
1
52.43
819.95
40.74
1000.00
46.60
900.21
39.91
1000.00
36.15
1000.00
45.41
840.34
42.13
976.50
41.70
989.21
46.76
968.99
Angus Lee
Aris
6811.27
6
47.59
903.34
44.08
924.23
44.98
932.64
41.88
952.96
50.77
712.03
40.55
941.06
62.70
656.14
52.29
788.87
DNF
0.00
Y.C. Lui
Elita
2706.01
10
47.43
906.39
49.48
823.36
42.97
976.26
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
DNF
0.00
K.Y. Mak
NYX F3F
7495.99
2
44.05
975.94
41.41
983.82
42.98
976.04
42.36
942.16
43.86
824.21
43.66
874.03
41.14
1000.00
44.96
917.48
54.82
826.52
Ah
Kin shows off a victory sign - are you ready?
Mak
is confident but why are you kneeing down?
Ah
Wai is preparing his NYX - the heaviest of all..
Ah
So's Sting is ready for launch
Top
F3F models: NYX F3F and Aris
RaceM has the capability of very tight turn due to a full movable v-tail
Stanley's
Aris performs very well today
Ko
Lo Wah has a body language to tell how tight the turn is
Angus
is launching Ah Kin's RaceM
RaceM is certainly a high-performance F3F plane
See
a movie for the performance of RaceM.
Mak's
NYX on a speedy flypass
See
a movie for a F3F run by Mak's NYX
The
contest is intense!
See
a movie for a F3F run by Ah So's Sting
See
a movie for a F3F run by Ah Wai's NYX
High
casualty in landing today as there are lots of turbulence
Ah
So's Sting broken in disbelief!
After
a fierce contest, Ah Kin (right) managed to get a second runner up
Ah
Mak (right) is the first runner up - a bit disappointed because he lose
to Stanley again!
Stanley
(right) is the Champion today and he also holds the Hong Kong F3F
record of 36.15. Congratulation!
Have
a group photo after the race.See
you in
HK F3F Open!
