Electric Glider
Duration and Spot Landing Contest
12,
September
2004
The
Hong Kong Radio Control Soaring Society organized an electric glider
duration and spot landing contest on Sunday, 12September,
2004. The
contest was originally scheduled to be run on 22 August 2004 but was
postponed due to poor weather and other reasons. The
venue of the contest is an
abundant quarry in Lamma Island. The flying site is on a big grassy
field on the other side of Sok Ku Wan. There is no road access to the
site. This is the first time an HKRCSS event was ever held in
this remote but wonderful place. A
total of 41
participants gathered in Sam Wan quay
early in the morning.
Two speedboats and a Chinese Junk tookus
all to the flying site. We
arrived at
Lamma island on two waves because each speedboat can carry only 8
persons. The
competition was started at 11:00am
after the inspection of all the electric gliders participated in the
contest. The contest attracted some top electric glider pilots with
their powerful machines. Totally 18
pilots joined the contest. Ah Shing was almost
eliminated before the contest was started when his E-Twist
piloted by Master Leung crashed
gracefully into ground on the first practice flight!
What's a disappointment for him after weeks of preparation! Luckily,he
still has an electric Little White for participating in the contest.
The contest was really tense. 40 second of motor driving period seems
to be
insufficient as the thermal activities were a minimum in the morning.
But the situation was totally different. After the lunch break when the
solar ray was shining, the thermal activities were just wonderful,
almost all skillful pilots can achieve the maximum duration of 10
minutes. In fact there were lots of applause when the gliders were
speeding down from high attitude in preparation for spot landing during
the last 20 secondsof the 10 minute limit.
It was just
amazing! Finally, 6
rounds of contest were completed.
The winner of the day is Y.C. Lui with a convincing
score of 64.63,
congratulation! C.M.
got the highest mark in spot landing - a golden ten
with only 2 inches from the target!
Well done! What a wonderful day!
HKRCSS wishes
to thank the sponsors;Radar
Co. Ltd, Windrider Aviation
Co.,
Windfeel Model, and Waigo
Model.
Competitor
Model Used
Round 1
(Dur, Spot)
Round 2
(Dur, Spot)
Round 3
(Dur, Spot)
Round 4
(Dur, Spot)
Round 5
(Dur, Spot)
Round 6
(Dur, Spot)
Score
(Dur, Spot)
Total
Score
Y.C.
Lui
Highlight
3'58", 2.8m
5'18", >5m
9'55", 0.5m
9'49",2.8m
9'09", 3.9m
8'28", 0.9m
46.63,18
64.63
Cheung
Wan Kin
Skysergio
8'27",
3.9m
6'09", 1.0m
9'56",
>5m
0'29", >5m
9'52", 1.4m
7'45", 2.4m
42.63,14
56.63
Chester
Tai
Soarus
4'00", >5m
5'56", >5m
10'01",>5m
10'03",3.1m, motor on2s
9'58", >5m
9'32", 0.4m
49.36, 5
54.36
Eric Wong, I
Toco
4'34", 1.2m
3'22", 3.3m
9'16", 3.7m
8'57", 2.5m
9'05", >5m
6'05", >5m
41.31, 11
52.31
Pun Ho
Solaris
3'09", 3.3m
3'17", >5m
10'10",>5m
10'02",4.1m
9'54", 1.9m
5'05", 3.9m
41.21, 9
50.21
C.M.
Cheng
Filip
5'04", >5m
1'46", 2 in
9'38", 1.4m
9'55", >5m
0'00", >5m motor on
3'00", 1.2m
29.39, 18
47.40
Uncle Sing
Limity
2'13", >5m
4'36", 3.5m
10'05",>5m
7'57", >5m
8'33", >5m
10'15",3.6m
42.99, 4
46.99
Johnson
Yeung
Skysergio
3'01",
>5m
4'40",
>5m
10'14",>5m
9'58", 3.3m
9'54", >5m
7'37", >5m
44.95, 2
46.95
Stephen
Chan
Homebrew
3'00", 1.7m
5'37", >5m
7'15", >5m
2'34", 0.9m
10'05",>5m
3'02", 1.9m
31.39, 13
44.39
Stanley Chan
E-Banana
2'41', >5m
2'26", 2.3m
10'04",4.4m
6'44", >5m
4'37", 0.9m
6'45", >5m
33.14, 9
42.14
Allan
Yeung
Simply the Best
2'44", >5m
1'21", 3.6m
10'09",>5m
10'01",>5m
7'46", 2.2m
3'48", >5m
35.48, 4
39.48
Ah Pong
E-Easy
2'30", 3.4m
2'01", >5m
3'28", >5m
7'42", 3.1m
9'38", >5m
4'34", 0.9m
29.89, 9
38.89
Deng Zhaokun
Simply the best
1'59", >5m
1'56", >5m
9'34"
>5m
5'07", >5m
9'42", >5m
5'06", 1.7m
33.39, 4
37.39
K.Y.
Mak
E-Easy
2'42", 1.3m
2'40",
0.7m
2'36", >5m
2'51",0.8m
5'02",
1.9m
2'29", 4.4m
18.33,19
37.33
Eric Wong II
Hawk 2000
3'51", 3.7m
2'17",
>5m
7'10",
>5m
4'57",
>5m
5'45", >5m
3'45", 0.9m
27.75, 7
34.75
Galant
Max
2'53",
>5m
4'12", 2.3m
5'20", >5m
3'54",
>5m
3'12", >5m
3'34", >5m
23.08, 3
26.08
Tsz Ming
E-MiniBee
1'41", >5m
1'10", >5m
-,-
-,-
-,-
-,-
2.85, 0
2.85
Ah Shing
Little White
1'20", >5m
-,-
-,-
-,-
-,-
-,-
1.33,0
1.33
Wow!
we are meant to have glider racing, not boat racing. But this 15 minute
boat race was good fun to start with.
Hi,
guys! Do you enjoy the boat ride and are you ready for the contest?
Arrived
at the flying site and prepare for the weapon.
"I
will use my Electric Twist for the contest, Master Leung, please leave
it alone!" said Ah Shing. "No problem, just give it to me and I will
show you how to fly this glider" said Master Leung
See
a movie how the glider was destroyed! Poor Ah Shing had no plane
to
fly in the contest afterward! Master Leung do you feel guilty?
Each
contestant had to post for a photo: The No. 1 contestant is Y.C. with
his Highlight
The
No.2 contestant is Ah Mak with his Easy, and a boat. How come? This is
r/c soaring, not r/c sailing!
The
No. 3 contestant is Ah Pong with his widely publicized weapon -
Electric Easy
The
No. 4 contestant is Chester with his Kyoso Soarus
The
No. 5 contestant is Stephen with his homebrew glider
The
No. 6 contestant is Uncle Sing from Waigo. His weapon is Limity
The
No. 7 contestant is Johnson with his new weapon - the Skysergio
The
No. 8 contestant is Stanley with his E-Banana, no swimming for sure
today!
The
No. 9 contestant is C.M. with his Filip
The
No. 10 contestant is Gallant. His weapon is little bullet plane called
Max
The
No 11 contestant is Eric of the Yellow brother. His weapon, Toco, is
the biggest among the gliders in the contest.
The
No. 12 contestant is Eric II with his Hawk 2000
The
No. 13 contestant is Allan with his Simply the Best
The
No. 14 contestant is Pun Ho from Mainland. His weapon is Sun God
The
No. 15 contestant is Deng Zhaokun from Mainland. His weapon is Simply
the Best
The
No. 16 contestant is Ah Kin with his new weapon - the Skysergio
The
No. 18 contestant is Ah Shing. His weapon is ...... where? Suppose to
be E-Twist
Pilot
briefing. Remember the newly changed rules!
Who
will be the owners
of these beautiful trophies?
See
a movie for practice launch of the big Toco
See
a movie for practice launch of Fairbird
All
set! The contest is ready to start
Contestants
in position
First
round of the contest begin
See
a movie for the kick start of the event
Zhaokun
from Mainland showed off this launching skill
Concentration,
not bad for duration, how about spot landing?
Close
enough but ....
5.1
meters! Out and no mark!
Uncle
Sing was ready for launching his weapon
Duration
is ok, how about the spot landing. Click to see it yourself!
Allan
was so concentrated on finding the thermal. 10 minutes, a full mark for
duration, how about spot landing?
Click
to see a movie for the spot landing part by Allan.
You
never tell how nervous C.M. is in flying his glider during the contest.
Although the duration mark is not up to the expectation but .....
he
got a bingo in spot landing! Two inches from the target, just
unbelievable!
Recording
the score in the scoreboard
Ah
Mak and Patrick, this is an electric glider contest. Why are you
discussing hand launch gliders?
After
two rounds of contest, it is time to take a break for the lunch. We
needed to go to restaurant in the other side of Sok Ku Wan by boat.
Seafood
lunch in a local restaurant in Sok Ku Wan
It
was really nice to have a boat ride back to the flying site after a
full lunch
Contest
resumed. Click to see how Eric launched his Hawk 2000
Eric,
take it easy, thermal duration may be the easy part. How are about spot
landing?
Come
on, it is 5.1 meters and even you pull very tight on the ruler, the
result is still the same, Out and no mark!
Ah
Kin is going to launch his Skysergio
Click
a movie to see how the Skysergio performed in landing
Eric
seems to be very relaxing. Easy man!
Is
Eric's spot landing of big Toco ok? Click to see it yourself.
Women's
quarter. The girls are really wonderful, they are not interested in
this sport but they have full support to their love ones.
Stanley
is so busy working on the numbers. The results of the day are:
The
fourth prize goes to Eric (right). His big hi-tech thermal ship, Toco,
stayed afloat easily but accurate spot landing may be a bit difficult.
The
second runner up is Chester (right). His effort of tuning a light
thermal soarer really paid off, but his spot landing accuracy was
somehow disappointing!
The first runner up is Ah
Kin (right).
He actually lose
oneround
of score because of battery problem, but he still maintained in the
second place, well done!
Wow! Y.C.
(right) is the champion of the day! His effort
in fine
tuning the landing skill and building
his hi-tech weapon really pay off today. Congradulation!
The
spot landing prize goes to C.M. Wow! Only two inches ..... away from
the targeted position, amazing shot!
A photo for the three winners
Smile!
The winners have done a professional contest today!
A group photo for us to remember. What's
a wonderful day!
