Man-On-Man Race in Fei Ngo Shan
28 September, 2003

The Hong Kong Radio Control Soaring Society organized a Man-On-Man race on Sunday,  28 September 2003, the first MoM ever held in Hong Kong. The venue is in the east-facing slope in Fei Ngo Shan. Two classes of races were scheduled, a 60" conventional class in the morning and a 48" foamie class in the afternoon. Because of the complicated signaling and judging requirement for the MoM race, an advanced electronic signaling and timing system was developed - thanks for the help from C.M. Cheng and Y.C. Lui, their contribution is crucial to the success of this MoM event. The system consists of a central base station and two signaling devices, one in each Base (A & B). The signaling device has 4 handheld panels each has a PASS and a CUT switch. During the race, the judge will press either one of these switches. All the switch signals will be transmitted to the central station via a wireless link. A PDA in the central base station will handle the signals received and display the competition information during the race, it will also generate the corresponding tone sounds to the ear piece for which the pilots are wearing during competition. The system was just completed and gone through only one testing a day before. But surprisingly, apart from some technical problems due to poor reception of signals from the base stations to central station, the system is basically working fine according to its design goal - thanks for the efforts of C.M and Y.C. In addition we need to thank for all the helpers and workers on the slope to make this wonderful event a success. HKRCSS would thank and acknowledge the generous sponsorship from Windrider R.S.B. Aviation Co. Ltd. for this event.  Here are some detailed information about the races:

A total of 13 pilots participated in the 60" class MoM race. A race matrix was defined in which there will be 13 races and each pilot has a total of 4 races. Unfortunately, due to severe overrun and other technical problems, the race was suspended after 7 rounds were completed. Here are the result of the 60" class MoM.

Result of the 60" Conventional Class (* not yet completed)

Name Model Used R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 Total
Y.C. Lui Shooting Star 3         1 2       *      
K.Y. Mak MiniNYX 1 2           *         *  
Kin MiniNYX 2       1       * *        
Joule Prodij 5(DNF)   3 1               *    
Cheong Prodij   3   5(DNF) 3 4                
Eric Wong Shooting Star     2     3     *       *  
Angus Lee Prodij           2   *   *   *    
Stanley Chan MiniNYX   1 1       1     *        
Ah So Shooting Star         2   3         * *  
Big Lo MiniNYX       2     4 * *          
Jacky Lo MiniNYX   4             *   * *    
Ho Kwok Wai Shooting Star       5(DNF)           * *   *  
Chan KwaiMing Shooting Star     6(DNS)   4     *     *      

A total of 14 pilots participated in the 48" foamie class MoM race. They were divided into two groups of 7 each. A race matrix of 7 competitors were derived for each group. The pilots with top scores from each group will race against each other to achieve the final positions. Here are the results: 

Result of the 48" Foamie Class
Group A

Name Model Used Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total
Joule Bat 1   1 4 (DNF)       6
Ben Wong Battle 2 3     4 (DNF)     9
K.Y. Mak Bullet 3         3 3 9
Big Lo Bat   2   2   1   5
Jacky Lo Bat       1 2   1 4
Eric Wong Battle   1 3       2 6
Y.C. Lui ME163     2   1 2   5

Group B

Name Model Used Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total
Ah Pong Bat 3   4 (DNF) 4 (DNF)       11
Law Wah Bat 2 2     2     6
Kin Bat 1         3 2 6
Stanley Chan Bluto   3   1   1   5
Au Chi Fai Bat       2 1   1 4
Tsang Ho Bee   1 4 (DNF)       4 (DNF) 9
Kenny Ma Slice     1   4 (DNF) 2   7

Final for the second runner up

Name Model Used Score
Big Lo Bat 2
Y.C. Lui ME163 3
Stanley Chan Bluto 1

Final for the champion and the first runner up

Name Model Used Score
Jacky Lo Bat 2
Au Chi Fai Bat 1


Ready to start the race


The competition is tense


Because pilots in the moldy class flew too close to Base A judge position, Base A was moved closer to the slope later


There were many other planes flying close to Base B and thus created disturbance to the competitors!


CM was in charge of the master control station, his effort in making the system working in order was priceless 


Look at it! It's high tech! Judge signals from Base A and Base B are sent to the central base station for processing


Father competing with son


Bat was proved be one of the faster EPP planes on the market


Ooh! An accident that damaged one of the ear pieces! So we have to reduce the number of pilots in each race to three!


A race to determine who is the Champion of the 48" EPP class


Stanley (left) is the second runner up


Jacky (left) fought to the last minute but lose the final race to..


Fat Fai (left), the Champion of the 48" EPP class


Have a group photo to commemorate this wonderful event