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The third match for the
2010 Hong Kong F3F league was held
successfully on Sunday,
14 March 2010
in the southeast-facing slope
in Leung King. The
weather forecast the day before was misty with moderate
southeasterly wind. C.M. was the CD and he has made the decision to hold
the race in Fei Ngo Shan south-facing slope a night before, but we knew
that the fog would be a major challenge on high ground. C.M. got up very
earlier in the morning to arrive at Fei Ngo Shan at 7:30am but it was so
disappointed that a dense fog covered the whole mountain top with
visibility so low that even driving was hazard. Probes were immediately
sent off to Robin's Nest and Leung King to check for the possibility of
holding race there. At 9:15am, report from Leung King arrived that the
site was clear of fog and most importantly strong wind was heading
straight towards the slope, wonderful! Pilots waiting up in the mountain
were quickly relocated to Leung King after a 40 minute drive. The
contest was finally kicked started at 11:30am with 19 pilots in the
score table after a briefing with detailed explanation/demonstration on
the landing procedure. The wind was consistent all day with
average speed at around 6 m/s. Landing in Leung King was quite
challenging not only because the landing spot was so small, 20mx20m, but
also there were small scattered rocks around which may induce minor
damage to the landing plane even though it is a good landing. Lee Man's
brand new Extreme was the first casualty whose was hit by a small rock
during a good landing, Philip, Kevin were the next. Fortunately, the
damages were relatively minor and they were still able to fly with their
damaged planes. Stanley took the first round with a 54.56s, a big margin
from the others, so complaints were raised by fellow pilots whether he
should be bared from joining future F3F contests because others would
not have a chance to win, just joking, isn't it? Although with a
poor start in the first round, Ah Pong was happy to win the second
round. Stanley, Ah Mak and Ah Pong took the subsequent rounds in
turn. Until round 6, the coin flipped to other side, Lee Man took round
6 with a 52.49s, AC Wai swung his Ceres perfectly to get a stunning
45.63s in round 7. Even Ah Keung was heated up with a highspeed swing of
his Extreme to get a 51.1s to win round 8, amazing!
The contest drew to a close at 5:10pm with 8 rounds completed. The
winner was Stanley, followed by Ah Mak and Lee Man.
AC Wai.took speedy man title and kept the best
speed record for Leung King slope. Congratulation to all winners! The
summary of the score table is shown below,
for details, please check the score sheet.
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