The forth match for the
2011 Hong Kong F3F league was held
successfully on Sunday,
10 April 2011
in Ma On Shan easterly slope. The weather forecast for the day was
quite disappointing. The
forecast wind speed is on the low side at about 3 to 4 m/s. Most pilots
arrived at Ma On Shan car park before 8am, they soon found out that low
level fog was covering the mountain top. Never give up they are! This is
a waiting game. By the time at around 9:15am, the mountain top was
cleared up a bit and they started the ascend to the flying site. When
they arrived, they found out the sky was clear and wind was there,
although it was only average at about 3 m/s. Anyway, after a quick site
setup, the race was officially started at 10:00am. The first pilot to
fly was Steve! Wow! we were a bit worrying for him, but he finally
made it a successful run. There were a few re-flies due to insufficient
wind speed. After about 9 pilots have flown, the base judge reported
that there was a misalignment of base pole, so CD decided to cancel the
scores and started over the first round again. As a result, we lost
about 25 minutes of time. Anyway, the race re-started with no major
mishap. Most pilots didn't enjoy the light wind, however, with the
possible exception that AC flew his Extreme with dashing speed and got
47.97s which not only grant him 1000 points for round one but also the
speedy man title for the day. Most flying in the second round were
actually quite painful to the pilots as they were struggling to maintain
height and speed of their gliders. Fat Fai managed to win this round
with a mid fifty. The wind condition in the third round was similar. Ah
Wing (阿永) managed to gain sufficient height in the 30 seconds time,
dived down with high speed and completed the course in 51.13s. This was
the second fastest time of the day. In the forth round, Ken28 steered
his Skorpion with speed to win this round. Chan Kwok Wai managed to win
the fifth round with a 51.73s using a tight split-S style. Lee Man
landed his model far below the mountain after he completed his fifth
round. Oh! it would be a labor intensive recovery mission under the hot
sun! The sixth round was started at about 4pm, however, after about 5
pilots have flown, the wind was finally dropped to virtually zero at
4:15pm, and the CD called off the race at 4:40pm. The champion of the
day was Ken28, followed by AC Wai and Lee Man. AC Wai also won the
speedy man title. Congratulation to all winners! The
summary of the score table is shown below,
for details, please check the
score sheet.
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