The Hong Kong Radio Control Soaring Society is going to hold an electric glider duration and spot landing contest on Sunday, 12 September 2004. The venue for the event will be in Lamma Island. We will arrange rounds of competitions. Please see the Contest Rules. All are welcome!

Contest:            Electric Glider Duration and Spot Landing Contest
Date:                12 September 2004 (Sunday)
Time:                Pilot briefing at 10:00 pm, contest started at 10:30 am
                        (we will meet at the Sham Wan quay for the boat ride at 9:00 am)
Venue:              Lamma Island (please see the detailed information below)
Registration:      Limited to 20 competitors, advance registration preferred
Contest Fee:     $50 (member), $100 (non-member)
Prize:                 To be announced. The winner will have a beautiful trophy
Organizer:          HKRCSS
CD:                   Kenny Ma

*  Boat fare from Aberdeen to the flying site is about $25 per person one way. A boat can take a maximum of 6 persons. We will have about one and half hour lunch break. Lunch will be in a sea food restaurant on the island. Arrangement will be made with the restaurant to provide transport from and to the flying site during lunch break. Cost for the lunch will be equally divided.
 

Other information

• There will be a 30 minutes practice time prior to the contest  for fellow pilots to test the course for landing.
• If possible, HKRCSS will arrange a fully-charged car battery on site, so that fellow pilots may recharge their battery on site. However, you need to provide your own charging cord because different pilots may use different battery connectors. Anyway, we HIGHLY recommend that you take along with your fully-charged batteries with you and only use the on-site charger at the last resort.
• We will run at least 5 rounds of competition, however, if time is allowed, CD may decide to run one or  more rounds.

Driving Information (See a panorama view of the flying site)

Lamma Island is on the southern part of the Hong Kong territory. The flying site is on an abundant quarry field in Suk Kwu Wan. We can rent a Chinese Junk boat to get there from Sham Wan, Aberdeen (please see the map below). The ride takes about 30 minutes. You can park your car in a covered car park (inside South Wave Court) in Sham Wan for just $35 per day and then walk down to the quay as shown in the map below. Please arrive at the quay at 9:00am and the boat will depart shortly.

All are welcome!

For details and advance registration please contact HKRCSS vice chairman Stanley Chan.