F3F Slope Race in High Junk Peak
9 January, 2005

A F3F competition was held on Sunday, 9 January 2005. The venue was originally scheduled to be in Ma On Shan east-facing slope. However, the wind direction was unfortunately from north to northeastern, so Ma On Shan's slope is not suitable. The race was re-located to High Junk Peak in Sai Kung peninsular. This slope is long and steep and is suitable for northeasterly wind. In fact this slope was just discovered by some fellow r/c glider pilots a week ago and most of the contestants have never been to this slope before. High Junk Peak is also called Tiu Yue Yung in Chinese which is actually located not far away from the Clearwater Bay flying site. We have been noticing for this slope for a long time whenever we drive pass it along Clearwater bay road, but we never have the will to hike up there thinking that this is a very difficult hike. In fact, the trial going up to the peak from the main road is an easy trial which took us about half an hour of effortless hike! When we got up there at about 12:30pm, the wind was blowing at an average speed of 30km/hr, wonderful! We quickly set up our equipment and the race was started exactly at 1:00pm. Angus led the race with a 44.38s in the first round and continue to win the champion of the day. His RaceM dashed through the air with impressive speed!  I am sure more RaceMs will be seen in Hong Kong in the coming race circles. The wind gradually died down to about 4km/hr in the afternoon and the race was finally called off at 4:30pm after four rounds were completed. Here are the detailed scores for the race:
 
 
Name Plane Total Score Position Round 1 Times Round 1 Score Round 2 Times Round 2 Score Round 3 Times Round 3 Score Round 4 Times Round 4 Score
Chan Kwok Wai

New Sting

 2541.62 7 64.28 690.42 73.02 743.77 66.57 884.18 74.83 913.67
K.Y.Mak

NYX F3F

 2669.23 3 50.37 881.08 67.47 804.95 63.92 920.84 78.83 867.31
Angus Lee

RaceM　

 3000.00 1 44.38 1000.00 54.31 1000.00 58.86 1000.00 68.37 1000.00
Ah Wing

Destiny　

 2085.72 16 DNF 0.00 93.36 581.73 70.95 829.60 101.38 674.39
Cheung Wan Kin NYX F3F　 2701.08 2 59.20 749.66 61.74 879.66 71.58 822.30 68.43 999.12
Au Chi Fai NYX F3F 2548.69 6 56.16 790.24 62.74 865.64 69.29 849.47 82.02 833.58
Ho Kwok Wai NYX F3F 2503.01 9 67.81 654.48 74.28 731.15 60.00 981.00 86.45 790.86
Ben 仔 MiniNYX　 2303.95 12 79.93 555.24 73.14 742.55 77.24 762.04 85.53 799.37
Law Wah Sting 2518.45 8 52.78 840.85 68.52 792.62 66.51 884.98 103.52 660.45
李炳生 Sting 2294.38 13 DNF 0.00 62.18 873.43 79.29 742.34 100.75 678.61
Stanley Chan Sting 2667.96 4 49.09 904.05 64.63 840.32 63.73 923.58 90.03 759.41
C.M. Cheng Brisk III　 2341.09 11 64.52 687.85 69.13 785.62 67.84 867.63 100.25 682.00
Y.C. Lui Elita　 2624.18 5 52.24 849.54 62.38 870.63 65.11 904.01 112.60 607.19
So Kwok Ying Sting　 2101.54 15 66.88 663.58 70.50 770.35 110.17 534.27 102.41 667.61
Ah Pong Sting　 2125.61 14 62.40 711.22 82.57 657.74 77.79 756.65 140.97 485.00
Eric Wong Sting　 2466.95 10 79.62 557.40 64.79 838.25 63.06 933.40 98.33 695.31

 

 
This is the first time an F3F race was held in this slope. In fact most of the pilots in the race have never been to this slope before


See the High Junk Peak in this photo. The slope is just wonderful for northeasterly wind


Master Leung is helping Angus to launch his RaceM


Ready to launch Fat Fai's NYX


Eric is launching the NYX


Who is picking up the weapon?


NYX F3F on a speedy flypass


The slope is good also for southwesterly wind and DS too!


See a movie for an F3F run of NYX by Fat Fai


See a movie for an F3F run of Race Model by Angus


Ah Mak (left) is the second runner up.


Ah Kin (left) is the first runner up


The Champion today is Angus (right). Well done!


Have a group photo after the race, Cheers!