Bungee and Handlaunch Glider Duration Contest
28, March 2004

 

A bungee and handlaunch glider duration contest was organized by HKRCSS on Sunday, 28 March 2004. The contest venue is Sham Chung in Sai Kung West Country Park. A total of 23 participants took part in the boat-ride trip to Sham Chung. The competition was started at 10:45am with 17 contestants. The handlaunch duration contest was held in the morning and the bungee launch contest in the afternoon. The weather was fine and cloudy. This may not be the best day for thermal soaring, however,  we did have a day of good fun. There were 4 pilots in each round of contest. Seven rounds of  handlaunch contest were successfully completed before lunch. The winner is Gallant with a score of 5,988. He won 4 rounds out of 7 and hold the longest duration record of . Congratulation! Three rounds of bungee launch contest were completed. The winner is Stanley Chan. Believe it or not the longest duration in bungee contest is 12 minutes and 23 seconds! Well, did we cheat by exploring the slope lift? Anyway, it is a HK record by Gallant. Congratulation! The organizer would like to thank  Windrider Aviation Co. for sponsoring the event.
Competitor Model Used Score, Position (Handlaunch) Score, Position (Bungee)
So Kwok Ying Shooting Star 20, 16 668, 12
Chester Tai Home made DLG 2538, 9 852, 10
George Swing 5048, 3 516, 13
C.M. Cheng Lucia DLG 4439, 5 496, 14
Gallant Owl 5988, 1 2044, 3
Eric Owl 3050, 7 -
Alex Tsui Enigma 4493, 4 1255, 7
Simon Murray Salsa 5068, 2 741, 11
Johnson Salsa 3404, 6 1657, 4
Au Chi Fai German Made DLG 2908, 8 2049, 2
K.Y. Mak MiniCirado 1296, 14 1449, 6
Allen Yeung Salsa 2414, 10 1074, 8
Y.C. Lui MiniCorado - 1558, 5
Wong Ming Fai Home Made DLG 1088, 15 190, 16
Alex Lip Illusion 1807, 12 469, 15
Stanley Chan Trendy 2275, 11 2135, 1
Fu Fuji 1665, 13 910, 9

 
Let's has a group photo before the contest


Rush to get ready and not much time for practicing

 
Ah Fai got a jackpot in spot landing, but we are holding a duration contest!

 
Oop! CM's Lucia decided to go for a swin

 
Johnson is ready for the bungee launch


It is always a pleasure to see four models bungee launched simultaneously


In a difficult position after launch


See a movie for Lucia DLG in searching for the lift

 
Gallant is helping Mak in launching his 3m New Sting. Wow! it is not as easy as we thought

 
The Furgi in searching for the invisible lift


This OWL is a home made design but it did so well in this kind of contest


These three Salsas dominate the contest


Alex working so hard to gain height


Enigma and Swing


Refilling to gain energies for the afternoon contest


The second runner-up for the handlaunch contest went to George

 
Simon gave us many good advises on the contest and his Salsa did very well in discus launch that rewarded him with a first runner up


The winner of the day handlaunch contest is Gallant. His winning ship, Owl, did so well that it always was the last to stay airborne

 
A group photo for the three winners, congratulation!

 
Gallant also did very well in the bungee launch contest and positioned himself the third place


Fat Fai is the first runner up in the bungee contest


Stanley is the champion of the bungee contest - no cheating!
 

See a movie of Alex Lip throwing his Illusion HLG
See a movie of George throwing his Swing HLG
See a movie of Johnson throwing his Salsa DLG