RC Slope Soaring in Hong Kong

Date: March 15, 2009
Venue: Ma On Shan (tentative)
CD: Cheung Wan Kin
Assistant CD: Au Chi Fai
Helpers: Johnson Yeung, Allan Yeung

Windguru forecast of the day is 7m/s East wind and no rain . Probably the first successful race of this year. So get your weapon polished and don't be late.

今年F3F都未正色比賽過，今次各位飛友要誠心祈求：
要有大東風、無雨、無霧
加上要比賽順利，個個都飛友破個人最佳記錄，原機來，原機返！

Let's pray!

星期日啲風估計唔喺好強, 不如下近大金鐘條F3F賽道. 在細風之下左邊這條賽道啲升力好過平時條賽道好多.



http://www.rcsail.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1447&sid=65cd1239efe2d66e89559bbb0d610307

我絕對讚成這個建議。在這裡飛有三個好處：
1. 升力較好
2. 與傘佬起飛點有一段距離，受到他們扞擾較少，就算有，我們有更多時間反應
3. 只要步行到降落區，降落和下一機手起飛可同時進行，比賽節奏會更快


但星期日的天氣預告非常不穩定，能不能比賽，真係好難講！

Let's pray!

請問計時工具在那

[quote="Yeung"]請問計時工具在那

Weather forecast looks more promising:

東風4級，離岸間中5級。

[quote="Stanley"][quote="Yeung"]請問計時工具在那

Dear All :We start the contact tomorrow 9:00am in MA On Shan .I keep the cable and Mak have the timer ! I am CD and helper is J.Yeung ,A.Yeung and Fai .Please start this contact as early as in the morning .Please charge the battery of the equipment.See you in MOS !

MOS ! Start 9:00 !

本年度第三站F3F聯賽今日在馬鞍山成功舉行，雖然風速只是輕微至和緩，但亦能成功完成了7個回合的賽事。今日比賽競爭激烈，由其是第三和第四爭持到寸土必爭之地步。以下是比賽得獎者：

冠軍是 Stanley
亞軍是 阿麥
季軍是 Angus
速男是 Stanley

詳細成積表在此
http://www.hkrcss.org/F3FGroup/mos315-09.xls


Angus 勇奪季軍，他那隻Extreme果然係有料到


阿麥出隻絕版RaceM，拚到盡勇奪亞軍


Stanley寶刀未老，勇奪冠軍和速男


得獎者來個合照，恭喜！


賽後團體照，Cheers!

更多比賽花絮照片

C.M.準備出機


肥輝個仔仔睇注爸爸比賽，但肥輝只拿得99分(秒)，未夠滿分100分(秒)，仲話Angus叔叔點解只得49分咁差，哈哈！


平均風速只有4米幾


阿麥幫人出機好落力，一


二


三


阿邦話我出機都搏老命用力，真唔真呀！好似用暗力咋！


阿堅話我出機仲勁


嘩！原來阿Donny出機都好掂啊！


李文準備出機


阿蘇準備出機


阿堅幫阿邦出隻Ceres

Some more photos:

Hi all,

We have tried both the old and new flying site in Ma On Shan yesterday. What do you think about the new site? To me I prefer the new site for a more straight track and better lift condition. For landing there are rocks but there is also long grass. Point to the long grass and the landing should be safe even the plane is a little bit fast. Walking to landing site is acceptable as it is very common in many competitions. My only concern is the safety of the parachute when we are landing. Unlike the old site that we have many people help to alert the pilots for the comming parachutes, in the new site the pilot needs to watch for the parachutes, controlling his model and walking to the landing site all at the same time. The model also needs to circling over the old site for landing approach, which is close to the parachute take off and landing area. I think we will need a "landing coordinator" when there is parachute activity there. (Like Ah Pong helped the other landing yesterday). This role can be rotated like the line judges.

One big reason we moved to the new site is to provide more space for the parachute pilots to take off and landing. But it seems that it does not work for some of them . . .

Some movies for last Sunday league race

阿Wing在微風下已盡力而為
http://www.rcsail.com/tmp/mos315-09_wing.mpg

李文飛得好relax
http://www.rcsail.com/tmp/mos315-09_liman.mpg

以下是飛友們受到傘佬扞擾放棄繼續比賽的片段，請問是誰妄顧安全呢？

堅哥辛苦飛了9圈，最後還是受到扞擾不能完成賽事！
http://www.rcsail.com/tmp/mos315-09_kin.mpg

阿邦被傘佬粗口問候！
http://www.rcsail.com/tmp/mos315-09_ah_pong.mpg

移位比賽後Johnson仍被傘佬畜意扞擾，這位傑出傘佬完全妄顧安全！
http://www.rcsail.com/tmp/mos315-09_johnson.mpg

Will the paraglider think that we "occupied" thier path yesterday? Are they not happy becasue they use to believe the left side is their favorite "lift zone"?

We are living in a civilized country and they should approach us if they believe we are occupying thir favorite zone.

Personally, I love the straight F3F track in the left because it is faster and more exciting. More importantly, it is closer to the F3F environment in oversea with a light walk to landing.

I appreciate Ah Pong for guiding and helping others to land. It is a necessary role which can be run at roster even after our pilots can get used on the new landing condition in a few competitons. The landing guide and buzzerman in point A can take addition role on paraglider pre-alarm to pilot and CD. This arrangement is better than old track as the pilotgliders take sometime to reach the landing site after take-off.

In addition, we should mark a location in front for emergency landing.

昨天的比賽確實緊張,排名位置之爭只以數秒之差,
稍慢數秒便足以大幅下跌幾個位置, 我僥倖能擠身前
列多謝各位承讓, 成績尚算滿意.
昨天與李文及Kevin 商議決定組織新團隊共研飛行
技巧,互相指點, 望各位師兄多多指教.

有隊名未呀？


千祈唔好改埋D怪名！

[quote="Stanley

千祈唔好改埋D怪名！ [/quote]

何謂怪名?? 例如秀茂坪? 咩咩之苦?

何謂怪名?? 例如秀茂坪? 咩咩之苦? [/quote]

千祈唔好改埋D 咩咩Falling Fast，大吉利是！

I have a few comments after some observations of yesterday's operation in the new flying track:

1. We should enforce a rule that once a pilot has completed the run, his glider should not be allowed to enter the course again, unless there is insufficient wind or other abnormal situations.

2. There should be sufficient clearance between the landing glider and the glider on the F3F track, so I would suggest the landing area be further away from the spot where most pilots did landing yesterday. I did try the ridge slope where our old base B beeper used to sit, and found that it is very easier to land there. One other possibility is to walk further south to our original landing area. Of course, the view may be too restrictive when we are walking pass the valley, and it may not be practical during weak wind condition. So I would suggest to allow pilot to land on site (in front of the pilot area) if the wind is marginal. However, if the wind is strong enough, we can fly our glider higher during the walk to the landing area, the problem of the obstruction of view may be less critical.

3. We should recommend having a person accompanying the pilot to land, that person can guide the pilot to walk and watch out for the paragliders nearby. Actually, the landing glider can serve as a warning to scare off the approaching paraglider, and this in term protect the glider on the F3F track during run to minimize disturbance. Of course, we still could not stop those reckless paragliders intentionally invading our airspace.

The new track is definitely better; it is straight, the bases are on the same level, good view of the poles, deeper slope in both bases and hence the turning should be safer, and most importantly, it has better lift.

Hi 李文 & Kevin,

我諗左幾個名, 不妨參詳下:
1) F3 Dino - F3F 的癲佬
2) 清水雄獅 - 有氣勢, 英文有幾個選擇 :
i) Flying Lion - 會飛的獅子
ii)Mad Lion - 狂獅
iii)Crazy Lion - 發癲
3) Mad Dog - 癲狗
4) Sonic X - 個人首選

重有咩好提議？