Results:
Expert class:
1 - Thomas Lee
2 - Alex Tang
3 - Nick Ng
Sportsman class:
1 - Ken Lee
2 - Langxin Hu
3 - Johnson Yeung
Congrats Johnson on your first trophy in SCSA!!!
Was raining for the past 2 weeks so we were all very worried we may have to postpone the league contest this month. In fact, when we arrived on Saturday it rained halfway through practice.... oh boy...
Sunday morning and the sky cleared, blue skies, fluffy clouds, and lot's of sunshine!!! Really set the day for us with lots of thermals and big smiles.
We had 19 entries this month, although some had plane problems before the contest and some couldn't make it, so we ended up with 14 contestants, including Kelly from Shanghai. 3 highschool students also signed up, although 1 couldn't make it and the other 2 had some problems with the planes/setup so couldn't fly for most of the contest, they'll be back next month though I'm sure, and will have their planes properly setup this month
I had a very good contest, with the only non-1000 in round 1 after taking a bad read and flying right into horrible sink which resulted in a 1:09 in 5*2...
Panhao could have gotten 3rd and stayed on the podium, but in best 3 of 6, first flight, he didn't pay attention and landed after the landing window already ended and ended up with a 667. Since he had another round he needed to drop that really hurt his score...
Ken got 1st in sportsman much to his glee, and placed 6th overall only a few points behind 5th. If he didnt hit me in one of the rounds and got a penalty he would get 5th and be pushed into the Expert category. Perhaps he hit me on purpose..... so he can keep flying in sportsman, haha!
We fly 8 rounds in 30degree weather and finished around 3:30, I was much more strict in timing schedule/etc and everyone was very cooperative, so big kudos to everyone for having a very smooth and quick contest!!
I was launching 59.4m on Saturday evening in no winds so everyone was preparing for me to pass 60m on Sunday and have to treat everyone for dinner, well, got a 61.3 in the morning and so after the contest we all went to a local boat-restaurant near the field for seafood. In the end though they only let me pay for part of the bill, maybe 'cause i'm still young? Great guys
Next dinner will be first guy passing 65m!!