F3K - Handlaunch
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F3K #2 and F5J #1 State Field 21/09/14
12 pilots enjoyed the great weather and Northern Flying Group hospitality on Sunday with both hand launch glider (F3K) and electric thermal (F5J) being flown.
A huge thank you to the Northern flying Group (NFG) for both the exclusive use of the field and the great work the volunteers did to feed us for both Breakfast and Lunch. The Egg & Bacon Sandwiches and the Hamburgers were delicious! It was much appreciated by all who attended and this event has become a highlight in our calendar. Thanks again to everyone involved at the NFG.
Also a big thank-you to Marcus, Alan and Russell for running the events. Reports and results below.
F3K Round #2
Well it was the first time in living memory it was not blowing a gale at the State Flying Field and 6 pilots made the most of the magnificent conditions.
Jamie Cannon made the trip from Sydney to compete and took an early lead after the first 3 rounds and was reading the conditions better than everyone else.
Again we had Jon's jar of pain (although there were many references to Pandora and her Box thrown in for good measure) to randomly select the tasks. It was a lot of fun.
The conditions were a little fickle at times and it made finding lift difficult, but most of the time it was around somewhere, so it rewarded those who were on the ball.
Jamie being new to flying Poker lost some points but learnt some of the finer points and will be much better next time around.
Tom was slowly sorting out his Stobel V3 and was improving with every flight. He managed a well flown 3:45 and 4:00 in 'Last 2' and you could have sworn he had won the lottery. Well flown Tom.
Jon, who had a poor start, was now putting together consistent 1,000 point rounds with some great reads and some low level saves.
I stuffed up one of my 3x3 flights by landing out and was sitting in 3rd going into the last Round of AULD x3. My reads had been slowly getting better all day and I pulled out a great first flight and buried the field by over 1:15 and with both Jon and Jamie landing out, it meant I had picked up a lot of points. The Second flight saw Jamie and I get 3:00 and in the Third I landed (almost too) safe at 1:55 with Jon, Jamie and Tim getting the 3:00.
It was a very tense finish with none of us quite sure how it was going to end up... In the end I pipped Jamie by just 0.9 of a point, but it could have gone either way.
Congratulations to:
1st Marcus 6786.5
2nd Jamie 6785.6
3rd Jon 6575.0
4th Tim 5546.7
5th Jim 4992.2
6th Tom 4310.9
6 happy pilots
Jamie travelled down from Sydney. Thanks Jamie!!
The days winner by 0.9 of a point!! Well done Marcus.
Thanks again to Jamie for making the effort to come so far and to everyone for making it such a fun day.
Roll on the next one!
Cheers,
Marcus
F5J Round #1
9 pilots lined up for an afternoon of electric thermal duration. The numbers showing consistent interest building in this new variation of thermal flying.
A great day was had for the first F5j event for the season. Conditions were calm to light winds with thermals of all sizes from small and weak to huge.
Even more so than usual, it became clear it didn’t matter really which size model you were flying, the air you flew it in was the biggest factor.
We had Radians head to head with 4 meter Maxas all showing that F5j is the big leveler. Just fly anything and have fun.
Congratulations to:
1st Jim 3882
2nd David 3712
3rd Tim 3636
Our next event is at Diggers on Sun. Nov. 30. the week before that is an electric height limited event on Sat. Nov. 22. See below.
