RCGA F3K #6 Victorian State Titles 29/4/2018

RCGA F3K #6 - Victorian State Titles, Longwood, 29/04/2018

The F3K State Champs were flown at Longwood on Sunday 29 April, with Jon Day officiating as CD.  Clive Warman flew down from NSW to compete (thanks Clive), and there were five flyers in total - Clive, Jim Houdalakis, Jon Day, Dave Millward, and Hugh Blackburn. We were sorry to have missed out on a few more possible starters owing to their family commitments. It was a nice, sunny and rather cool day with blue skies and a moderate southerly wind.  Lift was there to be had most of the time but as seems common in these conditions, elevated wind speeds after the lift blew past could make it hard to get back to the box and there were a number of land-outs.  Owing to the low numbers we mostly opted for tasks that could be self-timed, i.e. AULD and Last2x4, but we also flew some tasks that require timing (5x2, L3x3).  A variety of planes were used: Snipe 1 and 2, NXT, Concept X5.  The contest for 2nd and 3rd places could hardly have been tighter, with Clive just pipping Jon by 0.1%.  Besides the flying, we had a pleasant day of socialising and spent some time watching a Wedgetail get pestered by smaller birds as it cruised the downwind tree-line looking for food (IIRC the wedgie was an occasional lift indicator, too!).

Cheers,

Hugh

Hugh and his Snipe 2

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