Final day 3

The last day of the race was called off after 2 attempts due to poor winds and rain. We headed back to the hotel for the closing ceremony and banquet.


Group photo last day

Results

In the end after a total of 8 round, the top 3 position were swept by the Taiwaness while the SMP team from Hongkong took the top team and Stanley Chan from HongKong won the best speed with a time of 32.75.



As for our team, our final positions are as follows :

Pang - 16th
Syming - 27th
Dennis - 26th
Weiyao - 22th

We accomplished what we came to do, by being here in Jeju to compete was a achievement in itself, considering the fact that we have no proper slope to even fly F3F. This race is a start and i hope it will continue in the future with more SG pilots joining us next year.

We hope the friendships we made with pilots from HK,Taiwan and Korea will continue to grow as this trip was not just about the race, it was a meet up with people around the region with similar passion.

Thanks

We will like to express our utmost appreciation to our family and friends for their support.
Our Korean host for their kind hospitality , Mr Park and Mr Joon Lee, thanks.
The HK, TW and KR team for sharing their experiences and tips. We hope to see you guys again soon.

Photos

Posted some pictures in the photobucket link here.

Day 2 competition

We enter day 2 of the competition today and the conditions were totally opposite of yesterday's weak winds. Today was truely what a F3F race should be like, howling winds great slope.

At one point the anemometer was maxed out at 30 knots.





Due to the strong winds there were many casualties, not just our team but the rest as well.

Dennis' vento and transmitted was hit early by a taiwaness plane on landing. Weiyao 's vento I lost control and crashed badly , almost totaled. Syming' mini blade wack the ground on a high speed run, my javelin's horizontal fin ripped on a landing. We managed to do some on field repairs and get going again. Well this was the kind of conditions that we came for, and it was worth it.

Results

We managed to get better times today. All of us managed to go sub60s, a few of our runs went sub 50s!

Round 4 --Round 5 --Round6--Round 7 --Round 8

Pang--
48.66/Javelin--49.52/Javalin--48.01/Javelin--53.46/Javelin--57.42/Javalin

Syming--
DNF/Mini blade--66.76/Mini blade--63.87/Mini blade--56.91/Mini blade--66.38/Mini blade

Dennis--
63.62/Mini blade--48.20/Vento--56.07/Vento--55.23/Vento--64.36/Vento

Weiyao--
DNF/Vento I--55.08/Vento II--53.90/Vento II--59.68/Vento II--64.56/Vento II

DNF- did not finish

Full results





One more day to go tomorrow we will do our best.

Competition day 1

First day of the race, we keep our flag flying high and did pretty well considering this is our first time racing.

------------Round 1 -------------Round 2 -------------Round 3
Pang-------69.34/miraj---------72.98/Javalin--------78.14/Miraj
Syming----113.24/Mini nyx-----74.37/Mini nyx------82.25/Mini nyx
Dennis-----110.04/Vento-------87.56/Mini blade-----84.79/Mini blade
Weiyao-----82.52/Vento II-----69.40/Vento I--------70.74/Vento I

Full first day results

Rest of the first day activities

Its another different volcano to climb today, I'm sure we were go back very fit!

Plane inspection was carried out before the race proper started.



Lunch before the race

On field Repairs

Taiwan team doing some on field repairs

Unfortunately Sy Ming's Mini Nyx had a bad landing during the practice flight before the race started. On field repair at its best. He went on to fly the mini nyx for 3 Round

Gatorade to the rescue


Good to go

Race
Today's condition was very unpredictable, the winds came in gust. The slope was also not too good as the wind was blowing on the convex part and the sides does not have very good lift.











sds


Pushing too hard, first casualty
Most of the race action were taken in video, they need to be process before posting later

We headed for another sumptuous dinner

BBQ black pig
Yam seng

With the taiwan team after dinner

Practice day 2

As usual our day started off with a team breakfast. This time is at the nearby ramen store.

The Hongkong team and Taiwan team arrived subsequently and we head off for lunch together before going to the competition site.

Lunch was stew beef soup.

This was the volcano we have to conquer today. Its over 150meter high and a 20mins climb up.
Debus for the climb


All ready for the trek up

Walk walk walk

Practice - Good winds today, it was free flight for all teams. We took turns to go up and did some practice. It was really an eye opener for us as we saw top class planes piloted by top class pilots.

View from top was magnificent. Slope heaven with so many slopes

Dennis getting ready

Siming setting up while HK team member looks on.

Weiyao and siming having a go.

Gliders galore

Miraj launching

Landing zone behind.


Group photo for the day

After a hard day, we went for dinner at a Korean restaurant. Ginseng Chicken!


Opening ceremony / Pilot Brief
At night back at the hotel, we had a opening ceremony and pilot brief. We were explained the rules and schedule. Each team then introduced themselves and went on to draw the numbers for the flight sequence

Artist
Before the brief we had a chance to see the Artist, a new F3F machine made in Korea by JK.
Mr. J K himself showing us the Artist

Hitec
Hitec is one of the main sponsor for this year's Typhoon Race. Their latest brochure showed they latest telemetic 2.4G system

New 2 cell lipo compatible servos

Pilots brief

Opening address by Contest director Mr. Kim
Mr Kim preparing the flight draw

Hong Kong team

Korea team

Taiwan team


Singapore team

Group photo

Flight draw

This was our flight draw for tomorrow
Pang - 4
Dennis - 20
Siming - 22
Weiyao - 26


Tomorrow is D day, we headed back to have a early rest.