F3K South Africa

F6D World Air Games Qualifier 2 Pictures

2008-05-12T07:34:00.009+02:00

Above, the group that took part in the 2nd WAG Qualifier. Left, a bit of muscle stretching before getting out there - airshow video coverage team (from Kwela) present.

This type of event held at an airshow in this instance resulted in a few problems but the organisers were obviously not aware of the extent of the full size activities. The wind direction resulted in the spectator area being directly upwind of the box creating an upwind no fly zone and having a full size helicopter operating flips every 10 to 15 minutes about 500m upwind behind the spectator area resulted in less than ideal conditions for the light F3K/F6D models. Although air turbulence from the full size activities affecting some of the DLG flights cannot be ruled out, the conditions were the same for all competitors and on that basis, some protests had to be turned down.

F3K Nationals Pictures

2008-05-11T20:00:00.025+02:00

Thank you Mark for the invitation to submit to the F3K blog. At last, here are a few pictures from the F3K Nationals. I'm now slowly catching up on my blogging entries.

A big thank you to ETB organisers Paul Carnall, Izak Theron and Herman Weber for hosting a great event despite the trying weather conditions.

... and on Monday the weather cleared and we had the most perfect flying weather for the rest of the week!

F6D World Air Games Qualifier 2

2008-05-11T16:35:00.002+02:00

Saturday the 10th of May saw Henley Aero Modelers hosting the 2nd South African National Qualifier for the 2009 World Air Games to be held in Turin. The event was part of the Henley Airshow which was to celebrate the opening of a new runway at the field.

Sadly only 6 people entered and only 5 flew as Deon had motor vehicle issues. I assume the poor entry is partly due to a conflicting construction seminar being held on the same day (I'm not sure why the MGA calendar wasn't consulted before scheduling the seminar), and the general apathy of a number of some of the F3K community who probably felt that Helney was to far to travel.

Derek Marusich did a wonderful job CDing the event with some assistance from Lionel Brink who was the CIAM official in Bob Skinners absence. I must thank both of them for the wonderful job both did, especially with keeping us on track with the tight time slots we had to fly within. Also for the prompt and accurate scoring. In particular the way they dealt with a couple of particularly opportunistic appeals, that IMO where blatant attempts to get out of jail after messing up flights. It is sad that this noble sport has sunk to this level.

Rounds 1 and 2 where flown between 08h45 and 09h45, the air was cold and an inversion layer was still evident over the area. This made thing's very difficult for the competitors. Alan didn't let this put him off and managed to record a magnificent max in the first slot.

Round 1 - Last flight, 7 minute working time, 5 minute max.

Slot 1


Steph    196 sec    653
Alan     300      1,000
Mark     122        407

Slot 2


Kurt     110 sec    591
Lionel   186      1,000

Round 2 - All Up, Last Down, 3 Flights, 3 Minute Max

Slot 1


Steph    180 sec  94 sec  104 sec    1,000
Mark      68     178       93          897
Lionel    63     180       76          844

Slot 2


Alan      95 sec   161 sec  104 sec  1,000
Kurt     107       102       61        750

Kurt really enjoyed the first flight of round 2, I think it was his highlight of the event at this stage. However he was going to find himself even more delighted once the scores where tallied.

Pre-liminary Results


1. Alan Smith     2,000
2. Lionel Smith   1,844
3. Steph Duponsel 1,653
4. Kurt Stockton  1,341
5. Mark Stockton  1,304

As the entry was so poor, all pilots went through to the semi-finals, the preliminary rounds only serving to provide groups they would fly in.

The semifinals where flown in a lunch time slot, however the amount of lift available hadn't really improved much. Again IMO this was mainly due to a full size helicopter opperating about +-500m upwind of the flight box.

Semi Finals - All Up, Last Down.

Slot 1


Alan       0 sec  54 sec  117sec = 171 sec   606
Steph     93      91       98    = 282     1,000
Mark     108      90       63    = 261       925

Slot 2


Lionel   54 sec  102 sec  67 sec = 233 sec   1,000
Kurt     54       75      43     = 172         771

This saw a major shuffle in the positions:

 
1. Steph    1,000
1. Lionel   1,000
3. Mark       925
4. Kurt       771
5. Alan       606

The final took place in mid afternoon. Only the top 3 pilots went through. The final result was:

1st Stephane Duponsel
2nd Lionel Smith
3rd Mark Stockton

Later in the day Kurt and I got a chance to demo the DLG models of the main runway directly infront of the crowd. I believe this demo was well received by the audience, especially as this time we did some aerobatics rather then duration type flights.

I must again thank the guy's and girls at Henley Aeromodelers for the splendid day as well as for inviting the F3K / F6D community to be part of the airshow. Derek for his level headed and excellent CDing and last but not least Lionel (Brink) for acting as the WAG observer as well as for scoring the event.

F3K National Championships

2008-05-05T19:13:00.003+02:00

This past weekend the South African gliding National Chmapionships where hosted by ETB.

The weather conditions where far from ideal with high (over 20km/h) winds and rain over most of the 4 days scheduled. The conditions where so bad that F3B, F5J, Open, 2 meter and RES100 only completed 4 or 5 rounds per class.

Thanks to the perseverance of the F3K pilots, all 11 rounds where completed. The final results are as follows:


9,203         Alan Smith
8,781         Stephane Duponsel
8,073         Conrad Klintworth
7,853         Craig Goodrum
7,822         Mark Stockton
6,604         Lionel Smith
5,888         Peter Eagle
4,441         Anton Coetzee
2,024         Rudi King
  689         Deon Scholtz

The round by round raw data as well as task list can be downloaded here.

Open letter to HLG pilots and organisers

2008-03-19T09:39:00.000+02:00

Dear friends,

In last days I read some allegations stating that the promotion class F6D endangers the competition class F3K. I must state, that these two classes are not one against the other. Quite the contrary, they are complementary.

The relation between F3K and F6D may be considered as the relation between full size aerobatics and Red Bull Race. Both these doublets have many similar traits. E.g. full size aerobatics is a well established sport whereas the Red Bull Race is a discipline matched to TV. The Red Bull Race pilots come from aerobatic pilots. Observing aerobatics contest is rather boring for non-specialists whereas the Red Bull Race offers an exciting show.

F3K is a competition class which many pilots fly for fun. F6D is intended for attraction of public and media for the benefit of all aero-modelling categories. So both classes have their entitlement.

Some people try to kill the F6D class because they believe it may help the expansion of F3K. I believe that they make harm to hand launch glider pilots in general. I am convinced that strong position of F6D will strengthen the position of F3K. And on the other hand, undermining F6D would also weaken the international standing of F3K.

I know that the promotion of F3K class to World Championship status is not welcome by all modellers. The reason is on hand. In some countries the modellers representing the country are supported by the government. In this this case each new WCh class means dividing the available sum into smaller parts. But World Air Games are organised and financed in a different way, so F6D can’t be invader of F3K.

I know that the F3K class is a great fun for pilots and therefore I support it. You can see my support from the fact that I sent the proposal for upgrading the F3K to World Championship class to FAI. It was my own initiative to submit this proposal on behalf the Czech Modellers Association. (See page 12 of the CIAM FAI Plenary Meeting Agenda).

I wish all F3K pilots good flights and attractive competitions. If you like strengthening the position of F3K, support also F6D.

Best regards
Tomas Bartovsky
Chairman of the CIAM FAI RC-Soaring Subcommittee

March 17th 2008

March F3K League Positions

2008-03-10T13:07:00.002+02:00

F3K


                               Rnd 1       Rnd 2         Total
1. Mark Stockton               1,000         892         1,892
2. Alan Smith                    840       1,000         1,840
3. Stephane Duponsel             892         803         1,695
4. Craig Goodrum                 752         914         1,665
5. Dion Liebenburg                 -         707           707
6. Herman Weber                    -         530           530
7. Conrad Klintworth             407           -           407
8. Lionel Smith                  382           -           382

Micro / Mini F3K


                               Rnd 1       Rnd 2         Total
1. Herman Weber                  747       1,000         1,747
2. Kurt Stockton                 982         640         1,622
3. Deon Schultz                1,000         527         1,527
4. Alan Smith                      -         980           980
5. Mark Stockton                   -         956           956
6. Lionel Smith                    -         623           623
7. Rudolf Engelmann                -         559           559

F3K @ BERG - 8 March 2008 - Results

2008-03-10T13:03:00.001+02:00

F3K

Round 1

Last Flight, 300 second max, 10 minute working time


Slot 1

Stephane  110 sec    430
Alan   256  1,000
Dion L  198    773

Slot 2 

Mark   300 sec  1,000
Craig  300  1,000
Herman    70     233

Round 2

All up, last down, scored in seconds, 180 second max


Slot 1

Stephane  180 + 116 + 68 = 364 sec    978
Mark   180 + 0 + 72   = 252     677 (landed out on second flight)
Alan   180 + 75 + 117 = 372  1,000

Slot 2

Craig  82 + 59 + 58   = 199 sec  1,000
Dion L   58 + 48 + 59   = 165     829
Herman   65 + 55 + 47   = 167    839

Round 3

Ladder Task starting at 30 seconds, increasing by 15 seconds, max 120 seconds, working time 10 minutes.


Slot 1

Mark  30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90 + 105 = 405 sec 1,000
Alan   30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90 + 105 = 405 1,000
Craig   30 + 45 + 60 + 90            = 300   741

Slot 2

Stephane   30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90 + 105 = 405 sec  1,000
Dion L   30 + 45 + 60 + 75      = 210    519
Herman   30 + 45 + 60 + 75       = 210    519

Final Result


  Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Total
Alan   1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000
Craig    1,000 1,000   741 2,741
Mark   1,000   677 1,000 2,677
Stephane    430   978 1,000 2,408
Dion L    773   829   519 2,121
Herman    233   839   519 1,591

Mini / Micro F3K

Round 1

Last Flight, 300 second max, 10 minute working time.


Slot 1

Kurt  25 sec    391
Deon S  39    609
Lionel  39    609
Mark  64  1,000

Slot 2

Rudolf  37 sec     544
Alan   64    941
Herman   68  1,000

Round 2

All up, last down, scored in seconds, 180 second max.


Slot 1

Kurt   26 + 39 + 29  =  94 sec    528
Rudolf  34 + 39 + 30  = 103    579
Deon S  19 + 31 + 24  =  74    416
Alan   76 + 59 + 43  = 178  1,000

Slot 2

Lionel   28 + 110 + 26  = 164 sec    704
Herman   48 + 147 + 38   = 233  1,000
Mark   66 + 86 + 50  = 202    867

Round 3

Ladder Task starting at 30 seconds and increasing by 15 seconds. Working time reduced to 5 minutes.


Slot 1 

Rudolf  30 + 45   =  75 sec    556
Deon S  30 + 45   =  75    556
Alan   30 + 45 + 60   = 135  1,000

Slot 2

Kurt   30 + 45 + 60   = 135  1,000
Lionel  30 + 45   =  75    556
Herman   30 + 45 + 60  = 135  1,000
Mark   30 + 45 + 60   = 135  1,000

Final Result


  Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Total
Herman   1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000
Alan     941 1,000 1,000 2,941
Mark  1,000   867 1,000 2,867
Kurt    391   528 1,000 1,919
Lionel    609   704   556 1,869
Rudolf    544   579   556 1,678
Deon S    609   416   556 1,581

Obsession Update

2008-03-03T10:33:00.003+02:00

Steph sent me photo this morning of the Obsession's currently under construction.

I wonder if the green wing is for Alan ;)

F3K League change of venue

2008-02-29T11:40:00.000+02:00

Based on those who have voiced their preference the next league event
has been changed back to Saturday the 8th at BERG. Pilots briefing at
1:30 to start at 2.

Evan tells me the grass is nice and short at the moment. Entrants so far:

Stephane 35,140
Mark 35,250
Alan 53,300/600
Craig 35,170
Kurt 35,100

Rudolf (35.040)

Looking forward to seeing you all there,
Stephane

Looking forward to seeing you all there

F6D WAG Selection Contest Results

2008-02-11T14:27:00.000+02:00

Pos.	Pilot	Preliminary Rounds	Semi Final	World Ranking Points
1.	Mark Stockton	2,000	1,000	300.00
2.	Alan Smith	1,459	960	150.00
3.	Conrad Klintworth	1,245	937	100.00
4.	Stephane Duponsel	1,564	1,000	75.00
5.	Craig Goodrum	1,303	621	60.00
6.	Lionel Smith	687	607	50.00
7.	Herman Weber	828	474	42.86
8.	Dion Schultz	754	197	37.50
9.	Kurt Stockton	606	-	33.33

F3K League No 1 - Round by round results.

2008-02-11T10:39:00.000+02:00

Round 1 - Last Flight, 5 minute max, 7 minute working time.

Slot 1


Conrad Klintworth  149 (sec)   713
Craig Goodrum  209  1,000
Stephane Duponsel  202    967
Kurt Stockton   64    306

Slot 2


Lionel Smith    16 (sec)   144
Herman Weber   54    486
Alan Smith    51    459
Mark Stockton  111  1,000
Dion Schultz   53    477

Round 2 - All Up, Last Down in Seconds, 3 minute max.

Slot 1


Craig Goodrum  50 + 0 + 44  =  94 (sec)   303
Kurt Stockton 33 + 29 + 31  =  93     300
Herman Weber  45 + 30 + 31 =  106    342
Mark Stockton 72 + 179 + 59 =  310  1,000

Slot 2


Conrad Klintworth 45 + 111 + 0  = 156 (sec)   532
Stephane Duponsel 59 + 34 + 82 =  175    597
Lionel Smith    36 + 80 + 43  =  159    543
Alan Smith    48 + 180 + 65 = 293  1,000
Dion Schultz     16 + 47 + 18  =   81    276

Round 3 - Last and Next to Last, 4 minute max, 10 minute working time.

Slot 1


Conrad Klintworth 53 + 72 = 125 (sec)   379
Craig Goodrum  128 + 202 =  330  1,000
Kurt Stockton  53 + 24 =   77    233
Lionel Smith   44 + 85 =  129    391

Slot 2


Stephane Duponsel 69 + 115 =  184 (sec) 1,000
Alan Smith   93 + 72  =  165     897
Mark Stockton  65 + 118 =  183    995
Dion Schultz   23 + 24  =   47     255

I do remember in this slot both Alan, Steph and myself chasing a thermal far downwind and all getting caught out and landline far off field. The frantic sight of us running to retrieve models must have been amusing.

Round 4 - Ladder Task, 10 minute working time.

Slot 1


Stephane Duponsel  30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90  = 300 (sec)  1,000
Kurt Stockton  30 + 45   =  75    250
Lionel Smith  30 + 45 + 60   = 135     450
Alan Smith   30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90  = 300  1,000

Slot 2


Craig Goodrum   30 + 45 + 60 + 75  = 210 (sec)    700
Mark Stockton  30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 90  = 300  1,000
Dion Schultz   30    =  30     100

Final Result


Pos. Pilot  Round 1 Round 3 Round 2 Round 4 Total League
1.   Mark Stockton   1,000    995  1,000  1,000 3,995 1,000
2.   Stephane Duponsel    967  1,000    597  1,000 3,564   892
3.   Alan Smith     459    897   1,000  1,000  3,356   840
4.   Craig Goodrum   1,000  1,000    379    532 3,003   752
5.   Conrad Klintworth     713     379     532       0  1,624    407
6.   Lionel Smith     144     391    543    450  1,528   382
7.   Dion Schultz     477    225     279    100 1,109    278
8.   Kurt Stockton     306    233     300    250  1,090   273
9.   Herman Weber    486      0     342      0    828    207

Mini / Micro F3K League

There where 3 competitors flying mini or micro F3K models. They where Herman with a micro Fireworks (I think), Kurt flying a Nemo and Dion with a Fling. Therefore I think it is high time to start a seperate league for these models.


1. Dion Schultz  1,000
2. Kurt Stockton      982
3. Herman Weber    747

F3K / F6D Nose Radius

2008-02-10T13:45:00.001+02:00

At an F6D practice event held in the UK, one of the officials decided to measure the nose radius of the models (as per the CIAM rules) and found both the Aspirin and the XP 4.5, both failed!!!

I believe that Polecat are busy making new molds for their XP5 to remedy the problem.

Aspirin Nose Radius
XP Nose

I decided to check my model's and made a nose radius checking tool, at first the Tabooish failed. But luckily with some reshaping it just, just passed.

Taboosish before reshaping
Tabooish
Tabooish after reshaping

It looks like this might motivate me to finally make the new fuse mold I've been promising for some time.

I will bring the tool to the next F3K league and all the competitors can check their models.

Obsession F3K

2008-02-09T20:38:00.000+02:00

When the top 3 F3K pilots all order the same model after seeing the prototype at it's debut event, I guess everyone should take notice. This is exactly what has happened with Stephane Duponsels new model. Alan and Mark have both ordered two model's.

The costs are as follow's:

Complete glider ready for servo installation: R 1,600.00
RDS (rotary drive) servo's must be supplied : R 300.00
Rudder and Elevator servo installation : R 100.00

Basic Components:
Wing R 500.00
Boom R 150.00
Pod R 250.00
Vertical Stab R 100.00
Horizontal Stab R 100.00
Throwing Blade R 50.00

Contact Stephane on 083 655 5411 or theduponsels [at] yebo [dot] co [dot] za

F6D WAG Qualifier and F3K League 1

2008-02-09T20:23:00.000+02:00

Silverton gliding club hosted the first F6D World Air Games qualifying event as well as the MGA's first leg of the F3K league. The conditions varied from "stupid air" to really, really bad with sink everywhere. I don't have the complete results, they are in the process of being ratified by Lionel Brink (or CD) as well as Bob Skinner (SAMAA GM and WAG Official Observer). However the top 4 where:

1. Mark Stockton (Tabooish) ;-) ;-) ;-)
2. Alan Smith (Radina)
3. Conrad Klintworth (Junior) (Longshot)
4. Stephane Duponsel (Obsession F3K)

Conrad was the find of the event separating the normal top 3 pilots. Alan also recovered well from destroying his number one model in the first round.

Special thanks needs to go to Volney Klintworth for the field. Tony Merrit and his sister Louise for the timing files. Bob Skinner for coming through and officiating as the CIAM / WAG official and last but certainly not least Lionel Brink for CDing and scoring the event.

After the F6D component was completed, the survivors continued to fly another two rounds. As soon as I get the raw data from Steph I'll post it. However from memory the top 4 where:

1. Mark Stockton
2. Stephane Duponsel
3. Alan Smith
4. Craig Goodrum

I hope new comers Dion and Herman had a good time.

2007-12-31T11:38:00.000+02:00

It seems that Alan has spent his December break scouting for F3K contest sites in Namibia.

F3K Year end Braai and Fly

2007-12-17T19:31:00.000+02:00

Alan and Lionel Smith hosted the F3K year end Braai and Fly at RMAC. Sadly the event was very poorly attended. However those who did attend enjoyed an excellent day's flying in a non competitive environment. Craig Goodrum (National F3K Champion), Mark Stockton (League champ) and Alan Smith (most successful F3K pilot in the last 2 years) where joined by Lionel Smith, Kurt Stockton, Michelle Goodrum and Derek Marusich. A large variety of models where flown including giant scale F3K models (Mark and Alans Supra's) to micro F3K models (Kurt's Nemo) as well as some electrics in between.

An F3K model being attacked by local Plover, later the fin of Kurts Nemo was dislodged by a similar attack.

Sadly a late afternoon thunderstorm spoilt the braai and put pay to thhe plans to fly "Midnight Chuckie".

All the planes where nice and safe in the RMAC club house.

Alan presented Mark an appropriate T-shirt which came in useful later.

After dinner the kids tied one another up.

The evening ended with everyone learning to fly one of Alans indoor boomerang's in the club house.

Many thanks guy's for putting together an excellent afternoon and evening.

F3K Timing Software for Palm

2007-11-29T08:13:00.000+02:00

News breaking on the Internet is that F3K timing software developed in Europe and used German and Dutch pilots has now been ported to English. Find out more.

Look out for a review in a future issue of Glider Gumph.

F3K Year End Braai / Fun day

2007-11-29T08:09:00.000+02:00

Alan has asked me to post this:

He has booked RMAC for Saturday the 15th December from 14h00. The
intention is to have a braai and fun fly where all F3K pilots or those
with an interest in F3K and or hand launch in general can come around.

The cost is R 50.00 to cover the use of what I believe to be excellent
facilities at RMAC.

Braai fires will be available in the afternoon, just bring your own meat.

If anyone wants to fly some F3K speed and distance (like we did at the
Jamboree) let Alan know on this forum and he will collect the sites.

For the more adventurous we are planning some midnight dlg for after dark.

If you only have an electric to fly but have interest in F3K, come
along with your electric, meat and R 50.00 and enjoy the day.

Please can all those planning on attending let Alan (083 391 9216) know as there is a
fair amount of organising and co-ordination required on his part.

F3K @ Silverton Results

2007-11-07T07:43:00.000+02:00

Here are the round 4 results and overall league results. Sorry, I
announced Mark too early as the winner of league 4 when in fact congrats
go to Alan! The overall league winner is Mark. So well done on winning
this very competitive league, it was a lot of fun and I hope to see more
pilots participate next year.

We flew for the first time at Silverton and what a fantastic venue for
F3K. A very beautiful scenery with plenty of thermal triggers and
indicators. We will have to fly there more often!


   *Pilot*       *Score (with    *Score WO 
                 throw away)*    Throw Away*
1  Alan Smith         4,908       5,795.48
2  Mark Stockton      4,856       5,596.34
3  Stephane Duponsel  4,693       5,471.24
4  Simon Clarke       4,175       4,547.34
5  Lionel Smith       3,269       3,718.59
6  John Monk          2,718       2,989.09
7  Volney Klintworth  2,485       2,714.5


                     *Round 1* *Round 2* *Round 3* *Round 4* *Total*
1  Mark Stockton          875     1,000       996       989   3,860
2  Alan Smith           1,000       774     1,000     1,000   3,774
3  Stephane Duponsel    1,000       871       928       956   3,755
4  Volney Klintworth      438       387       775       506   2,106
5  Lionel Smith           612                           666   1,278
6  John Monk              406                           554     960
7  Simon Clarke                                         851     851
8  Dion Liebenberg        656                                   656
9  Kurt Stockton                              565               565
10 Ian Lessem                                 414               414
11 Conrad Klintworth                225                         225
12 Lionel Brink           125                                   125
   Brandon Leech          125                                   125

Sadly no one brought a camera, so no pics!!!

F3K League Sat 3rd Nov

2007-10-24T08:01:00.000+02:00

Hi all,

We will be having our final f3k league of the year at Silverton this
time. It will start at 14h00 on Sat the 3rd of November.

It promises to be nearly as exciting as the F1 with the golden boy
"Mark" poised to win the league. Myself and Allan are hot on his heels,
maybe we can work out some way of knocking Mark out? Suggestions welcome
off line please in an effort to maintain secrecy.

-All pilots to enter with their frequency in the hope of having enough
entries to do 6 rounds of different F3K tasks.
-If we don't have enough entries then we will do the "all up, last down"
task with points allocated per flight. There will be no knock out, all
pilots will fly all the time.

Stephane

News from Simon Clarke in the UK

2007-08-13T12:27:00.000+02:00

Hi guys,

Some F3K news from the UK. I eventually got my Aspirin after months of waiting. I completed the build last week whilst I was on leave, with a few hours practice and trimming before entering the UK F3K event at Stadhampton, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire over the weekend 4th/5th Aug. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend saturday's event due to family commitments. Conditions were tough, with a 14-16mph wind blowing most of the day, partly cloudy with more sunshine towards late afternoon 24-26C. I was in two minds about flying my Aspirin in the conditions, weighing only 280g AUW, and no ballast, it was to say the least a bit bumpy up there, but I was more worried about the low level turbulence for fear of sending my new Aspirin 'cart-wheeling' across the field. Despite my reservations, I flew the 6 rounds with some good results, often pushing my limits downwind in search of those elusive thermals, which seemed to pay off for me in the end. I finished 3rd, behind Mike Stern (1st), who placed 5th at the 2007 IHLGF in Poway, and Richard Swindells (2nd), whom I think is rated as the UK No.1 in F3K currently. Link to full results below. Needless to say, I'm extremely happy with my Aspirin. I could never have hoped for a result like that on its first outing.

I got Ruth to take a couple of pics of me flying the other evening on my local field, which I have attached.

Cheers for now,

Simon

Aspirin Build II thread on FlyQuiet forum, with more on my Aspirin:

www.flyquiet.co.uk

Full Results: f3k.f3b.co.uk

F3K League #3 - BERG

2007-08-05T11:11:00.000+02:00

On the 4th of August 2007 competitors gathered at BERG to compete in the 3rd leg of the F3K league. This event departed from the norm and was a 6 round F3K event as opposed to the F6D format used to date this year. The weather conditions where some what challenging with light lift traveling fast down wind and abundant sink to catch out competitors who strayed to far from the launch / landing box.

Round 1 (Task B - Last flight), slot 1 saw Alan, Mark and Kurt up gainst one another. Mark and Alan maxed the slot, however Kurt only got away in the last 3 minutes of working time and thus only recorded 166 seconds.

The second slot say Steph, Volney and newcomer Ian Lessem up against one another. Steph maxed while Volney followed an illusive thermal far down wind and paid the price by not making it back to the field. Ian was battling with a new Blaster and only achieved 58 seconds.

At the end of round 1, Alan, Mark and Steph where tied for first spot, followed by Kurt, Ian and Volney.

Round 2 (Task C - Last and Next to Last Flights), slot 1 had Steph, Alan and Ian up. Alan dominated this slot recording a total for the two flights of 343 seconds while Steph and Ian could only manage 185 and 163 respectively.

Slot 2 had Mark, Volney and Kurt. Mark won the slot with 331 seconds vs Volney at 219 and Kurt at 84.

Round 3 (Task E - All Up, Last Down) Slot 1 had Ian (239 seconds), now coming to terms with the Blaster narrowly beating Kurt (236) and Volney (234).

In slot 2 Mark got the upper hand winning against Alan and Steph with 206 seconds vs 123 and 190 respectively.

Round 4 (Task H - Ladder Task), in slot 1 Volney won the task quite convincingly with a total of 210 seconds against Kurt at 30 and Ian at 75 seconds. Kurt had to retire during this task with a broken pod that he hastily repaired. If memory serves correctly, Ian also retired when the elevator stud pulled clean out of the Blasters V mount. While effecting repairs he got cyno down the pushrod sadly ending his first F3K event.

Slot 2 saw Alan gaining the upper hand on Mark and Steph with him getting to 90 seconds for a total of 300 while the other two only got to 75 and thus had a raw score of 210 each.

Due to Ian pulling out and the late hour. It was decided to merge the slots and fly everyone in a single slot for the last two rounds. Special mention needs to go out to Evan who managed to time for two competitors to achieve this.

Round 5 (Task J - 3 out of 6), this task was narrowly won by Alan (297) from Steph (292), Mark (259), Kurt (151) and Volney (150).

Round 6 (Task M - five by two), not surprisingly this is one of Marks favorite tasks and it showed. He managed to use the same thermal for three of his five flights and won the round with 507 seconds vs Steph at 474, Alan at 453, Volney at 328 and Kurt at 235.

When all the dust had settled, the final results where as follows:


1. Alan Smith         4,894 (597)
2. Mark Stockton      4,872 (700)
3. Stephane Duponsel  4,541 (539)
4. Volney Klintworth  3,793 (  0)
5. Kurt Stockton      2,766 (143)
6. Ian Lessem         2,026 (  0)

This leaves the league standing's after 3 rounds (and subject to official confirmation by Stephane) as follow's:


+-----+-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
| Pos | Name                  | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
+-----+-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-------+
|  1. | Mark Stockton         |     875 |   1,000 |    996  | 2,871 |
|  2. | Stephane Duponsel     |   1,000 |     871 |    928  | 2,799 |
|  3. | Alan Smith            |   1,000 |     774 |  1,000  | 2,774 |
|  4. | Volney Klintworth     |     438 |     387 |    775  | 1,600 |
|  5. | Dion Liebenberg       |     656 |         |         |   656 |
|  6. | Lionel Smith          |         |     612 |         |   612 |
|  7. | Kurt Stockton         |         |         |    565  |   565 |
|  8. | Ian Lessem            |         |         |    414  |   414 |
|  9. | John Monk             |     406 |         |         |   406 |
| 10. | Conrad Klintworth     |         |     225 |         |   225 |
| 11. | Brandon Leech         |     125 |         |         |   125 |
|     | Lionel Brink          |     125 |         |         |   125 |
+-----+-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-------+

Many thanks must go to Steph for organising, matrixing etc and Evan for coming out and helping the whole afternoon and not flying at all.

Stephane was spotted just before the event flying this interesting contraption aptly name "Wyrd".

AMA Nationals Results

2007-07-30T11:47:00.000+02:00

Not strictly F3K, but very closely related. The US HLG community recently held their Nationals at Muncie. The task list was as follow's:

Round 1: 5 X 2 minute
Round 2: 5 X 2 minute
Round 3: 2 3-minute, 2 2-minute
Round 4: 3 X 3-minute, all-up, last down
Round 5: 1,2,3,4 minute flight , any order
Round 6: 2 4-minute, 1 2-minute
Round 7: Last two flights only, 3-minute max
Round 8: 2 3-minute, 2 2-minute

At the end of 8 rounds the results where:


Pos. Pilot            Score    Model
1.   Wurts, Joe       7,870    Blaster II / Vandal
2.   Pike, Doug       7,591    OD
3.   Fox, Mike        7,362
4.   Betz, Don        7,093    Arrow Pro
5.   Wilson, Ben      6,877    XP5 / Sidewinder II
6.   Lawicki, Troy    6,858
7.   Davidson, Bruce  6,768
8.   Lee, Christopher 6,540
9.   Waldon, Matthew  6,444
10.  Meyer, Steven    6,405
11.  Lawicki, Adam    6,144
12.  Samuels, Robert  5,877
13.  Broeski, Tom     5,678
14.  Vincek, Larry    5,513
15.  Ruble, Larry     5,466
16.  Lago, Glauco     5,239
17.  Sherman, Paul    5,054
18.  Lindsay, John    4,250
19.  Atchison, Lee    2,099

More information can be found at AMA Official Site.

F3K league on 4th August

2007-07-23T14:16:00.000+02:00

Just a reminder that we will be having our 3rd league event on Saturday( 2pm) at BERG on the 4th of August.

Entries so far:

1. John Monk 35.060

2. Mark Stockton 35,250 / 35,100

3. Stephane Duponsel 35,140 / 35,160

4. Alan Smith (assuming,not confirmed) 53,300

5. Volney Klintworth 35.240

We need more entries please..... Craig, Dion,Anton and Michelle (apparently you have a dlg now as well ;) )

Stephane

F3K Jamboree Speed and Distance Results

2007-07-17T08:37:00.000+02:00

At the F3K Jamboree a 30m speed course was set-up. In the speed task the pilot got 3 launches and was required to complete a two leg speed run on each. The best two times where added together to provide his score.

This turned out to be a dual between Stephane who flew a more traditional style and anticipated the turns brilliantly and Alan who flew the first leg inverted and did a half loop as the turn.


                    Round 1       Round 2

Stephane Duponsel - 4:55          
                    4:90                    
                    4:30 
                    ----          ----
                    8:85          7:49 

Mark Stockton     - 6:20
                    6:90
                    5:93
                   -----         -----
                   12:13         12:85

Klaus Christianson - 6:40
                     7:38
                     7:15
                    -----        ----- 
                    13:55        11:95

Alan Smith         - 4:70
                     5:10
                     4:30
                     ----         ----
                     9:00         9:70

The distance task consisted of two pilots flying against one another. Both pilots had to launch withing 15 seconds.



Round 1 

Slot 1
------
Stephane Duponsel - 4
Alan Smith        - 3

Slot 2
------
Klaus Christianson - 6
Mark Stockton      - 9

Round 2

Slot 1
------
Mark Stockton       - 13
Stephane Duponsel   - 13

Slot 2
------
Klaus Christianson  - 3
Alan Smith          - 6

Round 3

Slot 1
------
Stephane Duponsel   - 10
Klaus Christianson  -  6

Slot 2
------
Mark Stockton       -  7
Alan Smith          - 11

Results
-------

1. Stephane Duponsel  - 5,000
2. Alan Smith         - 4,029
3. Mark Stockton      - 3,947
4. Klaus Christianson - 3,046