F3K League Event: Buckminster, Saturday 8th April 2023

[PaulR]

Details

• Saturday 8th April, 2023
• Following on from the Come and Try It day on Friday 7th.
• If you've attended the previous day then this will be the ideal first competition event.
• All are welcome. Newcomers encouraged. If you can launch and land, safely and consistently then please consider entering and discovering the joys of competition!
• Plenty of help will be available with explanations of tasks etc on the day, in addition to the instruction from the previous day.
• CD will be Neil Harrison.
• Scoring will be using F3XVault.com Please ensure you are registered on the website and ideally have saved your credentials on your mobile device in order to log in at the field.
• Having said that, difficulties or queries around scoring etc should not discourage you from entering as we can work around most issues and assist on the day.
• Pilots briefing will be at 9:45 for a prompt start at 10:00am. Please give yourself plenty of time to ensure no delay to the event start.
• This is a BMFA UK League and Team Selection event.
• Camping on site is available. Please see the National Centre website for details (prices vary by number of nights)

Entry

• BMFA membership is required.
• Entry is via F3XVault. Link to registration: BMFA F3K 2023 Buckminster 1
• Entry fee is £10, payable on the day.
• Event registration is required before 8pm on the preceding day, but please consider registering as early as possible to assist in planning.

Confirmation

• All F3K events are subject to potential cancellation due to weather conditions or lack of entries (min 8).
• Please check this thread for up to date information before travelling.

Directions

• Getting there: https://nationalcentre.bmfa.org/visitor-info/getting-there
• Location on: Google Maps

 

[MikevE]

40 minutes ago, PaulR said:

• Pilots briefing will be at 9:45 for a prompt start at 10:00am. Please give yourself plenty of time to ensure no delay to the event start.

 

*Side-eye*

Zimbabweans.

[Brenton]

Entered...

[Kohen]

Looking forward to it! Hope the weather plays ball!

[MikeDLG]

Entered. 

[PaulR]

As mentioned in the in other thread, there are restrictions in place on the campsite for anyone planning on staying overnight:

”Due to the amount of rain we have experienced recently the campsite will be closed and the will be no vehicles permitted on grass areas at all (unfortunately not even the CD’s camper van).

Camping will be on the hardstanding areas (including the flyers car park if required), the guys in tents can put them on the grass but again no vehicles, suggest they use they put their vehicles at the far end of the flyers carpark and put the tents just over the fence on the grass.”

[Kohen]

Do we need to book camping in advanced this time? Or just pay on the day?

[PaulR]

37 minutes ago, Kohen said:

Do we need to book camping in advanced this time? Or just pay on the day?

Pay on the day will be fine.

[carlosds]

Just entered.

Apologies for late entry Paul.

[carlosds]

Home safe and sound.

Body broken, but mind and soul very happy. Thank you everyone. Really had a great weekend, and was super touching base with you all.

Thank you PaulR for all your effort - super appreciated.

 

[MikeDLG]

Yup, super weekend. Great catching up with everyone and meeting some new faces. Also knackered

[carlosds]

Further to discussions on the field - please post pics if anyone took any.

[carlosds]

Blimey, forgot to say (probably because it's standard fare:) but well done mikeS.

Your flying was extraordinary...

[MikevE]

What a brilliant weekend! Really great to see everyone again! Masterclass flying, @MikeDLG

 I’m so tired and so happy. 

[PaulR]

Yes, great flying Mike! Nice to see you all and get back into the competition mode. 

@terryspence It was a shame to see your NXT in three pieces but I hope you get it back together soon, but I saw some good flights after that point with your backup model too.

Not sure of Steve C's user name on here - but there were some good flights/rounds from him in there too.

I managed to make it home completely drained after a few stops for coffee... Aching this morning though.

I've made a few minor changes to the scores which haven't affected anything except a couple of percentage points. I seemed to have someone else's scores in round 1 which was the biggest change.

A shame we have to wait until 13th May now, but that means plenty of time for more practice I guess  and lets hope the weather gods continue to smile on us through 2023 (it really did feel strange not really considering ballast through 2 days of flying!) [Reading that back I guess I've already forgotten the close to freezing overnight temperatures the night before!]

[MikevE]

Great job on the CD, Paul. I looked around the kitchen, but it seemed neat to me. There was a tiny bit of washing up, so I did that, and I put the chairs and tables back in the hanger, but it all seemed ship-shape to me bar that 5 mins of tidying up. I guess someone else got busy in there before me.

[MikeDLG]

[terryspence]

Thanks Paul for the kind words and yes it’s a shame about the NXT but it’s repairable (YES Mike I must remember - PULL THE BRAKES ! ).

Great weekend meeting everyone again.

Thanks Paul great job.

 

 

 

 

[Brenton]

It was such a lot of fun. Thanks @PaulR for an amazing job of organising the two days- making it a welcoming and enjoyable come and try day as well as the comp. Your efforts behind the scenes and on the day are very much appreciated. And thanks all for your company and conversations - always much to learn about the sport, and stories to share of past comps. A great time, and certainly the best conditions I have experience at Buckminster!

[MikeDLG]

Podium pic from Kohen.