wookman Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Entry list open on GBSRA. See you there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_B Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 what times kick off on Sunday ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookman Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Is there going to be a weather call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbey Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 not looking very inspiring again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian F3F Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 neither did the champ of champs race, have faith... Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtreble Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 ok - I am calling this ON! Meet at the T-Junction at 9am on Sunday. I have enabled the PayPal Payments on the entry list, so could you please pay the entry fee before the end of Saturday if you intend to come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_M Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Do we have the key to the gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest532 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Yes we do the trouble is its with someone who is not going Who's closest to Surrey ? I've tried texting JP..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_M Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 It’s looking to be on the ice cream slope now, so not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtreble Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Just now, Graeme_M said: It’s looking to be on the ice cream slope now, so not a problem. Maybe - but it's changing all the time - could be completely different again by tomorrow morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest532 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Agreed you need the key, just need to work out who is the shortest drive for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnEP Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Joel i did send you a text jp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Dakin Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Apologies gents, but I'll not be joining you tomorrow. Have a great time though, fingers crossed for low humidity and a decent breeze. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest532 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Key all sorted big thanks to JP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumbey Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Gonna give this one a miss guys. Marginal wind direction. Enjoy your day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian F3F Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Not had chance to sit down yet but what a days racing. . Thanks to everyone who turned out and helped to make the day such a success. 6 rounds of very british f3f. I think just about everyone had some good air, some dross and much inbetween. . I think there were 8 designs being flown, i'll get to the pictures later. a good weekend Ian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme_M Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Great days racing once the weather played ball Mark shall be posting a brief review of the days events. so here's the spreadsheet. G BFMA 2023 L1 BWLCH.xls 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 I'm still licking my wounds but I have to say that it was a most enjoyable days racing and I even got a bit sunburned! Huge thanks to everyone that organised it and made it such an enjoyable day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtreble Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 15 Pilots decided to take a punt on very changeable forecast. We were greeted at the slope with a very small amount of wind but blowing positively on the Ice Cream slope, as the forecast suggested, so we made our way over there. Unfortunately, we unpacked the equipment to realise that we had no wires for the buzzers! We did have some rather short testing wires in the box, so we came up with a system of buzzing by proxy where the turn judges would indicate the turn using flags, and someone in the centre would press the buttons on their behalf. We amused ourselves for a while until around 11:30 when the wind finally picked up to around 4m/s and blowing straight on to the slope: Round 1 was started at 12 o'clock. Times were mainly in the 60s or 70s, but Mark Redsell put in a 58.92 to win the round. Round 2 was got even slower with several times in the 80s, but at the end of the round, Paul Stubley put in a 53.82 as a rather large black rain cloud approached us. Round 3 began just as the rain came in. The first 2 flights were reflights and we were forced to take cover for around an hour. Eventually the rain cleared, leaving us with sunshine and a 9-10m/s wind! We restarted round 3 with slightly faster times, mainly in the 50s. Peter Gunning took the top spot with a 51.27. Round 4 got faster again! Times in the 40s and 50s with a 46.65 by Mark Redsell winning the round. Round 5 saw a few low 40s times with a splendid 42.22 by Graeme Mahoney. Round 6 started to slow up a bit, but Peter Gunning managed to find a 44.92 from somewhere. After 6 rounds flown: Fastest Time went to Graeme Mahoney with his 42.22 in round 5 Well done John! Big Thanks to Graeme Mahoney, William Fourie and Graham Hill for helping out with the centre and the proxy buzzing. Thanks to all who came and helped with the flagging, launching and setting up the course. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookman Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 A cracking day out in Wales yesterday. Thank you to all who made it so. Yes there was a bit of rain but it wasn't biblical and only lasted long enough for some lunch and a natter. It also justified lugging the the brolly out there. Managed to avoid coming last in every round aided mainly by other people getting worse air than i did rather than any huge flying skills from me! Still managed to come last overall by some considerable distance. Maths is funny stuff. Maybe it's time for a better plane, these new fangled things with the ballast in the wings seem to be faster. It might just be flying too far past the bases though. Is there a crock of gold in Treorchy? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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