Neil Harrison Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Today our team GBR fly out to Romainia for the 2023 F3K World Championships. Carlos dos Santos - Team Manager Mike Stern - Pilot Gavin Stern - Pilot Cornelius van Onselen - Pilot Updates from the team on their progress and information about the WC will be on this thread. I hope you all join me in wishing them the very best of luck. Go do your best guys, and above all, enjoy it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirrusRC Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Best of luck guys. Go team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Yes, best of luck everyone - looking forward to the progress reports when you have time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirrusRC Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 I'm hoping @mikef detours on way back from FF championships to provide same detailed coverage of f3k world champs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Good luck Team GBR. Sadly I won't be there to report. Is there a live feed of the scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 So far, so good. Models all arrived intact. We didn’t drive into a river. We’ve had a sleep and breakfast. Oh, we did get an emergency alert about a bear on the way here! Also, the hotel is pretty lush. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Hanging out with team USA and Swiss. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin_st Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin_st Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Scores after 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin_st Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 After 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Online scores for the pre-comp are available on the Gliderscore website: http://gliderscore.com/OnLineScores.aspx Not sure if the WCH will be on there too, but hopefully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Had a surprisingly good day today, ending up 5th. We had all the conditions today. Hot and calm in the morning and ending up 7-12m/s wind and overcast in the late afternoon into the evening. We started r6 at 6:50pm! Last flight, 5mins. Finished at nearly 8pm. There were some really epic flights by some great pilots. Flew my strong bamf 2 with 108g ballast, so roughly 345g. It wasn’t really enough. After 2 1min something flights, I changed tactic and managed to surf a tree line to make 3:32. Was happy with that, but didn’t think it was good enough. Turned out I was only 6secs off winning the round! It was a tough afternoon. The last two rounds really churned up the leader board. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Harrison Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 Awesome guys, keep going....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechalster Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Go team GBR have fun mike looking good up to round 9. Keep it going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechalster Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 R2 poker intersting that with the new rules in play a 9:59.9 is now possible. Who will be the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Just managed to max r11. Made it tough for myself though. It was 3x 3mins. Made a bad choice of direction for the first one, ended up low down wind. Just made it back for box and just made the time. Bad launch for the 2nd, took a while to hook up lift, bad launch for the 3rd and again struggled a bit hook up. But made all the times. Only one round left, then the drop round comes in. So even if mess up badly, my worst score is 908, then 946. So I am now guaranteed a good placing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Maxed the last round! I am super chuffed! Don’t know my final placing yet, though. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechalster Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 hours ago, MikeDLG said: Just managed to max r11. Made it tough for myself though. It was 3x 3mins. Made a bad choice of direction for the first one, ended up low down wind. Just made it back for box and just made the time. Bad launch for the 2nd, took a while to hook up lift, bad launch for the 3rd and again struggled a bit hook up. But made all the times. Only one round left, then the drop round comes in. So even if mess up badly, my worst score is 908, then 946. So I am now guaranteed a good placing. Shame about the discards kickin in. It has benefited other more than you. You were in 2nd place by R11. Absolutely fantastic consistency with no score below 900. Put you in a great position for the main event were consistent flying like that will pay off. Top 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechalster Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Well done team top 10 23rd 40th in first international F3k and a TM who knows what he is doing I would be happy with that. Keep it going 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDLG Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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