F3K League Event: Twywell, Saturday 7th September 2024

[PaulR]

Details

• Saturday 7th September 2024
• 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.
• 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 09:45 for a prompt start at 10:00. Please give yourself plenty of time to ensure no delay to the event start.
• This is a BMFA UK League and Team Selection event.

Entry

• BMFA membership is required.
• Entry is via F3XVault. Link to registration: BMFA F3K 2024 Twywell 2
• Entry fee is £15, payable on the day.
• Event registration is required before the end of the day (midnight) on the preceding Thursday, but please consider registering as early as possible to assist in planning.

Current Entries

Confirmation

• All F3K events are subject to potential cancellation due to weather conditions or lack of entries (min 6).
• Please check this thread for up to date information before travelling.

Directions

• Directions below are for the main field. An alternative field about 150m away may be used depending on weather conditions.
• Confirmation of field will be posted here if necessary.
• Location on: Google Maps
• Location on What3words: ///locator.figs.dabbling
• Don't forget a change of footwear for the journey home to avoid sheep crap all over your car.
• And a change of socks if its wet!

[MikeDLG]

Gavin and I are in Switzerland for a contest that weekend. 

[Neil Harrison]

On 30/08/2024 at 20:13, MikeDLG said:

Gavin and I are in Switzerland for a contest that weekend. 

Your scores will still count towards the league, as you can use upto two scores from overseas contests.  

7.5.2.4 Overseas Contests
A competitor can submit up to two scores from overseas competitions if
(a) The competition is listed on the current FAI Sporting Calendar.
(b) The competition meets the minimum BMFA requirements as defined above.
(c) The competition results are published on a recognised F3K web site.

[Brenton]

I'm hoping to make this Saturday- will register ASAP. Weather is looking alright- let's hope it stays that way.

[PaulR]

Good news - The forecast is looking promising for Saturday and we have reached the required number of entries!

Any more pilots interested? It would be good to get 8 rather than the difficult to matrix 7. @MikevE@FlyingFinn14@PaSky?

[MikevE]

Sorry, I'm at Wetlands, in theory.

[PaSky]

Yes, please. I will be there.

[FlyingFinn14]

Sorry guys, cant be there, have a good one !! 

[Neil Harrison]

I can confirm we are a 'GO' for tomorrow  the forecast is looking lovely.

 

[MikevE]

Have a great comp guys. 

[Gavin_st]

Good luck today - hope you’re having good weather like we are here!

[mikef]

Switzerland is in the Northern Hemisphere!  Looks really nice.

[Kohen]

Wow that looks stunning! Hope you hope the flying conditions were as good as they look.

We had a good day with very calm conditions and a fair bit of mist/fog especially early on in the day. Despite that there was good thermals in a number of rounds; with one in a latter round that basically stayed put through out the whole 10 minutes.

We had Paul R's plane in a pretty dense oak at the start of the day, he just clipped it and it spun him in. We got it out in one piece though. It was a pity Finn wasn't there though as then he would have been the one to receive the honor of being tree climber.

[Neil Harrison]

What an amazing day!

League table now updated, and I can confirm it is best 5 contests to count towards your score.

[PaulR]

Thanks for all the help removing the model from the tree and especially to Kohen for the climbing and skillful poking.

I haven't checked the servo yet, but assuming that is ok I think I got away with a bit of tape over a hole in the tail and regluing the control horn in the aileron!

I started the day feeling very tired and ended the day feeling super tired and ended up stopping for a nap at the services on the way home and then was asleep at home before 9:30pm!

An very enjoyable day, despite the tree contact. Thanks all and well done to the top three on a great battle.

[Neil Harrison]

On 07/09/2024 at 08:44, Gavin_st said:

Good luck today - hope you’re having good weather like we are here!

 

 

 

Hope you are having an amazing time...

Please let me know how you guys got on so I can update the league table....

[Gavin_st]

final scores…

[Neil Harrison]

League scores now updated with the inclusion of Stern Bros Inc, and their trip to Switzerland.

This makes for very interesting reading and change of places at the top of the table, now less than 0.5% points separating the top three!

With only two competitions left on the calendar, it is all to play for, and this is exactly what I hoped for when we made the local BMFA rule changes which came into effect this year.

This makes for a very fascinating and tense end to the season, cannot wait!  

[PaulR]

40 minutes ago, Neil Harrison said:

League scores now updated with the inclusion of Stern Bros Inc, and their trip to Switzerland.

This makes for very interesting reading and change of places at the top of the table, now less than 0.5% points separating the top three!

With only two competitions left on the calendar, it is all to play for, and this is exactly what I hoped for when we made the local BMFA rule changes which came into effect this year.

This makes for a very fascinating and tense end to the season, cannot wait!  

And don't forget that there are also some pilots with less than 5 scores counting which means things can change even more if we manage to run both remaining events...