18th March 2007.
Venue Retford.
Quite a bright but breezy start to the morning, and plenty of new models on show. Steve Haley with his new Estrella (JD?) I think that is right. Paul Carrington sporting his new Skorpion (F3B). Bill Haley with a Crossfire (x tail). All the above pilots had not flown their models prior to this outing so had to setup and trim during the day.Dave Worrall had both the V and X tail Crossfires out. He is still in debate as to which one he prefers.
As mentioned above most pilots had not flown their models prior to this event so most of the morning was taken up with trimming etc. It was apparent however that Steve Haley combined with his new Estrella is going to be the one to beat again this season with some phenomenal launches seen.
The new F3B Skorpion flown by Paul Carrington also looks to be a close contender with really good launch potential and looking very crisp in the speed task with Paul really shaving the coarse. On this occasion the Skorpion looked most at home around the pylons. Will it be as good at thermaling or distance, we will have to wait and see. Clive Needham (CD) demonstrated our new coarse set up procedure with the laser distance measuring equipment.
Results.
Steve Haley took top honours recording a 15.29
1. Steve Haley 17,34 / 18,66 / 15,74 / 15,97 / 18,96 / 15,29
2. Paul Carrington 15,75 / 0,00 / 18,62 / 17,34 / 16.56 / 15,58
3. Dave Worrall 19,74 / 17,82 / 17,97 / 18,30 / 16,44 / 16,76
4. John Whittle 20,58 / 18,11 / 20,07 / 17,87 / 17,21 / 17,36
5. Norman Quirk 24,78 / 19,71 / 19,61 / 21,03 / 18,41 / 18,49
6. Bill Haley 21,27 / 21,62 / 33,37 / 23,99 / 24,31 / 20,37
7. Clive Needham 0,00 / 0,00 / 18,62 / 0,00 / 0,00 / 0,00
Photos here.
by Chris Jubb (Thanks a lot Chris I hope we'll post more uk f3b info)