Photos from the Muncie Dragrace Event

Last August 8 after Round 4 of the F3C Worlds, we attended a Drag Race Event being held at the Muncie Drag Raceway. Almost all participants in the F3C Worlds went to this event and had relaxed fun :)















Sorry no videos uploaded. Seems I can't upload the vids in this site. I'll try to upload somewhere and link here.

F3C Worlds - Muncie, Indiana

Just posting here random pictures during the 2009 F3C Worlds held at AMA Headquarters in Muncie, Indiana

Hiroki Ito still F3C World Champion

Hiroki Ito did it again. He flew Schedule C almost perfectly topping the 15 pilots in the F3C World Championship finals. He is now 3-time consecutive world champion, unbeatable.

F3C World Championship Results (Individual)
1. Hiroki Ito (Japan / JR)
2. Scott Gray (Canada / JR)
3. Ennio Graber (Switzerland / Hirobo)

More details can be found here:

Runryder F3C Worlds Coverage

AMA Website - F3C Worlds

F3C Worlds Update

It's been a while since I updated the blogs. Here are links to many pictures and videos courtesy of RR (runryder.com):

F3C Worlds Runryder Coverage

Results updates can be found here:

F3C Worlds Official Website

Preliminary Round - Schedule A (top 15 goes to Finals)
1. Hiroki Ito (Japan)
2. Curtis Youngblood (USA)
3. Scott Gray (Canada)
4. Ennio Graber (Switzerland)
5. Yukihiro Dobashi (Japan)
6. Manabu Hashimoto (Japan)
7. Stefano Lucchi (Italy)
8. Wayne Mann (USA)
9. Kazuyuki Sensui (Japan)
10. Bernhard Egger (Austria)

RP Team pilots are currently placed (out of 56 pilots) at
46. Justin Paul Neri
52. Antonio Andre Lua

Team Standings (out of 21 countries):
1. USA
2. Japan
3. Austria
...
19. Philippines

Our RP Team did well considering this is their first Worlds outing. Even if we didn't make it to the finals, the exposure, experience and being part of this Worlds event is truly fulfilling and makes us Filipinos proud. We look forward to the next F3C Worlds 2011 in Italy where we can make new friends, meet old ones and represent our country.

Finals (top 15 pilots) are being held today and tomorrow. It's the battle for the F3C World Champion. Will Hiroki Ito keep his title that he had defended for the last two World Championships, or will we have a new World Champion?

F3C Worlds

Round 3

Today is elimination round 3. Our group flew at flight line #1 again but wind was so strong that almost everyone got lower scores. Curtis was the first to fly for the day, we were scheduled at 9:45am and 3:45pm for Justin and Andre, respectively.

Round 3 results and details can be found here:

Flight Group 1 - Round 3 results
Flight Group 2 - Round 3 results

Ludwig and Andre

Justin before his flight

Andre before his flight

Justin in action

Andre in action

We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse

Rib-eye steak!

Parked outside was a turbine-powered dragster bike

...and a real race dragster!

Here's the driver... in my dreams :)

Elimination Round 2

Today is round #2 of the eliminations. We fly in the morning, Andre at 9:45 and Justin at around 11:40. Our flight group will be flying at flight line #2 with different sets of judges, airspace and wind conditions.

We went to the field early and our boys did some warm-up hovering.









Andre finished this round with 147.5 raw score while Justin finished with an impressive 173.5 score.

Additional details can be found here:

F3C Worlds Results update...

http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/f3cwcday5.aspx


We're now on www.runryder.com :)

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After the round we were treated by our local host Andy at the Olive Garden Italian restaurant. Thank you so much Andy P for your support and treats!

Eliminations - Round 1

Today is Round 1 of the Elimination round. Our pilots will fly at flight line #1 with Andre at 11:30am and Justin at 2:00pm.


The competition begins...


Kurokawa (Blackshark Products, designer of Hirobo Eagle 3) says Hello! :)


Justin Paul Neri scores 156.5!


Antonio Andre Lua scores 156.0!


Justin @ the start box!

Current top 3 standings after round 1 (unofficial) are as follows:
1. Hiroki Itou - Japan - JR Sylphide
2. Ennio Graber - Switzerland - Hirobo EX2
3. Curtis Youngblood Jr. - USA - CY Rave90
...
46. Justin Paul Neri
47. Antonio Andre Lua

Results details can be found here:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/events/f3cwcday4.aspx

Official Practice Day

Today is the official practice day for the competitors. Teams are grouped into two to fly two separate flight lines. The RP Team was assigned to practice at flight line #1 at 10:00am. The machines were also tested for noise / sound limits (dB measurement).