Another top update from our friend & F3C RC heli pilot Ian Emery - we are proud & delighted to announce that he managed to finish an extremely impressive 3rd place in the British Nationals 🏆 last week!
He'll be competing very close to home this coming weekend - as the Euro Heli Series comes to Abingdon in Oxfordshire on the 9th-10th September. We hope the weather gods are kind, as there's an impressive field of international competitors in attendance (of course, we hope Ian has a massive home advantage 😉).
Why not go along & support Ian if you can?
He has promised more exciting news soon, so we'll update you as soon as we find out what it is, but in the meantime check out his latest season update below:
"Scottish Nationals -
When
I got back from Austria, I noticed the was a slight wobble with the elevator, I
wasn't sure if this was connected to the previous issues I had experienced or
something new, either way it wasn't the best news.
By time I got to
Scotland with one thing or another, I still hadn't figured out what was going
on. I had reduced the effect by altering some of the settings in the
Flybarless controller but that was just hiding an underlying problem. I
had my Urukay with me but just didn't feel as comfortable with it compared to
the JR Helicopters so I stuck with them. With a constant elevator wobble
in the hover, it didn't present very well to the judges and I think it was
always at the back of my mind that there was something not quite right.
After 3 rounds I finished 4th and felt along way behind my close rival and
friend Roger Mayo.
Germany -
The
following weekend 5 British pilots traveled to Kleinenbroich in Germany for the
second Euro Heli Series competition of the year which was really well
attended. The clubs in Europe are just superb with excellent
facilities.
After a rather blustery practice session on Friday afternoon,
we all went out together to a Greek restaurant in a local town. The best
part about the Euro Heli Series is all getting together at the end of the day
to socialize and have a good catch-up with friends that you only see a handful
of times each year.
Saturday was much calmer and after 2 fairly steady
rounds I was down in 14th place.
The final round was a different story,
still battling with the elevator wobble, somehow it all came together and
managed to get a great score which meant I moved up a few places and secured a
spot in the finals for the Sunday. The Fly off (Finals) Schedule is
something I need to spend more time practicing, but with the wind direction in
my non-preferred direction, I managed to get through 2 rounds and finished in
10th place gaining valuable World Cup points".
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| Ian with his valuable 10th place in the German leg of the Euro Heli Series, gaining World Cup points... |
We are keeping our fingers (& toes) crossed for Ian's continued success & will update you on his progress again soon.
GOOD LUCK IAN!!!!!
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