Extreme

I've just started putting together the Extreme that I was lucky enough to win in SlopeRacer raffle.  The quality is really impressive.

With all the energy of the fuz ballast tube slamming forwards in an arrival I decided to do what I normally do and make sure the tray won't go anywhere.  This time though it's Kevlar rather than carbon as I'm going 2.4 gHz with this.  The downside it Kevlar is horrible to work with, ho hum.

More soon.

Rotary Drive System (RDS)

I'm about to embark on RDSing an Extreme and found some really good information and videos at www.rds-swiss.ch

I'll let you know how I get on.

Welsh Open - results

I have to work but results and photos below. More soon.
Three days.  11 rounds. Variable conditions. John Phillips wins despite losing his discard when he demolished the weather station.  Inaki Elizondo gets a new WR with an immaculately flown 29.37. £1,300 raised for charity with the best raffle ever.

Interestingly the top 4 pilots covered only 7 spaces in the flying order.

1	John Phillips	9095.36
2	Simon Thornton	9047.92
3	Joel West	8779.28
4	Gerardo Plaza	8735.86
5	Mark Redsell	8694.69
6	Dag Skoglund	8626.71
7	Peter Gunning	8616.64
8	Kevin Newton	8585.47
9	Keith Wood	8513.46
10	Bjorn Tore Hagen	8485.42
11	Iñaki Elizondo	8389.31
12	José Luis Alvarez Fernandez	8379.74
13	John Bennett	8378.67
14	Richard Bago	8300.4
15	Mike Evans	8276.86
16	Adam Richardson	8273.12
17	Martin Newnham	8167.19
18	Mike Shellim	8155.47
19	Scott Ravenscroft	8133.37
20	Jean Luc Foucher	8072.41
21	Paul Garnett	8067.52
22	Graham Reed	8039.4
23	Iain Medley-Rose	7972.71
24	Mark Abbots	7910.26
25	Frank Hulton	7909.22
26	Jon Edison	7903.64
27	Cedric Grandseigne	7893.55
28	Andres Cardona	7875.3
29	Stefan bertschi	7862.41
30	Paul Foster	7857.16
31	Andrzej Tabero	7820.54
32	Fernando Moro	7793.46
33	Mike McCracken	7788.45
34	Paul Middleton	7769.81
35	Adrian Bedford	7703.66
36	Dave Wright	7693.65
37	Marcelino Puñal	7632.97
38	Clayton Landells	7556.44
39	Tony Robertson	7361.42
40	Ian Mason	7324.12
41	Mick Walsh	7225.89
42	Stuart Brookes	6890.33
43	Knut Eirik Lyngmo	6833.61
44	Jason Bioletti	6831.13
45	Jonathon Sage	6472.58
46	Vic Eldridge	6411.94
47	Ron Broughton	6363.85
48	Dave Rumble	6002.49
49	Greg Dakin	766.65

1	Team GBU	Simon Thornton	Kevin Newton	Martin Newnham	25800.58
2	Mickey's Massive	Joel West	Peter Gunning	Stefan bertschi	25258.32
3	Dragon Slayers	Mark Redsell	Mike Evans	Paul Garnett	25039.07
4	Watering Cans	Gerardo Plaza	Iñaki Elizondo	Fernando Moro	24918.63
5	Tea Swillers	John Phillips	Graham Reed	Dave Wright	24828.40
6	Team Steam	Richard Bago	Jon Edison	Paul Middleton	23973.85
7	Team Flymo	Adam Richardson	Scott Ravenscroft	Clayton Landells	23962.93
8	Team Arctic Circle	Dag Skoglund	Bjorn Tore Hagen	Knut Eirik Lyngmo	23945.74
9	Team GBR	Mark Abbots	Frank Hulton	Ian Mason	23143.59
10	Team Dorset	Iain Medley-Rose	Adrian Bedford	Stuart Brookes	22566.70
11	Team SATO	Mick Walsh	Jonathon Sage	Vic Eldridge	20110.41

Welsh Open - new World Record

Iñaki Elizondo gets a 29.37 part way through the first round of the day. Congratulation!
But it is possible someone will go faster....

Welsh Open

This is more is more like it!