Round 3 result

Round 4 result

Thank you

Here are some photos from Makuhari Hobby show, 14th to 17th/Oct.

New  XG7

New  Liner hall sensing servo

New  90 size Erectric helicopter

Concept model

Other item

Thank you for all coming.

There are 5 countries, 14 pilots.
Like Japan championship couple of weeks ago, there are more pilots using
electric helicopter,it's 80%
in this competition.

Preliminary round 3 and 4 will be take place today.
Final round will be on 22nd and 23rd.

Chinese Taipei Yen Chen Tse (SY-E12)

Chinese Taipei Chen A Chin (AS-E12)

Chinese Taipei Tseng An Tang (AS-E12)

Thailand Niwat Tirawat (SY90)

Here are the result.

1. Dobashi
2. Hashimoto
3. Kobayashi
4. Sensui

2010 F3C Asian Oceanic Continental Championship is being held in Taiwan.
There are Mr.Kobayashi, Mr.Sensui, Mr Dobashi and Mr.Hashimoto(defending
champion)
in Team Japan.
Kunii is there for support for JR fliers.

Click here for official site.

Currently,preliminary round 1 has finished and Mr.Kobayashi is in 1st.

JR is going to display at Mokei Hobby Show which will be held from 14th to 17th Oct in Makuhari Messe, Chiba-City.

[Public day]
16th(Sat) 10:00 - 17:00
17th(Sun) 10:00 - 16:30

[Business day]
14th(Thu) 10:00 - 16:30
15th(Fri)  10:00 - 16:30

[Entry fee]
1,000JPY * free for under junior high school student

JR also attend a radio Control neofesta.
Maker's Demo flight  12:45-13:00
RC helicopter experience flying 13:00-13:30
Maker's demo flight 15:40-15:55

JR booth is hall 9 ,J23

*During this period, JR customer service and engineers are out off office.
Therefore we may ask you to wait for our reply about your mechanical questions and repairing request.
We are sorry for any inconvenience will be caused during this period.
Thank you very much

Hiroki Ito(Team JR) got a high score at Final round 1 and made his Fifth consecutive championship title.

After the round 1, Nonogaki was in the 2nd place and Kunii was in the 3rd place.
When the 2nd round started, the rain stopped.
Nonogaki got 0.5points more than Ito's score. and Sensui ,Dobashi also followed up with pretty good points.
And this has turned Ito on!
Everyone even judges were fascinated by his great performance and he finally scored 480points.
With this score, who can beat him !?

In the final phase an expert Hashimoto scored after Ito and the ranking has changed.
Kunii's 2nd round didn't go so well. He almost got the podium but Hashimoto took it out of him...

It was a very exciting competition to watch.

Though Kunii missed his podium, finished 4th and he will be seeded next year.
This result also made him some confidence for going to the World championship trial.

Through this competition, I saw Ito's very competitive, "never give up attitude " and his strength for putting it into his performance. Also I was very surprised that Nonogaki improved his performance drastically. Very exciting to see how far the following generation can go.

Final result
1. Hiroki Ito (JR)
2. Takashi Nonogaki (JR)
3. Manabu Hashimoto
4. Shinya Kunii (JR)
5. Yasuichi Sawamura
6. Yukihiro Dobashi

*12 pilots out of 40 used JR helicopter.
*7 pilots in the final used JR helicopter.
*24 pilots out of 40 used the Electronic helicopter .(60% of the total)

Thank you everyone.

Report by Nishida

Here are the ranking of Preliminary round 1.

1. HIroki Ito                     1,000
2. Kazuyuki Sensui         948.35
3. Manabu Hashimoto   942.15
3. Shinya Kunii                942.15
5. Yukihiro Dobashi        935.95

Tomorrow is Preliminary round 2 and 15 pilots to the final will be chosen .

F3C JAPAN Championship 2010 has started  at Kinu Green Park radio control field in Tochigi pref.

There are 40 pilots including Mr. Ito(Team JR), a champion for the past 4 times in a row are fight for this year's Japanese Champion.

[Schedule]
7th/Oct  Opening ceremony
8th         Preliminary round
9th         Preliminary round
10th       Final

We'll be keep updating the latest situation.

You can also see the details and breaking news of the competition at [F3C JAPAN site].
http://www.f3c.jp/
※This is not an official site of Japan Model Aeronautic Federation.

Details about the competition is also shown at  [Japan Model Aeronautic Federation RC helicompter  commission].
http://www.jmaf.jp/helicopter/

 Picture from last year.

Good luck for everyone!!

KW Flying Dutchen 41st Annual Scale Rally R/C Airshow was held in Canada on 11th - 12th/Sep.

This is a report from Scott.

This event is Canada's largest r/c event. It was the 41st annual event this year, with very good turn out of pilots, airplanes, and spectators. This is my home club, and they have always been very active promoting r/c to the public. The event is not only a fun fly, but a scale airshow and only airplanes modelled after real aircraft are allowed to enter. Each day there is a 2 hour long halftime show with commentary and demonstrations of all kinds of r/c aircraft. It has become a very popular event for public spectators, and helps get more people into the hobby.

Over 1500 spectators were present for the event, and more than 200 r/c airplanes and pilots. I did r/c heli demos each day at the show times of 3D heli flight to music with a Vibe 90SG. This was my 17th time attending this event to demo helicopter. The helicopter is always a crowd favorite since it is mainly an airpalne event. There were jets, and candy drop airpalne for the kids and all other eras of airplanes shown. The very popular Saturday night fly was rained out this year, but there was good weather during both days otherwise.

JR and Spektrum are quite popular for the airplane pilots here, but there are still a good number of 72mhz being used. A number of other Team JR/Horizon members were present from Canada and USA as well, and they did some great demos.

Thank you Scott for your report and nice photos.