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Into early evening and Tx control was closed down, flying then moved indoors with some small electrics being flown Sunday - Clubman 3DX Competition 
With all the competitors booked in for the 4th Annual Clubman 3DX competition a pilots briefing was held at 10am, before the competition got underway with the first round – Set manoeuvres. In this round all pilots had to choose and then fly 5 manoeuvres from a list of 30 provided by 3DX. Each manoeuvre has a declared K-factor, which is used to define the difficulty/complexity of the manoeuvres relative to each other. With the judges scoring out of ten for each manoeuvre then being times by the K-factor to determine the scores for the round. With the judges, Paul Lison, John Parker, Simon Brown and Duncan Osbourne in position the first pilot took to the skies and the competition was underway!! After the first round of set manoeuvres it was clear the standard of flying had raised a lot from previous years. After the first round we broke for lunch and our first Demo slot began, with flights from Paul Lison, Steven Gerrard, Ade Law, Adam Crane, Duncan Osbourne, and many more. Thanks to our sponsors we had a very good raffle, with many high value prizes to be won!! With tickets on sale throughout the weekend the raffle was drawn later in the day. Back to the competition with round two and 3 minutes of Freestyle. This round gives the pilot the chance to show just what they can do. The judges marking the technical content and overall appearance of the flight. With exciting and sometimes tense flying by the competitors the leading contenders from the first round battled it out. After the end of the round the pilots waited to here who would make it into the Top 5 and go forwards to the fly-off finals. After the first two rounds the results were as follows:  This meant that the following would fly again to compete for the Clubman 3DX 2008 Cup: The finals consisted of flying the Set manoeuvres and Freestyle rounds again. The final result for these Top 5 flyers being based on the finals rounds only. Meaning that after all the hard work making it to the finals the slate was wiped clean and they all started on an equal footing!! FINAL RESULTS:  The Clubman 3D Team would like to thank all the event sponsors, as without them this event would not have been possibly:
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Many of the Clubman 3DX Competitors were seen practising and tweaking their helicopters in preparation for Sunday's competition also. It was great to see all the competitors helping each other, to get the best out of themselves and each other!
