During the first intermission, Akiba flew the 33% Ultimate. Since he only has limited practice time, demo flight was only limited to some high/ low speed flying, rolling cycles, slow speed low knife edge flight, flat spin, hovering and torque rolls. Maneuvers which can be easily performed by all of us, just kidding. Even with limited practice, Akiba demonstrated the Ultimate has tremendous amount of potential. Worlds also produced a 42%, for those of you must have the 150 cc and 200 cc version.

During the lunch break, the Hirobo heli team gave us some very thrilling helicopter demo that includes many high G rollng and spinning maneuvers. Eventhough I have zero knowledge on helis, I have noticed their heli was extremely quiet and stable even during the high speed passes. And the pilot gave us a spectacular high altitude auto-rotation to end the flight.

After lunch, I had the opportunity to watch a few of the helicopter pilots from Hong Kong and China competing against each other, and noticed quite a few talented one.

Since I have a dinner appointment back in Hong Kong tonight. I left the contest with my friend Li around 3 for my return journey after saying goodbye to many old and new friends. On my trip back to Hong Kong, I promise myself I will try to return next year for their official celebration to compete amonst all my good friends.

I'm planning to fly with Alex again next Tuesday or Wednesday before my return trip to Oakland. If I have the oportunity to fly, I will report again. In the mean time, here are some more pix:-