The 2008 F3C Asia Oceania RC Helicopter Championship competition began yesterday, May 27. In this FAI (International Aeromodelling Commission) sanctioned event, 18 world class RC helicopter pilots will compete for the continental championship. The pilots come from many different countries, including Japan, The Philippines , Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand, and Australia. The F3C is the sub section is the FAI responsible for RC Helicopter Aerobatics. Despite bad weather threatening to shut down the event, the competition continues. Round 2 results are as follows:

1. Manabu Hashimoto
2. Yukihiro Dobashi
3. Minoru Kobayashi
4. Kazuyuki Sensui
5. Alvin Alcantara
6. Choi Won Ho
7. Mark Alcantara
8. Zhang Songhua
9. Wang Shang-Jia
10. Yuen Yiu On James
11. Feng Shuai
12. Guo Wulie
13. Walther Qing-Xiang Chong
14. Frederick Qing-Yuan Chong
15. Justin Neri
16. Lin Hen Pu Chinese
17. Niwat Tirawat
18. Peter Riekst

You can read more about this exciting competition at the 2008 F3C AOCC website.