Out in the rain

After working late on the aircraft last night to improve the performance we were looking forward to a good day and a chance to claw our way back into the running.

The wild card round went reasonably well with a good net time (without penalties) showing the plane is now back running well again. The 4 seconds of penalties were unfortunate but we managed to squeeze into the top 12 after Sergei hit a pylon while pushing the lines aggressively.

As light rain started to fall we were first up in the final 12 round. The start was good and everything going well to the 270 turn where Yoshi was called by the judges for "descending in the gate" resulting in a disqualification. Yoshi after reviewing the video felt it was not deserved however the judges call is final.

Shortly after, the rain started more heavily and after the first 4 Pilots completed their runs racing has been postponed for a while.

But for Team Muroya, the racing in Rio is over. Tomorrow we disassemble the aircraft and on the 16th May we reassemble in Windsor, Canada then fly the plane to a small airport near Detroit for some modification work prior to the next race in Windsor.

Photo by Taro Imahara