[LASS Soaring] We can all learn something (again) from those guys from Dallas area! SLNT

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Great input.  What do you guys think?  

Thanks Gordy


I also liked this excerpt from the article which is as follows:

"Whether you set up a 20 second approach or a 30 second approach, the key is to put the airplane abeam your shoulder at the set time, then fly your approach pattern. 
I personally fly a 30 second approach. My model is abeam my shoulder at 30 seconds heading downwind, I turn base at 20 seconds and turn final at 15 seconds. Then I modulate my speed to bring it home on time. If you do this without practice on a calm day, I assure you that you will be within a couple of seconds of your target time. Practicing the approach and landing will get you there consistently in varying wind conditions. 
So the number one rule of getting better contest finishes is to practice landings with a clock. "

Also

The first year I started flying was about 5 years ago and it might have been my first contest as well.   It was in Bloomington, I think on New Years Day.  It was a bit chilly but it was fun.  Unfortunately it was their last year to have that contest.  Anyway my point is would there be any interest in a contest on Saturday January the 2nd?  I know it seems nuts but old man winter is going to be around a long time.  I think we can devise some equitable contest rules to meet everyones needs.

Tell me what you think.

Tony

"Whether you set up a 20 second approach or a 30 second approach, the key is to put the airplane abeam your shoulder at the set time, then fly your approach pattern. 
I personally fly a 30 second approach. My model is abeam my shoulder at 30 seconds heading downwind, I turn base at 20 seconds and turn final at 15 seconds. Then I modulate my speed to bring it home on time. If you do this without practice on a calm day, I assure you that you will be within a couple of seconds of your target time. Practicing the approach and landing will get you there consistently in varying wind conditions. 
So the number one rule of getting better contest finishes is to practice landings with a clock. "

Also

The first year I started flying was about 5 years ago and it might have been my first contest as well.   It was in Bloomington, I think on New Years Day.  It was a bit chilly but it was fun.  Unfortunately it was their last year to have that contest.  Anyway my point is would there be any interest in a contest on Saturday January the 2nd?  I know it seems nuts but old man winter is going to be around a long time.  I think we can devise some equitable contest rules to meet everyones needs.

Tell me what you think.

Tony








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Subject: [LASS Soaring] We can all learn something (again) from those guys from Dallas area! SLNT


I snipped this from their recent newsletter (some really excellent reporting from John Luetke on his memories of the TNT and his recent conquest of the LSF5 8 Hour Slope Task!).  http://www.slnt.org/Newsletters_files/November.09.pdf
 
And a cool days gone by club photo to see if you can find Waldo (themselves in the photo).

Tim Bennett  Reported on the Annual MOM TD Unlimited Contest and tells of a unique scoring alternative that might be fun at your club!  It puts flight groups up to be scored against each other (in same air conditons) for most comparable skill measurements yet keeps the scoring super simple.  Here's the article:
 
On Sunday the 8th, at Southfork, we held our Annual Seeded Man-On-Man contest for unlimited Sailplane. We set up six winches with parachutes into the southeast wind and launched groups of three or four models for ten-minute maximum flights using ten point scramble scoring. The longest flight getting 10 points the next longest getting 9 points the third longest earns 8 points and so on. Everyone in the flight group achieving the maximum time gets 10 points. We flew five rounds. After the first round, the lowest scoring flyers flew in the first group followed by the next higher scorers and so on with the highest scorers flying in the last flight group. Landing scores were used for tie breakers only.
November Unlimited Contest
Tim Bennett CD
The day started with a pretty heavy overcast that kept times down and flight groups short. only a few flight groups saw more than one maximum score. One especially exciting flight was turned in by Julian Tamez with his High-End featuring a climb out from less than six feet altitude at about three minutes into the flight. I think HKM sold a few airplanes on that one.
Proving the validity of the contest format, the top spots were decided by flight scores, not landing points. I think next time we will use the club winches with retrievers as we can get models into the air just a fast with less messing around between rounds shagging chutes.

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