[LASS Soaring] Re: 2 ch contest

[GordySoar at aol.com]

Its Dion's game but here's the basics...its about having contests  often.
Removed from it is the gimmicks of computer radios and multifunction  
airframes.
Its about opportunity!  To see just where your personal soaring  development 
and skills are.
 
You and the sailplane you rode in on :-).
 
Ava, Genital Lady or Foamy Radian, Foamy Cularis....what ever you  got.  
Rudder and Elevator..heck aileron and elevator....vtail or  elevon....fixed stab 
or full flying.  Two functions, pitch and yaw or pitch  and roll, but no 
landing functions.

Skegs are welcome but not mandatory.
 
Pre stretched high starts to an approximate amount of length and  force  
(within a few millionths of what ever kind of force and length  calculation 
someone has time to calculate while attempting a landing in a 50mph  wind! :-)
About equal.
 
Three rounds, call up determined by names out of a hat (sort of like Harry  
Potter).  Quick load, you follow the guy who was called in front of you for  
all the rounds.  So if Ben was called after me, he'd be right on my 6 as I  
walked up to the line.  The only delay in launches is the time it takes  your 
timer to shag a chute.  Strong high starts so even big models have a  good start.
 
5min, 7min,5min with a measured tape landing.  one point per second,  landing 
points added to the total seconds of time.

Simple, and competitive, but a great chance to see where your thumbs  can 
take you.  Also a chance to see how model set up can help or  hurt.  A straight, 
balanced sailplane can add a few seconds on the clock  and it only takes one 
second to make your score higher.

This cold weekend Sunday will be the 'test' for the upcoming  series.  I'll 
be donating a MPX Easy Glider with servos and will be hunting  for more prizes 
for the top 3 points leaders at the end of the season.   I'll likely miss some 
but one way to win a series is to attend all the  contests....its total 
points at the end of the season that will take the  prizes...not 'wins'.  So a 
middle of the pack, every contest, score can win  the series.
 
This is about us using the few moments we have left on this earth to put in  
as many minutes of flight time possible for fun, prizes and a tool to sharpen  
our PILOTING skills....not contest winning skills.

Two channels makes it between you and the clock...not you and someone's  
check book. :-).
 
So how will your Genital Lady beat an AVA?  Be a better pilot than the  guy 
with the AVA.  The Genital Lady pilot doesn't have to fly longer or get  more 
points than the max.....he has just pilot his model to one more point than  the 
guy with the super ship ;-).
 
Its not gonna be balmy, but it will be there.  Looks like some wind so  
probably won't be making times, and landings should produce some giggles,  
but....we all get to fly the same air.  If its all one minute maxes, and  not much 
landing points...some one is going to have the highest scores  :-).

Gordy
 
In a message dated 2/25/2009 4:06:04 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
alwaysinsink at yahoo.com writes:


Hey  Gordy: What are the details about this contest? Venue/  time?
Cheers
AJ


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