[LASS Soaring] Re: I'm going to order us 5 new high starts for the next e...

Mon Jun 8 22:21:36 EDT 2009

We have chutes and the 3/16" od should be fine for everything but aim for  
the middle, the 2m Vista is about middle and priced cheapest.

The heavy duty start with the red chute was the big problem it was made to  
take up my unlimited ships.

Let's not over think this, get 5 pieces of tubing and I'll get the  rest.

As far as a new ring goes, you can find them at any drug store or where  
ever they have key rings.

Gordy

In a message dated 6/8/2009 5:27:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dion9146 at insightbb.com writes:

Yes, the consistency  of high starts hasn’t seemed to have been an issue in 
earlier rounds this  year, but I could sure see it this weekend.  However, 
we are always going  to have a mismatch issue with a contest like this.  We 
will need heavy  enough rubber to get the bigger, heavier ships up in the 
air, and some of the  smaller hand tossers may still need to walk their planes 
in.  No big  deal, but no one size rubber will be able to meet everyone’s 
needs.  I’m  happy with 3/16” OD tubing for launching the 900, especially 
when there is a  nice breeze, but fully stretched it will make a Handy’s wings 
wail!  (say  that 5 times)  With no wind, I can barely hit 200 ft with 3/16”
  rubber. 
Do we have lines,  chutes and rings too?  On the last set of launches, my 
tow ring was lost,  so for my hi-start I will need to find a new one of 
those.  We should  also consider the winding reels for these new units, but those 
are cheap at  Lowes or Home Depot.  I will figure out a way to store them 
in a dark  cool place until someone else takes over the CD duties.  I have 
lots of  extra lexan containers laying around. 
Another problem we  had yesterday was with the chutes themselves.  Before 
launch, everyone  should check to make sure the chute isn’t all bunched up or 
tangled.   They weren’t being very effective most of the time  yesterday. 
Dion 

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From:  soaring-bounces at louisvillesoaring.org  
[mailto:soaring-bounces at louisvillesoaring.org] On Behalf Of  GordySoar at aol.com
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 6:07  PM
To: ewilson1 at bellsouth.net;  soaring at louisvillesoaring.org
Subject: [LASS Soaring] Re: I'm going to  order us 5 new high starts for 
the next  event.

For the club, club  expense :-)

Again, order  it.

This past weekend  showed that this series is popular, and serves more of 
the members than any  other event we've had. its too expensive for us to not  
have quality hi starts for the series.

Right ?  
Gordy

In a message dated  6/8/2009 1:38:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
ewilson1 at bellsouth.net  writes:

Before you go and  spend any money it needs to be cleared through Ron. We 
may have some money  right now after the Mid-South but lets don't go whole 
hog. The money needs  to last the next three years.

_GordySoar at aol.com_ (mailto:GordySoar at aol.com)  wrote:   

Stand by, its a  lot more money than I remembered, so I am checking with my 
sources.   Tower offers some discounts on their High Starts but its not the 
best  tubing.  So hang on a bit. I'll keep you  posted.

Gordy

In a message dated  6/8/2009 11:46:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
_dion9146 at insightbb.com_ (mailto:dion9146 at insightbb.com)   writes:

I think that is  a good plan.  if we have the funds in teh club, we should 
do  it.  Even with all of the issues, I still overheard more than one  
member say they perferred to fly off of highstarts vs. the winch.  I  also think 
we have created enough momentum to continue this as an annual  series, so 
the investment will pay off.

So, who gets to  carry them around?   

Dion

-----  Original Message -----
From: _GordySoar at aol.com_ (mailto:GordySoar at aol.com) 
Date: Monday,  June 8, 2009 12:35
Subject: I'm going to order us 5 new high starts for  the next event.
To: _dion9146 at insightbb.com_ (mailto:dion9146 at insightbb.com) 
Cc: _ewilson1 at bellsouth.net_ (mailto:ewilson1 at bellsouth.net) 

>  It was dangerous and unfair, so no reason to wait till next  season.
> Should make it more fun and fair.
> Gordy
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