[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Day Three AM

The weather finally looks like it's going to play nice today - the radar is clear, and so are the skies above the AMA Flying Site. Not too warm today, though, with the highs expected in the mid-60s and only a 20% chance of rain. Winds are now out of the west at 10-15, and the winches were

[RCSE] Revised WSM Round 9 Scores

A scoring error was fixed last night after I posted the Round 9 scores - one of those count down/count up things, ya know? Anyway that has shifted Tom Kiesling into 9th and Jon Padilla into 10th. http://louisvillesoaring.org/tmp/2006worldsoaringmasters-rd9scoresA.jpg

[RCSE] Day 3 Warm, Blue Skies and Some Lift

So far the second round is completing for the day, not yet to the fly offs. There is lift on the East side of the field, but not everyone found it. Four planes are at about 1,200' (from where I'm sitting:-), while others in that group have landed early. Conditions will change shortly as

Re: [RCSE] Revised WSM Round 9 Scores

In a message dated 9/24/2006 8:38:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://louisvillesoaring.org/tmp/2006worldsoaringmasters-rd9scoresA.jpg Go Mike! Fantastic recovery Tom! Good Lift!

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Day 3 Prelims are Done!

We ended up flying two rounds (10 11) this AM in partly cloudy, windy conditions. Joe Wurts walked back from the flight line with a literal shovel in his hands! Another shake-up in the top 10. Speaking of the top 10 going into the finals: 1. Arend Borst 2. Skip Miller 3. Daryl Perkins 4.

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: First Look at the trophies!

Hard to get a good photo of it, they're so shiny! While they are beautifully engraved, rest assured they don't have my ugly mug painted on them :) http://www.louisvillesoaring.org/tmp/2006worldsoaringmasters-firsttrophy.jpg Gotta run! Finals are starting just now. ben wilson louisville

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[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Final Pilots and Planes

Everyone asks what were they flying at every contest, so here are the pilots and their planes in the finals: Perkins - Sharon Burnoski - Espada (white?) Remington - Espada Miller - Pike Perfect Clerx - Fazer Borst - Kennedy Supra Jolly - Pike Perfect Smith - Sharon Lachowski - Own Design

[RCSE] Day 3 Prelims are Done, Here's the Top 10 You Are Dying to Know About!

1. Arend Borst Kennedy Composites Supra2. Skip MillerSamba Model's Perfect (or was, also had an Espada in his quiver)3. Daryl Perkins HKM-USA's Sharon4. Cody Remington Skip Miller Espada R5. Ben ClerxExtreme6. Mike Smith HKM-USA's Sharon7. Larry Jolly Samba Model's Perfect8. Rich Burnoski

[RCSE] And So It Begins...Here's the Top 10 You Are Dying to Know About!

1. Arend Borst Kennedy Composites Supra2. Skip MillerSamba Model's Perfect (or was, also had an Espada in his quiver)3. Daryl Perkins HKM-USA's Sharon4. Cody Remington Skip Miller Espada R5. Ben ClerxExtreme6. Mike Smith HKM-USA's Sharon7. Larry Jolly Samba Model's Perfect8. Rich Burnoski

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals Round 1

They are flying 3 rounds back-to-back, then a charging pause and then three more rounds. Scores may not be available until the break or after it all. But in the mean time... Larry Jolly and Rich Burnoski had zero landings in the first round. All others made their landings. Not sure on

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Rounds 2 and 3

Burnoski and Clerx both early (7/8 minutes or so) in the second round. A south-easterly thermal sucked every one up in Round 3. Mike Reagan and his Kennedy Supra made an excellent kinda low save to hook up. Everyone came in close to time, and with landings. Birds aplenty now! Still windy

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Halfway Through the Finals

Here ya go! Fresh off the score billboard: http://www.louisvillesoaring.org/tmp/2006wsm-finals-halfwayscores.jpg Sky has opened up a bit here to partly cloudy conditions. Official timers stand ready, and the 4th round is about to begin. ben wilson louisville area soaring society RCSE-List

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals Round 4

An absolute meat-grinder! Arend Borst line-breaks, though initially it appeared to be a pop-off. A quick relight and a massive launch gets him back into the air. A low, long northeast thermal was chased by everyone, and it spit out half of the field, with the other half sky-ing out:

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Round Five

If you thought last round was a shake-up, just WAIT for Round Five First, two line-breaks in a row, Larry Jolly and Mike Smith, I *think*. Doug Pike says he saw Mike Smith pop, and I couldn't see the other, but Larry came in very early on time. Mike Smith got a relight because he had an

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals, Round Six

An amazing round again here at the WSM's. Burnoski had a line break and Skip Miller had a break as well. A pack went left, some right and a few deep, but nothing was working very well. A lot of people down low early. Jolly was first down, early Clerx was second down, early Cody was low over

Re: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Round Five

Ben, your reports are the next best thing to being there. I can't but I will be next year. Thanks from your audience for your efforts. Regards, Dave Corven, homebound but not much longer. -- Original message -- From: Ben Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you thought

[RCSE] They just landed! DP headed out with a bean basket :-(

This guy was up, they were down and walking, he was down and they were climbing! Right now from my best guess its gonna be Doug Pike's taller brother holding the plate, but don't even start paying bets, because until the scores are figured and the hot starlet opens that envelope, its still

[RCSE] Wing Building Techniques: Foam Laminated vs Built up Pro's and Cons?

Gang, I know the usual answer is it depends but which is the better build method? Here are the considerations... 1. Time (I want to build as quick as possible) 2. Accuracy of the build. I can cut foam wings and I can cut ribs by hand. I can also outsource these functions to have the performed

[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals are FINAL

10. Jolly - 4582 9. Burnoski - 4853 8. Daryl Perkins - 4968 7. M. Reagan - 5164 6. M. Lachowski - 5193 5. Skip Miller - 5694 ($250) 4. Ben Clerx - 5790 ($500) 3. Cody Remington (Junior) - 6118 ($750) 2. Arend Borst 6397 ($1250) 1. Mike Smith 6793 ($2500) Mike Smith had 3 1000's, a 999, a

Re: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals are FINAL

Thanks for the Coverage! Made my Day at work! Chip Willis On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:19:02 -0400, Ben Wilson wrote 10. Jolly - 4582 9. Burnoski - 4853 8. Daryl Perkins - 4968 7. M. Reagan - 5164 6. M. Lachowski - 5193 5. Skip Miller - 5694 ($250) 4. Ben Clerx - 5790 ($500) 3. Cody Remington

RE: [RCSE] Wing Building Techniques: Foam Laminated vs. Built up Pro's and Cons?

IMHO, Vacuum bagging would be the way to go. You can cut and prep the cores one day and bag the second day. There is probably as much work in a foam wing as there is in a built up wing, but it should come out more accurately (accurately is said with some trepidation, see UICU results on

RE: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals are FINAL

Ben, Thanks for taking the time to inform those of us that are 'home bound' this weekend. Looking at the scores and considering the talented flyers in the top 10, the scores seem very unusual. The 10th place flyers score is only 67% of the winners score. This is a very low percentage in my

RE: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals are FINAL

Ben... Absolutely GREAT reporting job! I thought I was bummed at missing the NATs this year, now I know what bummed really feels like, after playing your reports through my mind, and seeing if all from afar! Congratulations to ALL the contestants - I really wish I could have been there to cheer

RE: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Finals are FINAL

Thanks Ben, Gordy, et al. For the coverage. Outstanding, thank you for taking the time for the rest of us. It nice to have such close to real time coverage. Hard to travel to many contests so this type of reporting is a real treat. Looking forward to the pictures. Good lift, Tom

[RCSE] Muncie - Soaring Masters Final Scores

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[RCSE] Soaring Masters-Wew!

What a three days of flying this was, if you blew it off and did not come out you missed the toughest contest I have ever seen. Conditions ranged from just plain ugly, to beautiful, to some mix in between. As the good press agent Ben Wilson has portrayed, just being there to watch the finals

Re: [RCSE] Soaring Masters-Wew!

Watching the finals was worth the price off the addmission. Toughest contest I have ever seen. You couldn't escape a round where you weren't flying aginst one, two or three of the worlds best. Just look at the great pilots who didn't make the finals. Jerry Shape - Original Message -

[RCSE] WSM

Wow, I am freeking exhausted! I just got back from Muncie. That had to be one of the coolest contests I have ever attended. Absolutely some of the most challenging and best display of soaring I have ever seen. Even better was the display of sportsmanship and attitude amongst everyone, It