[RCSE] SWC Scores

2008-02-23 Thread Paul Emerson
Finally got the scores up on the website. Thanks to all and see you next year! http://casl.net PS - on the Open scores it has Cody ahead of Mike for 3rd place, that is just an alphabetical mistake. Mike took 3rd and Cody 4th after the flyoff, which was pretty cool if you missed it. Hi-starts, 5

[RCSE] SWC

2008-02-20 Thread Charlie
I want to thank CASL for putting on a good show again! I know you guys were short handed, and thought you handled that very well.. No winch problems... Great attitudes.. Always a great contest to attend.. I keep my fingers crossed that this contest will go on for many years to come. Always a

[RCSE] SWC Registration Closed! Wait and Wail!

2008-02-17 Thread gordysoar
Yes I won. About 8 raffle prizes, for the $20 I bought in tickets.? Shirts, a plane, some Greening servo mounts, some Serengetti sunglasses, some free Vinyl wing letterings, and some other stuff like a JR Spectrum Radio set. I did pretty much everything I could to make room at the top of RES

[RCSE] SWC Standings...

2008-02-17 Thread Joe Nave
FYI: Here is a sneak peak at the final standings (as far as I remember): OPEN 1 Jason George 2 Andreas Kuntz(sp?) 3 Mike Smith 4 Cody Remington 5 Skip Miller 6 Lex Mierop 7 Larry Jolly 8 Daryl Perkins 9 ? 10 Skip Miller RES 1 Joe Nave 2 Jason George 3 Skip Miller 2M 1 Some dude in a

[RCSE] SWC Was Slippery Today...Including The Landing Zone!

2008-02-16 Thread GordySoar
Weather said,, Sunny by 10am, it got sunny about 1:30 for an hour, other wize it was dark over cast with almost no wind and chilly as in sweatshirt, hoodie chillycold finger chilly. That made the ground really greasy under the grass landing boxes...and since the wind was completely

Re: [RCSE] SWC Was Slippery Today...Including The Landing Zone!

2008-02-16 Thread davidhauch
: [RCSE] SWC Was Slippery Today...Including The Landing Zone! Weather said,, Sunny by 10am, it got sunny about 1:30 for an hour, other wize it was dark over cast with almost no wind and chilly as in sweatshirt, hoodie chillycold finger chilly. That made the ground really greasy under

[RCSE] SWC... Is Testing a Better Solution!

2007-12-22 Thread GordySoar
Gordy, For several weekends now, this is exactly what has been done. Testing... Visalia configurated lines (heavier line on bottom, to turnaround, lighter/stretchier line to launch hook). Rick Bothel has also come up with a really nice configuration for keeping lines up off the ground.

[RCSE] SWC 2007

2006-10-26 Thread Paul Emerson
I forgot to mention that a printable, mail-in form will also be available at www.casl.net as soon as the BBQ and T-Shirt prices are in. Sorry again for the delay. On 10/26/06, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clarence,I can answer some of these questions.I just got off the phone with Chico

[RCSE] SWC Photos

2006-02-25 Thread R/C Soaring.COM Webmaster
Ok, I got all the SWC pictures posted - about 50 in total. Thanks to all that submitted them... See www.rcsoaring.com Joe == Joe Nave NetMeister, Inc. InterNetwork Design Integration 4224 Waialae Avenue #155 Honolulu, HI 96816-5330 Phone:

[RCSE] SWC - a view from near the bottom

2006-02-14 Thread Hilaunch
Thanks to CASL for a very enjoyable weekend of TD competition. The weather during the weekend was nearly perfect but occasionally a bit too challenging for some of us. Of course an off field landing did not help. A previous writer reported seeing a Red Supra bounce off the wires but that

[RCSE] SWC Thanks

2006-02-13 Thread Jim Monaco
I started out running an F3J practice for the US team on Thursday. George Joy was kind enough to lend the US F3J team the club winches to run the kinda, sorta F3J contest with both winches and hand tow. It went quite well, and while the winch launches were not as fast at the hand tows they

[RCSE] SWC Top 3

2006-02-12 Thread John Diniz
10:47 PM To: soaring@airage.com Cc: Subject: [RCSE] SWC Well, much of it has been said already. The weather was great, light winds, warm and lots of thermals. As noted the excitement of the day was an ICON going into the wires and knocking power

[RCSE] SWC

2006-02-12 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
It's over. The full scoring will be posted soon. The top three were 1) Daryl Perkins, 2) Joe Wurts 3) Joe Newcomb. The weather was incredible and very warm, the warmest I can remember. Thermals were everywhere but it you didn't get one you were screwed. The off field landings were abundant,

[RCSE] SWC - Scores/Photos/Thanks

2006-02-12 Thread R/C Soaring.COM Webmaster
Flying from HNL to PHX - AMEX Miles Staying with a friend - Great! Flying in awesome conditions with my friends my AVA for 3 days - Priceless! ;) Scores will be on www.rcsoaring.com in a little while tonight. Also, I received a lot of pictures which I will posting later tonight/this week/as

[Fwd: Re: [RCSE] SWC]

2006-02-11 Thread eholt
Original Message Subject: Re: [RCSE] SWC From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Sat, February 11, 2006 1:11 am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The Supra

RE: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Jon Stone
Simple. Marta Zavala won the whole contest with his Supra. Any news about how it went today ? Regards, Dave Corven. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Marta Zavala
Yes, with the Supra, the pilot need not even be present to win -even if he is called a boy named Marta. Walter - Original Message - From: Jon Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] SWC Simple. Marta Zavala won

[RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Marta Zavala
Looking forward to hearing first day results. Are they flying addem up this year? If so 1st day results for manyare pretty much meaningless. Walter

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Paul Emerson
I left before the scores were posted today. The first round was 4 minutes and then there were 4 rounds of add-em up with a total of 33 minutes. However things were running behind so they shortened it to 3 rounds of 23 minutes (my numbers may be a little off). Weather was nice with a little breeze

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Marta Zavala
be nuthin to kill- just my luck! Guess I better get back on that Icon list. Thanks again, Walter - Original Message - From: Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marta Zavala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: soaring@airage.com Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] SWC I left

[RCSE] SWC

2006-02-11 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
Well, much of it has been said already. The weather was great, light winds, warm and lots of thermals. As noted the excitement of the day was an ICON going into the wires and knocking power out to 20,000 people. The second interesting note of the day was JOE WURTS making the shamewith

[RCSE] SWC

2006-02-10 Thread mrmaserati
Any news about how it went today ? Regards, Dave Corven. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent

[RCSE] SWC...a minor event not worth reporting????

2006-02-10 Thread GordySoar
We'll see..I'm pretty sure that our AMA Soaring columnist (and local) will give us an update. No I didn't imply that, in this case, or in the case of this event each year, actions have spoken louder than words...un printed :-( I know that the F3j got blown out after a few rounds. But today

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-10 Thread James V. Bacus
Heck, I'd be up for any news from yesterday or today... anybody fly a Supra in the F3J team practice? At 09:33 PM 2/10/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any news about how it went today ? Regards, Dave Corven. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537

[RCSE] SWC, a minor event doesn't list sailplanes flown....So which is it?

2006-02-10 Thread GordySoar
NO PILOT flies a task with out a teammate...his sailplane. While we personally love every pilot flying...all of our interest (especially this time of year! :-) is what they flew. Come one SWC guys, step up and show the WORLD that the SWC is a USA major. Share the fun for us who have to toil

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-10 Thread Marta Zavala
There is some stuff on SWC by a couple of guys, Mike Lee and another, on RCGroups - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:33 PM Subject: [RCSE] SWC Any news about how it went today ? Regards, Dave Corven. RCSE-List

[RCSE] SWC

2006-02-10 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
Sorry Gordy, wasn't out there yesterday. My 82 year old mom needed to go to a Doctors appointment so I didn't get to go. Daryl is staying at my house and reported there was some really weird weather during the F3J practice and sorta contest. Three roundswere flown but I don't have the

[RCSE] SWC report from RC Groups..yipes

2006-02-10 Thread GordySoar
Not exactly the kind of news I wanted to tune into sittinginmy motel waiting for snow in Atlanta But this is about it so far...:-( Hope Mike decides that there are fun things to report about, he's a great stick and better columnisthard ground I've seen before...but Supra's in JW's

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2006-02-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is a Supra Is that a new kind of Soap??? Dr. Dan WIlliamsCo Springs,Co ~~~ Heck, I'd be up for any news from yesterday or today... anybody fly a Supra in the F3J team practice?At 09:33 PM 2/10/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Any news about how it went today

[RCSE] SWC on Google Earth

2006-02-06 Thread John Erickson
I was just checking out the flying site at Schnepf Farms for the Southwest Classic. Looks like the Schnepf people have done some creative mowing. Check out their crops from about 4,000 ft... JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News.

Re: [RCSE] SWC on Google Earth

2006-02-06 Thread Doug McLaren
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:34:33PM -0800, John Erickson wrote: | I was just checking out the flying site at Schnepf Farms for the Southwest | Classic. Looks like the Schnepf people have done some creative mowing. | Check out their crops from about 4,000 ft... Cute. To save somebody the trouble

Re: [RCSE] SWC on Google Earth

2006-02-06 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
List Soaring@airage.com Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] SWC on Google Earth On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 05:34:33PM -0800, John Erickson wrote: | I was just checking out the flying site at Schnepf Farms for the Southwest | Classic. Looks like the Schnepf people have done

Re: [RCSE] SWC on Google Earth

2006-02-06 Thread Marta Zavala
What? Crop circles at the SWC - must be the ailiens spying on the Supra. They feel like theyre falling behind! Walter - Orginal Message - From: John Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring List Soaring@airage.com Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 5:34 PM Subject: [RCSE] SWC on Google

[RCSE] SWC sign ups

2006-01-19 Thread George Joy
Hello All, The CASL Club has opened sign ups for all 3 classes at the SWC. Those of you who have been asking can now get in all classes, get those cards and letters in. We will be closing registration Feb 3rd. Smooth Landings George RCSE-List facilities provided by Model

Re: [RCSE] SWC sign ups

2006-01-19 Thread Bill's Email
Will there be a listing soon on the CASL site showing entries, frequencies, etc?? George Joy wrote: Hello All, The CASL Club has opened sign ups for all 3 classes at the SWC. Those of you who have been asking can now get in all classes, get those cards and letters in. We will

[RCSE] SWC Pilots List

2006-01-19 Thread Bill's Email
Never mind - I see the listing now!!! Last I looked it was not there (a few days ago). RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format

Re: [RCSE] SWC sign ups

2006-01-19 Thread Ray Hayes
Subject: [RCSE] SWC sign ups Hello All, The CASL Club has opened sign ups for all 3 classes at the SWC. Those of you who have been asking can now get in all classes, get those cards and letters in. We will be closing registration Feb 3rd. Smooth Landings George RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] SWC sign ups

2006-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To all my Friends ( the few I think I have that is ) I just want to say I will not be able to go this year to the SWC. As it stands right now everything is pointing to the fact that our12 year oldson's brain cancer is back and will be going through treatment duringthis time and then some,so I can

[RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread soarx4
What are the dates for the Southwest Classic this year? The CASL web site doesn't have the information for dates or registration. I can't sign up if I don't know when? Ron Kukral SOAR Chicago RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to

RE: [RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread Jim Monaco
also avoid the Superbowl conflict on the 5th. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:57 AM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] SWC What are the dates for the Southwest Classic this year? The CASL web site doesn't

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread Bill's Email
Feb 11 12. The CASL folks are working on the website right now and should have it updated very soon. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the dates for the Southwest Classic this year? The CASL web site doesn't have the information for dates or registration. I can't sign up if I don't

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
getting enough help to work last year. This year will be better without the conflict. George and I are both CD's for the event. Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: [RCSE] SWC

[RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread soarx4
Ask and ye shall recieve. Thanks to all who responded. I also found that as of this morning, the CASL web site is updated. Ron Kukral SOAR Chicago -- Forwarded Message: - From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Subject: SWC Date:

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread Paul Emerson
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: [RCSE] SWC What are the dates for the Southwest Classic this year? The CASL web site doesn't have the information for dates or registration. I can't sign up

RE: [RCSE] SWC

2005-11-17 Thread Jim Monaco
also avoid the Superbowl conflict on the 5th. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:57 AM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] SWC What are the dates for the Southwest Classic this year? The CASL web site doesn't

[RCSE] SWC Entry Open

2005-11-17 Thread Bill Malvey
CASL has updated the website complete with PayPal registration if you want it. http://www.public.asu.edu/~vansanfo/casl/swc.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe

[RCSE] SWC 2006 Proposed Date Change

2005-03-22 Thread Paul Emerson
Fellow pilots, CASL is considering moving the SWC date to the second weekend in February, due to the fact that our event conflicts with the Northwest R/C show in Puyallup, the Superbowl and the Phoenix Open. The NW RC show costs us some vendors, the Superbowl costs us volenteers, and the Phoenix

Re: [RCSE] SWC 2006 Proposed Date Change

2005-03-22 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
]; Erich Van Sanford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:11 PM Subject: [RCSE] SWC 2006 Proposed Date Change Fellow pilots, CASL is considering moving the SWC date to the second weekend in February, due to the fact that our event conflicts with the Northwest R/C show in Puyallup

[RCSE] SWC Flyoff between Goldsmith and Markiewicz

2005-02-10 Thread markf3x
Hi All, I have the wrong trophy from SWC (after the scoring changes). Anyhow, the 9th place trophy I have in my posession belongs to either Arthur or Peter (they tied). So, I'm conducting the flyoff to determine who I should send the trophy. I have selected a whole minute flight task time

Re: [RCSE] SWC Flyoff between Goldsmith and Markiewicz

2005-02-10 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
Mark, Hold on to that for now. We are sorting things out. Darwin - Original Message - From: markf3x [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:25 PM Subject: [RCSE] SWC Flyoff between Goldsmith and Markiewicz Hi All, I have the wrong trophy from

RE: [RCSE] SWC Flyoff between Goldsmith and Markiewicz

2005-02-10 Thread Jim Monaco
Actually that is a 3-way tie for 9th that includes Skip Miller Jim Jim Monaco -Original Message- From: markf3x [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:26 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] SWC Flyoff between Goldsmith and Markiewicz Hi All, I have

[RCSE] SWC Scores By Rouud

2005-02-08 Thread Hank Schorz
Joe Nave has done a real nice set of graphs showing the distribution of times by flight group with one graph for each round. Its very interesting. Here is the link: http://www.rcsoaring.com/scores/05casldetails/05casldetails.htm Thanks for the work Joe, Hank Schorz

[RCSE] SWC Scores By Round, interesting to see which groups got...

2005-02-08 Thread GordySoar
...hosed ! :-) It sort of shows the thermal cycles for each day. What will be awesome is to see what a Man on Man contest would look like in comparison. Thanks Joe! Great stuff! Gordy now if we can get a listing of the sailplanes flown :-)

Re: [RCSE] SWC Scores By Rouud

2005-02-08 Thread Joe Rodriguez
: [RCSE] SWC Scores By Rouud Joe Nave has done a real nice set of graphs showing the distribution of times by flight group with one graph for each round. It’s very interesting. Here is the link: http://www.rcsoaring.com/scores/05casldetails/05casldetails.htm Thanks

[RCSE] SWC Thanks and Congratulations

2005-02-08 Thread Tom
This is simply a great contest... Even when the TSA tries to take the tail off of your airplane on the way, then the automatic door on the minivan tries to finish the job! I had a great time out there again flying against all (most) of the big names from the Western US... we missed you this

[RCSE] SWC

2005-02-08 Thread crg13
I only to a peak at the scores, didn't care that much.Had to go catch an airplane before it was over. I live in Ohio and came for the weather. Sat alone was worth the trip. Maybe that was because of the twenty you found.. You guys do a great job. This was my fourth trip, hope to make it

RE: [RCSE] SWC Scores and Pictures

2005-02-07 Thread George Voss
Congratulations to Daryl Perkins who finish 1st and 162nd. ?? :) gv -Original Message- From: Joe Nave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:08 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] SWC Scores and Pictures Congratulations to the winners! Scores are online

[RCSE] SWC Scores and Pictures

2005-02-06 Thread Joe Nave
Congratulations to the winners! Scores are online at www.rcsoaring.com If anyone would like to share pictures they took, please contact me, as I would like to post them on the site for all to enjoy. Thanks, Joe == Joe Nave NetMeister, Inc.

[RCSE] SWC

2005-02-05 Thread mrmaserati
Are there any preliminary results available yet ? Regards, Dave Corven. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2004-11-21 Thread Clarence Ashcraft
Malvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 11:41 PM Subject: [RCSE] SWC So far it looks like entries for the SWC in Phoenix (well OK, western Globe) are not all that robust yet. Which is good in my book. I want to thank all of you. PLEASE, if you

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2004-11-21 Thread Bill Malvey
On 11/21/04 7:40 Clarence Ashcraft wrote: I don't know how many entries they have but I know mine has been sent in a few weeks ago I guess you can be Grandfathered in and escape my Hex. But for the rest of you, there really is no excuse. ~~~ Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities

[RCSE] SWC

2004-11-20 Thread Bill Malvey
So far it looks like entries for the SWC in Phoenix (well OK, western Globe) are not all that robust yet. Which is good in my book. I want to thank all of you. PLEASE, if you are thinking about coming, DON'T. As it stands right now, if there are enough no-shows (say 18 to 25), I stand a pretty

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2004-11-20 Thread Paul Emerson
It's not on the website yet, but there will also be HLG golf, HLG, Slo-stick combat, and I think a night-time flying wing pylon race. Good food and good people - better avoid the whole mess so Bill can place ;) Paul www.casl.net On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:41:45 -0800, Bill Malvey [EMAIL

[RCSE] SWC

2004-02-08 Thread BobL
Any preliminary scores from the Southwest Classic?

[RCSE] SWC 2004 - Hand-launch Golf

2004-01-26 Thread Jeff Sansoterra
For those of you attending this year's SWC 2004, CASL will be hosting a Hand-launch Golf Tournament on the afternoon of Friday, February 6th. This year we will be playing at the newly remodeled (they added a tree) Fiesta Lakes Golf Club, with adjacent clubhouse (Denny's). Tee-Off will be at 3pm.

[RCSE] SWC SS Combat - How Many Pilots?

2004-01-26 Thread target_drone
Mike Lee is hosting a Slo-Stik combat event on Sat. at the South West Classic. We have heard that the San Diego guys are going to have a squadron there for it, but we were hoping to get an idea of just how many will be competing. This event should be fun in monsterous proportions for both

[RCSE] SWC Vendor-Sponsorship Info

2004-01-08 Thread GHANSON
I know there are some vendors out there lurking that would like to have the opportunity to display wares at the upcoming contest in Phoenix. Check the following link for all vendor/sponsorship information: http://www.public.asu.edu/~vansanfo/casl/swc_data/sponsorship04.doc Thanks, Garland

[RCSE] SWC

2004-01-06 Thread George Joy
Hi all, Jo I have finally gotten settled here in Gilbert, AZ. I am now a member of the CASL club and have put in my 2 cents to help get this contest flowing smoothly this year. The committee has done a great job of correcting some downfalls from last year. I think you are going to like

[RCSE] SWC?

2003-10-20 Thread Jim Monaco
Is there any info on the SWC for next year? Usually the registration starts about now. Jim RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format

Re: [RCSE] SWC Landing Circle

2003-02-08 Thread Aerofoam
PS, one of the reasons for this landing was to minimize time and people in the landing zone. You know right away what the score is and you don't need to measure. We wouldn't have been able to turn the LZ around for upwind landings because the planes would then have to make their final over the

Re: [RCSE] SWC Results

2003-02-08 Thread Alberto
Congratulations to all the participants for the job well done! Also a very Special Thanks to Mike Lee and Manny Gomez for their excellent performance in difficult conditions. They were flying the Hobby Club Breeze-Plus and Breeze with second to none performance on their very expert fingers.

Re: [RCSE] SWC Landing Circle

2003-02-08 Thread Brian Smith
About what size were the individual circles?? Thanks..Brian RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.

Re: [RCSE] SWC Results - Landing Tasks

2003-02-06 Thread David Zucker
, 2003 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] SWC Results - Landing Tasks From the department of statistical analysis... There were 700 landings attempted at the SWC. 483 had a zero 135 had a 25 62 had a 50 20 had a 75 0 had (or tried) a 100 A petri dish has a side to it; it's obvious that we could

[RCSE] SWC

2003-02-03 Thread John Erickson
Thanks to CASL for hosting the 2 day event. The logistics behind a big contest are extensive; their is a lot of work behind the scenes, all of it voluntary. Without the effort we wouldn't even be able to tell stories like these: With all the skeg/no skeg conversation on the board I wish the no

[RCSE] SWC HLG-Golf Update

2003-01-22 Thread Garland
Sorry for the delay but all the final details on the upcoming HLG golf event, including a map, can be found at the following link. I'll be stopping by the clubhouse later today and will try to snap a couple of photos to post later. This will bea challenging course for our style of play.

Re: [RCSE] SWC HLG-Golf

2002-11-18 Thread Izak Theron
I'm intrigued... How does one play golf with an HLG? Enquiring minds want to know. Cheers, Izak RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only

[RCSE] SWC HLG Contest

2002-02-10 Thread Pat McCleave
Guys, At the SWC they had a fun type HLG contest on Saturday evening (thanks Garland). It started out as an all up last down event with the first 3 to land not advancing to the next round. I am new to DLG launching so I thought this won't take long for me to be out. I surprised myself and

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2002-02-05 Thread Pat McCleave
Fred, This in no way trying to take anything away from Skip's great flying and landing but if it ever blew even 10 knots all weekend in Phoenix, we must fly in Hurricane force winds here in Kansas. I was there and I do not ever remember any wind over 5. Down wind and cross wind landings

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2002-02-05 Thread FRED SAGE
I was simply making an estimate of the wind speed. Since I seldom fly in windy conditions, my judgment may have been off. I don't recall anyone having a wind gauge set up so wind speed verification would be difficult. I based my assumption on the fact that most gliders coming off tow

[RCSE] SWC Thoughts

2002-02-05 Thread Jim Monaco
Thanks to the whole CASL club for a great event! Saturday conditions were brutal – everyone else has already described them – and they were not exaggerating. Add-em-up is a little more forgiving in the time area, but things were tough enuff to easily lose the 6 minutes buffer on the first day.

[RCSE] SWC, a good test of who knows their gliders the best!!

2002-02-05 Thread Flying High
First of all, congrats to Skip Miller for teaching us all how to land in not so-ideal conditions. Great job!! Good flying to all the top place pilots, lots of great flying took place this past weekend and people got to test how well their pilot skills came to play. You know what, congratulations

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2002-02-05 Thread Danny C Williams
/ President of RMSA. Bad roads bring good people and good roads bring bad people. From: Pat McCleave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] SWC Fred, This in no way trying to take anything away from Skip's great flying and landing but if it ever blew even 10 knots all weekend

[RCSE] SWC

2002-02-05 Thread FRED SAGE
I'd also like to congratulate Skip Miller for his exceptional landing performance at the SWC. I don't know his individual round landing scores, but doing the math backward, you can determine his average landing. There were 3,460 possible points in the contest and Skip accumulated 3364

Re: [RCSE] SWC

2002-02-05 Thread tony estep
--- FRED SAGE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd also like to congratulate Skip Miller for his exceptional landing performance at the SWC The next time you're out practicing landings on a windy day, put a 14 circle out as your target and see... Which again brings to mind my favorite RCSE

[RCSE] SWC Night Pylon Race

2002-01-26 Thread Ronald L Adams
Pilots Same as before. Stock Speed 400 motors , 6 or 7.2 volts, Battery 7 or 8 cells, 500 or 600 ma. Foam only for safety. For more info. contact Merrill or Ron at the addresses's below. Signups at the MM Glidertech booth. Cylumes will also be available there . Thank You,

[RCSE] SWC Chili Potluck

2001-12-05 Thread Dan Borer
Hey all you SWC campers-- Since the evenings at Phoenix are so quiet and boring (yeah, right!), how about all of the folks camping at the SouthWest Classic this year get together and put on a Chili Potluck on Friday evening. This would be a perfect way to showcase your culinary skills, add the

Re: [RCSE] SWC 2nd place with 2M Sisu

2001-02-06 Thread glidn
Not too bad Jerry! 2nd place over all w /a two meter plane. And you said earlier "the not so good" have lucky days- I think not! -Original Message- From: Jerry Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, February 05, 2001 7:49 PM Subject:

[RCSE] SWC 2nd place with 2M Sisu

2001-02-05 Thread Jerry Robertson
Broke my Open class Preying Mantis the day before the contest, so backup was my 2M Sisu. It still flys great. Sal still sells them. Jerry RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] SWC 2001

2001-01-15 Thread Dan Borer
Anybody looking for a ride to the South West Classic at Phoenix? I have room for one passenger to keep me company while rolling down the interstate. I'll have lots of room to carry your stuff either in the bed of my truck or in my fifth wheel trailer. This offer is for a ride only since the

[RCSE] SWC 2001

2001-01-15 Thread James V. Bacus
Anyone get a packet or letter back for SWC 2001? I registered when it was first announced, and I see my name on the web page with my Freq... But I didn't get anything in the mail yet. Luckily I have my hotel reservations already made because I know some guys that have gone before. But I

Re: [RCSE] SWC 2001

2001-01-15 Thread Dave Wenzlick
If you provided CASL with an e-mail address on your entry form, then your confirmation was sent to that address. The rest were mailed by snail mail. I will be posting the flight order later tonight on the web. Dave Wenzlick Mesa AZ "James V. Bacus" wrote: Anyone get a packet or letter

[RCSE] SWC Pictures by Skip

2000-02-13 Thread RICHSHILL
Skip may be a self-described beginner, but his pictures are really the way to show a contest. Volume. Volume is the answer! Plus low res JPEG for fast loading. Congratulations. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe"

[RCSE] SWC 2000 Pictures by Skip

2000-02-12 Thread Skip Richards
Well I had to do it! I finally broke down and learned html 101 so I could put up my pictures of the SWC 2000 event on my web page. I've used up all 5 Mb that @home gives me, and I've got at least as many MORE pictures to add. For now, check out the following link and tell me what you think - be