Re: [RCSE] skegs on sailplanes

2000-02-04 Thread Marc Gellart
Mark, from Daryls excellent post to yours. I have this mental picture of you. Do you sometimes wear a pointy hat with eyeholes cut out, or a specific armband? You must be a legend in your own mind. Klaus, I, promise that I am not a member of the klan, or any other right wing

Re: [RCSE] skegs on sailplanes

2000-02-04 Thread GordySoar
In a message dated 2/4/00 4:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The last thing I am is a legend in my own mind, just a hard working guy who enjoys to fly and anything about flying, but I am very competitive when I walk out on the field of battle. Gellart is a

Re: [RCSE] skegs on sailplanes

2000-02-01 Thread Moved by the wind.
Michael Neverdosky wrote: How about shorter winch lines? a 100 meter line. Does a 100 yard line make thousands of readily available sites leap to mine? Gee, they even have the landing task set up already, between the poles, under the bar to the spot. Rich B RCSE-List facilities

Re: [RCSE] skegs on sailplanes

2000-01-31 Thread darylp
Most of you know, I've flown all over the world. The rest of the world simply doesn't understand our way of TD flying and scoring. The reality is that our tasks have evolved over the years to take into account the tiny little postage stamp flying fields we are required to sometimes fly from.

Re: Re: [RCSE] skegs on sailplanes

2000-01-31 Thread JMC3ROB
Klaus What I didn't say was that serious, hard charging, full scale sailplane competition flying comes with an elevated level of risk. Off field landings in totally unfamiliar terrain (most are) and flight into extreme weather conditions (thunderstorm downburst in my case) set the stage