Hi Tim Sorry but I beg to differ on that one. Open Class means exactly that. An ASW20 and a Nimbus 2 can both happily compete in Open Class. They probably cant win but they can compete.
ROSS _________________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Shirley Sent: Friday, 19 August 2011 11:00 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Handicaps In Club/Sports the two are in different classes, and in Multiclass even if classes are combined then Open flies with 18m and 15m flies with Standard. A Nimbus 2 and an ASW20 can never compete under current rules. Cheers Tim tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare On 19/08/2011 3:49, Mike Borgelt wrote: At 03:24 PM 19/08/2011, you wrote: Well, I can't help much but here goes. I don't have any results from Narromine 1978, and I have points results but no speeds from Waikerie 81. Average winners speeds were: Year Place Open 15M Std 77 Renmark 112.9 (.94) 106.6 (.97) 103.5 79 Cunderdin 97.1 (.99) 96.6 (.91) 87.8 80 Benalla 114.4 (.97) 110.8 (.93) 102.5 Overall 108.1 (.97) 104.7 (.94) 97.9 Thanks, Tim. I wasn't there but they were still talking about the great weather at Renmark the next year at Narromine. Cunderdin was low and blue with broken thermals so the Open class may have been at a disadvantage in the climbs at times. The Benalla contest was a good mix of weather and these results would seem to show that the Open Class gliders of the day, mainly Nimbus 2s were a bit better than the ASW20 etc. Maybe the feeling that they aren't as good is because of the pilots nowadays? Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 email: [email protected] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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