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> On Dec 11, 2013, at 12:30, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Aus-soaring mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Aus-soaring digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Nats & Team Selection (Adam Woolley) > 2. Re: seeing and perceiving (Mike Borgelt) > 3. Re: Colibri II (Plchampness) > 4. Re: Implementing RNP in Queenstown N Z (DMcD) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:27:03 +1000 > From: Adam Woolley <[email protected]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Nats & Team Selection > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > G'day all, > > Just throwing around ideas, nothing more. This isn't a rumor, nor what's > happening. Just canvassing the floor. This e-mail is targeting the > competition/XC pilot though. > > World comps, Nationals, State Comps, Fun comps/gatherings, training/coaching > weeks, your own flying adventures/aspirations, family/holidays - don't they > all take a tone of time & commitment?! > > With the Sports (note: I didn't say club) class nationals being flown as a > wet class now, it seems as though they're trying to justify keeping it. I > personally think it needs to be axed, or at least given zero weight in the > team selection points. Alternatively, take it out & restructure the nationals > to align with the WGC & EGC - ie, Club, STD, 20m; and 15m, 18m, Open. > > This is where my idea was born from. > > Why not split the two current nationals up as they are now & make one a > national team selection comp; & the other the Australian Nationals. > > The team selection competition: could have the following classes; Club, 15m > (wingspan) & Open (everything else!). Team (pairs only) flying should be > allowed if they desire, so we can gain experience in this important skill for > international competitions. Select the teams as we have been doing now, 40:60 > - though select the top four (8 pilots total) from 15m & Open Class, then > assign these pilots to their best team mate & class for their experience (the > way the polish do it atm). Naturally Club only takes the top two pilots. > > The other beauty of this, we can select our pilots sooner - & give them all > more time to prepare as a team. Eg, 3 months between our two selection > nationals atm. I still don't know who'll be my team mate in Finland. > > > The Australian Nationals: For those who don't care about international > selection, but want to be the national champion, or are fortunate enough to > have more time off to do both comps! Run as four classes, Club, STD, 15m, > 18m, Open. No team flying, nationals would run as it is now. > > > The beauty of the above idea. I for one just want to make the Australian > teams as priority one. So I'd only need to spend 2wks annual leave here. This > would then allow me to do a multiple of things in my remaining 2wks: squad > week, do a coaching event, long distance week, international comp, two state > comps or the other nationals. Winning! > > What do you think? > > > > Cheers, > WPP > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131210/5050a971/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:13:43 +1000 > From: Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] seeing and perceiving > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" > > Here's an interesting demo that bears thinking about: > > http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html > > > Mike > > > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring > instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20131210/9e004bae/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 18:50:30 +1100 > From: Plchampness <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Colibri II > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "Discussion of issues relating > toSoaring in Australia." <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Dear Jennie, > > Turn on your unit. When it starts click the multi switch to the right. > Next after the vario page is GPS bad, No navigation for TP. > One more move to the right. You get GPS BAD, No navigation for TSK. Click > in the centre. > Task edit page. Move up and down entering or deleting Start, turn points and > finish. > Click on each turn point and go down to zone, set A1 to 180 for a circle and > R1 for the radius. A12 is Auto. I forget what the other things do but you > can define a start line and a sector. > C > Click zone and go to view. You get a picture of what you have programmed as > the zone. > > Yours > Peter Champness > >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:51 PM, Jenny Ganderton >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a Colibri II FAI approved logger. Can anybody tell me how you declare >> a task in it? I can get turnpoints into it but not tasks >> >> The instructions say to copy a .cup file from SeeYou onto the SD card - but >> it always says "no tasks found". I am finding this a most frustrating piece >> of equipment to use. >> >> Help!! >> >> Thanks in anticipation! >> >> Jenny Ganderton >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:39:37 +1100 > From: DMcD <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Implementing RNP in Queenstown N Z > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <cad0mmpyebpuoxzfh_-umz_lwwjqet-wny7dhm4zxtehmjue...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > >>> What would happen on a day like this before RNP? > > Phillip Wills used something like this in the 1954 (?) worlds didn't > he? When faced with a narrow gap in an alpine ridge through which he > had to pass and a low cloud almost obscuring it, he took out his > stopwatch and started a series of beats along the ridge and climbed up > into the cloud. > > When he judged that he'd gained enough height to miss the rocks, he > turned and went through the gap? into a terrible wave rotor. I think > it was after this experience that MacCready, who won the comp, stopped > competitive flying. > > D > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > End of Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 123, Issue 8 > ******************************************* _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
