Good comments and analysis JT Yours Peter Champness
On Nov 24, 2014, at 8:12 PM, "Trezise" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is pretty fair to say that the Victorian situation is an anomaly > for whatever reasons ... > > Just going over the data listed in Soaring Spot for 2014, entries for the > various comp/regattas run and appearing on this site are as follows: > Jan 2014: WA State: 29, Vic State: 16, Sports/Club Nats: 43. > Feb: Horsham Wk: 41, LK Regatta 46. > April: GQ Easter Comp: 52. > Sept: Qld State: 25. > Oct: Sports/Club Nats: 48. > Nov: Cunderdin Cup: 44, WA State 13. > Dec: NSW State: 27 entries to date (from website). > > I think there has been an incredible increase in the number of coaching > activities and events available over the last couple of years, and hopefully > this will result in increased comp participation. I have the feeling that > many of the pilots who have participated in these activities are well and > truly capable of flying in comps, but just need a bit of encouragement to dip > a toe into the water. > > Having started comp flying in the last 12 months, I can say that it is a > great way to at least find out your strengths and weaknesses. The ability to > download other competitors traces through Soaring Spot and compare the > various parameters with your own is really helpful in identifying what is > possible, and the areas which need improving. At Speedweek at West Wyalong a > couple of weeks back, some of us achieved average climb rates of around 5 kts > and thought we had done really well ...until we found Ingo had achieved 6.1 ! > > So I don’t think it is all doom and gloom. Perhaps just some local issues > which need to be addressed. > > JT > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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