At the Mafikeng World Comps landing on bitumen runway with room off to each
side on grass the local rule was if you stopped with any part of the glider
over bitumen then you got a 50point penalty!
At the last few comps I have been at there have been more incidents/close calls
and worse from the
Hi folks
The weekend forecast is available at the link below and the weather
looks to be good, with unstable air and convection cloud on both
days.
I will update tomorrow as usual.
--
Robert
On 07/03/2013, at 3:00 AM, tom claffey to...@yahoo.com wrote:
At the Mafikeng World Comps landing on bitumen runway with room off to each
side on grass the local rule was if you stopped with any part of the glider
over bitumen then you got a 50point penalty!
At the last few comps I have
Towing on grass adds its own challenges to such a question - and certainly an
electric vehicle may be heavier than an ICE based one. That said, under many
circumstances more weight on a towing vehicle is better - else it might just
sit there and spin its wheels.
For towing on hard surfaces,
Many years ago I saw one member of this list towing a Bocian to the launch
point with a mountain bike, after his car had broken down :)
Cheers
Tim
Tra dire e fare cè mezzo il mare
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On 07/03/2013, at 3:30 AM, tom claffey to...@yahoo.com wrote:
At the last few comps I have been at there have been more incidents/close
calls and worse from the land straight and dick around for ten minutes pilots
than from those carefully taxiing off.
I would also prefer to see NO cars on
Ron,
It is because they have flaps, of course!
However if you invert the question, Standard Class gliders may fly in 15 m
(Racing) Class.
Gary
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From: Ron Sanders
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:23
Hello Tom,
I really don't have an axe to grind here. You said…
there have been more incidents/close calls and worse from the land straight
and dick around for ten minutes pilots than from those carefully taxiing off.
My glider has a steerable tail wheel, so I have the ability to veer
off the
Not saying a new local rule should not be used for a special event or
particular AFLD. That is done to guard against problems identified for that
unique set of circumstances but there has to be a starting point that we
can all relate to. Same as some AFLDs require RH circuits to to avoid
flying
It's a subject we're not going to win, but as you know - STD class gliders have
flexibility of flying both classes, but racing gliders are limited to just one
(at the MCN) class.
The handicaps are fair, yeah? So there's no advantage to be in a racing glider
while competing in STD class. Yet
Continuing on with the example,
in STD class, the LS4 would keep its 1.04 handicap - as it's competing in the
class that it should be.
WPP
On 07/03/2013, at 8:48, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote:
Ron,
It is because they have flaps, of course!
However if you invert the question, Standard
Unfortunately, when you have 40 gliders landing within 5 minutes on a strip
that can accommodate 3 abreast, there is no way this is possible or safe if
everyone just lands straight ahead. Everyone MUST land long, and those on the
edges MUST taxi off.
I've flown 2 comps this summer. at the
I couldn't agree with you more. Sounds like a really good local procedure.
Everyone in the loop.
On 07/03/2013 8:43 AM, Matthew Gage m...@knightschallenge.com wrote:
Unfortunately, when you have 40 gliders landing within 5 minutes on a
strip that can accommodate 3 abreast, there is no way this
On 07/03/2013, at 11:42 AM, Matthew Gage m...@knightschallenge.com wrote:
Unfortunately, when you have 40 gliders landing within 5 minutes on a strip
that can accommodate 3 abreast, there is no way this is possible or safe if
everyone just lands straight ahead. Everyone MUST land long, and
At 08:48 AM 7/03/2013, you wrote:
Ron,
It is because they have flaps, of course!
However if you invert the question, Standard Class gliders may fly
in 15 m (Racing) Class.
Gary
Clean miss of the point again, Gary. Have a think about it.
Mike
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I think you missed the point . If the handicaps are so good what does it matter
whether the span in 100 metres or if it has flaps?
Ron
On 07/03/2013, at 6:48, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote:
Ron,
It is because they have flaps, of course!
However if you invert the question, Standard Class
At the Mafikeng World Comps landing on bitumen runway with room off to each
side on grass the local rule was if you stopped with any part of the glider
over bitumen then you got a 50point penalty!
At the last few comps I have been at there have been more incidents/close calls
and worse from the
At the Mafikeng World Comps landing on bitumen runway with room off to each
side on grass the local rule was if you stopped with any part of the glider
over bitumen then you got a 50point penalty!
At the last few comps I have been at there have been more incidents/close calls
and worse from the
Who said the handicaps were so good?
Regarding CLASSES, any glider which fits is fine.
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Ron,
Because the handicaps have practical limitations as gliders have
different performance characteristics in different weather, which
handicaps can't take into account.
The handicaps are probably fair for a Cirrus and an ASG29 on a 3kt
day, but they certainly aren't on a 12kt day.
This seems to
My preference is to land to the side of the strip so nobody can be beside me
and taxi off in that direction.
Landing on the bitumen and taxiing off onto the grass really needs the
situation in Mafeking where nobody was allowed to land on the grass or taxiing
off onto a runway strip where nobody
Adam you are right in all counts. It won't be implemented either
Ron
On 07/03/2013, at 7:40, Adam Woolley go_soar...@hotmail.com wrote:
It's a subject we're not going to win, but as you know - STD class gliders
have flexibility of flying both classes, but racing gliders are limited to
How about letting the previous generation 20m gliders fly in 15m class where
the handicaps are much closer as compared to current generation open class.
The other factor that gives the higher performance gliders an advantage over
the previous generation gliders when there is a large handicap
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