Just to give an idea of how difficult/fun the woody ladder event can be to accomplish 23 minutes with the first step being 3 minutes and all other steps 2 minutes,
a minimum of 143 minutes are airborne ( 2 hours 23 minutes ) and requires a minimum of 11 launches . Manage your batteries............. :-) See you at Wood Crafters 07, Muncie, Indiana Here is the link to Wood Crafters 06 and more pix will be posted. http://www.skybench.com/woodcraft/2006/results.html Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Iafret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Harry DeBoer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Soaring" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] W.M.S.S. Woody > I will back up Harry's report as Saturday being the best thermal day I have > ever seen, very light wind, lots of light thermals that went up to OOS range > and once above 1000 feet, you could go anywhere and stay up for as long as > you wanted. I did put up a tent but never used it, we were all in the air > all the time (no timers required so everyone flew). > > I think we were all tired at the end of the day but the smiles were from > ear-to-ear. > > I did have some fun by seeing how long I could let the Paragon fly without > touching the stick, 3:22 and then had to land or it would have been much > longer. It is really weird watching your plane fly with your hand in your > pocket and it doing a better job than you could have. When I said no wind, > the whole flight (5 min) was over the field and it did not drift more than a > couple of hundred feet, total. > > Harry is a good CD, not great because he let it rain on us Sunday ;-). > Sunday was a challenge and he who launched highest and floated best won, > there was no up and only enough lift at time to maintain altitude for few > minutes. > > Thanks to Harry and the team, great team and good fun. > > Jack > > On 6/26/06, Harry DeBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As the CD all I can say is thank you to everyone who participated 24 > > Saturday and 19 Sunday ,also to those who came and helped (Larry Jeffries > > and others). This was the most fun event I have ever attended. If you ever > > get the chance to get to one of the Woody type contest it is a must. The > > format allows for more flying in one day then most get in a Month. Several > > pilots from the surrounding area asked when we would be doing this again and > > all I can say is not soon enough!! > > > > Ken Bates walked away with top honors both days and the overall, Greg > > Smith took best model Sat, Harry De Boer had longest flight at 1hr 20min > > 57sec on Sat. > > > > Sunday Bob Robinson took best model and Martin Doney had the longest > > flight at 7 min 57sec. > > > > From the times of the longest flights you can see the Saturday was > > incredible and Sunday was a struggle. > > > > I'm making plans to attend as many of these types of events as I can, but > > I will have to sneak in a Two Meter MOM now and again!! > > > > Harry De Boer > > LSF 6357 > > AMA 2343 > > > > > > -- > Jack Iafret > Home and Hobbies > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
