Tom, Maybe a good way to add some more spark to this event and lower the fatigue factor (been there and done that) is the CD could determine a max level of steps or a predetermined cut off and have a fly off of the top five or some number of contestants. Probably base the number to qualify for the fly off on the total number of contestants.
what do you think ? Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Broeski" <[email protected]> To: "Ray Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Ladder task for woody contests ( or any type of construction) > They had it at Lancaster Woody in August, and some of the pilots were too > wiped out to come back and fly the next day for the standard TD. It is a > great task, but can be really grueling. I clocked nearly 5 hours of air > time to get a 31 min flight. (Object is not to fly 24.5 min of a 25 min > flight). Three minute spread would definitely be better. Don't forget to > have a "required" lunch break to keep the pilots from killing themselves. > T > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:09 PM > Subject: [RCSE] Ladder task for woody contests ( or any type of > construction) > > > > Here is something different for sailplane contests that has a lot of > > flying > > time and is all about soaring, although a optional landing task can be > > included. > > I prefer the three minute ladder after running the two minute ladder for a > couple of years at Wood Crafters > > 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
