A nice idea but we did one last year and our club cleaned up. Obviously
we think this is because we're just superior pilots but it might also
have something to do with the flying conditions at our field. If the
lift is poor -- it happens -- then we will have to work at the flight
times but if is medium to good then we get people cruising around for
extended flights (one or two seem to be able to do an hour or so without
much problem but I reckon 25..40 minutes is more typical of the pack).
This isn't about bragging, its trying to get the contest more even
because what's a true achievement in one part of the country is run of
the mill in another. There's probably not time to devise some exotic
task and scoring scheme to try to level the different locales for this
contest but in the future we may have to figure it out on spreads....how
flight times vary across the field of entrants for a particular club,
that sort of thing.
(BTW -- I really like the plane. It might be a small chunk-o-foam but
with if its flown carefully its about as capable as a generic
2meter.)(...and it's neat when you find yourself on top)
Martin Usher
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The Greater Detroit Soaring And Hiking Society, GDSHS, is going to sponser an
Eazy Glider Postal fun contest on the weekend of May 24th / 25th, 2008. (snip)
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