I could think of nothing more boring than going to a contest and having to fly around in circles for 60 minutes. I like the landing portions of the contests, to me thats when things really start to get exciting.
I feel the only time the soaring portion of a contest is as exciting as the landings is if you are really scratching for lift, working that little bubble at 50 feet for your max
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That is the problem today, everything is geared towards the Visalia type contest, at least on the West coast. Landings are the thing, not flying.
I like soaring, the flying part. Landing is just the final phase of the flying part. I design my contest to emphasize on flying, not dorking. The only reason to have a point landing to for scoring seperation, so not everyone came in first of last!
If you only like landing, just like Jonh D. said, just fly a 1 minutes duration and go for the landings. Then soaring is not really for you.
That is why I really like Scale soaring, aero-tow, where landings are just to get the plane back on the ground, no contest at all.
Regards,
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