Another great OVSS contest in the books, again, some really good contest
flying going on. Long task times on top of some very challenging
conditions makes for some very savage and ruthless MoM flying. There were
some huge burials, and some of the smoothest flying I have seen from the
majority group of OVSS pilots. Think last man down in many flight groups,
and neutral air for a patch or two might be the golden spots on the field
at any one given moment. Landing at the farm was unforgiving, and the
goats liked to laugh at my mistakes from the adjacent pen.
The CD's Denny Zech and Mike Remus had to persevere through some rainy
spots, but they did and kept calling longer task times when we had the
opportunity to fly. The 7 winches were strong and we had Dave Campbell's
son running a cart retrieving lines all weekend. There was always some
donuts in the morning and a BBQ for lunch, the LOFT club does take care of
its contestants. The huge get together and the Texas Roadhouse Sat. night
was fun too.
Always good to see new faces in the OVSS, it's easy to come out and join
the fun. (OVSS #3, St. Louis next weekend) You can start out in the low
pressure Sportsman class or mix it up in the Expert class for some real
competition.
Again, thank you LOFT club for the great time!
Here are a few pictures I snapped over the weekend:
http://www.jimbacus.net/soaring/OVSS_2_2005/index.html
P.S. Most all the guys posting about wanting change to the pop off rule
last week didn't even show up to this contest, yet the LOFT club listened
to what was posted here and tried out something new. I think it worked
well for the guys that chose to use this new rule if they happened to pop
off or break a line, you all missed out.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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