Re: [RCSE] XC at Nats

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:57:40 -0800

Sheldon,
I know at the scale woody event there was a 1000 ft limit.  It mean't you had to work at it to make your times.  It might help in the choice of plane if there were some sort of limit.  If it were 1000 ft, my Minimoa would be my choice since it can catch low thermals that my other planes can't.  At 3000 I would probably use my Duo Discus. Of course, conditions are as much a factor in that choice also. In bad air, the Duo can cover a lot more ground than the Mini, even at 1000 ft.  Mark is doing it for safety reasons, so that is okay also . I'm really a newbie at this, so I will defer to the experts.  Peter has a lot of scale experience and could probably do great at any reasonable height limit.  Last time I only flew aero-tow twice (on Saturday) and really had a great time with my little ASW 27 thanks to Skip Schow for getting a nice convertible.  I was there to get my 10K off the winch, but conditions were so bad it wasn't really worth it.  I tried winch all day Sunday and didn't even get off the field.  Wish I had opted for the aero-tow that time.  Hopefully Mark has scheduled in some great weather this time.  He did pretty good at winch XC last time, considering the weather we had.
 
Of course, all of this is of little consequence, since I have to get my darn 10K out of the way.  The scale stuff is just so much more fun.  I'm hoping for some fun flying after the contests both days.  I guess that will depend on the tow-pilots.  Wish there was some way to do this every year instead of two.
 
Tom
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:26 AM
Subject: RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats

Actually, the guy (Skip Miller) with the biggest plane, a Nimbus4 as I recall, that towed the highest (~4K AGL?) did not take 1st Place...Peter Goldsmith did (and we had a blast being part of his team). So is your statement regarding "set height...more fair" actually valid...I'm not so sure? It was the first time I had ever experienced an aerotow even and it was AWESOME!
 
-Sheldon-

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