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Results Combined Winch Electric launch Diggers Rest 11 Nov 2018

Hi all,

this was the second of our combined winch and electric open thermal events.

Weather was pretty much perfect, blue skies, light winds,

and lots of thermals to be found,

and essentially final results came down to landings.

 

The one change we made to the rules was for the timers for the electric launch fliers, started the 10 minute clock when the pilot indicated they had switched their motors off.

This meant timing and scoring was all the same which made things simpler.

We did allow electric flyers to peel away from the winch launch direction during their motor runs.

However in retrospect this appeared to advantage the electric flyers a bit much because

they could travel to a thermal sooner than the winch launch fliers, so they ended up way higher sooner.

 

Only 3 flyers opted to use winches, Gerry, Hugh and myself, the rest used electric launch.

 

The final standings were:

1st Jim Houdalakis (winch)

2nd Alan Mayhew (electric)

3rd Hugh Blackburn (winch)

 

pdf overall_results_combined_thermall_11_11_18.pdf

 

pdf flight_scores_combined_thermall_11_11_18.pdf

 

pdf landing_results_combined_thermall_11_11_18.pdf

 

regards

Jim Houdalakis

Results Combined winch and electric Open Thermal Diggers Rest Sept 2018

 

Results for first round of open thermal for our season, and our first go at combining electric launch and winch launch gliders, with some work-in-progress rules to try out. I was worried we wouldn't have enough flyers to get a good mix, but we had 11 starters, with 6 on winches and 5 using motorised gliders.
They say melbourne weather is four seasons in one day, well Sunday's event was four seasons in one comp. we setup with blue skies and about 15 kph wind, about an hour in, it got cold and overcast and then started sporadic but brief showers getting more frequent so we called early lunch. Mid afternoon the wind began to abate with the sun was peeking through the clouds again, and some floaty air and soft conditions, and then the lift strengthening as the cloads shrank and day warmed up.
To give you an idea, I flew my perfection ballasted to about 2.2 kg, which was enough to climb, cover sky and get back from down wind, for about the first 2/3 of the day, then I flew it with the ballast out, and then finished with my light-strong perfection (1850g)
Thanks again to Max K for hanging around all day to time, which meant we could run 2 heats per round, which sped things up, and Dave Hobby paid a visit in the morning and is keen to join us, once he puts his new planes together.
Unfortunately Marcus had to leave early, so he missed the last round with a zero, and no dropped scores, was a big dent to his score.
It was good to see Zdnek at an open class comp with his homebuilt electric, managing to get some good flights in.
As for the electric launch rules, things went reasonably smoothly, I added, to the rules we came up with at the rcga agm, a rule regarding relaunches for electrics have to be from the flight line. Grouped the electric launch fliyers to one end of the flight line to avoid entanglements with winches, and with launches forward and parallel to the winch lanes while motors were running. Electric flyers had height limiters set to 200 metres and a 30 second motor run limit.
Timing was the main issue people had different views on. We had decided on the electric launch flyers timing 10:30, and subtracting 30 seconds from final time, so we ran with that, a process which several flyers thought could be improved upon, and I have some ideas on that.

 

Final placings:

1st HOUDALAKIS, Jim (winch launch) 7970.0

2 HASKELL, Daniel (winch launch) 7534.2

3 BLACKBURN, Hugh (winch launch) 7430.5

4 CARTER, Gerry (winch launch) 7423.3

5 WOODWARD, Don (winch launch) 7298.8

6 SIZER, Bernie (winch launch) 7041.2

7 PRATLEY, David (electric launch) 6978.8

8 MILWARD, Dave (electric launch) 6910.7

9 WILSON, Bob (electric launch) 6652.0

10 STENT, Marcus (electric launch) 6488.0

11 BUSEK, Zdnek (electric launch) 5886.1

 

pdf overall_results_rcga_open_thermal_16_sep_2018.pdf

pdf flight_scores_rcga_open_thermal_16_sep_2018.pdf

 

Thanks to eveyone who helped me setup and pack up, 

and til next time, happy flying,

regards

Jim Houdalakis

 

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Setting up

 

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Dave Milward nailing the spot.

FINAL Calendar for the 2018 - 2019 Season

Hi Everyone,

The RCGA calendar for the 2018 - 2019 season was finalised at the AGM on 30th August. The season will start on 9th September with F5J followed by Open Thermal (both winch and electric launch glider) on the 16th September.

There are 11 open thermal events, 10 F5J events (plus 4 open thermal events with electric launch included), 4 F3K events and 1 F3B event.  We have focused on more local events with 16 of the 26 events in Melbourne.

The AGM minutes will be available shortly.  However, the AGM agreed on the following rules for the first open thermal event with both winch and electric launch glider on 16th September. These rules will be reviewed and amended if needed after each event with the aim of agreeing on a final set of rules before the Midway Club in April. The RCGA encourges other groups to use these rules or similar and provide feedback.

RCGA AGM agreed rules - winch and electric launch rules

1. Winch launch gliders will fly to the normal 10 in 12 rules.

1. For saftey reasons - electric launch gliders must launch in a direction specified by the contest director (normally into wind) with a first turnpoint also specified by the content director (eg: 100m from the launch point). The CD will determine this based on number of pilots and the conditions of the day.

2. Electric gliders will have their motor turn off after either 30 seconds of motor run OR at a height of 200 meters - whichever comes first (or when the pilot turns it off if earlier).

3. Electric launch gliders will fly 10:30 in 12 minute working time (to account for the 30 sec motor run).

4. For scoring purposes 30 sec will be deducted from the final electric flight time (eg: A 10:31 will be scored as 10:01).

5. Both winch and electric launch gliders will land to the F3J landing rules - maximum of 100 points.

 

2018/2019 Calendar

rcga calendar 2018-19 final 02092018.pdf

 

Cheers,

Tom

Results Open Thermal 20 May 2018 - Diggers Rest

Hi All,

Last local event before Jerilderie, and forcast was all over the place, 

You could describe conditions as cool, overcast and windy, so not a landing comp.

Unexpectedly though, there seemed to be resonable lift for those willing to follow it back,

and returning home wasn't too hard either.

Numbers were a bit down as some people elected to practise f5j for the upcoming team trial instead.

We managed to get through 7 rounds and 

Congrats to: 

1st Hugh ,

2nd Bernie,

3rd Daniel

 

pdf overall_results_open_thermal_may_2018.pdf

 

pdf flight_scores_open_thermal_may_2018.pdf

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