yes, it is recommended that all budding and novice Comp pilots complete a Speedweek or similar before their first Comp.
when Paul Mander runs Speedweek there is emphasis is on Comp preparation. Final Glides and FG planning is part of that. A great place with a structured low stress environment to learn and practice these key aspects. > On 4 Mar 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jarek Mosiejewski <jar...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > From my observations, circuit finishes happen most often with novice > competition pilots who are not yet comfortable with straight-ins and / or > unable to fine-tune the final glide arriving with too much altitude. > Sometimes you may also see this when the designated duty runway is so > congested that it is safer to join the circuit to an alternative runway. > Regards > Jarek > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Gary Stevenson" <gstev...@bigpond.com> > > To: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au>, "M-12148 Mosiejewski Jaroslaw" > <jar...@optusnet.com.au> > Cc: > > Sent: > Fri, 4 Mar 2016 12:59:57 +1100 > Subject: > RE: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding > > > Yeah, it can happen, but only on good blue days, when your normal > inter-thermal glide speed is about 100 knots or so, and you are already on, > or close to, final glide . If your VNE is say 135 knots, and you > find/stumble upon a nice energy line in the blue, you can be at VNE > surprisingly quickly. On Cu days, you can usually allow for this by looking > well ahead, starting the final glide early, and gradually pulling up under > the clouds onto the optimal final glide path. > > Gary > > > > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf > Of Richard Frawley > Sent: Friday, 4 March 2016 11:49 AM > To: M-12148 Mosiejewski, Jaroslaw; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring > in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding > > > > expect for the rare occasion, if you come in with that much energy on final > glide in a comp, then you screwed up the planning of the final glide > > > > > > > > On 4 Mar 2016, at 11:42 AM, Jarek Mosiejewski <jar...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > There are no low level finished in the comps, the vast majority of comp > finishes are straight-ins which are really long finals. The rest, for people > who have too much energy for a straight in, they are regular circuits. > Most comps explicitly forbid low level, high energy finishes (aka bit ups). > Regards > Jarek > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > > > > > To: > > > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > > Cc: > > > > > > Sent: > > > Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:30:20 +1100 > > Subject: > > > Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding > > > On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:14 AM, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > It's probable that the > statistics overall are not enough to prove anything one way or > another. > > > > > Well, sure, you could give strong-feelings-and-make-believe a try if you > want, but if you can’t baseline a “before” and “after” picture I’m not sure > how you’ll work out whether or not you’ve advanced the state of the art. > > > > > There have been a significant number of accidents and fatalities in > the last few years during comps which were related a style of flying > which is unique to comps… low finishes. > > > > > Is that a true statement? > > > > > This type of accident is rare or non-existent outside comp flying. > > > > > Is that a true statement? > > > > > - mark > > > > > > > > Email sent using Optus Webmail _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > Email sent using Optus Webmail > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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