Hi all, Its odd that this should be mentioned as I have often thought that ridge soaring, in a timed lap situation say 10 laps of an appropriate distance along the ridge(2km?), as flown in model comps. The emphasis is on accurate low drag turns and a signalling device is used to inform the pilot of the end of a lap.
Such an event could be run faily quickly without too much organisation.....except for the wind! A site with top launching abilities would be nice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Boulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Aus-Soaring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] [Fwd: Hang Gliding Competitions on TV] > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Hang Gliding Competitions on TV > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:14:14 +1100 > From: Dave Boulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On a Channel in Shanghai I saw Hang Gliding Competitions at Stanwell > Park Australia. It involved Slalom & Ridge Racing, they used pencil > cams, air to air from another glider & ground cams. All was real > professional. > > It makes me wonder whether we could do a similar thing on ridges where > one glider at a time makes a timed run & the fastest wins, with > handicaps etc I guess. > > The main thing is we could actually get TV interested in something like > this. > > Slalom not real practical for sailplanes I think. Ridge racing....yes. > -- > | Dave Boulter |"Flying is learning to throw | > | Technology Solutions | yourself at the ground, and....| > | Director of Operations | miss."--- Ford Prefect | > | ICON | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Silicon Graphics | Tel: +61.2.8875.9541 > | Sydney Australia | Fax: +61.2.8875.9484 > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
