Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
YES, let's bring it back to life!!! With the winner having to take a ride in Daryl's plane for a fly-by!!! I could quite possibly be persuaded to give the winner a ride in the Lancair or the 421 - whichever toy I happen to have with me on the given weekend. Of course... I get to ride in them all the time... ;-) Contest participation does seem to be on the decline on the West Coast the past few years. (I don't know about the rest of the country) I wonder what the reasons are. I know my motivation to attend contests is down. I used to hit at least 2-3/month when I was a So Cal guy - SWSA, PSS, and then the SCSC. I'm not necessarily trying to stir up the old format question - but I wonder if format isn't the reason. The tasks don't seem to be terribly challenging. Same ol', same ol', same ol'. Or are people's interests just going in different directions? Maybe we're just sick of pounding our models into the ground? Battery and electric technology have come pretty far - Watching Paul Anderson fly his 4.5 ounce 3D electric is pretty cool. I want to learn to do that. Or the large scale ships and the draw of aerotow. Skill levels seem to be on the decline as well. Our models have gotten so much better and efficient - easier to make times, and easier to land. We should all be scoring better. I know I'm not scoring as well now as I used to - no practice. Whatever the reasons, it is a shame. What are we missing? D __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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I resemble that remark... :^) Justin, the Nats are the Nats. If you can win there you can win anywhere. Josh Glaab beat me last year but I got the big prize. I don't think Josh has flown at Visalia or any of the Western states triad series... Have you Josh? Go to the Nats and have fun. You won't find a better group people, or better competition anywhere. Mike At 12:15 PM 2/9/2005, James V. Bacus wrote: Justin, why don't you attend and see if you have the same opinion. Anyone that wins at Nats is the Champion, there is always representative skills and talent there. It's a very challenging set of contests over the week. So I encourage you and others to attend, you will have fun, you will meet and fly with some very special people day after day. You will learn, and you will be challenged, and get to fly on the AMA grounds, very nice. It really is a good time, it wears me out and rejuvenates me simultaneously. 8-) At 11:05 AM 2/9/2005, Justin Ammon wrote: We do have the Nat's, but the numbers seem to be a little low on turnout to really call it a championship. Maybe some encouragement to attend the Nat's could make it the event it's title indicates. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Edgar, I agree with you. More major soaring events are needed. As I understand it, Sacramento is interested in becoming the 3rd leg of the triad. I think this is a valid way to keep it going. I would also like to be able to attend a soaring championship. We do have the Nat's, but the numbers seem to be a little low on turnout to really call it a championship. Maybe some encouragement to attend the Nat's could make it the event it's title indicates. Justin Ammon V.P. CASL CEO EdgeRC Inc 480-593-2458 www.edgerc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Flying High [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: exchange soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:34 AM Subject: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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I agree. The western states triad was and still is a great idea. Visalia is a great venue for the anchor event, but there has to be an organizer that can draw together the contest results data and include the standings and pilot data to the organizers of the next event. So the SWC scores have to be normalized and provided to the Spring Fling organizers, then those results combined with SWC's and provided to the Visalia orgainzers. This will have to be done in advance so the guys tallying the scores have data to include in their spreadsheet at the end of the contest. Also, if awards are to be given, the organizer will have to make that happen as well and communicate with the involved clubs. I think this could be a one man deal. However, I am already spread way too thin to take it on. What about you Edgar? Any time to throw at this project? Take care, Mike At 08:34 AM 2/9/2005, Flying High wrote: Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
I agree. The western states triad was and still is a great idea. Visalia is a great venue for the anchor event, but there has to be an organizer that can draw together the contest results data and include the standings and pilot data to the organizers of the next event. So the SWC scores have to be normalized and provided to the Spring Fling organizers, then those results combined with SWC's and provided to the Visalia orgainzers. This will have to be done in advance so the guys tallying the scores have data to include in their spreadsheet at the end of the contest. Also, if awards are to be given, the organizer will have to make that happen as well and communicate with the involved clubs. I think this could be a one man deal. However, I am already spread way too thin to take it on. What about you Edgar? Any time to throw at this project? Take care, Mike At 08:34 AM 2/9/2005, Flying High wrote: Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
The midwest OVSS series are active, and we fly the real deal, MoM TD. 7 to 8 contests held across a 4 state region. It's some traveling, but we would love to see you. At 10:34 AM 2/9/2005, Flying High wrote: How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Justin, why don't you attend and see if you have the same opinion. Anyone that wins at Nats is the Champion, there is always representative skills and talent there. It's a very challenging set of contests over the week. So I encourage you and others to attend, you will have fun, you will meet and fly with some very special people day after day. You will learn, and you will be challenged, and get to fly on the AMA grounds, very nice. It really is a good time, it wears me out and rejuvenates me simultaneously. 8-) At 11:05 AM 2/9/2005, Justin Ammon wrote: We do have the Nat's, but the numbers seem to be a little low on turnout to really call it a championship. Maybe some encouragement to attend the Nat's could make it the event it's title indicates. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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I have read this thread with interest, and offer a couple of thoughts, A couple of years ago, Dr. Dan submitted a proposal, (Actually Several) for just this kind of thing, and then to base the same around the LSF. We talked to the idea of East Coast, West Coast, MId States, North and South Regions, ( although we did not talk divying how to do it);With a regoinal in those zones. You then take the top 5 ( or whatever)from each region, hook up in a central "TO ALL OR MOST" hosting city, and have at it. We were not sure about restricting the entry to the regional players only, or allowing anyone plus the regional guys. Another idea was to have a CASH bash, you may have see a query from me on this in the past, I dropped the idea after a na sayer compared the idea a horse championship or something, and crap about people stretching their limits, crashing planes and alikedrugs, sex and rock and rollgeez At anyrate, I was at the point of being too busy with moving, work the LSF and the Nats to presue it further. The major issue for anyone is time, record keeping, and finding sponsors. The issue with the last item, is "IF" you can find a sponsor, you will probably be out of luck till the next year when they can budget you... Or I had one guy want a list of the contestants up front, ( bet you can't guess who !!!), and then he might find something for you Point is, even with todays electronic age, something like this requires "SOME" work which goesusally not rewarded, in any fashion or form. Lets face it most (NOT ALL)of glider guider populace, are cheap, won't travel, expect everything for nothing, and will absolutely refuse to send an e-mail, or a post card; ( And I know this to be a fact, as I knew one Donor to the Nats raffle that put addresses and stamped postcards in their donation package, all they had to do was mail the darn thing ) to Thank the vendors, donors and/ or Sponsors. Ergo, there is noithing in it for them except agvaration. Heck, I know of another guy, who won a really nice prize at an event. He decided he did not want the prize and he tried to sell the prize back to the donor, FOR RETAIL Needless to say that donor has left usI can't blame them either. There is a hearty few of us, who will take the time, to travel, spend the money to lodge, and enjoy the people we meet... a hearty few !!! Its just not worth the effort !! My 2 Cents !! Thanks for the bandwith Jack --Jack Strother Granger, IN LSF 2948 LSF Level V #117 LSF Official 1996 - 2004 CSS Gold
Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
Years ago there was an effort to run a masters Event..Open only to LSF 5 flyers and others who may qualify by winning the Nats, Tangerine or Mid South.. Problem was there were too few who qualified and it went no where fast I thought it was a good idea at the time.. But I imagine it would face the same problem unless qualifications were loweredBrian Smith - Original Message - From: James V. Bacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Justin, why don't you attend and see if you have the same opinion. Anyone that wins at Nats is the Champion, there is always representative skills and talent there. It's a very challenging set of contests over the week. So I encourage you and others to attend, you will have fun, you will meet and fly with some very special people day after day. You will learn, and you will be challenged, and get to fly on the AMA grounds, very nice. It really is a good time, it wears me out and rejuvenates me simultaneously. 8-) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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I had the chance to go to the '99 Nats and had a great time. I'm going back this year. I really like the MonM format. There were several times where 6 minutes won a 10 minute round because everyone tanked. The only thing the Nats needs now is the hands free retrievers like we used at the SW, safety and efficiency. Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ - Original Message - From: James V. Bacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Justin, why don't you attend and see if you have the same opinion. Anyone that wins at Nats is the Champion, there is always representative skills and talent there. It's a very challenging set of contests over the week. So I encourage you and others to attend, you will have fun, you will meet and fly with some very special people day after day. You will learn, and you will be challenged, and get to fly on the AMA grounds, very nice. It really is a good time, it wears me out and rejuvenates me simultaneously. 8-) At 11:05 AM 2/9/2005, Justin Ammon wrote: We do have the Nat's, but the numbers seem to be a little low on turnout to really call it a championship. Maybe some encouragement to attend the Nat's could make it the event it's title indicates. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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On 2/9/05 14:21 Darwin N. Barrie wrote: The only thing the Nats needs now is the hands free retrievers like we used at the SW, safety and efficiency. If memory serves me they use organic retrievers at the NATS. They come equipped with small motor driven devices near their hindquarters and they scoot back and forth with the lines only AFTER a launch. No chance of a hang up, etc. Seems like a good system. And I will leave the preferring man on man stuff alone, for now! ~~~ Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
You need more flying? Come up to the northwest we can keep you flying. Currently the Northwest Soaring Society has 14 contests scheduled (we are down a few from most years) not counting our year end tournament. take a look www.northwestsoaring.org -Original Message- From: Flying High [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:34 AM To: exchange Subject: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
That link was a little short www.northwestsoaringsociety.org -Original Message- From: David Portwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:16 PM To: 'Flying High'; 'exchange' Subject: RE: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... You need more flying? Come up to the northwest we can keep you flying. Currently the Northwest Soaring Society has 14 contests scheduled (we are down a few from most years) not counting our year end tournament. take a look www.northwestsoaring.org -Original Message- From: Flying High [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:34 AM To: exchange Subject: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Question: Don't know if an official word was passed out on the Triad, is this DEAD? We still have the Southwest Classic, Visalia, and Spring Fling last year... so what is going on with this Triad event? Don't we have enough interest to bring this back and help bring more interest for these events? I guess I'm trying to get my flying fix, can't get enough flight time in! How about restructuring some sort of TD Championship that might involve flying in different States, East Coast, Central Region and West Coast! It's a small world as we all know it and I would be interested in attending such an event! Any others out there interested in such a thing? I'm just bored at work and thinking about flying as usual... hence the AKA The Soaring Junkie nick-name! Edgar The Soaring Junkie __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Don't let Edgar fool you. We have LOTS going on here in SOCAL. First there is the SC-Squared (SC2) contest series. 8 events this year that will draw between 40 and 60 pilots per event including a few you may recognize like Wurts, Perkins, Jolly, Smith, Sage and so on. Then there are about 8 or 9 clubs between Sand Diego (TPG) and Thousand Oaks (TOSS) who each do a monthly contest. They are pretty well spaced with not all being the same weekends and some on Saturday and others on Sunday. I think if you wanted to you could fly a contest every weekend, or at least 3 out of 4 weekends, each month. Then there is Phoenix, Visalia and Sacramento along with the NATS for those that want to make the trip. Edgar is just hard to please. Like he said, he's a junkie!! ~~~ Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Sorry guys, wasn't bashing the Nats... I am attending this year. I was simply commenting on numbers alone. The larger the contestant pool the better in my opinion. I think the Nats as the Championship is a great thing. Justin Ammon V.P. CASL CEO EdgeRC Inc 480-593-2458 www.edgerc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: James V. Bacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc... Justin, why don't you attend and see if you have the same opinion. Anyone that wins at Nats is the Champion, there is always representative skills and talent there. It's a very challenging set of contests over the week. So I encourage you and others to attend, you will have fun, you will meet and fly with some very special people day after day. You will learn, and you will be challenged, and get to fly on the AMA grounds, very nice. It really is a good time, it wears me out and rejuvenates me simultaneously. 8-) At 11:05 AM 2/9/2005, Justin Ammon wrote: We do have the Nat's, but the numbers seem to be a little low on turnout to really call it a championship. Maybe some encouragement to attend the Nat's could make it the event it's title indicates. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ: 6997780 AIM: InventorJim R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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The Triad was a real neat concept. If memory serves me correctly, it started out with the SWC, the Rose Bowl 2 day, then Visalia representing the last leg. It was awarded to the top scoring pilot over the three comps, after scores from each contest were normalized to 1,000. It has died a slow death, with the death of the Pasadena club. A few clubs tried to keep it alive, ISS held the second leg, then the guys in Sac tried to keep it alive. But I don't think anyone reported the results to the proper person at Visalia, to award the trophy. I made the trek to all the contests a couple of times in search of the title, only to have the trophy not be awarded. It may have been moved, but the last time I saw the trophy (it's a perpetual trophy - and it's just awful looking) it was in the trailer at Visalia. I dropped it off and ran It's in a huge wooden box, very well protected. I'd love to see it resurrected. Shows consistency, amongst the top western soaring pilots. D __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
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Slowly coming back to me . . . I was approached by someone at Visalia (lost that contact info) who wanted to represent the 2nd leg (I assume it was the Sacramento club). If all we need to do as the first leg is normalize the scores and forward them we can do the triad this year. If that person is out there ping me off list and I will get you the normalized scores. Could someone at Visalia verify the location of the trophy? Paul www.casl.net PS I like the regional over national. Very few have the resources to travel that far. There are no good thermals east of the Rockies anyway ;^P On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:22:25 -0800 (PST), Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Triad was a real neat concept. If memory serves me correctly, it started out with the SWC, the Rose Bowl 2 day, then Visalia representing the last leg. It was awarded to the top scoring pilot over the three comps, after scores from each contest were normalized to 1,000. It has died a slow death, with the death of the Pasadena club. A few clubs tried to keep it alive, ISS held the second leg, then the guys in Sac tried to keep it alive. But I don't think anyone reported the results to the proper person at Visalia, to award the trophy. I made the trek to all the contests a couple of times in search of the title, only to have the trophy not be awarded. It may have been moved, but the last time I saw the trophy (it's a perpetual trophy - and it's just awful looking) it was in the trailer at Visalia. I dropped it off and ran It's in a huge wooden box, very well protected. I'd love to see it resurrected. Shows consistency, amongst the top western soaring pilots. D __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Thermal Duration Contest: Triad, 2-Days, etc...
YES, let's bring it back to life!!! With the winner having to take a ride in Daryl's plane for a fly-by!!! The way I see it... we have the toys in our hangers, let's find a way to get the most out of them! Fly them as often as possible! Again, I'm just trying to strike up some more interest, I see some clubs closing up and some pilots dropping out of the contest circuit, let's get together among ourselves and make this Fun once again! As well, to give some of us another goal to reach!! That's what it's all about, right guys!!! Edgar The Soaring Junkie --- Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Triad was a real neat concept. If memory serves me correctly, it started out with the SWC, the Rose Bowl 2 day, then Visalia representing the last leg. It was awarded to the top scoring pilot over the three comps, after scores from each contest were normalized to 1,000. It has died a slow death, with the death of the Pasadena club. A few clubs tried to keep it alive, ISS held the second leg, then the guys in Sac tried to keep it alive. But I don't think anyone reported the results to the proper person at Visalia, to award the trophy. I made the trek to all the contests a couple of times in search of the title, only to have the trophy not be awarded. It may have been moved, but the last time I saw the trophy (it's a perpetual trophy - and it's just awful looking) it was in the trailer at Visalia. I dropped it off and ran It's in a huge wooden box, very well protected. I'd love to see it resurrected. Shows consistency, amongst the top western soaring pilots. D __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
