Thanks, Dave and CASL for another good contest! You guys worked your tails off and it was appreciated.
>From a flyer's standpoint, this year seemed to be much more challenging than year's past. Saturday was no fun, as temperatures stayed in the 40's and 50's, and all the landings were downwind. The guys that did well had great launches and had planes that could cruise well. I hate to say it, but it was not Addiction weather. Even Fred Sage would probably agree with me on this one. The light, floaty planes were often seen traveling backwards off the top of the winch line. I really should have ballasted, in hind sight. The typical flight pattern was a quartering of the wind, with very little turning going on. Sunday was more typical of Phoenix winter weather. Cold morning (29º) heating up to 69º in the afternoon. That kind of differential made for some good thermals, something that really didn't exist on Saturday. The hawks were out marking good air. The wind turned around and became westerly, so landings improved for the average pilot. Congratulations to Skip Miller for his excellent flying and landing. On Saturday he had 4 landings, 91,92,92 and 91. In the downwind, this is pretty impressive. He had very nice glide path control coming in, and the plane stuck perfectly when he pushed it down. Back to the practice field for me, where I'm going to force myself to land downwind. It's something that just doesn't feel natural, yet in the major contests it always comes up, especially in the morning. Hand launch golf on Friday was fun, although the starter at the golf course screwed us up. First the contest was going to start at 1:00, then he told Garland that it wasn't until 2:30 because of morning frost. A good number of us showed up around 2:00, and the starter was yelling at us to get going. So we went out, but the group that showed up at 2:30 was told that they couldn't play, as he had sent out regular golfers after the last of the hand launch guys. Bad communication by that guy. I ended up with a 13, three better than my score last year, good enough for 4th place. Joe had a 10, Craig an 11, and Paul a 12. If it wasn't for the headwind on a long par 5, Joe would have had a 9. What's wrong with this picture? :) The best possible score score, 9 holes in one. I think we have to change things, like move the tee boxes or have the plane go opposite of the green for 5 seconds after launch, or something. Even the idea of flying from the spot that you throw is interesting, although there would be carnage and worse (there is water on this course). Last year I was one of the very few throwing discus and I had a big advantage over everyone. Not so much anymore. Still a lot of fun! JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA > From: "Dave Wenzlick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:14:53 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "CASL-L CASL discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RCSE] 14th Annual Southwest Classic results are final > > Another Southwest Classic is in the books. Congratulations to Skip Miller > for his top finish. Two meter was won by Henry Bostick, Grey Cup by Ronald > Howell, RES by Mark Howard, Youth by David McCarthy and best scoring team > was RMSA Rocky Mountain Soaring Association. All the final scores and > pictures from Sunday are on the web site. More details will be added later. > It's been a long weekend and the CASL contest crew gets a big thank you from > me for a job well done. > > http://www.rcaz.com > > Thanks to all, > > Dave Wenzlick > Mesa AZ > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
