It was another great year for the International Handlaunch Glider Fest in Poway CA. The contest was particularly challenging this year with overcast conditions through the contest with alternating very light and moderate lift. There was also not as much wind this year resulting in many fewer off field landings. In many ways the extra challenging conditions made for a better contest than in most years since the conditions made achieving the tasks difficult. However as a reflection of the quality of the field you could expect someone to make the tasks in each heat.
Contestants were well represented from around the world coming from as far away as New Zealand and Japan. Congratulations to Oleg winning the contest this year and pulling off the seemingly impossible - Beating Joe Wurts after 9 consecutive wins at the IHLGF. The ships flown this year were a mix of aileron planes and polys with the aileron planes in the majority. From a technical standpoint most of the development seemed to be evolutionary. Planform development to get some better performance, larger rudders to gain better launch height, and improved construction techniques to allow stronger throws. As always the planes continue to improve from year to year. A special achievement award was presented to Mark Drela for his contribution to the development of HL planes by making XFOIL available to modelers, his development efforts (many planes flew his airfoils), and his quality and educational posts. The contest is quite an event. Nothing like seeing 14 pilots on the field in man on man competition. Or watching Oleg and Joe dual it out in the fly offs. Or seeing that Mark Drela not only knows how to design great airplanes but also knows how to fly them. Or watching Phil Barnes awesome throws. Or the gutsy downwind runs. So, if you haven't had a chance to participate, mark your calendars now. It is always the first full weekend in June. The scores are listed below. The full scores by round will be posted on the TPG web site www.torreypinesgulls.org soon. Tom Clarkson TPG Handlaunch Coordinator IHLGF Scoring Last Name First Name Class Total Golovidov Oleg Open 11918.47 Wurts Joe Open 11905.51 Anderson Paul Open 11875.55 Barnes Phil Open 11874.24 Drela Mark Open 11628.43 Greening Craig Open 11509.24 Vetter Don Open 11435.15 Smith Michael Open 11397.95 Markiewicz Arthur Open 11380.43 Watson Bill Open 11312.37 Erickson John Open 8535.62 Jennings Gordon Open 8512.46 Asplund John Open 8497.73 Kappus John Open 8487.96 Pearson Jim Open 8483.18 Kiesling Thomas Open 8462.43 Clerx Ben Open 8419.61 Davidson Bruce Open 8411.36 Pettyjohn Larry Eagle 8397.74 Weston Adam "Red" Open 8283.66 Clarkson Tom Open 8222.45 Buass Brian Open 8188.12 Williams Peter Open 8175.28 Joy George Open 8151.85 Bame Michael Open 8146.89 Johnson Tim Open 8132.04 Naton Paul Open 8111.87 Cone Tim Open 8100.46 Tank Chris Open 8019.63 Marnoch Scott Open 7949.89 Norsworthy Greg Open 7932.84 Jolly Larry Open 7865.60 Siegel Nowell Open 7850.74 Vixie Bob Open 7811.94 Kimball Bruce Open 7803.39 Bryan Mark Open 7764.03 Lee Mike Open 7751.01 Schulte Paul Open 7704.79 Hoopes Tom Open 7699.41 Cowley Martyn Open 7660.79 English Blake Senior7623.15 Mierop Lex Open 7598.52 Brown Tracy Open 7533.74 Boyd Ron Open 7409.48 Koplan Terry Open 7381.15 Jolly Chris Open 7349.22 Kingsbury Todd Open 7347.96 Dawson Craig Open 7295.27 Pearson Phil Open 7283.96 Scharck Ron Eagle 7255.05 Adams Chris Open 7218.30 Dalton Darrick Open 7197.03 Browning Mark Open 7193.92 Leedom Dave Eagle 7121.94 Stalls Jared Open 7103.49 Warner Garth Open 7053.46 VanGundy Don Open 7027.33 Bryan Jonathan Eagle 7023.81 Blain Jacques Open 6974.37 Sergio de Lucca Mario Open 6748.62 Webster Marc Open 6713.85 Smith Herb Eagle 6689.39 McNeil John Open 6438.21 Willoughby Brad Open 6434.02 Clark Paul Eagle 6165.75 Cleveland Don Open 6103.70 Hurd Steven Open 6073.92 Allen Craig Open 5634.01 Richmond Don Eagle 5627.78 Hunter Cliff Eagle 5622.99 Dionisio Patrick Open 5494.17 Chase Bill Open 5343.68 Adamczyk Casey Junior5062.04 Throop Terry Open 4274.55 Leggett Mike Open 4259.99 Meyers Merril Eagle 4147.71 Smith Adam Open 3185.48 Jones Goeff Open 2926.88 Brown John Open 2747.94 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.
