Went to the Mid South a couple years ago: lots of winches - we were grouped (MOM?) but I still had to wait in line most rounds. Just an observation! Regis --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Marc Gellart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, you said, > "An open winch contest with even 30 people should not have many > channel conflicts if people would carry extra channels to use. I have two > alternate channels to use so I have not had a problem." > > Maybe, but one conflict is all it takes to make it missery for two fliers, > and still you cannot eliminate the fact > that you may have to wait on the winch, either because of a line or if the > winch has an issue. And all the good air calling you > can make goes down the toilet while you are in line or waiting on a line fix > or mechanical issues. MOM takes this into > respect since a group must launch together. My favorite thing in an open > wich contest is to walk up, launch into big air and > have the winch die. Takes care of competition and I am on my own to make > the clock run. > > "As for "making the flight happen"; don't you mean landings? Most of the > time all I see that the > flight is secondary to the dork. It's not about flying, but dorking the > plane in to get the most landing points. > Landing points are the deciding factor in most of the MOM contest I have > witnessed" > > NO,and I mean NO. Go and watch these contests, the example I have is Bill > Wingstadt at LOFT this spring, remember his > save at the landing tape that he flew out over the road at no height? Don > Harris putting the spank on guys in the high group at > DARTS in what appeared to be nothing but made it happen, and he had a zero > landing that day too. Even the Nats, where you > cannot miss a landing and win, air time is still the great divider, not > landings. > On the days when lift is big, ya landings shuffle the deck, but staying up > in huge air once you are up proves nothing unless you just > like to fly around in it. And I think that is what is at the core here, the > reasons contests are popular is that there are competitive people > out there, and we really dig it. I am guessing that competitve circumstaces > are not your cup of tea? My favorite day of flying is to go to > Chicago and prctice using their PA system as a clock The minute someone has > won the group you come down and start over. Staying > up any longer is burning up battery that you could fly another practice > round. > Have fun flying, the stick time is great for you, someday you may come to > the fold. > > Marc > .
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