You guys have braided line!
My sister has braided hair!
(very tongue in cheek!)
The impression that I get is that there are very few competitions to FAI
rules in the US? is there any particular reason for this?
The main reason I can perceive is that not everybody wants to own a
winch?
The Australian open thermal glider rules are basically FAI F3B Task A,
with only 2 launches permitted.
The first few years I started was Sunday flying a spirit on a bungy,
about 13 years ago!. I used other guys winches until I got my own. Its a
lot of money for someone young when starting out. Its a challenge to
satisfy the wants of the competition pilot and the Sunday flyer.
Something about the have's and have nots.
Our Jerilderie competition works well where we have found a formula. put
90 pilots all together. put people into teams of 6. we fly 6 heats per
round with about17-18 people all up at once man on man. if you don't
have a winch, no problem. there will be at least 2 or 3 winches per
team. most people in Australia have winches some even 2!
Imagine man on man with 17 people at once. its Awesome!
As Tony Barber says,
keep smiling, and bye for now!
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