Actually, the guy (Skip Miller) with the biggest
plane, a Nimbus4 as I recall, that towed the highest (~4K AGL?) did
not take 1st Place...Peter Goldsmith did (and we had a blast being part of his
team). So is your statement regarding "set height...more fair"
actually valid...I'm not so sure? It was the first time I had ever experienced
an aerotow even and it was AWESOME!
-Sheldon- From: Tom Broeski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:20 AM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] XC at Nats Last time they let you fly either or both XC
events. Aero-tow and winch. There was only one fee.
There is only winch XC listed on the LSF site. http://www.silentflight.org/NATS2006/Nats2006.html
but the entry form has them separated. There is also "After Hours
Events" listed on Friday after HL. What would that be?
If the conditions were like last time, it would be
nice to have the option of flying in the aero-tow. Having to choose "only
one" is difficult. Anyone know if the aero-tow is like last time, where
you got towed as high as you wanted? It mean't the biggest plane got up
4000 ft, while the smaller ones 1000 ft. If they have a set height for
release, and monitors at the field corners, then it might be more fair and might
be a factor in people's decisions. Since there is no frequency conflict
issue, it would be nice if there was still the option of doing
both.
I have a vehicle this year, but need a driver and
observer. I'm sure my last year's team will be doing scale aero-tow, and I
need my 10K for LSF and Canadian. Anyone able to help out? I have
two winches available if anyone needs me to bring a spare.
Tom
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- RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats Sheldon-YNT uDesign
- Re: [RCSE] XC at Nats Tom Broeski
- RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats James V. Bacus
- Re: RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats Marc Gellart
- Re: RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats strotherbj
- RE: RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats Douglas, Brent
- Re: RE: [RCSE] XC at Nats Ray Hayes
- [RCSE] Aerotowing Bill Swingle
- Re: [RCSE] Aerotowing Scott Hewett
- RE: [RCSE] Aerotowing Cliff E-Mail
- Re: [RCSE] XC at Nats inventorforhire