On May 7, 8:56*am, jeplane wrote:
OK, talk to me like I am a 4 year old:

From A to Z, what do I need to buy to be able to send my flight to
OLC? And how much am I looking at?
Thanks

Richard
Phoenix, AZ

It is free if that's what you mean by "how much am I looking at".

The OLC registration and upload directions can be found he
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...refix_jsp=help

Basically you need to:

A) Register as an OLC competitor
B) If you don't have a logger, get a logger
C) If you don't have a glider, buy or rent a glider
D) Insert logger (B) into glider (C)
E) If you are not approved to fly gliders, take lessons until the
instructor approves you for solo.
F) Get checked out to fly glider (C)
G) Take glider (C) to someplace where they tow gliders into the air
H) If it needs assembly, assemble the glider
I) Arrange for a tow
J) Preflight the glider
K) Make sure that logger (B) is on and running
L) Close and lock the canopy
M) Take off, fly, land
N) If necessary, disassemble the glider and put it away
O) Do whatever is necessary to get the flight log from your logger
onto your PC in .igc format. Most current loggers store directly
into .igc format, but some (old Cambridge loggers, LX loggers) have
their own proprietary formats that need to be converted. See the
manual for your specific logger.
P) Log onto OLC using your ID and password obtained in step (A)
Q) Select Direct Claim from the "Claim flight" menu near the top of
the page
R) Fill out the information on the Direct Claim page to identify
yourself
S) Click on the "Choose flight" button on the Direct Claim page
T) Navigate to where you save the .igc file for your flight and select
it.
U) Follow additional instructions to provide relevant information
about yourself and your flight to complete the process.
V) Click on the "Upload" button to upload the flight.
W) Follow any additional instructions and deal with errors as
requested.
X) Wait to hear back from OLC on the status of you flight approval via
email.
Y) Deal with any requests if there are issues with your flight.
Z) Report back here on your success.

Alternatively, you can get a copy of SeeYou (or other flight analysis
software) and upload from within the program once you have your flight
loaded into the program.

I didn't go through the process of buying a PC - hopefully you already
have one. Plus I was out of letters. ;-)

Have fun!

9B