European 15m and Open championships: 1000 Km task!

"Guy Byars" wrote in message ...
From (poor) memory, I seem to recall stories of two previous 1K tasks
during competitions (I believe one was in the US, and one possibly in
Australia?). Details are hazy, but I think the number of finishers in
each case was in the very low single digit range. Nothing like 17
finishers.


17-September-1990, New Castle Virginia. 1000k task, 16 finishers.

http://www.brss.net/1000k.htm

Sorry, my error. Shouldn't rely that much on memory anymore, this
close to my fourtieth birthday.

Bo

There was a 1000k task at a New Zealand South island Regionals a year
or two back,I think 2/3rds of the fleet made it round
"hazzu" wrote in message
.. .

"Lars Peder Hansen" kirjoitti
ele.dk...
The European championships for 15m and open class started today in
Finland.
The tasks on the first day is 834 Km for 15 meter and 1012 Km for open. I
guess that will get the attention of the participants ;-)

The results:

In Open Class all but three pilots made it (1 K, that is!) and also all
the
three not completing the task flew over 900 K.

The 15 meter class had clearly easier task, only one pilot outlanded.

So, this must be Finland

Just out of curiosity: What is the longest task given AND completed in any
major competition?

And now some sleep

Best regards,

hannu, the guy messing the results...

I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest that many of the
gliders shown had what I presume was bug wipers at the leading edge wing
root. Are bug wipers back in vogue in Europe?

Larry



"Lars Peder Hansen" wrote in message
:

The European championships for 15m and open class started today in Finland.
The tasks on the first day is 834 Km for 15 meter and 1012 Km for open. I
guess that will get the attention of the participants ;-)

Check http://www.egc2005.fi/index.html

Lars Peder
Danmark (-Go Henrik, Tom, Jan and Steen!)

Hi!

01-- Zero One wrote:

I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest that many of the
gliders shown had what I presume was bug wipers at the leading edge wing
root. Are bug wipers back in vogue in Europe?

"back" in vogue? I don't know any contest flyer who doesn't use them. I'd
say they are one of the best inventions in gliding history. They are still
useful on modern airfoils, to say nothing of older ones, like on my LS1.

Erik

1000km triangle in Australian nationals at Waikerie in 1980s. Some made
it around, some not. Apparently two of those who did make it also
played the start game!
Tom

1000km triangle in Australian nationals at Waikerie in 1980s. Some made
it around, some not. Apparently two of those who did make it also
played the start game!
Tom

Erik,

According to the rules, bug wipers are not allowed
in competitions flown in the US. At least, that's
the way I interpret the rules...

Which model of LS1 do you fly?

Where in Europe do you fly?


Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
LS1-d, s/n 27

At 14:06 05 July 2005, Erik Braun wrote:
Hi!

01-- Zero One wrote:

I noticed in looking at the pictures from the contest
that many of the
gliders shown had what I presume was bug wipers at
the leading edge wing
root. Are bug wipers back in vogue in Europe?

'back' in vogue? I don't know any contest flyer who
doesn't use them. I'd
say they are one of the best inventions in gliding
history. They are still
useful on modern airfoils, to say nothing of older
ones, like on my LS1.

Erik

Hi Ray,

According to the rules, bug wipers are not allowed
in competitions flown in the US. At least, that's
the way I interpret the rules...

Wow, that's a pity!

Which model of LS1 do you fly?

I own a LS1-e, s/n 155, which has the fuselage of the -d model combined with
a tailplane of the -f model but a bit thinner. The wings are the same.
AFAIK only two of them were built.
In humid conditions with many bugs or in rain I experienced high minimum
speeds. In thermals I have to maintain at least 90kph after some time,
depending on the amount of bugs, when not using wipers.

Where in Europe do you fly?

My club is located in Southern Germany north of Stuttgart. We often have a
lot of bugs in the air, especially after heavy rain in summer.

Bug wipers are allowed in US contests in all classes except sports and
PW5. (Just bring up the rules from ssa or sra website and search for
"bug wiper". It took me less than 2 minutes.) Not many pilots use them
in the US, I presume because most US contest flying is a lot less buggy
than in Europe. Or maybe we're all following a nice implicit bargain
"if nobody else bothers with them I won't add them either" to keep
things a bit simpler for once.

John Cochrane BB

I think they were not allowed in US until very recently. I didn't see
the change in the rules summary and I heard people saying they were
banned even though the rules said they were not. I wondered if it was
a mistake but didn't take advantage of it as we seldom see much bug
contamination in SW USA. This spring in AZ was unusually buggy so it
made me think of them again.

Andy