great flight! 1500 KM in a 304CZ

got this messge from one of my customers and a HpH 304CZ owner (his 2nd of
these gliders)
Congratulations on a great flight!
tim

Good morning Tim,
I was able to do a 1,501 (933sm) flight yesterday in N304BU.
What a great glider! I was very comfortable for the entire
11 hours. Would have flown longer, but I ran out of daylight.

Randy

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2834892

On Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:30:29 PM UTC-6, Tim Mara wrote:
got this messge from one of my customers and a HpH 304CZ owner (his 2nd of these gliders) Congratulations on a great flight! tim Good morning Tim, I was able to do a 1,501 (933sm) flight yesterday in N304BU. What a great glider! I was very comfortable for the entire 11 hours. Would have flown longer, but I ran out of daylight. Randy http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2834892

yep, an awesome flight. Once again, Randy shows us the full potential available at the only ridge/wave soaring site in the central US. He's been going to Talihina for about 6 years now and every trip adds to the knowledge base for how to make long distance flights there. Plenty more to learn though, I'm hoping to get one more trip down there this winter.

On Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:44:30 PM UTC-8, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:30:29 PM UTC-6, Tim Mara wrote:

got this messge from one of my customers and a HpH 304CZ owner (his 2nd of these gliders) Congratulations on a great flight! tim Good morning Tim, I was able to do a 1,501 (933sm) flight yesterday in N304BU. What a great glider! I was very comfortable for the entire 11 hours. Would have flown longer, but I ran out of daylight. Randy http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=2834892



yep, an awesome flight. Once again, Randy shows us the full potential available at the only ridge/wave soaring site in the central US. He's been going to Talihina for about 6 years now and every trip adds to the knowledge base for how to make long distance flights there. Plenty more to learn though, I'm hoping to get one more trip down there this winter.

Nice flight but only 861km according to OLC. I don't see anything close to 1500km... What am I missing?

Ramy

You are right....

The IGC file on the OLC shows a total distance flown of 931.6 mi / 1499.26 km. I assume that the number of times up and down the ridge exceeding the maximum number of OLC legs.

Chris

On Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:03:22 PM UTC-8, wrote:
The IGC file on the OLC shows a total distance flown of 931.6 mi / 1499.26 km. I assume that the number of times up and down the ridge exceeding the maximum number of OLC legs.



Chris

If you are referring to the total straight distance that SeeYou is showing, this doesn't mean much, other than the the pilot deviated a lot. Still, a very respectful flight, but definitely not a 1500km by any standard.

Ramy

On Mar 8, 5:29*pm, Ramy wrote:
On Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:03:22 PM UTC-8, wrote:
The IGC file on the OLC shows a total distance flown of 931.6 mi / 1499..26 km. I assume that the number of times up and down the ridge exceeding the maximum number of OLC legs.

Chris

If you are referring to the total straight distance that SeeYou is showing, this doesn't mean much, other than the the pilot deviated a lot. Still, a very respectful flight, but definitely not a 1500km by any standard.

Ramy

Looking at the height profile of the trace, the first hour and a half
is shown in grey ?? Maybe OLC has not scored this segment of the
flight.

John

On Friday, March 8, 2013 12:29:37 AM UTC-6, Ramy wrote:
Still, a very respectful flight, but definitely not a 1500km by any standard. Ramy

Ramy, there is more to life and flying than just OLC. Randy was looking at turn-around to turn-arond distance. OLC only allows distance to be credited for up to 6 legs. Spiders and Octopi not allowed. Certainly no centipedes. A flight of personal accomplishment and satisfaction. Well done, Randy!

Steve Leonard

Ramy wrote:

Still, a very respectful flight, but definitely not a 1500km by any
standard.

Not a 1500km flight by FAI badge standards (4 legs maximum) and not by OLC
standards (6 legs maximum), but there is a standard that allows up to 12
legs: the MAT task used at SSA contests.

More precisely, the MAT allows a maximum of 11 turnpoints, and a big
"attaboy" will go to the first RASer who can correctly explain why the rules
specify that odd number. (Hint: that number goes back long before the
introduction of the GPS flight recorder)

Gary Ittner P7
"Have glider, will race"

It's great to see people explore places that others haven't tried.
Congratulations to Randy et al for flights that most of us wouldn't have imagined possible. Wave, WHERE?
Excellent!
Jim