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USA Double Seater Contest
It looks like the first SSA approved, USA Double Seater Contest will likely
be held at Fredricksburg, Gillespie County Airport, Texas. August 22nd thru August 28th, 2004. The USA Motorglider Contest will also be held at this time. Details are not complete, however, the contest will essentially duplicate the very popular format used in Europe. It will be a handicapped contest, no water ballast allowed, and the gliders will be limited to a maximium 20 meter span. Gliders of less performance (Grob 103 etc.) will be welcome, however very low performing two place gliders will not be permitted. You are encouraged to sign up for my newsletter at www.eglider.org as this is the easiest manner to comunicate with those interested. Tom Knauff |
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Would it be okay if Dave Stevenson came with a Ka-7 or Schweizer 2-22
since it's Texas!? Food for Thought (ha ha) "Thomas Knauff" wrote in message link.net... It looks like the first SSA approved, USA Double Seater Contest will likely be held at Fredricksburg, Gillespie County Airport, Texas. August 22nd thru August 28th, 2004. The USA Motorglider Contest will also be held at this time. Details are not complete, however, the contest will essentially duplicate the very popular format used in Europe. It will be a handicapped contest, no water ballast allowed, and the gliders will be limited to a maximium 20 meter span. Gliders of less performance (Grob 103 etc.) will be welcome, however very low performing two place gliders will not be permitted. You are encouraged to sign up for my newsletter at www.eglider.org as this is the easiest manner to comunicate with those interested. Tom Knauff |
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Can I bring my ASH-25 (26.5)
No? This is discrimination by a "span-challenged" group. JJ Sinclair |
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The "Double Seater Class" is extremely popular in Europe and it is planned
to follow their concept. Open class gliders have their class, and there is no practical way for smaller gliders to be competitive against them. The idea is similar to the European Club Class rules (also very popular) where the performace of the gliders is similar so they can compete on an equal basis with modest handicapped differences. The new generation 20 meter two place gliders offer terrific opportunities to introduce new people to competition soaring. Imagine a 3 person team where each takes a turn crewing while the other two fly. I am guessing we will see 20 or so gliders at this first contest, and the idea should expand to other contests around the country. Tom Knauff "JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... Can I bring my ASH-25 (26.5) No? This is discrimination by a "span-challenged" group. JJ Sinclair |
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At 20:30 22 January 2004, Thomas Knauff wrote:
The 'Double Seater Class' is extremely popular in Europe and it is planned to follow their concept. Open class gliders have their class, and there is no practical way for smaller gliders to be competitive against them. Tom, I would take issue with this last statement, the UK Two Seater Competition run by the Wold Glding Club club accepts entries from any 2 two seater. The innovative task setting and handicapped scoring allows gliders of very wide handicaps to compete against each other. A low handicap glider completing a medium size task makes sure the pilots of the high handicaps gliders work even harder. It is amazing what some of the pilots can and do produce. Allowing all two seat gliders to compete also allows those of more modest means to take part. If necessary split the field into two. If you start by allowing them all to enter, see what the take up is and then decide in following years how to progress. In the end I suppose it depends on what you want from the competition. Dave |
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JJ Sinclair wrote:
Can I bring my ASH-25 (26.5) No? This is discrimination by a "span-challenged" group. JJ Sinclair JJ, I've got a hacksaw and some sandpaper if you REALLY want it... |
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I've got a hacksaw and some sandpaper if you REALLY want it... I just got a "variable" tape measurer form Pete Reinhart. It's calibrated for 15 meters right now, but it can be easily adapted to 20 meters. Just stretch it out from tip to tip and she reads exactly 20 meters. Thanks Pete, we plan on enteriny the ASH-25 in 18 meter class at Minden, then use your tape to prove it's OK. JJ Sinclair |
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JJ,
Did you get the shipment of 15/50 tape? Cheers! Mark James Boyd wrote in article 401152af$1@darkstar... JJ Sinclair wrote: Can I bring my ASH-25 (26.5) No? This is discrimination by a "span-challenged" group. JJ Sinclair JJ, I've got a hacksaw and some sandpaper if you REALLY want it... |
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JJ, Did you get the shipment of 15/50 tape? Cheer Yes, Pete I got the 15/50 tape measure and thanks a bunch. My son and I are recalibrating it to 18 meter so that we can enter the ASH-25 in that class. JJ Sinclair |
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