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Three Hour OLC
OLC has done a great job of making weekend cross country flying
interesting. Being a senior citizen with a somewhat competitive nature, I am discouraged by the necessity to fly a lot of really long (5-7 hour) flights in order to place well in the OLC standings. Most of the time, after flying about 4 hours, more flying is somewhat like making love to a skunk. I have been wondering if other pilots would be interested in a OLC catagory for FAI flights that could be completed within a time of 3 to 3.5 hours. The best flight would be the fastest speed achieved around a FAI triangle with a flight time of three hours or more. While the OLC league does score on speed over a limited time, doing well in the OLC league requires a group effort. Comments please. Bill Snead 6W |
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Three Hour OLC
This approach is taken by three clubs around Ottawa Canada.
Every Saturday the "gate" opens at one and is open for three hours. You could be on your course if wish, when the gate opens and the same after the third hour. The records are compiled by one person through the OLC. I have flown as a guest on occasions and for me it is the most enjoyable way to fly in an Club environment. Check it out at: http://soaringcanada.riq.ca/viewforu...afe025c a4fe3 On Dec 30, 8:40*am, " wrote: OLC has done a great job of *making weekend cross country flying interesting. *Being a senior citizen with a somewhat competitive nature, I am discouraged by the necessity to fly a lot of really long (5-7 hour) flights in order to place well in the OLC standings. *Most of the time, after flying about 4 hours, more flying is somewhat like making love to a skunk. I have been wondering if other pilots would be interested in a OLC catagory for FAI flights that could be completed within a time of 3 to 3.5 hours. The best flight would be the fastest speed achieved around a FAI triangle with a flight time of three hours or more. While the OLC league does score on speed over a limited time, doing well in the OLC league requires a group effort. Comments please. Bill Snead 6W |
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Three Hour OLC
One way to have a contest like this is to form a club called "Three
Hours", have all interested pilots join it, and check out the daily results for the club. The results would be handicapped and listed in order of top score for the day, but unfortunately cumulative scores are another story. Verification of start and finish within three hours, and ridicule of the cheaters are other chores. I suppose a designated scorer could download all the flights and cast the proper spells. However, OLC recently added a club league for the Southern Hemisphere. With the proper persuasion, they may set up what you're after. Regarding persuasion, there seems to be no way to donate to OLC (from USA) on the website this year. Bill has brought up a good point. OLC is the best thing for x-c soaring since P-tubes were invented. This would be a way to include pilots uncomfortable flying 6+ hours a day, just as handicapping includes those with less than the latest equipment. This brings to mind a sticker that was on Bob Fitch's van: Old age and treachery shall beat youth and skill. Jim |
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Three Hour OLC
On Dec 30, 10:55*am, JS wrote:
* One way to have a contest like this is to form a club called "Three Hours", have all interested pilots join it, and check out the daily results for the club. The results would be handicapped and listed in order of top score for the day, but unfortunately cumulative scores are another story. Verification of start and finish within three hours, and ridicule of the cheaters are other chores. I suppose a designated scorer could download all the flights and cast the proper spells. * However, OLC recently added a club league for the Southern Hemisphere. With the proper persuasion, they may set up what you're after. Regarding persuasion, there seems to be no way to donate to OLC (from USA) on the website this year. * Bill has brought up a good point. OLC is the best thing for x-c soaring since P-tubes were invented. This would be a way to include pilots uncomfortable flying 6+ hours a day, just as handicapping includes those with less than the latest equipment. * This brings to mind a sticker that was on Bob Fitch's van: Old age and treachery shall beat youth and skill. Jim Thanks for the replys. It looks like the Canada three hour contest is very close to what I have in mind. If a large group would ask for such a catagory maybe we could get it included in the OLC score sheet. Bill 6W |
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On Dec 30, 5:28*pm, " wrote:
On Dec 30, 10:55*am, JS wrote: * One way to have a contest like this is to form a club called "Three Hours", have all interested pilots join it, and check out the daily results for the club. The results would be handicapped and listed in order of top score for the day, but unfortunately cumulative scores are another story. Verification of start and finish within three hours, and ridicule of the cheaters are other chores. I suppose a designated scorer could download all the flights and cast the proper spells. * However, OLC recently added a club league for the Southern Hemisphere. With the proper persuasion, they may set up what you're after. Regarding persuasion, there seems to be no way to donate to OLC (from USA) on the website this year. * Bill has brought up a good point. OLC is the best thing for x-c soaring since P-tubes were invented. This would be a way to include pilots uncomfortable flying 6+ hours a day, just as handicapping includes those with less than the latest equipment. * This brings to mind a sticker that was on Bob Fitch's van: Old age and treachery shall beat youth and skill. Jim Thanks for the replys. *It looks like the Canada three hour contest is very close to what I have in mind. *If a large group would ask for such a catagory maybe we could get it included in the OLC score sheet. Bill 6W Cool idea. Are there any height maximum/minimum limits for start/ finish or do you just try to get as high as you can by 1pm and as low as you dare at 4pm? Puts a whole new spin on 'start anywhere'. 9B |
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Three Hour OLC
One way to have a contest like this is to form a club called "Three Hours", have all interested pilots join it, and check out the daily results for the club. The results would be handicapped and listed in order of top score for the day, but unfortunately cumulative scores are another story. Verification of start and finish within three hours, and ridicule of the cheaters are other chores. I suppose a designated scorer could download all the flights and cast the proper spells. However, OLC recently added a club league for the Southern Hemisphere. With the proper persuasion, they may set up what you're after. Regarding persuasion, there seems to be no way to donate to OLC (from USA) on the website this year. Bill has brought up a good point. OLC is the best thing for x-c soaring since P-tubes were invented. This would be a way to include pilots uncomfortable flying 6+ hours a day, just as handicapping includes those with less than the latest equipment. This brings to mind a sticker that was on Bob Fitch's van: Old age and treachery shall beat youth and skill. Jim Thanks for the replys. It looks like the Canada three hour contest is very close to what I have in mind. If a large group would ask for such a catagory maybe we could get it included in the OLC score sheet. For every flight that is posted, OLC is already calculating speed during the fastest 2.5 hours of the flight (finish must be at least as high as the start). You just need OLC to add a listing of those speeds. |
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On Dec 30, 11:28*pm, wrote:
On Dec 30, 5:28*pm, " wrote: On Dec 30, 10:55*am, JS wrote: * One way to have a contest like this is to form a club called "Three Hours", have all interested pilots join it, and check out the daily results for the club. The results would be handicapped and listed in order of top score for the day, but unfortunately cumulative scores are another story. Verification of start and finish within three hours, and ridicule of the cheaters are other chores. I suppose a designated scorer could download all the flights and cast the proper spells. * However, OLC recently added a club league for the Southern Hemisphere. With the proper persuasion, they may set up what you're after. Regarding persuasion, there seems to be no way to donate to OLC (from USA) on the website this year. * Bill has brought up a good point. OLC is the best thing for x-c soaring since P-tubes were invented. This would be a way to include pilots uncomfortable flying 6+ hours a day, just as handicapping includes those with less than the latest equipment. * This brings to mind a sticker that was on Bob Fitch's van: Old age and treachery shall beat youth and skill. Jim Thanks for the replys. *It looks like the Canada three hour contest is very close to what I have in mind. *If a large group would ask for such a catagory maybe we could get it included in the OLC score sheet. Bill 6W Cool idea. Are there any height maximum/minimum limits for start/ finish or do you just try to get as high as you can by 1pm and as low as you dare at 4pm? Puts a whole new spin on 'start anywhere'. 9B There are no maximum or minimum start and finish heights. As you say, it's basically start as high as possible and finish as low as you dare. Scores are for kms flown during the 3 hour period, either between 1:00pm and 4:00pm or for any three hour period if a start is made within 1km of the home airport after 1:00 pm. If there is no start within 1km, the 3 hour period starts on release. The whole idea is to permit "head to head" competition while still flying from you home airport. Since the 3 clubs are within 100km of each other the weather should be fairly uniform within that area. However, as has been stated, we only count the best 5 days out of the total of 10 scheduled days so differences in weather are evened out. Scoring is done according to the OLC rules, using a software program such as SeeYou. It is quite easy to do and also includes handicapping. Over the years this competition has been a lot of fun and has attracted new pilots as well as experienced ones. Its main advantage over the OLC 2.5 hour competition is that everyone flies at the same time and generally in the same conditions. |
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