Video from 2007 Albert Lea Soaring Contest

Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest included the U.S. Open and 18 m
Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. The Sports Class contest
had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

On Jan 6, 1:14*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. *It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. *It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. *The contest included the U.S. Open and 18 m
Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. *The Sports Class contest
had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

paul - COOL!!

Kind of strange seeing that corporate jet taxi by half way through the
video.

- John

On Jan 6, 12:14 am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest included the U.S. Open and 18 m
Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. The Sports Class contest
had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

I was trying to watch the grid take shape with everyone scurrying
around, but I was just mesmerised by those cu that were popping and
evolving all over the sky!

Must have been a great race day; thanks for the video.

On Jan 6, 1:14*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. *It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. *It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. *The contest included the U.S. Open and 18 m
Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. *The Sports Class contest
had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

Great job Paul!

Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest included the U.S. Open and 18 m
Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. The Sports Class contest
had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


Sorry for my ignorance as a newbie who stumbled onto this discussion,
but after watching the movie, I still can't see exactly
what the object of the glider contest is. It appears to involve some
type of full scale board game involving moving the gliders as game
pieces around on a
large outdoor grid of some sort, according to some complex and arcane
rules that must
be written down somewhere, as per the references to "gridding". It looks
something like chess perhaps? Are some gliders more powerful than others
like the Queen or Bishop and can knock other less powerful gliders off
the "grid"? Or what actually is going on in one of these "soaring contests"?

Hi Ben,

I imagine the video is confusing or boring to those that have not been
involved with a soaring contest. But I thought contest pilots and
volunteers would find it interesting.

The video shows only the launch phase of the contest. The race begins after
the gliders are up in the air. They race around a pre-defined (but
sometimes somewhat flexible) course as fast as possible. Their position and
altitude are recorded by a GPS flight recorder. After they land their
flight recordings are used to determine who flew the task the fastest.
There is a more detailed description of a contest day on the contest web
page for that contest.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/contest.htm

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

"Ben" wrote in message
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Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time lapse
(interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing the gliders
out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was filmed at the 2007
Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest included the U.S. Open and 18
m Nationals and the Region 7 Sports Class contest. The Sports Class
contest had ended before this footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
Sorry for my ignorance as a newbie who stumbled onto this discussion, but
after watching the movie, I still can't see exactly
what the object of the glider contest is. It appears to involve some
type of full scale board game involving moving the gliders as game pieces
around on a
large outdoor grid of some sort, according to some complex and arcane
rules that must
be written down somewhere, as per the references to "gridding". It looks
something like chess perhaps? Are some gliders more powerful than others
like the Queen or Bishop and can knock other less powerful gliders off
the "grid"? Or what actually is going on in one of these "soaring
contests"?

Ben wrote:

Paul Remde wrote:

Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time
lapse (interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing
the gliders out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was
filmed at the 2007 Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest
included the U.S. Open and 18 m Nationals and the Region 7 Sports
Class contest. The Sports Class contest had ended before this footage
was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

Sorry for my ignorance as a newbie who stumbled onto this discussion,
but after watching the movie, I still can't see exactly
what the object of the glider contest is. It appears to involve some
type of full scale board game involving moving the gliders as game
pieces around on a
large outdoor grid of some sort, according to some complex and arcane
rules that must
be written down somewhere, as per the references to "gridding". It looks
something like chess perhaps? Are some gliders more powerful than others
like the Queen or Bishop and can knock other less powerful gliders off
the "grid"? Or what actually is going on in one of these "soaring
contests"?


I did notice that early in the movie, some gliders seem to line up on
one side of the large central dividing area and others on the other side
facing them. Are those on opposing teams? But eventually they all seemed
to end up in a jumble in the central dividing area of the contest board.
The central dividing
area between the opposing teams of gliders seems to be occaisionally
invaded by another faster air vehicle that looks a lot like a small
business jet. What role do those play in the contest?

Ben wrote:
Ben wrote:

Paul Remde wrote:

Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube. It is and time
lapse (interval recording actually) film of the process of bringing
the gliders out to the runway, gridding up and launching. It was
filmed at the 2007 Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest. The contest
included the U.S. Open and 18 m Nationals and the Region 7 Sports
Class contest. The Sports Class contest had ended before this
footage was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

Sorry for my ignorance as a newbie who stumbled onto this discussion,
but after watching the movie, I still can't see exactly
what the object of the glider contest is. It appears to involve some
type of full scale board game involving moving the gliders as game
pieces around on a
large outdoor grid of some sort, according to some complex and arcane
rules that must
be written down somewhere, as per the references to "gridding". It looks
something like chess perhaps? Are some gliders more powerful than
others like the Queen or Bishop and can knock other less powerful
gliders off
the "grid"? Or what actually is going on in one of these "soaring
contests"?


I did notice that early in the movie, some gliders seem to line up on
one side of the large central dividing area and others on the other side
facing them. Are those on opposing teams? But eventually they all seemed
to end up in a jumble in the central dividing area of the contest board.
The central dividing
area between the opposing teams of gliders seems to be occaisionally
invaded by another faster air vehicle that looks a lot like a small
business jet. What role do those play in the contest?


They shoot down the trolls :-)

HTH,
Shawn

At 20:18 10 January 2008, Ben wrote:
Ben wrote:

Paul Remde wrote:

Hi,

I just created my first soaring video for YouTube.
It is and time
lapse (interval recording actually) film of the process
of bringing
the gliders out to the runway, gridding up and launching.
It was
filmed at the 2007 Albert Lea MN Soaring Contest.
The contest
included the U.S. Open and 18 m Nationals and the
Region 7 Sports
Class contest. The Sports Class contest had ended
before this footage
was taken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6l0pFIGBYtk

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com

Sorry for my ignorance as a newbie who stumbled onto
this discussion,
but after watching the movie, I still can't see exactly
what the object of the glider contest is. It appears
to involve some
type of full scale board game involving moving the
gliders as game
pieces around on a
large outdoor grid of some sort, according to some
complex and arcane
rules that must
be written down somewhere, as per the references
to 'gridding'. It looks
something like chess perhaps? Are some gliders more
powerful than others
like the Queen or Bishop and can knock other less
powerful gliders off
the 'grid'? Or what actually is going on in one of
these 'soaring
contests'?


I did notice that early in the movie, some gliders
seem to line up on
one side of the large central dividing area and others
on the other side
facing them. Are those on opposing teams? But eventually
they all seemed
to end up in a jumble in the central dividing area
of the contest board.
The central dividing
area between the opposing teams of gliders seems to
be occaisionally
invaded by another faster air vehicle that looks a
lot like a small
business jet. What role do those play in the contest?


The business jets are there to keep the chess piece
movers working, as gliding contests are actually an
aerobic sport. Whenever there is a lull in the game,
the jets roll through forcing the players to move all
their pieces, which brings their heartrates back up
to acceptable aerobic workout levels. It really keeps
the players quite fit. If your really nice to some
of them, they may even let you push their pieces for
them so you can get a feel for our sport...