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

As someone with zero XC experience, this seems an impressive feat of endurance.

I have a general question and it is not meant as criticism or negativity.

I just don't understand WHY someone would want to spend 4 hours in a glider let alone 11. What does it feel like to do this? What is the attraction? Do you get into a euphoric state after the first two hours or so? Is the euphoria related to mild hypoxia?

My longest flight in a glider has been about 100 minutes and I came down because my bladder was full (no having made anticipated the need). So I really have no idea why people like to stay up that longer than that. What is the difference between a 1.5 hour flight and a 4 hour flight?

What is the difference between a 1.5 hour flight and a 4 hour flight?

2.5 hours.......(somebody had to say it).

The real answer to that you'll have to find out for yourself. And you're only going to find out by leaving your home airfield well behind.

For me a big thing is the sense of accomplishment, eg, out-thinking Mother Nature for once and flying a task I've set for myself. But there's adventure, too - as Sebastian Kawa says, each glider flight is a trip into the unknown. And on a difficult flight, you'll really learn something about yourself. So the difference between an XC flight of 1.5 hours and 4.0 hours for me is that the latter is a lot more of the three points above.

-John, Q3


On Friday, March 8, 2013 8:42:39 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
As someone with zero XC experience, this seems an impressive feat of endurance.

I have a general question and it is not meant as criticism or negativity.

I just don't understand WHY someone would want to spend 4 hours in a glider let alone 11. What does it feel like to do this? What is the attraction? Do you get into a euphoric state after the first two hours or so? Is the euphoria related to mild hypoxia?

My longest flight in a glider has been about 100 minutes and I came down because my bladder was full (no having made anticipated the need). So I really have no idea why people like to stay up that longer than that. What is the difference between a 1.5 hour flight and a 4 hour flight?