EPH Contest 2010 time elapsed grid and launch

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQRTQ...feature=autofb

Wonderful!

Interesting filming technique - but that's the most disorganized, slap-
dash contest launch I've ever seen.

-John

On Nov 9, 12:43 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:
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Really? What was wrong with it? It looked pretty much like every
contest I've ever been to...

Boggs

On Nov 9, 4:32*am, jcarlyle wrote:
Interesting filming technique - but that's the most disorganized, slap-
dash contest launch I've ever seen.

-John

On Nov 9, 8:51*am, GARY BOGGS wrote:
Really? *What was wrong with it? *It looked pretty much like every
contest I've ever been to...

Boggs

On Nov 9, 4:32*am, jcarlyle wrote:







Interesting filming technique - but that's the most disorganized, slap-
dash contest launch I've ever seen.

-John

I don't think he realized that the video was sped up.......be gentle
Gary.

Brad

On Nov 9, 5:32*am, jcarlyle wrote:
Interesting filming technique - but that's the most disorganized, slap-
dash contest launch I've ever seen.

-John
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A couple points. They were down one tow plane but still managed to
launch in about an hour.
Even with my relight.
Also the gliders at the end are not contest gliders launching.

Brian
HP16T N16VP

In the contests I've flown we had a definite grid time, which occurred
well before the sniffer launches. If your plane wasn't there at grid
time, you went to the end of the line when you arrived. We also would
never let a tow plane wait. If you weren't ready to launch when the
tow plane came and you were number one, you'd be pushed out of the
grid and go to the end of the line. Further, no one would ever be
allowed to push a glider across an active runway after the launch had
started.

These things aren't being done in this video, which is why I called it
disorganized and slap-dash.

-John

On Nov 9, 4:21*pm, jcarlyle wrote:
In the contests I've flown we had a definite grid time, which occurred
well before the sniffer launches. If your plane wasn't there at grid
time, you went to the end of the line when you arrived. We also would
never let a tow plane wait. If you weren't ready to launch when the
tow plane came and you were number one, you'd be pushed out of the
grid and go to the end of the line. Further, no one would ever be
allowed to push a glider across an active runway after the launch had
started.


These things aren't being done in this video, which is why I called it
disorganized and slap-dash.

-John

By your reasoning, one could argue that this launch was efficient and
resourceful.

Looked like a fun time to me.

Kirk
66

On 11/9/2010 2:21 PM, jcarlyle wrote:
In the contests I've flown we had a definite grid time, which occurred
well before the sniffer launches. If your plane wasn't there at grid
time, you went to the end of the line when you arrived. We also would
never let a tow plane wait. If you weren't ready to launch when the
tow plane came and you were number one, you'd be pushed out of the
grid and go to the end of the line. Further, no one would ever be
allowed to push a glider across an active runway after the launch had
started.

These things aren't being done in this video, which is why I called it
disorganized and slap-dash.


Well, they've been pushing gliders across that active runway during the
launch for at least 35 years, so it's more organized than it appears.
It's also a glider-only runway, and there are two other large runways
with landable taxiways for airplanes and gliders. All the contests I've
flown there, about 25 over a 30 year period, the gridding and launching
went the way you think it should. I wasn't there for the one in the
video, but it would be a surprise to me if it was disorganized and
slapdash - never was the times I flew there.

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So let me get this straight, you were not there, and you think this
was a disorganized launch for a contest...I disagree, I was there and
we did the launch just fine. The gliders at the end of the video were
not in the contest and were launching after the grid and relights.
Great job Mike for the video! If there is a slap-dash ness to this
show us a "proper grid launch time lapse video".