Any news from IGC?

Janos Bauer wrote:

Theoretically you don't have to go further than 125km from your home on
a 500km task.

it's actually 83.333 km only !


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Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?

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Denis wrote:
Janos Bauer wrote:

Theoretically you don't have to go further than 125km from your home on
a 500km task.

it's actually 83.333 km only !

Hmmm...if S is start, F is finish, points are 1, 2, 3, and A
is the airport:

S 1

2 A 3

F

Then S-1 = 1-2 = 2-3 = 3-F = 125km
Since half of that is the max distance to the airport, 62.5 km
is max distance (about 33NM).

For gold distance of 300km, this is 37.5km (20NM).

Astonishingly,
for silver distance, one can fly a 3TP course without ever going
more than 6.25km (3.3 NM) from the airport! Get towed out to
near the start, and just fly back and forth over the airport
four times!

I'm not saying it's easier than just grabbing a thermal to
6000ft and then doing a 50km downwind dash ), but it sounds
pretty darned easy...geez, at 3.3 NM from the airport,
1000ft AGL is final glide even for a 2-33 :O

Of course assume half glide, and add pattern, blah blah,
but even that's just 3000 ft. Not exactly a challenge...



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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA

50 km silver - the 50 km has to be one leg in a straight stripe - read
2.1.1.a . You're going to have to get 25 km from the airfield.

Ian

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tango4 wrote:
50 km silver - the 50 km has to be one leg in a straight stripe - read
2.1.1.a . You're going to have to get 25 km from the airfield.

Ian

Darn good thing SOMEBODY is willing to look at the regs.

Thanks Ian! I thought that 3.3nm from the airport was a little
absurd...
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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA

Oh yes, you right! I will try it this summer

Denis wrote:

Janos Bauer wrote:

Theoretically you don't have to go further than 125km from your home on
a 500km task.

it's actually 83.333 km only !