13.5 Meter World Championships

Good results (2nd and 3rd) for team USA on the first competition day although the "sawed down Diana" ;-) earned a nearly 100 point advantage. Unfortunately, the pace of development in this new 13.5m class gives the latest designs significant advantages. Considering that I think the U.S. Team had an amazing first day.

Good to see a real racing task (assigned task) called on day 1.

Huge bummer that Sabastain Kawa was not able to attend in the new GP14.

RESULTS: http://www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/135...15-08-02/daily

Technically..tied for second. It was a really good team flight on a blue day. More tomorrow!

On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 10:17:48 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Technically..tied for second. It was a really good team flight on a blue day. More tomorrow!

A wonderful start. Keep it up!
Jim

Sean Fidler pisze:

Huge bummer that Sabastain Kawa was not able to attend in the new GP14.
They still hope to get the glider ready for second competition week.

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WojtuÅ›

Go Tony! Go Francios!!!

Results after 2nd contest day:

http://www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/135...15-08-03/total

What's an "incorrect landing lane" warning?
Jim

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 2:59:32 PM UTC-4, JS wrote:
What's an "incorrect landing lane" warning?
Jim

Landing on a surface other than "recommended"? Frankly (didn't look at the scoresheet), if nobody was hurt and nothing broken, "I declared an emergency (maybe only in my mind as PIC), thus I can break any rule out there provided I have a good reason for breaking the rule/rules in the follow-up discussion.....".

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 3:49:29 PM UTC-4, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 2:59:32 PM UTC-4, JS wrote:
What's an "incorrect landing lane" warning?
Jim

Landing on a surface other than "recommended"? Frankly (didn't look at the scoresheet), if nobody was hurt and nothing broken, "I declared an emergency (maybe only in my mind as PIC), thus I can break any rule out there provided I have a good reason for breaking the rule/rules in the follow-up discussion.....".

From Local Procedures:
7.8.1 Landing procedures
The landing frequency is the same as the finish frequency - 122.500 MHz (call sign POCIUNAI INFO). Sailplanes landing straight in shall, during landing, proceed according to the instruction received from finish officials on the airport frequency. The aim is that the first finishing sailplanes shall normally continue as long as possible landing to allow other sailplanes to land safely behind and to use as much runway as possible. Any sudden change in direction of flight or rolling during the landing procedure is strictly prohibited. Violations will be penalized. Landing instructions for sailplanes landing from the runway circuit will be specified at the briefing.
See Appendix B

Appendix B has 14 illustrations on how they want folks to land/take-off depending on runway in use...

http://www.wgc2015.lt/documents/

I assume either changing direction or rolling, or landing first and not taking it to the end as the procedures say.

2D

The field is split into halves. Yesterday the right half was for direct landings and the left for speed finishes and patterns. I'm guessing François drifted over the imaginary centerline on his rollout.