Shazam!

On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 5:30:06 PM UTC-4, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 20:27 28 June 2018, Tony wrote:
Well there was the 2013 1-26 Championships in Moriarty where Daniel
flew
"Sweet Red" to a win in a shootout with Ron Schwartz.

OH and Eric - I suggest you don't touch that LS-3 this winter. It
clearly
is running just fine. It's not nearly as bad as Templins, so you can
always
just compare it to that, and if you refinish it you have a big risk of
messing it up!

From what I saw, the radio and instruments could possibly use a
tune up though. Way to go Daniel!

RO

Makes the case that shiny paint and expensive new instruments are less important than the view out the front of the canopy and a well adjusted nut holding the stick.
Gives hope to the little guys.
Well done
UH

Stunning. Young talented pilot and 1970s sailplane technology lays waste to competition in 2018. Congrats Dan.
I wonder if unique flying conditions this week may have favored the older sailplane design?
No shade on Dan’s victory.

On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 7:07:27 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 5:30:06 PM UTC-4, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 20:27 28 June 2018, Tony wrote:
Well there was the 2013 1-26 Championships in Moriarty where Daniel
flew
"Sweet Red" to a win in a shootout with Ron Schwartz.

OH and Eric - I suggest you don't touch that LS-3 this winter. It
clearly
is running just fine. It's not nearly as bad as Templins, so you can
always
just compare it to that, and if you refinish it you have a big risk of
messing it up!

From what I saw, the radio and instruments could possibly use a
tune up though. Way to go Daniel!

RO

Makes the case that shiny paint and expensive new instruments are less important than the view out the front of the canopy and a well adjusted nut holding the stick.
Gives hope to the little guys.
Well done
UH

Also no downplay of the win meant here but I thought sports class handicaps are supposed to equalize the field. Is the idea that the glider is old and not performing to it's own handicap? And I'm not sure this says anything about instrumentation. It probably says a lot more about someone racing Condor more than regularly for years, and flying a lot, and being a skilled, brilliant pilot. He may have only won by more with better instrumentation.... I know every upgrade I've made has made me faster. A modern radio with presets gives you a lot more time to think about flying instead of fiddling the radio to each frequency for example.