Women's Worlds

On Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 6:55:40 AM UTC-6, Karl Striedieck wrote:
SHE SCOOOORRRRREES! Sarah Arnold clobbered the field on the first day at the Women's Worlds in Australia.

.....by 8km/hr! Took 1,000pts in a 460km task (standard).
Not a fan of Facebook's or the SSA's "platform"; try this for recent updates:
https://www.soaringspot.com/en_gb/10...t-2020/results

On Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 4:55:40 AM UTC-8, Karl Striedieck wrote:
SHE SCOOOORRRRREES! Sarah Arnold clobbered the field on the first day at the Women's Worlds in Australia.

Amazing!!!!

Several competitors received this warning: 'Late delivery of FR'. What are the rules and why is this such a common problem in Lake-Keepit? Can someone explain, please?

On Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 7:14:27 PM UTC-5, Tom BravoMike wrote:
Several competitors received this warning: 'Late delivery of FR'. What are the rules and why is this such a common problem in Lake-Keepit? Can someone explain, please?

Probably due to a requirement in local procedures.
With the expectation of quick scoring to keep the people watching up to date, they may have a short time to get logs in.
UH

Local procedures show a 45 minute requirement to turn in logs. First few days can be hectic before everyone gets in the groove. After landing it becomes a crews priority to get the data turned in quickly.

It's so quaint the way they call flight logs "traces." I love Australia.

It appears that Day 3 got scratched mid-flight (Scoring SPOT). Sarah was ahead of the pack, did a hard 90 deg towards the Keytah turnpoint and then turned for home. The rest of STD class turned back too. Any info?
Craig

On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 9:25:56 PM UTC-8, Craig Reinholt wrote:
It appears that Day 3 got scratched mid-flight (Scoring SPOT). Sarah was ahead of the pack, did a hard 90 deg towards the Keytah turnpoint and then turned for home. The rest of STD class turned back too. Any info?
Craig

Visibility was decreasing.
Kathy and Sylvia also chose to start early, but had the rug pulled out from under them at the thrd TP.
All are on their way back.
Jim

At 00:14 05 January 2020, Tom BravoMike wrote:
Several competitors received this warning: 'Late delivery of FR'. What
are
the rules and why is this such a common problem in Lake-Keepit?
Can someone
explain, please?

Local Procedures WWGC 2019 V7V9.0
https://wwgc2019.com/wp-
content/uploads/files/downloads/Local%20Procedures%20V9.0.pdf

7.10 Flight Documentation
All flight documentation, including FR logs, shall be submitted after
landing at the airfield within 45 minutes.
Back-up documentation shall be handed in within 60 minutes after the
pilot was notified. A valid FR log must be submitted for each flight
flown on each day flown, including official training days. A link for
uploading traces will be on the competition website.

On Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 8:15:13 PM UTC-6, Jock Proudfoot wrote:
At 00:14 05 January 2020, Tom BravoMike wrote:
Several competitors received this warning: 'Late delivery of FR'. What
are
the rules and why is this such a common problem in Lake-Keepit?
Can someone
explain, please?

Local Procedures WWGC 2019 V7V9.0
https://wwgc2019.com/wp-
content/uploads/files/downloads/Local%20Procedures%20V9.0.pdf

7.10 Flight Documentation
All flight documentation, including FR logs, shall be submitted after
landing at the airfield within 45 minutes.
Back-up documentation shall be handed in within 60 minutes after the
pilot was notified. A valid FR log must be submitted for each flight
flown on each day flown, including official training days. A link for
uploading traces will be on the competition website.

Thank you, Tim and Jock. An interesting reading.
BTW, the AGL height limit of 2000 feet for self-launching motor gliders seems to be a disadvantage as they will lose height while cooling the engine down and storing it away:
7.3.2.a Maximum altitude of climb after self-launch Motor gliders, after self-launching, must stop their MoP not higher than 2000 feet AGL, in the release area of the appropriate class.