OLC Questions

Kirk, I gotta call BS on loving to fly in southern Illinois. What you're
really experiencing is the joy of flying an LS-6! Been there, done
that! Loved it! :-D


On 5/16/2016 10:01 AM, kirk.stant wrote:
And don't forget available time to fly! So there should be a HUGE handicap against retired old farts!

Seriously, re original post: YGBSM. OLC is fun, and within a club or a homogeneous wx/terrain area, can be an interesting "contest", but it does not replace real contests. If you want a "fair" comparison, go to a contest.

Kirk
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Flying in non-OLC friendly southern Illinois, and loving it.

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Dan, 5J

Hey Dan,
Thanks, I kinda like skylines and the prosoar.

On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:58:35 AM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
Excellent point, T8.

I started using OLC do make it simpler to complete my logbook.Â*
Then I found skylines.aero which allows me to choose my units,
non-metric, thank you very much.Â* I learned to fly with nautical
miles and my logbook contains 40+ years of that.Â* No meed to
switch to metric units.Â* I current log to both sites so that
Moriarty Soaring can "benefit" from that paltry points I
contribute.

Call me old-fashioned...





On 5/16/2016 7:35 AM, Tango Eight
wrote:



You are over thinking this.

OLC isn't a meaningful competition.

It's amusing & fun, but it's simply another game. By all means play if you are so inclined, but don't get fussed about big scores achieved by guys that have access to resources you don't.

We have a friendly little in-region OLC "grudge match" that gets going from time to time. It's great fun. Or it was until I saw one of my friends do something really dumb (300', nowhere to crash) trying to get back on top.... kinda took the fun out of it for me.

T8





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Dan, 5J

On Monday, May 16, 2016 at 11:28:48 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Kirk, I gotta call BS on loving to fly in southern Illinois.Â*
What you're really experiencing is the joy of flying an LS-6!Â*
Been there, done that!Â* Loved it!Â* :-D

Well, flying in IL is better than not flying somewhere else!

And you get to enjoy the scenery better - since you rarely get above 5000' (pattern altitude out west, at times...)

How is that Stemme doing for ya?

Kirk

On Monday, 16 May 2016 16:58:35 UTC+2, Dan Marotta wrote:
I current log to both sites so that Moriarty Soaring can "benefit"
from that paltry points I contribute.

Call me old-fashioned...

There is nothing wrong with being old fashioned.
I also log my flights regardless of how insignificant they are because it helps promote my local club. Before I started gliding I spent a fair bit of time on OLC analysing flights and seeing which club seemed to be the most active. It may be a minor marketing tool but every little bit helps.