tonycondon
Gastons CRO (Chief Dinner Reservation Officer)
Well last saturday was our annual Kowbell Klassic free distance glider contest. Whoever lands furthest away from home wins. I took the NG-1 out, the soaring conditions were great with an average (!) of 4.3 knots climb over the nearly 5 hour flight. I was able to be pretty comfortable running usually at about 80, sometimes as high as 90 mph between thermals. I got my circling % down to an all time low of 33%. Usually my flights are more like 45 or 50. I ended up landing at Guymon, OK for 216 miles. A good flight, although I was hoping for another 100 miles and Diamond Distance. Unfortunately I ended up with a late start. I actually launched first, as soon as I thought there were going to be thermals. Unfortunately I was a touch early and after 1/2 hour had to land. This put me at the back of the line to takeoff. The other wood gliders in the contest, two Ka-6's, did the same thing so the lowest performance ships ended up being last to take off. The Ka-6's both made Hooker, OK for Gold Distance (300 km). We all met in Liberal, KS on the way home for supper, which was nice.
Here is my flight:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=925023128
and a map of where everyone landed:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...l=36.835668,-101.239014&spn=5.398024,9.074707
Here is my flight:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=925023128
and a map of where everyone landed:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid...l=36.835668,-101.239014&spn=5.398024,9.074707