We had a great flying day in North Battleford today. Joerg showed us all how to do it with 108 km/hr win in the FAI class. Bruce Friesen in his Standard Austria took the win in the club class with 79 km/hr.
The day started slowly with the sniffers struggling low around the airport, but they were able to maintain, so we launched 4 more in the club class for a total of 6 in the air. Within 15 minutes 3 of 6 were back on the ground, so after a short delay and reports from the 3 airborne the rest of the class was launched.
A task change on the grid to take advantage of the better looking conditions to the south and the FAI class was launched. The FAI class had a Turn area task with a nominal distance of 295 km and 3 hours. The club class had a 220 km nominal distance for 3 hours.
The conditions were good for the first leg and part of the second leg, but the second and third turn areas were somewhat blue with long glides between climbs. When I got to the third area it looked like I would be undertime, so I extended into the blue, and this cost me as I ended up low and had to dump my water. In hindsight, it probably would have been better to come home 10 minutes early!
Tomorrow looks like another good flying day, but they are calling for 40% chance of T-storms in the afternoon.
Dave
The day started slowly with the sniffers struggling low around the airport, but they were able to maintain, so we launched 4 more in the club class for a total of 6 in the air. Within 15 minutes 3 of 6 were back on the ground, so after a short delay and reports from the 3 airborne the rest of the class was launched.
A task change on the grid to take advantage of the better looking conditions to the south and the FAI class was launched. The FAI class had a Turn area task with a nominal distance of 295 km and 3 hours. The club class had a 220 km nominal distance for 3 hours.
The conditions were good for the first leg and part of the second leg, but the second and third turn areas were somewhat blue with long glides between climbs. When I got to the third area it looked like I would be undertime, so I extended into the blue, and this cost me as I ended up low and had to dump my water. In hindsight, it probably would have been better to come home 10 minutes early!
Tomorrow looks like another good flying day, but they are calling for 40% chance of T-storms in the afternoon.
Dave
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