--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, joshuawfinn@... wrote:
<<Raw performance.
No thermals, no tricks. >>
Ya, contrasted with outdoor FF, indoor thermals are way less important. You didn't choose any thermal or lift in one round of outdoor FF? Sorry, you are probably out of the winners circle, so just try again next year. Indoor, you lose a minute, but are probably still in the running come the next flight. Indoor, I'm not aware of anyone's ability to "pick thermals" when you have to fly, but outdoor, it's somewhat a teachable art. (I once asked Bob White (RIP) for a lesson in thermal picking. He graciously escorted me around the flight line, pointing to clues, streamers, and explaining his theories.) But indoor FF, some flyers will launch at times or spots according to knowledge about the site's temperature dynamics and shape--knowledge generally accessible to anyone paying attention or asking questions. And if you miss the possible sweet spot, it won't cost you the whole contest, if, if your models are built well, and you are a good flyer.
<<no tricks. >>
Agreed, considering that indoor "tricks" are accessible to anyone paying close attention. Or, if there's a clever flyer who discovers a trick (about which I don't begrudge him the right to keep trick to his/herself if that's the flyer's choice!) we can figure any "trick" may assist him for a year or two before others catch on--those who will then share it with others.
Some sour grape flyers may claim that "lucky ceiling bumps" account for some indoor success. Steve Gardner wrote a nice article in INAV that described various stability factors which help toward achieving "lucky bumps." So, suppose one builder decides to build and trim in view of maximizing the stability factors Steve G described. Suppose he also wins a contest. Someone else (ignorantly) comments, "Boy, you sure had a lot of lucky ceiling bumps!" The winner graciously says, "Yes, I sure did." Kinda reminds me of my fishing era, when a good stringer of fish would invoke the compliment, "Boy, you got lucky today!"
"Thanks!" (While thinking, "Idiot.")
Indoor, yes, flyers do get lucky, but the best ones have a way of creating their own luck.
<<That's what I love about indoor--you only get out of it what you put in, >>
True enough.
MB
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