Mike
It's a good idea but we are locked in to stopping when they tell us to -
especially on Sunday. We were actually allowed to stop a half hour later
this year than last year on Sunday. A later stop time on Saturday might
be possible but we'll have to wait for the next open dates and see what
Walt can come up with.
The larger problem to me this year was that the bunches of people
wandering through had no idea what was going on and would often walk
under or into models that were landing or being launched. Next time we
hope to get some signage up to at least get them to slow down and look
for models.
On 4/8/2014 1:01 PM, mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> One thing about West Baden this year that seemed a bit different than
> last:
> The air was a LOT more turbulent this year down low.
>
> F1D partial motor testing was pretty much pointless. You couldn't get
> consistent flights with identical motors/turns/torque with no changes
> between them.
>
> To me, it seemed like there was a layer about 60 feet up - Get to this
> and the air was pretty stable.
> Below it there was a pattern - Turbulent air rising at the north end
> where the sun hits the carpet with thermals if you could catch them.
> Then a fairly quick ride from north to south. (Unless you punched past
> 60 feet quickly.) And a fairly severe downdraft in spots on the south
> end. Don had a cabin model that was cruising nicely and hit this
> downdraft - came 30 feet down in just a few seconds.
>
> In the afternoon, this became less of an issue - by 3-4pm, the air was
> fantastic.
>
> Honestly, I'd like to ask that they move the start to say 10am and
> extend the time in the evening to say 7pm. We'd have more time in
> better air, leading to better flight times IMO.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
>
>
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