I think we need form a PR working group. Its particularly obvious that we
don't take full advantage of damage prevention and recruiting opportunities
at West Baden because of the number of people that wonder through, but it
could be helpful to have materials at other contests as well.
I had several hotel guest ask me throughout the contest for score updates
once they figured out what was going on. I think we could have had these
guest flying if we had some trainer LPPs and kits for sell.
PM me if you would be interesting in helping come up with some resources we
could provide for contest directors. lasray_at_gmail.com
Regards,
Nick
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:38 PM, William D. gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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:
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>
>
> 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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