Re: West Baden Final Scores

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:03:29 -0400

The best news is that Walt says we will get a date next year. I hope we can
get it settled earlier so more people will be able to come. What an
incredible place to fly!
On Mar 30, 2015 9:56 AM, "mkirda_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction]" <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Don.
>
> The air on Saturday was the best I have ever seen it in the building. Wow.
>
> Sunday it was quite turbulent in the NW section, same as last year,
> especially in the morning.
>
> What I realized later was that Saturday it must have been a bit hazier
> than Sunday. Really bright days mean thermals and turbulence in that sunny
> area.
>
> Absent this year was the crazy drift into the down draft you saw last year.
>
> Sunday afternoon got hazy then cloudy and the building air got very quiet.
> Some drift but minimal. The air was good to even very good, just not as
> spectacular as on Saturday.
>
> One thing we did learn:
> If the contest ends at 5:30, it means your model should be DOWN at 5:30,
> not last launch just before 5:30. You don't want a model up when the air
> handlers come back on. Even an LPP would get blown out of the air.
>
> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
>
>
Received on Mon Mar 30 2015 - 07:03:46 CEST