FYI,
If you'd like to officially comment on the Nats schedule it's best to
just forward your comments to me privately. I will promptly forward to
the Committee for discussion. Most of the committee members aren't
member of this group.
Rgds
DD
On 1/18/2019 12:56 PM, Don DeLoach ddeloach_at_comcast.net
[Indoor_Construction] wrote:
> The Round Valley School district has been asked and the answer is "no"
> on using the arena lighting. We tried.
>
> The flying hours on days one, two and three are 6a-10pm. Sunset is
> approximately 7:30 pm with twilight lasting another 30 minutes. So,
> about 13-1/2 hours of daylight flying.
>
> Nats management reserves the right to adjust the launch windows based on
> the volume of pre-entries. Translation: If a larger than anticipated
> number of guys sign up for the lightweight classes (Easy B, F1D, F1L,
> Ministick, etc.) then we'll happily add more time.
>
> --Indoor Nats Committee
>
> On 1/18/2019 8:17 AM, leop_at_lyradev.com [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
> > In an earlier post, I brought up concerns about the schedule for the
> > 2019 Nats at the RVD. What I missed at that time was that there would
> > be no general arena lighting at all during the event. Brett Sanborn
> > kindly pointed this out after a careful reading of the 2019 Indoor Nats
> > announcement (it was hard for me to read the fine print given the
> > resolution of the flyer).
> >
> >
> > What the lack of general arena lighting means is that the last few hours
> > of the indoor duration flying slots will be flown in the dark on
> > Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It has been suggested that individual
> > spotlights and flashlights will be good enough to follow the planes and
> > to use for steering. This is problematic at best. Behind the scenes,
> > several of the more experienced indoor duration flier have been trying
> > to work out a way to get the arena lighting in the RVD dome turned on
> > but I have been asked to stop these troublesome efforts "for the good of
> > the sport." Flying indoor in the dark is no different that flying the
> > outdoor free flights classes at the Nats in Muncie well after sunset in
> > the dark (and on moonless night as will be the case during the dates of
> > the indoor Nats). To use another analogy, flying in the dark is no
> > different than playing golf at night with no course lighting or driving
> > the 24 hour of Le Mans with no course lighting at night.
> >
> > We have tried to find out through the indoor Nats organizers what it
> > will take to get the arena lights turned on. If it is a financial
> > issue, this is something that we could seek funds to solve. I have just
> > been told that the organizers do not want to interact with us any
> > longer, again "for the good of the sport." I am happy to see that steps
> > have been taken to have better "air" at the RVD but it does not matter
> > how good the air is if the competitors have trouble seeing the planes.
> > The lack of arena lighting is a real and not a "made up" problem but it
> > is a problem that can be fixed if the desire is there to solve it.
> >
> > LeoP
> >
> >
>
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