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2014 DARTS
Hornet's Nest Contest
Saturday
June 14, 2014 |
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Twin Towers Area Park, Fairborn, Ohio
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Sponsored by the DARTS (Dayton
ARea Thermal Soarers)
Who: Any AMA member, spectators welcome
What: Hornet's Nest Contest
When: Saturday June 14,
2014
Pilot's meeting at 10:00 AM
Where: Club Field, Twin Towers Area Park, Fairborn, OH
Type: Club Contest,
Seeded Man-on-Man combined Thermal Duration and ALES
Contest Director: David Wrinkle
Gentlemen,
I can say I had a blast, I'd love say there was lots of
carnage, fist fights and two or three broken teeth but
that was not to be. Seven brave souls took time from
their busy Father days weekend to fly on when of the
most beautiful days I have flown on in years. The wind
was a gentle ~6 mph from the NE and we set up 3 winches
and four landing tapes.
With planes assembled and the pilots meeting complete we
hit the skies. The four ALES guys had their CAM units
set to 150 meters and it was agreed that after a few
launches 150 meters was about spot on to the TD
launches. The ALES guys were forced to stand in the
winch area (with the exception of an all ALES flight
groups) and launch just after the last TD plane was
heading skyward.
Additionally the ALES guys were required to fly to a
point in the sky (in general) over the turn arounds. By
the ALES planes launching last, we had no problems with
TD and ALES mixing it up on launch. The ALES guys
started their clocks like the normal ALES contest when
the planes leaves the hand. I think in the future, I
will change to rule to the motor shut off or have the TD
guys start their watches in the same manner. Also, I
would mention that the ALES airplanes can use landing
aids which is normally prohibited in ALES contests.
SO without out further to do...
1. Norm Poti (TD Xplorer 4000) 6511
2. David Wrinkle (TD Aspire) 6451
3. Greg "Doc" Bell (ALES "BOB") 6203
4. Bill Hoelcher (ALES ) 5615
5. Albert Salas (TD Supra) 5096
6. Don Fleming (ALES) 4841
7. Jay Watkins (ALES Radian) 4706
Just as a heads up, I'm going to try and run this again
next year NOT on the Polecat weekend. I will also
volunteer to run a club contest this fall and run the
same format. I hope our intrepid pilots will jump in and
comment on how they felt about the format. My only
motive for running this format is that it allow more
pilots to fly in the contest format without dedicating
to either ALES or TD.
CD David
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