Post by Stan Templeton on Mar 16, 2017 15:15:17 GMT -5
Good news he's back. That's right Claude Turner is back and ready to do the CD work for our spring Bent Wing.
Registration is now open.
This years contests will be held May 5/6/7 at our field in Visalia. We will fly a ALES only on Friday the 5th. Registration for the ALES event will be on the field Friday morning at 11am, with flying to start at noon. The entry fee for Friday will be $20.00. This will be a 150m event, so set your limiters accordingly. There will also be a production foamy class as long as the numbers are there. The timing of the Friday ALES event will give those who need time to travel, and give us time to set up the field for Saturday and Sundays bent wing. Kent Nogy, Mark Taylor and Tim Johnson will do the CD honers. PLEASE NOTE: The Friday ALES event is a distinct and separate contest from the Bent Wing Saturday and Sunday. As such the entry fees for the Friday ALES event are not applicable to the Bent Wing contest.
Saturday and Sundays registration, May 6/7, for the Bent Wing will be on line at <rcsoaring.com>. Look for the banner at the top of the page, click on contests, and there you will find the registration information.
We will fly RES, Woody RES and Legacy RES.
Please contact Claude to answer any questions you may have. claudesoars@icloud.com
Below are attached the Legacy class rules for those of you unfamiliar with this class.
Legacy Class Radio Control Thermal Soaring Rules as conceived by Larry Jolly
A Legacy class glider is defined as a Soaring design that is 25 years old. Proof of compliance can be accomplished by published plans, kits, magazine articles, magazine photographs, or personal photographs with date printed on the photo. While the builder is encouraged to construct his glider as accurately as possible, including correct construction methods, outline, and airfoils. Deviations are allowed, including a fiberglass fuselage in place of a fully sheeted fuselage, stronger spars and joiners to withstand modern launch equipment, increased dihedral, control surfaces, if none is shown on the drawings, glide path controls, and other changes deemed necessary by the builder to improve handling, and safety. In addition small changes to improve the gliders appearance are allowed and encouraged. If the original design was 120” span or less, the builder is allowed to scale his design to a maximum of 4 meter wingspan. In the case of little known designs, the builder should be prepared to provide documentation to the contest director for review, and approval. This is not a scale model competition, and the documentation requirements are lenient by design. The purpose is to give as much latitude as possible to the competitor to explore his creative instincts, as he constructs a recognizable replica of his favorite old glider.
The Legacy class is designed to be adaptable, to be included as an additional class at any RC Soaring Contest. So if the contest is an open meet then Legacy gliders will also be of open class capability. If it is an RES-Bent wing type contest the Legacy Class models will be limited to RES, REF, or RE functions. Legacy Class models are also suitable for alternate launching contests such as ALES, Hand Launch, or Slope Soaring competitions. Legacy class designs offer special consideration for precision landings. If the original design had no glide path control as designed. The landing will receive maximum points if the glider comes to rest inside the landing zone or circle. If the design had glide path controls, they should be present and operational as the landing will be scored by its resting position on the landing tape or zone. Duration tasks should be considered, so that the limited performance of most of these designs are considered. It should be recognized that these old gliders will not generally tow as high or run as far as their modern counterparts.
The Legacy class is designed as a slower paced contest flying planes that many of us grew up flying. It was conceived by Larry in 2015, and is intended to promote the traditions and "legacy" of this great hobby. Hopefully it will give fellow soaring pilots that did not live the golden years of RC Soaring development the opportunity to view these old gliders performing, and help celebrate our heritage by joining in.
hope to see you all there
Registration is now open.
This years contests will be held May 5/6/7 at our field in Visalia. We will fly a ALES only on Friday the 5th. Registration for the ALES event will be on the field Friday morning at 11am, with flying to start at noon. The entry fee for Friday will be $20.00. This will be a 150m event, so set your limiters accordingly. There will also be a production foamy class as long as the numbers are there. The timing of the Friday ALES event will give those who need time to travel, and give us time to set up the field for Saturday and Sundays bent wing. Kent Nogy, Mark Taylor and Tim Johnson will do the CD honers. PLEASE NOTE: The Friday ALES event is a distinct and separate contest from the Bent Wing Saturday and Sunday. As such the entry fees for the Friday ALES event are not applicable to the Bent Wing contest.
Saturday and Sundays registration, May 6/7, for the Bent Wing will be on line at <rcsoaring.com>. Look for the banner at the top of the page, click on contests, and there you will find the registration information.
We will fly RES, Woody RES and Legacy RES.
Please contact Claude to answer any questions you may have. claudesoars@icloud.com
Below are attached the Legacy class rules for those of you unfamiliar with this class.
Legacy Class Radio Control Thermal Soaring Rules as conceived by Larry Jolly
A Legacy class glider is defined as a Soaring design that is 25 years old. Proof of compliance can be accomplished by published plans, kits, magazine articles, magazine photographs, or personal photographs with date printed on the photo. While the builder is encouraged to construct his glider as accurately as possible, including correct construction methods, outline, and airfoils. Deviations are allowed, including a fiberglass fuselage in place of a fully sheeted fuselage, stronger spars and joiners to withstand modern launch equipment, increased dihedral, control surfaces, if none is shown on the drawings, glide path controls, and other changes deemed necessary by the builder to improve handling, and safety. In addition small changes to improve the gliders appearance are allowed and encouraged. If the original design was 120” span or less, the builder is allowed to scale his design to a maximum of 4 meter wingspan. In the case of little known designs, the builder should be prepared to provide documentation to the contest director for review, and approval. This is not a scale model competition, and the documentation requirements are lenient by design. The purpose is to give as much latitude as possible to the competitor to explore his creative instincts, as he constructs a recognizable replica of his favorite old glider.
The Legacy class is designed to be adaptable, to be included as an additional class at any RC Soaring Contest. So if the contest is an open meet then Legacy gliders will also be of open class capability. If it is an RES-Bent wing type contest the Legacy Class models will be limited to RES, REF, or RE functions. Legacy Class models are also suitable for alternate launching contests such as ALES, Hand Launch, or Slope Soaring competitions. Legacy class designs offer special consideration for precision landings. If the original design had no glide path control as designed. The landing will receive maximum points if the glider comes to rest inside the landing zone or circle. If the design had glide path controls, they should be present and operational as the landing will be scored by its resting position on the landing tape or zone. Duration tasks should be considered, so that the limited performance of most of these designs are considered. It should be recognized that these old gliders will not generally tow as high or run as far as their modern counterparts.
The Legacy class is designed as a slower paced contest flying planes that many of us grew up flying. It was conceived by Larry in 2015, and is intended to promote the traditions and "legacy" of this great hobby. Hopefully it will give fellow soaring pilots that did not live the golden years of RC Soaring development the opportunity to view these old gliders performing, and help celebrate our heritage by joining in.
hope to see you all there