Great Weather for RES/100

After all the rain we have had over the last few days Sunday turned out to be a fantastic day. An early morning visit to the weather bureau web site produced two spot graph maps of Sundays weather (Click on the image to see a larger version). The one on the left is for Gauteng --- Fantastic!!!! - "Should be a pretty good day for the RES/100 Challenge" I thought.

But just look at the lovely weather Cape Town has in the graph on the right. Warm, light winds, dry and even Thermals. I hope they make an effort. I would be nice if we also get some score from the Cape. Or I wonder what excuse they will come up with as to why they couldn't fly? This type of event is perfect for them and we haven't seen one attempt from them so far this year. Anyway, maybe next year they will try!


I couldn't wait to get to the field and was packed and ready to go at 08h30. Piet was obviously also keen, because when I got to the field he was already there. And it wasn't long before the rest of the mob started arriving. We had a great turnout, with at one stage 14 cars and a whole variety of models and people.



There were only four that participated in the RES/100 Challenge in the end, with Trevor, Wes, Rudi and Tony electing not to fly because of problems with their equipment or models. Piet once again flew his trusty 2,5 met RES iTsotsi 100 , Mike had his OD 3 met RES model and Peter and Evan with standard 2 meter RES Tsotsi's.
We couldn't get Mike to stop flying, he was having soo much fun. So we stood next to him for the photo shoot while he flew .

Mike achieved 2073, just 47 points short of max, followed by Peter on 2055, just 65 point shy, then Piet on 2039,with 81 point missing and Evan, 1964. The best 8 flights for the Club totaled 4194 out of a possible 4240. As can be seen by the scores, it was a very good day for thermals and our lads certainly made the most of it. Well done.


Further analysis of the four flights used for the pilots score, reveals that Mike lost 20 points on landings with his flights being close to max. The worst was 11 seconds short, with a total of 17 seconds short.
Peter only lost 5 points on landings, but a whole minute on flying.
Piet lost 55 points on landings, but would have done a whole lot better if he hadn't hit his helper on one of them, loosing a possible 50 points. Two flights, 9 seconds short and once, 6 seconds and once 2 seconds short. Total of 26 second short.
Evan, lost nothing on the landings, but screwed up one flight. Only achieving 5 minutes 33 seconds. A whopping 147 second lost. Otherwise all his other flights were very good with the worst being 6 seconds short and the other two within 2 seconds.
How to get a good landing. Eish,these Tsotsi's are strong.

This has moved BERG to the top of the rankings again and there we shall stay, as no other club can accumulate enough points to beat us. But the individual positions are still open and until we get the results from the other clubs we shan't know who will be the "Wit Willim" champion.

So, watch this space!

RES/100 Challenge

A bunch of happy RES Pilots

This weekend is the final RES/100 Challenge for the year.

So lets all bring our gliders along on Sunday and really put in a a good showing from the BERG Club.

The field is in great condition and lately there has been plenty of good thermal activity.

Remember this comp is ideal for the old gas bag models. Any size glider with Rudder. Elevator and Spoilers for control. (Of course, you don't need spoilers but they do help. However, if you don't have spoilers, the landing task has been made a little easier for you.) Full house ships that are not bigger than 100 inch (2540mm) span may also participate. So if you have a glider that is under 100'' and has ailerons and flaps, bring it along as well. The Rules are in the September issue of SAMAA News. Or Tag your email address on the Tag Board and I'll send you a copy. (Of the rules. That is!)


Olympic ............................................................Bird of Time


Spirit ...........................................................................AVA


Grand Esprit ........................................................Viking

Legionaire .................................................Sailair


Even a Tsotsi ...............................................and a Windfree


Fred, launching his Sagitta at last years Nats

Simple rules:

Your best 4 flights from 6 attempts, of 8 minutes duration and spot landings.

It will not be a formal comp, but rather just fly when it suits you.

As usual, there will be two club winches available all day on the Sunday and lots of helpers.

Anyone is welcome to join us for a day of fun in the sun!

Who will be the "Wit Willem" Champion? Will it be Piet or will Paul be able to pull back those vital points and get back to the top?

See you Sunday>

The DMAC gang.
Fred was there with his new "Egg Beater", which is the largest "full house"plane allowed. Peter Plint and his beautiful moulded Sagitta ARF, Dennis dusted the cobwebs off the Eliminator. John C and Brad flew their MiniGraphites, Dave Denley, Don Slatter and Brian Fanning flew SpiritElites, John Wright flew his Spagitta 600 and Allan flew a standard Spirit 2 m.

These DMAC pilots have already put in round 3 scores. (Rounds flown in brackets)

There has been a change to the landing bonus system so please use the score sheets as per the September SAMAA News for this round.

It's really encouraging to see the number of pilots has grown to 29 pilots already. This bodes well for next year and proves that this class is still alive and kicking. I think all the bugs have been ironed out and the rules will remain as they are now for next year. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Leader board at the moment.

1 Fred Whitstock 4934 (3 rounds)
2 Dennis Bird 4558 (3 rounds)
3 Piet Rheeders 4223 (2 rounds)
4 Paul Carnell 4182 (2 rounds)
5 Gert Nieuwoudt 3630 (2 rounds)
6 Malcolm Siebert 2975 (2 rounds)
7 Izak Theron 2406 (2 rounds)
8 Evan Shaw 2083 (1 rounds)
9 Mike May 2009 (1 rounds)
10 Alan Sneedon 1990 (1 rounds)
11 John Coulson 1885 (1 rounds)
12 Peter Eagle 1874 (1 rounds)
13 Tony Roberts 1836 (1 rounds)
14 Craig Barker 1830 (1 rounds)
15 Brian Fanning 1830 (1 rounds)
16 Rudi King 1828 (1 rounds)
17 Charl Marais 1767 (1 rounds)
18 Simon Nelson 1691 (1 rounds)
19 Brad Conlon 1608 (1 rounds)
20 Sean Oellermann 1560 (1 rounds)
21 Gordon Prahm 1535 (1 rounds)
22 Johann Snyman 1385 (1 rounds)
23 John Wright 1319 (1 rounds)
24 Volney Klintworth 1315 (1 rounds)
25 Dave Denley 1309 (1 rounds)
26 Don Slatter 1285 (1 rounds)
27 Chris Mc Neil 883 (1 rounds)
28 Andrew Plint 753 (1 rounds)
29 Peter Plint 456 (1 rounds)

Clubs

1 DMAC 11986 (3 rounds)
2 BERG 8758 (2 rounds)
3 ETB 8490 (2 rounds)
4 TRMC 6782 (2 rounds)
5 SGC 3205 (1 rounds)
6 GGGC 2975 (2 rounds)

I hope we see some entries for SSC, and some other clubs down at the coast this round! We've missed the competition guys!