Open Thermal #8 Diggers Rest 12 Apr 15

OPEN THERMAL #8 DIGGERS REST 12 APR 2015 and THERMAL LEAGUE UPDATE

We had a fantastic day of thermal competition.
At the same time, in a different part of the paddock, Marcus and Hugh took the opportunity to hone their F3K skills for the upcoming F3K world championships.

It was cool and overcast in the morning and conditions were pretty difficult for thermal flying, but perfect for competition.
As the day progressed, the sun came out and we had blue sky with patches of cloud. The conditions became a little easier. At times it was necessary to travel a very long way to find a decent thermal. The thermal/sink cycles were very big.

None of the pilots managed to make the 10 minutes every time, and sometimes that hurt their scores quite badly, at other times it didn't when all pilots failed to get 10 minutes.
There were some great struggles low down and a particularly memorable one was Graham Norman who, after launch, didn't get over about 50 metres and yet made the 10 minutes and won the heat. Persistence paid off.

After the dust settled we had

1 Gerry Carter 7795.6
2 Bernie Sizer 7729.2
3 Dan Haskell 7724.2

overallresults.pdf
flightscores.pdf
landingresults.pdf

-Gerry

And an update on the RCGA Thermal League after 8 rounds (5 best scores to count).

Top three placings are
   David Hobby on 4979.44
   Jim Houdalakis on 4903.19
   Daniel Haskell on 4845.00

To see the complete list of standings click here .