Results F5J Diggers Rest Sept 2018
Sunday saw the start to our Victorian competition gliding season after a 2 1/2 month winter break.
We had 6 starters for F5J electric launch glider, and a few apologies from people who wished they could've attended..
The conditions were cool, with about a 20 ish kph westerly all day and gusting to a bit more on occasion, with a mostly overcast sky.
The cycles were pretty far apart for most of the day, with the occasional strong lift cyle coming through, so you had to be on the ball,
because it was very easy to miss the boat at catching a core. Trying to catch up to someone already in a core usually meant ending up with not enough height to come back.
The gusty conditions made a mess of a lot of landings, and caused quite a few >75metre out landings with zero score, and some very long walks into adjacent paddocks, to retrieve planes.
In fact there was one heat mid-day where everyone landed out and got a zero.
It was also pleasing to see blast from the past at the event, in Max Kroger, who, even though didn't compete this time , is keen the get back into the swing of things,
and I have to thank for hanging around and helping as a spare time keeper and caller.
As usual consistency won out and congratulation go to :
Hugh Blackburn 1st
Dave Milward 2nd
Jim Houdalakis 3rd
f5j Overall Results RCGA Sept18.pdf
see you at the next one,
JimH