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2022 French Open »

Fri, Aug 5 2022, 8:19:55 pm GMT

5th and last task, Friday

French Open 2022

Blog: https://civlcomps.org/event/French-open-2022/blog

Results: https://civlcomps.org/event/French-open-2022/results

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4627

Looks like some pilots got into air space.

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Akira Nagusa JPN Wills Wing T2C 144 01:32:53 1000.0
2 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat C 01:35:22 953.2
3 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Laminar 14.1 01:36:24 929.2
4 Darren Brown GBR Wills Wing T3 01:47:59 815.1
5 Jean-Louis Foglia FRA Aeros Combat C 01:47:14 806.8
6 Simon Rousselet CHE Icaro2000 Laminar 01:50:02 782.2
7 Andrea Franchi FRA Aeros Combat C 01:54:28 768.6
8 Hakan Andersson Bernardo SWE Aeros Combat GT 01:53:51 753.9
9 Richard Lovelace GBR Wills Wing T2.5 01:56:46 731.0
10 Malcolm Brown GBR Aeros Combat C 01:58:20 717.8

Final Results:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat C 4834.0
2 Akira Nagusa JPN Wills Wing T2C 144 4671.0
3 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Laminar 14.1 4253.0
4 Christain Pollet FRA Aeros Combat C 4223.0
5 Tao Le FRA Aeros Combat GT 3968.0
6 Malcolm Brown GBR Aeros Combat C 3922.0
7 Jean-Louis Foglia FRA Aeros Combat C 3801.0
8 Hakan Andersson Bernardo SWE Aeros Combat GT 3730.0
9 David Gregoire FRA Icaro2000 Laminar 3615.0
10 Andrew Hollidge GBR Wills Wing T3 3551.0

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2014 East Coast Championship

Day 7 and final results

Sat, Jun 7 2014, 9:27:48 pm EDT

Aeros Combat|Aeros Combat GT 15|Aeros Combat L|Aeros Discus|Airwave Vision Pulse|Bob Filipchuk|Brian Boudreau|Bruce Barmakian|Charles Allen|Cory Barnwell|Dana Harris|Dan Lukaszewicz|Dave Proctor|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Felix Cantesanu|Greg Dinauer|Greg Sessa|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Hugh Mcelrath|Icaro Laminar Z8|J.D. Guillemette|Jim Messina|Joe Schmucker|John Claytor|John Dullahan|John Waters|Knut Ryerson|Michelle Haag|Moyes Litespeed|Moyes Litespeed S|Moyes Litesport 4|Richard Elder|Richard Milla|Soraya Rios|Tom McGowan|Tom Mcgowan|Wills Wing|Wills Wing Sport 2|Wills Wing T2C|Wills Wing Talon|Wills Wing U2

http://soaringspot.com/ecc2014/

Task 7:

1. Greg Dinauer Aeros Combat 12.7 02:26:13 1000
2. Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 02:26:22 994.02
3. Charles Allen Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 02:40:06 837.19
4. Tom Mcgowan Moyes Litespeed 03:34:53 546.85

Final Totals:

1. Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 136 4913.06
2. Greg Dinauer Aeros Combat 12.7 4560.29
3. Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 3821.55
4. Jd Guillemette Moyes Litespeed S4 3037.99
5. John Waters Aeros Combat L 15 3026.09
6. Jim Messina Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 2953.45
7. Charles Allen Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 2941.23
8. Bob Filipchuk Aeros Combat GT 15 2397.18
9. Dave Proctor Wills Wing T2C 154 1449.28
10. Tom Mcgowan Moyes Litespeed 967.38
11. John Claytor Wills Wing Talon 160 276.18

Task 7 Sport:

1. Hugh Mcelrath Wills Wing Sport 2 01:39:20 1060
2. Brian Boudreau Wills Wing Sport 2 155 01:43:18 980.21
3. Dana Harris Wills Wing Sport 2 155 02:17:47 660.81
4. Cory Barnwell Airwave Vision Pulse 02:21:01 640.73
5. Soraya Rios Wills Wing Sport 2 135 02:29:32 592.70
6. Richard Elder Wills Wing Sport 2 03:00:45 468.69

Final Sport:

1. Felix Cantesanu Aeros Discus 3798.89
2. Hugh Mcelrath Wills Wing Sport 2 3519.46
3. Cory Barnwell Airwave Vision Pulse 3258.15
4. Brian Boudreau Wills Wing Sport 2 155 3044.54
5. Dana Harris Wills Wing Sport 2 155 2810.15
6. Richard Milla Wills Wing Sport 2 2804.88
7. Knut Ryerson Wills Wing Sport 2 2440.09
8. Soraya Rios Wills Wing Sport 2 135 2417.55
9. Richard Elder Wills Wing Sport 2 2203.56
10. Greg Sessa Wills Wing U2 1982.97
11. Michelle Haag Wills Wing Sport 2 135 1156.05
12. John Dullahan Moyes Litesport 4 649.96
13. Dan Lukaszewicz Wills Wing Sport 2 482.98
14. Joe Schmucker Wills Wing Sport 2 175 462.76

Going for a ride in ⁢Manilla »

Lee side rotor low over the back

Thu, Apr 4 2013, 8:29:10 am EDT

Aeros Combat L|PG

http://www.nhgc.asn.au/node/1823

It brings me great sadness to inform you that my much loved Aeros Combat L13 had its last flight on 29/3/13. We were having a great little fly around Mt Borrah (Manila NSW) with about 150 Paragliders also! The wind was about 5-10kts with mild but noticeable turbulence that was only a little uneasy at times, in fact very mild compared to other days.

Deciding to land I headed over the back to Godfry's at about 200 feet above launch, heading a bit SE to be on the lee of the saddle so not to be in the lee of the main hill thinking if there was any rotor this would be the best line to take. Meanwhile Simon and a paraglider were turning in some light lift further downwind and experiencing some turbulence but nothing to be worried about and below me was a paraglider low, thinking that he was mad to be there that low with a collapsible wing!

I then hit a strong surge of lift thinking that this is probably the core that they were looking for and entered an aggressive turn gaining a little but then straight into sink, this is when the air definitely felt not normal! I was just about to radio to Simon that this feels like rotor when the nose pitched down suddenly, pointing straight down with no bar pressure and silence, I assumed the locked arm position ready for the speed to build and then pull out. (I had previously been in this position last year and the glider pulled out ok, just a massive increase in my heat rate was the outcome! BUT I was flying with my tail then! I have since stopped flying with the tail and retuned the glider to a safe sprog setting and reduced all sail tension and the glider has been flying great with good handling and no signs of instability.)

That feeling of no control heading straight at the ground become worse when I felt a kick from behind! The glider instantly tucked and I was just a ragged doll being smashed and battered! Something broke and then we started spinning, everything happened so fast and next thing I found myself hanging at the bottom of the wreckage in prone face down knowing that this is it! Time to throw the chute!

Found out what happened at the URL above.

Been wet in Manilla

For the cross country competition

Been wet in Manilla

February 10, 2012, 10:27:26 PST

Aeros Combat L|PG

http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=42394

Day 1 of the Manilla XC Camp 2012 came on better than expected after over a week of rain (120mm) with major flooding in regions 160-200kms to the north west (Moree etc). The sun was shining and thermals were popping from early morning as the moist air was easily lifted by the strong summer heat creating fat Cu's everywhere.

Results from the first day

The top ten on day one.

Sun, Jan 4 2009, 9:21:10 pm AEDT

Aeros Combat L|Airborne C4|Attila Bertok|Blay Olmos|Cameron Tunbridge|Davis Straub|Forbes Flatlands 2009|Gerolf Heinrichs|Lukas Bader|Maxim Usachev|Michael Friesenbichler|Moyes Litespeed RS 4|Moyes Litespeed S|Moyes Litesport|Pedro Jesus Garcia Aviles|Robert Reisinger

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok Hun Moyes Litespeed S 5 03:34:40 997
2 Robert Reisinger Aut Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 03:34:56 988
3 Michael Friesenbichler Aut Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 03:44:31 877
4 Blay Olmos Esp Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 03:51:37 873
5 Gerolf Heinrichs Aut Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 03:46:35 859
6 Lukas Bader Deu Moyes Litespeed RS4 04:02:17 747
7 Cameron Tunbridge Aus Airborne C4 14 04:10:23 734
8 Pedro Jesus Garcia Aviles Esp Aeros Combat L 13.7 04:19:36 681
9 Maxim Usachev Rus Aeros Combat L 04:21:34 671
10 Davis Straub Usa Moyes Litesport 04:21:37 670

Easter Flying in Manilla, NSW, Australia

285 km triangle.

Easter

Mon, Mar 31 2008, 7:56:42 am PDT

Aeros Combat L|PG|Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett writes:

The four day Easter weekend was fun, with fifteen hang glider and seventy paraglider pilots at Manilla. We had good flying every day. I got the last of my photo collection of "mountain missions" from this season, going over Kaputar on Sunday. Then I went back over it again on the way around a 285km triangle.

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Gliders in France

Mon, Mar 31 2008, 7:56:25 am PDT

Xavier Vergès

Aeros Combat L|Airborne C4|Icaro Z9|Moyes RS|Xavier Vergès

http://www.ulteam-vol-libre.com/ulteam-ailes-Moyes-vol-libre.htm

Moyes RS - 7500 € TTC or $11,550. (I assume that this includes the VAT, $9829 without VAT at 17.5%.)

http://www.ulteam-vol-libre.com/ulteam-ailes-airborne-vol-libre.htm

Airborne C4 - 7500 € TTC or $11,550.

http://www.ulteam-vol-libre.com/ulteam-ailes-Icaro-2000-vol-libre.htm

Icaro Z9 - 7280 € TTC (This is the same price for the "basic" Z9 as on the Icaro web site, including VAT.)

http://www.ulteam-vol-libre.com/ulteam-ailes-aeros-vol-libre.htm

Aeros Combat L - 6390 € TTC ($8375 without VAT)

No word about the options if any included in these prices, but I assume that these are all for the basic model. Notice how different they are from US prices, where the Z9 is much more expensive than the gliders from Australia and the Ukraine. Combats are popular with the French national team as are Litespeeds.

The US price for the basic Aeros Combat L is $7101. The Moyes RS, $6995. The Airborne C4, $7288.

Again, tell me why the Euro is worth so much? It sure isn't in term of Moyes RS gliders. Here is it worth about $1.10, not $1.54. In terms of Aeros gliders, it is $1.31.

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Manilla foot launching, after the crash

"Walking" away from the crash

Manilla foot launching

Sun, Mar 2 2008, 2:38:50 pm MST

Aeros Combat L|Belinda Boulter|foot launch|video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW_lmVtn1Ek

This is a bit of the aftermath of my crash on Friday. In this case there was a good wind on Mt. Borah coming up the west launch. I had Belinda out in front telling me whether the trees down below were shaking or not. The streamers were coming straight up the launch. The wind sock up high was stretched out.

I got much closer to the end of the flat slope area and near the cliff than in the previous video. I started to run but my nose was too high and I immediately stalled the glider. The left wing dropped off and I rotated into the hill. I landed about fifteen or twenty feet below launch. It is steep there but not straight down.

I didn't spend time concentrating on my run, getting the wings level and getting the nose down before I ran. The wind isn't laminar in this location so the wing wasn't flying as I held it on my shoulders. The strong winds fooled me into thinking that it would fly right away. I should have moved forward another two steps.

Thanks to Danny.

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Aeros Combat L »

Wed, Apr 14 2004, 3:00:02 pm EDT

I like it, and it should land great too.

carbon fiber|Julian Harman

Julian Harman «Julian.Harman» writes:

Took delivery of the first combat L 14m in the UK. Have to say very impressed so far, only managed 1.5 hrs yesterday on it but initial indications are promising, very promising. Build quality, in my opinion is up with the best. On the hill, pilots commented on this, especially the fittings.

In the sky, the glider flies very neutrally, noting quirky at all. Turn co-ordination is beautiful, a bit like the older Airwave gliders where the bar is out a little, the glider turns totally neutrally on shallow bank, with very slight high siding on tighter, which tunes out with a smooth VG action.

Sink rate - gets to the top when you want to (even me) and glide, well had no real instruments but it seems to be amazing. On full VG could turn it over 30 mph, and also flying slower.

Landing - well my mistake I flew to near a dry stone wall and had to land cross wind, rusty but the glider even with me on my belly did not 'pile in' as it flies very slowly.

I have to say that it appears Aeros have built a great glider, for the comp and more advanced intermediate. I felt right at home on it. No aerotowing yet but the full speed range, from stall to flat out showed no yawing, no turns, and very easy to keep in a straight line, even on the speed bar. So hopefully should be the same on tow. I'll find out soon.

The only build part I did not like was the carbon fiber battens, these are actually carbon fiber and aluminum, crimped onto the carbon fiber. I asked Aeros why they did this, as it look a little crude. They said it's the best way to build for light weight, simple and also the aluminum is needed for aerofoil flexing as the VG is pulled on. Carbon fiber not suitable for this. The crimping does not show in the aerofoil - at all. Sail - no ripples flat out with full VG.

Considering this glider is some £2,000 less than the same spec Litespeed here, it's a great value comp machine. I still think landing it needs a flare at the right point, the window may be smaller than say a Talon, but I have not been able to really test landings without a dry stone wall in my way!

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Aeros Combat L »

Tue, Jan 27 2004, 2:00:02 pm EST

Julian Harman

Julian Harman|Oleg Bondarchuk

Julian Harman|Oleg Bondarchuk

Julian Harman «Julian.Harman» writes:

Had a blast on an Aeros Combat 2 (small) on the weekend. Ridge flying day, light winds and no thermals. A good test with my heavy 215 lbs AUW. My brief assessment is a very impressive glider with well balanced handling:

Great spiral stability - went when I wanted it with no effort with no VG up to 2/3 Vg (then stiff!), flew fast, and straight with no yaw Slowed right up - sink rate was as good as anyone, given the small glider this was what amazed me most landing - not a large flare window as some (eg Talon), but no issue, and again small size meant that it was a little more precision needed. Glide - went flat & fast. Very good.

All in all - well I have ordered one, the Combat L fully loaded. This glider looks the best yet from Aeros. Hopefully they are going well in Hay and Mt. Beauty.

Also, its so much cheaper than the rest!

Hopefully it will be acceptable on aerotow, probably not quite as good as the WW Talon, but the glide, sink rate and handling more than make up.

(editor's note: An Italian pilot here who has a brand new Moyes Litespeed S - don't know what size - flew Oleg's glider the other day. He says it handles in rolls just as easily as a rigid wing.)

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