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Fixing Carbon Fiber Base Tubes »
Haven't heard if Wills Wing is selling them any more
carbon fiber|Gregg "Kim" Ludwig|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T3
I had a crack in my Wills Wing T3 carbon base tube so I had Gregg Ludwig take it in to The Frame Doctor for me as he lives right near by and was hauling it back to Florida for me from Casa Grande, Arizona and the Santa Cruz Flats Race.
https://www.facebook.com/FrameDoctor911/
Joey Robison is the Frame Doctor:
This is my base tube:
Click the picture above to see the much higher resolution version.
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Go long in Texas 2022 »
Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Cowboy Up|Flytec|Go long in Texas 2022|Gregg "Kim" Ludwig|Icaro|James Race|Jon Irlbeck|Ken Millard|Larry Bunner|Makbule Baldik Le Fay|Mark Moore|Masayuki Takeo|Matt McCleskey|Mick Howard|Moyes|Rich Reinauer|Rick Mullins|Robin Hamilton|Tiki Mashy|USHPA|Wills Wing|XC
The original stated intent of the Go Long Texas event was to offer pilots of all experience levels the opportunity to fly simple cross country flights in what are some of the best conditions on the planet starting from the Texas Gulf coast. The event is not set up as a competition between pilots, rather a challenge for each pilot to fly their furthest, seeking personal best (PB) flights in a supported environment of camaraderie. This year’s event had 31 pilots flying over the week from July 17-24th from Cowboy Up Hang Gliding base in Wharton, Texas. The event was a spectacular success! The raw statistics:
178 launches and only 12 re-lights, mainly pilots choosing to take a short flight or for equipment issues. Pretty much everyone that wanted to get underway on an XC did. Every time, every day
- 31 pilots, 27 Personal Best flights, 6 pilots each with 2 PB’s during the week
- 11,822 total miles flown
- 52 flights > 100 miles
- Site record (241 miles) broken 3 times during the week and is now 308 miles
- No Safety incidents, accidents
- 31 super happy pilots and Organizers
Weather Conditions
The conditions were consistently good through the week with high pressure dominating Central Texas and provide a generally SW-SSE flow through the flying area. There is also a historic drought across the State that has for sure helped with soaring conditions. Wind speeds were mostly moderate during the week at typically 8-14mph along the course line. Early morning cloud streets were present pretty much every day we flew and with consistent lift and fairly high TOL at 4000’agl+ by 1200 hrs. Base rose during the day and further north on the course line reaching over 8,000’msl most days and up to 9,500’ on the best days. Lift was big, fat and consistently strong on most days – 600-800fpm was “normal”. With the dry ground and strong daily heating (temps > 100°F for most of the day), it was possible to fly in thermal till sunset. Probably after sunset too.
The “Stories”
With so much flying and downwind distance flown, most of the pilot interaction happened in the morning pilot meetings. There were endless great stories from the previous day’s flying. Pilots like Maria Alexandra and Takeo making their first cross country flights on Falcons. Ken Millard “I’ve been trying to fly a hundred miles for the last 10 years and yesterday I went 162 miles”. Ken then went 220 miles a day later. He even went again on the Sunday after the event had closed with no arranged retrieve driver to crack off another 200 miles. And he got back to Wharton the same day! James Race similarly hadn’t done a hundred miler and still hasn’t. But he did go over 200 miles, but yet that hundred miler still eludes him. Even the elder gentlemen got into this – both Larry Bunner and Robin Hamilton getting new hang gliding PBs at 289 and 308 miles respectively.
Rich Reinauer had 5 flights totaling 878 miles and almost 33 hours airtime. He broke his PB twice (244, 256 miles) and had the site record twice. One of the key organizers of the event, Matt McCleskey, got his first 100 miler and then had a second long flight where he flew back north to his hanger in Navasota to park his T3 with his Kit Fox. Jon Irlbeck, a Sports class hero from GL2021 for his threepeat on PBs at that event (and namesake of the Jon Irlbeck Award for multiple PBs at the GL event), could alas manage only a couple of >100mile PBs this year. Jon did have a late evening breakdown where the local State Trooper offered assistance, brought water and carefully checked in on Jon till he was picked up. Yes, this is Texas.
For the aforementioned Jon Irlbeck award, it was close between the 6 pilots each with 2 PBs but after the duration PB tie-breaker, James Race was the recipient of the handsome carbon full face helmet sponsored by Icaro. Our other award of the smart grey Flytec jacket went to Mick Howard for outstanding sportsmanship.
Thanks to:
A big thanks to key organizer Tiki Mashy, Cowboy Up and the volunteers Sahaar Moghtader, Makbule Baldik, Matt McCleskey, Read Bixby, Masayo Eda, Takeo Eda, Mark Moore and Henry Wise that set up and kept the event running flawlessly.
Our Tug Pilots were Rick Mullins, Gregg Ludwig and Tiki, providing perfect, fast tows into the Texas morning skies. A big thanks to Tiki and these gentlemen.
We are also grateful for all of our drivers. They probably didn’t realize what they were getting themselves into when they signed up for this event with long retrieves pretty much every day. The latest return to base was around 4:30 am from close to the Oklahoma state line… There were no real vehicle dramas and the one time we had a vehicle issue, other pilots immediately set out to help retrieve the pilots involved and get the vehicle fixed.
We had wonderful sponsor support for this growing event – everything from T-shirts to helmets and even great deals on new gliders. Sponsors were Flytec, Icaro, Moyes, USHPA and Wills Wing. Many, many thanks.
See ya next year.
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23 topics in this article: Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova, Cowboy Up, Flytec, Go long in Texas 2022, Gregg "Kim" Ludwig, Icaro, James Race, Jon Irlbeck, Ken Millard, Larry Bunner, Makbule Baldik Le Fay, Mark Moore, Masayuki Takeo, Matt McCleskey, Mick Howard, Moyes, Rich Reinauer, Rick Mullins, Robin Hamilton, Tiki Mashy, USHPA, Wills Wing, XC
Wills Wing USA Delivery
From Fly Mexico
Fly Mexico|Wills Wing
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Wills Wing down tubes
Can I get some down tubes with that toilet paper?
Wills Wing
We just got the notice that Wills Wing is shipping a stock of down tubes to the US this week.
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Pilotle
Almost every day
game|Wills Wing
Gerry writes:
Tormod Helgesen (a Wills Wing dealer in Norway) plays the game almost every day, and almost always gets the right answer.
https://OzReport.com/pilotle.php#content
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Andrew rerepresents the data
Pivot tables
Andrew Vanis|Europe|insurance|Wills Wing
"Andrew Vanis" «andrewvanis»
I was curious about the representation so put together these pivot tables.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SM9mjcR8YHk49yji6oZbPMHto5A5IBRb-Vh7RIjvUCA/edit?usp=sharing
Surprised that the land of Moyes at 250 pilots has 1/10 of the USA pilots 2600 - and we couldn't hold onto Wills Wing. No wonder their insurancerate is higher than our high insurance rates.
Germany has more pilots than all of the USA, like 50% more. Europe represents almost 60% of the pilots in the world. If Germany was separated from Europe the top three would be Europe, Germany, North America.
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Hang Gliding Instruction in North Carolina
4000 tandems
aerotow|Craig Pearson|Facebook|instruction|Moyes Delta Gliders|North Wing|picture|scooter|tandem|Thermal Valley Hang Gliding|towing|video|Wills Wing
(Thermal Valley Hang Gliding, 4098 Old Amherst Rd, Lenoir, NC, USA) (Foothills Regional Airport, Morganton, NC, USA)
Craig Pearson «craig» writes:
We own and operate Thermal Valley Hang Gliding and operate in Lenoir NC. Our website is http://www.thermalvalley.net . We are on Facebook and Instagram and have been in business since 2011. We primarily aerotow tandem discovery flights but teach aerotowing, foot launching, and scooter towing. We have flown nearly 4000 tandems and are Wills Wing, Moyes and North Wing authorized dealers (although Wills Wing dealership status is unknown for now).
https://www.facebook.com/thermalvalley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ika0wJDgjYs
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13 topics in this article: aerotow, Craig Pearson, Facebook, instruction, Moyes Delta Gliders, North Wing, picture, scooter, tandem, Thermal Valley Hang Gliding, towing, video, Wills Wing
Wills Wing in Valle
The sail loft
Daniel Vélez Bravo|Wills Wing
We are making great progress with the factory setup in Valle de Bravo! The cutting table is in, the sail loft is looking great, and we have the mill ready to start making downtubes again soon!
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A few thoughts on the new⁢ Wills Wing »
It's about time
Steve tells me that business is up better than it has been in the last five years. Is this a rebound from the pandemic?
For the last decade I've been saying to Steve that they have to get out of Southern California. There is no way that they can afford to stay there. The rents are just too high. We're here in Boise, Idaho and the crush in the marketplace from people moving out of California is causing an acute housing crisis here and not only here.
Wills didn't leave Southern California for a lot of good reasons, mainly because all the people that worked there, lived there. The company is its skilled workers including Mike, Linda and Steve. That didn't mean that there wasn't an accounting coming sometime in the future.
Generational change is coming. You can't just have a company age out. You need to involve younger, newer people in the manufacturing process. You need to engage in technology and skill transfer. That is what will be happening in Valle.
This is a great time to make this change while it is still possible to engage to skills and technology transfer.
Steve says that it has been difficult to hire people in Southern California even when they are offering $10/ hour MORE than folks would get at Starbuck's, which is apparently where they prefer to work.
We look forward to hearing more from Steve about everything that brought about these changes and how things are going as they get further into the transition.
1 topic in this article: Wills Wing
Wills Wing⁣ Dealers »
Dealing with the locals
Wilotree Park
http://digiflyusa.com/ (well, Pedro and Maria Garcia) and Paradise Airsports, https://www.paradiseairsports.com/, both right here at Wilotree Park, https://www.wilotreepark.com/ are both Wills Wing dealers. It's great to have local dealers available.
1 topic in this article: Wilotree Park
Wills Wing⁣ Face Shield »
Their contribution to social distancing
Wilotree Park
https://www.Wills Wing.com/product/medical-ppe-face-shield/
I purchased a couple of these to support Wills Wing in their efforts to help with the pandemic. But I had another use for them:
I'm whacking down all the weeds by the lake at Wilotree Park and it is a messy job requiring not only a string trimmer (2.7 mm), but a blade to cut through the thick stalks on some of the weeds.
1 topic in this article: Wilotree Park
Stingers
Stingers
Wills Wing
gear|Wills Wing
Our new Carbon Fiber Stingers are here! These are made with 100% Carbon Fiber Prepreg at our production facility here in Orange, California.
The T3 Carbon Fiber Stinger has the same geometry as the previous model, but features a reinforced tip and embossed "whoosh" logo.
The 42mm Carbon Fiber Stinger is all new! It features the same tip shape as the T3 version but tapers to fit the smaller diameter kneel of the Sport 3 and U2.
Both are lighter then the stock 7075 Aluminum version.
They are available as stand alone parts or as upgrades for new glider purchases.
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Glider Flight Testing and Tuning
Glider Flight Testing and Tuning
Wills Wing
Wills Wing
https://www.willswing.com/glider-flight-testing-and-tuning
In order to be able to effectively tune your glider and evaluate tuning changes, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of flight test methodology and to conduct a thorough flight test of your glider before you make changes and again after each change to evaluate the effect of the change. We therefore begin with a discussion of flight testing.
The information presented here supplemental to the flight testing and tuning information in your glider’s owner’s manual, so review that information as well. You can find Wills Wing manuals at https://www.willswing.com/support/manuals/
Wills Wing Merry Christmas
The whole gang almost
Christmas|Wills Wing
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2015 Forbes Flatlands »
Zac Majors wins the Forbes Flatlands, continuing the tradition of non Moyes gliders winning there
Øyvind Ellefsen|Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 6:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX 5 | 14:00:00 | 16:13:01 | 02:13:01 | 966 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 16:11:22 | 02:26:22 | 857 |
3 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 16:12:43 | 02:27:43 | 855 |
4 | Geoff Robertson | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 16:12:15 | 02:27:15 | 846 |
5 | Tullio Gervasoni | Ita | Wills Wing T2C | 13:45:00 | 16:12:40 | 02:27:40 | 838 |
6 | Kato Minoru | Jpn | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:00:00 | 16:22:40 | 02:22:40 | 835 |
7 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 4 | 13:45:00 | 16:16:57 | 02:31:57 | 815 |
8 | Jon Snr Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 4 | 13:45:00 | 16:16:40 | 02:31:40 | 802 |
9 | Oyvind Ellefsen | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:00:00 | 16:26:00 | 02:26:00 | 799 |
10 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 16:17:29 | 02:32:29 | 785 |
Looks like Attila took away a hundred points by going fast and starting later.
Final:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5046 |
2 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4974 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4946 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | Nzl | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 4905 |
5 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 4 | 4890 |
6 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4860 |
7 | Olav Opsanger | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4754 |
8 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX 5 | 4746 |
9 | Christian Voiblet | Sui | Aeros | 4693 |
10 | Olav Olsen | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4660 |
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/forbes-flatlands-last-task.html
But, with the expectation of overdevelopment, they called a shortish (for Forbes) task to the south and then east, thinking that most would take the first start. Most did, but not all. Atilla hung back and took the second start. Jonny apparently wanted to wait (as he wasn't able to leave the start circle right on time), but worried about the forecast storms and went on ahead with most everyone.
All the drivers sped to goal and watched the sky for storms and for the coming leaders. Blenky, Jonny and Atilla were the first three in (I think in that order), but with Atilla taking the second start and the others on the first. We watched several pilots come in over the next 15 minutes wondering what might have happened to Zac in first place. After 16 minutes, with probably 15 pilots between him and the first in, Zac finally made it - together with Gordon (in second place overall and Jonas in third). It was a nail biter for everyone at goal - and probably for those watching the trackers from abroad. In the end there were probably 35 at goal. And, by the way, the overdevelopment never reached us.
13 topics in this article: Øyvind Ellefsen, Attila Bertok, Forbes Flatlands 2015, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2015 Forbes Flatlands »
2015 Forbes Flatlands
Task 5, Zac moves strongly into the lead
Attila Bertok|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
http://www.flytrace.com/tracker/map.aspx?group=280
http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 112.2 | 918 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX 5 | 104.7 | 875 |
3 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes RX 4 | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 104.0 | 871 |
3 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Yasuhiro Noma | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Kato Minoru | JPN | Moyes RX 3.5 | 103.9 | 871 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 103.9 | 871 |
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/forbes-flatlands-task-5.html
Although there was no talk of thunderstorms in the forecast (at least not that I heard), as I got about halfway to goal in the car, I could see a big cell that appeared to be just to the west of goal.
It quickly became quite widespread and I got the text message that the task was stopped. Many came down and landed near the turn point before the gust front hit.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4331 |
2 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4248 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 4190 |
4 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4126 |
5 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros | 4100 |
6 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4075 |
7 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes RX 4 | 4074 |
8 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4057 |
9 | Olav Olsen | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3971 |
10 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C | 3907 |
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12 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2015, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2015 Forbes Flatlands »
2015 Forbes Flatlands
Task 4, Zac still in first, along with Jonny he is tied for first place
Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Phil Schroder|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
http://www.flytrace.com/tracker/map.aspx?group=280
http://flyingjochen.blogspot.com/
Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:31:03 | 975 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 04:44:50 | 905 |
3 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 04:42:26 | 870 |
4 | Olav Olsen | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 04:43:15 | 862 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | AUS | Wills Wing T2C | 04:51:32 | 858 |
6 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros | 04:47:25 | 829 |
6 | Phil Schroder | AUS | Airborne Rev | 04:47:25 | 829 |
8 | Gijs Wanders | NED | Icaro | 05:01:48 | 789 |
8 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 04:53:33 | 789 |
10 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C | 04:54:32 | 784 |
Attila drops from first to fifteenth landing early on task 4.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3459 |
1 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3459 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3369 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 3318 |
5 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3288 |
6 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros | 3226 |
7 | Olav Olsen | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3208 |
8 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes RX 4 | 3193 |
9 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3177 |
10 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3149 |
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/forbes-flatlands-task-4.html
Looooong task and a long day overall. They called a 258km task out to the west (toward Hay). The drive along course line takes you through almost nothing, just lots of Australian outback. Drivers were warned at the briefing to fuel up anyplace we saw an open station. It's not unheard of for teams to sleep in their cars after a late retrieve waiting for the gas station to open up in the morning. That may have been the fate of the team of Christian/Blenky/Glen as their driver arrived at goal with 1/3 a tank of fuel - which wouldn't have been enough to make it back to the nearest fuel at West Waylong (haven't heard yet this morning though).
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11 topics in this article: Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2015, Gerolf Heinrichs, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Phil Schroder, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2015 Forbes Flatlands »
Pilots are super fast to goal
Øyvind Ellefsen|Attila Bertok|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Steve Blenkinsop|Tove Heaney|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX 5 | 02:25:56 | 989 |
2 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:25:45 | 987 |
3 | Len Paton | Aus | Moyes RX 4 | 02:28:01 | 948 |
4 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:28:22 | 935 |
5 | Tullio Gervasoni | Ita | Wills Wing T2C | 02:28:38 | 927 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C | 02:28:45 | 923 |
7 | Olav Opsanger | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:01 | 915 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:10 | 912 |
9 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:28 | 905 |
10 | Glen Mcfarlane | Aus | Wills Wing T2C | 02:30:28 | 888 |
It didn't work out for Zac starting at the second gate at 2 PM. The first 16 in started at 1:45 PM. Jonny was first in but didn't have as many leading points at Attila.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX 5 | 2650 |
2 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2587 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2576 |
4 | Olav Opsanger | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2555 |
5 | Zac Majors | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2482 |
6 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2429 |
7 | Jonas Lobitz | Nzl | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 2410 |
8 | Christian Voiblet | Sui | Aeros | 2395 |
9 | Oyvind Ellefsen | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2360 |
10 | Olav Olsen | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2344 |
Blenky at goal:
Photo by Jonny.
Photo by Glen.
Cloud streets to goal. Photo by Tove.
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13 topics in this article: Øyvind Ellefsen, Attila Bertok, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2015, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Steve Blenkinsop, Tove Heaney, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2015 Forbes Flatlands »
2015 Forbes Flatlands
Day Two Results
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 2:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:39:42 | 999 |
2 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 02:43:22 | 935 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:49:22 | 874 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | 02:56:23 | 799 | |
5 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:58:17 | 770 |
6 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:59:18 | 741 |
7 | Conrad Loten | NZL | 03:11:01 | 735 | |
8 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Wills Wing T2C | 03:11:34 | 726 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | AUS | Moyes RS | 03:12:22 | 720 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS | 03:12:24 | 713 |
The task:
No | Dist. | Id | Radius (meters) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.0 km | FORBE | 400 |
2 SS | 9.6 km | FORBE | 10000 |
3 | 56.7 km | MARSDE | 400 |
4 | 107.1 km | TYAGON | 20000 |
5 ES | 162.1 km | STOC15 | 400 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1700 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX 5 | 1661 |
3 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes RX 4 | 1648 |
4 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1641 |
5 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1640 |
6 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1600 |
7 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1587 |
8 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros | 1549 |
9 | Olav Olsen | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1539 |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 1530 |
Vicki gets this shot:
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2015 Forbes Flatlands »
33 in goal
Øyvind Ellefsen|Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 1 results updated:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Hun | 02:36:59 | 967 | |
2 | Olav Opsanger | Nor | 02:38:19 | 931 | |
3 | Gerolf Heinrichs | Aut | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 02:43:17 | 883 |
4 | Olav Olsen | Nor | Moyes Rs | 02:52:29 | 868 |
5 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes RX | 02:39:59 | 860 |
6 | Len Paton | Aus | 02:41:44 | 840 | |
7 | Christian Voiblet | Sui | Wills Wing T2C | 02:48:38 | 825 |
8 | Oyvind Ellefsen | Nor | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 02:48:42 | 823 |
9 | Glen Mcfarlane | Aus | Moyes RX | 02:42:54 | 821 |
10 | Gijs Wanders | Ned | 02:58:36 | 807 |
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2015 Forbes Flatlands »
2015 Forbes Flatlands
Good to see Gerolf competing
Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 1:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | HUN | 02:36:59 | 974 | |
2 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 02:43:17 | 900 |
3 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:39:59 | 871 |
4 | Len Paton | AUS | 02:41:44 | 850 | |
5 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Wills Wing T2C | 02:48:38 | 837 |
6 | Glen Mcfarlane | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:42:54 | 829 |
7 | Gijs Wanders | NED | 02:58:36 | 828 | |
8 | Gavin Myers | AUS | Moyes LSS | 03:01:53 | 808 |
9 | Harrison Rowntree | AUS | 03:02:18 | 795 | |
10 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:55:56 | 781 |
Zac hasn't been scored yet.
Task 1:
No | Dist. | Id | Radius (meters) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.0 km | FORBE | 400 |
2 SS | 4.6 km | FORBE | 5000 |
3 | 71.1 km | CANOWI | 400 |
4 | 118.8 km | MOLONG | 5000 |
5 ES | 135.1 km | MANI15 | 200 |
A number of of pilots haven't been scored yet.
There are six sport class pilots also.
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Wills Wing Merry Christmas
Wills Wing Merry Christmas
A see through Christmas
Wills Wing
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Wills Wing has a secret
Wills Wing has a secret
It's hard to keep something like this quiet for long.
Facebook|photo|Wills Wing
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Wills Wing T2C batten tension
Wills Wing T2C batten tension
Tuning
Wills Wing
Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.willswing.com/pdf/pdf_man.asp?theModel=T2
Batten tension
The outboard most batten on each wing is tensioned by looping the batten string over the notched end of the batten twice. The remaining battens are all fitted with lever tips. The outboard batten with strings should be adjusted quite tight for maximum sail cleanliness.
On the battens fitted with lever tips, it is important to adjust the lever tips to set the right batten tension. The lever action makes it easy to have the battens set too tight. Batten tension is best judged by noting at what point the batten begins to tension the sail as you pivot the lever tip down into its locked position. This is the point at which chordwise slackness begins to be pulled out of the sail, the high point of the batten begins to make a prominent ridge in the top surface, and a noticeable increase in resistance is felt in pivoting the tip downwards.
On any battens inboard of the crossbar junction, this point should not come until the lever tip is within no more than the last 20 to 30 degrees of travel before becoming straight. On battens outboard of the crossbar junction, this point should come when the lever is between 30 and 40 degrees of straight. To lengthen the batten, simply unscrew the batten tip shank from the batten, to shorten the batten screw the tip further in. Each three turns changes the length of the batten by 1/8 of an inch.
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UVPXB
UVPXB
The material used in the new Wills Wing U2
(Andy Jackson Flight Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Wills Wing
http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/Laminate_Racing_2_4_1.php
DIMENSION-POLYANT has developed the PXB Polyester line based on our very successful PX Polyester warp oriented fabrics. The custom black fiber coating will increase the UV properties of the Polyester fiber in an efficient weight-to-strength radial construction. As with our standard PX styles, the weight ranges will step up in 5000 denier per inch increments on the warp, from 5000 DPI to 20000 DPI. The fill DPI also increases as the warp count goes up to address the higher overall loading across the sail. DIMENSION-POLYANT‘s patented X-PLY® further addresses off angle loading for the highest stability available in an economic fabric.
No information here yet: http://willswing.com/features/sailcloth.asp#ODL06
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A new see through king posted glider
A new see through king posted glider
Wills Wing U2
Wills Wing
U2 with the new UVPXB laminate.
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Cross Country Alpha
Cross Country Alpha
Majo goes with Rudy
Wills Wing
My first flight after two months without flying, I flew the Alpha from Wills Wing, very good for climbing, but the best part, it was the first time that I didn't land on the primary landing field and went to the secondary over 7km away. Thanks to Rudy Gotes who convinced me to follow him and led me along the way.
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No big Wills Wing Days at Wallaby in 2015
No big Wills Wing Days at Wallaby
The west coast this year
Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing
Wills Wing is not holding their big party, demo days at Wallaby Ranch in 2015. Instead that will take place at the Andy Jackson Flight Park on the west coast, near Wills Wing, and where they do all their test flying.
Steve Pearson is planning on flying out with a few demos to the east coast at some point.
He writes:
Florida Demo Days 2015: Thursday, April 16th - Saturday, April 18th, 2015
Held at Wallaby Ranch
Event will include: Selection of demo gliders (availability based on pre-event requests), Wills Wing factory representative available for Q&A/Demos/glider delivery. We’ll be offering free shipping on any gliders purchased for delivery at the event, courtesy of Wills Wing and our co-sponsor Wallaby Ranch. Wallaby Ranch will also be putting on the usual evening parties and live music entertainment.
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Summer Demo Days
Summer Demo Days
Lookout, July 2nd through the 5th
Facebook|Wills Wing
https://www.facebook.com/events/946944055335162/
Selection of demo gliders, Wills Wing factory representative available for Q&A/Demos/glider delivery. We’ll be offering free shipping/delivery on any gliders purchased for delivery at the event. Thursday, July 2nd - Sunday, July 5th.
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2015 Southern California Demo Days »
Southern California Demo Days
Wills Wing, April 30th through May 2nd, 2015
(Andy Jackson Flight Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Facebook|Southern California Demo Days 2015|Wills Wing
https://www.facebook.com/events/733953316642279/
Held at Andy Jackson Airpark -- Co-Sponsored by the Crestline Soaring Society ( CrestlineSoaring.org facebook.com/CrestlineSoaring ) and the Cross Country Ranch. Event will include: Fleet of demo gliders, dinner Friday and Saturday night, Instructional Clinics, and more! Additional demo flights available before/after the event. Check back soon for additional information, including lodging, pre-registration, event programs, etc. at www.WillsWing.com facebook.com/WillsWing. Thursday, April 30th - Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
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Instant VG improvement
Instant VG improvement
The pulley needs replacement
Jonathan Dietch|Kraig Coomber|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing
Jonathan Dietch <<nmerider>> writes:
A few days ago, the VG on my T2C 144 started going all clunky after about the 10th pull on the rope. It got progressively worse with each iteration but only when I'd pull on tension and not when I'd back off. I had no clue what was causing this and after I landed I assumed it was the cover bag tied in front of the X-bar joint impinging on the floating VG pulley. However, this seemed less than believable since I have done hundreds of such flights with no incidents. My T2C airframe was built in 2009, and I am well into the 380-hour range of the second after retiring the first sail with 500 hours on it.
I decided it was time to replace the rear VG rope and inspect the right-hand control bar leg for possible snags or twists. When I removed the stainless bushing from the corner bracket I got a surprise. The little ball bearing had all of the balls on one side of the race which explained the eccentric action when I'd pull tension. It then fell apart and I took the photo with my cell phone. I replaced the bearing with a spare that had 200 hours on it from another glider and the next flight yielded lower VG friction than at any time in the past 400 hours.
I ran into Steve Pearson at Andy Jackson and mentioned all of this. He told me something to the effect that he replaces his every few hundred hours and that these are stock bearings that can be purchased in small quantities as low as $2 per bearing. Longer lasting ceramic versions can be picked up for a lot more money. After some researching it appears the standard designation is something like R1810ZZ which produces the same size bearing that Wills Wing lists as 20P-1270 in its price list. I bought four on FleaBay for $6.56 ppd. These are also commonly used in R/C helicopters and may be found at some hobby retailers.
Meanwhile, an inspection of all the Delrin ball bearing pulleys revealed that most of these had around 4X the amount of play as a new pulley. I will be replacing 7 more pulleys shortly. My T2C 144 airframe has roughly 890 hours and most of the VG pulleys are the originals. It works great with the newer corner bracket pulley but the last thing I want is another jam in flight.
No way I'm spending $50 on boutique pulley when I can buy steel versions for $1.75 each then just swap 'em every few hundred hours. I need to get off my ass and do more frequent and thorough periodic maintenance anyway. Pearson's running joke with me is that I'm about the only Wills Wing customer who replaces equipment before it goes obsolete because I wear it out first.
I have scary stories about pilots who didn't inspect and replace critical parts and knew better. I don't want to have any stories like these to tell. I prefer a boring life however I have had more potentially great X/C flights blown because of some teeny tiny maintenance failure on my part. I had good flights but lost great flights at least two dozen times due to this typical slacking.
I just found a good deal on ceramic hybrid bearings for the corner bracket:
These are fully sealed for dirty environments and so I bought a set of 4 for $17.89 including postage.
And they make a low-friction version for the more finicky pilot: http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-inventory/Radial-Bearings/15667/xx-SW1810COS7AF2
The latter kit includes two grease-filled and two oil-filled bearings. I feel safer with grease even though the quantity of oil is probably miniscule, I just don't want oil near my glider or harness.
The grease needs to be broken in but that's for R/C race cars and I doubt the drag from the grease will even be noticed by a pilot whether it's been broken in or not. After I test my new Boca ceramic hybrid bearing I will report back.
Meanwhile I have all new pulley to install for the rest of the VG system. It will be fun to see if I even notice any difference or not. My friend left his Lightspeed with Kraig Coomber for a VG system pulley overhaul and I am anxious to hear how he likes the result of that transformation.
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2015 Team Challenge results
They flew for five days
(Henson's Gap radial ramp, Sequatchie County, TN, USA)
Dennis Pagen|Flytec USA|Lookout Mountain Flight Park|Mike Barber|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Mitch Shipley|Ollie Gregory|Tennessee Tree Toppers|Tennessee Tree Toppers Team Challenge 2015|video|Wills Wing
Ollie Gregory «Ollie Gregory» writes:
TC 2014 was a blast. Had five flyable days with someone soaring all of them. The seminars were amazing with Dennis Pagen, Mike Barber, Mitch Shipley, Eric Carden, Maria and Pedro Garcia helping us out. We had fun and flew a lot. It was light on several days, as it often is this time of year, but we had plenty of flying and many pilots got out for some impressive task completions. Our A pilot to B or C pilot ratios were one to one this year which really helped with the cross country coaching and mentoring efforts.
The excellent video launch clinics and landing seminars again proved to be the most important thing we do to keep pilots flying safely. The rest is all gravy! The soaring and XC seminars were super this year with the pros tag teaming most of them. The karaoke and awards parties were the most fun ever! Hope more people come out next year. We will do a better job of promoting TTT Team Challenge in 2015. This exceptional event is held at the fabulous Tennessee Tree Toppers club in Dunlap TN, hang gliding capital of the East.
The results were tabulated using a unique scoring program which looks at TEAM scores equating 1000 for a perfect day. Fair no matter the team makeup. Thank you Eric Carden for figuring this all out.
Thanks to Flytec USA, Wills Wing, Lookout Mountain Flight Park, Moyes USA and our most generous TTT member, Kip Stone for all the support.
Hope we have a crowd next year.
1 Clowns & Jokers 844
2 Wind DumbyZ 635
3 Blind Squirrels 610
4 Altitude Deficit Disorder 385
5 Critical Mass 382
6 Sky High 223
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Last day
Conrad Loten|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown|Wills Wing
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | Airborne Fun 190 | 01:06:52 | 832 |
2 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:20:55 | 819 |
3 | Nils Vesk | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:21:05 | 813 |
4 | Micheal Tomlinson | Airborne Fun 190 | 01:26:21 | 766 |
5 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:44:38 | 717 |
6 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:27:11 | 711 |
7 | Luke Browne | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:54:03 | 652 |
8 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 01:38:28 | 647 |
9 | Chris Rolfe | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:48:58 | 614 |
10 | Steve Docherty | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:50:38 | 596 |
11 | Gabriel Toniolo | Seedwing Funky 17 | 01:51:15 | 593 |
Final Score:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | Airborne Fun 190 | 2362 |
2 | Steve Docherty | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 2302 |
3 | Trent Brown | Moyes Malibu 188 | 2071 |
4 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1976 |
5 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 1702 |
6 | Micheal Tomlinson | Airborne Fun 190 | 1698 |
7 | Nils Vesk | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1586 |
8 | Howard Jones | Northwing Freedom 170 | 1581 |
9 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 1579 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 1550 |
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Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Day Two
Alan Bond|Conrad Loten|Trent Brown|Wills Wing
http://williamolive.com/forbes-big-spring/comp%2520results%25202014.html
Day Two:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | 02:25:34 | 993 | |
2 | Alan Bond | Wills Wing Falcon 4 | 02:41:25 | 897 |
3 | Steve Docherty | Airborne Fun | 02:51:41 | 868 |
4 | Chris Czajkowski | 03:12:54 | 811 | |
5 | Chris Rolfe | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 03:19:31 | 799 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Docherty | Airborne Fun | 1702 |
2 | Trent Brown | 1633 | |
3 | Andrew Luton | 1525 | |
4 | Howard Jones | NorthWing Freedom 170 | 1433 |
5 | Alan Bond | Wills Wing Falcon 4 | 1206 |
6 | Conrad Loten | 1147 | |
7 | Hoss Tefali | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1081 |
8 | Chris Czajkowski | 1067 | |
9 | Richard Hughes | 1053 | |
10 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 1048 |
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Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Single Surface Competition - day one
Trent Brown|Wills Wing
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trent Brown | 00:46:19 | 998 | |
2 | Howard Jones | Northwing Freedom 170 | 00:57:50 | 836 |
3 | Steve Docherty | Airborne Fun | 01:03:03 | 824 |
4 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 00:59:59 | 794 |
5 | Micheal Tomlinson | 01:00:52 | 734 | |
6 | Luke Browne | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:02:26 | 721 |
7 | Richard Hughes | 01:34:09 | 638 | |
8 | Nolan Bear | Wills Wing Falcon 3 | 01:29:04 | 630 |
9 | Brad Porter | 01:20:27 | 618 | |
10 | Ai Fukutomi | Moyes Malibu 166 | 01:22:31 | 607 |
http://williamolive.com/forbes-big-spring/day-one-task_result_2014-10-03_%2820141003-1942%29.html
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2014 Santa Cruz Flats Race »
Ends with a bit of a whimper
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Zac Majors
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|Chris Zimmerman|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Zac Majors
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|Chris Zimmerman|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|Bruce Barmakian|Chris Zimmerman|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|Bruce Barmakian|Chris Zimmerman|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
Øyvind Ellefsen|Bill Soderquist|Brian Porter|Bruce Barmakian|Chris Arai|Chris Zimmerman|James Stinnett|Joe Bostik|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/flex/daily/day5.html
Last day with no one at goal:
1. | Michael Bilyk | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 44.0km | 589.69 |
2. | Oyvind Ellefsen | Nor | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 42.9km | 579.69 |
3. | Larry Bunner | Usa | Will Wing T2C 144 | 42.4km | 574.96 |
4. | Joe Bostik | Cze | Wills Wing T2C144 | 42.4km | 574.69 |
5. | Bill Soderquist | Usa | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 41.7km | 564.73 |
6. | Rudy Gotés | Mex | Moyes RX 3.5 | 41.6km | 562.70 |
7. | Mitch Shipley | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 40.7km | 546.35 |
8. | Chris Arai | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 39.8km | 528.52 |
9. | Kraig Coomber | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 39.2km | 516.29 |
10. | Robin Hamilton | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 | 37.9km | 490.73 |
Overdevelopment (as forecast) puts shading all over and a bit of rain to the south of the course line. The day ends up shaded and weak.
The final results:
1. | Kraig Coomber | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 4371.35 |
2. | Robin Hamilton | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4320.71 |
3. | Michael Bilyk | Usa | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 4235.36 |
4. | Jon Durand | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 3961.66 |
5. | Olav Opsanger | Nor | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 3885.14 |
6. | Zac Majors | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3697.50 |
7. | Bruce Barmakian | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 3691.22 |
8. | Rudy Gotés | Mex | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3573.95 |
9. | Chris Arai | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 3275.58 |
10. | James Stinnett | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3138.43 |
The Moyes men clean up.
Cory Barnwell wins sport class with a bit of strategy starting early in the open launch and getting out on the course before it gets shut down.
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/club/daily/day5.html
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/club/day-by-day.html
Brian Porter hangs on to win the Swift class after a scare from Chris Zimmerman.
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/open/total/day5.html
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2014 Santa Cruz Flats Race »
2014 Santa Cruz Flats Race
Day 3, cu's galore
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Belinda Boulter|Bruce Barmakian|Chris Arai|Flytec 6030|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/
The remnants of the hurricane left the area leaving behind enough moisture that we had good looking cu's starting around 9:30 am and lasting all day. The forecast is for the moisture to hang around for a few more days so perhaps we'll have more cu's on Friday and Saturday.
With light to no winds in the forecast, cu's, cloud base maybe up to 7,000' and moderately good lift we called a task back and forth for 60 miles:
The sport class had a smaller version of this task.
We started launching at 12:30 PM with the first start window at 1:50 PM. The lift was light at first but as we got higher it improved until we were all above 6,000' just staying out of the cu's. We would find 200 to 300 fpm near cloud base, nothing to suck us up into the cloud.
Not much of a start at 1:50 as we got low, so almost everyone came back and found much better lift and took the 2:10 start time. There were cu's every where on the course.
I was high next to Zac and we raced as fast as possible to the Casa Grande mountain but the lift there was piss poor. We were working junk when my vario died. Turns out I had created the perfect storm to cause the battery to be flat.
I had installed a 16 GB SD card that also serves as a wifi server in my Flytec 6030 (allowing me to transmit track logs to my phone where they can be emailed to the scorekeeper). The server portion turns off after 5 minutes to keep the battery from being drained if it doesn't hook up with a client. But, I had placed my phone in my boot and turned it on to run the Livetracker24 app with the phone plugged into an add on battery. Previously I had used a dedicated tracker24 but Belinda was complaining that it would die after an hour.
But I had mistakenly left the wifi setting turned on on the phone so that the phone and the wifi server on the SD card in the 6030 were communicating and keeping the wifi server running and running down the battery.
With the 6030 dead I headed back toward the Francisco Grande hoping to get there high enough to land and leave my glider set up. I landed about a kilometer short and hiked the glider back.
Meanwhile pilots who weren't fooling around with wifi servers in their 6030's were out on the course and doing well. We got to see Kraig, then Bruce, then Robin all come in far ahead of the other pilots.
All and all a great flying day after two days of not flying.
# | Pilot | Team | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 2874.23 |
2. | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2853.87 |
3. | Michael Bilyk | USA | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 2669.18 |
4. | Rudy Gotés | MEX | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2524.98 |
5. | Jon Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 2494.27 |
6. | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 2431.27 |
7. | Bruce Barmakian | USA | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 2388.53 |
8. | Matt Barker | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2309.79 |
9. | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2308.08 |
10. | Chris Arai | USA | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2267.69 |
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11 topics in this article: Belinda Boulter, Bruce Barmakian, Chris Arai, Flytec 6030, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Kraig Coomber, Robin Hamilton, Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
Composite raked tips »
Composite raked tips
For the latest Wills Wing T2C
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Yon Bárcena <<hangglidingdevices>> sends these for Steve Pearson and I to try out. They look good and flexible:
Hopefully we'll get to see on Friday and/or Saturday.
3 topics in this article: Steven "Steve" Pearson, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2014 Santa Cruz Flats Race »
2014 Santa Cruz Flats Race
After two days
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Dustin Martin|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Zac Majors
Dustin Martin|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
Dustin Martin|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
Chris Arai|Dustin Martin|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/
1. | Robin Hamilton | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1875.36 |
2. | Kraig Coomber | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 1874.23 |
3. | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 1839.52 |
4. | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 1701.51 |
5. | Rudy Gotés | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1684.46 |
6. | Olav Opsanger | Moyes RX 3.5 Technora | 1644.77 |
7. | Chris Arai | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1581.40 |
8. | Zac Majors | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1538.76 |
9. | Dustin Martin | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1492.31 |
10. | James Stinnett | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1480.66 |
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Chris Arai is back
Chris Arai is back
Flying with his Tangent flight instrument
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Chris Arai|Wills Wing
Chris Arai|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Chris Arai|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
And a Wills Wing T2C 154:
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Technora sails
Technora sails
Does it matter whether you use a Technora/Carbon laminate for the trailing edge or PX 15?
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Wills Wing
Jonny Durand test flew this one on Thursday:
Wills Wing test flew these on Thursday:
So what are the reasons for and against a full Tehnora laminate sail?
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Star Thistle
Star Thistle
Labor Day weekend
PG|USHPA|Wills Wing
Labor Day Weekend Aug 29 - Sep 1 2014 38th Annual Fly-In
Gather at Fiasco Saturday 8am Pilot Registration for a great Fly-In!
Hosted by: RVHPA, Cascade Paragliding Club, Longsword Vineyard, Fiasco Winery
Woodrat Mountain is the location to be at this Labor Day weekend for the 38th Annual Star Thistle Fly-In. Not only have both north and west top launches been groomed to perfection, but with the BLM, we have added enlarged parking and an "Airhead" toilet!
Featuring new competition events: Open Distance, Out & Back, Team XC, spot and duration too…
Cool TROPHIES! Saturday and Sunday evenings @ Fiasco Winery LZ
LIVE MUSIC, DANCING and FUN with FRIENDS FUND RAISING, DINNERS, RAFFLE PRIZES, GREAT TROPHIES!
Sponsored by: FLYTEC, WILLS WING, THERMAL TRACKER, FIASCO, GLIDERCOM, FLYMASTER, USHPA, LONGSWORD, CASCADE PG CLUB, TORREY PINES, KITTY HAWK KITES, SUPER FLY, MPH SPORTS
AUG 30 - 31 STARTHISTLE FLY-IN 2014! 38th Annual Fly-In in southern Orego
Complete schedule at http://RVHPA.ORG Contact Dave Palmer at <FiascoDave>
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Moyes customer support?
Moyes customer support?
Discounts on replacement sails?
(Moyes factory in Botany, Australia)
Belinda Boulter|Facebook|Kraig Coomber|Wills Wing
Belinda Boulter|Facebook|Kraig Coomber|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Belinda Boulter|Facebook|Kraig Coomber|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
I believe that it has been amply established that Moyes had a problem with some of their sail material: http://ozreport.com/18.138#0. I have seen a number of examples. It turns out that Belinda saw a pilot at the 2014 Big Spring Nationals gluing fiber strands back to his Moyes sail. I asked him about this. Eduardo Panuco wrote:
My sail is the Code Zero from Moyes. The carbon fibers are exposed and coming out. I asked Moyes about this problem and they told me to glue them back with Loctyte glue, the flexible version.
Belinda says that Eduardo told her that he couldn't afford to buy a new sail.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/118763844883239/permalink/680731618686456/
Jerry Furnell: Thanks for posting Davis. I too read the Moyes blurb and thought... really? What a weird way to announce it. As an Australian I'd prefer to support Moyes, but I have recently ordered a new Wills Wing T2C instead of an RX simply because all the older Moyes/Airborne sails in my club are delaminating and Queensland sunshine demands UV protection.
My question is, don't these pilots deserve new sails from Moyes at no cost? The first article linked to above states that Kraig Coomber said there was a manufacturing defect. Shouldn't there be a recall and a cost free replacement?
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Short Pack
Short Pack
Leaving on a jet plane
Alejandro Isaza|Wills Wing
Alejandro Isaza <<alejandroisaza>> writes:
I want to follow on Dieter Meyer post (a friend from Guatemala), with this message to encourage Hang Gliding manufacturers to redesign hang gliders.
I think very much the same as Dieter does and I am also worried, because it is getting more and more difficult to carry a hang glider on airlines. It is difficult to to carry them on airports and even more for the airlines to accept them. I have heard many stories about pilots who have not being able to load their gliders on airplanes, to the point that is getting discouraging to travel at all with a hang glider.
I had to leave my hang glider in Rome once as the airline did not take it. I was lucky not to loose it because others pilots traveling the next day were able to load it in a another airline.
The truth is that a packed glider is still to big to be carried as luggage around airports (perhaps the longest luggage you will see in a airport) and the longest to load on a plane. They raise many eyebrows in airports and airline counters, not to mention the passengers behind you in the line at the counter as you fight !! With attendants to get your glider aboard.
I do want to send a message to hang glider manufacturers urging them to redesign hang gliders so they can be packed to a much shorter size to be able to carry them anywhere even if it takes more time for the pilot to assemble it.
I don't design hang gliders and don't know the difficulties about it, but I think that if the length of a packed glider can be shorten 1 more meter they would be better accepted by airlines. I see no problem shortening the keel by disassembling the last part of it. Can the crossbars be attached to the leading edges much forward? So that the wing tips can be made longer and thus when disassembled shorten all ? Can crossbars be made in more sections? Wings in more sections? Detachable crossbars? There has to be a good design to solve this problem.
This is important for our sport !!! And is one of the great things hang gliders have. The fact they can be carried anywhere to fly at different places around the world. Otherwise we will be confined to fly only at our local sites and sites close by and not be able to attend to international competitions.
So please hang glider manufacturers (WILLS WING, ICARO, AEROS, MOYES, BAUTEC, AIRBORNE, etc) get into it and design hang gliders so they can be more easily carried and accepted in all airlines. If you do, you will surely make a good improvement to our sport, get a big applause from us and most important bigger sales.
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2014 British and French Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open Class 1
A total of three days of flying
(Camping de Montéglin, Laragne-Montéglin, France)
British Nationals 2014|Chabre Open 2014|Chabre Open 2014 Class 1|French Nationals 2014|Gordon Rigg|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:results
Third and last day:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro Laminar | 02:20:03 | 983 |
2 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 02:20:34 | 956 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 02:21:45 | 940 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:22:41 | 939 |
5 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat 09 | 02:22:15 | 924 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | Fra | Aeros Combat GT | 02:23:16 | 912 |
7 | Malcolm Brown | Gbr | Wills Wing T2C | 02:24:19 | 892 |
7 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 02:23:54 | 892 |
9 | Christian Voiblet | Sui | Wills Wing T2C | 02:28:42 | 882 |
10 | Gijs Wanders | Nld | Wills Wing T2C | 02:30:47 | 848 |
Final:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro Laminar | 2720 |
2 | Mario Alonzi | Fra | Aeros Combat GT | 2696 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2642 |
4 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 2569 |
5 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 2512 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 2450 |
7 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 2255 |
8 | Anthony Stephens | Gbr | Aeros GT 13.5 | 2233 |
9 | Vlastimil Bartas | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 2217 |
10 | Christian Voiblet | Sui | Wills Wing T2C | 2197 |
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Thanks to the Sponsors of the 2014 Big Spring Nationals
Thanks to the Sponsors of the 2014 Big Spring Nationals
We could not do it without their support.
cart|Gregg "Kim" Ludwig|Larry Bunner|Quest Air|Russell "Russ" Brown|Steve Kroop|USHPA|weather|Wills Wing
http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php
First, the City of Big Spring:
This includes the Big Spring Convention and Visitors Bureau which provided the welcome dinner for all the pilots, drivers, and quests as well as the welcome baskets. The city is our major sponsor and makes all the local support possible.
The city owned McMahon-Wrinkle Airport and Jim Little, the airport manager, who provided the hangars, taxi ways, headquarters, pilots' meeting area, lounge, coffee, free ice cream dispensary, internet access for weather and task calling, golf cart parking and porta potty locations: http://www.mybigspring.com/pages/airport
The local committee that organizes all the support provided by the city, airport and local sponsors (see below), Especially Terry Wolford an Pascal Odom who drove cart retrieval.
The Comanche Trail Municipal Golf Course that provides the golf carts that are used to help pilots to the launch and to retrieve all the carts: http://www.mybigspring.com/pages/golf_course
Essentially all the local support makes it so we just show up with the tugs (provided by Quest Air, Russell Brown and Lori Brown, Mick Howard, and Gregg Ludwig) and run the show.
Blue Bell Ice Cream for their free ice cream during the competition:
Culligan bottled water (provided ice cold to all the pilots and helpers):
The local Alon oil refinery that provided $500 in prize money:
Steve Kroop provided the tee-shirts and $700 in Flytec prizes for the pilots:
Wills Wing provided ten hats and shirts:
Moyes provided three tee-shirts:
The USHPA provided three tee-shirts, two vests and a USHPA logoed bag:
Larry Bunner provided three Covert tee-shirts.
The volunteers who also made it possible to keep the pilot fees reasonable:
Mike Atkinson, Kim Braswell, Chris Cheney, Will, Kim Story, and Kim Wachenheimer.
Without these freely provided resources the competition would have been much more expensive.
9 topics in this article: cart, Gregg "Kim" Ludwig, Larry Bunner, Quest Air, Russell "Russ" Brown, Steve Kroop, USHPA, weather, Wills Wing
2014 British and French Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open Class 1
Day 2 - Monday
(Camping de Montéglin, Laragne-Montéglin, France)
Andreas Olsson|British Nationals 2014|Chabre Open 2014|Chabre Open 2014 Class 1|French Nationals 2014|Gordon Rigg|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:results
Monday:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Alonzi | Fra | Aeros Combat GT | 02:35:21 | 803 |
2 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:45:01 | 764 |
3 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro Laminar | 02:43:09 | 762 |
4 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 02:46:53 | 741 |
5 | Andreas Olsson | Swe | Wills Wing T2C | 02:48:09 | 740 |
6 | Steven Blackler | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed Rs | 02:46:49 | 737 |
7 | Anthony Stephens | Gbr | Aeros GT 13.5 | 02:49:33 | 732 |
8 | Vlastimil Bartas | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 02:49:49 | 725 |
8 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 02:48:49 | 725 |
10 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 02:50:32 | 720 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Alonzi | Fra | Aeros Combat GT | 1788 |
2 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro Laminar | 1740 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1706 |
4 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 1679 |
5 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 1637 |
6 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 1559 |
7 | Anthony Stephens | Gbr | Aeros GT 13.5 | 1435 |
8 | Steven Blackler | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed Rs | 1415 |
9 | Vlastimil Bartas | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 1380 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat GT | 1318 |
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2014 British and French Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open Class 1
Together
(Camping de Montéglin, Laragne-Montéglin, France)
British Nationals 2014|Chabre Open 2014|Chabre Open 2014 Class 1|French Nationals 2014|Gordon Rigg|Moyes Litespeed RX|Richard Lovelace|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:results
Sunday:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Alonzi | Fra | Aeros Combat GT | 01:54:51 | 985 |
2 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro Laminar | 01:54:52 | 978 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 01:56:26 | 959 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:56:31 | 942 |
5 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 01:56:37 | 936 |
6 | Gianpietro Zin | Fra | Icaro Laminar Z | 02:08:20 | 846 |
7 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T | 02:08:12 | 816 |
8 | Glen Mcfarlane | Aus | Wills Wing T2C | 02:16:07 | 813 |
9 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Aeros Combat GT | 02:09:54 | 807 |
10 | Francois Isoard | Fra | Wills Wing T2C | 02:14:31 | 786 |
11 | Richard Lovelace | Gbr | Wills Wing T2C | 02:18:09 | 752 |
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My 2014 Big Spring Nationals experience
My 2014 Big Spring Nationals experience
What pilots say about their flying in Big Spring
Belinda Boulter|Chris Zimmerman|Facebook|Gregg "Kim" Ludwig|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Quest Air|Robin Hamilton|US Nationals 2014|weather|Wills Wing|Zac Majors
Brian Patrick writes:
Last year at this time I had not had a single cross country flight in a hang glider. Flying with much better pilots and competing has helped me learn more and fly more than I could imagine! Tennessee Treetoppers Team Challenge is coming up and if you are a new hang 3 or close to it, then attending is a must! Here is why.
My 2013/2014 progress
Sept: Team Challenge: cross country distance 7 miles, 9 hours of flying, and 17 flights
October: Quest Air Intro to Sport Comp: cross country distance 34 miles, 6 hours of flying, 8 flights
May: Americus competition camp: cross country distance 68 miles, 8 hours of flying, 5 flights
August: 2014 Big Spring Nationals: cross country distance, 255 miles, 20 hours of flying, 11 flights
I had an amazing week this week setting 2 personal bests, 54 and 71 mile flights, looked down at the world from 12,000 feet, 4 and a half hour lengths. Finished at the bottom of the pack in sport class, but you have to start somewhere!
10,000 ft cloudbase, 5 hours and over 50 miles of flying over the last 2 days.
Matt Christensen writes:
What a week of flying! Despite a couple days of poor decisions, I finished the week out with just over 17 hours of airtime and 332 miles flown. I made goal 4 days, including a 104.4 mile task, the longest ever achieved in the Sport Class. Although I decked it early on two tasks, I managed to claw back into 3rd...Sorry Alfredo, the results weren't updated. It was a super close competition, with only 15 points separating 2nd - 4th place. If you weren't here, you missed out on a great week of flying!
Patrick Pannese writes:
Big Spring 2014 was a great time with many epic flying days with some very talented pilots! It was an opportunity to increase my skills and at the same time have fun!
Cory Barnwell writes:
The last day is done and I made goal! Over 50 miles! What an awesome competition! I had so much fun! Can't wait until next year. Thanks so much to Kip Stone for letting me use his U2. I had a great time flying it. Maybe someday I will have one of my own.
Matt Barker writes:
What an amazing week of flying in Big Spring, TX this past week. I was on task committee with Zac and Larry. We had awesome weather which allowed us to call 1116 Km's (693.5 mi) worth of tasks!! Love Texas flying!!!
Stoked to fly 208 KM (129.5mi) to goal with my boys today. Zac crushed it and came in first on his WW T2C 144 with the UV Technoraramafragilisticexpealidocious sail of Awesomeness.
Alfredo Grey writes:
Best flight in my life (so far) 169km!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=855184024494686&set=o.222192914465270&type=2&theater
Zac Majors writes:
Texas skies, 207km task and I'm 1st! But that's nothing compared to the 6 sport class pilots who flew their 1st 100 mile flights!
I had a rough day, made goal, but had to dig out of a deep hole. Congrats to Davis for the day win on his T2C
Majo Gularte writes:
Yesterday was an AWESOME day in the Big Spring competition, I had a lot of fun chasing the race with Frances Mikus Barker, my favorite pilot Zac Majors won the day , the boys on my team made it to goal on a great position Kevin, Mitch Shipley, Robin Hamilton, my favorite girl pilot (only girl on the comp) made it to goal in an amazing 6 hours flight Linda Salamone and my favorite pilot from the spot class won the day Cory Barnwell I'm so proud of u guys!!!
Eduardo Panuco sends a picture of part of the Mexican team:
Rodrigo Alva had to miss the last couple of days:
Derreck Turner writes:
Well it's finished, after a week in Texas flying our wings off, the results are official I got 2nd place and only 11 points from 1st. Zac won by winning 3 of the 7 task and flying incredibly, it came down to less than a minute after 7 days If any of my fellow pilots ever thought about seeing what competition is like, they really should come to Texas, Big friendly sky's are sure to put a smile on your face.
David Proctor writes:
Now that we are on the road from the US Nationals at Big Spring I have to send out a special THANK YOU to Belinda and Davis for putting this event on again. I know this is a lot of work, so thanks guys. Another big THANK YOU to Russell and Lori for bringing all the dragonflies. And Gregg Ludwig for bringing his trike. The tug pilots extraordinaire and volunteers. And the people of Big Spring for allowing us to come fly. Thank you all. I hope you are all crazy enough to do it again next year.
Wills Wing writes:
Congrats to Zac for winning big Spring 2014 in a closely contested last day with Derreck Turner. Zac, Chris Zimmerman and Davis combined for 5 of 7 daily wins. Big Spring continues to deliver extraordinary racing including a 105 mile task for Sport Class pilots. Congrats to David Williams (U2 145) for winning the sport class.
Mike Bylik and Kendrick Ja'Mal Stallard send:
Smashed out 208k flight. Only the finest food to celebrate!
Cindy Hughes writes:
My boyfriend is awesome! 1st place yesterday!
Linda Salamone writes:
I have the most amazing team here in Texas. They waited hours for me to get into goal and were so incredibly happy to see me there after everyone already packed up and left. They packed up my glider and bought dinner- what can I say? I totally lucked out. Thank you Mitch Shipley Kevin Dutt, Robin Hamilton, Majo Gularte. That was so great after a tough slog into goal. I'm still in a state of disbelief that I actually made it in. I'm icing my shoulder now and praying for a rest day!
Davis sends a picture of the finger that was used to pull the VG line, many many times:
11 topics in this article: Belinda Boulter, Chris Zimmerman, Facebook, Gregg "Kim" Ludwig, Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley, Quest Air, Robin Hamilton, US Nationals 2014, weather, Wills Wing, Zac Majors
2014 Big Spring Nationals »
2014 Big Spring Nationals
Day seven, task seven
Bruce Barmakian|Dragonfly|Greg Kendall|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robin Hamilton|US Nationals 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php
http://soaringspot.com/2014bsn/
http://airtribune.com/bigspring2014/blog#!day_7
Replay: http://airtribune.com/play/279/2d
With the scores very tight after six days of flying the task committee had to call a real and difficult task while still making the retrieves reasonably quick to get us back in time for the closing awards at 11 PM.
They decided on a zig and a zag up to Lamesa:
This is how tight things were:
The totals after six tasks:
1. | Turner Derreck | USA | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 4969.05 |
2. | Majors Zac | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4813.33 |
3. | Bilyk Michael | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4761.94 |
4. | Barmakian Bruce | USA | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 4719.77 |
5. | Hamilton Robin | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4709.43 |
6. | Straub Davis | USA | Wills Wing T2 - 144 | 4693.75 |
7. | Opsanger Olav | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4579.74 |
I held on on tow and Jonny Thompson dragged me to a 400 fpm thermal to the west of the airport. Later he would thermal the Dragonfly with the engine off from 2,000' to 10,000' where he had to get down because he was not dressed for 42 degrees. (I wore 6 layers each day and had the hood from the Flytec speed sleeves on).
The wind was 16 to 18 mph out of the south southeast so the last leg would prove to be a bit difficult. Of course, the point was to find strong lift, get high and overcome the wind.
We were able to start again near cloud base. Zac, again was a little higher and soon got out in front of me. There wasn't much good lift until we got close to Ackerly, the first turnpoint, twenty nine kilometers past the edge of the start cylinder. Zac and Greg Kendall were circling above me and although the lift was not as strong as I expected (it averaged 400 fpm) we had a good reason to stay there waiting to get high enough to make it to the next widely spaced cu. Derreck and Bruce came in under me and we hung there until I left first at 10,000'.
I wasn't at all concerned with flying with any one as there were plenty of cu's ahead and I wanted a chance to catch Zippy ahead. The next thermal was much better and averaged almost 800 fpm. I saw 1000+ fpm on the vario for long stretches. Nice and smooth also.
I caught a brief glimpse of Bruce in the next thermal then lost him for the rest of the flight. Derreck came under me for the next couple of thermals and I ran away from him as fast as I could but appreciated the help finding the better cores as he was not too far below me.
As I approached the 35 km radius turnpoint cylinder there was plenty of strong lift and Derreck came in under again. I found the better core and out climbed him taking the turnpoint south (upwind) of the non optimized course line and much further south of the optimized course line (to keep myself upwind on the last leg).
I went back toward where I got up but to the north where there were still good cu's and didn't find the lift I had been in. Derreck would take a little bit more southerly route and find stronger lift.
There was a set of clouds perpendicular to the winds along half the course line toward Lamesa. I got under them 30 km from goal. I was 5 km ahead of Derreck but he was 2,500' higher after taking the turnpoint. He got 2 km ahead as we topped out in separate thermals 20 km from goal at 10,000'.
I was a little more cautious getting into goal and came in third after Zac and Derreck.
Zac won the day and the meet (by 11 point) by flying fast and getting to goal 11 minutes faster than Derreck. Twenty pilots in goal so the wind didn't cause all but a couple of pilots a problem on the last leg.
10 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, Dragonfly, Greg Kendall, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Robin Hamilton, US Nationals 2014, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2014 Italian Nationals »
2014 Italian Nationals
Final results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Italian Nationals 2014|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Website : VoloLiberoMonteCucco.it
Result on : http://goo.gl/I8foKj
Finals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALEX PLONER | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 4475 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 4311 |
3 | SUAN SELENATI | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 3891 |
4 | VALENTINO BAU | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 3658 |
5 | TULLIO GERVASONI | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 3502 |
6 | ANTON MORODER | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 3443 |
7 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | GER | MOYES LITESPEED RX | 3214 |
8 | JOSEF BOSTIK | CZE | WILLS WING T2C154 | 3205 |
9 | PEDRO L. GARCIA MORELLI | ESP | WILLS WING T2C P 144 | 3203 |
10 | ELIO CATALDI | ITA | MOYES LITESPEED RX | 3120 |
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8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Italian Nationals 2014, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2014 Brasilia »
The final results
Brasilia 2014|James Stinnett|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Wills Wing
Finals:
http://www.abvl.com.br/compes/competicao-2/RESULTADOS/
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Weisenberger | Aut | Moyes RX 3.5 Tecnorama | 4597 |
2 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 Technorama | 4477 |
3 | Rafael Strohschoen Do Mello | Bra | Moyes RX | 4249 |
4 | Glauco Pinto | Bra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 4237 |
5 | David Brito Filho | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 4189 |
6 | André Wolf | Bra | Moyes Litespeed | 4187 |
7 | Eduardo Fernandes Da Silva | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 4059 |
8 | Alvaro Sandoli | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C 136 | 4039 |
9 | Eduardo Jacintto Oliveira | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 4019 |
10 | James Stinnett | Usa | Wills Wing T2-C | 3884 |
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4 topics in this article: Brasilia 2014, James Stinnett, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Wills Wing
2014 Big Spring Nationals »
2014 Big Spring Nationals
Final results:
Bruce Barmakian|Chris Zimmerman|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robin Hamilton|US Nationals 2014|weather|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
The final results after seven days of flying with almost perfect weather (open class):
1. | Majors Zac | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5810.98 |
2. | Turner Derreck | USA | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 5799.22 |
3. | Bilyk Michael | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 5541.6 |
4. | Hamilton Robin | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 5494.16 |
5. | Straub Davis | USA | Wills Wing T2 - 144 | 5452.01 |
6. | Barmakian Bruce | USA | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 5385.81 |
7. | Opsanger Olav | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 5248.21 |
8. | Salgado Erick | MEX | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 4836.42 |
9. | Shipley Mitch | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4817.51 |
10. | Zimmerman Chris | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4634.3 |
Sport Class:
1. | Williams David | USA | Wills Wing U2 145 | 5048.13 |
2. | Barnwell Cory | USA | Wills Wing U2 160 | 4226.29 |
3. | Christensen Matt | USA | Wills Wing U2 160 | 4214.92 |
4. | Grey Alfredo | MEX | Icaro Orbiter | 4211.06 |
5. | Williams Michael | USA | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 4202.63 |
6. | Pannese Patrick | USA | Wills Wing U2 145 | 3345.3 |
7. | Bohl Jeffery | USA | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 3109.47 |
8. | Weitman Jim | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2697.9 |
9. | Morris Brian | USA | Airborne Shark 144 | 2093.03 |
10. | Gonzalez Alejandro | GUA | Wills Wing U2 145 | 1383.63 |
11. | Kannard Jeff | USA | Wills Wing U2 160 | 1077.87 |
More about the competition soon.
11 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, Chris Zimmerman, Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl, Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley, Moyes Litespeed RX, Robin Hamilton, US Nationals 2014, weather, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
2014 Big Spring Nationals »
2014 Big Spring Nationals
Day six - 208 km task
Chris Zimmerman|US Nationals 2014|Wills Wing
http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php
http://soaringspot.com/2014bsn/
http://airtribune.com/bigspring2014/blog#!day_6
Replay: http://airtribune.com/play/278/2d
Wills Wing pilots at Big Spring:
Photo by Frances Mikus Barker.
The dry line yesterday at goal:
Much thicker dry line today at Littlefield.
No wimpy sport class task today. The task committee sent them 168.5 km (105 miles) to Levelland and six pilots made it there with five personal bests. The open class was sent an additional 40 km to Littlefield, for a 208.6 km (129.5 miles) task. Tasks average about 100 miles in Big Spring.
The forecast was for strong winds out of the south and while it was reasonably light on launch, in the air the winds were indeed strong, varying between 10 and 26 mph.
Cu's were forming half an hour before we launched so the sky was inviting to all the pilots, especially the sport class pilots who chose as a group to launch first. We quickly climbed to 10,000'. It wasn't long after that that we were hanging close to cloud base at 10,700'.
Most of us took the first clock as we could see the over development up to the northwest right about where our goal was northwest of Lubbock. There were plenty of cu's up north so we raced to connect the dots. Zippy was out in front and high just dolphin flying for the first 30 km before he had to stop for weak lift.
Although I left at cloud base I was a little lower than Bruce and Zippy and took almost 800 fpm back to cloud base on the first thermal, I found weak lift low after that until I got to the south end of the runway at Lamesa, 70 km from Big Spring. I was on my own after the first few thermals.
The lift was strong after Lamesa and it was easy to deviate from the course line to find good lift under the best looking clouds. In one thermal I averaged over 800 fpm to over 12,000'. Zac said he was getting between 300 and 500 fpm. I found plenty much stronger than that.
Again I pretty much ignored the course line and just flew in the general direction but making sure to go to the good clouds to tank up.
As I approached Levelland the cu-nmb activity to the west and northwest was obvious with a dark wall to the north of the goal. To the west there were cu's just on the east side of the shaded area. To the east of the course line there was full sun with some nice looking cu's. I decided to take the eastern route and get under the cu's.
I went to the first one and didn't find much. I found little at the next small one and then a little along what looked like a lift line straight to the north. But there was not enough to keep me up so I headed for the much better looking cloud to the north right along the same line.
The lift turned to sink and I raced hard with a 26 mph tail wind going for the cloud, which was also running away from me at 26 mph. I zoomed along getting closer and closer to the ground thinking that I was not going to find the lift when at 500' AGL going well over 60 mph across the ground I found the lift under the good cloud.
I climbed out at 350 fpm and easily made goal, the fifth pilot in. Mitch came in under me as I climbed up and found the same lift that I was in.
As we were breaking down out gliders, the gust front hit bringing cool air and a scramble to get the gliders broken down. There were still pilots coming in. The gust front hit them in the air turning a 26 mph tail wind into a 30 mph head wind. The front looped Derreck's glider in the air. Chris Zimmerman says that he almost looped.
Despite the head wind more pilots made it in, including those who took the last start time.
3 topics in this article: Chris Zimmerman, US Nationals 2014, Wills Wing
2014 Brasilia »
Jonny comes back
Brasilia 2014|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Wills Wing
http://www.abvl.net/resultados-brasileiro-de-asa-brasilia-2a-etapa/
Results Day 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes Ls RX 3,5 Technorama | 02:56:49 | 127.27 | 1000 |
2 | Rafael Strohschoen Do Mello | Bra | Moyes RX | 03:00:03 | 127.27 | 968 |
3 | David Brito Filho | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 03:20:47 | 127.27 | 905 |
4 | Glauco Pinto | Bra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 03:47:24 | 127.27 | 851 |
5 | Carlos Niemayer | Bra | Aeros Combat 1302 | 120.31 | 738 | |
6 | AndrÉ Wolf | Bra | Moyes Litespeed | 116.10 | 717 | |
7 | Tom Weisenberger | Aut | Moyes RX 3,5 Tecnorama | 110.26 | 679 | |
8 | Eduardo Fernandes Da Silva | Bra | 108.43 | 664 | ||
9 | Jose Guilherme Lopes Lessa | Bra | 103.33 | 643 | ||
10 | Sergio Galvani | Bra | Ww T2-C | 103.73 | 637 |
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2014 Brasilia »
Day two
Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli|Andre Wolf|Brasilia 2014|David Brito Filho|Glauco Pinto|Max Turiaco|Michel Louzada|Wills Wing
http://www.abvl.net/resultados-brasileiro-de-asa-brasilia-2a-etapa/
Results Day 2:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Weisenberger | Aut | Moyes RX 3,5 Tecnorama | 01:38:20 | 894 |
2 | Michel Louzada | Bra | Ww T2-C 144 | 01:39:27 | 827 |
3 | Eduardo Jacintto Oliveira | Bra | Ww T2-C | 01:39:39 | 808 |
4 | Max Turiaco | Bra | Ww T2-C | 01:40:11 | 806 |
5 | Glauco Pinto | Bra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 01:40:40 | 794 |
6 | Alvaro Sandoli | Bra | Ww T2-C 136 | 01:41:30 | 784 |
7 | David Brito Filho | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 01:42:19 | 759 |
8 | Marcio Rosadas | Bra | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:43:28 | 749 |
9 | Rafael Strohschoen Do Mello | Bra | Moyes RX | 01:43:32 | 747 |
10 | AndrÉ Wolf | Bra | Moyes Litespeed | 01:43:44 | 743 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Weisenberger | Aut | Moyes RX 3,5 Tecnorama | 1884 |
2 | Eduardo Jacintto Oliveira | Bra | Ww T2-C | 1702 |
3 | Michel Louzada | Bra | Ww T2-C 144 | 1662 |
4 | Alvaro Sandoli | Bra | Ww T2-C 136 | 1658 |
5 | Glauco Pinto | Bra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 1649 |
6 | David Brito Filho | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 1564 |
7 | Marcio Rosadas | Bra | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1531 |
8 | Rafael Strohschoen Do Mello | Bra | Moyes RX | 1511 |
9 | Max Turiaco | Bra | Ww T2-C | 1459 |
10 | Mario Andre Felske | Bra | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1423 |
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8 topics in this article: Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli, Andre Wolf, Brasilia 2014, David Brito Filho, Glauco Pinto, Max Turiaco, Michel Louzada, Wills Wing
2014 Brasilia »
Campeonato Brasileiro Asa Delta
Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli|Brasilia 2014|David Brito Filho|Glauco Pinto|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Michel Louzada|Wills Wing
Results Day 1: http://www.abvl.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OPEN-2014-08-03.html
http://www.abvl.net/resultados-brasileiro-de-asa-brasilia-2a-etapa/
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Weisenberger | Aut | Moyes RX 3,5 Tecnorama | 01:47:54 | 1000 |
2 | Eduardo Jacintto Oliveira | Bra | Ww T2-C | 01:54:21 | 895 |
3 | Alvaro Sandoli | Bra | Ww T2-C 136 | 01:56:03 | 871 |
4 | Glauco Pinto | Bra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 01:56:06 | 858 |
5 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha | Bra | Ww T2-C | 01:56:47 | 848 |
6 | Eduardo Fernandes Da Silva | Bra | 01:57:51 | 840 | |
7 | Michel Louzada | Bra | Ww T2-C 144 | 01:57:22 | 839 |
8 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes Ls RX 3,5 Technorama | 02:00:10 | 811 |
9 | David Brito Filho | Bra | Wills Wing T2-C | 01:54:30 | 809 |
10 | Fabio Tomaz | Bra | Moyes Ls 5 | 02:01:41 | 792 |
Tom and cookie:
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7 topics in this article: Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli, Brasilia 2014, David Brito Filho, Glauco Pinto, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Michel Louzada, Wills Wing
2014 Big Spring Nationals »
Sport Class pilots go big
Big Spring Nationals 2014|Cory Barnwell|David Williams|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|US Nationals 2014|Wills Wing
Three sport class pilots made their goal then flew to the open class goal on the first day. David Williams, Jeff Bohl, and Cory Barnwell. Cory wrote:
Epic day today! Made the sport class goal and then kept going and made the open class goal too! Over 70 miles! Took me six and a half hours. New personal bests for distance, duration, and altitude gained (over 8,000 feet)! Woohoo!
He seems to be flying a borrowed Wills Wing U2 160.
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6 topics in this article: Big Spring Nationals 2014, Cory Barnwell, David Williams, Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl, US Nationals 2014, Wills Wing
Wills Wing Alpha »
Wills Wing Alpha
Why
(Wills+Wing+Factory,+California,+USA)
Joe Greblo|record|Steven "Steve" Pearson|weather|Wills Wing
Steven Pearson <<Steve>> writes:
I was just reading the Alpha thread on the OzReport forum and I thought you might be interested in the conversations that motivated me to start development and why I think products in this category are long overdue.
If we could reduce the training time to become proficient enough for a first high flight by 25% then we could retain a significantly higher number of prospective pilots. This is especially the case in areas of the country with seasonal and irregular weather patterns. In many cases, obtaining the last day of training before solo takes weeks or months when you consider the constraints of weather, work, family, money, and other scheduling issues. This of course is compounded by longer delays leading to remedial and recurrency training.
Pilot skills and hang glider technology have evolved far beyond what most of us even imagined in the early years of the sport. Consider the mind-boggling cross country distances, the format and task selection a modern hang gliding contest, the monster loops and rolls in aerobatics, and the extraordinary airworthiness and controllability of the modern hang glider. Somehow that progress has unfairly diminished the simple but remarkable achievement of simple free-flight, like launching from a modest mountain site and gliding to a controlled landing below. I would argue that this event alone challenges the imagination and life experience of many non-pilots and is worthy of celebration. Who among us doesn't remember their first high flight, or even the first time our feet left the ground for the briefest interval?
In 2011, John Harris at Kitty Hawk Kites hosted an event in associated with "Soaring 100" to commemorate Orville Wright's soaring record of 9 min 45 second which was unmatched for the following 10 years. A number of distinguished pilots and designers from the early years of hang gliding contributed some fun and interesting presentations. Ken de Russy talked at length about the merits of the standard Rogallo which as we all know was neither the first foot launched aircraft or the most airworthy but was unquestionably the catalyst for the dynamic and exponential growth of hang gliding in the 70's.
In fact, hang gliding has done nothing but diminish in participation since that time. There are innumerable reasons for that decline but the point I'm trying to make is that the attraction and joy of free-flight is unrelated to performance. We often have the expectation that more performance will result in better experiences when more often there is an inverse correlation. In my experience, dune gooning on a small sandy ridge on a single surface glider (and similar activities) is as much fun as racing a competition task on a high performance glider. As much as I enjoy flying T2Cs, I wouldn't give up hang gliding if I was restricted to lower performance hang gliders nor do I think I'd have any less fun.
The apex of the decline of hang gliding was the early 80s when the only model that Wills Wimng produced (like many of our competitors) was certainly more challenging than a T2C. We learned a little in the following years with the introduction of the easier to fly Sport model in 1986 and more significantly the development of the Falcon starting in 1993. A few years ago, Joe Greblo told me that the Falcon 3 had too much performance. I was dismissive at first but that's a difficult position to hold against the experience of someone like Joe. My first thought was to 'de-tune' the Falcon but that does nothing to address the essential requirement for more damping and more forgiving behavior in pitch. The easiest way to increase damping is to increase the mean cord and that also, with the constraints of weight and airworthiness, leads to lower aspect ratios which have the additional advantage of a lower lift-curve slope and associated wider angle of attack range.
Perhaps the most unexpected outcome of the Alpha development is that it's so fun to fly. Climbing with a T2, at the same turn rate but half the radius is really fun as are many other experiences like being relatively unconcerned where you land or what the wind conditions are. I think it's fair to say that the Falcon has been a significant factor in new pilot development and pilot retention over the last twenty years. I often said that we could and should do more in those areas and I'm hopeful that the Alpha will deliver some of those expectations.
5 topics in this article: Joe Greblo, record, Steven "Steve" Pearson, weather, Wills Wing
Czech pilots need gliders at the SCFR
Czech pilots need gliders at the SCFR
Two Wills Wing TC2's
(Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA)
Wills Wing
Josef Bostik <<raceww>> writes:
I am looking for two gliders to rent for the Santa Cruz Flats Race. Peter Tucek and Jiri Gut from Czech Republic want to attend. They are both excellent and experienced competition pilots. T2C144's are preferable, or one 144 and one 154 will suffice.
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1 topic in this article: Wills Wing
Wills Wing Alpha »
Wills Wing Alpha
Wills puts it up on their web site
(Wills+Wing+Factory,+California,+USA)
Wills Wing
http://willswing.com/prod2.asp?theClass=hg&theModel=alpha
The Alpha is a new model that looks and flies like a lower aspect ratio Falcon (less wing span, more area), and is intended for flight schools and for pilots who value light weight, convenience, slow flying and easy take-off and landing above other performance attributes. The Alpha 180 has about the same span as a Falcon 4 145 but more area than a Falcon 4 170. The Alpha 210 has about the same span as a Falcon 4 170, but more area than a Falcon 4 195.
The Alpha 180 uses the same F360 size control bar as the Falcon 4 145, and the Alpha 210 uses a new F364 control bar size between that of the Falcon 4 170 and Falcon 4 195.
The Alphas fly very slowly, and are very docile and easy in handling, take-off and landing, and yet they have exceptionally good soaring performance – better in fact in very light lift and small thermals than a Falcon. Unlike the Condor, the Alpha is a fully airworthy, utility class glider, and can be flown in any reasonable flying conditions, and purchased by new students or experienced pilots. The Alpha is a better first purchase glider for most new pilots than a Falcon, and almost as easy for first training flights as a Condor. In some ways the Alphas are easier for students than the Condor, because they are smaller gliders, and therefore easier to ground handle if there is wind. The Alpha’s launching speed is not quite as slow as the Condor 330, but it is noticeably slower than a Falcon.
The initial response to the Alpha from instructors and new pilots has been extremely enthusiastic.
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1 topic in this article: Wills Wing
2014 Non Europeans
2014 Non Europeans
Task 4
Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Facebook|Konstantin Lukyanov|Moyes Litespeed RX|Non-Europeans 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.arangoiti2014.com/en/competition/results
Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Martin Mota | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:41:09 | 994 |
2 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:47:24 | 927 |
3 | Blay Jr Olmos Quesada | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:47:33 | 920 |
4 | Eneko Paez Maicas | ESP | Moyes Litespeed RX 3 | 01:47:52 | 911 |
5 | Joel Miron | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 01:49:24 | 898 |
6 | Konstantin Lukyanov | RUS | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:54:32 | 853 |
7 | Francois Isoard | FRA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:56:42 | 845 |
8 | Emmanuel Felix-Faure | FRA | Aeros Combat GT 13.2 | 01:56:35 | 843 |
9 | Alexandra Serebrennikova | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 01:57:03 | 837 |
10 | Antonio Letón Carrasco | ESP | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 | 02:00:08 | 822 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | M | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3888 |
2 | Blay Jr Olmos Quesada | M | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3456 |
3 | Alexandra Serebrennikova | F | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 2998 |
4 | Francois Isoard | M | FRA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2948 |
5 | Emmanuel Felix-Faure | M | FRA | Aeros Combat GT 13.2 | 2868 |
6 | Jose Antonio (Ako) Abollado Amo | M | ESP | Aeros Combat GT 12,7 | 2783 |
7 | Daniel Martin Mota | M | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2758 |
8 | Benito Rodríguez González | M | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2708 |
9 | Antonio Letón Carrasco | M | ESP | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 | 2668 |
10 | Laurent Thevenot | M | FRA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2638 |
Alexandra has moved into third place. This is the highest placing so far of any women in a major hang gliding competition in years. Last day canceled, so she is the top placing women in a long time.
https://www.facebook.com/arangoiti2014?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark
7 topics in this article: Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova, Facebook, Konstantin Lukyanov, Moyes Litespeed RX, Non-Europeans 2014, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Carbon in many forms
Carbon in many forms
Terry Reynolds writes about ancient history.
Terry Reynolds|Wills Wing
Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:
The pre-TR3 prototype, with see-through Technora sailcloth, flew in the 1996 Nat's at Dinosaur, 18 years ago.
From http://ozreport.com/18.129.2:
"Carbon airframes have a long history. UP was certainly the pioneer with their carbon Spider in ~1978. The subsequent damage issues associated with that prototype made us very caution (sic). Nevertheless, we evaluated a carbon Raven in 1979 and abandoned that when a market survey didn't support the option price. Much later, the restructured UP was again the first to offer a popular production carbon airframe”
I, and I dare say virtually everyone else, never heard of the Spider glider until the above article in the recent Oz Report. I designed the TRX just for me to fly in the 1991 Worlds in Brazil. UP was in a state of chaos then and made me president, gave me one third of the company and $10,000 to build the glider I was building anyway. I wasn't looking for a job and after the Worlds, and after crashing a TRX into the power lines in the 1991 Tennessee East Coast Championships, I left UP. They had the certified TRX 160 design and the drawings for the TRX 140 (which evolved into the Predator after much fine work and improvement by John Heiney). I think they built a lot of both of them.
Also, from http://ozreport.com/18.129.2:
“...but carbon wasn't widely adopted (maybe not adopted by manufacturers, but several hundred pilots adopted carbon TRX’s starting in 1991) until LaMouette introduced the topless carbon crossbar followed by simultaneous following releases by WW, Icaro and Moyes."
Yes, La Mouette produced the uncertified “Topless” first. However, the first HGMA certified topless was the TR3 (TR3 155: 4/16/1997 HGMA Certificate ID 970416-01), followed by WW (Wills Wing Fusion ID 970416-02) and Moyes (Moyes CSX4 ID 970416-03). This was all at the same HGMA meeting at Mark West’s home. They just happened to let me go first.
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2 topics in this article: Terry Reynolds, Wills Wing
2014 Non Europeans
2014 Non Europeans
Alexandra Serebrennikova doing very well
Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Non-Europeans 2014|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.arangoiti2014.com/en/competition/results
After three tasks:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2960 |
2 | Blay Jr Olmos Quesada | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2534 |
3 | Jose Antonio (Ako) Abollado Amo | ESP | Aeros Combat GT 12,7 | 2304 |
4 | Benito Rodríguez González | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2290 |
5 | Ataúlfo J Fernández Montero | ESP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2168 |
6 | Alexandra Serebrennikova | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 2157 |
7 | Francois Isoard | FRA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2099 |
8 | Emmanuel Felix-Faure | FRA | Aeros Combat GT 13.2 | 2022 |
9 | Laurent Thevenot | FRA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1986 |
10 | Blay Snr Olmos Ramos | ESP | Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5 | 1903 |
4 topics in this article: Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova, Non-Europeans 2014, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Can't we just all fly together?
Can't we just all fly together?
And land together?
(Rio+Grande+do+Norte,+Brazil) (Tacima, PB, Brazil) (Santa Quiteria, CE, Brazil)
PG|record|Wills Wing
<<record>> sends:
FAI hasratified the following Class O (Hang Gliding and Paragliding) South-American record:
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Tacima (Brazil) - Santa Quiteria (Brazil)
Performance : 531.2 km
Pilot : Glauco Pinto (Brazil)
Hang Glider : Laminar / Icaro 2000
Date :15.10.2013
Previous record : 494.8 km (26.01.2012 - André Wolf, Brazil)
FAI hascancelled the following Class O (Hang Gliding and Paragliding) South-American record:
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Tacima (Brazil) - Santa Quiteria (Brazil)
Performance : 531.00 km Pilot : Eduardo Waller de Oliveira (Brazil)
Hang Glider : T2 / Wills Wing
Date :15.10.2013
Current record : 531.2 km (15.10.2013 - Glauco Pinto, Brazil)
Reason for cancellation: Better performance achieved on the same day
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3 topics in this article: PG, record, Wills Wing
Laminates
Laminates
UV films to stop their degradation
Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Oleg Bondarchuk|PG|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing
Most high performance gliders use laminated sailcloth (commonly referred to as Mylar), a sandwich of polyester film, tafetta, scrim, and/or unidirectional fibers. Hang glider manufacturers purchase laminated sailcloth from Dimension-Polyant GmbH, Sailcloth Technology, http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/Company_7.php, Porcher (http://www.porcher-sport.com/en/produits/paragliding.html), Contender, Bainbridge, and perhaps other companies. You'll find the materials here: http://www.dimension-polyant.com/en/Laminate_Racing_2_4_1.php.
Wills Wing explains why they use laminated sailcloth on their T2C's here: http://willswing.com/features/sailcloth.asp
Laminated sail materials using polyester film have been used for many years in hang glider sails. The original inspiration for the use of these fabrics was an attempt to achieve superior performance by using a lower stretch material that was still relatively light in weight. In high performance hang gliders, limiting spanwise twist is a key component of performance, and twist is generally controlled by sail tension. The disadvantages of the polyester film fabrics have been that the reduced elasticity under load has generally resulted in "stiffer," less responsive handling qualities, and that the polyester laminated fabrics have been, historically, not as durable or long lasting as woven fabrics. The current generation of laminated fabrics are vastly improved over those of even ten years ago, however it is still generally the case that a premium woven fabric will outlast even the best laminated materials.
Laminated sailcloth degrades in sunlight. Steve Pearson at Wills Wing writes:
When new, the structural properties of the same laminates, but with or without an additional UV film, are the same. But, with UV exposure, laminates without UV films (on top) degrade.
There’s no easy correlation between the lab tests and results in the field. In my experience, I would say that 300 hours UV lab was comparable to a glider that was flown and exposed continuously though a season in Florida, Big Spring, Owens, Forbes type conditions. After 300 hours of UV exposure the outer layer of non UV film was brittle but not fractured.
The UV exposed sample starts letting go at .05 in/in strain and completely fractures by .1 in/in strain, or at about half the strain (and strength) of the unexposed film. Only the outer layer of film is fractured and the remaining 3 layers of scrim, film and taffeta continue to support load.
300 hrs of lab UV exposure correspond to about 150 hrs of airtime and associated setup in a high UV environment (as above). At that point the outer layer of film has lost 50% of its original strength. At 300 hours of airtime and exposure in a high UV environment (two seasons), the outer layer of most conventional laminates without UV film are fractured and beginning to delaminate.
In lab tests, after 300 hours of UV exposure, laminates with UV film (again on top) are as good as new.
Laminates with UV film is available from Dimension-Polyant, but according to Steve Pearson, you have to order a custom laminate, with a premium price for custom construction and another premium for the UV film. He states that as far as he can tell only Wills Wing uses UV film on their laminates. I have asked Moyes (Gerolf), Icaro (Christian), and Aeros (Oleg) if they use laminates with UV film. See below.
As a hang glider pilot it would seem to me that I would want a sail with UV film on the top (unlike recent sails that were sewed for Highland Aerosports where the UV film got placed on the bottom).
Wouldn't you want to know if the sailcloth used on your glider was topped with UV film? When I asked Steve about this, he wrote:
These are the problems I started trying to solve twenty five years ago.
Until we made the first UV film laminates we recommended woven materials for recreational gliders that were used in hi-UV exposure climates. It’s rare for a laminate film glider to last more than 300 hours (maybe in low UV Europe or northern latitudes). Woven gliders last twice that long. UV-film laminates seem to do even better than woven sailcloth.
There is a long history of the progression of laminate construction that gradually improved durability and structural performance from the first practical laminate “Surfcote” which was simply a layer of taffeta to one layer 1.5 mils – 2 mils of film, to the current state of the art with 4-5 layers, high-strength fibers and UV film.
Oleg Bondarchuk <<aerosint>> writes:
We've started using Porcher NCV laminates with UV protection film more than ten years ago for all our trike wings and Combat hang gliders (http://www.aeros.com.ua/structure/hg/cbt07_en.php). A bit later we have started using PX laminates with UV protection film for our Combats and Discuses. We are still using NCV with UV protection for our trike wings and PX with UV protection for Discuses and for some Combats.
We have been asking Dimension-Polyant about ODL laminate with UV protection, but they wouldn't sell it to anyone except Wills Wing, because of exclusive contract with them for selling this laminate. At the moment we are in process of getting UV protected laminate from Dimension-Polyant.
Steve Pearson writes:
I wasn’t aware that Dimension-Polyant was restricting sales of custom laminates with UV film. I was asked several years ago by Dimension-Polyant for permission by another company to use a custom laminate configuration that we were purchasing and I told them that they were free to share our configurations with anyone. I would certainly extend that approval to Aeros, Moyes and Icaro.
You have to distinguish between “UV protection” which is incorporated into almost all laminates in the adhesive and UV film. Dimension-Polyant laminates all have “UV protection” but none except their custom D4 laminates have UV film.
There is no visible distinction between the films. UVODL06 and ODL06 are identical looking. ODL06 has “UV protection”. UVODL06 is far superior with respect to UV deterioration but otherwise the two are structurally identical.
5 topics in this article: Highland Aerosports Flight Park, Oleg Bondarchuk, PG, Steven "Steve" Pearson, Wills Wing
Steve Pearson on Wills Wing Innovations
Steve Pearson on Wills Wing Innovations
Responds to Gerolf
(Wills+Wing+Factory,+California,+USA)
Bill Moyes|Gerolf Heinrichs|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Terry Reynolds|Wills Wing
Steven Pearson <<Steve>> writes:
Gerolf Heinrichs writes: Wills is not exactly famous for being innovative. They have copied everything Moyes and Icaro have developed in the topless glider era, and currently they benefit from a low US dollar for their selling success.
Gerolf should know better but maybe he's forgotten a few of the features that I introduced and that he copied and applied to the Litespeed. In fairness, many of these features were already part of his Laminar that was the basis of the initial Litespeed so maybe Gerolf isn't aware of their origin. For anyone who disputes that the following features are essential to "the topless glider era", I challenge them to develop a glider without them or to list comparable technologies aside from those by Thevanot. The three people who come to mind when I think about the modern hang glider are Roy Haggard, Tom Price and Gerard Thevanot. The innovations by those three and the following are 95% of a T2.
There are certainly a few non-essential features of the T2 that relied on innovation from others. Two that come to mind are the curved tip configuration developed by Bob Trampeneau and more recently the raked tips introduced by Icaro. I was particularly impressed by the Icaro raked tips since I had almost given up on solutions to improve the aerodynamic penalty associated with the pointed planform of 'curved tips' which is the reason I was so reluctant to adopt them initially. I honestly can't think of anything developed by Gerolf that's part of the T2 or any other model that we produce.
The (inflight adjustable) VG system is certainly essential and I'm not sure who to attribute that to. I think Bob Trampeneau released the first production glider but others also had prototype systems on their gliders.
Enclosed keel from the Wills Wing HP, one of the most copied gliders in history. Before that, all of our competitors had tall keel pockets. When Bill Moyes saw the HP in 1984, all he could say to me was "it will never climb mate". Within a few years and ever since, every high-performance glider has had the same configuration.
7075 tubing in the 1986 Sport (Gerolf's first glider). The Sport was not the first hang glider to use 7075 tubing but the first with now industry standard 42/44/50/52/60/62 mm tubing and the first by a major manufacturer. Without question, it was the overwhelming success of the Sport and HP-AT that compelled every else to adopt it with Moyes being last (pushed by Gerolf) by over 15 years.
Carbon airframes have a long history. UP was certainly the pioneer with their carbon Spider in ~1978. The subsequent damage issues associated with that prototype made us very caution. Nevertheless, we evaluated a carbon Raven in 1979 and abandoned that when a market survey didn't support the option price. Much later, the restructured UP was again the first to offer a popular production carbon airframe but carbon wasn't widely adopted until LaMouette introduced the topless carbon crossbar followed by simultaneous following releases by WW, Icaro and Moyes. I don't recall Gerolf having any part of these products.
The kingpost hang system, prototyped on the Duck in 1983 and introduced on the 1986 Sport. Without a kingpost, this becomes a hang-T. Elevated hang systems are essential for reducing pitch and roll pressures and everyone uses them. Before the kingpost hang, others used "pitchys" and French connections.
Stepped leading edges with crescents using larger diameter 60/62 in front and smaller 50/52 in the rear, introduced on the HP-AT and later copied by Moyes, Icaro, Aeros and others. Oh, all our airframe plans have been published in our owners manuals for others to copy since 1978. I haven't seen a frame plan in anyone else's manual.
Sprogs. Gerolf freely admits that I designed this system, which is self-evident since Moyes and everyone either buys the brackets from us or has made their own copies.
Shear ribs. On gliders with over 50% double surface, you either need a lot of straight battens to support bottom surface shape (as we all did in the past) or the configuration that I designed where the top surface battens prevents the bottom surface from blowing down at high speed. In addition to the weight savings, shear ribs add many other aerodynamic and stability advantages that cannot be replicated with battens. I shared many details of shear rib shaping related to longitudinal stability with Gerolf over 10 years ago.
Carbon high-performance control bar. I'm a bit surprised that Gerolf forgot about this since he personally (and other Moyes/Icaro pilots) bought one from me. Many firsts with this structure including manufacturing technology (pre-preg carbon, consolidated in a closed mold at 110C and 100 psi (7x vacuum pressure)), the machined hardware junctions which were copied in castings by Aeros and Icaro and much later a derivative by Moyes, the airfoil which was wind tunnel tested at less than 1/4 of the drag other downtubes, and the toed-in, canted down angles of the downtubes and basetube which I initially implemented in our early welded-steel bars in 1983. Incidentally, our detailed wind-tunnel results were posted on our website long before Moyes developed their derivative.
Technora sailcloth. Almost a first for Wills Wing except that Terry Reynolds used them on the TR3 years before I reintroduced them after overcoming my apprehension about the cost/performance ratio. I could write pages about this alone. It's not 6oz. As Gerolf says. UVODL06 is less than 4 oz. (165 gms/m) and UVODL04 is 3.2 oz, (135 gms/m). We haven't used inexpensive 'PX' in years because UVODL06 is far stronger at a fraction of the weight. The carbon reins on the UVODL04 sail are much stronger still. Why would I consider a heavier and weaker laminate like PX15 for the trailing edge except to save money? The latest Moyes Technora option, while certainly a major improvement over Code Zero, is still a substandard option because of conventional Mylar film with half the lifespan of UV film. We're still the only manufacturer with UV film which lasts twice as long as any other film independent of the fiber type, polyester, PEN, Kevlar, Technora or Carbon. Oh, and as far who was the first to use laminates in hang gliding sail, it was Duck Boone followed by me in 1979.
WW was also the first to use spanwise sail cuts to optimize the orthotropic sail material structural properties to the sail plan form. First with the WW XC in 1977 and subsequently in every WW glider since the Harrier in 1980 when I figured out how to shape a spanwise sail with pre-cambered battens
The first CNC sail cutter (1993). While this isn't a glider innovation, it's an essential tool in the development and production of modern hang glider sails and we invested in this technology long before others.
Gerolf just pushes lie after lie. He says about Wills Wing "they benefit from a low US dollar for their selling success." In fact, the producer of the Moyes machined fittings in China contacted me and quoted me far lower prices than I can produce them on our CNC in house at Wills Wing. I offer this because Gerolf is fond of suggesting that Wills Wing gliders are produced in China when he knows that to be untrue at the same time as he sources fabricated components from there! His premium "Code Zero" costs less than half of the cost of the standard no-extra-cost UVPT laminate on the T2C. If you compare the cost of manufacturing in southern California to Australia, you won't find a difference.
Our gliders cost less because I'm at Lookout doing demos over the 4th of July weekend instead of taking the summer off for flying tours in the alps. Check the test fly sticker on the T2s around you--in the vast majority of cases it will say 'SP' or 'MM', just one more indication of who cares most about the products delivered to their customers.
5 topics in this article: Bill Moyes, Gerolf Heinrichs, Steven "Steve" Pearson, Terry Reynolds, Wills Wing
The 2014 Worlds - updated scoring
Problems fixed
The 2014 Worlds - updated scoring
July 2, 2014, 1:44:11 pm MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Chisato Nojiri|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Julia Kucherenko|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Worlds 2014|Yoko Isomoto
http://dca.ffvl.fr/hg2014/index.php/en/page-results-2014/pageukclass5result
ATOS cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grabowski | GER | Atos VR 14 | 4358 |
2 | Kirchner | GER | Atos VR | 4261 |
3 | Friedl | AUT | Atos VR10 | 4127 |
4 | Mayer | AUT | Atos VR | 4039 |
5 | Selenati | ITA | Atos VR | 3837 |
6 | Parcellier | FRA | Atos VR | 3828 |
7 | Geppert | AUT | Atos VR | 3827 |
8 | Meissl | AUT | Atos VR | 3683 |
9 | Kosaka | JPN | Atos VRS | 3579 |
10 | Hollidge | GBR | Atos VR 10T | 3463 |
Women cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isomoto | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3765 |
2 | Dieuzeide-Banet | FRA | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 3755 |
3 | Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 3700 |
4 | Kucherenko | RUS | Aeros Combat | 3558 |
5 | Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 | 3428 |
6 | Petrova | RUS | Aeros Combat 12,8 GT | 3364 |
7 | Serebrennikova | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 2995 |
8 | La Nube | COL | Wills WingT2C | 2951 |
9 | Walbec | FRA | Wills Wing T2 136 | 2930 |
10 | Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2308 |
The 2014 Worlds - day eight
Only the Swift/Archaeopteryx make it to goal
The 2014 Worlds - day eight
July 1, 2014, 4:46:08 pm MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Pollet|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Julia Kucherenko|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Worlds 2014|Yoko Isomoto
Women Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 56,07 | 647 |
2 | Dieuzeide-Banet | FRA | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 54,63 | 637 |
3 | Serebrennikova | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 49,72 | 588 |
4 | Petrova | RUS | Aeros Combat 12,8 GT | 49,15 | 581 |
5 | Walbec | FRA | Wills Wing T2 136 | 46,73 | 551 |
6 | Kucherenko | RUS | Aeros Combat | 46,38 | 546 |
7 | La Nube | COL | Wills WingT2C | 46,27 | 543 |
8 | Isomoto | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 39,56 | 447 |
9 | Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 | 36,60 | 416 |
10 | Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 29,66 | 350 |
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/2014/07/task-5-semnoz-85km-around-3-turnpoints.html
A tough, stable day today with a base barely higher than 1800m gave us a late launch and a hard time in the air. We could take off at 3pm, and the race started at 3.30,...
It won't be a high scoring day though because nobody made goal today. Rain tomorrow, but a good day on Thursday hopefully.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Isomoto | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3765 |
2 | Dieuzeide-Banet | FRA | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 3755 |
3 | Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 3700 |
4 | Kucherenko | RUS | Aeros Combat | 3558 |
5 | Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 | 3428 |
Sport Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kovacs | HUN | Aeros Discus C 15 | 35,96 | 321 |
2 | Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Discus C 15 | 32,26 | 299 |
3 | Mathurin | FRA | Moyes Litesport 4 | 29,73 | 283 |
3 | Pollet | FRA | Moyes Litesport | 29,81 | 283 |
5 | Masalimov | RUS | Aeros Discus C | 29,21 | 277 |
5 | Ujhelyi | HUN | Aeros Discus C 14 | 29,08 | 277 |
7 | Zin | FRA | Icaro Mast'r | 28,87 | 274 |
8 | Honings | NED | Icaro Orbiter styl-plus | 26,73 | 248 |
9 | Fernandez Montero | ESP | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 26,41 | 245 |
10 | Doeland | NED | Seedwings Spyder | 26,18 | 240 |
No cumulative yet.
ATOS Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kirchner | GER | Atos VR | 112,64 | 918 |
2 | Grabowski | GER | Atos VR 14 | 110,79 | 906 |
3 | Friedl | AUT | Atos VR10 | 109,26 | 896 |
3 | Mayer | AUT | Atos VR | 109,39 | 896 |
5 | Parcellier | FRA | Atos VR | 106,56 | 870 |
6 | Selenati | ITA | Atos VR | 106,14 | 865 |
7 | Yamamoto | JPN | Atos VR10 | 106,10 | 862 |
8 | Meissl | AUT | Atos VR | 105,63 | 858 |
9 | Hollidge | GBR | Atos VR 10T | 101,26 | 791 |
10 | Raumauf | AUT | Atos VR10 | 100,82 | 784 |
No cumulative yet.
Swift/Archaeopteryx Task 6:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruhmer | AUT | Aeriane Swift Light | 02:48:11 | 1000 |
2 | Hediger | ARG | Ruppert Archaeopteryx | 02:55:33 | 888 |
3 | Bott | FRA | Aeriane Swift Light | 02:56:21 | 860 |
4 | Cox | SUI | Bright Star Swift | 03:00:20 | 828 |
5 | Maag | SUI | Aeriane Swift Light | 03:20:16 | 697 |
6 | Porter | USA | Aeriane Swift | 03:29:55 | 665 |
7 | Ruppert E | SUI | Ruppert Archaeopteryx | 03:40:18 | 582 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruhmer | AUT | Aeriane Swift Light | 5661 |
2 | Cox | SUI | Bright Star Swift | 4784 |
3 | Bott | FRA | Aeriane Swift Light | 4680 |
4 | Hediger | ARG | Ruppert Archaeopteryx | 4519 |
5 | Ruppert E | SUI | Ruppert Archaeopteryx | 4165 |
6 | Porter | USA | Aeriane Swift | 3307 |
The 2014 Worlds - day seven
The 2014 Worlds - day seven
The scoring
Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Julia Kucherenko|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Yoko Isomoto
Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Julia Kucherenko|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Worlds 2014|Yoko Isomoto
http://dca.ffvl.fr/hg2014/index.php/en/page-results-2014/pageukclasssportresult
Women Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kucherenko | RUS | Aeros Combat | 01:37:39 | 952 |
2 | Walbec | FRA | Wills Wing T2 136 | 01:43:03 | 873 |
3 | Dieuzeide-Banet | FRA | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 01:43:39 | 848 |
4 | Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Llitespeed RX3 | 01:46:28 | 815 |
5 | Serebrennikova | RUS | Moyes Litespeed S3 | 01:46:47 | 807 |
6 | Isomoto | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 01:46:24 | 798 |
7 | Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:50:33 | 766 |
8 | Petrova | RUS | Aeros Combat 12,8 GT | 01:50:05 | 749 |
9 | Burlachenko | UKR | Aeros Combat 12 GT | 02:04:52 | 635 |
10 | Sakurai | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 | 02:09:08 | 604 |
There are errors in the task scoring.
Cumulative:
Not out yet.
Sport Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Discus C 15 | 01:04:12 | 755 |
2 | Zin | FRA | Icaro Mast'r | 01:04:36 | 740 |
3 | Salvenmoser | AUT | Seedwings Skyrunner XR | 01:08:32 | 685 |
4 | Woehrle | GER | Moyes Litesport 4 | 01:11:22 | 654 |
5 | Fernandez Montero | ESP | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 01:11:47 | 644 |
Cumulative:
Not out yet.
Swift/Archaeopteryx Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruppert E | SUI | Ruppert Archaeopteryx | 02:37:54 | 1000 |
2 | Ruhmer | AUT | Aeriane Swift Light | 02:54:54 | 817 |
3 | Cox | SUI | Aeriane Swift | 02:55:26 | 796 |
4 | Bott | FRA | Aeriane Swift Light | 03:06:20 | 714 |
5 | Obweger | AUT | Aeriane Swift Light | 03:07:39 | 711 |
Cumulative:
Not out yet.
ATOS Task 4:
Not ready for prime time yet.
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8 topics in this article: Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Julia Kucherenko, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Wills Wing, Yoko Isomoto
Safety in Annecy?
Safety in Annecy?
Mike Meier wonders about the focus
CIVL|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Mike Meier|weather|Wills Wing|Worlds 2014
Mike Meier <<Mike>> from Wills Wing writes:
From the Oz Report – June 25th, 2014 – The 2014 Worlds – Day ONE (originally from Corinna's blog):
It was very difficult and intimidating at times to fly around the course, because we had to cross the lake of Annecy twice very low. I barely got up to 1500m today, which is about 1000m above the goal. With not many safe landing options on course and a significant northerly wind hitting the valley, it was a fight to to this short sounding task.
I was lucky to get a really nice landing, while two other guys got badly injured. Luckily Doc Arnold Nadlinger had also landed in that field and looked after those guys immediately (broken pelvis and femur, the other one had an open arm fracture). When I arrived, the ambulance was already there, taking the guys to hospital. Alain, a very friendly guy of the organization team, helped me after the landing, as the wind was howling through with up to 30km/h.
From the December 18th 2007 CIVL Pitch Testing Sub-Committee report, describing “typical” competition conditions:
…the varied conditions of competition—sometimes strong winds, crossing long distances with few landing fields, operations where thunderstorm or cloud suck avoidance may be imperative, crowded thermals where handling is a premium…
Has it occurred to anyone in CIVL over the last seven years that perhaps micromanaging, within ½ of one degree, competition pilots decisions about where to set their sprogs may not be the most effective thing they could be doing to improve competition safety?
The point being, I guess, that it seems that whether we’re talking about Valle de Bravo or the valleys of Europe, the biggest dangers to competition pilots seem to be coming from decisions made by competition directors about sites, tasks and weather, and not about any documented problems with glider stability. And yet, it seems that measuring sprogs is about the only thing that CIVL has put any time or effort into.
The serious landing accidents have been described by the organizers:
A British ATOS pilot and a French Sport pilot. They landed behind big trees with a quite strong wind, so it was dodgy conditions.
6 topics in this article: CIVL, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Mike Meier, weather, Wills Wing, Worlds 2014
A quick guide to glider prices
A quick guide to glider prices
Just comparing the Wills Wing T2C and the Moyes Litespeed RX
Wills Wing
Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing
Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Prices in the US.
http://willswing.com/prod2.asp?theClass=hg&theModel=T2
http://moyesusa.com/downloads/Moyes_USA__May_2014_Retail_Price_List.pdf
Wills Wing T2C | Moyes Litespeed RX | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
T2C | $8,785 | RX Comp/carbon base | $10,800 | |
ODL4 | $375 | Technora | ? | |
Carbon stinger | $270 | Carbon keel* | $634 | |
Keel fairing | $90 | Keel fairing | ? | |
Carbon inserts | $0 | Carbon inserts | $348 | |
$9,520 | $11,782 | |||
* More carbon than just a stinger |
Previous price comparisons: http://ozreport.com/12.60#1, http://ozreport.com/12.061#3, http://ozreport.com/12.069#4, http://ozreport.com/12.071#2, http://ozreport.com/12.098#2
The Litespeed RX is available in configurations with additional carbon bits.
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1 topic in this article: Wills Wing
Fly Brazil with Dustin
Dustin Martin will lead tours to Andradas
(Pedras Grês Serrada, Taquara, RS, Brazil) (Pico Do Gavião, Andradas, SP, Brazil)
Dustin Martin|Wills Wing
Dustin Martin «Dustin Martin» writes:
After teaching at many cross country clinics in the past, and spending the last ten years part-time in Brazil, I've decided to combine the two experiences. Starting in mid-October I am offering full-service tours/cross country clinics at a site close to Sao Paulo. Included are airport transfers, hotel, breakfast, gliders, rides to launch, cross country retrievals, radio-guided cross country flying, etc.
The clinic portion of the tour is aimed at intermediate pilots, but the tours are open to all pilots of intermediate or greater experience.
The most difficult part of hang gliding tourism is glider transport. I will have a fleet of crispy, new or nearly new Wills Wing gliders on site for your use.
Check out my website for details and contact me with any questions.
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2 topics in this article: Dustin Martin, Wills Wing
2014 East Coast Championship
Day 7 and final results
Sat, Jun 7 2014, 9:27:48 pm EDTAeros 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
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
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 |
42 topics in this article: 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
2014 East Coast Championship
Day 6 results
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Jim Rooney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Task 6:
1. | John Waters | Aeros Combat L 15 | 02:14:42 | 1000 |
2. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 02:15:32 | 978.17 |
3. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 02:17:16 | 950.20 |
4. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 02:18:44 | 930.39 |
Cumulative:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 4480.06 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 3554.50 |
3. | John Waters | Aeros Combat L 15 | 2960.56 |
4. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2814.15 |
5. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 2625.56 |
Sport Task 6:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 01:07:41 | 1000 |
2. | Richard Milla | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 01:23:53 | 853.96 |
3. | Brian Boudreau | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 01:45:46 | 604.35 |
4. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 01:47:48 | 589.60 |
5. | Dana Harris | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 01:52:02 | 565.89 |
Cumulative:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 3505.20 |
2. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 2630.59 |
3. | Richard Milla | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 2621.79 |
4. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 2239.95 |
5. | Dana Harris | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 2163.17 |
Cory at goal. Photo by Jim Rooney.
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2014 East Coast Championship
Day 5 results
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Jim Messina|John Simon|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Task 5:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 53.1km/h | 57.9km | 768.08 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 50.3km | 514.75 | |
3. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 38.3km | 430.69 | |
4. | Bob Filipchuk | Aeros Combat GT 15 | 34.2km | 392.93 | |
5. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 31.4km | 360.87 |
Cumulative:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 3501.89 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 2624.12 |
3. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2500.81 |
4. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 2082.34 |
5. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 1960.56 |
Sport Task 5:
1. | Hugh Mcelrath | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 52.7km/h | 32.7km | 630.62 |
2. | Soraya Rios | Wills Wing Sport 2 135 | 18.8km | 372.38 | |
3. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 18.2km | 366.58 | |
4. | Dana Harris | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 17.2km | 353.40 | |
5. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 15.7km | 310.89 |
Sport Cumulative:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 2505.20 |
2. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 2041.19 |
3. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 2040.99 |
4. | Hugh Mcelrath | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 1867.84 |
5. | Richard Milla | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 1767.83 |
9 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, Davis Straub, East Coast Championships 2014, Greg Dinauer, Highland Aerosports Flight Park, Jim Messina, John Simon, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2014 East Coast Championship
Day 4 results
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Jim Messina|John Simon|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Task 4:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 02:03:30 | 970.79 |
2. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 02:11:53 | 842.67 |
3. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:14:04 | 818.92 |
4. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 02:16:39 | 792.69 |
5. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 02:23:59 | 726.58 |
Cumulative:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 2733.81 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 2109.37 |
3. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2070.12 |
4. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 1902.01 |
5. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 1721.48 |
Sport Task 4:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 00:59:51 | 34.0km/h | 34.0km | 945.23 |
2. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 29.0km | 708.45 | ||
3. | Brian Boudreau | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 29.0km | 707.84 | ||
4. | Dana Harris | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 18.1km | 501.78 | ||
5. | Soraya Rios | Wills Wing Sport 2 135 | 16.1km | 471.86 |
Cumulative:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 2194.30 |
2. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 1938.38 |
3. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 1674.41 |
4. | Richard Milla | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 1471.39 |
5. | Brian Boudreau | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 1369.92 |
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2014 East Coast Championship
Day 3 results
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|Charles Allen|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Jim Messina|John Simon|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Task 3:
1. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 47.1km | 819.22 |
2. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 41.7km | 756.78 |
3. | Charles Allen | Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 | 37.5km | 696.97 |
4. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 37.4km | 695.37 |
5. | Bob Filipchuk | Aeros Combat GT 15 | 35.7km | 660.95 |
6. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 21.4km | 373.28 |
7. | Dave Proctor | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 18.2km | 331.34 |
8. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 17.3km | 318.52 |
9. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 15.8km | 292.07 |
Cumulative:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1763.01 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 1726.84 |
3. | Charles Allen | Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 | 1288.90 |
4. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1251.20 |
5. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 1059.34 |
6. | Bob Filipchuk | Aeros Combat GT 15 | 1006.23 |
7. | Dave Proctor | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 968.66 |
8. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 928.79 |
9. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 890.23 |
Sport task 3:
1. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 00:41:59 | 29.6km | 795.94 |
2. | Hugh Mcelrath | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 25.4km | 555.13 | |
3. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 18.4km | 456.73 | |
4. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 19.2km | 443.57 | |
5. | Soraya Rios | Wills Wing Sport 2 135 | 14.8km | 384.38 |
Sport Cumulative:
1. | Felix Cantesanu | Aeros Discus | 1208.52 |
2. | Cory Barnwell | Airwave Vision Pulse | 1189.42 |
3. | Knut Ryerson | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 1128.40 |
4. | Greg Sessa | Wills Wing U2 | 1076.77 |
5. | Hugh Mcelrath | Wills Wing Sport 2 | 924.27 |
10 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, Charles Allen, Davis Straub, East Coast Championships 2014, Greg Dinauer, Highland Aerosports Flight Park, Jim Messina, John Simon, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2014 East Coast Championship
Day 2, we stop the task due to poor launch conditions
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|cart|Charles Allen|crash|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Facebook|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Jim Messina|John Claytor|John Simon|video|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
The forecast was for good lift - 700-800 fpm, like the first day, but even less likelihood of cu's, and strong winds - 12 knots out of the south southwest. And other than the fact that we didn't find much lift, the forecast was pretty much right on. No cu's, and a wind 9 to 12 mph out of the south.
The problem is that there is no good location to launch in a south wind. We set up to launch to the west with a strong cross wind. The first launches looked fine, but the conditions up above were not exciting with no cu's, lots of wind, and numerous pilots landing after short flights. Only Dave Proctor was able to stay up at first.
Red shows the launch direction. The runway is at 300°.
Then we spotted Joe Shmucker, who had dribbled north out of the airport and was now low in the next field and attempting to head back and make it to the airfield. With all of us watching we tried to determine if he could get over the thin line of low trees on the north side of the runway. It could go either way.
Joe kept going toward us and the trees. I asked him later and he wasn't even thinking about the fact that he was pushing into a head wind. He didn't see that there was a problem.
As he got closer to the trees he finally realized that he wasn't going to make it. He turned and was rotored into the ground. The glider was pancaked with Joe still on the base tube. A broken keel to go along with the down tubes and base bar. There is a nice video and I hope that he posts it.
After Joe was pulled out from under his glider with a face full of mud, we lined up to get launched. I had a bit of trouble getting off the cart despite the high angle on the cart. Greg and Jim Messina said later that they also had problems launching.
I was pulled right to a thermal and with another pilot got right up to 2,700'. When that quit I chased the thermal down wind and got back to 2,500' with three other pilots. We were two kilometers down wind. Bruce was way down below us. We were working zero lift at 2,500' and quickly drifting away from the airfield.
I saw Bruce heading back (or what looked like it) and headed back to see if there were any pilots who got towed up behind us (including Greg) thermaling. Turns out there weren't any and soon we all found ourselves landing. We lined up to go again.
As we waited there John Claytor launched and crashed as his upwind wing came up and spun him around.
Two of the safety committee members (Greg and Jim) got together and recommended that launch be suspended. I then got together with Greg and Jim Messina (Felix was a few hundred yards away) and they decided to spot the task. It was one hour after the first start time, so the day counted. But it didn't count for much.
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Task 2:
1. | Dave Proctor | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 12.5km | 9.58 |
2. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Charles Allen | Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | John Claytor | Wills Wing Talon 160 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Bob Filipchuk | Aeros Combat GT 15 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
2. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5.0km | 6.23 |
Cumulative:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1006.23 |
2. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 932.67 |
3. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 907.62 |
4. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 686.06 |
5. | Dave Proctor | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 637.32 |
6. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 598.16 |
7. | Charles Allen | Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 | 591.93 |
8. | Bob Filipchuk | Aeros Combat GT 15 | 345.28 |
9. | John Claytor | Wills Wing Talon 160 | 254.49 |
10. | Jim Messina | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 233.42 |
Launch video here.
15 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, cart, Charles Allen, crash, Davis Straub, East Coast Championships 2014, Facebook, Greg Dinauer, Highland Aerosports Flight Park, Jim Messina, John Claytor, John Simon, video, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2014 East Coast Championship
Results from day 1
(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)
Bruce Barmakian|Charles Allen|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Greg Dinauer|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|John Simon|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Task 1:
1. | Bruce Barmakian | Wills Wing T2°C 144 | 01:31:05 | 1000 |
2. | Davis Straub | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:34:17 | 926.44 |
3. | Greg Dinauer | Aeros Combat 12.7 | 01:35:51 | 901.39 |
4. | John Simon | Aeros Combat L 15 | 01:51:27 | 679.82 |
5. | Dave Proctor | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 02:12:34 | 627.74 |
6. | Jd Guillemette | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 02:03:03 | 591.93 |
7. | Charles Allen | Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8 | 02:07:11 | 585.69 |
9 topics in this article: Bruce Barmakian, Charles Allen, Davis Straub, East Coast Championships 2014, Greg Dinauer, Highland Aerosports Flight Park, John Simon, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
The Flytec Americus Comp Camp »
The Flytec Americus Comp Camp
Rain
Terry Reynolds|Wills Wing
The last day, Thursday, of the competition was rained out. It got very nice late in the afternoon here in Americus, Georgia (what a beautiful place), but it was overcast and misting until noon.
Terry Reynolds, who hasn't flown in five years, won the competition on his new Wills Wing U2. The results should be available later on the Soaring Spot.
The 2014 Flytec Americus Cup begins on Sunday. Practice days Friday and Saturday.
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New Japanese women's distance record
New Japanese women's distance record
Flying far on a small island
record|Wills Wing
Wills Wing writes:
Syuko Uchida flew 166km on her T2C-136 on April 26th from Mt. Ashio to the north border of Fukushima province setting the new Japanese Female Distance Record.
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The Flytec Americus Comp Camp »
The Flytec Americus Comp Camp
Old dogs, new tricks
Flytec 6030|Glen McFarland|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Quest Air|Steve Kroop|Terry Reynolds|weather|Wills Wing
Terry Reynolds is here flying a brand new Wills Wing U2. He was flying well but forgot that there was a second turnpoint. Couldn't figure out why he wasn't getting the happy sound when he crossed and then recrossed the goal cylinder. New Flytec 6030 also.
Steve Kroop from Flytec USA says that 6030's are selling like they always have, which is well, due to the reduced price, $1,100. Even with the 7000 series in the oven (and taking its own sweet time to bake as is to be expected from new electronic items).
Overcast and some sprinkles on the first day, Saturday. Got my four person team in the air first. No one made the turnpoint which was merely 3.5 km away. Got half the team a second flight. Numerous pilots didn't get to launch at all as the rain picked up.
Lesson - be ready. No lollygagging.
Day two, better conditions, the sky full of cu's. Southwest winds at 8 mph. A mere 22 km task (just to shake the cobwebs out for these guys). Got my new team (the instructor/coach rotates) first to launch (five students). Had to crack the whip a bit.
One pilot lost his new radio (just purchased from Quest Air) from 2,000' over the grass part of the airport. I took off after everyone on the team launched. Found good lift right away and circled up. At least one team member nearby and circling. Lift gave out and went north away from the airport to find 100 fpm an a hawk underneath. Another team member joins me. The radios aren't working. Cory, the first team member that I flew with couldn't make it out as far as we went and had to land back at the airport.
We climb up to cloud base at 3,600' (3,200' AGL) as the lift improves to 400 fpm. I send the student off toward the first turnpoint and fly back 5 km to the airport. Find zero sink as now all my other students, but one have landed. I have them get in line ASAP to launch again, but after everyone gets a tow. Brian, from Lookout, the student who was with me in the good climb, heads off to the turnpoint and makes it and back to the airport, but lands there.
I work around the airport with Glen McFarland coming in under me. It is just barely enough to stay up in. We searched around and around and then he heads northwest away from launch while I head for a cu's toward launch. Nothing there and I land. He hangs out waiting for his students.
We wait while the last team, Jonny's team, launches and then almost everyone relaunches. Cory flying a Vision Pulse was circling in 50 fpm at the east end of the airport. I pinned off early again and head for the small gaggle over there. The lift improved. We worked together toward the first turnpoint at Hodges Hobbies where we are camping with the Oz Report World Headquarters. Cory lands heading toward the turnpoit.
Plenty of pilots around to scout out the lift as one lands at the putting green field at the turnpoint but the rest of us work our way up slowly in the weak lift. Mitch and Zac come over under and we all climb up. I can't spot any of my students. Brian will land at Hodges after his second launch. Alfredo already landed at Hodges from his first launch.
We head back toward the airport and I'm high over Zac and Mitch who have to start scratching low on the south east corner of the airport as I head toward a new cu. I get nothing and fly back toward Mitch and Zac. I find poor lift upwind of them below them and entice them over to the better then they've got lift. We all climb back up slowly as the lift improves to over 4,000' to almost cloud base.
We head off for the last turnpoint. Mitch is in contact with his students but apparently Zac is not as he heads to the turnpoint and then goes on final to goal. Mitch stays behind waiting for students. Before I make the turnpoint, the 6030 says I have the goal back at the airport with 1,250'. As soon as I get the turnpoint, it says I have it by 500'. Within a minute the altitude at goal value goes to 900'.
Perhaps a few students made the task, but I'm not sure. Tomorrow I make a presentation on the weather.
The camp is going well with an intense discussion about the 6030. A lot of clutter to cut through. Mitch is leading the discussions. The instructors are coaching their team members. We have downloaded the coaches 6030 settings to the students' 6030's to help them out.
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Wills Wing Alpha Facebook Page
Wills Wing Alpha Facebook Page
Mark Dowsett's page
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Facebook|Mark Dowsett|Wills Wing
Mark Dowsett <<mark>> writes:
I have started a WillsWing Alpha Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WillsWingAlpha
Wills Wing has asked that is just be used to share the public's experiences with the Alpha and NOT ask for technical support on Alphas through the page. I agree that it is best to contact them directly with those inquiries - they are too busy building more gliders to monitor the page for customer support!
I am just curious to hear other instructors' comments about how their training programs are improving with the use of the Alphas. Our season up here in Canada is just barely starting and we haven't had any students on them yet.
If you 'like' the page, you can tag "WW Alpha" in your posts and pictures.
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2014 Wills Wing Demo days video
2014 Wills Wing Demo days video
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The Wills Wing Alpha
The Wills Wing Alpha
Finally, Steve tells us what's up with this new glider
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Facebook|Steven "Steve" Pearson|USHPA|video|Wills Wing
Steven Pearson <<Steve>> writes:
The Alpha is a new model that looks like a lower aspect ratio Falcon (less wing span, more area), and is intended for flight schools and for pilots who value light weight, convenience, slow flying and easy take-off and landing above other performance attributes. The Alpha 180 has about the same span as a Falcon 4 145 but more area than a Falcon 4 170.
The Alpha 210 has about the same span as a Falcon 4 170, but more area than a Falcon 4 195. The Alpha 180 uses the same size control bar as the Falcon 4 145, and the Alpha 210 uses a control bar size between that of the Falcon 4 170 and Falcon 4 195.
The Alphas fly very slowly, and are very docile and easy in handling, take-off and landing, and yet they have exceptionally good soaring performance – better in fact in very light lift and small thermals than a Falcon. Unlike the Condor, the Alpha is a fully airworthy, utility class glider, and can be sold to new students or experienced pilots.
The Alpha will be a better first purchase glider for most new pilots than a Falcon, and almost as easy for first training flights as a Condor. In some ways they will be easier – because they are smaller gliders, they are easier to ground handle if there is wind.
Their launching speed will probably not be quite as slow as the Condor, but it will be very close. The minimum flying speed on the Alpha 180 is within 1 mph of that of the Condor 225, and the minimum flying speed on the Alpha 210 is within 1 mph of that of the Condor 330, and almost 2mph slower than that of the Condor 225.
Since the Condor is only approved for flight within a few feet of the ground, anyone who is going to progress beyond the first day of training will need to be able to adapt to launching something other than the Condor, and the Alpha is, by far, the easiest next step, and quite a bit easier in every respect than a Falcon.
Specification | Alpha 180 | Alpha 210 |
---|---|---|
Area (ft2) | 180 | 210 |
Span (ft) | 28.2 | 31.2 |
Aspect Ratio | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Glider Weight (lbs) | 46 | 51 |
Hook-In Weight (lbs) | 120-200 | 150-280 |
Optimum Body Weight (lbs) | 120-150 | 150-220 |
USHPA Rating | 2 | |
Vne (mph) | 45 | |
Va (mph) | 39 | |
Vms (mph) | 17 | |
Vd (mph) | 34 | |
Length (in bag) (in) | 215 | 228 |
Break-down (in) | 147 | 160 |
Suggested Retail | $3,675 |
The video here.
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Mario Luppa at Wallaby
Mario Luppa at Wallaby
What could be more fun?
USHPA|Wills Wing
Mario Luppa <<marioluppa>> writes:
Malcolm, Laurie, Linda, Mitch, RJ, Mike, Linda M., Mike, Steve, all of my friends overseas as promised while I was at Wallaby, as soon as I got back to Italy after the Wills Wing demo days I wrote an article about the experience I had at Wallaby and, more quickly than expected, it has been already published on the FIVL monthly Magazine VOLO LIBERO (FIVL is the ITALIAN USHPA). Even the front page has an image of my U2 up in the Wallaby Skyes.
I spoke highly about the Ranch, the Wills Wings, the Instructor of the year 2014, the landing clinics .... about Linda and her trailer .... RJ and his Tandem with Arik .... and I have invited Italian pilots to travel with me to Wallaby for the same event in 2015 ..... to learn to aero-tow .... and more. I specifically mentioned the patience of the Guru and designer of Wills Wing HG .... changing my VG lines in the mud :-)! Thank you Steve and Mike for so many advice and technical explanations.
http://ozreport.com/docs/248_esecutivo_mario2.pdf
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Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Lenny wins
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:50:40 | 999 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:51:08 | 976 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:51:32 | 958 |
4 | Sam Prest | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:52:20 | 942 |
5 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:52:36 | 932 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:53:24 | 920 |
7 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:53:35 | 918 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:53:56 | 907 |
9 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:02:57 | 824 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 02:04:25 | 814 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2384 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 2347 |
3 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2317 |
4 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 2314 |
5 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2252 |
6 | cameron tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2096 |
7 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 2013 |
8 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 1976 |
9 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 1962 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 1951 |
11 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Curt wins task 2
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Task 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:41:17 | 1000 |
2 | nick purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:44:32 | 939 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:45:49 | 919 |
4 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 01:45:50 | 913 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:46:02 | 908 |
6 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:46:02 | 907 |
7 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:46:44 | 892 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:47:21 | 878 |
9 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:47:33 | 876 |
10 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:48:11 | 869 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 1508 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1426 |
3 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1399 |
4 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 1382 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 1371 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1332 |
7 | cameron tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1322 |
8 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 1208 |
9 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1164 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1152 |
Kathryn.
13 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Billo rescores day one
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Original scoring: http://ozreport.com/18.66#9
# | Name | Glider | Last Dist.1 |
Alt.2 | Dist.3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 37,66 | 1081 | 48,47 | 480 |
2 | cameron tunbridge | airborne rev 14.5 | 37,79 | 1039 | 48,18 | 478 |
3 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 37,71 | 972 | 47,43 | 472 |
4 | Tim Osborne | wills wing u2 | 37,68 | 955 | 47,23 | 470 |
5 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 37,75 | 926 | 47,01 | 469 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 35,51 | 1093 | 46,44 | 461 |
6 | adam stevens | airbone rev 13.5 | 37,78 | 874 | 46,52 | 461 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 37,74 | 878 | 46,52 | 461 |
9 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 37,69 | 746 | 45,15 | 438 |
10 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 37,47 | 753 | 45,00 | 436 |
The new version of the FS scoring program allows one to score a distance based on your altitude when the task was stopped.
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10 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, John Smith, Konrad Heilmann, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn, William "Billo" Olive, Wills Wing
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Day one, a thunderstorm
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|John Smith|Kathryn O'Riordan|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
# | Name | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 23,76 | 121 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 21,12 | 113 |
2 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 21,13 | 113 |
2 | cameron tunbridge | airborne rev 14.5 | 21,14 | 113 |
2 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 21,08 | 113 |
2 | adam stevens | airbone rev 13.5 | 21,14 | 113 |
2 | Tim Osborne | wills wing u2 | 21,07 | 113 |
8 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 21,07 | 112 |
8 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 21,04 | 112 |
10 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 20,82 | 111 |
Task stopped due to a thunderstorm.
Kathryn O'Riordan took this shot after landing:
Adam Stevens gets this shot:
Day two, the ground is too wet for aerotowing.
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9 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Cameron Tunbridge, Curt Warren, John Smith, Kathryn O'Riordan, Konrad Heilmann, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn, Wills Wing
Wills Wing Demo Days video
Wills Wing Demo Days video
Rafael Arcos sends this video from last week
Rafael Arcos|video|Wills Wing
3 topics in this article: Rafael Arcos, video, Wills Wing
US Sport Class Raffle
US Sport Class Raffle
Last day
Quest Air|Wills Wing
Flytec 6030|Quest Air|Wills Wing
Stephan Mentler <<stephmet>> writes:
For those of you who donated and are entered into the raffle, thank You. For the rest of you procrastinators, you have until noon eastern standard time (Quest Air time) to donate – stop procrastinating - the paypal link is below. Tell your friends. We have non-hang glider pilot prizes to include dune lessons and a tandem flight. Your odds of winning a 6030 are still looking pretty good. We also have lot more prizes available (read below). Prizes will be allocated according to the order in which the names are draw - in other words if your name is picked 1st you get first choice of the available prizes, second gets second choice, and so on. A $25 donation gets you entered into the raffle. The list of prizes are:
Flytec USA. Flytec Sweat Shirt Flytec Sonic. Flytec Flight Computer Model 6030 (top of the line $1,249.00 flight instrument)
Wills Wing. Three WW sweet shirt hoodies Ten WW T-Shirts
Moyes. USA Moyes speed sleeves
Kitty Hawk Kites. Contour HD camera Hang Gliding Dune Lesson for two at Jockey's Ridge State Park N.C.
Quest Air. Two separate Intro Tandems and Quest Air embroidered Polo/Golf shirt
Blueye. A pair of Blueye Sun Glasses
Instinct Windsports. Camera pole and camera mount
As a side note Jim Zeiset of Monarch Mfg. has committed to matching the funds raised by this raffle up $2500.00 (thank you Jim). Jim has done so much for the sport of hang gliding since the early 1970’s we think you should show him how much we appreciate him by helping spend his hard earned money on the 2014 US National Sport Class Team’s trip the the World Championship in Annecy, France.
Here is the link to the PayPal site.
UPDATE: The drawing will take place in the afternoon or evening on April 1st as originally planned.
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Raining on the Wills Wing Demo days
Raining on the Wills Wing Demo days
Poor conditions all week and ending on worse conditions
Wills Wing
Here comes the thunderstorm, rain, and tornado watch at 12:44 PM on Saturday:
Rain heavily through the night and now the next storm hits Saturday afternoon. Overcast and/or windy all week. Bits of rain until a lot of rain Saturday morning.
The week before was good and next week looks good also. So unfortunate for these guys.
Photo by Diane McKenzie who states that the wind blew the tent down.
The front came through and the sun came out at 6 PM.
1 topic in this article: Wills Wing
Measuring for prototypes
Measuring for prototypes
Did they think this through?
CIVL|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
From the new prototype rules (as found in the local rules for the pre-Worlds):
Prototypes are allowed in test competitions (Cat. 2), but not in the World Meet (Cat. 1). The new prototype control rules have been adopted and will be in effect for the World Meet in 2015.
Prototypes are gliders that are outside the manufacturer’s tolerances of specifications or construction plans as published.
Measurement tolerances will be those provided by the manufacturer or .05% (.0005 times the length). Battens must be as true to the glider’s published pattern as possible.
I was able to sit down with Steve Pearson in the Oz Report World Headquarters and discuss at some length this new prototype measuring rule. He referred to batten length, casually mentioning that he doubted that the T2C batten chart was accurate enough to be used as a template to measure actual battens against, at least not to .05%.
You might note that all but two of the battens on the T2C and other gliders are adjustable. This presents a problem right away, as which length are we talking about. But it doesn't stop there.
So I made a measurement of my most outboard adjustable Wills Wing T2C 144 batten. It's hard to get a "good" measurement of the batten with a steel tape measure as it has to bend around the curvature of the batten and it is difficult to get it to bend just right. So there is quite a bit of slop in the measurement to begin with so remember that when I publish here the lengths I measured with spurious precision.
The batten length is 45.1875 inches which precisely equals: 147.763 mm (that was a conversion, not measured with my MM steel tape measure).
The foot/inch steel tape measure seemed to measure 45 3/16" (thus the decimal value above).
Let's assume for a moment that this is the Wills Wing specified length (this assumption won't matter for the purposes of our example).
If I want the batten length to be within .05% of the length we'd find this distance to be: .02259375 in (about 1.4 64th's of an inch) or .0028694075 mm.
Now, unfortunately, the measurement was made with the flip tip end rotated 180 degrees. When I rotate the tip so that I can install the batten it is out of tolerance. No matter which way I turn it it is either too long or too short. (I assume that this is the case as Steve Pearson tells me it is. My measurement device is too crude to be able to measure the distance difference between the two half rotations but I'm following Steve in that it is greater than .02259375 inches.)
Now the current CIVL prototype rule requires that measurements be able to distinguish lengths within .05% of the "published" lengths. This would suggest that that is going to be too difficult.
4 topics in this article: CIVL, Steven "Steve" Pearson, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Bob at Wallaby
Bob at Wallaby
Before the Wills Wing demo Days
Bob "Skydog" Grant|Wills Wing
http://www.skydogsports.com/hg-1/2014-March-WW.htm
2 topics in this article: Bob "Skydog" Grant, Wills Wing
Winter Returns
Winter Returns
It's Florida cold in Florida
(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Quest Air|Wills Wing
It was down to 42 degrees this morning with winds at 14 mph gusting to 21 mph at around 9 AM. The cold front is bringing heavy snows to the northeast.
It was quite windy yesterday keeping all of us on the ground. More winds today until late in the afternoon.
I assume that the folks at Wills Wing Days are finding other things to do.
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iPad and iPhone color picker for Wills Wing
iPad and iPhone color picker for Wills Wing
From Andrew Morse
(Andy Jackson Flight Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Dustin Martin|Facebook|Owen Morse|photo|Wills Wing
Owen Morse couldn't be more proud of his brother's work.
Choose the colors and sail materials for your new Wills Wing glider, experiment with different combinations and email your final choice to your WW dealer to get your order started
At the Apple App store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/willswing/id836001829?mt=8
Owen writes:
For those of you paying attention, there is an Easter egg hidden in this app. I call it the "dustin martin" Easter egg. Dustin suggested that the app have a button that when clicked, would generate and display all possible color combinations for a particular glider model. Depending on the number of panels, that could easily exceed 40 million combinations! Instead, if you quadruple tap the screen, a single random color combination will be displayed. It's fun, give it a try! It can help inspire some interesting designs, as well as confirm your intuition that certain colors should never be seen together!
Andrew is working on an Android version now.
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5 topics in this article: Dustin Martin, Facebook, Owen Morse, photo, Wills Wing
Flying this Wills Wing T2C 144
Flying this Wills Wing T2C 144
In trade for Oz Report advertising
(Quest Air, Groveland, Florida, USA)
Quest Air|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
I get to fly this glider from Wills Wing in trade for a years worth of Oz Report advertising. Took it for a spin on Saturday (the fourth day in a row of fabulous conditions). Actually the wind was a little strong (15 mph) out of the west (not my favorite direction here). It was a very fast ride to cloud base at 4,400' but by the time I got there I was over Claremont.
Looks good for Sunday with lighter winds like the previous days.
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3 topics in this article: Quest Air, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Aeros Winter Race 2014
Task 3
Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing
Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing
Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Weissenberger | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 01:32:10 | 524 |
2 | Matjaz Klemencic | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 01:35:55 | 471 |
3 | Roland Wöhrle | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:36:27 | 463 |
4 | Oleg Bondarchuk | Aeros Combat C 12.7 | 01:36:53 | 456 |
5 | Joseph Salvenmoser | Moyes RX 3,5 | 01:38:41 | 440 |
6 | Vanni Accattoli | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 01:39:26 | 435 |
7 | Franc Peternel | Wills Wing T2C | 01:38:03 | 417 |
8 | Manfred Trimmel | Wills Wing T2C | 01:43:37 | 403 |
9 | Roman Colner | Airborne Rev 13.4 | 01:46:36 | 399 |
10 | Robert Reisinger | Wills Wing T2C | 01:47:29 | 390 |
11 | Iztok Jarc | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 black Pearl | 01:50:59 | 384 |
12 | Günther Tschurnig | Icaro Z9 14.1 | 01:59:30 | 342 |
13 | Endre Kovács | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 02:17:37 | 287 |
14 | Evangelos Papakostas | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:40:24 | 216 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Weissenberger | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 1406 |
2 | Oleg Bondarchuk | Aeros Combat C 12.7 | 1372 |
3 | Joseph Salvenmoser | Moyes RX 3,5 | 1356 |
4 | Roland Wöhrle | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1335 |
5 | Vanni Accattoli | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1327 |
6 | Franc Peternel | Wills Wing T2C | 1310 |
7 | Matjaz Klemencic | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 1239 |
8 | Iztok Jarc | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 black Pearl | 1172 |
9 | Roman Colner | Airborne Rev 13.4 | 1147 |
10 | Manfred Trimmel | Wills Wing T2C | 1062 |
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6 topics in this article: Joseph Salvenmoser, Manfred Ruhmer, Oleg Bondarchuk, Robert Reisinger, Thomas Weissenberger, Wills Wing