Sunday in Review

We had a great afternoon..well almost everybody. The drivers of GBO may choose to disagree.

The fastest raw speed was the mighty Discus 2ct...204kph. That's quite quick.
Put another way that's 29 minutes to complete the 100.7 kms.
Once handicaps are applied it changes things a little bit.
In fact if I had declared the task in my Cambridge before we launched I'm reliably informed it would have been a NZ record. Maybe next time although Sunday had quite exceptional weather conditions.

So where did we fly and how did the task line up??

Clearly we got the start/finish line and the top Turnpoint about right. The niffy thing about the top T/P was you could approach at speed, pull up and drift into the vector as you turned. It was also handy that as you looked down in the turn, you could clearly see the bottom of the airstrip.

The start line was 2.5 kms either side of the start point. This caused a little confusion as if you wished to claim a record it needs to be 500 meters either side of the start/finish point. It should be remembered that the speed challange organisers wanted to make the task as simple as possible with as few rules as is necessary...so if you want to use the task for a record attempt you might wish to check what else you need to do to conform to the rules...like declaring the task before you launch.

However just because Sunday's times were so fast doesn't mean the Speed Challenge is a done deal...keep in mind that we are running the contest "On the Day"...so in 2 weeks time if the day is a light ridge day with thermals there will still be a winner...even if the times are only 110kph.
In fact more skill will be required to go fast on a weak day with ridge induced thermals...

Great fun.

Next Challenge day will be Sunday 28th...be there or be square...

"Go or No Go" decision will be made on Thursday 25th.