Tag Archive for 2012 Team Canada

28 July – Dave’s Practice Day 1

Today was the first official practice day for the contest and an assigned area task of 4 hrs with a minimum distance of 541 km was set. To fly just the minimum distance on the task required a speed of 135 km/hr.I had a good flight and was averaging…

On the way to Uvalde

On the way to UvaldeWith 3300km of travel, we decided to take 4 days and headed off on Monday, 23 July, with a first stop at Columbus, Ohio. A 20 kt headwind most of the day caused a 20% increase in fuel usage. There were a few road works also that …

26 July

I flew another 500 km triangle today, but it was slower than Tuesday, averaging only 119 km/hr.On the first leg, I had trouble finding good thermals and ran the leg lower than I would have liked.  I finally connected with a good 5 kt climb right a…

Flarms

The flarm works when not connected to the LX 9000, so now I need to sort out if it is a problem with the cable, or if I missed a setting on the computer.  Erazem from LX will be here for the beginning of the contest, so I will talk to him to try a…

24 July – 500 km Triangle

I flew a practice task today – a 500 km triangle as shown by the red lines on the satellite shot below.  The satellite also shows the cloudstreets that were running SE-NW through the flying area.  The yellow line shows the sea breeze converge…

Arrived in Uvalde

We rolled into Uvalde last night after an almost uneventful trip.As we were driving along interstate 44 through Springfield Missouri, we heard a swish swish swish noise coming from the engine compartment and immediately pulled over on the shoulder.&nbs…

On the Road

Virginia and I leave for Uvalde on Thursday morning for the 2800 km drive south.  We are planning to arrive on Saturday and should roll into Quail Springs RV park sometime late Saturday afternoon.The map shows our planned route, through Indianopol…