Practice Day

Up early (with the 3 hour time change for us West Coast types) but luckily we were greeted by this note on the kitchen counter.....

Wow is all I can say! It's no wonder we keep coming back:-)  Thanks Rosemary!

Harry was heading off to set up the field while we finished breakfast. His crew will be putting in the marker poles and box lines this morning so the field was closed until 11ish to get this accomplished.

We gathered our gear and headed out to the flying site.  A bit of tweaking on expos etc. due to the air density and some prop changes to find the feel we are accustomed too back home. Well at least that was the plan! Michi and I called for each other as we got in our practice rounds in very windy, bumpy cross wind (blow out) conditions. 

The rough ride & winds made for some interesting piloting work. Landings were also a bit of a chore but we all managed to put in 5 - 6 rounds of P-13 & F-13 without bending anything.

We headed back to the Ells farm for plane processing and a nice BBQ dinner awaited us thanks to Rosemary and in part, her mother Mary. It was a very laid back affair and a nice wind down for the day.

Harry did the official weigh in and dimension check and everyone made it through. These are the weights I recorded... not sure if Ethan is flying one of the Xigris's for the event.

Richard’s Adrenaline 4728
Xavier’s  #1 Xigris 4959
Xavier’s #2  Xigris 4938
Dave’s Xigris 4730
Michi’s #1 Xigris 4870
Michi.s #2 Xigris 4910
Chad’s Caelestia 4859
Colin’s #1 Xigris 4823
Colin’s #2 Xigris 4892
Ethan’s Integral 4993

I finished charging and we had a little pattern discussion on some rule interpretations and the contest format. Looks like a large contingent of flyers with 8 in FAI alone... I’ll  nail down the numbers tomorrow and publish them time permitting. Off to the rack.