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September
14th Club meeting
After a long summer break, it’s time to
get our Monthly meetings back on track. The September
meeting will be this coming Tuesday, Sept. 14th , 7:00pm at
the “Air & Space Museum”. “Additionally, we are excited to
have our very own local “JR” representative and TPG member,
Mr. John Vance give us the latest on What New at “JR”
including the all new “ 11X”. There is much to talk about
and we look forward to your participation, so please plan to
be there
2010 Torrey Pines Gulls
Thermal Competition Rules
Competition Classes
The 2010 competition season shall have two competition
classes, flown at the same contest: Unlimited and RES
Unlimited may be flown by any sailplane without a motor.
RES may be flown by any sailplane that is controlled by
Rudder, Elevator and spoiler. No movable trailing edge may
be used on the primary wing.
Entry Fees
Entry fees will be $8 per class
Contest Location
All contests will be flown at the Encinitas field—EXCEPT if
there is rain within 5 days of a scheduled contest. (Less
than ¼ inch will not be considered a rain) If this occurs,
the contest will be moved to Poway and an update will be
posted on the website and sent to the TPG e-mail list.
Competitor Classes
There will be three competitor classes flown in unlimited
Master—determined by average
normalized ’09 scores above 925 or if no ‘09 contests flown,
previous experience/placing (i.e. member of an FAI team,
etc)
Expert—’09 average below 925
but too good to be in Sportsman class
Sportsman—everyone else
All classes will be determined by the above criteria and
pilots will remain in their respective classes until
promoted OR demoted. There will be a review after the June
and December contests and the standard for
promotion/demotion will be based on average normalized
scores (with high and low thrown out) as follows:
950-1000 = Master
850-949 = Expert
<850 = Sportsman
There will be one competitor class flown in RES pilots will
fly against each other.
First time novice pilots will fly in the Sportsman class but
will not be required to pay an entry fee for their first two
contests.
Tasks
All contents shall have at least 4 rounds with the exception
of man-on-man events which may have 3, subject to weather or
other conditions. Contest Directors will coordinate tasks
with the Thermal Coordinator and provide contest
announcement on the club website. Announcement shall be
submitted no later than the 15th of each month. In addition,
the CD will write a brief article following the contest to
appear in the next newsletter.
Timing
All timing shall be consistent with the “rounding” method.
Times which show X:XX.50 shall round up to the next second.
Times which show X:XX.49 shall use the seconds shown on the
watch.
Scoring
All competition classes and competitor classes shall be
scored together at each contest. All scores shall be
maintained to two decimal places.
Yearly Cumulative Scoring
All Unlimited and RES pilot classes shall be scored together
and normalized to 1000 points. The season championship shall
be determined by the best 9 of 12 contests. If one or more
monthly contests are cancelled, there will be at least two
throw-out contests allowed to determine the season champion
in each class. For example—if we only fly 9 contests, your
best 7 will count and so on.
Awards & Prizes
Monthly contests will feature something different for prizes
in addition to the ribbons we’ve given out for years. Only
given if at least 15 total contestants
Merchandise
The 2010 Thermal Coordinator will secure merchandise prizes
through donations and discounts for the top two finishers in
Master and Expert, and the winner of Sportsman and Novice.
If there are no Novice flyers, the top two Sportsman will
receive prizes to include (but not limited to) RC Gear, TPG
(and other) T-shirts, Hats and other fun stuff.
Year-end awards shall be given for Sportsman, Expert, Master
and RES. In addition to the top 3 positions in each
category, the following will be awarded:
1. Most Improved Pilot Award
2. Bullseye award for the most 100 point landings
3. “Mister Consistent” Award for the pilot with the highest
average normalized score with no throw outs and at least 7
contests flown
4. High Score Award for the pilot with the most total points
– given only if this is a different person from either the
season champion or Mister Consistent.
Contest Location
All contests will be flown at the Encinitas field—EXCEPT if
there is rain within 5 days of a scheduled contest. If this
occurs, the contest will be moved to Poway and an update
will be posted on the website and sent to the TPG e-mail
list.
Contest Dates
The following are the contest date for 2010:
January 10, 2010
February 7, 2010
February 20 & 21 Phoenix 2 day contest
March 14, 2010
June 13, 2010
April 3 &4 Fresno 2 day contest
April 11, 2010
May 9, 2010
June 13, 2010
July 11, 2010
August 8, 2010
September 12, 2010
October 2 &3, 2010 Visalia 2 day contest
November 14, 2010
December 12, 2010
Looking for contest Directors for 2010 please Email for the
dates you would like to be the CD cfhunter@hughes.net –
Thanks for stepping up and being a CD for the Club contest.
Any questions or conflicts you may see please email as soon
as possible. We will not know the SC2 contest dates until
late January 2010.
Here are the minutes and contest Calendar
for 2010. Visit the new web site for contest announcements.
WWW.SC2Soaring.com
Our 37th SC2 Season Begins!!!
Hello fellow flyers.... The 2010 contest schedule has been
determined and we are all set for another great season! Rule
updates consist of some wording changes for a few topics and
are highlighted in the revised version on the rules page.
Woody class guidelines for construction and materials used
will be added soon as well. Sadly due to lack of interest
the 2 Meter class is no more. Pilots can continue to fly 2
meter in OPEN class still limiting each pilot 2 classes per
contest.
Planning for a Man on Man contest on July 17th is in the
works as a special event with more details to come!!
Please Welcome the Victor Valley RC flyers as the newest
club to our organization!!
2010 SC2 Contest dates and announcements:
Contest #1 Feb. 28th Hosted by SWSA
Contest #2 Mar. 21st Hosted by SULA
Contest #3 Apr. 18th Hosted by VVRCF
Contest #4 May 16th Hosted by The Soarheads
Contest #5 Jun. 20th Hosted by ISS
Special MOM event July 17th held @ ISS
Contest #6 Aug. 29th Hosted by TOSS
Contest #7 Sept. 19th Hosted by HSS
Contest #8 Oct. 24th Hosted by TPG
Rain date Nov. 21st
Your 2010 Officers are:
Andy Thonet- President
Edgar Vera- Vice President and Treasurer
Mike Lee- Secretary
Dan Borer- Score Keeper
Keith
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