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April 8 Club Meeting

Mike Lee will be our guest speaker for April of 2008. He is currently the 2008 F3J Team USA juniors team manager. He recently authored a 4 part article in an RC magazine about F3J covering all aspects of flight, finishing with coverage of the 2007 US F3J team selections. We are very lucky to have him come educate us on this exciting part of the sport.

2008 Torrey Pines Gulls Thermal Competition Rules

Competition Classes

The 2008 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.

Competitor Classes

There shall be four competitor classes flown in unlimited: Master, Expert, Sportsman and Novice. All classes will be determined by pilots’ choice. There will be no standard for promotion. A competitor may advance to a higher class, but may not demote themselves.

There shall be one competitor class flown in RES pilots will fly against each other.

Tasks

All contents shall have at least 4 rounds, subject to weather or other conditions. Contest Directors will coordinate tasks with the Thermal Coordinator, and provide contest announcement in the club newsletter. Announcement shall be submitted no later than the 15th of each month.

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.

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 scores.

Year-end awards shall be given for Sportsman, Expert, Master and RES. Season “High Points” award shall be given to the competitors that accumulate the most points in Unlimited and RES.
 

February 12 Club meeting:

Tuesday February 12 is the Torrey Pines Gulls general meeting. The meeting will be at its usual location of the Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park and will start at 7:00 pm. Sean Porter will talk to us about his molding techniques, ins and outs. We'll be out of there by 9:00. Don't forget that the next month on March 11 we'll have a swap meet instead of the general meeting. For that meeting we'll not have a raffle, either. 

Cliff Hunter, out going President

To all club members, this is my last month as president of TPG. Below is a summary of your officer’s duties during 2007, Doug Rubin Vice-President in charge of programs each month, Adam Smith as secretary and keeping the records, Keith Finkenbiner Treasurer for keeping great financial records and responding quickly for member reimbursement, Parviz Kamiab, for Membership and thermal Coordinator keeping the thermal coordination scores and setting up the contest dates and the post cards for club meeting, Thank you Mike Lance for your strong support as the slope coordinator and representing the Torrey Pine Gulls at TP Soaring Council, Wench master Eric Hoffman for the hard work repairing and, maintaining all club and thermal equipment. Most important making sure the equipment would arrived when he could not make the contest because of work commitments, Bill Eckles Newsletter Editor for stepping up an learning new software programs and putting out the club newsletter monthly which is no small task, John Bruner and Alan “Moose” Butler for the monthly raffle and great raffle prizes, Ron Scharck for continuing the IHLGF and everyone who helped make the IHLGF a great success, Historian Gary Fogel for keeping great records of Torrey Pines Gulls history and providing any and all information when requested. I would like to thank all of the club officers and Club members for their support and encouragement for the last 2 years. With that said here are the December 2007 activities:

The Christmas Party is almost here. It is on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the Aerospace Museum. It will start at 6:30 pm and go till 9:00 pm. The program will be year-end awards and Modeler of the year. Also the Museum will be open to members and family to tour. Dinner will be catered at a cost of $1.00 per person. Please RSVP ASAP so we can get a head count to Steve Hurd the Web master at steve@torreypinesgulls.org. Remember family and friends are welcome to come to this event.

At the last club meeting the following officers were voted in for the year 2008:

President: Parviz Kamiab
Vice-President: David Kline
Treasurer: Thomas J. Minegar
Secretary: Adam Smith
Membership: Cliff Hunter
Slope Coordinator: Adam Smith
Thermal Coordinator: Parviz Kamiab
Winch Master: Eric Hoffman
Newsletter Editor: William Eckles
Web Master: Steve Hurd
Raffle Coordinator: John Bruner/ Alan “Moose” Butler
IHLGF Registrar & Coordinator: Ron Scharck
TP Soaring Council Rep (TPG): Mike Lance
TP Soaring Council Rep (AMA): Open
Historian: Gary Fogel

TPG modeler of the year trophy: Open to be named

Shirts will be available at the club meeting to purchase. The shirts are $10 each, hurry they are selling fast and look cool.

See you at the field!
Cliff Hunter