Daniel Haskell Jerilderie pits 2009

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LSF member Gerry Carter has developed GliderScore software. If you're running a comp. for F3J/ F3B/ F3F or F3K then this is the best. GliderScore runs under XP or W7, grab the latest version from www.gliderscore.com (including user guide).

Australian F3K handlaunch Glider Championship 2010 & Australian Team Trial for the f3k World Champs.
The event is to be held in Victoria at the Diggers Rest Field on 27th and 28th November 2010

Download the flyer (300KB, .pdf).

More information on www.f3k.com.au

RCGA (Radio Controlled Glider Association, Victoria) has released its events calendar for 2010/11 (.xls 35KB)

F3J World Champs 2010 video footage on YouTubemildure open thermal flyer

Mildura OpenThermal Competition 2010
Wentworth Race course 30km. from Mildura.

Come and help us celebrate our 10th year. Lots of prizes and trophies to be won. Entries close 21st October

Download the flyer and accommodation info. (click image 550KB .zip)

For further information, please contact Darrel or Gary:

darreldb@austarnet.com.au

thermal9@bigpond.net.au

F3J World Championship in France is over.
team in green and gold shirts in franceCongratulations to the Australian F3J Team; Pilots Jim Houdalakis, David Hobby & Carl Strautins, Team Manager Theo Arvanitakis and towers/ helpers, Brett Anthony, Brad Wilman & Jamie Nancarrow.

Carl came 3rd overall. Daryl Perkins 1st, Benedikt Feigl 2nd.

Full results on the Official Site:

Official Site
Aussie Facebook (pics and comment)
RC Groups thread
Team Norway (report and pics from JoJo)
Team NZL (Team NZL came 1st in the Teams Event)
NZL Blog

NicK Kidd's amazing event photos in slideshow format.
Nick Kidds photos on Flickr.

Jerilderie 2010 Scores Update
Committee & CD idenitified a minor adjustment to the final scores affecting 1 competitor (David Hobby) but having no impact on the final results overall: grab the amended results in this 412KB zip folder.

Jerilderie 2010 report (write-up and photos) on Windsock website. Thanks Brian Ford/ Eric Smith

The F3J World Championship will take place in France at the aerodrome of DOLE-TAVAUX from July 29th- August 8th, 2010. For more info. and score updates, follow this link to the F3J World Championship official website.

Congratulations Gordon Buckland (Florida, USA and ex-Queenslander) achieving LSF Level 5. An account of his journey is here on RCGroups. Check your level on our levels page.

Videos added to the Jerilderie page.
Short clips of launching and landing from the event.

Jerilderie 2010 F3K results available (.pdf, 460KB) For more Aus. F3K activity go to f3k.com.au.
Brett Anthony

LSF Annual General Meeting 2010 Minutes
Read about the proposals for 2010-2011 (PDF)
Alan Mayhew

Jerilderie 2010 is over! Congrats to Joe Wurts
Download all the results here:

overall results
flight scores
landing scores
team scores

OR get them in 1 zip file

Pictures, videos and report on the Jerilderie page

Support the 2010 Australian F3J World Champs Team by buying a hat! Hats available from Theo Arvanitakis or Jamie Nancarrow at Jerilderie. $25 gets you a sharp-looking hat.

You can follow the Team during the event on their Facebook page.

aus f3j world champs team hat coupon

Jerilderie Bulletin #4
As a result of 3" of rain over the 2 weeks prior to the event (thanks for the info. Bernie) it is advised by the LSF Aus Exec. that attendees consider:

Jerilderie Bulletin #3
For pilots competing in the lunch time DLG events, grab the handlaunch glider comp. rules here (460KB pdf)

Jerilderie Bulletin #2
Winch Lane Draw (.xls)
Pilots by Team (.csv) or Pilots by Team (pdf)
Duration Draw Details (.csv) or Duration Draw Details (pdf)
Jerilderie Field Layout (.xls)

Special General Meeting Item (.doc)
This item relates to the proposal to change the end-of-financial-year-end date in order to better comply with regulations. Please read prior to LSF Aus. AGM.

LSF Aus. Annual General Meeting (held Sat. pm. during Jerilderie). Proposed agenda items:

  1. 150m winch line length - proposal to revert back to 200m.
  2. F3J team trials - increasing the number.
  3. Parachutes - no metal components - a device to prevent the chute passing through the turnaround.
  4. Extending Jerilderie to start on the Friday.

 

New World Record Speed for Model Aeroplanes
John Buxton USA Dynamic Soaring = 716 km/hr !

 

Jerilderie 2010 Rules & Directives
Jeriilderie uses a combination of rules from F3J, Aus. Open Thermal and local rules. Make sure you're familiar with them by downloading here (MSWord, 40KB) or (.PDF 25KB)

RCGA Thermal League
Results & report at RC Forums. Thanks Theo.

Windsock website updated.
Windsock is a website covering all forms of RC soaring in SE Qld and Northern NSW, Australia. Lose yourself in their lively discussion forums!

Milang F3B is over! Final. results March 9th :

Grab the Overall Results (23Kb .xls) or Round-by-round(42Kb .xls)

RCGA has it's own forum
The Radio Controlled Glider Association (Victoria) now has a forum where members can get the latest event info. , swap tips/ tricks/ stories and gossip. It's moderated by Theo Arvanitakis and features event reports and photos.

RCGA boasts some of the World's best thermal pilots among its membership; go to the RCGA Forum (ably hosted by Aussie RC Forums.

Esperance F3F Australia Day Weekend
report; thanks Paul Marshall, go to events/f3f.

Armidale Expo
report, results and pics on RCGroups.

MAAA Nationals Open Thermal Glider report
Pics and text; go to events/nats

 

Southern Soaring League SSL Event Calendar 2010
Grab the .xls 22KB file here
Thanks Greg Potter

Rules for launch equipment Jerilderie June 2010With any competitive event comes rules for operation. For Jerilderie, the winch rules covering battery & winch specs use MAAA Thermal Rules: (see page 8) maaaAustraliaRulesS6Gliders2009.pdf (.pdf 165KB)

As with any event, check with the CD or event organisers on rules well before the event.

RCGA Bendigo Glider Comp. Nov. 8th

  1. Jim Houdalakis 5000 Pike Perfect ET/standard
  2. Alan Mayhew 4986 Xplorer
  3. Gerry Carter 4981 Shooter

rcga thermal comp pilots at workGrab the total scores and round-by-round scores ( 40KB .pdf).

Mouse-over here for report; thanks Theo.

Mildura Open Thermal Comp.
mike nic and david podiumRead C.D. Darrel Blow's report (.pdf 55KB) from Mildura Oct 24/25. After 2 days of challenging weather, the top dogs were:

  1. Nick Chabrel 9974
  2. Mike O’Reilly 9743
  3. David Pratley 9688

Landing scores (.pdf, 38KB)
Team results (.pdf, 38KB)
Overall Results (.xls, 2KB)
Flight Scores (.xls 12KB)

Read Greg Potter's round-up of the event (.pdf 22KB)

President's Report
Marcus Stent, outgoing President 2009, assesses the LSF Aus calendar year (MS Word 35KB)

Get the 2009 FAI Sporting Code.
(300KB .pdf). It covers rules for F3F, F3J, F3B, F3K, F3H (cross-country) and F3Q (scale gliders).

 

 

Jerilderie 2009 flightline video from Jeff Irvin
A very candid look at the event during a weather-induced lull in the contest. Thanks Jeff. Go to Jerilderie Page to view.

LSF Levels Activity
Congratulations to the following pilots:
Level 1:

Level 2 :
Paul Gibson LSF 8031  lev 2 on 29 Mar '09 

Level 3:
Klaus Metzger LSF 7111 finished level 3 on about Jan 08

Level 4:
Scott Lennon LSF 6250

"Dead Air Flying"
airborne mag cover with RC jetNeed to know the strategies for flying in dead air? Read the article by John Skinner (AUS F3B Rep. 2007) in Ian Roach's On Silent Wings column in Airborne Magazine #224 (Feb 2009)

LSF Aus Administrative Docs

Website Statistics 2009/2010
3000 visitors. Grab the pdf here (it has more detail)

Financial Statement 01 July 07 to 30 June 08
Grab the .xls file here.

Locations of visitors to this page

Welcome to LSF Australia

Welcome to the League of Silent Flight Australia. This website offers information about the LSF, the LSF Proficiency scheme, competition results, impending events, articles about gliding, photos and stories that can make the whole experience of flying gliders even more enjoyable.

If you have any photos/ stories/ articles feel free to email them to us here

What is LSF Australia?
 LSF Australia was formed in 1978 to promote the sport/hobby of radio-controlled glider flying. LSF Australia was formed as an affiliate of LSF USA. The LSF US website is here

If you're into competitive flying, gliders can be flown under several categories; Thermal, Scale, Slope, F3B, F3J, HLG, 2M, Scale Soaring and F3F. For a comprehensive list of competition categories and rules for contests go to the FAI website here.

The League of Silent Flight (LSF) is a USA based organisation dedicated to the promotion of all forms of model gliding and soaring. There are currently active LSF Chapters in many parts of the world including Australia.

The Australian Chapter has been running for over 25 years. A major activity that the LSF promotes is the personal flight proficiency achievement scheme. This is a series of flying tasks aimed at all levels that encourages participants to extend their flying abilities. More information can be found in the Level Forms section of this website.

The LSF Australia also runs a number of competitions throughout the year. These consist of postal competitions and also the Jerilderie Tournament, arguably Australia's finest thermal soaring event.

Historically, the LSF Australia published three newsletters each year and printed and posted these. With the advent of the Internet as a viable alternative and with a view to cutting costs, these newsletters will be published here on this website in .PDF format.

These are a valuable source of information and the content of these largely depend on you the regular modeller; we would be happy to publish your articles on just about anything to do with gliding; from the merits of 3 vs 5 pt curve adjustment for elevator/crow mixes to the pros and cons of 150m lines for Open Thermal contests.

The LSF Australia is continually trying to broaden its base of activities and interests for the benefit of Australia's model glider flyers. This includes promoting flying activities, sharing a large knowledge base and liaising with national and state bodies regarding gliding matters.

Bendigo Report

The weather was perfect, blue skies and very little wind.

At times the lift was easy and the whole group went up, but there were also heats that were very tricky and many pilots re-launched or found “get out of jail” cards really low.

We had 15 pilots. So the competition was very healthy. We even had Carl Strautins make the trip down from Sydney. He flew his 70’s inspired ICON, Sorry Joe W, But I just can’t believe how thick that centre section is….

Also Garry and Darrel made the long drive from Mildura, cheers guys….

A big very big thank you goes to Terry for organizing the field and the weather. Also the great job of CD’ing the boys. We managed to fly 6 rounds comfortably and drop 1.

Regards, Theo.