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SE Wales League 2022
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Turnpoint Flight on a Paraglider
Club
Condors
Glider
Swing Helios RS
Date
30th April 2022
Start
12:20
Finish
13:57
Duration
1hr 37mins
Takeoff
Talybont
Landing
Talgarth
Coords
Takeoff
51.86670, -3.35348
Start
51.86352, -3.35925
TP1
51.99145, -3.29012
TP2
51.96050, -3.28642
TP3
52.00982, -3.26860
Finish
51.99995, -3.23623
Landing
51.99985, -3.23705
Distances and Score
Leg 1
15.01k
Leg 2
3.45k
Leg 3
5.62k
Leg 4
2.48k
Total
26.56k
Score
26.6
Open Distance
Total
17.6k
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Yes
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Height   -   GPS data
Maximum Height
[12:51:22]
5830 ft
Lowest Save
[13:07:37]
2556 ft
Takeoff Height
[12:14:39]
2375 ft
Landing Height
[13:57:48]
390 ft
Total Ascent 11841 ft
Height Gain
Above Takeoff 3455 ft
Maximum 3599 ft
Low Point
[12:23:31]
2231 ft
High Point
as Maximum Height
5830 ft
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Climb   -   Pressure data
Maximum Climb
[12:32:35]
4.0 m/s
Minimum Climb
[12:53:07]
-4.0 m/s
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Speed
Maximum Speed
[12:54:23]
59.4 km/h
Average Speed
around course
16.4 km/h
Average Speed
over track length
33.9 km/h
Units
Tracklog
Flight Duration 1hr 43mins
Track Points 6189
Recording Interval 1 secs
Statistics Interval 4 secs
Track Length 58.2 km
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Flight instrument
Type Flyskyhy
Model 7.3
Firmware 7.3
Notes

Climb and Speed averaged over 4 second intervals.

These values may be lower than those shown by a flight instrument, which has access to continuous raw data.

Average Speed around course is measured from Start to Finish points.

Track Length is the cumulative distance between track points from Takeoff to Landing.

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The very first round of the 2022 BCC using the brand spanking new website (thanks to the sterling work of Tim Bishop) and such a fun day out.

We yomped (well struggled really) up Talybont for a 10 am briefing but fortunately it was a bit later than that which gave us all time to recover, calm down and take in the spectacular views. Each time I go up there I say, never again, but the flying usually delivers and it certainly did.

I was off fairly early thanks to other pilots showing that the hill was working and after a bit of faffing and ridge soaring pushed out front to a solitary climbing pilot and away we went. Everyone played nicely and we soon had the lovely carousel established, climbing away to just short of 6000' asl, which is pretty good for the UK, and bumping through the inversion at some point in the process.

I thought this seems good enough to head off but really I should have waited as there was very little over the back to head for, lots of high cloud and 0 in the way of cumulus. Pushing out into the flats behind I lost a massive amount of height but saw 2 small fires ahead of me just behind a hill and the smoke was being drawn up towards a minuscule grey cloud - a fire thermal - wow! Sadly the cloud died as I arrived but there was lift, broken, very small and incredibly difficult to work. Ian Anslow joined me and together we tried for ages to climb. Ian climbed away from me and I lost sight of him so headed back upwind without success. I gave up in the end and flew off down the valley but found nothing useable and landed.

However, I was very pleased that I stuck with the weak stuff as usually I give up much earlier and as I came off the hill I wasn't really paying close attention, I was just enjoying being high in the air and looking at the spectacular views.

A grand day out Gromit!

Oh and thanks to our star retrieve driver Richard Froggatt and to both Dennis Trussler and Matt Tandy for making the day happen.

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