[Nibs]

Hey all, we are putting on a weekend series of fun competitions that happen on the second weekend of every month (Fri+Sat) starting in March and ending in November. H2s through H5s are welcome to come and participate (though XC tasks will be open to H3+ only)!

We will have many contest categories so something is sure to appeal to everyone. The categories include:

- Longest Flight
- Shortest Flight
- Spot Landing
- Most number of flights
- XC

We will have winners for each category every weekend, and will also add up points to determine an annual winner in December after the series is finished.

The XC task is going to be a lot of fun. It will be divided into Single Surface, Flex Wing, and Rigid Wing classes. We will have a large number of pre-defined tasks including open distance, straight-line goal, out and return, and triangle that will be the same all year long. Each pilot gets to choose the task they want to fly each day, and what's ever better is that you don't have to choose it ahead of time! You can launch, assess conditions, then choose your task, or even choose it after you land. There will be no time limit, it is not a race. If there is a tie on a given day, the winner will be the person who landed first (in GMT time)..... so that can add a little bit of race element to it.

We will have tasks as short as 8 miles and as long as 200+ (not to mention the open distance option).

For XC tasks, scores will be 1 point per mile multiplied by a factor depending on task type. The multipliers are as follows:

Open Distance: 0.9
Straight-Line Goal: 1.1
Out and Return: 1.5
Triangle: 2.0

If you do not complete a task, you will be scored based on the legs you do complete. For example, if you are trying for a straight-line goal, out and return, or triangle task and you don't make the first turn point, your flight will be scored with a multiplier of 0.9 (as if it were an open-distance flight since you did go XC but didn't make a turn point). If you are on an out and return task and you make the first turn point but you don't make goal, your first leg will be scored with a multiplier of 1.1 and the miles you completed in your second leg with a multiplier of 1.5, etc.

I will have an official page posted to the TTT home site within the next day or two that will detail the rules, dates, and include forms for pilots to input their scores and view reports.

Cost for the event is $20 for the whole year! TTT Membership is required.

Let me know if you have any questions and I hope to see a bunch of you at these meets!

http://www.tennesseetreetoppers.org

[Sky_Walker]

Nibs,

I think its great what the Tree Toppers are doing this year ( as well as Team Challenge for a long time). I'm sure you are instrumental in a lot of the work to pull all this together, so I want to thank you and all the other Tree Toppers. I really think this is great for our sport. I hope other clubs adopt similar ideas. I can't wait to come out and fly with you guys.

[pjwings]

[Nibs]

Thanks guys. We have more competition days than any other club in the country! And we WANT other clubs to adopt our competition formats, or at least be inspired by them. This is great for the sport and will encourage participation.

[fieldgunner]

Hey Nibs, could you let me know how a "Shortest Flight" competition works?

[Nibs]

[fieldgunner]

[Nibs]

[pjwings]

I could win that without trying!


Unfortunately...

[Nibs]

[Nibs]

[Nibs]

Weekend Basis:

Most Flights (Scored: Pilot with most Flights in a weekend wins).

Fastest To Land (Scored: Pilot with single shortest flight of the weekend wins).

Longest duration (Scored: Pilot with longest single flight of the weekend).

Spot Lander (Scored: 100 points for spot, -1 point per foot away from spot. Winner = Closest single landing to cone. If tie, then average of best two)

XC (Scored: 1 point per mile with multiplier. Multipliers are 1.5 for out and back, 2.0 for triangle, 1.1 for declared goal, 0.9 for open distance. Pilot may fly more than one XC flight per day but must score only one. Pilot with most points over the weekend wins the weekend. In order for a task to be completed, the pilot MUST LAND in the GOAL FIELD, unless open distance. Pilots may stay up and soar after making the goal field, but they must END their flight in the goal field for it to count. For partially completed tasks, pilots will get a multiplier of 0.9 for a single partially completed leg, a 1.1 multiplier for a completed first leg, a 1.5 multiplier for a partially completed second leg, and a 2.0 multiplier for a partially completed third leg. If a pilot completes a given task, they will recieve the given task multiplier for ALL legs of their flight).



Annual Basis:

Most Flights (Scored: Pilot with highest total number of flights within their best 5 days wins)

Fastest To Land (Scored: 1 point per second. Add sum of each pilot's shortest 5 flights for the year. Pilot with lowest score wins)

Longest duration (Scored: Pilot with highest total minutes of their 5 longest flights wins.)

Spot Lander (Scored: AVERAGE of each pilot's best 5 spots for the year. Pilot with highest resulting score wins.)

XC (Scored: Sum of points for each pilot's 5 best flights. Pilot with highest resulting score wins)

[bobk]

The TreeToppers is such a cool club. Thanks for all the work you do out there!!!

[Nibs]

Thanks Bob. We REALLY want this to catch on with other clubs. Sometime this year or next, I'm going to be making my code available to any club that wants to use it. The code handles scoring and is very user friendly. It even calculates distance based on GPS landing coordinates. Anything we can do to make it easier for other clubs to adopt these kinds of comps is a plus.

[Nibs]

The new TTT Competition web site is now up and running!

Check it out here: http://sequatchiecompetition.com/

Note the "Weekend Series" links on the left hand side.

Dean Funk created this site for all of the comps we will be throwing year after year, thanks Dean! Through a little web magic and expertise, Dean was able to embed the code that I've been writing for the Weekend Series into this site! Make sure to check out the "Event Description and Rules" link to see what the Weekend Series is all about and check out the "Tasks" link to see all the tasks we have in store for the year. Some tasks are super easy and others are insane.

A TTT Membership and a $20 registration fee is all you need for a whole year of Weekend Series comps.... that's 9 weekends.

[Sky_Walker]

Very Cool, I'm really looking forward to this.



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