snakes and ladders

Simple in concept but hard to fly especially in gusty conditions, this involved flying down snakes and up ladders at a pre-declared ground speed, the change from snake to ladder was achieved by identifying a TP photo and then drawing a line to your next start gate, the conditions which were fairly gusty made the task that bit more interesting for the trike pilots and the speed change from one corner to another made for some interesting flight attitudes, going sideways over track gates or just turning into wind to slow down were good tactics for maintaining ground speed. a washing machine day ! Scores again were good for the British team

WL1 - Richard again doing well, David Hadley also proved that a 508 engine will run with no oil, he did comment that he could hear it tinkling whilst flying, fortunately Conrad and Nigel Beale got to work and it looks like a fixed engine will enable him to fly today's task

WL2- Rob and Paul Welsh continued there battle with the Polish pair leading the way - look at the scores and you will see how close the margins are - one mistake and that's it - its only Monday.

AL2 - Robbins and Carnet had a good day and celebrated with 8 mints ! - a long story and Andy Aitkin won the precision landing task in tricky conditions. Chris and Claire also produced another good score. This class is really close.

All set for more fun and games today with a task to really test peoples machine and also there confidence in its fuel burn - the return back to the airfield could result in some 'squeaky bum' moments - more strong winds forecast ...... the planning continues !!