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PWC Turkey

Task 3 + Rankings + Video

Yael Margelisch, 11. September 2018
Less cumulus on the take off than yesterday, it looked more stable and more windy... The task comitee sent us on an 114km optimisitic task, with 2 turnpoints, and more than 60 km between them... When we took off, it was working quite well, but 15min before start, the whole area started to sink... It was really hard to know what to do because the flats looked inactive and on the volcano side it was notclimbing anymore... So we started low, in the flats, hoping not to land directly... Then we found some thermals in the flats, not so strong but good enough. We took the first turnpoint and then I could replace myself above the group and stop following from lower. As i was in a good position, i kept pushing forward, until i got low again. Luckily, a good thermal saved me, and again i could be back in a comfortable position. Going headwind in this flats with no clouds was a hassle, we kept fighting until we arrived in a big shadow, just before the big cylinder. Then turning in 1m thermal with the wind was almost like doing nothing, as it was drifting us away... During the whole task Russel Achterberg was leading, above us and about 10 km in front more less. Don't askme how he could make this gap, i have absolutely no idea. But it was nice to see that he kept going all the time, not waiting around. Unfortunately he could not reach goal, the day was over and landed atkm 108. Yannick and I landed about at the same place, 91km Hoping for better conditions for the next ones
XC Brazil

XC Brazil - Soon it starts again!

Michael Sigel, 3. September 2018
Last year’s XC League expedition to Caico in Brazil was only an experiment. Andy Flühler was pretty sure that towing is the way to go very far, but there were still many unknown variables as no one else ever tried it in Brazil for record chasing. Finally it proved to be a very successful way to fly very far, as 8 out of 10 of the longest flights have been made from Caico. The Swiss record was increased from 420km to 482km, then to 515km and finally to 533km. Four Swiss are dominating the XContest this year because of their long flights in Brazil. Because of the big success last year, we decided to go to Caico again! This year the interest of strong XC pilots to go there was much bigger than last year. The selection for the record chasing was done already in spring. Criteria were: - Potential for a world record (experience, flight skills, mental strength, material) - Motivation to give everything - Enough time - Teamplayer on the ground and in the air - Mastering the glider launch and landing in strong windconditions! Because of the limited time in the air of 11 hours maximum and the clear advantage of high performance gliders, only pilots with CCC and D gliders made it to the selection, which was also based on the Swiss Cross Country Cup 2017 ranking. The following pilots were selected: Kleinman Peter Steinger Philipp Erne Christian Daniel Rissi Wälti Dominik Von Känel Patrick Sigel Michael Schnider Andi We are sure that those pilots have the skills and motivation to break the world record! Our next attempt starts on the 5. October and we will have two weeks to reach our goal. Once again we are supported by the team of Fly with Andy. A project like this would not be possible (or at least much harder) without the help of professionals in towing and retrieve. In order to be even more efficient on the take off, Andy bought an additional winch, which allows us to take off with three pilots in the same time. Pilots will fly again with livetrackers and we will also do a frequent video blog. Of course it is difficult to break the world record of 564km. We hope that the wind will be strong enough, thermals reliable from early morning until sunset and no overdevelopment. Lets keep our fingers crossed. More information will be available as soon as we arrive in Brazil.
PWC Bulgarien

PWC Bulgaria Day 7, Task 6 Nachtrag Resultate

Andreas Nyffenegger, 25. August 2018
Wie gestern angekündigt, ist der heutige letzte Tag noch stabiler gestartet. Jedoch hatten wir das Glück an einem Tag ohne relevanten Windeinfluss zu erleben. Dies animierte die Tasksetter zu einem äusserst spannend 118km Task. Nach dem Start ging es ca. 65km in Richtung Osten zu einer Boje in mitten flacher bewaldeten Hügel. Da sich das Flachland erst entwickeln musste, flogen wir erst mühsam und relativ langsam den Bergen entlang. Die Thermik funktionierte zu Beginn unzuverlässig, trotzdem mogelten wir uns ziemlich geschlossen weiter. Als die Thermik zuverlässiger zog, standen wir vor der Entscheidung, weiter den Bergen zu folgen, was sicherer jedoch einen grossen Umweg beinhaltete oder die Flucht uns Flache zu wagen. Die Gruppe teilte sich wie erwartet und als Yassen (Lokalmatador) den Bergen folgte, kehrten 20 Piloten, welche bereits ins Flache raus sind, wieder an diese Route zurück. Nach der Talquerung und etwas Gebastel funktionierte für die Flachlandgruppe anschliessend bis zur Boje alles perfekt mit starkem und zuverlässigem Steigen. Von dieser Boje war die nächste in südlicher Richtung um uns über diese unlandbaren Hügel zu bringen. Anschliessend mit einer weiteren Sicherheitsboje zurück ins gleiche Goal wie bei Task 1. So einfach sollte es nicht werden, wurde zu diesem Zeit alles durch dichte Cirren abgeschattet. Es begann ein Kampf gegen das Absaufen. Kaum kam die Sonne wieder hervor, funktionierte die Thermik umgehend einwandfrei. Vor dem Finalglide entschieden Nick und ich Basis zu machen, um anschliessend über die grosse Gruppe hinweg gasen zu können. Leider kamen wieder Cirren rein, was zum Effekt führte, dass leider das bisher starke und von uns erwartete Sinken nach der Thermik nicht einsetzte, da sich das ganze Flachland ablöste. Wir verloren so ca. 2 Minuten. Nick war 9 Sekunden hinter mir, wird das mit den Leadingpoints noch ausbügeln. Tim kam 4 Minuten nach uns rein. Beat wurde nach der ersten Boje von den Cirren gegroundet. Nach 6 von 7 möglichen Flügen geht der PWC Bulgarien für uns zu Ende. Wir hatten sicherlich grosses Wetterglück, mit stets interessanten und komplett unterschiedlichen Läufen. Leider hat das oben beschriebene Aufdrehen im letzten Lauf, Dominik das Podest gekostet! Overall 4. Dominik Breitinger 29. Andreas Nyffengger 87. Tim Bollinger 92. Beat Zysset In der Nationenwertung hat es mit diesem kleinen Team auf Platz 6 gereicht.
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