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2022 French Open »

Fri, Aug 5 2022, 8:19:55 pm GMT

5th and last task, Friday

French Open 2022

Blog: https://civlcomps.org/event/French-open-2022/blog

Results: https://civlcomps.org/event/French-open-2022/results

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4627

Looks like some pilots got into air space.

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Akira Nagusa JPN Wills Wing T2C 144 01:32:53 1000.0
2 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat C 01:35:22 953.2
3 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Laminar 14.1 01:36:24 929.2
4 Darren Brown GBR Wills Wing T3 01:47:59 815.1
5 Jean-Louis Foglia FRA Aeros Combat C 01:47:14 806.8
6 Simon Rousselet CHE Icaro2000 Laminar 01:50:02 782.2
7 Andrea Franchi FRA Aeros Combat C 01:54:28 768.6
8 Hakan Andersson Bernardo SWE Aeros Combat GT 01:53:51 753.9
9 Richard Lovelace GBR Wills Wing T2.5 01:56:46 731.0
10 Malcolm Brown GBR Aeros Combat C 01:58:20 717.8

Final Results:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat C 4834.0
2 Akira Nagusa JPN Wills Wing T2C 144 4671.0
3 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Laminar 14.1 4253.0
4 Christain Pollet FRA Aeros Combat C 4223.0
5 Tao Le FRA Aeros Combat GT 3968.0
6 Malcolm Brown GBR Aeros Combat C 3922.0
7 Jean-Louis Foglia FRA Aeros Combat C 3801.0
8 Hakan Andersson Bernardo SWE Aeros Combat GT 3730.0
9 David Gregoire FRA Icaro2000 Laminar 3615.0
10 Andrew Hollidge GBR Wills Wing T3 3551.0

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Great British Aerotow Revival

Mon, May 9 2022, 12:04:52 pm GMT

Day two

Andrew "Andy" Hollidge|Babs King|competition|Dave Matthews|Gordon Rigg|Graham Phipps|Great British Aerotow Revival 2022|Jamie Shelden|Joe Bloggs|Johnny Carr|Justin Needham|Kathryn Cole|Ollie Moffatt|Paul Harvey|Ricardo Marques da Costa|Richard Lovelace|Steven "Steve" Blackler|Tim Swait

«Kathryn Cole» writes:

The forecast has been suggesting that today might be the best day for the competition, and there was a palpable sense of anticipation in the air.

Briefing at 9:00am turned out to be relatively amusing as Steve Blacker collected his day prize for winning the first day of the competition he organised! In addition, Babs King gave a highly amusing summary of the text messages she had received from pilots the previous day. Apparently just texting "Joe Bloggs down safe" is incredibly hard for pilots desperate to let someone know that he made it to goal!! The Flyability kitty grew quite nicely thanks to a number of £5 "fines" for not following basic instructions.

The task was set. An 80km triangle for the flexwings and an ambitious 100km triangle for the rigids. Sport Class were tasked with and out and return of 40km.

Eager to get on with the days flying, and with not long until launch opened, the pilots began rigging in earnest on the day's allocated runway - which was even more crosswind than anticipated. As a result, meet head Jamie Shelden had to make the difficult call to relocate everyone to the cross runway. Begin the mad rush to move 50 odd gliders in various rigging states, trolleys, paraphernalia etc. Thanks to the sterling work of the volunteers everyone got moved across and back into a sensible launch order in record time.

Then the fun began of tugging up first the rigid pilots, followed by the flexi's. It was a boiling hot day, and with the rougher runway claiming a number of flat tyres and an engine getting a bit grumpy, we were down to two tugs at one point. The aptly named 'fun' tug decided it wanted to be renamed to 'not so fun' after all! All in all, 52 tows were achieved, with two pilots grabbing a relight.

Nine pilots from Class 1 made it to goal, with Dave Matthews, Gordon Rigg and Steven Blacker taking the podium. Other pilots in goal were Richard Lovelace, Johnny Carr, Graham Phipps, Justin Needham, Andy Hollidge and Ollie Moffatt. Special mention goes to Ollie who was one of the last pilots of the day to launch and still made it to goal, skimming in out of the sunset, landing well past 7pm!!

In Class 5, Paul Harvey and Ricardo Marques da Costa both made goal. Another four pilots made it more than 80km, nothing to be sniffed at with today's task!

None of the Sports Class pilots made goal but Tim Swait made it 31.4km taking the win for the day.

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Great British Aerotow Revival

Sun, May 8 2022, 5:10:33 pm MDT

Day one

Carl Wallbank|competition|Gordon Rigg|Great British Aerotow Revival 2022|Jamie Shelden|Johnny Carr|Justin Needham|Kathryn Cole|Neville Almond|Paul Harvey|Paul Leary|Steven "Steve" Blackler|Tony Smith

«Kathryn Cole» writes:

Day 1 of the Great British Aerotow Revival competition at Deenethorpe! After all the usual "Hellos!" and friendly chat, Tony Smith and Steve Blackler opened the comp.

Jamie Shelden briefed the pilots on day ops, and Carl Wallbank briefed the pilots on the task- a race to anywhere: 50km out for Class 1, then back to 45km from the airfield; 55km out for Class 5 (rigids), then back to 45km to the airfield. Sport Class had to get to 45km from the airfield.

Steve Blackler took bragging rights for Class 1, followed by Gordon Rigg, then Justin Needham. Johnny Carr in 4th place was the last flexwing in goal.

In Class 5, only Neville Almond and Paul Harvey made it to goal. No Sport Class pilots, made goal, but Paul Leary led a valiant effort, taking his Bautek Kite 20.43km.

We hope to fly again tomorrow - fingers crossed for another successful flying day!

Photos at: https://www.facebook.com/katycolehobbyphotography

I would say that there was no actual goal.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/20151563.burgess-hill-man-72-wins-national-hang-gliding-competition/

Johnny Carr

Johnny Carr

Johnny Carr

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2022 British Hang Gliding Nationals

Thu, Jan 13 2022, 12:25:34 am GMT

Combined with the 2022 Chabre Open

Airtribune|British HG Championships 2022 & Chabre Open 2022|competition

https://airtribune.com/british-hang-gliding-championships-and-chabre-open/info

The Hang Gliding Competitions Panel is pleased to announce that all required permissions have now been granted, and the arrangements for the 2022 British Hang Gliding Nationals are confirmed. The competition will run in parallel with the 2022 Chabre Open. Details for the combined event are as follows:

Dates: 7th - 13th August 2022
Location: Laragne, France
Competition base: Camping de Montéglin, 26 Av. de Montéglin, 05300 Laragne-Montéglin

Entry fees can be paid by PayPal via Airtribune.

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British Hang Gliding Competition Panel Meeting

Mon, Nov 22 2021, 3:31:56 pm GMT

2022 Competition Season

Andrew "Andy" Hollidge|British HG Championships 2022 & Chabre Open 2022|British Open Series 2022|Carl Wallbank|competition|Darren Brown|Dave Matthews|French Nationals 2022|Gordon Rigg|Grant Crossingham|Jon Sacre|Kev Gay|Malcolm Brown|Ollie Moffatt|Simon White|Stephen "Steve" Penfold|Steven "Steve" Blackler

Darren Brown writes:

This weekend we held the annual British Hang-gliding Competition Panel meeting. This is where decisions are made regarding the next year's competitions, team selection etc.

The panel has several official positions, which have now been filled as follows:

- Chair: Darren Brown
- Vice Chair: Kev Gay
- Secretary: Simon White
- Treasurer: Steve Penfold

The British team for the 2022 European Championships was also selected:

- Grant Crossingham
- Gordon Rigg
- Andy Hollidge
- Carl Wallbank
- Dave Matthews
- Steve Penfold

Reserves:

- Darren Brown
- Steve Blackler
- Malcolm Brown

Additionally we decided what competitions we intend to hold in 2022 and set dates / locations. Please note all this information is PROVISIONAL and is based upon obtaining the relevant permissions and ensuring the necessary organisation is available and in place. I am posting this in order to keep you informed but be aware some of this information (including dates) could change. The panel are now working on putting everything in place in order that we can officially finalise and publish the dates and locations.

British National Championships:

- Local Organiser: Ollie Moffatt
- Location: Laragne, France
- Dates: Sunday 7th August to Saturday 13th August 2022
- The competition is aimed at backing directly onto the French Nationals, which will be held in Aspres, France from 31st July to 6th August 2021 (2022?). This will give pilots the opportunity to enter both competitions.

British Open Series Round 1:

- Local Organiser: Kev Gay
- Location: Yorkshire Dales
- Dates: Sunday 29th May to Saturday 4th June 2022.

British Open Series Round 2:

- Local Organiser: Jon Sacre
- Location: Builth Wells, Wales
- Dates: Sunday 4th September to Saturday 10th September 2022.

As new chair, I would like to thank all the panel members for their support and efforts over this weekend and in particular to the new panel members, Gordon, Ollie and Nick, who injected new ideas and enthusiasm.

We will keep you informed of any new developments and confirm dates/locations for the competitions as soon as we are able.

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Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021 y IX Open Internacional Vila d'Àger

Sat, Aug 28 2021, 2:30:34 pm MDT

Task 6, last task

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021|competition|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Open Internacional Vila d'Àger 2021

https://airtribune.com/campeonato-de-espana-ala-delta-2021-y-ix-open-inte/results

Sport and Class 5 results at above site also.

Task 6

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Total
1 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C 154 01:54:21 108.3 987.3
2 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 01:55:40 75.7 938.4
3 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 02:02:40 69.5 879.2
4 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 01:56:33 18.1 864.4
5 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 01:53:09 0 854.5
6 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 02:00:10 12.8 825.3
7 Yon Bárcena Ortiz De Urbina Wills Wing T2C 144 02:04:31 12.8 794.0
8 Manuel Gomez De Pablos Moya Moyes RX4 Pro 02:04:57 12.9 787.9
9 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 02:05:13 10.1 780.2
10 Daniel Martin Mota Wills Wing T2C 144 02:04:46 0 756.1

Final without day scrubbed:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 T 6 Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 917.5 891.5 807.4 884.8 528.4 854.5 4884
2 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 811.8 865.9 619.2 749.5 613.6 710.0 4370
3 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 394.5 831.1 948.1 794.7 377.5 938.4 4284
4 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 646.3 863.3 705.3 802.0 376.0 879.2 4272
5 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 896.6 532.6 588.2 781.2 478.8 749.8 4027
6 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 561.5 653.8 695.2 862.6 475.8 753.1 4002
7 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 887.3 848.2 619.3 786.7 170.7 687.4 4000
8 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 978.3 404.7 894.2 409.8 576.0 719.8 3983
9 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C 154 393.4 833.9 404.5 1000.0 288.6 987.3 3908
10 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 595.7 742.8 675.3 845.6 164.7 864.4 3889

Final with your bad day eliminated:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 T 6 Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 917.5 891.5 807.4 884.8 528.4 854.5 4356
2 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 394.5 831.1 948.1 794.7 377.5 938.4 3907
3 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 646.3 863.3 705.3 802.0 376.0 879.2 3896
4 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 887.3 848.2 619.3 786.7 170.7 687.4 3829
5 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 811.8 865.9 619.2 749.5 613.6 710.0 3756
6 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 595.7 742.8 675.3 845.6 164.7 864.4 3724
7 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C 154 393.4 833.9 404.5 1000.0 288.6 987.3 3619
8 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 978.3 404.7 894.2 409.8 576.0 719.8 3578
9 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 896.6 532.6 588.2 781.2 478.8 749.8 3548
10 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 561.5 653.8 695.2 862.6 475.8 753.1 3526

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Photo by Serge.

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021 y IX Open Internacional Vila d'Àger

Fri, Aug 27 2021, 10:20:26 pm MDT

Task 5

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021|Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Moura Morrison|Moyes Litespeed RX|Open Internacional Vila d'Àger 2021

https://airtribune.com/campeonato-de-espana-ala-delta-2021-y-ix-open-inte/results

Sport and Class 5 results at above site also.

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 02:03:58 60.61 984.8
2 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 03:11:44 60.61 860.5
3 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 59.36 848.6
4 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 57.81 826.9
5 Daniel Martin Mota Wills Wing T2C 144 54.08 794.1
6 Joel Miron De Soto Wills Wing T2C 136 53.30 772.8
7 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 52.47 770.0
8 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 51.53 765.2
9 Yon Bárcena Ortiz De Urbina Wills Wing T2C 144 50.41 750.9
10 Alan De Moura Morrison Wills Wing T2C 154 44.11 671.1

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 4350
2 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 4031
3 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 3625
4 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 3579
5 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 3569
6 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 3548
7 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 3538
8 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 3421
9 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 3282
10 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 3259

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021 y IX Open Internacional Vila d'Àger

Thu, Aug 26 2021, 4:52:02 pm MDT

Task 4

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021|Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Moura Morrison|Moyes Litespeed RX

https://airtribune.com/campeonato-de-espana-ala-delta-2021-y-ix-open-inte/results

Sport and Class 5 results at above site also.

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C 154 01:40:40 85.1 340.5 60.8 1000.0
2 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 01:53:40 79.9 263.8 53.4 910.7
3 Joel Miron De Soto Wills Wing T2C 136 01:43:31 31.5 318.8 35.7 899.6
4 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 01:45:21 42.2 307.7 21.3 884.8
5 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 01:45:46 26.6 305.3 17.1 862.6
6 Alan De Moura Morrison Wills Wing T2C 154 01:45:38 22.7 306.1 19.0 861.4
7 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 02:02:12 61.7 223.6 46.7 845.6
8 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 02:03:16 49.5 218.8 40.9 822.8
9 Luis Bienzobas Aeros Combat 12.7 01:53:35 28.6 264.2 13.0 819.4
10 Stepan Zubashev Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:04:24 54.3 213.8 31.2 812.9

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 3501
2 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 3142
3 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 3046
4 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 3017
5 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 2968
6 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 2859
7 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 2799
8 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 2773
9 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 2710
10 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 2687

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021 y IX Open Internacional Vila d'Àger

Tue, Aug 24 2021, 6:13:20 pm MDT

Task 3

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021|competition|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Wills Wing T3

https://airtribune.com/campeonato-de-espana-ala-delta-2021-y-ix-open-inte/results

Sport and Class 5 results at above site also.

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 01:56:26 57.0 412.5 67.4 947.6
2 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 02:12:55 103.1 305.9 73.7 893.4
3 Anne Conijn Aeros Combat 13.5GT 02:03:32 0 359.7 46.9 817.3
4 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 02:26:17 96.0 237.6 61.7 806.0
5 Daniel Martin Mota Wills Wing T2C 144 02:17:26 9.2 282.0 56.3 758.2
6 Peter Siess Wills Wing T3 02:23:08 7.0 253.1 51.4 722.2
7 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 02:26:03 14.8 238.8 39.1 703.4
8 Iosu Errea Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 02:26:30 10.3 236.6 35.7 693.3
9 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 02:27:00 7.2 234.1 29.9 681.9
10 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 02:43:32 66.3 156.7 46.9 680.6

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 917.5 891.6 806.0 2615
2 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 887.3 848.5 616.9 2353
3 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 811.8 866.7 616.6 2295
4 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 978.3 409.7 893.4 2281
5 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 646.3 864.1 703.4 2214
6 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 394.5 831.6 947.6 2174
7 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 599.0 805.6 681.9 2087
8 David Errea Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 618.3 755.9 652.7 2027
9 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 896.6 536.5 585.5 2019
10 Josep Maria Pujades Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 2016 595.7 744.1 673.2 2013

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021 y IX Open Internacional Vila d'Àger

Mon, Aug 23 2021, 5:58:58 pm MDT

Right after Monte Cucco

Campeonato de España Ala Delta 2021|Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX

https://airtribune.com/campeonato-de-espana-ala-delta-2021-y-ix-open-inte/results

Given that it would be hard to drive from Italy to Spain and get to the meet on the first day, you can drop one contest day from your results.

Task 1:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 02:42:40 29.8 206.2 36.8 978.3
2 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 02:49:00 0.0 185.3 26.7 917.5
3 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 03:13:41 44.1 127.7 19.3 896.6
4 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 03:14:09 41.0 126.7 14.1 887.3
5 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 03:37:29 39.4 80.0 10.7 835.6
6 Pieter Speeleveld Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 14.1 03:46:32 40.2 62.8 8.7 817.2
7 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 03:33:09 10.3 88.3 7.7 811.8

Missing leading points? Probably trouble with the track logs.

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Yon Bárcena Ortiz De Urbina Wills Wing T2C 144 01:33:12 931.5
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 01:32:32 914.2
3 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 01:26:28 891.6
4 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 01:36:36 866.7
5 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 01:37:34 864.1
6 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 01:29:16 848.5
7 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C 154 01:30:36 834.4
8 Stephen Penfold Moyes RX 4.0 01:30:39 831.6
9 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 01:43:46 805.6
10 Domingo (txomin) Gallego Escribano Aeros Combat 12.7 C 01:44:04 801.8

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (jnr) Wills Wing T2C 1809
2 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco Aeros Combat GT 1736
3 Paulo Frade Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1679
4 Yon Bárcena Ortiz de Urbina Wills Wing T2C 144 1534
5 Damien Zahn Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Pro 1510
6 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 1461
7 Domingo (txomin) Gallego Escribano Aeros Combat 12.7 C 1452
8 Blay Olmos Ramos (snr) Moyes Litespeed RX 4 1433
9 Jean-Daniel Kugler Aeros Combat 12.4 C 1405
10 Alvaro Idigoras Molina Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 1388

Batteries »

Wed, Feb 5 2003, 6:00:00 pm GMT

battery|Deane Williams|Garmin|Garmin 12|Gilbert Griffith|Paul Harvey

Gilbert Griffith <gilbert@bright.au.com> who is the man when it comes to batteries writes:

I have tested some GP 1800 mAH NMH cells and found them no better than the 1600mAH cells (GP brand). The voltage drop on load is a lot higher than for the 1600's so I have not bothered stocking them. 1600's are ample for GPS use as you can get over 14 hours before recharging (at normal temperatures). The price is coming down too.

I saw packets of 2 1600 GP NMH cells at Harvey Norman in Albury with a $23 price tag. The price on 1800's was $27 a pair! I sell 1600's for $6 ea. If you buy them by the 200 or more like I do, they cost about $4 each in Oz dollars.

I haven't seen 1900mAH cells yet.

Most commercially available chargers can't handle 1800's let alone 1900's so they often never reach full charge. A lot of chargers out there won't even charge the 1600mAH cells properly. Be very wary if someone tells you they can charge in an hour or two, this will melt the plastic off the outside. They usually need 1/10C or 190mA charge for 14-15 hours to fully charge them from flat. Most chargers are hard pressed to put out 100mA, often less when many cells are charged together.

You also shouldn't mix different capacity cells in a charger or a battery pack, this will ruin the lower capacity cells very quickly.

(editor’s note: My experience with 1600 mah batteries is that they last about 11 hours in a Garmin 12 MAP. This is just the ragged edge of my really long flights in Texas. No worries in competition flights though.)

Williams, Deane HS <deane.williams@hs.utc.com> writes:

There are now 2000 mAh batteries now available. See http://www.mahaenergy.com/Press/2000mAh.htm

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Help wanted on Yeasu FT50

Thu, Jan 13 2000, 11:00:04 pm GMT

Paul Harvey|radio

Can anyone help Paul Harvey, <heatherandpaul@hotmail.com>, who writes:

I read your article about 8 Oz Reports ago on the VX5R and thought I'd try writing to you as a last ditch effort in the hope that your knowledge also extends to the ft50. Up until 3 or 4 months ago I was living and flying in NZ where they use 2m like the ozies use UHF CB (FCC turn a blind eye or something like that). Prior to that I was living in the UK (I'm actually from there).

As I may one day return to England (also use 2m) or NZ for a holiday I thought it would be a clever idea to get a dual band radio and after much research the Yaesu ft50R came up a winner since it can be "easily" wide banded with the interface software (ADMS 1C) and the MARS/CAP mod (unsoldering a jumper). I bought one just before Christmas but later found out that the ADMS 1C software is no longer available. The software was good because it had a bug in it that allowed the radio to be put into Euro mode (70MHz - 1 gig receive with no gaps but more importantly Tx in the 2m and UHF range) by pulling the cable out during either download or upload. Apparently, it's been superceded by ADMS 1D and now also ADMS 1E. These versions are sadly bug free.

I then came across another mod which involves unsoldering a surface mounted resistor and powering up the radio with knob, lamp and PTT buttons held down. Great, I thought and dove in with the soldering iron. After the resistor had been dealt to, I powered up. The display is supposed to come up with BAND="variable" and if you hold down the knob for half a second you can supposedly change the variable to FREE (freeband). However, when I did that I couldn't select the variable. Holding down the knob for half a second just makes the radio display go back to VFO. So, that's where I am at the moment. Any suggestions?

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