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ddunwoody
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by ddunwoody » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:17 pm
Has anyone managed to complete this?
I got as far as the Mt Blanc turning point, only to be disappointed to find I couldn't get above 4080m in the thermals, which was about 30-40m too low to reach the turnpoint, and about 200m too low to be able to round it.
There's no ridge or wave around - has anyone managed to round this turnpoint? I was rather looking forward to a fast return leg.
I've got a lovely screenshot of me landed on Mt Blanc just below the turnpoint, too.
David
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mac
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by mac » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:35 pm
Hi David,
I didn't try the track myself, as if I am not wrong is 300some kmts, and I there are usually 0 to 1 people doing the task (I like to fly tasks with many users).
However: have you tried to dump some ballast? In many cases you can get some 100s extra mts that way...
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by OXO » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:40 pm
You only have to enter the tp sector and then leave it.. The back of the sector has terrain below 2400m ! You don't need to be anywhere near the tp height.
Chris Wedgwood,
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ddunwoody
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by ddunwoody » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:03 pm
D'oh!
I'm so used to clipping round the TP to minimise distance...
Thanks, Chris.
David
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Tracy
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by Tracy » Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:44 pm
Its nice task. I flew it two days ago. I had bad start, but finaly I have speed 126km/h. 2h56m on track.
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ddunwoody
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by ddunwoody » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:11 am
This is what happened to me...
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zzxs
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by zzxs » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:30 pm
HI I just managed it.
On my second attempt.
I too was dispairing finding the wave. But it is there in front of Mont Blanc and a little to the North -- It moves backwards as you climb -- I made just over 18,000 feet. watch out though you have to decend to get the turning point !
The way to climb the wave is in the classic figure of eight. I used markers also on a PDA to show wherew the lift was.
Dont dispair try again.
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jwdunning
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by jwdunning » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:37 pm
A very interesting flight. On the third try, I was able to climb the east face of TP8 and Mont Blanc in "ridge lift" to reach the turn points. "Race Time" was 1:33 hr at 85kt average using an ASW-22 with 250lbs of ballast.
