Proving Grounds 2022-23
(Nov. 5th, 2023 - April 1st, 2023)
A tour of our favourite Proving Grounds setups. We will be flying Sunday nights at 8:30pm Eastern, 7:30pm Central, 6:30pm Mountain, 5:30pm Pacific or 01:30Z/00:30Z depending on daylight savings.
Discord server for air-to-air chatter:
https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5 Tentative Schedule:
Practice/Training November 20 - Port Alberni "Ultra" Landscape: Cascade Range
Practice/Training November 27 - Puget Sound "Ultra" Landscape: Cascade Range
1 - Sunday, December 4 - Sky Soaring "Stretch It!" Landscape: North Illinois
2 - Sunday, December 11 - Franconia Soaring Foundation "Triangle 2" - Landscape: Franconia
3 - Sunday, December 18 - Piako Gliding Club "Valley 150" - Auckland (New Zealand)
4 - Sunday, January 1 - Club de planeur de Québec "Épreuve 3" - Saguenay Québec
5 - Sunday, January 8 - Texas Soaring Association "Gibbons Triangle" - North Texas
6 - Sunday, January 15 - Soaring Society of Boulder "Lookout for Silver" - Colorado C2
7 - Sunday, January 22 - St Louis Soaring Association "Silver Run" - Saint Louis (Illinois, East of St. Louis)
8 - Sunday, January 29 - Dorset Gliding Club "Ultra" - West UK 2
9 - Sunday, February 5 - Twentsche Zweefvlieg Club "Malden Terlet" - Netherlands HD
10 - Sunday, February 12 - Seattle Glider Council "Plying the Plateau" - Cascade Range
11 - Sunday, February 19 - SOSA Gliding Club "Triangle 2" - Southern Ontario
12 - Sunday, February 26 - Central California Soaring Association "Ultra" - Sierra Nevada (C2)
13 - Sunday, March 5 - Willamette Valley Soaring Club "Ultra" - Cascade Range
14 - Sunday, March 12 - GLC Illustrious "Over de Grens" - Netherlands HD
15 - Sunday, March 19 - Edmonton Soaring Club "Triangle 3" - Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
16 - Sunday, March 26 - Cowley, Alberta "Waterton" - Southern Alberta
The Proving Grounds is a task scoring and pilot recognition platform designed to introduce cross country flying basics that develop confidence in pilots and clubs so that new pilots are ready for the limitless opportunities cross country soaring provides! This contest will tour all Proving Grounds sites, flying their largest task bringing together the learning benefits of collaborative flying using Condor 2, and showcasing the Proving Grounds platform. Learn more about Proving Grounds at
soaringtasks.com Helpful Condor 2 docs:
Phil Stang sent me some helpful docs for people new to Condor competitions that may be helpful to all. Links below
Condor Start Timeline:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9UscqQNjqeZ5hw6l7AP8F5pZzUQrH4u/view?usp=sharing How to get and install landscapes:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLy4FtOjmpKi51jQppNLEmR6oZvB55US/view?usp=sharing How to - vertical view center:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BZqP0fbmBiZ_lLKuuGCXxfI6sWLy3bVF/view?usp=sharing We also recommend this link to get you started with Condor:
https://glidercfi.com/condor/orientation/orientation-document/
| Organizers: |
Ventus99 
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| Official web site: |
Proving Grounds
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| Forum address: |
https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5 |
| Registration closes on: |
April 1st, 2023 at 8:00 PM UTC
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| Competition per teams: |
No
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| Registration type: |
Competition is free
Note for non-Premium member: your monthly quota will be decreased, as usual, for each FTR submitted.
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| Number of training tasks: |
2
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| Number of competition tasks: |
20
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| Scoring type: |
1000 points
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| Competition selected for ccRating: |
ccRating will be issued after each race day provided that the day is valid (in FAI terms) and server logs have been received.
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| Glider restriction: |
None (or defined on a per-task basis)
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| Competitor's results used for overall scoring: |
Only the 12 best results
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| Allowed tries per race: |
1
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| Crash policy: |
Ignore it
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| Landing out policy: |
Ignore it
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| Missing FTR policy: |
Ignore it
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| Join time: |
20 minutes
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| Time to send FTR: |
1 hour
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| Use time slots (for timezones): |
No
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| Registered competitors: |
108
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Registration is now closed!
