Proving Grounds 2023-24 Season
(Nov. 5th, 2023 - April 16th, 2024)

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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.

Google Drive Folder with .tsk files for each day's race: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AOt7kelkx2bQq1fiZtYOe5jK0XKfK45C?usp=sharing

Discord server for air-to-air chatter: https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5

Tentative Schedule:
Practice/Training November 5 - Lethbridge Soaring Club 'Ultra' - Landscape: Southern Alberta
Practice/Training November 12 - Cowley - Landscape: Southern Alberta
Practice/Training November 19 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
1 - November 26 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
2 - December 3 - Cardston Racing Task - Landscape: Southern Alberta
3 - December 10 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
4 - December 17 - Cowley Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
5 - December 23 - Cowley AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta - DATE CHANGE - one day early for Christmas Eve
6 - December 30 - Cowley AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta - DATE CHANGE - one day early for New Year's Eve
7 - January 7 - Cowley Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
8 - January 14 - Cowley AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
9 - January 21 - Cardston AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
10 - January 28 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
11 - February 4 - Cu Nim Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
12 - February 11 - Kirkaldy AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
13 - February 18 - Kirkaldy AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
14 - February 25 - Kirkaldy Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
15 - March 3 - Cardston AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
16 - March 10 - Cardston to Cowley Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta ==> Daylight Saving Time, switches to 0030Z
17 - March 17 - Cowley to Cu Nim Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
18 - March 24 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
19 - March 31 - Cu Nim Racing - Landscape: Southern Alberta
20 - April 7 - Cu Nim AAT - Landscape: Southern Alberta
21 - April 14 - Kansas Ultra - Landscape: Kansas Sunflower

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
Official web site:	Proving Grounds Website
Forum address:	https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5
Registration closes on:	April 16th, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC
Competition per teams:	No
Registration type:	Competition is free Note for non-Premium member: your monthly quota will be decreased, as usual, for each FTR submitted.
Number of training tasks:	3
Number of competition tasks:	20
Scoring type:	1000 points
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.
Glider restriction:	None (or defined on a per-task basis)
Competitor's results used for overall scoring:	Only the 12 best results
Allowed tries per race:	1
Crash policy:	Ignore it
Landing out policy:	Ignore it
Missing FTR policy:	Ignore it
Join time:	20 minutes
Time to send FTR:	1 hour
Use time slots (for timezones):	No
Registered competitors:	100

Registration is now closed!