Proving Grounds Texas Soaring Association "Gibbon's Triangle" (North Texas) proposed by Ventus99 on January 9th, 2023 Please log in to enable download.

Submitter's comments:	Welcome to Competition Task #5 at Texas Soaring Association. This is TSA's largest Proving Grounds task, "Gibbon's Triangle". Date & Time: Sunday, January 8 at 8:30pm EST, 7:30pm CST, 6:30pm MST, 5:30pm PST or 01:30Z Landscape: North Texas Allowed Gliders: Club Class Join Time: Join time is 20 minutes, 5 minute start countdown, 15 minute start window Max Start Height: 5000ft MSL Min Finish Height: 1660ft MSL Discord Channel Invite: https://discord.gg/Zwn59Qrtp5 Join the 'Chatter' channel to chat. If you prefer a quieter channel when flying, switch to 'Flying'. Please put your contest numbers in your display name. Preferably in brackets after you name. For example, ChrisG (V99) You can load Proving Grounds tasks in XCSoar via the File Manager. Follow this tutorial to learn how: https://youtu.be/BvLwbMNalEs XCSoar File Manager Map: US_Texas XCSoar File Manager Turnpoints: World_ProvingGrounds.cup: TexasSA Gibbons Triangle CW Proving Grounds email for .igc file: texas@soaringtasks.com To get a .cup file of the tasks, send "task" in the subject line or body to the email. Please keep all thermalling turns to the left before start. After you have started the task you are welcome to turn either direction. When you're finished flying this week's task, please upload the .ftr file to the contest on Condor Club as you would for other contents hosted through the site. If you'd like to experience the submission and processing of a Proving Grounds task feel free to convert, or export an .igc file from Condor and email it to texas@soaringtasks.com. 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 US 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
Task length:	146 km, generally completed in 1h15 to 1h30
Difficulty level:	Easy
Plane class:	Club
Handicapped scoring:	Yes (DAeC index)
Glider restriction:	Only gliders in this list are allowed: ASW15 (97.0) ASW19 (100.0) ASW20 (110.0) DG101G (100.0) Genesis2 (107.0) Libelle (98.0) LS3a (107.0) LS4a (104.0) Pegase (102.0) StdCirrus (99.0) Handicap is indicated after the glider name.
Wing loading limit:	Not set
Condor version:	2.1.8
Network id:	ALYBAC

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WEATHER

Weather preset:	Custom	Clouds:	Low
Thermals:	Light	Thermals activity:	Low
Season:	Summer	Time:	Noon
Wind:	246° (South-West) for 19 km/h

RACE

Start type:	Airborne	Delay before race start:	5 min.
Start time window:	15 min.	Task type:	Racing task
Ridge race:		Wave:
Countryside flight:		Mountain flight:
Teams enabled:		Tail hunting (knuckles):
Turnpoint helpers range:	5 km	PDA allowed:

TURN POINTS

Take off:	TSA Gld (198 m.) Airport	Start:	Tsa Gld (201 m.) Heading: 305° for 0.1 km, Coords: 32.22.953N / 97.0.763W Classic turnpoint, min. height: 0 m., max.: 1,524 m. angle: 360°, radius: 1,610 m.
TP 1:	Ennis Muni. (144 m.) Heading: 102° for 33.3 km, Coords: 32.19.786N / 96.39.844W Classic turnpoint, min. height: 0 m., max.: 10,000 m. angle: 360°, radius: 1,610 m.	TP 2:	Cleburne Muni. (259 m.) Heading: 272° for 72.5 km, Coords: 32.21.229N / 97.26.22W Classic turnpoint, min. height: 0 m., max.: 10,000 m. angle: 360°, radius: 1,610 m.
Finish:	Tsa Gld (201 m.) Heading: 82° for 39.7 km, Coords: 32.22.953N / 97.0.763W Classic turnpoint, min. height: 506 m., max.: 10,000 m. angle: 360°, radius: 1,610 m.