2003 Wallaby Open Task Three Crosswind
Here is a view of the task as flown by Heiner Biesel, from CompeGPS, showing the pattern of drift to the east in thermals, then drives upwind to the southwest:
...and a closer view of Heiner's flight:
...and here you can even see that he was circling to the right at first, then to the left (red indicates groundspeed of less than 10, green is more than 40 mph):
Class 1 Provisional Results as of 04-22-03 23:30
As of 04-23-03 11:20
Task 3 Crosswind
0.0 miles
5.6 miles
SS
22.8 miles
46.8 miles
ES
14:00:00
15:34:29
01:34:29
26.16
46.8
405.5
21.5
150.6
26.9
605
14:00:00
15:43:37
01:43:37
23.85
46.8
405.5
16.3
113.7
22.3
558
14:00:00
15:44:58
01:44:58
23.54
46.8
405.5
15.7
110.1
18.5
550
14:00:00
15:54:27
01:54:27
21.59
46.8
405.5
12.6
88.4
15.3
522
14:00:00
16:00:19
02:00:19
20.54
46.8
405.5
11.0
76.8
12.6
506
14:00:00
16:10:46
02:10:46
18.90
46.8
405.5
8.3
58.0
10.5
482
14:00:00
16:10:49
02:10:49
18.89
46.8
405.5
8.3
57.9
8.9
481
14:00:00
16:14:14
02:14:14
18.41
46.8
405.5
7.5
52.2
7.6
473
14:00:00
16:18:53
02:18:53
17.79
46.8
405.5
6.4
44.7
6.1
463
14:00:00
16:25:28
02:25:28
16.99
46.8
405.5
4.9
34.5
5.7
451
13:45:00
16:16:19
02:31:19
16.33
46.8
405.5
6.4
25.7
6.7
444
14:00:00
16:47:58
02:47:58
14.71
46.8
405.5
0.3
2.4
5.5
414
45.0
397.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
398
43.0
386.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
386
41.6
377.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
377
40.8
371.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
371
35.4
341.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
342
35.3
341.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
341
34.4
334.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
334
31.4
313.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
313
29.1
299.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
299
27.4
289.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
290
27.4
289.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
290
27.3
288.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
288
26.0
276.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
276
24.7
263.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
264
23.6
255.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
255
23.3
253.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
253
22.8
249.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
249
22.8
249.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
249
21.8
237.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
237
20.6
225.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
225
20.1
220.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
221
19.7
216.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
217
18.9
209.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
210
18.6
205.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
206
17.9
198.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
198
17.8
196.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
197
17.6
194.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
195
17.6
194.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
195
17.1
187.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
188
16.1
172.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
173
16.1
172.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
173
15.9
169.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
170
15.0
157.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
157
14.8
154.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
155
14.3
148.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
148
12.3
127.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
128
11.7
123.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
124
11.3
120.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
120
11.1
118.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
119
9.0
99.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
99
8.6
95.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
96
8.5
94.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
95
8.4
93.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
94
7.2
81.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
82
6.8
77.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
77
6.6
74.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
74
5.8
64.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
64
5.8
64.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
64
5.6
62.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
63
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
5.6
62.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
62
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
Class 2 Revised Results as of 04-23-03 12:00
Task 3 Crosswind
0.0 miles
5.6 miles
SS
22.8 miles
46.8 miles
ES
14:00:00
15:47:58
01:47:58
22.89
46.8
345.8
104.3
417.3
74.5
942
14:00:00
15:48:00
01:48:00
22.88
46.8
345.8
103.7
414.9
35.0
900
14:00:00
16:01:56
02:01:56
20.27
46.8
345.8
71.9
287.4
18.6
724
23.3
258.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
259
Class 5 Revised Results as of 04-22-03 22:35
Task 3 Crosswind
0.0 miles
5.6 miles
SS
22.8 miles
46.8 miles
ES
13:45:00
15:24:19
01:39:19
24.88
46.8
364.2
95.2
380.9
68.0
908
14:00:00
15:41:56
01:41:56
24.24
46.8
364.2
48.8
341.0
53.1
807
14:00:00
15:49:42
01:49:42
22.53
46.8
364.2
40.2
280.9
25.1
710
13:45:00
15:45:50
02:00:50
20.45
46.8
364.2
54.6
218.4
41.2
678
13:45:00
15:46:29
02:01:29
20.34
46.8
364.2
53.8
215.1
32.0
665
14:00:00
16:07:26
02:07:26
19.39
46.8
364.2
26.7
186.6
20.3
598
14:00:00
16:30:25
02:30:25
16.43
46.8
364.2
13.1
91.6
17.0
486
14:00:00
16:34:47
02:34:47
15.97
46.8
364.2
10.8
75.3
15.1
465
14:00:00
16:34:49
02:34:49
15.96
46.8
364.2
10.8
75.2
14.1
464
42.4
347.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
347
34.6
304.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
304
27.5
254.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
254
26.9
248.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
249
19.6
178.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
178
9.2
80.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
81
5.6
48.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
49
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0