• Use summer time to enhance your gliding experiences

    Summer time is here - a lot of Condor virtual pilots are enjoying real-life soaring, but maybe some rainy weekends will come in next three months - so we decided to run some Condor races during summer of 2014.

  • Practice makes perfect

    This contest is more "good practise" like "serious virtualsoaring.eu contest" - take it as a summer practise with scoring before autumn Condor season... Only one half of all tasks will be counted in overall score, so you can miss 6 flight and still get good points for total ranking.

  • Tasks, classes and date/time

    We will fly over several Condor sceneries with several glider classes. No registration for this summer contest is needed. We will race always with PDA allowed, servers starts at 19:00 CEST (A) or 21:00 CEST (B).

Why SummerSoaring?

SummerSoaring 2014 is a summer season soaring online competition, based on Condor Soaring Simulator.

Used Condor Sceneries

Austria 2.0, Czechoslovakia 3.0, Slovenia HD, Provence 2.0, New Zealand 0.8, HW_SWGermany 1.08, Mifflin 1.0.

Our Racing Days

Racing day is Saturday. servers starts at 19:00 CEST (A) or 21:00 CEST (B). The complete competition calendar here.

Condor: The Competition Soaring Simulator is designed to recreate the ultimate experience of competition soaring on your PC. A lot of attention was put in to create an environment which would create an immersion of real competition flying. This means that the aerodynamics and weather physics were in focus of the development. The result is amazingly real feel of flight in all flight regimes and weather conditions which challenges a real soaring pilot on a competition day.

Amazing feel of flight due to the advanced flight dynamics model: Advanced 6DOF flight model for complete freedom of flying / Accurate sailplane performance and handling – also at and beyond critical angles of attack / Sailplane damage simulation – flutter, high G stress, collisions / High time fidelity physics engine (up to 500 cycles per second) / Accurate ground forces for realistic takeoffs, landings and crashes / Detailed, sub-object collision detection for mid air and ground object collisions / Accurate conditions for a realistic towing and winch start.

Briefing Map

  • Race Number, Date & DayDay 12 / August 30, 2014 / Saturday
  • Server Start / Join Time / Max. Start Height19:00 CEST or 21:00 CEST / 30 minutes / 1800 m
  • Class / Scenery / DistanceClub Class / NewZealand [0.8] / 226 km
  • Briefing Map Picture Click here for bigger map
Briefing Map

Results

Each race will be scored with ShowCondorIGC and calcutated to 1000 points. IGC/DAeC index will be used for scoring. Overall result is count of best 6 results from total 12 flights (best of 50% results). Results of racing days and also overall score will be posted on this website next day after actuall race is done. Cloud flying will be penalized with 60 penalty points per minute. Outland in task - points for distance, crash and status "Racing" will be scored with zero points.


Daily Results

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7 DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12

Total Overall Ranking | Ranking Day By Day

RankPilot NameCNRNScore
1Erik PraznovskyEPOM-19745998
2Helmut KuenneF9D-23185983
3Norbert KissCNHA-19745721
4Jon Holland123G-RUSH5486
5Jiri NemecekD32OK-64325415
6Jiri AdamADXOK-00245268
7Ovidiu FederERAYR-9ERA5200
8jiri holubJHOOK-44085178
9Robin MartinusRAMI-CJJP5092
10Rudolf KalousekR1KOK-77774835
11Horst JahnkeDHJD-20564439
12Jan SvetlikJS6ARADAC4095
13Josef SpirikS50SPIRA4073
14T BrotyTBOK-05163797
15Martin DvorakCCCOK-92522847
16Miomir IvanovicMIO4O-0012378
17Carsten TietzSDID-KPEZ1879
18Laszlo OrsyEJEHU-EJE1815
19MARCIN DOMAGALAMDCSP-21251728
20Bob FielderCKF31101559
21hans ironHI5H-EMAN1546
22Tamas PentzPT1HA-19611098
23Andre LautertLAUPR-ZKE978
24Zbyszek TkoczZBYZBYCH936
25Ronald DeerenbergYBPH-DSA909
26Colin HayesCOHG-ASBO906
27Szymon ChomickiSHISP-SHI900
28Markus Portmann1PHB-3239899
29J AJAD-1985898
30MJN AviatorMJNN70MJN893
31Butter FlyBTFBTTF890
32Jack HartJHN1944879
33Martin BaranMOVOK-0371878
34Robin ForsterDMLD-2043877
35Winfried DeppeWDD-2709875
36Mike CanfieldUSASOBE867
37Wally DreWODWD-1621865
38J SubiranaCATEU-HIGH861
39Martin SemradMSEOK-DAR849
40Tim MadsenTKMOY-XLM835
41Tomasz ZwolinskiTZ2SP-0028814
42Hans NycJNOK-6200787
43Andy CorlierCOROO-COR778
44Boguslaw Wegierski5WSP-4065764
45Jordan IlievLZ2LZ-02750
46Jens MoellerDK2XL136737
47Jan PodolanA22ANDEL731
48Paulo MenezesPGMPGM674
49ramiro ricoCN4LV-RAM663
50Henrik CarlsenCHCOY-XLY651
51Luis SautLHSPT-PJW556
52Eduardo CampolinaEWCPLANABH468
53Marek NowosadMMNSP-1961391
54Petr PolachSOPOK-6808282
55Jirka KrcmarJIKOK-7103256
56Michal NovakMHBOK-6446240
57Frank ErmeckeFAED-7859162
58Nigel GregsonNGG-FAST148
59jojo stratosJSOM-2734124
60Ike EisenstadtUPEU-HIGH20
61Tom HolloranTWHN220TH0
62Jiri KozisekJKOK-71100
63Tom BouctouBIRD-98760
64Bill HWH9NCC17010
65JeanFrancois PetrelJFF-CIJF0
66Palle JensenPHJA7-PHJ0
67Miodrag IvanovicIDMYU-10390
68Nicolas HayesUPLV-NHB0
69Rene QueirozRQPT-ZRQ0
70Luigi ZampettiL08I-ZALU0
71John WinstonOMSN5JW0
72Ibsen IBSENVBOM-09220
73Egon JorgensenX5OY-XKP0
74Golden EagleGE7EAGLE0
75ximan goUPEU-HIGH0
76Sebastian WlodekSWSP-65510
77Peter SanitraFRFRANK0
78leonardo soaresLSLLEO3060
79Piotr KuligPK0SP-PK00
80Jannis RinnPJD-56410
81Fernando SchirmerFSPT-FSS0
82Horst WurstU4D-74820
83J AJOD-19850
84Marcus NeuammMN1D-83570
85Ivan RogersIPRG-OBON0

Contest Rules

General & Prerequisites

Every pilot has to own legal copy of Condor (version 1.1.5). Any modification of the application or any of the aircraft is forbidden and will be penalized by disqualification from the competition. Participation in the contest is free of charge, no registration for this summer contest is needed.

Competition Calendar

The competition starts on June 14, 2014, last competition day is August 30, 2014. Racing day is Saturday. Server A starts at 19:00 CEST (17:00 UTC), server B starts at 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC). The complete competition calendar here.

Used Sceneries

We will used these Condor sceneries: Austria 2.0, Czechoslovakia 3.0, Slovenia HD, Provence 2.0, New Zealand 0.8, HW_SWGermany 1.08, Mifflin 1.0.

Tasks, Classes & Scoring System

The contest will be flown in the following classes: Club, 15-Meter, 18-Meter, Standard, Open. Racing tasks with allowed PDA only. IGC/DAeC index will be used for scoring. Each race will be scored with ShowCondorIGC and calcutated to 1000 points. Overall result is count of best 6 results from total 12 flights (best of 50% results). Results of racing days and also overall score will be posted on this website next day after actuall race is done. Cloud flying will be penalized with 60 penalty points per minute. Outland in task - points for distance, crash and status "Racing" will be scored with zero points. Pilot, who has valid start on server A, will get score from server A - even if he fly again on server B.

Communication & Disconnections

In case of your internet disconnect you have option to fly task offline. You can send your IGC after finishing task offline via e-mail. Communication between contest organizers and contestants will be an e-mail. For scoring questions and submitting IGC files after disconnection from online server, contact us at competition e-mail address: summer@virtualsoaring.eu.

Credits

Goes to: Miloš "Cadfael" Koch and www.condorworld.eu for server hosting, Helmut "Fox9" Kuenne for scoring software ShowCondorIGC.

How To Contact Us?

Communication between contest organizers and contestants will be an e-mail. For your questions about contest and/or submitting IGC files after disconnection from online server, contact us at competition e-mail address: summer@virtualsoaring.eu. Thank you.