Multiclass Nationals in Benalla

So, we arrived to Benalla yesterday afternoon. It was way too hot to rig gliders so we waited till shortly before sunset and did it then. The temperature hit 44 degrees.

ready to leave Horsham

TF goes out of the box

enjoying the sunset and dropping temperature

the Rigmaster

It's not better today. We played with water ballasts on both gliders and finally got them weighed. 6 hours in the sun and liters of water later we found out what the problem was. All the years we thought there is a problem with the 55 not filling up properly. We thought she only accepts 60 liters each side. We filled up the 29 today and she was full with the water flow meter showing not even 60 liters each wing instead of 85. Hang on ... the problem is not the glider but the fancy electronic water flow meter! To confirm that we lined up for weighing and put TF on scales. She was way overweight. The same has been happening to the 55 all the time and we thought she's pissing out of the vents not being full. It's annoying, very annoying but at least we know there is no problem with the glider! New water meter will fix it.

in line for the scales

Tomorrow is the official practice day. We will still have the same air mass that is turning stable. There was only 4000ft today - hard to handle with 43 degrees C on the ground and not much less at altitude. Tomorrow might be even worse with strong westerly winds. Change is predicted to come through on Wednesday.