That's why my generator ALWAYS goes with me to a contest regardless of the facilities. At the D4 Championships, a bunch of us were using generators because the club's electrical outlets were too far away from the closest available pits. Most of the guys were using CellPro's and from a distance, it was impossible to tell who's was beeping.
OTOH, I never take a practice flight on a contest day. Had a midair doing that one time and shredded my deadstick plane through a tree another time trying to avoid a guy who was taking his own sweet time retrieving his dead-sticked plane off the runway.
Verne
ORIGINAL: jim woodward
Well said Chad,
I'll end my portion of this with a funny story (funny if you are a glow pilot). At the Eglin AFB contest the AF decided to cut power to the field without telling the CD or club members. It was going to be several hours or into the afternoon before the power came on again. With everyone expecting AC, there were not enough generators to go around. The E-guys needed to milk batteries and not take practice flights (as there was no AC to recharge), where as I and a few other were able to take several practice flights at whim
Thanks,
Jim W.