Great stuff, good for you and best of all it sounds like you had a great time. Now I wonder if you will look at your daily flying a bit different. I know I did instead of just boring holes in the sky I started to fly each flight as I would my routine. Practice, practice, practice.

It’s funny but almost all of the competitions I have flown the wind very rarely lines up with the runway. I usually have two routines, one for those days with the wind light right down the runway or calm and the second routine for those less than ideal flying conditions, strong winds, gusty conditions or crosswinds. I pick maneuvers for those nice days that really show off the model I'm flying and for those less than ideal days’ maneuvers that may be less challenging but are easier to keep on track with the weather conditions. I Laminate these two cards and use them for my practice sessions each time I go out. I always bring extra paper versions of my call sheets to the competitions and will often make a new one up as needed substituting maneuvers from both cards because depending on weather conditions I always attempt to fly the maneuvers that best show the flight envelope of the model for the present weather conditions.

Dennis