Day 1 of 2 for the Fritz Bien Memorial Soar.
The Fritz Bien Memorial Soar-In (August 23-24) is now an electric launch ALES contest, and we especially want to encourage participation from pilots who are flying older or smaller planes.
To promote that, in addition to the usual 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards, we will have a Handicap Champion award. Only pilots flying non-composite planes will be eligible. Handicapping will be by plane size and construction. Woodie fliers and Radian pilots take note!
Handicap Champion Award 2025 1
| Construction | Bonus Per Round | Example |
|---|---|---|
| All Foam, under 2.5m | 60 | Radian |
| All Wood, under 2.5m | 100 | Oly II |
| Wood/composit spar or Dbox, under 2.9m | 50 | Yellow Jacket 2.5M |
| Wood/composit spar or Dbox, 2.9m and up | 0 | Yellow Jacket 3M |
Composite planes are not eligible for the Handicap Champion Award ↩︎