June 13, 14, 15 …in beatiful Carlisle, PA!

The Polecat Challenge is the biggest and best handlaunch contest on the East Coast - and the biggest Sportsman HLG contest in the US!

Whether you just got your first handlaunch glider, are fair-to-middlin’ or you are world-class, there is no better place to be in June to fly DLG than at the Polecat Challenge.

2008 Registration is NOW OPEN

50 pilots in 2006, 64 in 2007 in 2007, and 30+ signed up in the first week for 2008! Get registered and get your frequency reserved! Two pilots per channel. Channels already full: 14,16,18,19,21,22,24,25,26,27,28,,30,32,33,34,39,43,44,45,47,48,50,54.

One Day: $25
Three Day: $50

Friday - The 2nd Annual Polecat Pro-Am

The Pros and the Am’s (experts and sportsmen) team up to beat up on each other. Never been to a DLG competition before? Don’t know the lingo? Don’t know the tasks? Piece of cake! Show up a day early and learn and be learned!

Saturday & Sunday - The Polecat Challenge

The Polecat Challenge you know and love… NEW for 2008! By popular demand, the Polecat Challenge is now a 2-day cumulative contest. Saturday is a full day of flying, Sunday is a final 4 or 5 rounds, then the NEW for 2008 12-man Expert AND Sportsman fly-off! The top 6 from each class get to duke it out while your buddies watch.

Pig Roast and Raffle

Saturday Night - All-you-can-eat pig roast dinner with all the trimmings. Moved to Saturday Night by popular demand. And if that wasn’t enough, get your greasy mitts on some great RC schwag during one of the biggest soaring raffles in the US! Ticket sales starting soon.

Raffle

Maybe the largest Soaring Raffle in the US! Tickets are 6 for $25 - no need to be present to win! Drawing held Saturday night! Ticket sales are NOW OPEN! Check out the list of sponsors and swag on the PC2008 Raffle page, or:

Classes & Trophies

Get some wood in one of our 3 classes! One pilot, one class.

• Expert: Pretty much self explanatory
• Sportflyer: For folks with less hard-core contest experience
• Novice: For first-time (or second-time) contestants only!

ALL classes will have daily trophys and be eligible for the overall trophy for the weekend!

What tasks y’all flyin’?

The “official” tasks will be comin’ soon - in the meantime, check out the 2007 Polecat Challenge Rules and Tasks.

You got something to say?

Chime in on the official Polecat Challenge 2008 RCGroups thread:

Polecat Challenge 2008 @ RCGroups Hand Launch Forum

See what yer missin!

Photos from Challenge 2007:

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

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