The 2008 Polecat Challenge is History!

Thanks to everyone who made the 2008 Polecat the biggest handlaunch contest in the US, and one of the biggest soaring contests in the world!

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Raffle Winners

The raffle winners list is up on the 2008 Polecat Challenge Raffle page.

Final Scores

2008 Polecat Challenge PRO/AM Scores (Excel)
2008 Polecat Challenge Scores (Excel)
2008 Polecat Challenge FLYOFF Scores (Excel)
You can also view these on the Live Feed Page!

Continue the conversation…

Over at the 2008 Polecat Challenge thread @ RCGroups. Check out more photos and video clips over there as well…

A selection of 2008 Polecat Challenge photos…

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

More photos from Challenge contestants

Don Betz (Cincinnati)
Tony Merritt (UK)
Leon Morrison (RV)
Frank Dumas (NC)

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 CLOSED!

We’ve got 80+ pilots registered to fly this coming weekend! If you’ve got last minute questions, reach us by phone @ (717) 789-0146.

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

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Photos from Challenge 2007:

Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.

Wanna add some photos? Join the Polecat Challenge FLICKr Group and upload some to the “pool”! They’ll be automatically displayed here.