M B wrote:


The only reason the 15meter, 18meter, standard and
world class guys don't win Sports class instead is
pride.
If you cancelled all the other classes at the last
second at some contest, the Nimbus would top the Sport's
class leader board...

According to a friend of mine who has flown his Nimbus in Sports class,
it would be a poor choice. I think he suggested an LS4 would be much
better. Since he is a good contest pilot and did win a Sports Class
Nationals in an LS4, I tend to believe him.

The handicaps do work reasonably well, in my experience, meaning the
winners are generally better pilots than the losers. There is more
"scatter" in the results, of course, because the weather is not always
uniform enough.
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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA