Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
Anybody want to write a dynamic handicapping system ... something
that
would take all the flight logs from a contest to analyze task length,
thermal strength, height and working band, spacing, wind strength
(all
by time of day) ... and come up with a 'fair' handicap for the day.

KK

The Soaring Society of South Africa has come up with a dynamic handicap
system. It is based on three senarios - weak, intermediate and strong.
The senario applied will be based on the top speeds of the day. The
whole system is normalised to the ASW 20. An example of how it works is
that an ASW 17 will fly off a handicap of 109% to the ASW 20 on a weak
day but only 102% on a strong day. An ASW 27 will fly of a 106%
handicap to the ASW 20 on a weak day but 113% on a strong day. The
system is still very new but has been used in the last Nationals and at
the Gauteng Regionals and will be used at the North West Regionals at
the end of this month. More details can be found on the SSSA website
(sssa.org.za)

Clinton
Lak 12