Thread: AT, TAT, MAT?
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Old October 13th 08, 11:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JJ Sinclair
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Default AT, TAT, MAT?

Bravo Bravo's giving you his little secret on how to never end up
early.......start home when your computer tells you your 15 minutes
over time and you should never get there early. Usually works, but I
once turned 15 minutes late on a day where I had been flying with M/C
of 2.5 (remember time-to-go changes with M/C setting) Well I started a
100 mile final glideinto what developed into cloud street and I ended
up 10 minutes early. lesson learned, set M/C for expected conditions
on final leg which should have been 4 in the above example.
JJ



noel.wade wrote:
On Oct 13, 1:58�pm, BB wrote:

I hate to even think of mentioning it, but adding 15 minuites to
everybody's time makes this whole business of trying to nail the

John Cochrane


John -

I don't understand - if you add 15 minutes, what's to stop people from
trying to come in 14 minutes and 59 seconds sooner? Doesn't that just
shift the "minimum task time" without affecting the racing (if not,
what's the logic I'm missing)?

--Noel