Am 19.10.2010 19:13, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 10/19/2010 9:53 AM, robert hunter wrote:


That surely shows that tows are within the 15km exclusion. But I
would still like to see the source. Greg, any reference to the OLC
rules themselves, or other, to get the wording? The only doc. I find
is "Friday, October 15
OLC 2011: Foresight into future!"


I think that may be the only source. I don't see this in the rules, but
I could be looking at the wrong place.

From RULES OLC League 2011 (12.10.2010)
....

4.5 Start Circle

Before the sprint departure point, the powerless flight must begin
within, or pass through, a cylinder with a radius of 15km centered on
the take-off airfield.
....

The reason for this rule is obviously the multiple complains from
participating pilots, (IIRC mainly from Germany) that in the German
"Bundesliga" speed competition it became popular amongst powered glider
pilots to motor into the good weather, start the 2.5h speed task and
eventually glide or motor back to the airfield of their departure, while
pure gliders were not able to achieve this when departing from the same
ore equivalent airfield.

Now with the new rule we suspect the motorglieder pilots will just motor
to an airfield near the good weatrher region, do a quick touch-and-go
there and then start their task within the 15km range of that (new)
starting airfield. This will again be impossible to achieve for pure
gliders.

All in all IMHO a totally silly rule. But as the OLC rules are not
discussed with a larger group of pilots, nor with the German DAeC, we
see no easy way to take influence.

Maybe we will have to start another competition sooner or later...
--
Peter Scholz
ASW24 JE