On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:18:44 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
On Monday, November 12, 2012 10:05:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:


Steve Koerner used to have a document describing how to handicap a grand prix race with turn radii on his wingrigger.com website, but I can't find it now.

I just noticed this from a few days ago. I did remove extraneous stuff from the Wing Rigger website. And, yes, I did organize a handicapped Grand Prix race for the Arizona Soaring Association in 2008 and we flew the format again the following year. It was fun and generally successful.

The major issue that I see in Grand Prix racing is the increased collision hazard due to concentrated traffic. A potential remedy for that problem is to run heats that start at 10 minute intervals say. I would suggest heats should be limited to maybe eight gliders. Perhaps heats are organized by pilot handicap -- send the top pilots together in the first heat.

I have just now posted the referenced files that explains how we did it to my box.com account:

https://www.box.com/s/87vn8wl75dx0vuv4583f