On Jan 15, 5:54*am, wrote:
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:42:12 PM UTC+10:30, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:29:20 AM UTC-6, Evan Ludeman wrote:

More FAI rules silliness:http://tinyurl.com/aasl8mg

T8

a Rule that creates an incentive for that kind of behavior is pretty silly I think, but I don't see any igc file in the club class mass landout on Day 2 that backs up the story. Perhaps it was a story of what they would've done, or had done at some time in the past.

Disappointing no one seems to actually read the rules these days.
Not only is there no evidence this actually happened, the penalty is 1pt/metre below finish height *NOT EXCEEDING ACHIEVED SPEED POINTS*. Of which you get none for an outlanding, so no harm in finishing below height if it's not possible otherwise. (Sporting Code 3, Annex A, 8.7 "Incorrect Finish")

I recall Rick's post calling it an "unsafe flying" penalty, not a "low
finish" penalty, but I'm not sure.
A lot for a pilot to keep straight finishing a long final glide at
53.00 knots and 20 meters above a busy road.

John Cochrane