At 18:30 04 February 2016, wrote:
Interesting concept. Love to try it. Two concerns:

1. Traffic. I've done simultaneous starts in local contests and the
jockeyi=
ng that goes on to be on top of the gaggle when the gate opens can be
excit=
ing. So can the first few thermals as all competitors are stacked in
closel=
y together, rather than spread out over hundreds of feet or more as
occurs
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today when start times are minutes apart.

In UK regionals we do not have regatta starts. Pilots start when they want
to. Human nature is that they tend to end up as regatta starts!