On Sunday, 23 October 2016 10:25:12 UTC-6, wrote:
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Folks we have two sets of rules in every country for soaring. First set of rules is the laws of the land, second set is the FAI competition rules. When we host a world championship here in America, we don't use the cockamamie rules of the SSA, we use FAR's and FAI, in that order. Don't forget that.


The above statement is not accurate. At the 2012 Uvalde Worlds there were specific changes implemented via the local procedures, sorry I do not have a copy nor could I find a copy online, to FAI rules regarding the flight rules that mimicked the SSA rules. Specifically a start cylinder was able to be used, maximum start height was used, and minimum finish altitudes were implemented. I also believe that the maximum turnpoint cylinder diameter was increased but I could be wrong. A custom version of SeeYou competitions was made available for the 2012 worlds.

Ron Gleason
2012 Uvalde Open Class scorer