On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 9:58:16 PM UTC-8, Jeff Morgan wrote:
On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 4:50:23 PM UTC-7, Andy Blackburn wrote:

Imagine a scoring system where you get 5 minutes added to your time on course for every minute you run your MOP. If you did a 4 knot climb under power for 15 minutes to get home it would cost you about an incremental hour, so you'd only be inclined to use it when the alternative is landing out.


Easy fix. Since the motor is to prevent the land-out score it this way:

Starting Motor = Land Out.

The benefit is avoiding the inconvenience of the land out. Back to the airport in time for BBQ and beer, hope for better the next day.


Solution = don't ever change anything. Okaaaay.

I think you missed the point. The idea is to not have to score miles versus MPH by avoiding being scored as a landout entirely. The idea of a split between speed and distance points is arbitrary so this would reduce that randomness.

New ideas are initially hard to grasp so people tend to resist them.

9B