On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 9:18:45 PM UTC-8, Andy Blackburn wrote:
On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 6:39:40 PM UTC-8, wrote:
If this is "soaring," then no external power or induced thrust should be allowed. Start the engine, turn a prop (or turbine, or compressed air jet, or stick an oar out the window or whatever) and you are now a powered aircraft. In competition, the flight STOPS THERE. (Just like the OLC.) No exceptions. If you elect to augment your flight to make it home when getting too low for comfort and do not want to accept a landout, too bad. The scoresheet should reflect that you decided to terminate soaring flight at that point.