At 18:02 30 January 2018, jfitch wrote:
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 8:40:35 AM UTC-8, Karl
Striedieck wrote:
As for the worry that a low save gives the pilot an advantage on
the
scor=
e sheet, forget it. Such events eat up a lot of time and result in a
back
p=
age score.=20
=20
Karl Striedieck

On a day when most people can stay high, true. On a day when
only a few
mak=
e it home, not true. In a contest where that day determines the
winner, a
s=
ingle low save can determine the winner.=20

That's why a scoring change might be able to accomplish the same
goal:
thro=
wing out the low day score, or the high and low score of each
contestant.
C=
onsistency counts for more, and would influence behavior some
too - if a
gu=
y is at 500 ft and struggling he will just think, "I'll throw this one
out"=
and execute a safe landing.=20

I'd like to think there is some middle ground between complete
proscribed
f=
light and the notion that making it back with all your blood inside
and
you=
r heart still beating is defined as a safe flight.


George Moffat and the sailing crowd have always proposed to drop
both the individual pilot's best and worst days because "that's what
they do in sailing". You might be able to do that in a Grand Prix
format where each day counts the same. I don't see how we can do
that as long as we have devalued days. A pilot can be a day winner
on a very difficult 600 point day, and be forced to drop his
day win because all of the other contest days weren't devalued,
even though he had another day where he only got 850 points
compared to that other day's winner?

Please tell me how you propose to make that fair?? I can't see it
being done without a total overhaul of the scoring system.

RO