Does the FAI think its April 1st?
lauantai 7. lokakuuta 2017 18.15.06 UTC+3 Paul T kirjoitti:
At 13:49 07 October 2017, krasw wrote:
The whole idea of taking one single measurement of one single
sailplane
(re=
presenting type with production run of 300+), in this case done
mostly in
7=
0's technology, for handicap calculation is wrong. We have dacedes
worth
of=
first hand experience flying wingtip to wingtip with these glider
types.
N=
o one in their right mind would say that gliders of similar class and
gener=
ation have widely different handicaps, and gliders of newer
generation
woul=
d not have better performance. Now we have a list that has
examples of
both=
of these anomalies. That is pretty solid proof that something in
the
metho=
d is seriously wrong. The highest level of computer modelling
includes use
=
of common sense to estimate sanity of results. I hope these guys
get there
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soon.
Ditto - why does the IGC handicapping committee or its chairman
not see this? Was there any consultation with competitors this
new handicap list? Would have been the polite thing to do?
IGC handicap list is made by handicap committee. IGC delegates do not get to vote, discuss or even see the handicap list before publication, even if they wanted to. It is totally in the control of committee members.
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