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
=
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?