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Denis wrote:
I don't know which competitions you are speaking about, nor their particular rules. I am refeering to SC3 annex A, where the distance is calculated by the turn point itself, center of the beer can. Do you have a reference for this? How big is the beer can? Look at the agenda of 2004 IGC meeting on www.fai.org/gliding site (I don't know if the proposal has been approved by the plenary, but it is likely because it was a year 2 proposal) . The beer can has a 500 m radius like in Annex A, and 1 km is subtracted from the distance at each turnpoint when beer can is used. Hmmmm...I wonder if I declare a course which is 300.1 KM, and then go fly it by turning each point just outside the point by a few hundred meters, if this means I will be 3 KM short... I suppose for any task it makes sense to tack on a few extra km, and be extra sure to hit the OZ (maybe two tight turns around the point) to make absolutely sure... Still dunno why a beer can was ever introduced for anything... See old threads for arguments on this... -- ------------+ Mark Boyd Avenal, California, USA |
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