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Old July 29th 07, 05:53 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Brian[_1_]
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Default How does Winscore calculate finish altitude?

On Jul 27, 7:14 pm, BB wrote:
In my opinion the clock should stop as soon as the pilot enters the
cylinder. We shouldn't have pilots in the finish cylinder still
racing.


You haven't met enough contest pilots. If the rules change in this
way, pilots will aim to finish one mile out, 50 feet, 90 knots and
then float in to the landing, european-style.

If you don't think people racing inside the cylinder is a good idea,
then what you want is a "hard floor". 499 feet = distance points only.
Now, again, everybody inside 1 mile is done racing, but pilots aim for
500 feet, not for 50 feet.

John Cochrane


That is easily fixed with a penalty that should be in place of
finishing low. The way I have seen it done is to apply a 1 to 2 minute
penalty for each hundred feed low. The idea is to make it more
beneficial to climb than to finish low.

Brian

 




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