2007 US Contest Rules Poll and Meeting Minutes

On Dec 19, 6:23 pm, Chip Bearden wrote:
Like Hank said, you get the most advantageous score. Rules aside
though, I would hope any CD who saw this maneuver either in person or
on a trace would slap the pilot with a huge unsafe flying penalty.
Lots of gliders are finishing, and you can't see the guy behind and
above you who you just pulled up into -- and he can't see you either.
This isn't just theory. I have had a glider dive over the top of me
right at the finish cylinder, missing by 20 feet -- good thing I
didn't do any pulling up, or I wouldn't be here writing right now.

BB,

Wow, sounds like this whole finish cylinder thing is pretty dangerous!
And way too complicated to be thinking about at low altitude when we
should be focusing on flying the glider. Better to just aim at the
good ole finish line. No calculations to consider. You can actually
SEE it! Everybody tries to cross at about the same spot going in the
same direction. And if you're marginal, everyone knows you're landing
straight ahead whereas if you just nick the cylinder floor, you're
still flying who knows where? I think we should revisit this. There
was a theory I heard about: KISS...

It's snowing here. Again. On top of the frozen sleet. Which is on top
of the snow. Which is on top of the ice.

JB

Now if we can do something about the unreasonable start cylinder
penalty. Most I have seen are nearly 150 points if you are not in the
cylinder for the full 2 minutes. On a three hour task this is equal
to about a 27 minute penalty.

Tim