USA 2010 Competition Rules Committee Minutes Posted

On Dec 16, 5:38*pm, John Cochrane
wrote:
Anyone care to provide a good explanation of the new 'long landout vs
early finisher' scoring rule?

TA

Take a look at the poll, question 4, which tries to explain it all
compactly.

http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2010...inion%20Poll%2...

Come back if that isn't clear

John Cochrane

There is a scenario I can't quite figure under the new rule. Say ALL
the finishers are MT15 and very short distances but a bunch of pilots
were able to rack up long distances but not get home. This can happen
with big weather systems moving through. The choice you have is stay
close to home so you can finish and risk a short flight or follow the
good conditions on the chance that you'll be able to get back home
later. I think under the new rules you might make the bet that none of
the long flights finish, but if even one of them succeeds it radically
changes the scoresheet because all the short finishers see their
scores cut down dramatically as BESTDIST goes dramatically up. Also
all the long non-finishers would see their scores go up if even one of
them gets home. It also potentially gets tangled up in devaluation
depending on the ratios.

I guess versus the old system it gives you some additional incentive
to be the hero and get around on a long flight even in dicey
conditions.

Any insights?

9B