FAI (IGC) rules for US Club Class Nationals - Petition

So you are proposing not following IGC rules? 3R

I think Guy Byars statement carries wisdom and direction. "The trick is to preserve the spirit and the simplicity of the FAI rules, but at the same time make them a bit more palatable to US pilots."


This is just hilarious. The petition says IGC rules. Period. Metric
units. IGC club class list. 0.5 kilometer turnpoints with no credit
for distance inside (makes it real fun when a gaggle approaches, all
trying to get exactly one fix in the circle), Start line, no starts
out the top, unlimited altitude or limited altitude with no time limit
-- VNE dives out of the clouds. Mandated AT/TAT percentage forcing
assigned tasks into thunderstorms (Uvalde). IGC speed/distance points
with major strategic implications. Team flying. Ground to pilot
communication allowed; better have a team captain to tell you what's
going on. IGC speed/distance formulas. Occasions when it's better to
land in the field next to the airport than finish. And so on.

Ok, at least there is some coherence and clarity to the proposal. But
now, you want to have the "spirit" of FAI rules. For a National
contest at Miffin. In May.

So who is gong to figure out the "spirit"? Just what rules are we
going to be flying under? You want someone to cut and paste together
two rule books, while consulting you for spiritual advice along the
way? Now there's a practical proposal

John Cochrane