Junior World Championships - FAI Rules Absurdity

On Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:10:47 PM UTC-7, Kevin Christner wrote:
We've heard alot of arguments for and against instituting FAI rules in the US. For the record, I lean towards the FAI rules. If we want to win at the world level we ought to be selecting pilots under the same rules system that they will fly in the WC.



That being said, the recent Junior Worlds showed a major weakness in the current scoring system. From what I can tell from the Soaring Cafe report, the Dutch Team purposely outlanded to devalue the day, resulting in one of the Dutch pilots winning. First, my congratulations to the Dutch team Captain / Coach for this brilliant insight. I have a feeling this could have gone either way, but way to play one to win.



On the other hand, I don't think a scoring system should reward this sort of tactic. And I've heard of (although I can't remember where) pilots finishing straight in, then deciding whether to take a valid finish or the penalty, based on how the points would work out. Chalk this one up as interesting and worth discussion.



http://soaringcafe.com/2013/08/2-cou...esnzo-is-over/



2C

Really (FAI vs. US Rules)? Are we doing this again

Seriously, most US pilots have not flown an FAI contest. In that case don’t let those against FAI rules or FAI proponents influence you. Fly an FAI contest and decide for yourself. You’re likely to find no rule set is perfect and claims either way have been exaggerated. However, you may prefer one over the other.

Next year you can fly a high level Category One FAI event in Chilhowee. The 1st Pan-American Gliding Championships will be in Tennessee from August 25th to September 7th. Buy or borrow a Club Class Glider. See you there.

Sean R Franke

http://www.fai.org/igc-events/igc-ev...alendarId=9180