Scoring Discussion

The trackers were usually delayed 15 minutes. Early on, for the first several racing tasks, it was 10. Then they seemed to stay with 15 minutes. JG may have more info from a team captain perspective regarding any debate around this. Several teams were rumored (unconfirmed and kept fairly secret) to have some level of Flarm radar. We utilized the delayed tracker info as much as we could (Team USA) but didn't have any functioning flarm radar for the event. I'm fine with that as it's a massive PITA for JG to manage and he had a huge amount on his plate just as the team Captain (he did a fantastic job). If we did this function in the cuter it would require additional team man/woman power. The whole thing is silly really. They should just make all gliders carry trackers and then make it live (to diffuse the flarm radar advantage). This was supposedly discussed at some level (rumor). But community level live tracking, from the team tactics perspective, will just lead to more start gaggles. Sure, it would make it really fun for spectators. I have no real opinion about what's right "ethically" anymore, but it is a little annoying and depressing since we (team USA) were at clear disadvantage if some teams had some form of sophisticated high function with flarm tracking, etc.

Sean

On Monday, January 23, 2017 at 5:49:20 AM UTC-8, wrote:
The trackers were usually delayed 15 minutes. Early on, for the first several racing tasks, it was 10. Then they seemed to stay with 15 minutes. JG may have more info from a team captain perspective regarding any debate around this. Several teams were rumored (unconfirmed and kept fairly secret) to have some level of Flarm radar. We utilized the delayed tracker info as much as we could (Team USA) but didn't have any functioning flarm radar for the event. I'm fine with that as it's a massive PITA for JG to manage and he had a huge amount on his plate just as the team Captain (he did a fantastic job). If we did this function in the cuter it would require additional team man/woman power. The whole thing is silly really. They should just make all gliders carry trackers and then make it live (to diffuse the flarm radar advantage). This was supposedly discussed at some level (rumor). But community level live tracking, from the team tactics perspective, will just lead to more start gaggles. Sure, it would make it really fun for spectators. I have no real opinion about what's right "ethically" anymore, but it is a little annoying and depressing since we (team USA) were at clear disadvantage if some teams had some form of sophisticated high function with flarm tracking, etc.

Sean

Not just FLARM tracking, but Livetrack24 is available with little delay. Contests use the delay to prevent their official site from being used to leech.
Jim