Chuck,
As usual you are right on the money, I met Frank, way back when, when Dave
South and I were running over the country side, doing contests. I met him in
Huntsville, Al.
We in Cincinnati Started, our club around Triathalon, Many years ago.
Jack
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 10:42 AM
> To: James V. Bacus
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RCSE] Triathalon
>
>
> At 11:31 PM 10/17/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >>The format was this weird Triathlon thing that forces you to take a
> laptop to
> >>the flight line to figure out what to do :-) They explained it
> and mostly
> >>what I got was 2's are better than all 3's and some 5's and 4's
> are better
> >>than 5's and some 7's and 6s are better than 7's and most 9's
> but that 10
> was
> >>univerally good :-)
> >
> >
> >It's easy enough to figure out, and you really have to know your
> >limits... 8-) Even times rule! Landings are critical.
> >
> >The only thing I don't understand is why it is named Triathlon?
> >
> Nothing weird about Triathalon. It's an event that is 60% duration, 20%
> precision, and 20% landing. It was designed by my good friend,
> Frank Deis,
> after he won the 1975 SOAR Nats and was based on the 10 and 2 event flown
> that year. One minute into the flight, the contestant had to determine
> whether the flight was to be a 10 minute duration or a two minute
> precision
> flight. The SOAR Nats flew 3 rounds a day for 3 days and the contestant
> had to have 4 rounds of 10 minute and 4 rounds of 2 minute precision. The
> 9th round could be used to refly any of the previous rounds, however the
> contestant had to declare which round was being reflown and the new score
> replaced the old score. Frank stood on his 8 rounds, however some flyers
> right below him dropped down a few places when they opted to
> refly a round.
>
> The 10 and 2 format was not practical for a 1 day contest where only a few
> rounds were flown so Frank combined them into what is now known as
> Triathalon. It was a good way to cut down on the luck factor in the days
> when the limited number of available frequencies required the use of a
> callup list. Triathalon is less of a challenge now that we have enough
> frequencies to make open winch contests practical.
>
> Triathalon is actually the easiest of the tasks to fly. On the odd
> minutes, you only have to decide if you can fly 3 more minutes. If not,
> then land in one minute and get a good landing. Just do as I
> say, not as I
> do. :-)
>
> Since the event was three task rolled into one, Frank named the event
> Tri-Task- A-thon and eventually shortened it to Tritalon. This
> was quickly
> changed to Trathalon by others who did not know the origin of the word.
>
> I like to think I helped Frank developed Triathalon. He was the
> writer who
> did all the work and I was the critic who said it would never work.
>
> Chuck Anderson
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