Good suggestion, Mattew. Simple and logical. But the rule would have to be written so as to prevent someone simply pressing their event button every four minutes...
On 4 Dec. 2017 22:58, "Matthew Scutter" <[email protected]> wrote: > Nothing like some poor weather to bring out the start proposals! > > I like the recent pilot event start proposals. > Background: For your logger to be IGC approved for use in competitions it > must support adding a pilot event - usually a button on the device or > similar. Quite easy on most loggers as per the requirements despite > literally no one having ever used one except in error as far as I know. > > 4 minutes prior to your desired start time, you press the button and log a > "Pilot Event" to your trace which indicates your intent to start. Then 4 > minutes later you make a start. Everyone who sees you starting is unable to > follow unless they somehow saw you logging an event and logged one at the > same time. If you stuff it up you try again. > > 4 minutes is roughly the minimum time at which you'll more or less never > catch someone of similar ability starting ahead of you. > > No balls of glass heading out on task together. > No point congregating in gaggles near the line because you can't follow > other pilots anyway. > No waiting until 5pm to make a start because you want to start just behind > some other pilot. > Now there is some element of skill in choosing a good start time again > rather than the status quo which is, in my opinion, the last pilot to start > who doesn't outland, wins. > > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Allan Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I feel that it is time we moved away from free starts, whether start line >> or start points. I favour moving to a series of GP heats - maybe only 5 or >> so pilots in each heat with a GP start asap after the last pilot in each >> heat has launched. No gaggles, start games or delaying tactics. Each day >> the pilots would be rotated to fly with a different set of opponents. After >> x days, pilots would be split into ranked groups for the ‘finals’. Winner >> of the ‘gold’ group would be the national champion. Pilots in the other >> groups would compete for the first place in their group. >> >> >> On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 at 21:15, Noel Roediger <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Mike. >>> >>> >>> >>> Along time ago I proposed at a Narromine Pilots meeting, after nearly >>> being killed by a pilot playing for sheep stations at the start, there was >>> a better way to go. >>> >>> >>> >>> I don’t think you flew those nats. >>> >>> >>> >>> One of the major problems apparent was too many aircraft converging on >>> one point to start. >>> >>> >>> >>> Solution offered was to limit competitors to 2 per state in each class >>> and each class comp. be flown from separate sites that had the ability to >>> launch 14 sailplanes within a space established in their normal ops. >>> >>> >>> >>> That idea was accepted and I was elected to the sports committee which I >>> attended on two occasions at my own cost with no GFA subsidy to put my case. >>> >>> >>> >>> It was a waste of my time as I couldn’t overcome the egos of WW and RW. >>> >>> >>> >>> Noel. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] >>> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Mike Borgelt >>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 2, 2017 5:12 PM >>> *To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. >>> *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] AAT tasking >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The AAT is seen as a way of mitigating the risks of mid airs in contests. >>> >>> Now let's see: Collision risk goes up as the SQUARE of the number of >>> participants in any one contest. How do we reduce the total risk to find >>> our champions? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Borgelt Instruments *- >>> *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978* >>> www.borgeltinstruments.com >>> tel: 07 4635 5784 <(07)%204635%205784> overseas: int+61-7-4635 >>> 5784 <(07)%204635%205784> >>> mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 >>> P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gliding Australia Forum" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/gl >>> idingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. >>> >> -- >> Allan Barnes. >> 0403-948-928 <0403%20948%20928> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gliding Australia Forum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/gl >> idingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gliding Australia Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. >
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