At 09:13 PM 10/05/2007, you wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2007 19:38:51 +1000, Tim Shirley wrote:
>The Australian handicaps do not conform 100% to the European
>handicaps.
Back in 1981 when the Oz collective wisdom of that time was that
sailplanes could not successfully be handicapped, and some people
went out and did it anyway (Peter Rigby, et al)
The fact that Oz conditions have a higher mean thermal strength than
some European places (just as Carl Herod has different CH factors
for different parts of the US)
is a justification (back then and also now) for having more
realistic comparative factors to suit our prevalent conditions.
But this takes us away from the IGC list already.
So adding glider types that do sit within the Club Class range is
then bad also?
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Emilis,
You expect consistency and common sense from the GFA? The multiclass
isn't run by International rules either as it is handicapped in
Australia, yet people go to the World's from this.
The club/sports division is particularly silly as handicapping works
best in relatively narrow performance bands. So the way it is now
someone with an HP14 will have to fly against ASG29's etc instead of
the Libelle/Cirrus etc that are much closer in performance to the HP.
Is there a procedure for getting gliders put on the International
list, internationally?
Maybe the Sports Class guys would also like to have an international
contest to go to by winning it. Our American friends have a Sports
Class contest. How about a deal with them?
Mike
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