This is a loaded issue, with arguments on both sides. I think Matthew has it about right. Poorly considered rules can yield severely unbalanced results, which is not necessarily to everyone's benefit. Years ago at Kingaroy, with a strong South Westerly, a pilot with a motor glider volunteered to launch first, as a snifter. Conditions being unsoarable, he motored upwind into the lee of the Bunyas and caught the wave. An hour and a half later the field launched into barely soarable conditions and the start gate duly opened. Whilst the field struggled to stay aloft and to get around the course, the snifter simply glided downwind, around the first turnpoint and nearly to the second. The winning margin was spectacular. Half the onlookers thought this was heroic since the rules at the time did not actually preclude it, the other half felt it to be other than in the spirit of the contest. Take care with rules.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Peter Champness <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Ron, > > I wish I was as skilful as you are. > However I definately would not like to inhibit the potential winner who > gets high at the start. That seems to me to be part of the comp. It > does however disadvantage the guy who launches last. > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Ron Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So a guy who is skilfull and astute enough to catch the wave before start >> may as well not bother? >> Why dont we all just go to the comps and rig our gliders and then stand >> around them drinking beer and slapping ourselves on the back?? >> I have won a few races in the old days by noticing that wave was there, >> climbing to 11,000 feet before start. It was there for all to see not just >> me. and I remember one flight at LK years ago where I flew the whole first >> leg of a 300 K triangle in wave, turned the fist TP at about 10 thou and >> only took my first thermal some 20, 30 k before the second TP, three >> thermals later and I was on final glide. start ten mins after the pack >> arrive home 15 before. >> >> Ron S >> >> >> On 13 August 2013 15:51, Adam Woolley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Heard on the grape vine again... >>> >>> >>> Max start height no more than 500ft below convection; and >>> >>> less than 150 kph groundspeed.. >>> >>> >>> Thoughts? Discuss? >>> >>> >>> WPP >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aus-soaring mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To check or change subscription details, visit: >>> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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