As a newly christened LSF "aspirant", I say don't attempt to change from English to Metric measurement -- or the absolute length of the "yardstick". Far too many talented people have already been "measured" (and re-measured and re-re-re-measured -- i.e., Don Harris) against the same yardstick. Anything else is "outcome-based" soaring.
The same thing happened many times over in sailboat racing. People would lobby for a new measurement rule (literal handicap measurement of the boat's dimensions to predict performance against varying size boats) to help them beat the system. It didn't matter in the end, since the true talent always rose to the top, no matter how it was measured. New measurement rules did successfully sell new boats and sails, though! (Sailing is now on its 4th generation handicap rule over the last 30 years.) That's my 0.2 -- Thermals, "Sparky" -- Rudy Siegel, AMA 131126 CD Civis Aerius Sum RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
