I hope you meant zero the landing points, not flight points.
Here on the east coast, and certainly at the NATs, there have been days
where even the top guys will miss a flight. Zeroing a flight is
ridiculous if you don't make the 10, because even those guys would miss.
I assume you are talking west coast give me a thermal and I can't come
down air.
Not the variable stuff that the midwest and east coast can get.
Start a day off with 5mph and get up to winds that knock over the
Shitter.. Not everyone will make their time, including the leaders.They
will/may drop them. Zeroing a flight... what if everyone zeros a flight?
Zero the landing? Still not convinced...
Why not just adopt the FAI standard? Why do we have to do it different
then the rest of the world.
Use the f3j format with winches,and the U.S. might wind up winning the
worlds.
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Why not just have everyone fly for 10 minutes to qualify for a landing
attempt with 1 meter concentric divisions like f3J. After all, isn't
that what it's about? Why not give bonus points for landing if they are
within 2 seconds over the time. If they are short of 10 minutes then
zero flight points.
Isn't that what all the top experts do in each contest.
If you can't make the time, what makes you think you are good enough to
get landing points either?
BTW, DLG contests do MOM all the time.
The thought pattern is TOTALLY different in DLG contests. There is a
set task, either you make it or you don't. The only thing I constantly
hear is how many points did you DROP, not how many points did you
achieve.
This is not basketball, it is more like Golf. The course is rated and
you know the task (par value) and you are being measured on what you can
or cannot achieve.
Chris
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