Nope, I MEAN no flight points because you never made the 10 minutes to be able to qualify for any sort of landing. Well..I guess it eliminated landing points too.
Brutal! > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contest Format > From: Jeff Steifel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, January 10, 2008 2:23 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: "RCSE (E-mail)" <soaring@airage.com> > > I think you meant zero the landing points, not the flight points. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jeff Steifel 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
