How about zero points for dorked landings?
>From: Jack Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [RCSE] Devaluing landings >Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 15:54:23 -0800 (PST) > >First, I have to agree that the same guys are going to >be winning anyway...well, most of the time. Landing is >part of flying, after all, if you can't land, you >can't really fly. I would like to see landing devalued >to add a max of 10 flight points, or 10 seconds before >a flight score is normalized. I think that would mix >things up in the winners circle a bit more than we >think. There are no landing points in a full scale >soaring competition, except that one has to make it >back to the start/finish to be awarded speed >points...it's a RACE! > >TD competitions are NOT A RACE! They aren't even >distance contests. But still, they should be >thermalling competitions and not landing contests. > >I can see some of the things that might happen, >though, with landing points being totally blanked. >Flyoffs that last through dusk; models lost in a dark >sky; tempers flairing; boy, this gets ugly fast! >Still, there has to be something we can do differently >from our fixed vantage point...and my little pea brain >is overheating trying to come up with something to >make it more of a competition about flying...not >landing. > >We could do a no time limit man-on-man...that could >last for days with 10 contestants...how about a hand >launch style TD contest with 5 minute flight, followed >by a 7 minute, then a 9, then a 12, then a 20, with >the 10 point landing to help settle the >contest...there we go with the landing determining the >winner, again! Well, maybe not. If these were flown in >order, some would be forced to make more flights if >they didn't make their time. If the time wasn't made >on the first attempt, no landing points awarded! That >makes it a bonus for flying well and making your time. > >I'm still new and don't know if this stuff has been >tried...any comments??? > >Gasbag Jack in Conroe, TX > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! >http://greetings.yahoo.com >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
