> > > Well Marc, > (IF the whole name of the game) is reading and playing the air as > you > see it without information from an outside source, then perhaps > there > should be a ban on receiving information from your timer. No more > eyes > in the back of your head, no more coaching of student pilots while > flying > a contest round. What about having the best glider on the field? > Is it > fair? Then of course there is the skeg issue. I really think the > telemetry issue should be left alone. If someone thinks they are at > a > disadvantage, then they should acquire the advantages that keep them > at > the top. That is why we like our molded contest ships with > computer > radios over the old gas bag polly ships, isn't it? In my opinion, > it's up > to the pilot to use all of the resources to his best ability. That > includes many things. Like aircraft set up, radio programing, skill > in > reading air, your flight plan before launching, launch technique, > then > being able to think on your feet while flying your round using > every > thing available to you. > I think it's very hard to define a level playing field. Someone > can > always pick apart your definition. > Let technology live on. > What else would you expect from me? I like the Picolario. > > Mike Remus > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:27:10 -0500 "Marc Gellart" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > In talking with a few fliers in the past few weeks, and > specifically > > a pilot > > that has been using a Picolario this past season, the proposal has > > > been > > brought up by this pilot, should OVSS allow telemtry to be used in > > > our TD > > contest in 2004? He said that he feels like he has a significant > > > edge over > > someone with out it and particularly when way out or over his head > > > he knows > > what exactly is going on and he knows you probably do not. Your > > thoughts > > are being requested. > > I am not into squashing techno toys, but the whole name of this > game > > is > > reading and playing the air you have as you see it and what you > and > > the ship > > can do with it, does a Picolario or like toy give a flier undo > > advantage? > > > > Give me your thoughts... > > Marc > > > > > > > > > Mike Remus > V.P. LOFT Glider Club > Fort Wayne IN > LSF 5 #112 > Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Dream Lofty dreams! > ----__JNP_000_7c0f.41e1.4b82 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=3Dcontent-type > content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> > <BODY bottomMargin=3D0 leftMargin=3D3 topMargin=3D0 > rightMargin=3D3> > <DIV></DIV> > <DIV>Well Marc, </DIV> > <DIV> (IF the whole name of the game) is reading and playing > the air = > as you=20 > see it <EM>without information from an outside source, </EM>then > perhaps = > there=20 > should be a ban on receiving information from your timer. No > more = > eyes in=20 > the back of your head, no more coaching of student pilots while > flying a = > contest=20 > round. What about having the best glider on the field? > Is it=20 > fair? Then of course there is the skeg issue. I really > think = > the=20 > telemetry issue should be left alone. If someone thinks > they are= > at a=20 > disadvantage, then they should acquire the advantages that keep them > at the= > =20 > top. That is why we like our molded contest ships with > computer= > =20 > radios over the old gas bag polly ships, isn't it? In my opinion, > it's up = > to the=20 > pilot to use all of the resources to his best ability. That > includes = > many=20 > things. Like aircraft set up, radio programing, skill in > reading air,= > your=20 > flight plan before launching, launch technique, then being able to > think on= > your=20 > feet while flying your round using every thing available to > you.</DIV> > <DIV>I think it's very hard to <EM>define a level playing > field.</EM> = > =20 > Someone can always pick apart your definition.</DIV> > <DIV>Let technology live on.</DIV> > DIV>What else would you expect from me? I like the > Picolario.</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> Mike Remus</DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:27:10 -0500 "Marc Gellart" <<A=20 > href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>> > writes:<BR>> = > In=20 > talking with a few fliers in the past few weeks, and specifically > <BR>> = > a=20 > pilot<BR>> that has been using a Picolario this past season, the > = > proposal has=20 > <BR>> been<BR>> brought up by this pilot, should OVSS allow > telemtry = > to be=20 > used in <BR>> our TD<BR>> contest in 2004? He said that > he = > feels=20 > like he has a significant <BR>> edge over<BR>> someone with > out it = > and=20 > particularly when way out or over his head <BR>> he knows<BR>> > what=20 > exactly is going on and he knows you probably do not. Your > <BR>>=20 > thoughts<BR>> are being requested.<BR>> I am not into > squashing = > techno=20 > toys, but the whole name of this game <BR>> is<BR>> reading > and = > playing=20 > the air you have as you see it and what you and <BR>> the > ship<BR>> = > can do=20 > with it, does a Picolario or like toy give a flier undo <BR>>=20 > advantage?<BR>> <BR>> Give me your thoughts...<BR>> > Marc<BR>>=20 > <BR>> <BR>> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV>Mike Remus<BR>V.P. LOFT Glider Club<BR>Fort Wayne IN<BR>LSF > 5=20 > #112<BR>Dreams are the seedlings of reality. Dream Lofty=20 > dreams!<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > ----__JNP_000_7c0f.41e1.4b82-- > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > >
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