[RCSE] Contest landings

[Denny Zech]

All this talk about landings has my head spinning.  What about 
launching?  Some people launch higher than others.  Is that a true test 
of soaring if you get an advantage right off the start?  ;-)   
Eliminating landing scores except as a tie breaker does nothing to the 
root question.  How did you get more flying time getting rid of 
landings? Don't forget your timer isn't allowed to count down the last 
10 seconds of a flight (a rule broken more often then kept).  Flying man 
on man has resulted in our club getting more flights per contest than 
the open winch rules we used to use. Call up is even worse as you are at 
the wim of the lift/sink cycles. 

Solution is long task times, which also hurts beginners by causing fewer 
rounds flown and the sportsman who only flys 2 minutes of a task is 
going to sit and wait until the next round regardless of how you you score.

Come this weekend to muncie, fly OVSS style man on man!  More important 
have FUN!  I'll be there to fly whatever Tom and Jerry come up with, and 
be happy for the opportunity to finish in the middle of the pack (I 
don't practice launching, landing, or flying enough) and enjoy the 
companionship of 30-40 other flyers who might feel like me, or maybe 
not, but I will be the one with the smile on my face, waiting for the 
chance to accidently bury a group of flyers even if I don't nail the 
landing or the launch

Denny
Almost level III (if only I didn't have to work and could practice more)
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