expect for the rare occasion, if you come in with that much energy on final glide in a comp, then you screwed up the planning of the final glide
> On 4 Mar 2016, at 11:42 AM, Jarek Mosiejewski <jar...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > There are no low level finished in the comps, the vast majority of comp > finishes are straight-ins which are really long finals. The rest, for people > who have too much energy for a straight in, they are regular circuits. > Most comps explicitly forbid low level, high energy finishes (aka bit ups). > Regards > Jarek > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au>> > > To: > "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > <aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au>> > Cc: > > Sent: > Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:30:20 +1100 > Subject: > Re: [Aus-soaring] Potential dangers in the sport of gliding > > > On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:14 AM, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com > <mailto:slutsw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > It's probable that the > statistics overall are not enough to prove anything one way or > another. > > Well, sure, you could give strong-feelings-and-make-believe a try if you > want, but if you can’t baseline a “before” and “after” picture I’m not sure > how you’ll work out whether or not you’ve advanced the state of the art. > > There have been a significant number of accidents and fatalities in > the last few years during comps which were related a style of flying > which is unique to comps… low finishes. > > Is that a true statement? > > This type of accident is rare or non-existent outside comp flying. > > Is that a true statement? > > - mark > > > Email sent using Optus Webmail _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>
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