At 10:10 PM 12/19/00 -1000, you wrote:
>I'm planning on holding a TD contest sometime next year with a precision
>landing task that will be a "real" test of skill: a 1.5m wide "runway" that
>is 7m long - if the nose of the model stops anywhere in the first 2m it's
>25pts., in the second it's 50pts, in the 3rd it's 75pts. and in the last
>meter 100pts., with a big ZERO for going past the end of the runway or for
>landing "short".
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I think you have it backwards. I have been flying real ones since 1950 and
have 3500 hours flying in everything from a J3 Cub to an F86 and a C130 and
I have never seen a situation where landing long gets a better grade from
my instructor or check pilot. :-) How about 100 points for landing in the
first 2 meters, 50 points for landing in the second 2 meters, and 25 points
for the last 2 meters. Increases the importance of good depth perception
too. Landing anywhere along the length of the runway is a good landing
only for helicopters and VTOL aircraft. :-)
Chuck Anderson
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