Chris,
Your comments are valid though on the two occasions I saw people
launch before the buzzer, they both took the penalty as
individuals and the group flew on. Both realized the error
immediately and came down as quickly as possible for a relaunch,
losing perhaps ten seconds. Notable pilots too, Phil Barnes and
Paul Anderson being the offenders I witnessed. In Phil's case
Dave Condon (CD) came out to verify that the release was early.
Craig.
----- Original Message -----
From: ScrollSander
To: Pat McCleave ; RCSE
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] IHLGF results, Curious
Pat,
I have to respond to your post.
.....
No one ever mentions the real story, just the interesting things.
No one mentioned that Yes, the person hit by a plane was during
launch. It
was a timer that got hit. No one mentioned that pilots walked
in front of
you while you were launching and you had to scamble to avoid
hitting them,
or yell at them to stop walking so you could launch. No one
mentioned that
timing errors occurred and separate timers are needed. No one
mentioned
that when people launched before the buzzer, they brought the
whole group
down when they stated in the rules that the pilots had to come
down and
relaunch as individuals, JUST like sailboat racing, and restart
without the
window restarting.
Yes, a great contest, just the new launches are creating new
issues which
have to be resolved.
I agree with John Erickson, a VERY good contest.
In all, the contest is NOW a landing and groundtime contest
rather than all
flying. NOW the flying is becoming more a qualifier, much like
the the TD
contests. BTW, If you don't throw to 100' plus, you are
sacraficing alot.
Thermals,
Chris Adams
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