I'm taking notes. We'll have to try this out some weekend and see how it works.
Thanks Steve and Joe - Rob Glover > > > It does sound interesting enough to try. It would be easy to make a tape > with 10,9,8,7,.... > What kind of measurement breakdown? Using the "goofy" English system means > we use 5% for each 6 inches? 10 foot radius circle. Too big? > or > Metric: 5% per decimeter, 2 meter radius circle. I like how that sounds. > > Maybe next year. Winter is approaching fast. > Next time I get volunteered to be CD, look out. > > > Steve Meyer > > > At 09:02 AM 11/4/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I am starting to hear a lot of good ideas pop up on how to freshen up the > >TD format. I'd like to make one quick point - a CD at an AMA contest has > >the option to adopt pretty much any changes as long as it does not > >negatively effect safety. Of coures the CD needs to let folks know about > >changes in advance if he doesn't want to get lynched (or maybe winched). > > > >I really like the way that this one sounds. You might see it get tried out > >somewhere that I CD. Blame that Joe Guy. > > > >Happy trails - Rob Glover > > > > > ... > > > > > > As a quick revisit, how about making the max landing (the normal "100") > > > worth exactly 10% of the flight time? If you get an 80 on the tape, > > you get > > > an additional 8% of your flight time, etc. The scoring process would then > > > be: > > > > > > Raw score = (flight time in seconds) x (1 + landing/1000) > > > Flight score = 1000 x (Your raw score)/(Max raw score) > > > > > > This assumes that the max landing points is 100. > > > > > > This would answer your point, and still capture the > essence > > > of my point. > > > > > > Joe RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
