The reality of this part of this thread is that some people are not contest oriented and that is great. John admits that he only went to contests to use the equipment. Our club has 80+ members of which only 20-30 are serious contest pilots. That is OK - in fact it's great. What is not great is when an admitted non competition pilot trys to tell competition pilots what they should be doing. There is room for everyone under the tent. We fly comps 2 times a month (including HL. The rest of the days at our great field those NOT interested in comps can fly 'til their batteries die. The comp guys are the ones that maintain the club equipment. But anyone can use it. No problem there. If you want to fly more in a "semi-competitive" event - then organize a funfly that YOU would like. If there are others that feel the same, they will come. This is not about exclusion, it's about doing what floats your boat.
All of our Comps are MOM. It is the fairest format and as for reading air - anyone can launch when they see the hawk, or when the club big dog launches and everyone runs to the winches. The real air reading is when you do it on demand. When you are called up to the winch and your job is to get more air than the guy next to you. The strategy is: do you cover to stay close?, or go stroking out by yourself towards that read you had over the highway to clobber the rest of the group, "Hero or Zero"? It doesn't matter what kind of contest there is - if it's big air - it's a landing contest - ya better practice landings. So we do not need to disagree, do what's fun for you. No one is trying to tell anyone else what their fun factor is. This thread is about a contest format that some people think would be interesting to a large group of people. If it is not - it won't fly. I think it is a good idea. My "opinion" is that more rounds is mo' better when I travel to a contest - it don't matter what the format is. For example, I go to the SW classic every year. As Chuck says - a lot of this event is socializing, where I disagree, is that there should be little reason not to fly until 4-5pm on Sat instead of being done around 2 as usual. With 200+ pilots there is plenty of time for socializing between rounds and after. Mo rounds is Mo Better - but that's just MY opinion. Jim Jim Monaco Rocky Mountain Soaring Association Denver, CO http://www.rmsadenver.com -----Original Message----- snipped 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.
