Good points Daryl, Another example is F3J, where we are measuring time to the hundreths and nearly every competitor lands 95+ (with no skegs :) ). Check out the stats from the Worlds. There is talk of dividing the points between 90 and 100 to provide more discrimination. Landings are the only thing discriminating the leaders.
There are lots of options to modify the tasks - shorter lines, longer times, different landings, each of which has it's own warts. The tasks as they have evolved are generally fair and accepted. This does not mean there is no room for change, just that one needs to understand the effect of the change on the game... and it is just a game... Jim --- Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gotta be careful here guys. When trying to > de-emphasize landings, we usually make some other > aspect of the task hyper-critical. > > John, you're right on the money. Tim, doesn't sound > like you're a contest flyer. Guys who fly to 9:46's > don't win contests where I'm from. > > Tim, in your scenario.... let's assume rounding: > > A 9:59.49 100 point landing loses to a 9:59.50 0 point > landing. Is this fair? You've overemphasized the > timer, his thumb, his ability to stop the clock right > as the plane touches the ground, etc.... > > I remember a contest up in No Cal. It was a huge in or > out landing. I hit the ground exactly as my timer said > 0. Unfortunately, he wasn't looking at his watch as he > counted down, and I was off time. > > Another contest in Riverside. It was a 2 day. Same > deal, they tried to de-emphasize the landing. The > spots were super small, and the best you could do was > a 5 point landing bonus. The hit for time was more > than 5 points per second. I decided to never even try > for a landing. I won that w/e without ever getting a > landing. Or trying to. > > Our contest formats have evolved I think to be a > relatively fair way of judging our soaring/energy > management skills. The only problem is we haven't > lengthened the tasks to keep up with the increased > performance of our models. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > 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. > > 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.
