Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:23:17 -0700 From: Les Grammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Soaring V1 #4399 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So tell me if you wouldn't mind...how does the 'ascending score' work? You try to make each flight longer than the previous? If it comes up shorter, you start over again, then the person who gets to the highest time wins, or greatest difference between first and 3rd time, or what? Sounds interesting!
At 07:37 PM 10/2/2004 -0400, you wrote:
3rd best ascending score. with a mandatory landing circle. Fly any time till the closing moment.
This is very similar to the HLG 15 second increment type contest in which you keep trying till you are up to the next increment with the exception that here no one tells you where to start nor how big the increment and the two ends are floating all day.
The score sheet is a large piece of plastic near the launch point. Consequently when you come enter your score you can see all the others but you would have to calculate how they were doing by running back through their scores. Usually someone is already standing there doing the same.
Ascending is in time. No scores are thrown out. As time has gone on the strategy of serious pilots is changing. So now you purposefully put in a few moderate scores attempting to make them grow. Then all day you try to continue to make them grow.
At the end of the day we all go back through all the scores and pick out the numbers to give us the third best ascending.
Knowing how it went last year I flew a 621 on my first flight followed later by a 628 but could never get higher so had to fall back on all the low scores that I had made in attempting to get something over the 628. I was sure I would easily be beaten if I did not have a moderate ten minute flight for the beginning of the run. Scores posted 621,171,207,247,216,125,668,140,461. So my ending score was 207.
New pilot had the following string 10,114,90,91,65,80,111,104. His third best ascending score was 90.
Of course you know what happened. The weather changed and a few generous cycles of lift went through but not good enough when I needed it with my moderate skill. Photo of scoring panel is posted on the club site http://archive.downeastsoaring.org/td050104/score.jpg
When the thermals came through many people were able to jump on it because they had their launch system ready. The rest of the time we had a slow relaxed contest with no pressure chasing timers or slots. Most contestants flew more in the contest than they would normally all month.
This fall we are adding a mandatory landing. You must be in the circle to claim the score.
Now if you were perfect you would add the hours from 10.00 till 3.00 in the afternoon and set yourself up for three flights and throw out 30 minutes. That would give you 3.5 hours. So fly the first time for 65 minutes. The second time for 70 . Then your final for 75. Giving you scores of 3900, 4200, and 4500 with a winning score of 3900 but will the weather cooperate?
Questions??
Thankyou for asking.
Rick Richard Hallett Pittsfield ME
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:23:17 -0700 From: Les Grammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Soaring V1 #4399 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So tell me if you wouldn't mind...how does the 'ascending score' work? You try to make each flight longer than the previous? If it comes up shorter, you start over again, then the person who gets to the highest time wins, or greatest difference between first and 3rd time, or what? Sounds interesting!
At 07:37 PM 10/2/2004 -0400, you wrote:
3rd best ascending score. with a mandatory landing circle. Fly any time till the closing moment.
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