Seems to me that if we are going to try to get a series going we ought to come up with some kind of a standard format. Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darwin Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] 1.5 Meter Thermal Contest in Fort Wayne, July 31, 2005 > When I was doing this event up in Michigan in the nineties, we used a max > time limit to keep the event rolling. If more than one person maxed they > each received the max points. This works like a charm because it fosters > fly offs which can be the interesting and entertaining to all. > > I would sometimes use LSF level two tapes for landing points, but this is > not as much fun as fly offs if your dealing with guys that don't wake up > from dreams about their next big contest. I hear Gordy has this problem. > > Wood Crafters has used this event from the beginning and is very popular. > > > Ray Hayes > http://www.skybench.com > Home of Wood Crafters > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darwin Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:22 AM > Subject: Re: [RCSE] 1.5 Meter Thermal Contest in Fort Wayne, July 31, 2005 > > > > An excellent point! What do you think about using landings to > > "shootout" for the winner? > > > > Darwin > > > > Buddy Roos wrote: > > > > >Sounds like a lot of fun!! > > > > > >BUT...There will have to be a maximum time for a round. > > >I've done over 45 minutes from a hand launch with an > > >old Vertigo HLG and have seen many HLGs do over 1 hour > > >flights. What are you going to do if two guys in a > > >round are still up after 30 minutes or more? > > > > > >Buddy Roos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL > are generally NOT in text format > > > > > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
