In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James V. Bacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
I have been reading this thread with interest, waiting to see which route you would follow in the US. Might I suggest that you consider looking at the rules that are supplied and actioned during BARCS competitions in the UK. We have been using winches for a while here as well and we have been flying man on man comps for longer so we do have a fair bit of knowledge on the subject. The rules we use in the UK, have proved to be very fair in use, and that is more important than any written words on the subject. There is always the possibility that a line break will occur that the pilot or winch driver has no control over, likewise there will always be line breaks that can be directly attributed to the actions of either pilot or winch driver, deliberate or accidental. Proving that would be impossible so it is best ignored completely. If a line break occurs then the pilot will loose out on some points, tough. An immediate relaunch will not see him too far behind the others and may even work to his benefit if the others have launched into sink. That is simply part of the game we play. We tend to allow any available winch to be used for a relaunch, not just the pilots own personal one. If the pilot deems to use their own after the line has been retrieved and repaired then that is up to the individual. The pilot also has the option to call for a relaunch immediately and land within one minute or attempt to fly out the slot if he/she feels that the air is good enough. Errors in judgement will and do happen, that too is part of the game. Enough of this speech, it is only my own personal opinion. Please, go to the BARCS web site and have a look at the rules they apply to their open competitions, it may just be your answer and is certainly worth a serious consideration. >That is the way it is traditionally done in the OVSS, but where you are >most likely to see line break action is in the last group with the >strongest pilots, and that round is always filled so there will never be an >empty slot to allow someone in. > >Chicago SOAR always restrings its winches with fresh #290 before a OVSS >weekend. > > >At 05:18 PM 5/16/2005, Jim Monaco wrote: >>I suggest that the order of the groups for seeded MOM send the lower >>seeds up first, then if a flight is delayed you get a tougher group rather >>than >>an "easier" group. > >Jim >Downers Grove, IL >Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR >AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net > >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 -- Ron Russell 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
