Our "Tour Guide" (used to be called a task setter). Was keen to explore the ability to limit pilots height from start point to first turnpoint, or indeed the complete task.
Reason being
a) Safety focussed to stop pilots on reciprocating headings at high speeds in the wave.
Ie going in to the turnpoint not above???9,000ft coming out knock your socks off up to 17,500ft..
b) Increase the challenge and make pilots use ridges rather than rattleing around the coures at altitude in the wave.
After a number of full and frank exchanges of views and opinions. It shall be done.
Lex has worked out a cunning plan for the scoring system to detect height busters.
With advice from the two SRC attendees penaly regimes have been set.
Bust height limit by up to 500ft, first offence a warning, subsequent offences 25 point penalty.
Over 500ft then you have deemed to have finished your competition for the day at that point :-)
It will be interesting to see how the pilots handle such things. I am sure they will provide some insights to SRC to enable a good set of rules and penalties to be introduced into the next rules rewrite.
For the pedantic this is covered by rule 5.1 (iv) and 5.6
Interesting times ahead:-)
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