2004 Nat's finals for lower classes

[Tony Stillman]

Another point about the number in the finals.  I finished 13th in FAI, right
behind Raiko.  I would have been the next choice for the warm-up flights.
As it ended up, the 11th place pilot had never flown the finals sequence,
and neither had Raiko or I.  Raiko did go practice it on Wednesday, as he
knew he might be the demo pilot.

My point here is that we took too many in FAI, when those just out of the
finals never practiced the pattern!  The 20% should have resulted in 5 in
the finals.  I could see taking 6, but going to 10 was just too many.

It also results in a very long, difficult day for those judges that sit
through 30 flights!  The idea is to be able to pick the winner, not give
everyone a chance to fly in the finals just because they want to.

However, the big thing to me is changing the number once the event starts.
If we are going to use the 20% rule, THEN USE IT!  If we want a different
number, THEN PICK IT AND STAY WITH IT!


Tony Stillman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Budd" <jbudd at QNET.COM>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: 2004 Nat's finals for lower classes


> >Ron
> >OK
> >Another Question Did anyone who was in the finals, who would have
> >been cut if 20% would have been used this year end up above the 20%
> >group had it been used this year?
> >Just curious
> >Buddy
>
> I did.  I qualified 9th in Masters and finished 7th.
>
> Rusty Fried qualified 10th and finished 6th.
>
> Based on the ~40 entrants in Masters both Rusty and I would have been
> left out of the finals.
>
> Nonetheless, I support the idea of a fixed number, or a % of the
> total entrants, whichever is greater.
>
> The bigger issue is that it needs to be discussed, and decided upon
> in advance of the contest.  When some of the Masters competitors
> inquired as to how many competitors would be carried into the finals
> they were told "at least 8, maybe more".  That seemed to violate the
> most basic of tenents for running a contest which is that you publish
> the rules in advance.  You don't make it up as you go.
>
> So for Masters next year I would propose 8 or 20% of the total
> Masters entrants, whichever is greater.
>
> Jerry
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