Why the problem of getting 6 rounds in?..

[Del K. Rykert]

Thanks Ed..
    I do start to see a common thread because I mostly fly at local events within 300 miles I have never ran into those problems. Events I've run we normally had a ramrod who made sure the pilots new they were in readybox 1 , 2 , or 3. If we saw their plane and not pilot we would start asking and searching. Granted it does keep everyone on their toes but seems to be what is expected. Some events only have 16 or 18 but others have 35 to 38 and still get 6 rounds in unless weather becomes an issue. Judges are juggled in flight order and judging duties to accommodate a quick rollover to next round of flying as much as practical. That issue is easier to deal with a large balanced turnout and small turnouts there is time to play/waste.
 
                             del 
               NSRCA - 473
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ed Deaver 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:57 AM
  Subject: Re: Why the problem of getting 6 rounds in?..


  Hey Del. The biggest culprit here is:
  1)  The sun, in Alb 4:00 is getting dangerous and in most of the central Tx events, getting started prior to 9:30 is pretty bad and simply flying a sillohette.
  2)  We have had some pretty big contests the past 2 years
  3)  Pilots not being started and ready during the previous flight and landing procedure(doesn't seem like much but 2-3 minutes per pilot/ 15  pilots a flight line and 3-4 rounds equals1.5 hours of wasted time or more on Sat.)

  Sadly however, I've seen it becoming excepted to only fly 5 rounds rather than pushing for 6.

  ed
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Del K. Rykert 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:40 PM
    Subject: Why the problem of getting 6 rounds in?..


    I have read a couple of posts on the list about that leave me puzzled why
    some are not getting 6 rounds in at contests they attend.

        1.) The attendance is so large to not allow everyone a chance to get
    their rounds in?
        2.) Is weather the culprit?
        3.) It is only a 1 day contest?
        4.) Only 1 flight line allowed?
        5.) Restrictive field not allowing flying to start early or fly into
    late afternoon?

        The only times I personally have seen contest decided on less than 6
    rounds was because of weather issues. Even with full rain day still often
    get in 4 rounds.
        TIA for your replies.

                                 del
                   NSRCA - 473


    =====================================
    # To be removed from this list, send a message to 
    # discussion-request at nsrca.org
    # and put leave discussion on the first line of the body.
    #

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20040126/8c67cdf5/attachment.html