New Takeoff/Landing Scoring

[Ron Van Putte]

There comes the time when common sense needs to kick in in any 
situation.  Neither the old rule book nor the new rule book could/can 
cover every situation.  For example, if two pilots at a two-flightline 
contest finish their sequences at nearly the same time, it is obvious 
that they both can't land at the same time.  One often orbits off to 
one end of the field, while others do a racetrack pattern up and down 
the field until the runway is clear.  A strict reading of the rules 
would require zeroing the landing of the second pilot, because he flew 
in front of the judges more times than allowed by the rules.  However 
we didn't do that under the old rule book and shouldn't do it under the 
new rule book.

The strict interpretation of a rule isn't always best.  In the new rule 
book, the pilot is supposed to do two 90 degree turns after takeoff, or 
one 90 degree turn and one 270 degree turn.  However does a 90 degree 
turn require that the airplane's wings be level after the turn?  Is a 
180 degree turn nothing more than two 90 degree turns in which the 
wings do not return to level between the turns?

Ron Van Putte

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