[NSRCA-discussion] F3A news

[Scott Smith]

So this applies to all F3 classes (F3A, F3P, F3S, Advanced)?

What was the reasoning for rounding up?

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 3:47 PM, John Gayer via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Not making a lot of sense. If the judge is required to operate in 1/2
> point deductions, why can't the scoring program? I see no point in the
> judge needing to round to full points either up or down.
> Of course, after considering positioning, size, smoothness and grace,
> distance out, etc you will be unlikely to round UP.....
>
> John
>
>
>
> On 1/3/2016 1:35 PM, Verne Koester via NSRCA-discussion wrote:
>
> It's a complete 180 from before. Until now, a judge was required to round
> down. Now we have to round up or let the scoring computer do it. Still
> inferior in accuracy compared to ama scoring in my opinion.
> Verne
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Ed Alt via NSRCA-discussion <
> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> It also means that just one minor infraction doesn't count at all.  It
> only counts when a 2nd minor infraction is observed.  The logic of that
> escapes me.
>
> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Scott McHarg < <scmcharg at gmail.com>
> scmcharg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The purpose is now a minor infraction isn't the same value as a major. You
> can have two minors for the same price as a major. It allows the judges to
> be more accurate in their tabulation even if it is rounded up.
>
> On Sunday, January 3, 2016, Ed Alt via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>> So the first minor error observed is a freebie.  What is the purpose of
>> that?
>>
>> > On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:07 PM, Derek Koopowitz via NSRCA-discussion <
>> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Some said it would never happen… well it did happen at the December
>> CIAM meeting.  1/2 points are now effective in F3 aerobatics.  A special
>> rule provision was made and voted on at the Bureau meeting and the
>> following will become effective this year.  What this means is that for
>> minor errors a 1/2 point deduction is given instead of the “traditional” 1
>> point deduction.  At the end of the maneuver, if the resulting score is a
>> 6.5, the final score will be rounded up to 7.  The judge can do this
>> automatically or can right down the 6.5 and the scoring program will round
>> the number up.
>> >
>> > Questions?
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