[NSRCA-discussion] F3A news

[Dowayne Gould]

To not hurt the feelings of the competitors... :)
On Jan 3, 2016 5:11 PM, "Scott Smith via NSRCA-discussion" <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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
>>
>>
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>> 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
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>> 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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>> *Scott A. McHarg*
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>> Texas A&M University
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