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Sometimes it is the other way around at local contests.<br>
The smaller size of contests often means there is no time to kick
back and talk to people. With 20 contestants and two flight lines,
you are either getting ready to fly, flying, calling, judging,
judging some more, helping fix a plane or helping out in some way
with the contest.<br>
By the end of the day, I am flat worn out.<br>
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The problem is the two flight lines being run so six competition
flights can be done for all. If you go back to one line then the
flights must move faster. We could:<br>
<ol>
<li>eliminate takeoffs and landings from being scored.</li>
<li>get the next contestant in the air before last contestant
lands.</li>
<li>Try and come up with a couple of qualified judges that are not
competing<br>
</li>
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<p>Many contests fall into a range of 15 to 25 contestants that
would be a lot more fun with such an arrangement. It would be
interesting to get some numbers on the mah consumed per minute in
loitering at low power. Also, having only five flights or flying
later on Sunday would help too. Hmm, might even save a few
midairs!<br>
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<p>On the subject of judging at the Nats and not feeling qualified,
if you are comfortable judging a class at home, you will be fine
at the Nats. For example, if you are flying Masters and have never
judged an FAI finals sequence or unknown but are assigned the FAI
semis, I would expect you to express your reservations to the
chief judge and get your judging assignment changed. That should
not be a problem. The top level of flying in each class is no
better than some of the local contests. It is true that the depth
of talent will probably increase.<br>
Biggest judging problem I see is Sportsman and beginning
Intermediates judging top level Advanced pilots at local contests.
They do not yet have the eye to distinguish all the errors and are
often not familiar with the sequence. leads to massive score
compression. Two flight lines exacerbates the problem as Masters
and FAI are usually on the same line and judge only for each
other.<br>
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<p>John<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/6/2016 9:08 AM, James Hiller via
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">I as maybe
others may not feel qualified to judge</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Calibri">NATS level competition.</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Could the
reduced participation be a result in part to mand</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">a</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">tory judging</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">?</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Calibri">Jim</font></span></p>
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