Mal.com wrote:
http://www.fai.org/gliding/


Turn Point: A way point between two LEGS of a flight.

Well, neither a start point or a finish point are between two legs of
a flight.

Free distance using three turnpoints:
The turn points must be at least 10 kilometers apart and
may be claimed only once.

Aha...1.4.4 Distance performances for badges and records
b. DISTANCE USING UP TO THREE TURN POINTS
The turn points must be at least 10 kilometers apart and may be
claimed once, in any sequence, or not at all.


Note that the start and finish points are not turn points
unless specifically declared as such.

http://www2.onlinecontest.org

"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
news:41eed39c$1@darkstar...
So as far as I understand it, if you have a nice linear
feature you want to fly back and forth along, you can fly
back and forth twice (4 straight legs total) and that's
it. Pick two turnpoints 250km away, and then fly
there and back twice.

S 1
2
F 3

--------------------------250km----------------------

Now Marc, I'm pretty sure that 1 and 3 must be
10km apart, right? But Start, TP2, and Finish
could all be the same point, right? I think the
rules say that turnpoints must be 10km away from each
other, but start and finish points are NOT technically
turnpoints, as I read it.

If you want to be safe from freaky interpretation,
I'm sure you could just make S, 2, and F 10km apart also

Does this kind of course mesh with what everybody else
thinks? Anybody think it's wrong?

In article ,
Marc Ramsey wrote:
Stewart Kissel wrote:
I know someone out there in cyberspace has this answer....

If one declares TP's in the air, or post task...can
this flight qualify for a 1,000k diploma? Or do I
misunderstand the 3 Free rules?

How would that differ from the Diamond Distance requirements?
Or does it differ?

No, you can't declare turnpoints in the air for a 1000K diploma, as it
is a "distance" task, not a "free distance" task. What you can do for
the 1000K (and/or Diamond distance) is declare up to 3 turnpoints before
takeoff, plus start and/or finish if desired, then during flight claim
none, 1, 2, or all 3, in any order. Your distance will measured from
the start point, around any turnpoints in the order claimed, to the
finish point (which needn't be the declared finish, if there is one).

Marc


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