BB wrote:
Kilo Charlie wrote:

The fact is that a cylinder finish, followed by normal pattern entry,
is a maneuver that requires far less "judgement" by pilots.

When you talk about a cylinder finish, are you talking about
a cylinder around the airport, and then having pilots come into the
pattern at random directions, or a cylinder or remote point
away from the airport, that brings gliders into the pattern
in an "onramp" style?

John Cochrane

I'm trying to think about this from the Sports Class perspective too.
If I understand it, in Sports Class one chooses their own TPs,
so the pilots can come in from any direction, and a cylinder around the
airport wouldn't seem to solve much in terms of head-on
surprises.

So a remote point or remote cylinder seems like a better answer.
Has this been done in US contests? I am ignorant of what the term
"cylinder finish" means. Is it a remote cylinder or one around the
airport?

I liked the non-US post about remote finish points and how they are
used, just wondered if this had been tried on the US also...

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