"BB" wrote in message
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On a strong day the pre-start gaggles may be much higher than the
maximum start height. It would in theory be possible to exit the
rear, perhaps by climbing through the top adjacent to the rear of the
cylinder then bump pre-start gaggles for approx 10 miles without
descending into the top of the cylinder.

Andy

If this is viewed as a problem, we simply limit the option for last-
exit start to disallow flying over the top of the cylinder. (If you do
it, you still get a start, but scored under the old formula. You still
get a score for the day, and you still can start out the top as now,
but there is no advantage to doing it.)

Again, these traffic problems are easy to solve. The big question is,
do pilots want to do it this way? Or do the potential disadvantages in
strong winds, or the "big gaggle" just moving upwind a bit, make it
better to stay with things as they are?

John Cochrane





I see Andy's theory as such a 'non-issue'. What Andy is describing is
exactly the same action that takes place anywhere out on course. And
per his example, the gliders are already separated out into several
thermals, lowering the glider/thermal density.



Simply allow scoring for time and distance from any "exit" from the
cylinder and you have spread out the field as much as they will be
spread out. There will still be the leechers, and some big gaggles.
But we will have mitigated the "one optimal exit point" somewhat. Any
other restriction scenarios force everyone to the "frontmost" or
"windmost" point of the cylinder and the inevitable big gaggles.



My $0.02



Larry Goddard

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