On Nov 10, 6:13*pm, 5Z wrote:
On Nov 10, 6:41*pm, Uncle Fuzzy wrote:

Okay. *I'm obviously mistaken about the nature of the FAI Sector. *I
had believed the legs were infinitely long, and haven't found a
reference in the FAI Sporting code that specifies any size for the
sector. *Doesn't mean it's not there, just means I haven't found it
yet. *If you have a reference, please post it. *I didn't claim the
flight for anything but OLC, but would hate to be attempting a badge
fligth and find out only after the flight that I'd blown it!

Go to Options-Observation Zone
then modify waypoint radius to 10 miles and your flight will become
valid.

The FAI sector is defined in photographic terms, so although it's
"infinite", in practical terms it needs to have some limit, and in the
old days it was the resolution of the camera and visibility of the
turnpoint.

If the sector were really infinite, then it would wrap around the
globe such that any declaration could be completed by making a pattern
flight, since one would be in ALL the OZs immediately after release.
Not quite what was intended.

It appears the authors of SeeYou decided to implement the OZ as a
quarter circle with limited, user adjustable radius. *I don't see any
problem with extending this radius to a fairly large size in order to
capture a flight such as yours.

Consider a 50+ km diameter thunderstorm sitting on top of the
turnpoint. *If using a camera to document the flight, you might just
be SOL due to not being abole to see any landmarks at or near the
turnpoint. *B ut with GPS, you just circumnavigate the storm, and
although you may fly several hundred km farther than the declared
distance, at lest you are able to claim the declaration.

-Tom

Thanks Tom!
That was indeed the problem. There's still a ton I don't understand
(like why there is a maximum altitude in the observation zone) but
that's one thing cleared up!
Gotta' love the internet for being able to contact so many people.
There's almost always someone who has an answer!
Thanks again!