The OLC gives you 1000 meters of "free altitude" each flight. I believe
the idea behind the 50 point rule is that you should not be able to get
points by doing a sledride from that altitude.

On the other hand, I don't see any harm from giving points for sledrides
-- top pilots like Ramy do not have to worry about competition from
pilots doing sledrides. I don't know why the OLC doesn't give points
for all flights, of whatever length.






On 5/6/2010 3:38 PM, Ramy wrote:
I think 50 points is very reasonable if not too low. This translates
to 6 legs of 10km or less. Anything less than that can not be
considered a cross country flight, just a local flight.

Ramy

Dan wrote:
On May 6, 4:33 am, Tim wrote:
Just went to post a flight on OLC and I am too late only two days
after the flight. When did the rules change from three days to
Tuesday at midnight? If you fly on Monday or Tuesday you must submit
by midnight on Tuesday or not get scored, Very unreasonable change to
the system.

TT

It's been like that - not easy for us in North America - for a couple
of years - 18 Oct 2007, I believe. If you contact Doug Haluza, SSA-OLC
Admin, he can add the flight - you can look him up on the SSA member
locator.

I just cross-checked with the ssa webpage under sailplane racing -
olc, and it says: For help with submitting a claim contact us at
. They are very responsive.

My personal pet peeve is the minimum 50 point score for a flight that
counts - I think 25 is more reasonable, and leads more people away
from their home field... then they're competing with themselves to
increase the score. Darn hard to tell someone a 47 point flight just
doesn't count....

Dan