On Monday, March 4, 2013 10:24:37 PM UTC-6, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the feedback that the link below was to an old version of the
file on the SSA web site. I have updated the link.
Paul Remde
"Paul Remde" wrote in message ...
Hi Peter,
Yes. The Sailplane Racing Association's Guide to Soaring Competition is the
best resource I'm aware of.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books/SRA/SRA-Guide.htm
Many other excellent free soaring article downloads are available he
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/books.htm#Free_Downloads
Also, reading the rules is highly recommended. They are intimidating and
not very exciting, but not so tough to read as they appear at first glance.
Best Regards,
Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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"Peter von Tresckow" wrote in message
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"John Godfrey (QT)" wrote:
The US Competition Rules for 2013 have been posted on the Rules and
Process page of the SSA website
(http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=6310235857).
You can access the rules directly via these links:
National FAI Class
http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf
National Sport Class
http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf
Regional FAI Class
http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf
Regional Sport Class
http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...ss%20Rules.pdf
Thanks to all who provided suggestions during 2012, participated in the
opinion poll and provided feedback during comment period.
There are no changes from the summary of changes published earlier.
For the committee,
John Godfrey, Chair
Thanks guys, I do have a newbie question. Is there a good resource for
neophyte racing pilots that explains tasks, start procedures, strategies
etc?
I think that may actually help people get into racing.
Thanks
Pete
Charlie Spratt Story: During my very first contest at Uvalde in '90 I sat through the mandatory pilots meeting and when it was time for questions, I asked Charlie: What's a start time interval? When the laughter subsided, he sat there for a while, rolled his eyes, mumbled something about the idiots coming to these meets without having read any rules and assigned someone to me to explain the basics.
In short Pete, just go to a contest and figure it out! At some level we all did that.
Herb, J7