On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:21:29 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 9:56:16 AM UTC-6, wrote:

"John, When writing the note I realized that the 'joke' was probably lost on today's contest pilots. Given the high median age of glider jockeys, I figured there might be some left who remember this. When turn-point cameras were common in the Dark Ages, we had to go through the start gate for repeat starts inside a start time interval that was set as part of the task. The idea was that an enterprising pilot could not start, fly to the 1st turnpoint, take a picture, return and start again (and go to the 2nd turnpoint). This went away with GPS recorders but not without the contest committee dragging their feet for some years."



I remember those days well, Herb. Helped get me out of last place one day at a contest long ago.



To the Rules Committee:



Forgot to mention this earlier, but maybe it can get done next year. 10.1.4 in the Nationals rules isn't needed any more. This paragraph currently says "Start Opens - at the time of the first launch." Since STI went away with cameras, there is no need to "open the start (gate)" before you "open the task". Likely a source of confusion to Open the Start but not Open the Task in this day of GPS control. If this paragraph gets deleted, it might help in avoiding some confusion. Same paragraph can go away from the other contest rules, too.



I like being able to delete paragraphs from the rules!



Steve Leonard

Thanks Steve, I like to remove stuff too!
QT
Nuevo Piñata aka RC Chair