On Friday, May 24, 2013 7:44:49 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Friday, May 24, 2013 7:33:39 PM UTC-4, glen wrote:

On May 24, 6:29*pm, Tony wrote: Go around the turn points. Seriously. No wondering if you are close enough to get in the sector, no penalty putting your distance a fraction of an inch short of 300km. Just go around the turn points. You don't want to end up like Hitler and get your gold badge denied. Can I use any airport that's in the faa airport data base for a turn point? Thanks Glen



Be careful of the start if you are doing diamond goal. You must cross a start line at a height that will avoid a distance penalty. You do NOT start from a sector like other flights.

A friend fell into this trap last year. Don't rely on RAS, read the rules or pay the price in lost opportunity.

Good Luck

UH

hmm it's been a little over a year since i had a good read through the sporting code, but the last i remember was that as long as you used the same type (sector or line) for both the start and finish then it was fine.

One real gotcha is if you are using SeeYou or some other program like that....the radius on a start/finish sector is 1 km while for a start line the total length of the line is 1km, i.e. the radius is .5km.

start however high you want but make sure you finish within 1000 meters of that. Much less thinking involved if you go through the start line at or below 1000 meters AGL (for a closed course flight).

and yes, read the sporting code, it is available for download on the IGC website, or through links on the SSA website.