On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 6:00:06 AM UTC-4, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
At 08:50 14 October 2015, wrote:
Le mardi 13 octobre 2015 14:26:06 UTC+2, a
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Silver distance rules
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The only thing the new FAI rules will create is the necessity for the
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plane to tow the glider some 25 kilometers to the release point
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more expense and a higher risk of an off field landing.
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Tom Knauff

If they really wanted to force one to leave the vicinity of the home
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ld, they should indeed have phrased it "50 km from the airfield of
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e" instead of "from the release point"...

The "Soaring Performance" begins at the Release Point, not the Home
Airfield.

So which is the better performance?:
Tow to the start(release) point.
Or soar to the start point.
UH