On Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:10:47 PM UTC-5, Kevin Christner wrote:
We've heard alot of arguments for and against instituting FAI rules in the US. For the record, I lean towards the FAI rules. If we want to win at the world level we ought to be selecting pilots under the same rules system that they will fly in the WC.



That being said, the recent Junior Worlds showed a major weakness in the current scoring system. From what I can tell from the Soaring Cafe report, the Dutch Team purposely outlanded to devalue the day, resulting in one of the Dutch pilots winning. First, my congratulations to the Dutch team Captain / Coach for this brilliant insight. I have a feeling this could have gone either way, but way to play one to win.



On the other hand, I don't think a scoring system should reward this sort of tactic. And I've heard of (although I can't remember where) pilots finishing straight in, then deciding whether to take a valid finish or the penalty, based on how the points would work out. Chalk this one up as interesting and worth discussion.



http://soaringcafe.com/2013/08/2-cou...esnzo-is-over/



2C

I agree with you Kevin, and I suspect most in the US at least do. I know I've heard a lot of talk about landing out at World and Continental champs to improve your score when discussions about FAI rules come up but I don't know if those were based on actual experience or the theoretical possibility.

I heard that in Argentina, one team recalled their PW-5 pilots in order to prevent the required % of contestants to make it over minimum distance. In that way they prevented the day from counting and helped preserve a lead.