On Friday, July 18, 2014 7:06:43 AM UTC-7, Steve Koerner wrote:

Yes, collocate with Standard is fine. That creates a good situation for Standard guys that they can know for sure that they will have a contest to fly. If they get 10, they have a Standard Nationals; if not, they can fly in 15m. No handicap.

A little thought experiment.

Four Standard Class gliders flew at the 15M Nationals this year - three D2s and an LS-8 - along with a dozen 15M gliders. Not a giant turnout - particularly without the Standards.

Without handicaps they finished 5, 9, 10 and 12 out of 15 that flew the whole contest. With a 2-6% handicap they would have finished 3, 9, 10 and 12. The size of the handicap within that range didn't make any difference in the placement, but overall it would have meant a podium for WX whose raw score was 6.7% off of the winner's. Nice flying Walt.

The issue is one of some consequence at the top of the scoresheet. How you feel about that may depend on where you sit.

9B