On Aug 24, 7:13*am, Papa3 wrote:
On Aug 24, 8:20*am, Spam wrote:

Hi,

I'm hoping to go after a state triangle record for sports class.
Obviously the speed would be handicapped....but is the distance
handicapped as well???

Yes. * The order in which the calculations are performed is:

- * Calculate nominal distance (non-handicapped distance)
- * Multiply nominal distance by CH handicap factor (resulting in the
handicapped distance) which determines the distance category (100K,
200K, 300K, 500K, etc.)
- * Divide the handicapped distance by the time to obtain speed.

So, if you are flying a glider with a 1.1 CH handicap, then you can
fly (for example) a triangle of 273 km which would be a handicapped
300K.

Erik Mann
SSA Badge and Record Committee

Not specific to this question, but note that the State Record Keepers
Evaluation checklist is out of date regarding the general distance
evaluation margin.