2013 USA Competition Rules Published

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 5:16:00 PM UTC-6, Dave Springford wrote:
John,



The accident at the Canadian Nationals cannot be directly linked to the finish procedure. It was an out-landing accident. Please stop using this as justification for higher finishes.

As far as all the information I have, it was an outlanding accident about a mile from a finish ring with no minimum altitude for speed poiints. Of course we don't know what happened, and less what was in this pilots head, but this is exactly the scenario that has happened over and over again when pilots were encouraged to try for "speed points" by doing mac cready zero glides and popping over the fence. (In the szeged case, we know that is exactly what was going on)

The danger in the finish line and rolling finish has nothing to do with the finish itself. The danger, proved over and over again, is that blown final glides in which the pilot decides to land out starting at 300 feet or less lead to crash after crash.