SEN 3377

1. Launching Slots in F1B

 

Launching Slots in F1B
From: Aram Schlosberg

Piggybacking is inherent in the FAI static events (B, C and Q). A-flyers must spread out not to line tangle and can tow far away from the flight line. The first flyer that launches risks launching into poor air, the followers of being late or having a collision. When the wind/drift is slanted or parallel to the flight line half the flyers could potentially piggyback. As Chris Stodart has noted – we have eliminated the luck factor in the FAI regular rounds.
B-Flyoff in large contests could include half the flyers. A launch curtailing suggestion by Mike Woodhouse, on SEN 3373, is to grant a B flyer a 10-minute window to wind and launch a model. (Not limited to one motor or one model.) If no model was launched, it would be considered an attempt.

Another piggybacking curtailing idea is to divide the B flyers into two groups. Each group could only launch in a 2-minute window, followed by a 2-minute period the other group could launch. Conceptually, piggybacking in regular rounds could be halved. A late launch is considered an attempt – to discourage cases putting up flights to mark the air for those in the second launch group.
Flyers are divided based on the last digit of their sporting license (odd or even).  The EVEN group, with a BLUE color marker on their models, will have launch windows beginning on the hour, followed by 4-minute steps [0:00-1:59), [4:00-5:59),… ,[56:00-57:59). The ODD group with a RED color marker on their models, could begin flying 2 minutes after the hour, followed by 4-minute steps [2:00-3:59), [6:00-7:59),… [58:00-59:59).

Time will be according to flyers iPhones (switching every minute). In practice, the organizer could display a red/blue flag/marker upwind, taken down 10 seconds before the end of a launching period. (Making time announcements is discouraged.) ///

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Roger Morrell