srgalahad
Charter Member 2022
Charleville to Melbourne (YBCV - YMEN)
The Race Committee was persuaded to offer a Special Prize for Precision to honour the pilot who is best able to estimate his time to fly the 682.5 nm segment into Melbourne at the conclusion of the Race. To this end the following Rules are presented:
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1. In his/her "I am departing Charleville" 'baton' post each participating pilot shall make a statement as follows:
"For the Precision Challenge my Estimated Flight Time Enroute to Melbourne is xx : xx (hr : min)"
The estimate is Flight Time from takeoff at YBCV to landing at YMEN. No 'edit post' changes are permitted to submit/change an estimate. If an estimate is not included in the original post it will be deemed that the pilot is not participating in the challenge.
2.The estimate must be consistent with the pilot's cumulative Average Speed as shown on the Race Summary (within 5% in time).
ie 682.5/avg speed +/- 5% (eg. 682.5/200kts = 204 minutes (2hr 24min) +/- 10 minutes -- ETE must be between 2:14 and 2:34).
If the participant is ready to depart YBCV before the previous leg is officially recorded the last-shown Average Speed may be used as reference.
3. The beginning shall be when the Duenna Flight Time begins. The end/total will be considered as reported in the Duenna Flight Time.
-- "auto-arm" is recommended but a manual Duenna start/stop is allowed.
The Committee has the right to make a Time Adjustment in the event a pilot is seen to have landed and spent excessive 'delaying time' on the ground prior to stopping the Duenna. In this case the clock will be stopped 30 seconds after the Duenna shows "On Ground" and the time adjusted accordingly.
4. If the segment is flown in more than one leg the measured time is the cumulative total Flight Time.
The Time Adjustment may be made to any or all legs as deemed appropriate by the committee upon review of the Duenna files.
5. Scoring will be done by calculating the difference between Estimate and Actual times and converting this to "Points" with 60 points accrued for each minute of difference.
The lowest point total shall be declared the winner of this Special Prize.
In the event of a tie, the Committee will award the Prize in the order of:
a) arriving early (relative to the estimate) is better than late; and if still tied,
b) the committee will re-calculate the time down to "seconds" and post the resulting "points".
Rob
The Race Committee was persuaded to offer a Special Prize for Precision to honour the pilot who is best able to estimate his time to fly the 682.5 nm segment into Melbourne at the conclusion of the Race. To this end the following Rules are presented:
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1. In his/her "I am departing Charleville" 'baton' post each participating pilot shall make a statement as follows:
"For the Precision Challenge my Estimated Flight Time Enroute to Melbourne is xx : xx (hr : min)"
The estimate is Flight Time from takeoff at YBCV to landing at YMEN. No 'edit post' changes are permitted to submit/change an estimate. If an estimate is not included in the original post it will be deemed that the pilot is not participating in the challenge.
2.The estimate must be consistent with the pilot's cumulative Average Speed as shown on the Race Summary (within 5% in time).
ie 682.5/avg speed +/- 5% (eg. 682.5/200kts = 204 minutes (2hr 24min) +/- 10 minutes -- ETE must be between 2:14 and 2:34).
If the participant is ready to depart YBCV before the previous leg is officially recorded the last-shown Average Speed may be used as reference.
3. The beginning shall be when the Duenna Flight Time begins. The end/total will be considered as reported in the Duenna Flight Time.
-- "auto-arm" is recommended but a manual Duenna start/stop is allowed.
The Committee has the right to make a Time Adjustment in the event a pilot is seen to have landed and spent excessive 'delaying time' on the ground prior to stopping the Duenna. In this case the clock will be stopped 30 seconds after the Duenna shows "On Ground" and the time adjusted accordingly.
4. If the segment is flown in more than one leg the measured time is the cumulative total Flight Time.
The Time Adjustment may be made to any or all legs as deemed appropriate by the committee upon review of the Duenna files.
5. Scoring will be done by calculating the difference between Estimate and Actual times and converting this to "Points" with 60 points accrued for each minute of difference.
The lowest point total shall be declared the winner of this Special Prize.
In the event of a tie, the Committee will award the Prize in the order of:
a) arriving early (relative to the estimate) is better than late; and if still tied,
b) the committee will re-calculate the time down to "seconds" and post the resulting "points".
Rob
