ORIGINAL: flywilly
FAI F3A Box Distance Table
Distance | Distance | Time across box
from pilot | across box | in seconds
Meters Feet | M | Ft | @60mph | @75 | @100
150 | 492 | 520 |1707 | 19.4 | 15.5 | 11.6
175 | 574 | 606 |1990 | 22.6 | 18.1 | 13.5
200 | 656 | 693 |2275 | 25.9 | 20.7 | 15.5
225 | 738 | 779 |2557 | 29.1 | 23.2 | 17.4
250 | 820 | 866 |2843 | 32.3 | 25.8 | 19.3
Cheating at 200 gets you 5 secs extra time which is a lot when you think about it, but the real question is what does the community want to do about it. Personally telling the difference between 175 and 225 seems to be impossible so the only answer to me would be to have a line judge that degrades for distance. Is it worth it? Is there some other possible answer like awarding points for close in straight flight? Have I started a discussion that is pointless?
Joe