I think whats more curious is why the judging criteria changes from WC to WC? In Poland zeros for snaps were being handed out left and right (I know I had at least 2 or 3 every flight!), in France few if any zeros for what I would call worse breaking snaps than was flown in Poland. Distance was more closely watched in France where in Poland 200+ meters was common. Seems there is a new focus each WC on a specific criteria.
This is what really narks me about F3A, the goal posts seem to
always be changing. I to got knobbled for my snap efforts in Poland, perhaps rightly so. Had I performed the same snaps in France I’m sure I would have been scored. There were lots of pilots out there performing completely illegal snaps, one of them from the UK team no less. Fortunately for our team position he got scored but had he done the same in Poland it would of been zeros across the board.
Can they not just stick to one set of rules!? And what will it be come WC 2007? How are we meant to practice? All you can do is 2nd guess and try and emulate what the top guys are doing.
That being said, I had no problem with the judging for the most part they got it right.
I agree Chad. Above all I think they were very consistent and in the end I think the results reflected how the pilots flew.
Angus