ORIGINAL: ChazM


My comments on your post are in Bold/Italics.

Isn't it true that the POINT SPREAD at the end of static judging is what is hard to overcome in the flight scores, not the placement? NOPE, If you mean the spread between, say, 1st and 10th “static place”. It’s one’s static score delta that is hard to overcome with flight scores.

If the first place static is 99 and tenth place static is 97, then that tenth place guy (or gal) has to make up 2 points. Nope. He has to fly 6+ points better to beat him/her.

If first place static is 99 and SECOND place static is 95, then the second place guy has to make up 4 points. NOPE. He has to score a total flight score (of say, 3 rounds) of 12+ points to beat him/her.

If the flight competition was done first, the people back in the field would feel like they have a hard time to catch up. Since static competition is done first, it is the other way around. NO Comment.

This contest is equally about both static and flying and that shouldn't be changed. If you can't excel at both, you shouldn't be in the top rank. Nope. Static and flying are not equal in any sense. Static scores are weighted. Total score is the average of 3 best flight scores (assuming 4-5 rounds were flown) plus the Static score.

A high Static score of more than 2 is almost always a sure winner. That’s my assessment anyway. I’ve been there with a static of 97 chasing a 99 static. Needless to say, I didn’t fly 6+ points better then he did. There’s only 1 winner in this game. The rest fight for placement that will get them qualified.
/chuck