I have flown them and they are both designed very well. Thank you to all the designers and their hard work.
I prefer the shorter sequence.
Contest management would certainly benefit and perhaps positively influence participation a bit as well.
Batteries would probably appreciate the shorter sequence.
I think we can still discern who the best pilot is with three less manuevers.
I would hope the short sequence was not designed simply to blindly follow F3A methods. Actually, F3A would benefit from input from a sequence design group such as this one...


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