[CIAM-F6-Working_Group] Re: AeroMusicals experience at World Games 2013
- From: Robert Herzog <robert.herzog@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ciam-f6-wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:37:45 +0100
Le 26/10/2013 21:35, Guy Revel a écrit :
Dear all,
As some of you know, I led a small team of two AeroMusicals pilots at
the World Games in Cali, Colombia, July 27-August 4. Pilots were Alan
Goljevscek from Slovenia and Andres Leoni from Spain. A third (USA)
pilot was to come, but failed to respond at the time of buying the
flight tickets. If you don't know, the World Games are the second
largest multi-sports event after the Olympic Games, featuring only non
olympic sports. This year it meant approximately 4,200 competitors
from 120 countries, 31 official sports plus 5 invited sports.
AeroMusicals was flown as a demo sport, sharing a hall with Jiu-Jitsu
and Wushu/Kung fu. The aim was to provide a world-wide exposition to
our sport (spectators and TV) and it was a great success with obvious
spectators acclaim (about 3,000 spectators every day in the hall) and
an incredible number of TV interviews, both live and recorded. The
ultimate goal is to have AeroMusicals included in the list of World
Games official sports, probably not in 2017 (the World Games take
place every 4 years) but at the following one.
What did I learn in Colombia, watching the AeroMusicals demos and a
number of other sports ?
- One thing for sure : a competitive sport is, for the participants, a
genuine competition where the best should be the winner and, for the
spectators, a proper entertainment in which the progress of the action
is easy to follow and understand. If you think at many other sports,
you will notice a common point : there is a running commentary which
contributes to the interest build up. In other words, there should
never be a moment of silence. In most model clubs there is at least
one member who enjoys spending the day at the microphone during model
shows, but this never happens at competitions where it would be much
more profitable promoting aeromodelling as a sport.
*Now I have a question : Should a commentator be mentioned in the F6
competition rules**?*
I'm not convinced this should be part of the rules, but definitely to be
recommended to the organiser.
- Watching a number of competition sports based on scoring by judges,
you will notice that for the most parts, if not every time, the scores
are reduced to 10 (the ideal score) with two or three decimals. It
makes it much easier for spectators to understand and follow the
proceedings. For Artistic Aerobatics (F6A) and AeroMusicals (F6B) I
propose to reduce the scores (at each round) to 10. That is, keeping
the present scoring to 60 points per judge, then dividing the total
score by 18 (if 3 judges) or 30 (if 5 judges) to obtain the actual
displayed score.
*Do you agree with this proposal ?*
YES, absolutely !
- Finally, scoring could be a little bit more elaborate, there should
not be any difficulty nowadays to set up a proper scoring software. At
competitions such as World Games or World Air Games, there is (or will
be) an electronic system t-o compute and display the scores. So in my
mind a proper system should be made of two parts (with the proper
interface) : an electronic system to input the individual scores (a
software running on smartphones or tablets should be ideal) and a
computing system collecting the scores from each judge and displaying
the computed results.
In view of the World Air Games 2015 it appears necessary that an
electronic scoring system be in place and operational. This means, at
the very least, that such a system must be included in the rules, so a
proposal is necessary to be voted upon at the next (April 11th & 12th,
2014) CIAM Plenary and the proposal sent before November 15th. We will
leave until soon the actual definition of a suitable electronic
scoring system. For now, we only need to have this possibility in the
rules.
*
**Do you agree writing in the F6A & F6B rules**that an electronic
scoring system (to be approved by the F6 Working Group and,
ultimately, by CIAM) may be used in place of writing the scores by
hand ?**
**Do you agree that, in such a case, fractions of points may be used**?*
YES to both questions
This is "just in case" to let everything open until we define a proper
electronic scoring system. This will be discussed in my next message.
Please give me your opinion, answer clearly to the four questions and
reply ASAP.
Regards,
Guy R.
PS:
Latest communication from FAI:
*107th FAI General Conference*
The sessions of the 107th FAI General Conference were held in Royale
Chulan Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 4 and 5 October 2013.
* *IWGA The World Games 2013*
The World Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia, were a significant success
for the FAI, as three sports featured at the programme
(parachuting canopy piloting, paragliding accuracy and
indoor aeromodelling as a demonstration sport). All tickets for
the airsports events were sold out for all four competition days.
* *FAI World Air Games*
Several options are being examined for the location of the 2015
FAI World Air Games, and discussions with potential host cities
are still ongoing. A decision is expected to be made by the FAI
Executive Board in December 2013.
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