For the slow sticks I used to group people by score as we went along. All the
highest scores in a heat and all the lowest in another. Then just told people
to pick a lane they didn't have before. I do the soaring that way though
soaring is against the clock so not as important who you fly against.
Might be easier than doing a detailed schedule like you guys did for snipes,
but just a thought.
Paul
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On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 4:38 PM, ORCA<ORCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: When we
pylon raced at Port Gamble, we had 4 pilots per heat. Each pilot was assigned
a lane to start from. For the next and succeeding heats, the pilots would
shift over to the next lane, for example Heat 1 Heat 2
Heat 3 Heat 4Lane 1 Adam Bob Chuck BobLane 2 Bob
Chuck Dale ChuckLane 3 Chuck Dale Adam DaleLane 4
Dale Adam Bob Adam If there were more than 4 pilots, a
flying rotation would be used. This was done to equalize the starts, i.e.,
being closest to the pylon versus being farthest from the pylon. For our
upcoming Slow Stick and E-snipe events we are going have only 3 pilots compete
per heat. This is a safety measure as the Trigger runway is narrower than the
Port Gamble runway as is the zone between the pilots’ stations and the runway
edge. With 3 pilots per heat, 4 heats making a race and with start lane
shifting, it makes for some interesting combinations and additional heats. for
example: Number of Pilots Number of Heats Required 4
6 5
7 6 8
7 10 8
11 And some heats will have only 2 pilots
competing. After we have pylon raced at Trigger, we’ll evaluate if we can go to
4 pilots or stay with 3 pilots as well as any other needed changes to make
pylon racing safe, fair and FUN!
