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SCORING THE MT. MAGAZINE AIR RACES
FsComp scoring software will be used to validate flight tracklogs and figure the Task flight time.
You must fly with a GPS or GPS equipped Vario capable of recording a tracklog of your flight and have the means to send that tracklog to the scorer. Send the Tracklogs to for scoring. When you send your first tracklog, give your name, sex, the type of glider you fly, and CIVL ID number if you have one.
Tracklogs should be sent in the .kml or .gpx formats. FsComp requires .kml files to score a flight but I can convert .gpx to .kml if I have to. Download GpsDump for free and use it to upload and download your tracklogs and waypoints from the GPS or Vario and convert it to the .kml file before sending it to be scored.
BE SURE to save your tracklogs on your computer in case there are problems with the file sent or it is not received. Keep it as a backup.
The FsComp scoring software will be used to validate each Task tracklog submitted and will calculate the Task flight time from Task start to finish. Only valid Tasks will qualify for points. Miss a Turnpoint, don't make Goal or do the Task Turnpoints out of sequence and the flight will be invalid and not scored further. The Flight time will go into a spread sheet and points will be awarded. Each pilot's best flight for the year for a each of the 3 Tasks (3 flights total) will be scored for points. 1000 points will be awarded for the top finisher of each Task, with less points going to the rest of the field based on their Task flight time compared to the fastest time in each task. We will do that for all the Tasks and then total up each pilots points to see where everyone places. The top 3 pilots with the highest overall scores get a trophy.
There are 3 separate Tasks for pilots to fly (Maximum possible of 3000 points). All the Tasks are timed events using fixed routes with two or more turnpoints. You are encouraged to make multiple attempts for each Task and fly each Task at least once. Pilot that have a valid flight in each Task will earn more points than pilots that fly only one or two of the Tasks, so fly all three Tasks and fly them often if you can. Your best flight in each Task will be the ones that generate your points.
Just for an example, say there are 9 pilots that flew in one or more tasks for the year. This is what it could look like in the spread sheet.
As you can see, we have 9 pilots that flew valid tasks in the comp. 1 pilot flew in only one task, 4 pilots flew in only two tasks and 4 pilots flew in all three Tasks.
8 pilots made flights in the Sod Farm Race task, with some flying it multiple times and bettering their flight times. At the end of the year, each pilot's best flight time for a given task is scored together with the rest of the pilots time and the program sorts out the points to award each pilot in that Task. The fastest pilot to fly the Task (aaa) gets the max 1000 points with the other pilots getting less points based on how they did compared to the best time. When all is said and done, each pilot that flew the Task will have some points for that Task.
Then we do the same for all the pilots that flew the Ridge Race Task. Here 7 pilots flew the Task. The fastest pilot (ggg) got the max 1000 points and the other 6 pilots less.
And last we score the Dam Triangle Task the same way. 6 pilots flew the task. The fastest time was made by (iii) and got the max 1000 points and the other 5 pilots less.
Then we total the points that each of the 9 pilots earned to see how they placed in the overall ranking. Pilot ccc took the overall points lead despite not winning any particular Task. ccc just flew each Task and flew them fairly fast but not the fastest. Obviously from the above examples, not every pilot flew each Task. Fly all three Tasks to maximize your score.
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