[MT-ALES] Self Timing Contests?

[Montana ALES reflector]

Curtis.  I love the idea of making the contests easier and shorter in time, but I also think the timer is a valuable asset.  So I’m willing to go either way.

> On Aug 25, 2019, at 6:48 AM, Montana ALES reflector <mt-ales at lists.webworks.net> wrote:
> 
> So we're getting small numbers at the contests recently and I think we need to think about self timing via our transmitters.
> I would guess that everyone has a transmitter that can do this easily with a little programming.
> This way we can fly one Group.
> So like yesterday we had to go out there 10 times to fly five Rounds If self timing we could only go out to the line 6 times and have flown more rounds.
>  
> I think for the Futaba transmitter I can program the timer to start when the motor starts then make a second switch to stop that after landing.  It may be a second or two off from an actual timer but shouldn't make a difference in the overall results.
>  
> What do you folks think?    The negative is that we lose a bit of camaraderie when having a timer/caller and that person being able to point out who is going up or down elsewhere in the sky?
>  
> Thoughts?
>  
> Curtis
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