| The Positioning (or Framing)
Mark |
| The positioning mark is a measure
of how well the pilot manages to fly the sequence with each
figure located at an "ideal" position within the overall
presentation. These rules changed in 2012. |
| As each figure is being flown,
compare it's actual location in the box with where in your view
it would be ideally positioned. |
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| If the
location fits well with the preceding and following figures and
you are comfortably able to judge each element of it, then you
can accept that the position is OK. |
| However
- if the figure is sufficiently near, far, or to the left or
right that the presentation and/or the judging becomes
compromised then some downgrading will be appropriate, and you
should record your observations like this: |
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If the figure is somewhat too
near to you, after you give the mark for the figure add the word
"Near". Your scribe should write the letter 'N' in the comments
column of the marks form to represent your comment. |
| • |
If it is somewhat too far away
then add the word "Far"; your scribe will write 'F'. |
| • |
For figures somewhat too far to
the left or too far to the right, add the word "Left" or
"Right", to be written as 'L' or 'R'. |
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If the figure is
located much too far to the left, right, near or
far then add the appropriate word twice. For instance "Near
near" or "Right right" should be recorded as 'NN' or 'RR'. A
figure that is flown in the distant left rear corner of the box
might thus be described as "Far far left", written as 'FFL'. |
| To calculate the Positioning Mark: |
| First: |
To reach a
conclusion for the Left-Right-Near-Far positioning of
all the figures, review the 'L', 'R', 'N' and 'F'
annotations and for each letter deduct a ½ mark from
10.0. |
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| Then: |
To account
for symmetry, look through just the 'L' and 'R' letters
again, and if there are more 'L's than 'R's (or
vice-versa) then deduct a further ½ mark
for each un-paired letter. |
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| Example: |
For a
sequence where you record L, N, FL, FF, R and N again,
your mark would be 10.0 minus (8 times a ½ = 4.0) and
then minus another ½ because you have 2 'L's and only
one 'R'. The answer in this case would thus be 5.5 for
the overall Positioning Mark. |
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| Learn to do this
consistently ... and your framing marks will be consistent! |
| Note 1: |
Figures that
are flown too far away to be reliably judged must
receive a downgrade of 2-points for each element that
you can't judge - this is subtracted from the mark for
the figure, separately from any "Far" comments about the
positioning. |
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| Note 2: |
Figures that start behind the
judging line should in any case already receive a mark of zero
as well as being annotated 'NN' for position. |
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Harmony - mark this in glider sequences
only |
| Applies only to glider sequence
judging. A 'harmonious' flight has the individual figures
clearly separated from one another, they follow each other at
regular intervals, and each figure's exit velocity is
appropriate for the next figure's entry requirement. Irregular
inter-figure spaces, direction changes between figures and
obvious glide angle changes all reduce a flight's harmony. There
is no specific downgrade advice in the CIVA regulations, just
adopt a sensible and repeatable pattern to your harmony marking. |
