AAT Tasks: Master Them To Improve Your Contest Flying!
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Assigned Area Tasks or AATs aren't really too complicated, just go as fast as possible around the task! But there are some tips and tricks to learn to ensure you make the most of your contest day.
The cockpit view of the task we are talking about in this video is here:
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 Racing Tasks for Comparison
01:21 AAT Differences
02:21 AAT Minimum Time
03:45 Being Over Time
06:42 Being Under Time
08:18 Strategies
12:39 Task Analysis 
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Really excellent discussion! Thanks for putting this together and sharing.
Glad it was helpful
Great explanation, not only of the task description but the challenges and strategies involved. Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Great video again thank you! I've read about AAT tasks but your explanation made me realise it's not that hard. Only using Condor but still a great help!
Awesome glad it helped! And Condor is a great way to practice them
Thanks Tim, I should have watched this video before the race ;-)
Yes haha!
Thank you for this interesting explanation of AAT tasks & strategies. Must admit, that AAT tasks and its rules were "terra incognita" for me.
Hopefully that helps explain them a bit!
Very nice made learning video. Thanks a lot !
Hey thanks for watching, glad it was helpful!
Great video! Thanks Tim!
Thank you Ron!
Really enjoying your channel, thank you
Thanks for watching!
ooooooKAY - I finally get it. It's all about average SPEED vs time to complete. jeez why didn't I realize that?! hah! THANK YOU Tim!
Yip, just go as fast you as can! And make sure you're over time, not under so you're not penalised. Simple!
@@PureGlide see I never realized that. I thought it was simply whoever finished first.
@@TheSoaringChannel Well, fastest usually is who finishes first! Although there are handicaps also, and keep in mind the start gate opens, you have 3 hours to start (in NZ at least). Only the Grand Prix races have a start line and whoever crosses the finish line first wins...
@@PureGlide you've taught me so much just in this one video! Thanks Tim! 🤗
Turn points were off the wing tip at the back of the turn point and take a photo to prove it
I missed that era!
Hi Tim, thanks for the explanation. I'm planing to participate first time at a cometition and try to understand AATs.
Who ist the distance for speed calculation measured? Espetially would it help to go beond a turn area in case i can fly fast?
How are the points for distance and speed calculated?
Excuse me for raisin so many questions - but I didn't find this info in my research.
Cool now I understand not every task is a point to point triangle square etc as I understood years ago.
So much easier with modern avionics. Better than the old map on the knee and a pencil plus calculator 🤣
Yeah GPSes make life much easier
Thanks for the video. i'm a Glider instructor in Brazil and i had so much difficulty to explain what an AAT task are to my studants. Actualy i have this early finish problems in the national in Luiz Eduardo Magalhães (Bahia). think i need more training in this kind of task. Do you have any sugestions of how can i practice? BTW my club dose not usually have a great meteorological condition im most of the year.
Hi yeah try setting some small AAT tasks for practice. Just the act of setting them based on the days weather will help you learn how they work. They don’t have to be big tasks. You could try flying some in Condor too, and use an oudie or similar as you fly.
So its not who gets back the soonest after the 2:5 hr limit, its who has the fastest average speed at the end?
Yeah exactly right!
What happens if you nick the first turnpoints , then go deep and hang out at the last turnpoint, burning up time. Then run to finish at the optimal time?
Yeah you can do that! As long as:
- Your speed is as fast as possible.
- you don't come home early.
The risk of waiting to the last turnpoint is the weather might not be good enough to use it all. Then you end up coming home early... so worth going into earlier circles if you can, so there's less chance of being caught out
The racing task is easy to understand, but the AAT task seems a bit complicated!
My head hurts now, but I think I got it (sort-of)?! 🤪
Haha hope so, that was the point of this video was to make it clearer :)
@@PureGlide Yes, Thanks Mate. :-)
What about AAT with maximum time limit ? Are they still common ?
I've never heard of an AAT with a MAX time limit. Only minimum time.
you said you where scored to the center of the circle. How can you then maximize distance? Would not everybodys distance be the same?
That's only the start and finish circles. Not the turn-point circles. Good to clarify, thanks!
@@PureGlide Thanks ;) then it makes a lot more sense. Appreciate the video.
Yes but what is AAT short for? Whole video on subject with defining the subject. 😳
Without understanding the terrain well enough, are you restricted flying through the circle or are measured only to the back?
Last question, how do the scorers, score? Straight line distances to outer points over time or is it more sophisticated?
Assigned Area Task
It's in the title thumbnail and video description! :P Yes I should have covered how the scoring works, it's straight lines to the furthest points in the turnpoints (not including the start and finish circles if used). And yes it's as simple as straight line distance over time. And time will be the minimum or greater.
@@PureGlide Highest point gets whoever has the highest average speed?
So you would win if you fly 3h at MC2 and the second flies MC1 but finishes after 2h on point (same Planetype)?
@@PureGlide my apologies. I have the bad habit of just clicking the thumb nail.
Next time I do better home work. 😊
@@michaelderflinger5002 Correct, although you should never be flying MaCready 1! See the brilliant talk by "Speed to fly theory and why I should care" by John Cochrane www.ssa.org/Webinars
First!
Technically you were second. To some sexy spam lady I deleted.