{"id":1060,"date":"2019-12-15T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T00:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/?page_id=1060"},"modified":"2019-12-14T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:57:46","slug":"hesitation-waltz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/hesitation-waltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hesitation Waltz"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row gap=”20″ equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1575220154122{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;border-left-color: #dd3333 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #dd3333 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #dd3333 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #dd3333 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Hesitation Waltz” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:center|color:%23dd3333″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1575220049291{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_separator color=”juicy_pink” border_width=”2″ el_width=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1575220022153{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1575220287201{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”]15.3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HESITATION WALTZ (HWZ)<\/strong><\/p>\n

15.3.1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Competitors will attempt to achieve a mark or valid track point close to one of several set goals.<\/p>\n

15.3.2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Task data:<\/p>\n

a.position of various set goals\/targets<\/p>\n

15.3.3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>The result is the distance from the mark or closest valid track point to the nearest target, if displayed, or goal. Smallest result is best.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Competition Ballooning – Hesitation Waltz<\/p>\n

The rule (or information) for this task is set out in Chapter 15 of the Event Rules<\/p>\n

There are several tasks left<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in the competition handbook which I will deal with<\/span><\/span>\u00a0more briefly as they are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>similar to<\/span><\/span>\u00a0tasks already discussed so tactics are similar.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hesitation Waltz (Rule 15.3) is also called a Multiple Judge Declared Goal and is just that; instead of just one goal given in a Judge Declared Goal (chapter 5) you are given several, usually two or three and you only have to fly to one. These are set some 5-10<\/span><\/span>o<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span> apart, one in the direction of the lower winds and one on the upper winds. As you now have a choice of goals or targets to go for It is always useful to try and predict which goal you will aim for before taking off. On deciding that, you will have to consider the time taken to get to the goals; taking the lower slower winds may compromise you on time limits for that task and subsequent ones. The second variable to consider is whether the wind is likely to change while you are flying the task; a goal set on the lower winds (to the left in the northern hemisphere) in a morning task may become achievable as the ground heats up and the inversion dissipates. Though it is helpful to try to judge which target you will attempt to fly to before launching, the task allows you to change your mind right up to when you drop your marker. You will always be scored to the nearest goal your marker lands to, even if you were trying to head for another one.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is one of the most commonly used\u00a0task in the repertoire. It is\u00a0set\u00a0either when the director is trying to split the field so\u00a0that\u00a0not all balloons are converging on one target or when the wind direction is uncertain.\u00a0The uncertainty can be due to light and variable winds or, as often happens in evening tasks, the wind is gusting slightly with no predictable change in direction with height. With light and variable\u00a0winds,\u00a0I have seen goals set on the 8 points of the compass and in an even\u00a0more bizarre case, any valid goal on the competition map!\u00a0 In those situations, a task should not have been set as that is indicating that the winds are so variable that it will be chance only whether you pass over a valid goal. When the winds appear to be\u00a0gusting in one general direction with no predictable steerage,\u00a0it is often the case that it is only after you have taken off\u00a0that you can\u00a0estimate which goal you may get to or get the closest to. In these conditions, you may find that by ascending and descending you have 5 degrees of steerage and you\u00a0have to\u00a0use\u00a0the best of that to get to the\u00a0goal\u00a0closest to the directions you can achieve. You will find that other competitors will be in their own column of air with their own limits of\u00a0steerage; these may bring\u00a0them over a target but\u00a0not you and\u00a0once launched you will be stuck with yours, for better or worse.\u00a0\u00a0That is the element of luck in competition and you have a good day when your limited ability to steer takes you straight over the target while you see other competitors asking\u00a0desperately\u00a0over the radio at what height\u00a0is there\u00a0a wind\u00a0that will take them more to the left or to the right of their present track\u00a0and closer to a goal.\u00a0On many occasions in this task set in such evening conditions I have ended up flying straight between the two goals given.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure 1: Hesitation Waltz, British Nationals 2017<\/p>\n

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Fig 2:\u00a0 Using the low level valley winds towards HW1, British Nationals 2017\u00a0 (John Tyrell)<\/p>\n

Written by David Bareford[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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