{"id":1090,"date":"2019-12-18T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/?page_id=1090"},"modified":"2019-12-17T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T16:22:16","slug":"maximum-distance-double-drop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/maximum-distance-double-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximum Distance Double Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row gap=&#8221;20&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.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;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Maximum Distance Double Drop&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:center|color:%23dd3333&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575220049291{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575220022153{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1575220287201{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>15.18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MAXIMUM DISTANCE DOUBLE DROP (XDD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15.18.1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Competitors will attempt to achieve two marks or valid track points far apart in the scoring area(s).<\/p>\n<p>15.18.2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Task data:<\/p>\n<p>a. description of the scoring area(s)<\/p>\n<p>15.18.3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The result is the distance between the marks or farthest valid track points. Greatest result is best.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Competition Ballooning &#8211; Maximum Distance Double Drop<\/p>\n<p>The rule (or information) for this task is set out in Chapter 15 of the Event Rules<\/p>\n<p>The Maximum Distance Double Drop is very similar to the Minimum Distance Double Drop (See December 12th door) but instead of attempting to achieve two marks or valid track points closest together in the scoring area(s) you attempt to\u00a0 achieve them the furthest apart. The tactics are the same; you still have the scoring areas where either marker outside results in a no score and you still have to line up your approach to the opposite \u2018corners\u2019 such that you pass over the furthest points in the areas. For visible marks you need to fly low over those points to drop your marker accurately; for electronic marks you may be given an altitude to fly through at those points or you may be allowed any height which makes the approach much easier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1092\" src=\"http:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1026\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_2351-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Figure 1: Hot Air Balloon World Championship 2018, Austria<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Written by David Bareford[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;20&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1090","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1094,"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1090\/revisions\/1094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukcompetitionballooning.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}