Draw Rounds - Draw Specifications
Within the 'DRAW Specs' section, select the number of Groups per Round.
The minimum number of Groups per Round is limited by various settings such as
- maximum number in any one team (if Team Protection selected)
- maximum number on any one frequency (also allowing for 20kHz spacing selection)
- whether the task is flown in groups (Speed and F5B are not flown in groups)
The Pilots/Group (Min/Max) figures will change automatically.
You would then click the Draw button.
Click the Create Draw tab (above) for the next stage.
Draw Rounds - Create Draw
Clicking on the Draw button brings up this sceen.
- Adjust the 'To Round' number to the number of rounds that you want to create.
- Click the Start Draw button to begin the draw processing.
The screen will then expand to show the progress of the draw. You can Cancel
the draw at any time.
You should always process the draw a number of times to see if a better draw is generated.
When processing, there are sometimes choices to be made between pilots who are equally good
candidates for the next place in the draw, and this choice can only be made randomly. No
two draws will be the same, and the next one that you create might be better than the one
that you have. The program will keep the best draw of the two (unless you tick the box to
force replacement).
Click the Check Draw tab (above) for the next stage.
Draw Rounds - Check Draw
At the end of the draw the Check Draw button appears (on the competition setup sceen).
This brings up the Check Draw screen that shows who flies against who, and how many
times.
The overall fairness of the draw is shown as measured by the Mean Absolute
Deviation number at the bottom of the screen. Generally, the lower the number, the better the draw.
The distribution of pilot 'meetings' is shown in the form of a bar graph to give
a quick sense of how well the draw has gone. You can check this for any range of round numbers.
At the bottom of the screen there is a 'Draw Matrix' button. This takes you direcly to the 'Draw Matrix' report.
The 'Draw Matrix' report can be downloaded, previewed on screen or printed.
You can do a Re-Draw at any time.
Draw Rounds - Draw Details Reports
At the end of the draw the Draw Details can be printed or downloaded from the
Reports menu.
As shown at right, three formats are available. Large, small and table.
You can choose to sort the reports by one of
- Team
- Lane
- Pilot (competition number)
- Name (last name/first name)
Draw (small format)
This is a more compact version of the first report shown.
Draw Table
This is a tabular version with one row per pilot.
For F3J, lane numbers can be included (if selected).
For F3B, distance ID codes and speed flying sequence are both shown.
Columns to be included are user selectable (other than Name).
Draw Rounds - Scoring Sheets
At the end of the draw the Scoring Sheets can be printed or downloaded from the
Reports menu.
Columns are provided according to the selected task and options.
Draw Rounds - Score Cards
Both blank and pre-filled score cards can be printed for all duration tasks.
- F3B Duration Task A
- F3J
- F3K HLG/DLG
- F5B
- F5J
- Open Thermal
- Electric Thermal
This screen shows selections for pre-filled F3K score cards. The selections available
will differ according to the requirements. For example, there is a different selection
screen for blank score cards.
There are two layouts for pre-filled score cards.
- Score card Book layout - the pilots appear in the same position on each successive
page. Pages can be cut through to make a score card book for each pilot.
- Score card Page layout - each pilot prints on a page/s until completed, to be followed
by the next pilot, and so on.
This is an example of a page of pre-filled F3K Score Cards. Scroll down to see a
different example.
Printed 6 to a page, F3K pre-filled score cards include (as applicable).
- Task code and description
- Pilot name
- Pilot frequency
- Pilot country
- Pilot team number
- Pilot start number
- Pilot class
- Round number
- Group number
- Numbered boxes for entering scores. If only 5 flights are allowed (for example),
only 5 boxes will be numbered
- A box for recording penalties
- Spaces for the pilot and the timer to sign
- Sequence Number (the position of the pilot on the score entry screen)
This is an example of a page of pre-filled F3J Score Cards.
Printed 8 to a page, non-F3K pre-filled score cards include (as applicable)
- Pilot name
- Pilot frequency
- Pilot country
- Pilot team number
- Pilot start number
- Pilot class
- Round number
- Group number
- Lane number
- Boxes for entering scores, including re-flight scores if necessary
- - Laps (F5B)
- - Time
- - Landing
- - Motor Run (F5B and Electric)
- Box/s for recording penalties
- - Late Landing (F3J)
- - Safety
- Spaces for the pilot and the timer to sign
- Sequence Number (the position of the pilot on the score entry screen)
Draw Rounds - Pilot's Score Record
From the Reports Menu -> Score Cards you can print Pilot's Score Record cards
similar to these.
The Record cards can be printed for all duration tasks (except F3K).
- F3B Duration Task A
- F3J
- F5B
- F5J
- Open Thermal
- Electric Thermal
The Record cards are in a standard format that allows pilots to keep a record of
their flight scores. They can be used to check against the scores that are entered.
The Record cards are 'pre-filled' and will show round and group numbers if the draw
has been completed.