Le Mans Start Rule

Essentially this rule allows OLC variant competition scoring to start 20 minutes after the last pilot launches and does not restrict the pilots from heading off cross country in the meantime to maximize the day-distance. So while one pilot will start at Waaihoek, another might be at Renosterhoek.

EY has proposed a revision: essentially starting the scoring for a competitor at their next OLC ‘turn’ after the start time, and score from there. This one needs thinking through though, because a competitor could have just started a 200km leg and would be scored over a much smaller distance than the rest of the field. This could be corrected by one of two methods: score the competitor at their average speed optimized over the entire flight, but from last launch + 20 minutes to declared end; or accept EY modification with a 100km minimum distance to run, i.e., if a pilot still has 101km to run at the start time, their start time is adjusted to the time of their next OLC turn point.