Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/02

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Subject: [Leica] False start explained well
From: leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:41:11 -0800
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> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] False start explained well
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> I have another concern about this assumption.  Since the speed of light is
> much faster than the speed of sound, it seems to me that this would 
> penalize
> an athlete who watched the starter, for the flash of the gun.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA

Jim.  In all the years I competed and coached I have never seen a sprinter 
look at the starter.  Would seriously impede their start, I think.  As far 
as the speed of sound, while a minimal difference in this situation, modern 
starting blocks have speakers built into them and the gun really does not 
make a sound at all.  So, each runner has the same distance between 
themselves and the source of sound right behind them.  They try to think of 
everything.  but even controversy surrounds the silent gun.

Aram
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