Modified Assigned Task
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January 25, 2019
Tasking
Setting a task every day gives you something to focus on and a goal to obtain. If you can get others to fly the same task, you have a race. When you race, you can compare and contrast your decisions and evaluate which were good and which were bad.
Turnpoint practice
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April 26, 2018
A MAT task is a Modified Assigned Task, used at US contests. There are a lot of details and complexities that require reading the rules. However, the basic idea is you get to choose the points that you can use, giving the pilot flexibility to avoid storms, bad areas, stay in the strong weather, etc.
Some contest sites have listed landable areas as points on the map. Others might only be a start