similar design

[Terry Terrenoire]

While I fully agree that there should be NO prejudging of any kind, I
interpret the comment differently.
He had been sitting in the chair for a while, had seen some "european
designs" flown, and had just watched this one fly. He made a real
comparison and told the pilot what he thought would improve his flying,
and therefore his scores, a different plane.
How many of us have watched a newcomer fly some great rounds, then
approached him and complimented his ability, then told him his flying
could be improved if he replaced the old Kaos with a "real" pattern ship.
Was that prejudging the Kaos??

Terry T.

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:06:19 +0000 gene.maurice at attbi.com writes:
> The CD should have been informed of this judges bias. Number 5 in the 
> "Judges 
> Code of Ethics" is: "Do not preconceive the performance of anyone." 
> It sounds 
> to me as if this person had preconceived that European designs 
> should be scored 
> higher. SHAME on him!!!!!    
> 
> --
> Gene Maurice
> gene.maurice at attbi.com
> NSRCA 877
> AMA 3408
> > I was told by an FAI pilot that after a NATS, he was told, by a 
> JUDGE, the
> > he might have done better if he were flying an "European Design". 
> So what's
> > the motivation to fly American designs if the judges are gonna 
> start judging
> > design instead of the pattern at hand?
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nik Middleton <middletn at spinmail.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:30 AM
> > Subject: RE: similar design
> > 
> > 
> > > Interesting list,  one thing stands out though,  there don't 
> seem to be
> > that
> > > many new US designs these days.  Not trying to be contentious 
> here, merely
> > > making an observation.  At this year's Euro champs, I didn't see 
> one US
> > > designed plane out of 150 aircraft,  yes I know it's Europe, but 
> you would
> > > have thought there'd be one or two.
> > >
> > > I'm aware that the Focus is a great flying plane, functional 
> etc, but no
> > one
> > > could say it was stylish.  Where have all the good looking US 
> designs
> > gone?
> > > I'm not saying there aren't any out there, but how many new for 
> this year?
> > > There seems to be a tremendous growth in the manufacture and 
> design in
> > > Europe, PL and ZN seem to be releasing at least two new designs 
> every
> > year,
> > > and they're been sold as quickly as they're been made.
> > >
> > > Comments?
> > 
> > 
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