Pattern Fun / scribe

[George Kennie]

Right On!, James!
That's exactly why I wont sit in the chair without a scribe!
G

Woodward James R Civ 412 TW/DRP wrote:

> You may have your own opinion on scribes or no scribes.  BUT, do this at the
> next contest.  Fly your round, then sit back and watch another flyer in YOUR
> class.  Whatch his flight real close, and I'm sure you'll pick out some
> errors, then, quickly look at the judges and notice which of the judges did
> not see the error, because their head was obviously down, and looking at the
> paper.  Then, realize that if you judge and look down to write scores, that
> you probably miss something from that flight as well.  At the last contest,
> I watched 1 judge who consistently missed the first two points of the
> inverted 4-pt roll, because they were looking down at writing the score from
> the full-roll 1/2 outside loop.  How the heck can you judge the 4-pt
> accurately, if you miss the entry (wings level?  heading?
> decending/climbing?), first roll rate, etc? Not to mention all other
> manuevers.  No judge should be looking down during any flight, from
> sportsman to FAI.  Tough issue....
>
> Jim W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ferrell [mailto:johnferrell at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:52 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Pattern Fun
>
>  (Can't see how you can judge FAI or Masters without a scribe.)
> You don't have to keep the clipboard in your lap!
>
> John Ferrell
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