2003 Nationals and F3A

[Ron Van Putte]

Troy Newman wrote:

>I vote we run the whole event also!
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Huh?  I'm not sure what this means.  Who is "we" and what is "the whole 
event"?  Maybe "we" is whoever is the event director.  And maybe "the 
whole event" is the F3A Sporting Code world championships contest 
format.  If that is what is meant, it is possible,  BUT it would require 
one day less of Prelims for most of the contestants.  I wonder if the 
"rank and file" Nats contestants are willing to give up the six flights 
they get now to fall back to the four Prelims flights they'd have if 
this was implemented.

Ron Van Putte 

>Like the Unknowns....This way we can give those of us working our way up a chance to compete with the previous team members and TOC pilots.....By running the entire F3A event at the US National Championships it would develop better pilots and a possible change the status quo! Those guys that have been exposed to unknowns over the last 5-10yrs at the TOC have elevated the bar....now its time to carry the entire event into the NATS.
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>Experience in this type of format can only help the future of F3A in the USA.  If the NSRCA is about promoting the quality of flying precision aerobatics maybe this is a good place to look.....In the past many modelers have looked at the TOC as the pinnacle of RC aerobatics.....Maybe the
>National Championships and F3A can take back some of the lost prestige and fill a huge void left over from the TOC.....Seems as though are fellow aerobatics guys on the IMAC side of the isle are also having a tough time with numbers and the NATS....Perhaps its time to look to help both groups together!
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>Just maybe its a chance to put Pattern type models and precision flying back in front of the AMA and back in from of the average modelers....The purpose of the new F3A rules of 3 years ago was to inspire interest and sex appealin the event...Maybe just maybe we could use the event as it is intended for World and Continental Championships and it might bring about a level of mystique and raise the bar to all those guys that want to follow in the foot steps of Hanno, Chip, Dave Brown, Tony Frak, Don Lowe, and now Don Szczur along with many of the other National champions that have celebrated the taste of victory and the title of National Champion. People gravitate towards Excellence and stray away from the same old same old.....Look at how many pilots stayed to watch the finals...bunches and bunches. These were the guys that either didn't make the cut or are the ones flying Int and Advanced...they are starving to see the best flying....They want to be inspired....They want to look at goals...and they want to aspire to glory.  Lets stir the pot a little and try to generate some more "Excellence", some more perfection, and a higher level of skill for the guys taking on the world....I always hear that its the same guys that do the TOC and the US Team and the finals at the NATS.....Well guys....If you work hard and Aspire to Excellence it can bring you success....I attest to that this
>year for sure!
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>Just my 2 cents
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>Troy Newman
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