Scoring Vs Judging

[Chuck Czarnik]

Problem here is definition of a stall or break.  I remember my full
scale instructor drilling into my head years ago... "An airplane can
stall in any attitude, at any airspeed." Over and over and over...
Point he was making was dispel the notion that a stall is an elevator
induced, wings level condition.  It's not true.  Snaproll condition /
jamming the sticks / whatever can cause the lifting surfaces of the
airplane to exceed the critical angle of attack and the plane will
stall.  It has nothing to do with an elevator input by itself.

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: VicenteRC at aol.com [mailto:VicenteRC at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:44 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Scoring Vs Judging

What about judging snap roll.  

The following is a mandatory zero for snap roll:  A stall does not occur
before the snap roll - a definite break of attitude and flight path must
be seen.  This is from NSRCA web site.

The question is: How you really see a definitive break?  Some pilots are
using the snap switch directly so there is no way to show the break
unless elevator is applied before activation the snap switch.  I am
planning to give a zero if I cannot see the break or stall when I have
the chance to judge this year.  However, I know that complains will
follow.

Regards,

Vicente

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