Masters Cuban 8 w/ 2/4

[george kennie]

Thanks Jim
G..

jim ivey wrote:

> GeorgeThe running 8 is a maneuver we do in the Senior pattern
> Association. It was flown in the 60's 70's in AMA pattern.. Jim Ivey
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: george kennie
>      Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:41 PM
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Subject: Re: Masters Cuban 8 w/ 2/4
>       That's interesting Matt,
>      I never heard of a Running Eight! It must be like the Ukie
>      horizontal eight???
>      G.
>
>      Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
>
>     > In a message dated 6/18/2003 1:31:10 PM Eastern Daylight
>     > Time, James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil writes:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > > Subj:Masters Cuban 8 w/ 2/4
>     > > Date:6/18/2003 1:31:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>     > > From:James.Woodward2 at edwards.af.mil
>     > > Reply-to:discussion at nsrca.org
>     > > To:discussion at nsrca.org
>     > > Sent from the Internet
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Hi All,
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > I've been practicing this maneuver and I'm having trouble
>     > > getting making it repeatable/consistent/, etc.  So, I
>     > > took a music CD and drew two circles that have the same
>     > > baseline and touch each other at their closest points.
>     > > If you do this, you will quickly see that two adjacent
>     > > circles have no place for 45 degree lines to be drawn in
>     > > between them.  It appears to me from the drawing that
>     > > actually you cannot maintain a constant radius AND
>     > > perform a 45 degree "LINE" within this maneuver.  If you
>     > > maintained a constant radius you would never reach a
>     > > point where you could depart that curve onto a 45 degree
>     > > up or downline, and intersect the magic spot on the other
>     > > loop at the same radius.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Am I out to lunch on this, or do you indeed need
>     > > different radii:  1.) blending 45 degree line into loop
>     > > 2.) looping segment.  Or, the loops are not really
>     > > supposed to touch each other in the middle, thus there is
>     > > some distance between each loop?
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > Thanks,
>     > >
>     > > Jim W.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     >
>     > Jimbo,
>     >
>     > The loops should not touch. Do the maneuver as it is
>     > described in the book: 5/8ths to a 45 deg  down line, etc,
>     > etc.
>     >
>     > What you actually sketched is the figure for the Running
>     > Eight. That is not the same as a Cuban Eight
>     >
>     > regards
>     >
>     > Matt
>
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