F3A - snap roll query

[mike mueller]

 Steve I agree with you. Now how do we get everyone on the same page? Even the judges at the Worlds disagreed on this. When I'm judging and flying I know a good snap from a bad one but I'll be damned if I can explain it. I just feel I know it. Mike

Patternrules at aol.com wrote:In a message dated 11/5/2003 3:47:17 PM US Eastern Standard Time, wgalligan at goodsonacura.com writes:
> Snaps - A Snap is a simultaneous, rapid autorotation in the pitch, yaw and
> roll axis of flight in a stalled wing attitude.  The following criteria
> apply:
>
>   1.. Since the maneuver is defined as a stall maneuver (initiated by a
> rapid stall of the wing induced by a change in pitch attitude), the nose
of
> the fuselage should show a definite break from the flight path in the
> direction of the snap (positive or negative

 
 
Steve Maxwell



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