F3A - snap roll query

[Tony Stillman]

The main problem at the World Champs was that some pilots (Wolfgang, Roland, Christophe to name a few) did NOT do a snap.  Christophe changed after getting his zeros, but Wolfie did not.  There was NO break at all.  Just a very fast aileron roll.  No question that it was a zero in my mind....

Tony Stillman
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mike mueller 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:06 PM
  Subject: Re: F3A - snap roll query


   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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