2004 NATS

[Atwood, Mark]

LMAO...I always thought it would be an interesting experiment to watch Ed Hoffman fly during an earthquake...and see if he would appear to be standing still....

For what it's worth Larry, Ed's hands shook so much you'd swear you saw the sticks vibrate to full deflection, but his plane was always on rails.  I'm guessing today's digital servos would have been a problem for him.  He was one of the few that benefitted from .26 sec transit times on the old Kraft servos...

-----Original Message-----
From:	Anthony Abdullah [mailto:aabdu at sbcglobal.net]
Sent:	Fri 10/17/2003 8:53 AM
To:	discussion at nsrca.org
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Subject:	Re: 2004 NATS

Ahhhhh, Larry the old Galloping Ghost / Ed Hoffman affect. I'm thinking gorilla springs for your radio, lots of expo in your programming, and Ketamin in your flight box.
 
I still get extremely nervous, but I find that it decreases proportionately with the amount of practice I get. Keep practicing and once you get that pattern down you will barely break a sweat. I watched Bob Kane put in a burner of a round this year and hit every manuever, afterwards he said he felt completely relaxed, not rushed, calm, and loose. You will get there just keep plugging at it.

Larry Diamond <jed241 at msn.com> wrote:
Talking about the 2004 NATS....

I'm considering attending the NATs my 1st year in Intermediate. My goal is 
achievable, but still a challenge. It's to place in the top 25 of my 
class....

However, I'm concerned about the safety factor of other pilots in my debut. 
As Harry Slone and Verne Koester pointed out last year at every contest I 
attended, I had problems with straight and level flight as the wings would 
rapidly rock from side to side as well as rapid pitch change. The problem 
with level flight also provided for great feedback from Tim Pizara while 
calling for me. He is the only one that jumped back and said, "Larry, Your 
Scaring Me!!!!", as I pulled through the top of the loop over the Judges 
heads......What great memories for my 1st year in pattern...!!!!! Any 
way....

Who is supplying the knee braces that are designed to keep them from 
knocking and shaking?

After in-depth analysis, I have found the root cause to be my knees shaking 
so hard that I can't hold the radio still. This caused a rapid movement of 
the sticks as the oscillation of my knees reached my hands and thumbs 
causing the radio to shake violently.

I feel I have a shot at being competitive and finishing in the top 25 if I 
can stabilize the tremble...

Larry Diamond
NSRCA 3083
AMA 5024

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Xavier Mouraux" 
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: 2004 NATS dates ?


> Are dates already available for next year's NATS ? At least tentative 
> dates
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> Thanks
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> Xavier
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