[SPAM] Re: Welcome Back, Nats Goers!!

[Brian Young]

I saw Georgie standing back there scoring. I was
thinking weve moved up in the world...the IRS has sent
auditors to keep us honest. ;)

Hope to make it back next year.

--- vicenterc at comcast.net wrote:
> George
> I really liked what you did.  Thanks for sharing. 
> Your analysis is like having a second opinion and
> clearly we got the best team.  
> Vicente Bortone
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> Hi Bob, 
> By the numbers!!!!!! This is almost one of those "be
> careful what you ask for situations". 
> This is truly one of the most wonderful sporting
> activities that one can participate in.As with any
> sporting type event it attracts individuals with
> varying degrees of ego inflation, and yes, I'm
> included in the tally, but this is the very nature
> of how it needs to be.And in keeping with the
> individualistic nature of the competitors the
> inflation pressure varies from one individual to the
> next. 
> I'm an Intermediate flyer that, by some quirk of
> fate, got hoodwinked into moving to Masters and when
> I fly that's exactly how I look. Therefore when I
> attend the Nats I'm intelligent enough to leave my
> equipment home, but I go to see all the great people
> that over the last few years I have been able to
> acquire as friends. Even though I don't fly, these
> guys receive me exceptionally warmly and really make
> my visit a thrilling and exciting experience. 
> As you are aware from past experience I am an
> individual that studies the rulebook religiously and
> feel that I have acquired a fairly solid analytical
> understanding of the rules as well as maneuver
> descriptions and execution thereof which causes me
> to offer corrective advice to competitors whether
> they ask for it or not.I try to offer this advice in
> a helpful way and not ruffle too many feathers and
> the end result, for me, is I go away feeling that I
> have given someone a means to improve their
> performance.Because of those who are receptive I
> feel fulfilled. 
> With all of this said, I attended this years Nats,
> as I did last year, with my trusty clipboard laden
> with scoresheets for Masters and F3A sequences.I
> then place my trusty lawn chair about 50 feet behind
> the judges at stage center and proceed to score, for
> my own enlightenment, the flyers that are in the
> hunt. 
> Well the upshot of all of this is that naturally I
> cannot get all the guys that I want in the prelims
> because sometimes they're flying on different sites
> or up at the same time, but what it starts to show
> are trends. 
> Where this really becomes interesting is in the
> finals where everybody is on one site and flying one
> at a time.Here is where you can get them all. 
> Another thing that this accomplishes for me is that
> it allows me to compare my judging skills against
> the people on the panel. 
> It was also interesting to me that as things
> developed there was an occasional spectator that
> would approach from behind to peek over my shoulder
> to try and ascertain where I had everyone placed. I
> would then have to explain that my numbers were raw
> numbers only and did not reflect any K-factors and
> therefore were meaningless. 
> After the completion of the final 32 rounds I had a
> bunch of numbers, but no really good strong feeling
> about who would dominate. In round one of F-05,
> Jason flew a sequence that was textbook!!! In round
> two of the first unknown, Quique took your breath
> away with an almost flawless performance, but the
> numbers indicated that both Jason and Chip were
> extremely close to his total. In round one Don
> Szczur's total was a splinter below Jason.From a gut
> feeling perspective it was easy to be deceived by
> thinking that a pilot who botched 2 or 3 maneuvers
> probably flew a totally inconsistant round, but when
> the final total of the column was tallied you would
> often be surprised. This guy Szczur either doesn't
> have an ego or he sits on it better than anyone you
> have ever known.Totally humble, and flew what
> appeared to me to be very very consistant. He also
> did what I felt was the best rolling circle. That
> particular maneuver was performed with the least
> degree of precision of any in the sequence and the
> backside was over the racetrack at Indy.The
> downgrades were most notable at the 120 degree
> points and finishing either early or late with the
> 120 misses causing the roll rates to alter
> drastically.The 4 of 8, slow roll opposite was a
> tough one with many just barely making the 3 second
> mandate. 
> When I arrived home I added up the raw number totals
> (no K-Factors)and the placement was as follows:
> Jason,Sean,Quique and Don tied for
> 3rd,Chip,Andrew,Troy,Kenny(Kenny had an aborted
> round). Round 3 was not kind to Chip as he made a
> lot of errors(he would probably disagree, but that's
> what I saw).As you can see, with the exception of
> Chip this comes close to the actual, however, just
> before I left Jerry Stebbins gave me an F-05
> K-factor form and when I got home I did the two F-05
> rounds(I was unable to get K's for the unknowns) and
> placement changed dramatically, which also means
> nothing without the unknowns. 
> Sitting in the chair without a score sheet and
> trying to rely on your best judgment will not cut
> it. Throughout the whole finals I had felt that Sean
> had not flown that well, but my own numbers
> indicated that he was indeed consistant and his
> placement well deserved. I only wish that I had been
> able to get the K's for the unknowns and found out
> how far off I really was. 
> All in all, I had another fabulous time in spite of
> my tent getting blown almost into Missouri on Wed.
> nite. 
> These guys are so great,......I love 'em! 
> Georgie 
> Bob Pastorello wrote: 
> Those of us following from afar, congratulate all
> the participants! Mail traffic already sounds like
> it was a terrific event. Special congratulations to
> the World Team "repeat", particularly Jason S. with
> a long-deserved First Place!!! Masters looks like it
> was a real battle, too....the placers worked very
> hard to get there, and Special congrats to Verne
> Koester; a man of his age, doing so well....(he
> knows I'm joking) Advanced and Intermediate....LOTS
> of good fliers, and some names we'll see more of in
> the future!The list just wasn't the same without all
> the traffic you guys generate! So we need
> stories....as you all recuperate....tell the
> tales.... 
> Bob Pastorello 
> rcaerobob at cox.net 
> www.rcaerobats.net



		
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