Welcome Back, Nats Goers!!
george kennie
geobet at gis.net
Tue Jul 27 09:54:50 AKDT 2004
Wow!!!!!!!!, that's fantastic!!! Thanks Earl.....a bunch!
Georgie
Earl Haury wrote:
> Georgie I'll post the Nats finals unknowns with K's as soon as I get
> a modem back online. (Using a different system at the moment and don't
> wish to retype.) Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: vicenterc at comcast.net
> To: geobet at gis.net ; discussion at nsrca.org
> Cc: george kennie
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Welcome Back, Nats Goers!!
> 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 do!
> n'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
> canno t 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 o! f 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 dras!
> tically.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 unkn! owns 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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