Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match

[Anthony Romano]

Are we going to see new pics?

Anthony

>From: "Lance Van Nostrand" <patterndude at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match
>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 23:26:28 -0600
>
>I've been trying the 18x10 prop on my Mintor to see if it can be a cheaper 
>alternative to the repitched 3 blader.  So far so good, but man is it big 
>looking on the front of the plane.  I've finally arrived at the magic 25 
>flight barrier and my symph has most kinks worked out and exorcised 
>gremlins.  If I wasn't building them for other people, I'd have another 
>going by now.
>--Lance
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mark Hunt
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:14 PM
>   Subject: Re: Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match
>
>
>   Yes...kind of a TX, LA 402 group grudge match...we had a fun year and 
>close competition throughout....just wanted to get together and fly one 
>last time this year....and heckle one another!
>
>   Lance,
>   Richard is really flying his new Aries very well.  He nearly won the 5th 
>round at LARKS with less than 10 flights on the plane. I saw Mike H. and 
>Don R. fly their Symphony's at LARKS....wow, that plane is incredibly 
>refined in the air.  Mike is using the new apc18x10pn on an OS140 and it 
>really flies well on that prop.  I think Don is flying his with a 140L.  It 
>looks like power is not a problem even though that YS looks small in there. 
>  Looks like you guys at Aeroslave have a truly world class machine that 
>rolls as good as the Aries and carries a distinctive widebody form.
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Lance Van Nostrand
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org
>     Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:01 PM
>     Subject: Re: Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match
>
>
>     Does everyone that shows up fly 402?
>     --Lance
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: richard.lewis
>       To: discussion at nsrca.org
>       Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:23 AM
>       Subject: Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match
>
>
>       An announcement for anybody in the Houston, Texas area we may have 
>missed (see below). This is short notice (11/7) and we have already been in 
>contact with the people in the area that we knew would be interested. This 
>should be great fun. If anyone else is interested that we may have missed, 
>let me know.
>
>       So far we've got the following participants:
>
>       Mark Hunt, Richard Lewis, Martin Stohr, Chuck hochhalter, Jim 
>Sheffield, Tommy Scarmado, Steve Mintor
>
>       Judge is Don Ramsey
>
>       Regards,
>
>       Richard Lewis
>
>
>       ________________________________________________________________
>
>       2004 INTERMEDIATE CLASS
>
>       PATTERN SHOOTOUT
>
>       Don't mothball that pattern ship just yet.WHILE THE REST OF THE 
>COUNTRY SHIVERS IN THE GRIPS OF OLD MAN WINTER, THE HOUSTON SPORT FLIERS 
>WOULD LIKE TO Bolster COMPETITION BETWEEN THE MID-LEVEL PATTERN COMPETITORS 
>IN THE AREA BY HOLDING AN OLD-FASHIONED, WINNER-TAKE-ALL, SETTLE YOUR 
>GRUDGES, BRAG TO YOUR BUDDIES, separate the men from the boys SHOOTOUT.
>
>       WE HAD A VERY COMPETITIVE SEASON IN OUR AREA AND THIS EVENT SHOULD 
>BE NO DIFFERENT.
>
>       ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE FLOWN AT LEAST ONE PATTERN COMPETITION NO 
>HIGHER THAN THE INTERMEDIATE CLASS IN THE 2004 PATTERN SEASON IN THE AREA. 
>ama is required.
>
>       THERE WILL BE A $20 ENTRY FEE. WINNER TAKES HOME 80% OF THE CASH POT 
>(20% DONATED TO THE judge).
>
>       when: sunday, november 7, 2004
>
>       where: Schiveley field, houston, texas
>
>       FORMAT:
>
>       1. THREE ROUNDS CURRENT INTERMDIATE (402) SEQUENCE.
>
>       2. ONE ROUND OF UNKNOWNS. UNKNOWNS DEVELOPED BY JUDGES AND HANDED 
>OUT THE MORNING OF THE COMPETITION. MANUEVERS WILL BE SUITABLE FOR 
>INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COMPETITORS.
>
>       JUDGING/scoring: at least one QUALIFIED, IMPARTIAL JUDGE WILL BE 
>USED. normalized round scoring will determine the winner. each competitor's 
>lowest scoring round will be dropped.

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