Warning to Masters Pilots.

[Jim_Woodward at beaerospace.com]

Hi All,

After watching and flying the new Masters pattern a few times, I do not 
think it is setup to fly close in.  The upwind turnaround maneuvers, which 
precede the rolling segments, will not allow you to fly the pattern close. 
 Unless you are 250 meters to begin with, bringing "in" the upwind 
cross-box turnarounds (top hat & humpty bump) are unthinkable.  Even if 
you have room to bring them in, you would not have room to complete the 
1/4, 1/2, 1/4 roll, or reverse knife edge.  This bucks efforts to get 
flyers to fly between 150-175 meters.  In order to fly it close, you would 
need to fly slow, very tight radii, and very short line lengths between 
upwind turnaround maneuvers and rolling maneuvers.  If not done near 
perfectly, you are left with the impression of a rushed-flight.  I think 
instead, most Masters flyers will fly at a farther distance to start with, 
and then get farther out due to the upwind turnaround maneuvers to make 
room for the rolling maneuvers. 

I think the difficulty/challenge of this Masters pattern will be for the 
pilot to fly the slower speed envelope and small maneuver size to keep the 
entire maneuver set in the box, and not so far out as to warrant 
downgrades.  It will be all to easy to begin the high-k-factor rolling 
maneuvers with an 8, due to being too far out.  Presentation and 
positioning of the maneuver set is going to be the biggest challenge, 
rather than individual maneuvers. 
Thanks,
Jim W.







Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
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Joe,
 
I have not tried it yet, but I thought the same thing. Could be an 
airplane breaker. I have always liked props with good braking action, 
perhaps this maneuver above all the rest will decide which prop to use. 
You will have to disspate a lot of energy before the snap, then the snap 
will kill more energy, then you will have to climb out hanging on the 
prop.
 
Bob.


Joe Lachowski <jlachow at hotmail.com> wrote:
A few weeks ago I was experimenting with the speed/enegy required to do 
the 
loop with snap roll on the bottom. Be forewarned, I went into the loop 
with 
a little too much energy and bent my wing tube. I'm beginning to wonder 
whether this particular manuever should be changed for safety sake?



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