Performance Judging? Trial Balloon

[Ed Miller]

The "snap nazis" look for some kind of break in pitch, no matter how small. If the break isn't there, you get scored accordingly. I've had the opportunity to see the differences in "style and execution" of snaps and spins in 2 different areas of the country. One area is very big on the break in pitch in snaps, the other area is big on a super fast roll snap with little or no break in pitch. Spins that are high speed rolling death dives to the ground seem to be the preference too. Since the aircraft is supposed to be stalled in both the snap and spin, I find it hard to rationalize spins and snaps that happen at the speed of light. 
Ed M.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Van Putte 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:49 PM
  Subject: Re: Performance Judging? Trial Balloon



  On Aug 2, 2005, at 9:39 PM, RUDDERCABL at aol.com wrote:


    In a message dated 8/2/2005 10:26:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, vanputte at cox.net writes:

      Two  (It's actually 1 1/4 Roll Up).  The "high" judge missed it.

      Ron Van PutteDo you feel those two judges were fair and accurate for the overall flight regardless of how the first manuever went ?

     
    As far as I know, you were the only zero that I awarded that " DID NOT " complain.


  Hey, when you "do the crime" (flop the stall turn), you've got to expect to "pay the price" (yep, it was a zero).

  The guys I don't appreciate are the "snap nazis", who never see a good snap. It's their way of telling us how good a judge they are (NOT!).

  Ron Van Putte
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