Judging Trianing proposal

[Bob Kane]

This was the best example I could gleen from the tape
I shot at the NATS. The plane is small, but you can
see it clearly enough to discern pitch, track, wings,
etc, and the camera is steady during the snap.

Zooming in any more makes it nearly impossible to
track the plane cleanly. I have tried filming with a
tripod to steady the camera, but found it extremely
difficult to stay on the plane. 

This was shot with a Sony Digital8 camcorder. I'm
going to try again with my Canon GL-2 Mini-DV, it has
much better focus controls.

--- Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote:

> There are several real problems that I see with
> using
> videos. Quality is one, much of the homebrew video
> that you will find is not good quality. Another
> problem is that if you zoom in so the model is
> clear,
> then the camera must pan with the model and you
> completely lose any ability to accurately judge the
> track of the model. If you zoom out to capture the
> entire manuever without moving the camera, then you
> lose the resolution necessary to see the aircraft
> attitude (ie: wings level). Both are important, so
> maybe you could have two video clips for one
> maneuver.
> 
> But, analyzing videos is better than nothing!
> 
> Bob R.
> 
> --- Chuck Hochhalter <chochhalter at direcway.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe we are onto something here guys.  Scrolling
> > back through the
> > hundreds of pages of judging material nobody
> > suggested posting specific
> > troublesome maneuvers for others to view and
> > "judge". Since everyone has
> > seen the same maneuver being flown, Don or a
> > "expert" could pick apart
> > the whole thing and coach others on how the
> > downgrades "should" be
> > handled to score properly and then the "student"
> > could compare himself
> > to the proper scoring technique.  How simple can
> you
> > get, we can all
> > find time to get on here and complain about poor
> > judging or unfair
> > judging or whatever judging but would we take the
> 3
> > minutes to observe a
> > short video and make our own notes and then 2 days
> > later once everyone
> > has had the opportunity to view etc Don could post
> > his 2 bits.
> > 
> > Sort of like this:
> > 
> > Any NSRCA member can submit a short mpg to Don who
> > posts it on his site
> > for viewing say Monday - Wednesday. Wednesday
> night
> > Don posts his
> > critique of the maneuver.  Thursday all hell
> breaks
> > loose on the
> > discussion list for comments and then on Saturday
> > it's a closed case.
> > MOVE ON to the next maneuver and pilots don't cry
> > when your 10 goes home
> > a 6.5 
> > 
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > Chuck Hochhalter
> > Upcoming Pattern pilot who needs more time in the
> > chair (and on the
> > sticks)
> > 
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Bob Kane
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