Schedule design - Your homework assignment should you chose to accept it.

[Verne Koester]

Jim,
Never seen an SPA schedule. I started with the old, non-turnaround AMA 
Sportsman schedule and built from there. My faulty memory probably changed a 
few things in it, but I'm sure it's pretty close. The reason I used that 
approach was because that class always drew real well to the order of ten to 
fifteen pilots at every contest. Nobody around here ever bothered with 
Novice because they had no interest in the maneuvers flown. They'd start 
right off in Sportsman, bypassing Novice.We always called them "weekend 
warriors" because most were just above average sport flyers. Funny thing is 
that it was almost a completely different group of guys at every contest 
that were "local" to wherever the contest was. Some of them continued on and 
some didn't, but enough stayed with it to make an average contest have 40 - 
50 contestants. When we went to all turnaround, they all vanished. I think 
anybody we're LIKELY to draw to one of our contests would be able to do 
those maneuvers because they're already doing them at local fields all over 
the country. I believe the steps in this approach are very logical and point 
to the biggest mistake we've been making since the early 90's and that 
mistake is ignoring the fact that learning to fly turnaround is a HUGE step 
in and of itself. We've had a few new guys tell us that on the List recently 
if anybody was listening.

Verne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Schedule design - Your homework assignment should you chose 
to accept it.


> Verne
> Looks like you got a lot of those manouvers from the SPA pattern.
>
> Jim Ivey
>>
>> From: "Verne Koester" <verne at twmi.rr.com>
>> Date: 2005/01/14 Fri PM 04:54:04 EST
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Subject: Re: Schedule design - Your homework assignment should you chose 
>> to accept it.
>>
>> SPORTSMAN (non-turnaround)
>>
>>
>>
>> Introduces pilot to judged flying and competition. Emphasis on geometry,
>> centering, and drawing straight lines. Also exposes pilot to other 
>> pattern
>> pilots and shows him the "network" of available help.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.                Takeoff
>>
>> 2.                Double Stall Turn
>>
>> 3.                Cuban Eight
>>
>> 4.                Three Inside Loops
>>
>> 5.                Straight Inverted Flight
>>
>> 6.                Square Loop
>>
>> 7.                Two Horizontal Rolls
>>
>> 8.                Triangle Loop
>>
>> 9.                Cobra Roll w/Half Rolls
>>
>> 10.           One Outside Loop From the Top
>>
>> 11.           Double Immelmann w/No Rolls
>>
>> 12.           Landing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> INTERMEDIATE (partial turnaround)
>>
>>
>>
>> Builds on Sportsman schedule by adding turnarounds. Emphasis on geometry,
>> centering, and introduction to turnaround. Occasional exits allow time to
>> regroup. The main lesson is learning to fly turnaround.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.                Takeoff
>>
>> 2.                Double Stall Turn
>>
>> 3.                Half Reverse Cuban Eight
>>
>> 4.                Straight Inverted Flight               (Exit Box)
>>
>> 5.                Three Inside Loops
>>
>> 6.                Humpty Bump
>>
>> 7.                Cuban Eight
>>
>> 8.                Immelmann Turn
>>
>> 9.                One Outside Loop From The Top (Exit Box)
>>
>> 10.           Two Horizontal Rolls
>>
>> 11.           Half Cuban Eight
>>
>> 12.           Square Loop
>>
>> 13.           Humpty Bump With Options
>>
>> 14.           Cobra Roll w/Half Rolls
>>
>> 15.           Stall Turn
>>
>> 16.           Triangle Loop
>>
>> 17.           Landing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ADVANCED (full turnaround)
>>
>> Builds on Intermediate Schedule in a full turnaround format. Additional
>> elements will be added to basic Intermediate maneuvers such as half rolls 
>> on
>> lines. In addition, both slow and point rolls will be introduced. Use of
>> rudder will be necessary to maintain track and stay in box.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.                Takeoff
>>
>> 2.                Double Stall Turn w/Half Rolls Up and Down
>>
>> 3.                Half Reverse Cuban Eight
>>
>> 4.                Slow Roll
>>
>> 5.                Stall Turn
>>
>> 6.                Three Inside Loops
>>
>> 7.                Humpty Bump w/Options
>>
>> 8.                Reverse Cuban Eight
>>
>> 9.                Immelmann Turn
>>
>> 10.           Inside Outside Vertical Eight From the Middle
>>
>> 11.           Split S
>>
>> 12.           Four Point Roll
>>
>> 13.           Top Hat w/Quarter Rolls
>>
>> 14.           Square Loop w/Half Rolls on Legs 1 & 3
>>
>> 15.           Humpty Bump
>>
>> 16.           Three Horizontal Rolls
>>
>> 17.           Stall Turn w/Half Rolls
>>
>> 18.           Triangle Rolling Loop
>>
>> 19.           Landing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> MASTERS
>>
>>
>>
>> Introduce snaps, spins, more complicated elements on straight lines, and
>> maneuvers containing roll segments in both directions. Pilots desiring to
>> fly FAI should leave Masters with the basic tools required to enter that
>> level of competition.
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Here ya go. I doubt something this radical would ever be accepted, but at
>> least it will serve to underline some of the concepts I was discussing 
>> and
>> defending recently on the List.
>>
>>
>>
>> Verne Koester
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Grow Pattern" <pattern4u at comcast.net>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:38 PM
>> Subject: Schedule design - Your homework assignment should you chose to
>> accept it.
>>
>>
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