Flying the new sequences

[Bill Glaze]

Steve:
How about a hook?  I used to have a lot of golf balls that had a 
built-in hook.  Bill

spbyrum wrote:

> Golf ball is round like a loop, but you have to be able to put a big 
> smile in the side of it.  It doesn't matter which side, so that makes 
> it a Golf Ball with options.
>
>  
>
> Steve Byrum
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bill Glaze
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:42 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Flying the new sequences
>
>  
>
> Anybody been able to fugure out a "golf ball?"  Some of  the folks 
> around here can't.  Including me.  Bill Glaze
>
> Lance Van Nostrand wrote:
>
> At the Broken Arrow contest a bunch of the flyers got together and 
> reviewed the new proposals.  Dan Curtis flew the Intermediate 
> sequences (options A & B) and I (Lance) flew the Advanced.  Bill 
> Ahrens was supposed to fly the Masters, but he was too chicken to do 
> it in the dark.  Imagine that.  Here are some comments from the group 
> for the Sportsman thru Advanced.  For Masters, we never had the chance 
> to discuss as a group so those comments are purely mine.
>
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>
> First, let me say that the work put into these is evident and 
> exceptional.  There isn't really a bad solution and both options are 
> good.  Thanks to everyone involved.  It's really a situation where 
> choosing means being very picky, so everyone involved should be proud 
> of the options they created.  I can see advantages/disadvantages to 
> manuvers in these sequences, but will not use this note to go to that 
> detail.  Just the factors that tipped the balance.
>
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> sportsman:
>
> Option A was the group choice only because B has the vertical upline 
> on center and many underpowered sportsman planes can't do this.  We 
> already see plenty of trouble with stall turns and in a stall turn you 
> don't have to be able to push out, just fall.
>
>  
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> Intermediate:
>
> Option B was the choice because the 2 outside loops + Cuban 8 + double 
> immelman made the sequence longer in time at essentially the same 
> Kfactor.  B will move better at big contests and introduces a shark's 
> tooth, which we haven't seen in pattern maybe ever.
>
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> Advanced:
>
> Option B mostly because we need a cuban 8 before masters (it combines 
> so many elements) and partly because the 2 outside loops in A, 
> although excellent skill builders can kind of long to watch.
>
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> Masters 2007:
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> My choice: Option B because it looks way more fun and has new stuff (8 
> point roll, figure M).  Also, the 1 1/2 downline snap in A is sure to 
> cause controversy AGAIN.
>
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>
> Masters 2009:
>
> My choice: Option A. this is a hard one because A continues the 8 pt 
> roll, but it has lots of cool stuff.  the 1 1/2 snap is in both A & B 
> so that can't be differentiator.  Option B just seems more normal 
> (except for the "spring coil" which I don't know what it is).  Overall 
> option A has an interesting cuban and avalanche, and 8 sided loop, 
> reversed spins, etc.  It will look very different.
>
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> --Lance
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