Flying the new sequences

[Adam Glatt]

3/4 loop, if I'm not mistaken, Lance.

Lance Van Nostrand wrote:

> The golf ball should really be named the ice cream cone, but it 
> wouldn't fit on the call sheets easily.  In this case it's a 45 degree 
> downline, a 1/2 loop, a 45 degree upline back to center.  Now help me 
> with a spring coil!!!!
> --Lance
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>     *To:* discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     *Sent:* Monday, June 06, 2005 11:41 AM
>     *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.
>>      
>>     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.
>>      
>>     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.
>>      
>>     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.
>>      
>>     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.
>>      
>>     Masters 2007:
>>     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.
>>      
>>     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.
>>      
>>     --Lance
>
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