Rule Change Proposal

[Derek Koopowitz]

In the upcoming rules survey there is a question there that asks whether
takeoff and landing should be scored.  Don Ramsey added it at my suggestion.
In my opinion, I believe that those 2 maneuvers do not belong in an
aerobatic schedule. 


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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On
Behalf Of Jerry Budd
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:16 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Rule Change Proposal

Why?

I mean, what does the takeoff and landing direction have to do with
anything, let alone the direction you fly the sequence?

Why does it matter?

(that's a rhetorical question - the answer is that it doesn't, it has no
relevance whatsoever).

Ron - I like your thinking on this but it's still unnecessarily
constraining.  I'd suggest that the takeoff and landing direction should be
purely at the pilots discretion, meaning that they can be in whatever
direction the pilot chooses (the safety responsibility lies solely in the
pilots lap on this one), and that they have no bearing on the direction of
flight that the sequence is flown in. 
It's all up to the pilot, the judges really don't even need to be involved
in this other than to assist in letting the pilot know if the runway is
"clear" or not.

Of course the next logical extension of this is as Bob Pastorello suggested
which is to not even score the takeoffs and landings, but apparently that's
way too radical of an idea for some to openly consider.  And that's
unfortunate.

JMHO, Jerry


>I'd support it also, as long as the direction only changes for
>landing- the rest of the sequence must be in accordance w/ takeoff 
>direction.
>
>Rick Wallace
>  >
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:29 PM
>>Subject: Rule Change Proposal
>>
>>
>>  > I'd like to float a rule change proposal for consideration and  > 
>> discussion.
>>  >
>>  > After recently attending a contest in which landing downwind was 
>> very  > difficult and dangerous, I thought there should be a rule 
>> change  > regarding the landing direction.  Off the top of my head, 
>> I'd say  > something like, "In case of a wind shift during the flight 
>> and to  > reduce the hazard to people and the aircraft, subject to 
>> the approval
>  > > of the judges, the landing direction is the pilot's option."

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