Pattern Box Rules (discussion)

[John Pavlick]

Right on. I think Tom Hanks said: "The 'hard' is what makes it good". For
the record, at my first contest / pattern primer last year, I was actually
told to "stretch out" my maneuvers. "The box is way bigger than that" I was
told. Wow, that made life easier. I did a lot better in my second contest,
even while flying 70's style (ballistic) without a megabuck 2-meter
airplane. I got everything done "in the box" without it being rushed like at
the first contest (you guys should have seen the Immelman / roll / split "S"
sequence - it looked like 2 rolls stretched out slightly). If I can do it,
anyone can. It only took 4 gallons of fuel to fix the problem I had with
"the box"...
John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com



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  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
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  Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 11:06 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: RE: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)


  Matt –

  Ya nailed this one! Great!



  Let’s go burn fuel and quit inventing things to try and fix!



  If it was easy, it wouldn’t be fun!



  Rick



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On Behalf Of Rcmaster199 at aol.com
  Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:43 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: Pattern Box Rules (discussion)



  In Pattern:

  There's nothing wrong with the +/-60 degree stage rule and the 150 meter
out distance is fine also.

  There's nothing wrong with the 5 kilo max rule.

  There is nothing wrong with the 2x2 meter max rule

  There's nothing wrong with the unlimited engine power rule



  What's the next complaint du jur that ""needs fixing"""? The 42 volt
nominal voltage when an electric is involved? Or possibly argue that real
radio programmability with rate functions is desirable? Or autopilots and
gyros? Or maybe putting an upper limit on prop size because a X" prop on an
engine is dangerous?



  Interestingly, one could argue that pattern has some similarity to golf in
that it's an individual's sport. Many may play golf but a small percentage
is good at it and extremely few are pros. C'mon fellas, pattern should be
challenging to do well. Actually, more accurately, pattern is just plain
tough to do, period. I find that fun. Don't you?



  MattK






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