What constitutes an FAI flyer.

[Mike Hester]

Mmmm K messenger shot....check.

I take it you were offended by the suppositions. 

But you didn't actually touch on the mechanics, to fly F or not other than only at the Nats. Currently only 8 people in the US ever fly F in competition. There may be some stray contests that use the F pattern, but it's rare.

So what do you think about flying the F pattern?

-Mike
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steven Maxwell 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:24 AM
  Subject: RE: What constitutes an FAI flyer.


   Instead of trying to discourage people from flying FAI you should trying to encourage it , all local contest that I have seen have many more Masters flyers than FAI, very unbalanced.
   If your intent was to make some of us feel bad about flying FAI congratulations you have succeeded. 
   Hasn't it been voted on many times that the masters want there own schedule not the P pattern.
   You stated that most FAI pilots only fly P , then in your next sentence you say then we're not FAI if we don't fly both.
  If you think this is how you GROW PATTERN  you are really missing the boat.
  Your arrogance is appalling.
   Steve Maxwell

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Grow Pattern 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Sent: 11/11/2005 2:24:58 AM 
    Subject: What constitutes an FAI flyer.


    This question has been going around in my mind since they came up with P-01 and F-01 and FAI wrote it up so that we, the USA, only fly the Finals at the Nat's or team trials.

    In the (my) old days they had schedules A,B, C etc right up to E. The A-schedule  was flown for two years with the new B-schedule as the finals schedule. Then the B was flown for two years with the C as the finals schedule and so on.

    Nowadays MOST FAI pilots really only fly the preliminary schedules. Next year it will by P-07. If most of the FAI pilots only compete with a P-schedule then I would submit that there is not much difference between an FAI pilot and a Masters pilot. Unless they make it into a Nat's or Team trials final (or semi final maybe).

    So maybe we are only being typically liberal and just spinning our wheels with a 406 class or perhaps I have been ignoring the obvious for years and I should accept that the P-series should be our Masters series.

    If not then maybe we should start running F-schedules on Sundays for FAI pilots flying AMA 406 at local contests.

    Lets face it you either are an FAI pilot or you are not. Just flying P-07 next year is like being half an FAI pilot!!!!. 

    Looking to create a debate and hear what you think. Don't really want to upset the middle order of FAI pilots or create a fight, but definitively wanting to be a shade contentious.

    Regards.

    Eric.
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