[NSRCA-discussion] me, at the Nats

[JShulman]

Hi George,

Great write-up, again, and as always it's fun seeing how you scored us. It
was great to sit and chat with you at the times we did.

I really enjoyed this years Nats. I made it a point to make this a FUN Nats
for myself, my friends and anyone that was around me. I think it happened.
But I think it drained me of most of my energy, so next year I'll have to be
more "serious".

Just for fun, I dropped the lowest of each F-07 and Unknowns like we would
to determine the winner and the results are as follows:

Jay          F-07-1 = 998,   Unk -2 = 1000   Total = 1998

Chip        F-07-2 = 971,   Unk -2 = 997      Total = 1968

Don         F-07-1 = 965,   Unk - 1 =1000    Total = 1965

Sean       F-07-2 = 984,   Unk - 1 = 978     Total = 1962

QQ          F-07-1 = 959,   Unk - 1 = 987     Total = 1946

Andrew  F-07-1 = 1000,  Unk-2 = 942       Total = 1942

Dave L   F-07-2 = 946,    Unk - 1 = 959     Total = 1905

Chad      F-07-1 = 895,    Unk-2 = 911       Total = 1806

As you can see, the results changed a little bit: 1st = Jay, 2nd = Chip, 3rd
= Don, 4th = Sean, 5th = QQ, 6th = Andrew, 7th = Dave L., 8th = Chad

Anyone else have a "score card" to add to the fun?

Hey George, if you feel like it, how about posting the results of the
Finalists P-07 rounds? See how a "Team" would have done.
Regards,
Jason
www.jasonshulman.com
www.shulmanaviation.com
www.composite-arf.com

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kennie
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  OK Guys, here goes............................

  2006 Nats is history and being there was, as always, a priviledge that I
will probably not be able to enjoy for too many more years, but the
experience creates an indelible memory event that burns in your psyche for
an indefinite period of time.

  The really special part of the experience is the people. I think that this
is my 5th year and renewing aquaintances previously made and meeting new
people is fabulous. I arrived Sat nite and got my tent set up in it's usual
place and realized that it was still light out as this is the first year
that Indiana has gone on Daylight Savings time so it was light out 'til
almost quarter to ten. There was more than one nite that Sean McMurtry was
actually flying at 9:30 P.M.

  Sunday morning saw me out on the flight line early and Troy was putting up
some practice flights and we spent a few minutes discussing/sharing flight
elements and execution anomalies and corrective inputs. Received so many
familiar hellos from the likes of Earl, Robert G., Harry Ells, the
Canadians, the D1 guys, and so many that they are too numerous to mention.
Also spent quite a few minutes talking with Sean who is a real friendly
individual and a real gentleman, who informed me that he was competing with
Naruke's actual airplane. That thing was gorgeous and the detail of the
craftsmanship was astounding.The pipe mount was to die for! Instantaneously
removable and absolutely foolproof ! What a work of art.

  Up to now I had been at site 1 so I decided to go over to site 3 and see
what was going on over there. As I was driving over, I thought to myself,
"it's only 9:30 and if this was over right now, I have already had the
greatest time, and the contest hasn't even started yet. At site 3 it was
almost a repeat of greetings and after a settling down period I started to
watch some practice flights. Jim Woodward showed that his efforts over the
last year were not wasted as his flying was top notch.Jim decided that his
electric was not giving him the best opportunity for the scores he felt he
was capable of so after a couple of days with the electric he made the
switch to glow and felt that he did indeed improve his standings.

  At one point, I was sitting out under the judges sunshade during a
practice session observing the flyers executing their sequences and who
pulls up a chair and begins to chat , but Jason. Now I have to tell you that
Jason really didn't know me from Adam and yet he was the most affable
friendly guy you could ever hope to meet. I teased the daylights out of him
about getting a haircut and tried a whole bunch of stuff to rattle his cage
and he would just come back with a quick quip and put you totally at ease.
What a wonderful kid !!!!!!!!!! I love'im (and no, that didn't influence my
scores)

  All the old stand-bys were there to keep everything running smoothly.
Bobby Stout, John and Bill, Jerry P., line chiefs that I didn't know, but
everybody did a teriffic job of making it a well run event.

  I met some neat new guys on site 4. There was a fellow flying a Nat Penton
Voodoo Express ( I think his name was Lewis). Another kid flying an
Adrenaline named Paul Futey. It was great to see again Carl Zavalney, and
Keith Black and it's impossible to remember everybody, but like I said, you
really feel that this is a special experience.

  Monday morning I got into my trusty chair behind the flight line and did
some P07 scoring to try to sharpen up my judging skills in preparation for
the real serious stuff. I Scored the guys that I thought would be in the
thick of it at the end on site one, first round. One individual that
impressed me was Chad Northeast.Chad was flying an airplane called a Twister
that I think is a Synergy derivitive powered by a Plettenberg electric and
it was balletic. The plane flew, what appeared to me, to fly slower than
anybody else's electric and Chad was quite precise in his execution. I let
him know that I thought he was doing well after his flight. I discovered
later when I checked my numbers that his scores were a little lower than
most of the top guys, but there's something about his presentation that
keeps you rivetted. His is indeed a very pleasant presentation. After that
round I went to site 3 and scored a few guys over there, knowing that at
this juncture in time, all that I was doing was getting a feel for
consistancy.

  The first 3 days were spent trying to get my head to interpret what my
eyes were seeing, but on the 4th day things really got heated up ( of course
Muncie was it's usual high temp environment as well). I feel that being away
from the competition environment for a year and being a year older that I'm
starting to lose a little of my sharpness and judging ability as I was
concious at times that I was occasionally missing a few things, but I think
the overall relativity of the scores that I arrived at are still consistant
within that envelope.

  I found out that my position, 50 feet behind the judges does not afford me
a view of the box constraints and although I scored Troy quite highly, I was
advised later that he had quite a few box violations because he flew in too
close which knocked him out of the finals.Needless to say, I was saddened to
learn of this as he takes the sport very seriously and I like to see him do
well. He had a really nice airplane and flew it with the skill of the top
eschelon pilots.

  Since returning home I have been quite busy so haven't had time to get to
my scoring etchings till now. Seeing as Vicente was kind enough to send us
Northerners a good dose of Kansas weather (it's 100 degrees here today) I
have been quarantined to the indoors with a little extra time so I thought I
would pull out my score sheets and run the numbers in order to see how I
stacked up against the official results.


  This number thing is a real revelation. It seems to indicate trends and
weaknesses and consistancy of each individual. Sometimes as you begin to
tabulate the results it can get pretty scary when there are only 5 points
separating the first 4 guys you've totalled. I felt, before I left for the
Nats this year, that it was probably going to be a tight race, with Sean and
Jason in attendance and was looking forward to the outcome with great
anticipation.

  Last year I felt that Chip flew poorly and I was surprised to hear that he
had done well at the Worlds. Well I have to tell you that this year he
vindicated himself on my scorecard.He seems to have the ability to do better
when the pressure is greatest and really comes through.

  The day of the finals was a nightmare !!!!!!!!!!! The day started out
overcast, but not excessively windy, so the first round of F07 presented no
more problems than anticipated and everyone flew O.K.

  Next came the first unknown and you begin to see in the scores areas of
weaknesses and strengths in the different individuals. Some individuals
displayed tremendous consistancy no matter what was thrown at them with
their scores staying within close proximities (Chad, Chip, Jay, QQ). It's
probably unfair to some individuals to rate them in exactly this way due to
rthe extreme weather that blew in for the last couple of rounds.This contest
may have had a totally different outcome without the extremes of weather
that these poor souls had to tolerate. In the final round, Dave L and Don
were required to fly in winds that were just under the threshold (40mph) and
it hadn't let up very much when Chip flew last and almost won the round on
my scorecard.

  Please remember, these are only MY reflections, and there is no way to
verify my qualifications for my conclusions or even indicate that I know
what I'm talking about, however, what is certainly true is that these eight
individuals flew very difficult sequences in a manner that was exemplary and
with extremely closely matched performances. This was tight flying my
friends !!!!!!!!

  Here's what I have:


  Andrew, F-07-1 = 1000, F-07-2 = 1000, Unk -1 = 937, Unk-2 = 942 Total =
3879

  Chad, F-07-1 = 895, F-07-2 = 894, Unk - 1 = 895, Unk-2 = 911 Total = 3595

  Chip, F-07-1 = 964, F-07-2 = 971, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 997 Total = 3921


  Dave L F-07-1 = 905, F-07-2 = 946, Unk - 1 = 959, Unk -2 = 903 Total =
3713

  Don F-07-1 = 965, F-07-2 = 954, Unk - 1 =1000, Unk -2 = 923 Total = 3842

  Jay F-07-1 = 998, F-07-2 = 961, Unk - 1 = 989, Unk -2 = 1000 Total = 3948

  Sean F-07-1 = 960, F-07-2 = 984, Unk - 1 = 978, Unk - 2 = 879 Total = 3801

  QQ F-07-1 = 959, F-07-2 = 958, Unk - 1 = 987, Unk - 2 = 942 Total = 3846

  My numbers indicate an order of finish as follows: 1st = Jay, 2nd = Chip,
3rd = Andrew, 4th = QQ, 5th = Don, 6th = Sean, 7th = Dave L., 8th = Chad .

  I had no idea what these numbers were going to show until today and am as
surprised as anybody. I think Chad's one point consistancy over the first
three rounds astounding. Chip worked at keeping his scores up every round to
win a well deserved second. Andrew, make yourself up an unknown sequence
every week and work on unfamiliar stuff. It's obvious you nail everything
you get to practice (you surprised me). Don was unfairly sentenced in the
final round. Just wait 'til next year.

  Great work you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Georgie
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