[NSRCA-discussion] radii

[Anthony Romano]

Please review page 19 "the first radius of a maneuver DOES NOT define the 
radii for the remaining radii of the maneuver."

Had to read it three times for it to make sense but not too bad.

Anthony




>From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2007 Pattern Rules posted by AMA
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:51:34 -0600
>
>
>On Dec 13, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Steven.Homenda at ctcplc.com wrote:
>
> > The new landing rule indicates "landing is not a centered manuever and
> > there is no downgrade for displacement to the left or right from
> > center as
> > long as the landing is in the landing zone."  It goes on to state "
> > if the
> > touchdown is within the runway but not in the landing zone it
> > should be
> > downgraded proportionate to the distance outside the landing
> > zone."   In my
> > opinion,   relying on each judge to accurately guesstimate the
> > distance
> > outside the landing zone's perpendicular lines which are 15 meters (50
> > feet) to the right and left of center (of pilot), then subtracting,
> > say,
> > one-half point for each 1.5 meter infraction before scoring the
> > maneuver,
> > is somewhat complicated.
>
>Yes, but so is trying to figure out which radii are different from
>the standard in a square loop or a square eight, when you're not
>supposed to determine what the standard is until the end of the
>maneuver.
>
>   Now consider this: The new criteria for judging radii in these
>maneuvers in F3A for 2007/2008 is that the standard is set by the
>first radius.  For a long time now, we have eventually adopted the
>F3A rules interpretations. I wonder how long will it be before ANA
>rules will reflect this interpretation.
>
>Ron
>
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