[NSRCA-discussion] Masters - Humpy Bump w/ Pilot Option

[John Pavlick]

Yup, you were screwed! Only thing to do at that point is gracefully take the
0 and set up for the next maneuver (like you did). The most common thing
that happens with the Humpty, and the thing that you really lneed to ook for
when judging, happens when there are 1/4 rolls on the lines. Here's what
happens: the pilot executes the first 1/4 roll on the up line, then pulls
(or pushes) over the top - OK so far. Now here's where you need to watch. If
the pilot makes a mistake and rolls the WRONG way on the downline the only
way to survive is to execute a 3/4 roll so they end up pointed in the right
direction for the PULL out. If you're sleeping in the judges chair you could
miss the error. Since the 1 in 15 rule applies, the maneuver is a 0. And
yes, I've made this mistake as a pilot, but NOT when I'm judging.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


 -----Original Message-----
From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Eddie
Batchelor
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:41 AM
To: 'NSRCA Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Masters - Humpy Bump w/ Pilot Option


  Last year at Nederland while flying Intermediate I entered the HB thinking
of the stall turn /full roll up soooooo needless to say I pulled to vertical
and promptly did a full roll. My caller (Richard Lewis) asked me “now what
are you gonna do”. My answer was there ain’t nothing I CAN do from here so I
guess I’ll set up for the cobra. Later I wondered if there was an option
that would’ve allowed me to legally finish the HB. This thread proves I was
screwed from the moment I executed the full roll up <VBG>

  Eddie




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  Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:24 PM
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  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Masters - Humpy Bump w/ Pilot Option



  Larry, the Options HB has many options as the name states, but a 3/4 roll
in one of the verticals IS NOT one of them. A 3/4 roll in one of the
verticals makes this maneuver something other than the Options Humpty and
the maneuver should have been zeroed.



  The Options humpty requires the model to enter and exit upright with 180
degree directional reversal. The rest of the maneuver may be done as
follows: The model may be 1/2 rolled up OR down and may be pulled OR pushed
over the top. It may also be 1/4 rolled up AND down and may be pushed or
pulled over the top.



  As with all end of the box reversals, entry and exit altitudes do not have
to match. The pilot has the option to correct altitude in the reversal, BUT
if rolls or other elements are flown in the verticals, each element must be
centered in its own vertical line.



  Make sense??

  Matt



  In a message dated 6/9/2006 7:26:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
lld613 at psci.net writes:

    Judging the Masters at a contest last weekend the pilot reversed the HB
maneuvers (7 and 13). I scored the 1st HB as a zero because the pilot did
not perform the ¾ down, only a ¼ if I recall correctly. But on the HB w/
Pilot Options I did not down grade for the ¾ roll down.



    Should this have been a down-grade?



    Larry

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