[NSRCA-discussion] IMAC Vs Pattern Participation? Does the DogHunt on points made?

[brett terry]

At my last IMAC competition I tried to present my maneuvers somewhat close,
tried to be precise, and tried to increase the visibility of my plane.  The
judges told me to fly further away, because it can slow down the routine.
People were flying the back side of the roller at the limits of vision, and
this is with 35% - 40% planes!  Some of these planes could fly away from the
transmitter, and still be within vision limits.  So much for positioning and
"presentation".  It is exceedingly difficult to recognize the difference
between a vertical line and 15 degrees off...The deviation point deductions
are mere speculation.  Forget about trying to determine the number of
wingspan deviations during a hammerhead.

Most people, myself included, want to learn all the fun freestyle tricks
with the big planes.  Most spectators don't care about how well an IMAC
plane can slow roll, or maintain track during unweighted snaps, or perform
precision aerobatics, they want to see it blast out of a hover, Panic,
Blender, Rolling Harrier, Roller Coaster, Waterfall, and in general act like
a foamie.

It has become the Olympic Snowboard Half Pipe event of the model airplane
world, including the requisite adjectives, "Extreme", "Alternative" (if
'alternative' is in the mainstream, can it still be considered
'alternative'?), "Radical", "Hucking", etc.

There, I feel better now.  Back to precision.  Of course, I do enjoy the
turnaround setup...

Brett


On 3/2/06, Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> For all practical purposes, Scale Aerobatics has no box anymore.  It
> exists as an abstract concept on a piece of paper in that it has a defined
> height, width and depth, but since they eliminated the 75 degree markers,
> there is nothing left to measure it against.  Additionally, they eliminated
> the concept of zones, so you are free to place things where it seems good to
> place them, i.e., a figure that would appear to be meant for the center of
> the box doesn't have to be flown directly in front of you. Your choice of
> placement has some kind of connection to the so-called Presentation Score as
> it was originally 'defined'.  There are no deductions for centering
> inaccuracy.  Once you enter the box, you still need to get figures in the
> correct order and direction, though cross box figures leave direction (in or
> out) to the discretion of the pilot.  Currently, there may or may not be
> enforcement of a pure impressionist extra figure known as the Presentation
> Score.  It passed as a rule, then everyone was instructed by the IMAC BOD
> not to follow the AMA rule they pushed through.  I heard rumblings that
> maybe they are going to allow or encourage CDs to follow that rule again.
> Not sure, I don't really track what they do very closely anymore.
>
> Ed
>
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