[NSRCA-discussion] 2007 Advanced Schedule

[Wayne Galligan]

Guys,

Listen to what Troy and Dave are saying.  I just moved up from advance to the Masters class and I find myself disagreeing with you.  The current advanced class is good and the proposed as good or better.  I didn't find that exiting inverted helped make me any more prepared for masters.  My BIGGEST adjustment coming up through the classes was learning to use the rudder effectively and without the correction being seen and throttle control.  One other very important item that has not been mentioned here is discovering how to trim your airplane for the schedule you are flying.  After I started flying the Masters pattern for awhile I soon discovered that my plane wasn't flying the schedule to my expectation.  Thinking I was all thumbs( I use a tray and fly fingers too) at the sticks I discovered little subtle things in the trim setup that made my plane perform better for the masters schedule,i.e. balance,throws, throttle curve,etc.  You can fly sportsman,intermediate and even advanced with a slightly nose heavy plane but not so well in masters.  So what I am saying is there is more to it then flying upside down. 

Wayne Galligan
D6 Masters bottom feeder
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jzeigenfus at comcast.net 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2007 Advanced Schedule


  I am in the same position as you John and concur with your analysis of the 2007 Advanced schedule. If the purpose of the Advanced schedule is to prepare you for Masters, then the difficulty level is too low. The other 2007 option for the Advanced schedule, was a better transition to Masters but was voted down. If the only other option is to stay with the current schedule, then at least the difficulty level is more appropriate with an Advanced schedule preparing you for Masters Class. Joe Z   

    -------------- Original message -------------- 
    From: jonlowe at aol.com 

    > I've been looking at the 2007 advanced schedule, since it looks as 
    > though I will move up from Intermediate next year. One thing that 
    > struck me is that the new Advanced schedule has NO inverted exits in 
    > it, down from 4 or 5 in the existing schedule. As it stands, if the 
    > new schedule passes the contest board vote in June, the new 
    > Intermediate schedule will have one inverted exit, Advanced none, and 
    > Masters eight, if I counted right. I'm not sure the degree of 
    > difficulty change between the schedules is what was contemplated. 
    > 
    > It may be that with the different options presented for the NSRCA 
    > survey, that we ended up with a harder intermediate pattern, an easier 
    > advanced, and a harder Masters, I'm not sure. But n! ow the change from 
    > Advanced to Masters will be huge, while the difference between 
    > Intermediate and Advanced is not so big anymore. 
    > 
    > It appears that the only thing that could be done now would be to 
    > encourage the contest board to vote down the new Advanced schedule 
    > since it is too late to update the proposal, if others feel the same 
    > way I do. If it is voted down, then the old Advanced schedule would 
    > remain in place, as I understand it. Each new schedule is a separate 
    > proposal, so they are voted upon separately. The current Advanced 
    > schedule would appear to be a good transition from the new intermediate 
    > schedule, and would be hard enough that the new Masters schedule 
    > wouldn't be so intimidating. 
    > 
    > Comments? 
    > 
    > Jon Lowe 
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