[NSRCA-discussion] If you don't score by therules....don'tadvertise a rulebook event

[Richard Strickland]

Another thought--sort of related--is the impression on who or what is in
control.  Is the guy or gal flying the airplane or simply guiding the thing
around?  When I get the impression that every movement is controlled as
opposed to pointed and banged, that person will score a little higher as it
appears more intentional.  For the most part(and I know there are
exceptions), the folks who take control from throttle up on take-off to
rollout after touchdown are the ones that win.

RS


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therules....don'tadvertise a rulebook event


   I think that the run and gun TO method is sometimes a matter of safety.
If you have a heavy crosswind at your back it's best to get the plane
running in a straight direction as soon as possible. With taildraggers
liking to weather vein as they do. When we were scoring TO's on a 1 to 10 I
saw a lot more close calls with the guys on the upwind flight lines. I do
agree that the landings with trike gears were spectacular. Mike

  Richard Strickland <richard.s at allied-callaway.com> wrote:

      Cigarette butts(filters) used to make excellent wheel chocks.  It was
almost automatic to pick one up on the way out to set the plane down and
stick it in front of the nose wheel...  Saved time...  About the time I sort
of got my act together on TOs and landings, they quit scoring them(or I
moved up and they didn't score them)--CRS disease again...sigh...   With
trikes, the cool deal was to lift the nose wheel, roll along for awhile as
the airplane gently lifted off.  Landing was to wheel on the mains and
gently lower the nose-OR hold it off for a while.  Seems like Steve Helms
did some of the prettiest ones....

      With conventional gear, pretty TOs and landings are a little more
difficult to do well, but I tend to think a guy that can run it right down
the centerline, roll it on and off smoothly OUGHT to have an edge.  I know
this has been suggested before--but a guy who does lovely TOs and landings
WILL make a better initial impression and the judges will EXPECT a better
flight.  The 'gun and go' guys are shooting themselves in the foot.

      RS
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