[NSRCA-discussion] Advancement: let's wrap it up
Fred Huber
fhhuber at clearwire.net
Wed Aug 15 17:56:06 AKDT 2007
My proposal would be:
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8. Contestant classification. At his first Pattern
contest a contestant may enter any one Pattern
class at his own option. (This decision should be
made with care as no one at any time, except as
noted in 8.1.2. and 8.2.5., will be permitted to
change to a lower class.) Once committed to a
certain class a contestant will be allowed to
move only to a higher skill class. This move will
come about in one of two ways: (1) voluntary,
(2) mandatory.
8.1. A contestant may promote himself
voluntarily to a higher class at any time;
however, once the move is made, he may not
change back to a lower class.
8.1.1. Exception: A contestant may fly
in the next higher class at a contest where his
class is not being flown without committing
himself to a permanent move to a higher class.
He may not fly in a class lower than the one to
which he is committed.
8.1.2. Exception: Consideration will be
given to requests for reclassification to a lower
class for various reasons, such as disability or
breaks from participation of several years. For a
flier to be reclassified to a lower rank, that
person must make application (using a form
supplied by AMA HQ) to be signed by a Contest
Director and forwarded to the petitioners District
Contest Board representative and Vice President
for their approval.
8.2. A contestant will be mandatorily
advanced through the classes as follows: Advancement
takes place through the accumulation of points.
Contestants receive points
according to their finishing place in every contest
they compete in. For fliers finishing third or
below in a given contest, they will receive points
equal to the number of official (having recorded
an official flight) fliers they beat. The second
place winner will receive points equal to twice
the number of official fliers he beats, and the
first place winner will receive points equal to
three times the number of official fliers he beats.
The points each contestant receives go into his
cumulative record.
8.2.0.a At the AMA Nationals, points will be awarded to the
top 20 entrants in each class, as if there were a total of
20 entrants if there are more than 20. Entrants placing
below the top 20 will not accumulate points from the event.
8.2.1. A flier accumulating or exceeding
50 points in Sportsman will automatically be advanced to Intermediate at
the end of that calendar year.
A flier accumulating or exceeding
100 points in Intermediate or 150 in Advanced classes
will automatically be advanced to the next higher
class up to the top AMA style class of Masters at
the end of that calendar year. A flier accumulating or exceeding
200 points in Masters will be automaticly advanced to FAI at
the end of that calendar year.
8.2.2. A contestant may voluntarily
move to the next higher class upon attaining the
goals itemized in 8.2.1. but will not be required
to do so until the end of the calendar year.
8.2.3. The accumulated points for
required class advancement will be based on a
sliding scale of 4 years time. Advancement
points acquired before the fourth (4) year will
not count towards advancement. In other words,
a contestant's point accumulation is based on the
total accumulation for his/her previous four (4)
years of competition.
8.2.4. When a contestant enters a new
class, either higher or lower (as permitted by
8.1.2.) he begins with zero (0) points. Note: A
contestant who flies in a higher class under the
Exception Rule (8.1.1.) above still acquires
classification points in accordance with 8.2.
above..
Examples
1. The contestant is one (1) of eight (8)
who flies officially in a given class,
except Sportsman, and places first. He
acquires three (3) times seven (7) (the
number he beat) or 21 classification
points.
2. The contestant is one (1) of 16 and
places fifth. He receives 11 points.
3. The contestant accumulates 95 points
in 1990 and thus remains in his declared
class into 1991. At the first 1991
contest, he picks up 12 points. He may
fly the rest of 1991 in his declared class
but will be advanced to the next higher
class starting January 1, 1992. (He may
move up sooner if he so desires.)
8.3. NSRCA is responsible for maintaining
an accurate record of classification points.
A form for reporting contest results will be
included with each contest sanction package,
and is available on the NSRCA website at
www.NSRCA.org
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The fewest changes I could come up with to meet the goal... CONSISTANCY from class to class.
And having a way to keep track...
note the deletion of the ability to hop back and forth between FAI and other classes. (no one does it anyway... there's no point.)
Change system for Sportsman to a points system, not placing above 4 others in a single contest.
Change to 150 points accumulation in Advanced. (a lot of points... have some big contests...)
Masters advance if accumulated 200 points. (thats a LOT of points in 4 years... SANDBAGGER)
If you are good enough to place in the top 20 of your class at the NATS... you need the points.
but if there are 50 people flying in your class... and you come in 20th... you don't need 31 points.
NSRCA takes care of the points accumulations. (someone types the numbers in... won't take long even if there's 6 contests on one weekend) Simple spreadsheet will do it.
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FAI is the destination class.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Gayer
To: NSRCA Mailing List
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement: let's wrap it up
Buddy,
My original advancement proposal follows. the discussion was quickly overrun by my additional comments relating to advancement from Masters to F3A. With this proposal you would clearly be within the rule. it would be up to your fellow competitors in your district to pressure you if you were overstaying your welcome. Note to our masters flier with hearburn about forced advancement- this would also apply to you. Only peer pressure would force you into F3A.
John
how about changing the AMA advancemant rule and keep it very simple?
Your first contest of the year will determine your class for the year. You may go up one class at any time during the year but may not go back down during the year. At the start of the next year you may drop back one class at your option, stay where you are or go up a class.
This is simple enough that your fellow competitiors will know if you are following the rules. It will also be up to your fellow competitiors through peer pressure to insure that you are not sandbagging.
BUDDYonRC at aol.com wrote:
Guess I am not a responsible pattern pilot I have no idea how many points I have accumulated, don't know and don't care. I fly advanced and have since the year 2000
My best year was 2005 when I placed 1st once 2nd twice and 3rd twice I think I attended ten contest's that year including the Nat's.
I will continue to fly advanced class until I feel that I can fly Masters without crashing my airplanes or killing somebody If that doesn't satisfy the members of the NSRCA pattern community let me know privately ASAP.
Buddy Brammer
AMA-3889 NSRCA-1810
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