[NSRCA-discussion] Nats registration

Thu Jun 14 09:01:55 AKDT 2007

Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nats registrationthere's a big difference in PLAYING a game of strategy and OBSERVING the RESULTS of someone performing aerobatics.

You don't even need to know all the rules to observe.

You don't need to know the weight limit, maximum length or wingspan of the model.

You don't have to know how to compensate for wind in order to be able to see if a vertical line got blown sideways and should be downgraded.

Knowing the names of the pieces (maneuvers) and the shape of the board (limits of the box) and the basic movements of the pieces (textbook description of loop, roll, spin, snap...) will get you MUCH further judging than actually playing.

Even a judge at a chess tournament only needs to know how to recognize an illegal move.  They don't have to be able to beat the worst player in the High School chess club.
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  From: Mark Atwood 
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  I'm going to simply agree to disagree.  Experience in flying, helps your experience in judging, IMHO.

  I'll use a few analogies...    Chess.  I know the rules.  I'm even a decent player.  My son is 10...also knows the rules, and for 10, plays ok.  But when he looks at the board, he sees 64 squares and a myriad of pieces.  He has to evaluate each piece in turn, taking considerable time to make his move.  By contrast, my experience allows me to set "groups" of pieces as a single formation...a master player, sees the entire board as a single position, and knows instantly the next move to make.

  One more quick comparison and I'll try and related it to pattern judging...lol

  Diving.  How many of you have watched the olympic diving and seen someone do a blinding 3 somersault half twist whatever, only to have the announcer say..."He's going to have to do a better job of keeping his knees together and holding the tuck farther in the rotation...blah blah blah" and think to yourself HUH?? Did they actually SEE that??  And sure enough, in the slow mo...that's EXACTLY what happened.  The commentator DIDN'T see it...but they knew from the outcome WHAT MUST HAVE OCCURRED TO GET THERE from their own experience.

  Back to flying.  Much of what we do is anticipate problems and fix them.   Some may disagree, but often, judging is know what must have happened to get you into the bad place.  That takes experience...I think flying experience, though I suppose significant judging experience could achieve the same.  Bottom line...a sportsman/intermediate pilot, unless they've been flying and judging that class for many years, doesn't have the experience necessary to judge FAI or Masters Real Time.  You have to see too much, too fast.  You can't evaluate all the pieces on the board...you have to see the board as a single position.

  My .02 cents.

  That being said...I fully agree that Intermediate pilots should be used to judge Advanced...mixed with Masters pilots...thats the best way to learn and you'll still get a good judging result.

  -Mark

  On 6/14/07 10:57 AM, "Zapata, Lisandro Arturo" <Lisandro.Zapata at rsandh.com> wrote:

    IMHO

    Even a Sportman who barely know to fly their own sequences, doesn't mean that can't judge even FAI pilots. If he has the knowledge and the ability to judge correctly then you should use him to judge FAI. Is common to think that a FAI pilot who has to know to fly with all the rules in his mind must be a great judge but is not always the case, they can be a terrible judge and a great flyer.
    I had seen FAI judges that they aren't even pilots, but they know the rules.

    Arturo

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    From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
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    My comments regarding not all Intermediate class pilots being qualified to judge Advanced is from experience.  A lot of Intermediate class pilots just moved up from Sportsman and barely know how to fly their own sequences, much less judge a class above them.  They don't have the basic knowledge of how to judge correctly.  I've had Intermediate pilots ask to be assigned to any other job than being a judge of Advanced pilots because they didn't feel qualified. 

    Further, like all programs, our judging certification program often leaves a lot to be desired.  Despite the efforts of a lot of people like Don Ramsey, how many pilots just got certified by sitting in a group with a lot of other guys who all took the "test" together?  I've seen it happen far too often.   Judge certification classes run by Don Ramsey at the Nats take several hours.  I've watched some local classes take less than an hour and most of that was taking the test.  For experienced judges, just taking the test is probably enough, because they have familiarized themselves with changes to the rules and only need to take the test.  However, I believe that pilots who are inexperienced judges are being shortchanged at the local level.

    Ron Van Putte

    On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:12 AM, John Ferrell wrote:

      I find the lack of confidence in the Judging  Certification Program to be an insult to those who put forth so much effort  into it.

      There are still a lot of Masters/FAI pilots who  choose to not waste their time knowing the AMA rule book. And there are many  pilots who are new to the Pattern Discipline that have read and continue to  read the Rule book like the Bible!

      The class one flies is not a good indicator of  their judging qualities.

      John Ferrell    W8CCW
      "Life is  easier if you learn to plow 
             around  the stumps"
      http://DixieNC.US

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        From:  Ron Van Putte <mailto:vanputte at cox.net>   

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        It is true that SOME  Intermediate pilots are qualified to judge Advanced and are used if they  are.  The event director's job is to discover who is qualified.   That's why we pay him the big $.  <VBG>  

        Ron Van Putte

        On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:

          Provided that the Intermediate pilots aren't  qualified to judge Advanced, right?  And since there are 20  Intermediate pilots they can help out with judging Advanced as well -  since everyone has to be certified.

          On 6/13/07, Ron Van  Putte <vanputte at cox.net>  wrote:  

            As a former Nats event director, I  must point out that the Master class pilots are used to judge the  Advanced AND F3A pilots, thus the problem with the number of Master  class pilots.  If you use three judges on both Advanced lines,  that's six judges each session.  Then, if there are four F3A lines,  that's another twelve judges.  So, the first two sessions of  Advanced and F3A requires 36 Master class judges.   Oh oh! we  run out of Master class judges on the third day if we only have 40  Master class pilots and nobody volunteers to judge extra sessions.   That's why Dave Guerin's hair is turning gray/falling out.  

            Ron Van Putte

            On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:

              And for one year there will actually be enough judges to judge  Masters - we've always struggled with not having enough F3A pilots to  fill the Masters judging pool.

              On 6/13/07, Jim  Woodward <Jim.Woodward at armorholdings.com  <mailto:Jim.Woodward at armorholdings.com> > wrote:  

                Wow -  Awesome!  The Masters pilots will get a taste of judging a  highly attended FAI class!  J  J  J  

                Jim  W.

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                It looks like we have 115 total registered  pilots for the Nats this year (from the AMA  website)...

                Intermediate - 20

                Advanced - 16

                Masters - 40

                FAI - 39

                Those are excellent #'s and I'm hoping that  there will still be some late entries that will raise those numbers  even more.

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