[NSRCA-discussion] R. Puckeruptus

[Bob Richards]

I remember watching something on TV about a golfer many years ago (don't remember his name) that was one of the best. Someone suggested he write a book about his golfing techniques, so he tried. He started thinking about everything he did. The more he thought about it, the worse he got. He never did well after that, and pretty much dropped out of golf as a result.
   
  Bob R.

Lance Van Nostrand <patterndude at tx.rr.com> wrote:
          I know this exactly!!  You'll be flying a sequence with no worries and all of a sudden you think "do I usually roll left or right to start this?" Then you are screwed.  All of a sudden you have to think about the inputs where before it happened without thinking.  I had this happen to my reverse 4 point just before nats and I don't think I solved it until after nats.  The last contest it was one of my more consistently well scored manuvers.  Given this I don't have the secret to solve it but I since I've been flying the new FAI patterns I've had to think through the inputs before flying them.  I didnt' do this before - everything just flowed from watching the plane. I'm hoping that having done this and having a memory of thinking this through in my cerebral cortex that when my cerebellum neurons die I will be able to reroute.
  --Lance
   
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wilson 
  To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:22 AM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] R. Puckeruptus
  

  Is it just me, or does this happen to other people.
  Sometimes, the more I practice the worse I get.
  Case in point.
  The sixth maneuver on the Intermediate is an outside loop...no problem...wings level, reduce throttle, push the stick forward, throttle up at 1/2 loop...and so forth.
  I've done it hundreds of times...simple.
  The other day the airplane drifted a bit and I make a mid loop correction.  The result was ugly...real ugly.
  "What's this"? I'm thinking.  So, I break away and fly the outside loop again.
  This one's worse.
  "Holy s..."! What's happening to me, I must have the palsy.
  How embarrassing!
  For the next three days I struggle to analyze what I'm doing wrong.
   
  I think I have it worked out now, but it's not the same anymore.
  Now, as I approach the sixth maneuver I get bad vibes and a case of rectal puckeruptus.
  The outside loop isn't easy anymore...I have to really concentrate to not screw it up.
  Hope the other 18 maneuvers don't self destruct.
    
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