[NSRCA-discussion] Rules change proposal

[Ron Van Putte]

You were kidding?   I wasn't kidding about getting special scoring  
bonuses for age and (lack of) height.  Or was I?

Ron VP

On Apr 30, 2008, at 6:01 AM, John Konneker wrote:

> Matt,
> You know I'm just kidding right?
> :-)
> JLK
>
>
> From: mjfrederick at cox.net
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:40:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules change proposal
>
> I don't see the necessity for such a proposal... All the people you  
> are competing with in your region (hence breaking the NSRCA up into  
> districts) are dealing with the same problem. It would be a net  
> zero change in the results, just allowing you to feel better about  
> yourself because you got better scores... to quote the Godfather...  
> "After all, we are not communists..." While we're at it let's just  
> change the name of the sport to Soccer...
>
> Matt
>
> Yeah, I know I'm gonna ruffle some feathers with the soccer  
> remark... get over it...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Konneker
> To: General pattern discussion
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules change proposal
>
> Anthony,
> Please don't think of it as a "handicap".
> Think of it as a well...let's call it what it is.
> A "Correction Factor".
> I can see this process causing a lot of changes.
> How 'bout the monthly magazine's name becomming "The NSRCA  
> Correction Factor"?!?
> This is only the tip of the iceberg (get it...iceberg...lol)
> JLK
>
>
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:19:51 -0700
> From: aabdu at sbcglobal.net
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules change proposal
>
> John,
> You are a fricking genius. As a snow belt sufferer living less than  
> 90 miles from Buffalo New York, I could use the "handicap" to  
> adjust for our nearly 8 month long winter and subsequent RC  
> inactivity.
>
> Tim Wortkoetter <twortkoetter at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think it should also apply to people who have two kids under the  
> age of 3.
>
> Tim Wortkoetter
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Konneker <jlkonn at hotmail.com>
> To: Discussion List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:56:43 PM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules change proposal
>
> I have been impressed by the spirit of fair play and sportsmanship  
> in the NSRCA since returning to pattern.
> I feel though that there has been an oversight in the rules that I  
> think now could be corrected.
> I just got in from flying my Focus II for the first time since last  
> October.
> It (I) was terrible!  The long winter layoffs here in the northern  
> climes imposes a real hardship on pattern pilots living here.
> To be fair I would like to propose an adjustment to the maneuver k- 
> factors based on the annual mean temperature and
> extreme lows (I want to leave out highs) of where one lives.
> For example my lowest k-factor would be 10 for landing and takeoff  
> and then go up from there according to degree of difficulty of
> maneuver.  In some cases I can see 20+ easily.
> Folks like Derek, Ron Davies, Chris Fitzsimmons living in  
> California would have highest k-factors of 1...who knows...maybe  
> even fractional or minus.  These k-factors would be assigned by  
> pilot and voted on only by members that have at least 24" of snow  
> each year.
> What do you all think?
> I want to be fair.
> JLK
>
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