[NSRCA-discussion] September Pattern Contest in Jacksonville, FL

[JShulman]

I don't want the F sequence to scare off pilots from flying FAI. I was
simply asking if we were going to fly it or not.

I know it's not in most pilots best interest to practice F, but FAI is a 2
sequence class, not 1. Of the contests that I've been to, not one pilot has
completely objected to flying F, at least for fun, in the contest. The
Phoenix contest is the perfect example. F was split into a separate contest.
A couple of pilots decided not to fly F because they hadn't practiced it.
One of the pilots that had decided to fly F also had not practiced F at all,
but he didn't care, he wanted to try it and did so in the first round of F.
Seeing the fun he had the other 2 pilots that had previously decided against
flying F joined in during the last F round (and the last P round was
scrapped). After each pilot landed, they had a grin on their face as if they
had just won the contest. They had such a good time going through F that
they were glad they decided to give it a try. Their rounds weren't going to
change their places in the contest, but the fun that they had flying F
"made" their contest. 2 of them even had a friendly bet to see who would do
better...lol.

If we're not flying F, I will still make the contest. I haven't been able to
make Tony's contest for some time now due to date conflicts with other
events. But this one is penned in on my calendar and has priority. I do know
that the local F flying has helped me in preparing for the Nats and am
thankful that it has been flown at the contests I have attended. If this had
helped others, only they know.
Regards,
Jason
www.jasonshulman.com
www.shulmanaviation.com
www.composite-arf.com

  -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Dave Burton
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:10 PM
  To: bob at toprudder.com; 'General pattern discussion'
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: September Pattern Contest
inJacksonville,FL


  Then there are some of us old farts that struggle to remember all the
elements of one sequence. Learning two would be beyond my ability to
concentrate any more. If I go to a contest where I have to fly the "F"
sequence I'll just volunteer to judge, run score sheets, etc because I ain't
gonna practice  "F".

  Dave Burton



  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:35 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: September Pattern Contest
inJacksonville, FL



        Some pilots are good enough that they can make it into the finals
without having to practice the P sequence very much. It makes sense for them
spend their time practicing the F sequence.



        Then there are those of us that can only hope to make it into the
finals. Not much sense in spending a lot of time practicing the F sequence.
:-)

        Bob R

        --- On Thu, 7/31/08, Woodward, Jim (US SSA)
<jim.woodward at baesystems.com> wrote:



          Jason,



          Congrats again on making the team!  Regarding some of the feedback
I?ve had from this years Nats (and perhaps you or others can add to it), was
that the guys who made the F3A semi-finals had a high proficiency at the F
sequence!  That most of the guys really did have it practiced and were
flying it with about the same proficiency, or better in some cases, than the
P rounds.  Given that, perhaps we should continue to fly the F rounds
locally.



          Thanks,

          Jim W.


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