[NSRCA-discussion] Pocono

[Robert Harden]

What I will say about calm air...the best trimmed plane usually wins.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Courtney, Gary Ray" <grcourtney at tva.gov>
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:12 AM
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Amen!!! Calm air sucks!!!

gary

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Interesting thing about calm air is that it happens very infrequently,
so practice in calm air happens very infrequently. In general, we tend
to fly rather poorly in it (too many overcorrections) as a result. The
most frequent flaws I saw were flopped stalls, vertical lines leaning
too much to correct an imagined head wind, radii very variable, flying
way too far out and general lack of controlling distance out. From the
judge's point of view, one could just sit there and count the
flaws.....no wind to hide them behind (VBG)

I remember a contest in Georgia a few years ago where it was dead calm
as in last weekend's Pocono contest. It took two rounds to recalibrate
ourselves to flying dead air.

MattK

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Lawrence <ronnan57 at rochester.rr.com>
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Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:24 am
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Thanks to everyone that put on the Pocono
contest, It was a great contest. It was the calmest air I have ever
flown in. Ron Lawrence

  ----- Original Message -----
  From:
  Joe
  Lachowski
  To: General pattern discussion

  Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 7:47 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
  Pocono

23 contestants. Yes, there were two lost to a midair.


And we had the best flying conditions you could ever ask
  for.







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