[NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

[Robert L. Beaubien]

The description of the "Straight Flight Back" maneuver in the AMA
manual:
Straight Flight Back: Immediately after the turnaround maneuver the
model shall fly back along the same line as the outgoing path. The
Straight Flight Back may be downgraded because:
1. Turns or wiggles during straight flight.
2. Change in altitude.
3. Gallops in pitch, yaw, or roll.
4. Flight not along straight flight

I would interpret that as requiring same entry and exit altitude for the
turn around, but the downgrade should happen on the Straight Flight Back
for not starting at the same altitude as the Straight Flight Out.  This
is consistent with the judging guidelines on nsrca.us for Sportsman.

- Robert Beaubien
- NSRCA, District 7 Webmaster
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Doug
Cronkhite
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:26 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

Great.. so the judging guide conflicts with itself even.

Maneuver 3 states that since the stall turn (a turnaround maneuver) is 
between straight flight out and straight flight back, it's entry and 
exit altitude should be the same.

Then in maneuver 5, there is a specific note that since the 1/2 reverse 
cuban 8 is a turnaround maneuver, its entry and exit altitude may
differ.

IF the straight flight out, turnaround, and straight flight back were 1 
maneuver as they used to be (SFO, procedure turn, SFB) the the relative 
altitude would be a judging criteria. However, since these are 3 
separate maneuvers, the performance of one maneuver MAY NOT be used as a

judging criteria for another. To quote another part of the judging
handbook:

"*Be independent*. Ignore the scores of other judges. Do not converse 
about scores. Score each maneuver on its individual value. Dismiss 
consideration of each maneuver as soon as you record its score."

Doug




J N Hiller wrote:
>
> I said I was finished once but you guys are having way too much 
> trouble with this turnaround altitude issue.
>
> Here is the link to the NSRCA Judging Section. Just click on
Sportsman.
>
> http://nsrca.us/judginghome.html
>
> Jim
>
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