[NSRCA-discussion] Happy New Year

[Dave Burton]

SFO, Procedure turn, SFB were never one maneuver as I remember back in the
early 70's when I was flying them. They were always 3 maneuvers judged and
scored separately. 
BTW, I hope they never put those 3 in the FAI schedules. They are by far the
most difficult sequence to do correctly of any I've ever flown. It's been a
long time, if ever, since I've given a 10 on a procedure turn. It's still in
the SPA schedule and it's still rare to see a good one.
Dave Burton

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Cronkhite
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:26 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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