[NSRCA-discussion] Length of 2011 Masters Sequence

[Glen Watson]

Matt,

 

Thanks for the kind words regarding the Space City Contest.  I'll pass them
along to the club membership.

 

Regards,

 

Glen Watson (event coordinator)

 

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From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Matthew
Frederick
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:37 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Length of 2011 Masters Sequence

 

I think y'all are starting to get somewhere with this discussion. I remember
the days of pattern contests in the south being 40+ pilots on a regular
basis. I also remember how strict the rules were in regards to getting up in
the air quickly. There were 3 ready boxes leading up to your time to fly,
and you better be in them when you needed to be or you lost your turn. I was
at the Space City contest this weekend in Katy, TX and I must say I haven't
seen a contest that well executed since I started flying again 3 years ago.
The CD wasn't even a pattern pilot! He just wanted to run an efficient
contest. There were 30 pilots evenly spread among all the classes (although
Advanced was definitely the largest at 8), and we had no problem getting in
6 rounds and we were finished with the awards by 2:30 on Sunday. I think we
should focus on running efficient contests before we start worrying about
how long it takes to fly a sequence. I've also seen a couple comments about
the electrics being at a disadvantage due to the length. For what it's worth
I think the sequences should drive the technology used, not the other way
around. Oh, by the way, I judged a round of Masters and the only thing that
bothered me about it was that my legs were already sunburnt from sitting
through 2 rounds of Sportsman and 2 rounds of Intermediate the day before.

 

Matt

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From: Bill's Email <mailto:wemodels at cox.net>  

To: General pattern discussion <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  

Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:46 PM

Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Length of 2011 Masters Sequence

 

John Ferrell wrote: 

Based on experience as site director at the Nats and CD at local contests I
don't think the extra minute on the sequence is the problem. The FAI guys
are being as professional as possible and seldom take their allotted time to
take off. There a lot of guys flying Masters that you have to run down and
wake up before they even start to get ready to fly. 

I've run a few larger aerobatic contests (40 to 60 pilots) and I found it is
precisely those minutes that can kill you. Think about it. 35 pilots each
taking 1 minute extra. 35 minutes per round times 4 or 5 rounds, and WOW you
are talking about an extra 2 hours 20 minutes to maybe 3 hours!! SO
regardless of if it is in the sequence or on teh ground, those pesky little
minutes add up like mad!!


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