[NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

Fri May 8 19:15:11 AKDT 2009

I wonder why two horizontal rolls is a "challenge" for today's Intermediate pilots when three horizontal rolls were required of Sportsman pilots with those crappy planes 30 years ago?

Jack
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  From: ronlock at comcast.net 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

  Re comments below-
  I believe part of reason the current Intermediate sequence has two rolls, and not three, is-
  Figuring two rolls are challenge and training enough for most intermediate pilots -
  And two is enough for judging-   Particularly, if you see two going badly, not many of us
  want to see a third.

  Also below - having to move out of Sportsman after first year because of beating 4 other pilots -
  That is already fixed.  The 2009 rule  "..flier must move out of Sportsman class at the end of he calendar year of his/her second or subsequent year of participation if he/she places first or second and above at least 4 other fliers..."

  Ron Lockhart

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  From: "Ron Hansen" <rcpilot at wowway.com>
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  Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 10:03:36 PM (GMT-0500) Auto-Detected
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  I’ve been flying intermediate for about 3 years going on 4.  The two rolls are still kicking my you know what.  I can do one slow roll and one 4 pt roll but not two consecutive rolls.  I’m certain that the average advance pilot would really have trouble with 3 rolls.  I see a lot of intermediate, advanced and sometimes even masters pilots almost loose airplanes on the horizontal rolling maneuvers.  They shouldn’t be underestimated.

  I agree with Mark, lets make advancement at all levels a guideline.  I had to move up from sportsman to intermediate after my first year in sportsman because I beat 4 other pilots.  I was flying a Kaos and the other pilots were all flying their 1st contests with trainers.  They had no chance.  In the end I’m glade I moved up but at the time it made me real nervous.  I was so determined to fly pattern that I decided to give it the old college try in intermediate.

  I think Advance could use a few more maneuvers that exit inverted.  Otherwise, I believe all the sequences are pretty good.

  Ron 

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  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lewis
  Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:38 PM
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  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

  There is a provision in the current rule set to accomodate these situations, see 8.1.2 of the competition regulations....

  Richard

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  From: "jeffghughes at comcast.net" <jeffghughes at comcast.net>
  To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
  Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 3:30:24 PM
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  Bob,

  I understand completely, I moved up to advanced, then my daughter got sick and I've been to one contest in 4 years. My flying has regressed, and my confidence along with it. 

  Jeff

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  From: "Mark Atwood" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
  To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
  Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 2:52:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
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  I know you’re joking some Bob, but I think you’re actually a great example of someone that was able to fly a lot, and progressed nicely through the system, but then when you got to Masters…a time when you really need to practice even more to be competitive, your job suddenly changed,  home life became more complex, and you’re lucky to fly 10 practice flights a year outside of contests.   Your experience and skill would allow you to be competitive in Advanced, without dominating and likely have a lot more fun being a spoiler to that crowd, rather than trying to fly masters without hardly even knowing the pattern.

  You’re the perfect candidate for someone that should be able to choose where they fly (which pattern) and have the most enjoyment.  

  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Kane
  Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:40 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

  Hey, I resemble that remark . . . . . . .

  Bob Kane
  getterflash at yahoo.com

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  From: "jeffghughes at comcast.net" <jeffghughes at comcast.net>
  To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
  Cc: Don Ramsey <don.ramsey at suddenlink.net>
  Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:17:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Advancement System

  This is all pretty interesting. From my perspective, I didn't  really care who beat me when I was in intermediate or advanced. I just knew that I was seeing the skill level necessary to win. While it's nice to win a trophy in the lower classes, I understood I wasn't competing against the best pilots anyway.  From what I've seen there is a huge variation of talent within a class anyway. I've seen Masters pilots fly that wouldn't win in advanced if they bumped back down (maybe not even in intermediate). People move up for all kinds of reasons unrelated to skill level.  It's also interesting that we talk about using each class to improve our flying until we get to Masters, then it appears nobody wants to improve to FAI. 

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