[NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

Tue Oct 20 12:17:39 AKDT 2009

I made the same point a while back regarding coordinated rolls, just before I "volunteered" <grin> to be on the sequence committee.  I also got the same hair on fire repsonses from some of the list regulars...sometimes I think we lose sight of how many pattern fliers are out there that aren't on this list or rarely contribute to the list and it is easy to confuse the opinions of a narrow range of vocal list regulars with the overall sentiments of pattern fliers at large.

Four point rolls and slow rolls are much better teaching tools than blazing through 2 or 3 consecutive rolls.   I use my Dad as an example....his head literally does explode at contests when flying Sportsman in front of judges and I would much rather coach him through learning to use rudder in a 4 point roll  than telling him to nose it up a litlte, jam on the elevator and try to give a bit of down at the right time in 2 consecutive rolls.  Heck I've even seen him try 4 point rolls on his own when sport flying just for fun.

Unfortunately they are not allowed in the sequence development guidelines for intermediate that are being used today to steer the sequence development process and I was not going to be the crusader that challenged this in the sequence contruction guidelines in this round of sequence development.  I think that my contributions to the group brought a fresh set of opinions and eyes to the process and I hope that the sequences that are presented will be approached with an open mind from the armchair quarterback club.

Richard Lewis

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From: RON HANSEN <rcpilot at wowway.com>
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:39:36 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

Mark you just supported my point.  Sean is learning to use elevator on his rolls in sportsman as he should before moving up.  I bet most sportsman pilots don't use elevator at all before moving up (I'm guilty of that).  I also have seen a lot of intermediate pilots fly 2 rolls without using rudder.  I've even had folks tell me not to use rudder on my 2 rolls.  I believe this is bad advice.  Slow rolls and point rolls in intermediate would force intermediate pilots to learn to roll with rudder before moving up.  Requiring advanced pilots to learn slightly more complicated rolling maneuvers (yet less complicated rolling maneuvers than masters) would lessen the gap between classes.

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From: "Mark Atwood" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>, jpavlick at idseng.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:32:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

Ron??  You’re smokin’ crack again.  STOP that…    Or wait, was that playing with Mercury…”No ill effects”…

You’ve been flying Intermediate for several years and you’re close to moving out of it.  On the other end though are the guys just leaving Sportsman.  Adding point roll’s or any of the things you mention would make their heads explode.     I’m just trying to get Sean (son) to roll well with elevator and not pitch up 20deg before starting.  We’ll get that down in Sportsman, but we’ll save learning to slow roll, or even add rudder through the roll in a ½ reverse Cuban for Intermediate.

Rolling with rudder is usually the last thing someone perfects as they’re cleaning up the hardward in Intermediate getting ready to move onto Advanced.  

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From:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of RON HANSEN
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:37 PM
To: jpavlick at idseng.com; General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question

When I suggested that intermediate and advanced be more difficult what I was suggesting was that we need to build up more gradually.  For an example, I believe two horizontal rolls done using rudder and elevator is more difficult than one slow roll or one 4 pt roll.  I learned to roll using rubber and elevator by starting with a 4 pt roll.  I've heard others doing the same.  I agree that this can be taken to extremes.  For example, I've heard folks suggest that intermediate add 3 rolls.  I believe this will cause pilots to drop the rudder and only use elevator which I believe is detrimental later on (all rolls should include rudder and elevator).  Maybe move the 4 pt roll and the slow roll down to intermediate and add some more complicated rolling maneuvers such as 2 half rolls reversed inverted to inverted or 2 half rolls reversed knife edged to knife edge.   These or similar changes would close the gap between the various classes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Pavlick" <jpavlick at idseng.com>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:59:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question
Having the turnarounds AND box exits in Sportsman is a good thing, I think. As long as the turnarounds are not cross-box maneuvers (like a Humpty) then I don't think it's asking too much of a Sportsman pilot to try to keep things in the box until they get a break (box exit). This is very good at preparing them for Intermediate (NO box exits) as Pete said, yet it gives them some way to correct their lines.What tends to happen to ALL of us is this: One little error moves your line. Then another moves your line some more. Until you've learned how to correct your lines smoothly and / or simply not make those errors in the first place (or at least make them to a lesser degree) the errors accumulate and without box exits, you only have cross-box maneuvers to help you correct them. Sportsman doesn't have any cross-box maneuvers so how would they correct their line? With box exits of course. 

As a few people have said - and I say this all the time: the sequence you fly contains the maneuvers which you are judged on. This doesn't mean that you can't fly different maneuvers and / or sequences when you practice. Do you guys just go to the field and fly your sequence over and over every time? If so then I think you're missing out on something very important. The difficulty between Masters and Sportsman is (and should be) somewhat extreme. Yet there are only 4 classes that must deal with this range of skills. It's nearly impossible to  make each progression seamless. You must learn at least some new skills on your own. You can't expect that by repeatedly flying Advanced, you'll somehow magically be prepared to fly Masters when you point out. Trust me, you won't. VBG

John Pavlick

--- On Tue, 10/20/09, Pete Cosky <pcosky at comcast.net> wrote:

>From: Pete Cosky <pcosky at comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Rules proposal 11-6 question
>To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 1:04 PM
>I partially agree with your last post but those building blocks have to come from somewhere. From my experience, I moved out of Sportsman 4 years ago and then stopped flying to help raise my son until this year when I got to fly again in Intermediate. My flights were ugly but at least I had an idea of how it all had to go together because I learned those building blocks in Sportsman. IF what is proposed were to have happened in my particular case it would have been quite the obstacle to overcome and probably would have taken some of the fun out flying pattern for me.
> 
>If a pilot needs work on geometry, and I know I sure do, then take the time to practice the given maneuver outside the sequence. Go and burn a few tanks flying the problem maneuvers and nothing else. 
> 
>My opinion is Sportsman is fine the way it is and it lays a good foundation for the progression in the classes.
>  

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