[NSRCA-discussion] unknowns

[Stuart Chale]

OK don't kick me off the list but I flew an IMAC contest last weekend.  
(yes in Basic with a pattern plane :) )
Has any thought been given to flying unknowns as the IMAC guys do?  If 
you are not familiar with it, on a 2 day contest the unknown is handed 
out after flying is done on the first day.  The unknown is appropriate 
for your class and is the same nationwide for that weekend.  You are on 
an honor system not to fly it or use a sim (I suspect some people do) 
and the first flight of day 2 is the unknown.  I believe it can not be a 
dropped round.  Basic class flies their usual sequence no unknown.  It 
adds a bit of excitement to the 2nd day of the contest.  You have to be 
able to do a bunch of maneuvers not in this years sequence but 
appropriate for the class.  So practice time might be more than 6 
identical flights of your current sequence.  And most importantly it may 
provide for some separation for the top fliers in each class.  I had a 
lot of fun discussing the sequences with my friends that were there, and 
watching and listening to them after flying it.  Hard to fly a sequence 
for the first time without making a significant error.

Stuart