[NSRCA-discussion] WC
Ronald Van Putte
vanputte at cox.net
Sun Aug 7 18:03:53 AKDT 2011
Georgie is indeed unique. I had no idea that he was sleeping in the
back of his car, because he always looked like he'd just stepped out
of a haberdashery.
His passion for scoring is unsurpassed and I value his insight.
Thanks for a great take on the 2011 F3A WC Georgie.
Ron Van Putte
On Aug 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, George Kennie wrote:
> My Take on the World Championships
>
> Yup, I'm back !
>
> Not feeling up to the 950 mile trip any more, I have passed on
> attending the Nats for the last 2 years, BUT
> due to the fact that this was my chance to see a World Championship
> event and also due to a knawing desire
> to see a flyer who had been able to pull off such a fantastic
> series of wins over the last few years, yes, Christophe
> I decided I would try to pull together the rescources to enable me
> to make the trip
> .
> I had in my posession a classic aircraft with a brand new YS-61 AR
> and pipe which was highly desired by a flying
> buddy so I decided to let it go for $400, thus the funds became
> available.
>
> I knew I would be sleeping in the back of my car and realizing that
> we were currently experiencing a period of very
> warm weather I knew I would be subjecting myself to some pretty hot
> nights so I made up a couple of screens for
> my rear windows to prevent bugs and to enable some air to cool my
> boudoir, which worked out O.K.
>
> I left on Saturday the 23rd @ 6:00 A.M. and arrived somewhere
> around 9:00 P.M., just in time to pump up my air
> mattress and get some shuteye.There was a pretty good squall
> blowing thru making me appreciate the fact that I
> hadn't brought the tent as I never would have been able to set it
> up in those conditions.
>
> Sunday dawned with O.K. weather and after some breakfast I got back
> to the site to find competitors already showing
> up and shared greetings with old acquaintances (nice).
>
> Some of the competitors were throwing down some practice flights
> and some of the demo pilots were trying to get in
> some additional polish. AC, Andre, and Dave were exemplary in their
> execution giving the judges real meat to work with.
> Late in the afternoon Chip flew P like noone has ever flown P
> before. If only it had been videoed, .....it was textbook. The
> first stall turn in the M made my jaw drop to about my knees. The
> plane went up about 800 feet and came to a complete
> stop and just hung there for about a full second without moving and
> then after this interminable hesitation began to pivot
> around the CG without gaining or losing a millimeter of altitude. I
> know I uttered an audible exclamation of awe followed
> by the thought that "I bet he can't do that again" whereupon he
> proceeded to duplicate the feat on the other side of the M.
> When he got to the turnaround stall he did it again proving it was
> no fluke. The whole flight was stellar and was the best
> flight of the week for me and I have a tendency to be a little
> tough on Chip (he doesn't appreciate my corrective inputs ),
> but I understand his personality. We're both type A so we clash a
> little, but I still like him.
>
> When I saw Andrew's practice flight I thought he looked a little
> rusty and didn't have great hopes for his results in the face
> of such strong competition. When I observed the 1/2 square with
> the upline snap he performed , I said "What was that?"
> To me it looked like a flick roll, but I was informed that it was
> indeed a snap. Well, somebody must have said
> something because when competition started he had fixed it.
>
> Speaking of snaps, Ola Fremming had a snap that was slow enough
> that you could easily count the turns and it was
> easy to recognize the stalled condition of the airframe. It was
> very pretty. When have you heard anyone say that about a
> snap.
>
> Monday was offficial practice and each team was allotted approx 30
> minutes for their team members to familiarize them-
> selves with the physical surroundings of the sites that they would
> be flying on.
>
> Now all the International teams were showing up and making their
> presence known. It was a wonderful experience to
> observe people whose language was total gibberish to your ears and
> enjoy their spirit of happy interactivity as they joked
> and laughed with great frivolity ( especially the Germans ).
>
> All these teams seemed to have people in their group that spoke
> quite good, if not excellent, English and came across as
> extremely friendly.
>
> About this time I took the opportunity to approach Christophe and
> laid on him my theory of rudder center of pressure as
> regards pitch and roll coupling and was surprised that he agreed
> with my concepts. I got a pic with he and I together with
> the Axiome which was gratifying.
>
> A bit later I got to see both he and Benoit put in their practice
> flights and having observed several execution errors I talked
> with both of them regarding required corrections and they expressed
> their thanks for the tips. On their next flight I noted
> that there was an attempt to make those corrections, but on the
> subsequent flight they were both back to making the same
> errors and concluded that they had probably been practicing for a
> long time making these errors and they had become
> ingrained.
>
> I also talked with many of the other teams offering suggestions and
> found them all to be very receptive ( I think they felt
> it best to humor the old man).
>
> The Austrian National Champion was Gerhard Mayr and he was most
> receptive of all soaking up everything I could feed him,
> No matter how tough I was on him he would come back for more
> everytime and I spent many evenings in long conversations
> with he and his Dad and really got close to them. Wonderful folks !
> Gerhard flew electric and at a flying speed much slower
> than everybody else, making people aghast at how he could perform
> such a deep snap with such a low level of energy. He
> is a 26 year old Young man who flew an original design aircraft
> that was somewhat radical in it's use of canalysers on the
> wings. I see him as a young man with a bright future.
>
> The most obvious errors that were most apparrent to my eyes were
> the integrated roll in the M which finished much higher
> than it started as well as it's centering, 1/2 square loop on
> corner lacking a line after the 2nd 2of 4, radii in the triangle,
> centering
> of roll elements as well as combination maneuvers.
>
> The weather was not typical Muncie fare as the winds were not the
> usual Oklahoma variety. There were periods where the
> winds would build in the middle of the day only to subside after
> and hour or so. On Thursday Onda came to the line just after
> a rush of pretty strong air pushed through only to have things calm
> down shortly thereafter, which I thought was unfair.
>
> During the prelims there were some comments regarding seeming bias
> relative the scoring of the french team which I chalk up
> to impression judging. Without actual numbers it's very difficult
> to assess who is hitting the high K-Factor maneuvers.There was
> even a bias protest which was apparently resolved. I have to
> confess that I also felt that there was some favoritism being shown
> to the big name pilots, but kept realizing that I wouldn't know the
> result of appearances until I ran my numbers.
>
> I come away from this amazing experience with the feeling that if
> Chip had been able to fly the finals like he flew the prelims
> the outcome could have been quite different. I scored one of the
> semifinal flights where he was 35 points above the next closest
> competitor.
>
> I spent a good part of the day on Friday, after I got home running
> my numbers and here's what I have. Despite what it may seem
> I can assure you that there is no favoritism here.
>
> Andrew........Finals # 1 = 590 ........Finals # 2 =
> 636 .........Unknown #1 = 497 ..........Unknown # 2 =
> 520..........................................
>
> Kogi.............Finals #1 = 616.........Finals # 2
> =599............Unknown # 2 = 480..........Unknown # 2 =
> 513..........................................
>
> Bernd...........Finals #1 = 610..........Finals # 2 =
> 580...........Unknown # 1 = 469..........Unknown # 2 =
> 537............................................
>
> Onda............Finals # 1 = 577.........Finals # 2 =
> 585...........Unknown # 1 = 468..........Unknown # 2 =
> 531................................................
>
> CPLR...........Finals # 1 = 581.........Finals # 2 =
> 580...........Unknown # 1 = 474...........Unknown # 2 =
> 518..............................................
>
> Mayr.............Finals # 1 = 556.........Finals # 2 =
> 571...........Unknown # 1 = 481...........Unknown # 2 =
> 528...............................................
>
> Kaiser...........Finals # 1 = 540.........Finals # 2 =
> 609...........Unknown # 1 = 475...........Unknown # 2 =
> 490...............................................
>
> Chip..............Finals # 1 = 593.........Finals # 2 =
> 559...........Unknown # 1 = 462............Unknown # 2 =
> 486...............................................
>
> Matt..............Finals # 1 = 540.........Finals # 2=
> 589............Unknown # 1 = 456............Unknown # 2 =
> 482...............................................
>
> BPLR............Finals # 1 = 575.........Finals # 2 =
> 563............Unknown # 1 = 432............Unknown # 2 =
> 496................................................
>
>
> It's interesting that there is only a one point variation in the
> finals scores of CPLR and the finish of Suzuki was a total shock to
> me.
>
> The finishing positions are as listed from top to bottom.
>
> I have no axes to grind and found those French guys to be
> wonderfully friendly people, but I think that with accurate judging
> that
> particular dominance may be short lived.
>
> I would add that there was a very high level of competency
> displayed by all competitors which was evidenced by their
> proficiency in
> the rollers.
>
> If you've read this far, thanks for listening and be encouraged
> that this will be my last time.
>
>
> Georgie
>
>
>
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