[NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: Another discussion topic relating tonew FAIrules

[Scott McHarg]

Holy cow!  I remember flying this pattern and I remember doing the 3 loops
around the sun!  No wonder I can't see anymore.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote:

> Yep, all of those were flown centered, except the procedure turn. The
> center of radius for the stall turn and immelman were centered.
>
> --- On *Thu, 2/2/12, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> From: Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: Another discussion topic relating
> tonew FAIrules
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 3:15 PM
>
> OK.  Looking at some of the old rule books, I'm confused.  Take for
> example the novice sequence from 86-87:
> Takeoff
> Straight flight out (U)
> Procedure turn
> Straight flight back (D)
> Stall Turn (U)
> Immelmann Turn (U)
> 3 inside loops (U)
> One horizontal roll (D)
> Landing
>
> The procedure turn, stall turn, and Immelmann sure seem like turnarounds
> to me, granted to meet the mandatory directions relative to wind you would
> need to have a free turnaround between the straight flight back and the
> stall turn, and another free turnaround between the stall and the
> Immelmann, etc.  So were all the "stunt" turns intended to be executed at
> show center with a free turnaround outside the box between each maneuver?
>
> I'm amazed at the amount of "heat" (aka: passion) there seems to have been
> in the K-factor around the change to turnaround schedules.  I admit I like
> my 2 "free" turnarounds outside the box in Sportsman between maneuvers 6+7
> and 11+12 but I could muddle through without them if I had to, and I
> honestly can't imagine flying such a disjoint sequence as the ones I'm
> seeing in the old rulebooks.  Hardly feels like a "sequence".
>
> Peter+
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*Scott A. McHarg*
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