[NSRCA-discussion] F3A Re-certification quiz

[John Fuqua]

I am at Muncie watching the IMAC folks.  And guess what?   Some of the guys
are arguing over what is a snap.   I guess snaps must be related to a
universal  law of nature which is not intuitively obvious to the trained
observer.

 

John

 

From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of mike mueller
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 4:32 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A Re-certification quiz

 

C'mon Jon are you telling me that you don't like snap discusions?

 I still don't exactly know what a snap with a 2 meter pattern plane is
supposed to look like. I went to the World Championships last year to see
how the best of the best do a snap and I still can't say for sure that most
of those guys were snapping.

 I just know what I think it looks like. I guess I'll have to assume that
most people are snapping even though it looks like an axle roll with a small
tail wiggle to me.

 I guess it's kind of what we've evolved into.

 Sorry to all in advance for the rant!!! Mike

 

From: Jon Lowe <jonlowe at aol.com>
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:56 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A Re-certification quiz

 

There is a definite problem with question 33 of the subject quiz.  As of
today, only 23% of 22 people who have taken the quiz have gotten it correct.
The problem seems to be the last portion of the question.  I entered "same
altitude" for the answer, and the only correct answer in the quiz is "same
point" when referring to the entry and exit.  The question refers to 5B.8.7
of the FAI sporting code when it told me that my answer was wrong, but
nowhere in that section is "same point" stated.  The code does refer to "no
deviation in altitude", so I submit that my answer is correct.  If only 23%
are getting it right, the problem is obvious. 

 

I  also got a question wrong when I accidentally hit my mouse button twice
when moving to the next question.  That put blanks in the answer field of
the following question. The program should be revised to not accept blank
answers, and to kick you back to the question, to prevent this type of
issue.  

 

But all in all, I MUCH prefer this method of certification to sitting thru
long certification meetings with endless discussions of "what is a snap"!
Thanks to all who put this together.

Jon


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