[NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest

[Bob Kane]

This reminds me of a conversation I had with one of the Australian team members during the prelims at the 2011 Worlds..  He asked what could he be doing so wrong on a simple turn-around maneuver that he was scoring 3s and 4s  against the "top" pilots 8s, 9s, and 10s.  Seems like you need to get the judges attention first, as unfair as that sounds.

It was a good question. 
 
Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com


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 From: Stuart Chale <schale1 at verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] World F3A contest
 

Each Worlds the scoring always always causes me "to raise an eyebrow"  I can't say surprises me because we have seen it before. For most flyers the scores seem lower than we would expect.  Lower than they would receive at the Nats never mind local contests.  Did Joseph really deserve 6's on a half loop turnaround.  Did he have 60 degrees of error or fly a half hexagon?  Are the Judges that much better than the rest of us that they are seeing the errors that we don't?   Or are they upping the bar with an unwritten rule ( 1 point / 5 degrees etc) .  Any 10's given out?
I know the top fliers are difficult to differentiate until the finals and unknowns and usually it works out that the best flyer wins, I just like to see the same criteria used at all contests.

Or maybe I am not as good a judge as I think :)

Stuart C.
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