[NSRCA-discussion] 2015 Proposed Advanced Sequence

[Dale Olstinske]

Over that past few weeks, we have received a lot of input from the 
membership about the Advanced sequence proposed for 2015. To everyone 
who has, a big thanks, we really need this in order to develop sequences 
that meet the expectations of the majority of the membership. I would 
add, it is very helpful when these inputs are specific, not just "I 
don't like it". Much of the criticism about this sequence was in two 
areas, difficulty and new maneuvers, let me address each.

The guide allows for new maneuvers to be created. The list of maneuvers 
in the development guide is not meant to be exhaustive. Each time we 
develop new schedules, new ones are created or borrowed from other 
disciplines, like F3A or even do I dare say, IMAC LOL! In this proposed 
sequence, there are a few maneuvers that were previously not in the 
catalog, like the Immelman with full rolls, the Hour Glass or the Cobra 
as we defined. As along at these are in line with class guidelines and 
it's felt they are appropriate, they are added to the list of allowable 
maneuvers. Specifically, the Hour Glass was added because we all felt it 
was appropriate, and a variant of that maneuver is now in Masters and 
F3A-P. So as you will see, we left it in.

As to difficulty, we had enough pilots indicate concern, that we took 
another look. In doing so, we realized that we had exceeded some of the 
boundaries set forth in the Advanced section. The guide has been a 
living breathing document for the past few cycles, so we could have 
modified the guide to allow for this sequence, but it was felt this was 
the wrong approach. Now, for the next cycle, we will be recommending 
some changes to the guide (for BOD approval) which would allow more 
flexibility, however for now, we are modifying the sequence to adhere to 
the guidelines. Specifically, there are only limited number of inverted 
entries and exits, on turn around maneuvers, executed at a low altitude. 
You will see in the new sequence, we simply added and removed rolls, 
which brought the number of inverted sections in line. The basic 
structure and class of each maneuvers, are really unchanged.

The new sequence is now posted on the NSRCA web site. Again a big thanks 
for all who took the time to let us know.

Dale
Sequence Committee
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