[NSRCA-discussion] What is you goal in pattern?

[Patrick Harris]

Very well said




On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jas via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> What do we look to accomplish when we (you the individual) choose to fly
> and/or compete in pattern?
>
> For me it's to see if I will ever be able to fly a perfect pattern. While
> I know that it is far fetched to believe that I can, I will continue to set
> my goals against the perfect pattern. If there is a maneuver that is giving
> me fits, I will break it down into segments and work on different parts of
> it until I can get the whole correct. I don't want to believe that there is
> a pattern maneuver I can't do, and if there is one, then I'll work harder
> to make it possible. If I go out 7 days a week or 1 day a week, there's
> always a way to learn.
>
> Babble alert... I received my first TOC invitation in 1993 for the 1994
> TOC. I had a great Team Trials and a good Nats which qualified me for the
> '94 TOC. At that point in my flying I had only done rolling circles by
> pinning the ailerons over (to the right) and using the elevator when
> needed. Well the TOC required rollers with 1-4 rolls only. So not only did
> I have to learn to roll left, and also use aileron management to dictate
> 1-4 rolls... I also had to figure out how to use the rudder! I didn't have
> the chance to go flying everyday so I had to 'learn' a lot with a stick
> plane so I knew where to put what inputs. I went as far as writing out
> charts for every roller combination I would come across (15 or so) and what
> elevator and rudder inputs would be needed in order I had to input them.
> Then I would stick fly each one imagining the inputs as I went through the
> roller. By the week before the TOC started I had finally figured it out. I
> finished 6th that TOC and did the finals demo flights. Since then I don't
> worry about rollers (even if I screw them up on occasion), just the 4 and 8
> roll rolling 8's now lol.
>
> That worked for me for learning hard maneuvers. I guess it comes down to
> how can you best learn a new difficult maneuver. Don't shy away from the
> challenge of a new maneuver or pattern, embrace it and figure out the best
> way for you to conquer it.
>
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