[NSRCA-discussion] Bowtie

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It can never be truly square, unless you are capable of flying a radius equal to zero.


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From: Verne Koester via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2016 12:35 PM
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Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Bowtie

>I just read the Judges Chair in the latest K-Factor regarding the Bow Tie in
>Masters. Their opinion is that the overall shape of the maneuver should form
>a rectangle rather than a square. I can't see how that's geometrically
>possible. The center portion of the maneuver has two opposing 45 degree
>lines. Assuming we want the baseline and top line height the same and we
>want the maneuver centered, the 45 degree lines mandate an overall square
>shape. The only way to make a rectangle out of it is to either fly an angle
>of less than 45 degrees through the center or add short straight lines
>before and after the 45's going into the radiuses into the verticals. The
>illustration in the K-Factor showing how the Bow Tie should be shaped
>illustrates this because the center angle lines in their rectangle drawing
>are clearly less than 45 degrees. The Masters aresti shows the correct
>overall shape and it's square.
>
> 
>
>Verne Koester  
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