[NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: FAI Unknown Generator, with Aresti, Aresti PDF, and correct directionality!

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Thanks for the work Peter

Bryan
---- Peter Vogel via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote: 
> For our F3A pilots out there who want to practice Unknowns before the NATS:
> 
> My service for F3A Team USA: http://www.faiunknowngenerator.com has been
> updated with the 2016-2017 F3A sporting code's catalog of maneuvers as well
> as the new rules for unknowns (must include at least one maneuver from
> catalogs 19 or G,  20 or H, 22 and 23, must have 3 maneuvers of K=6 and 5
> maneuvers of K=5, minimum total K=72 (no maximum, but the practical maximum
> seems to fall at about 75 with most sequences being 72 or 73).  It's also
> been updated to provide a link to get the PDF of the Aresti as well as
> displaying the Aresti in the page.  The table of maneuvers has been
> rejiggered to handle smaller form factor devices better and not clip the
> maneuver descriptions.
> 
> MasterScoring has been updated to call the unknown generator to generate
> unknowns and will soon be updated so that the call card printed by
> MasterScoring includes the Aresti.  This *may* be the system used to
> generate unknowns for the NATS (details regarding that will be forthcoming
> from the AMA and the ED) which will allow for unknowns to be generated in
> the presence of all finalists, the ED and the head judge.  *If you discover
> a sequence that you believe to be invalid according to the latest F3A
> rules, please send me a note along with the Aresti of the sequence or a
> screen shot of the sequence from RCCaller and I will investigate.  We've
> used the system to generate unknowns at 2 contests this year and I've
> generated 100's and haven't found any to be invalid yet, but the
> possibility certainly exists.   If you encounter other problems, errors on
> the page, no sequence generated within a few minutes of loading the page,
> etc. please send me a note with the approximate time you attempted to
> generate a sequence and I will investigate.*
> 
> I have also updated the RCCaller iOS app to call the unknown generator for
> you -- click "Schedules", click the "+" button, set the schedule name to
> something you like "i.e. Unknown" and click "Generate Unknown" -- with a
> good network connection about 30-60 seconds later (generating an unknown
> can take a while, it is an iterative process that sometimes has to scrap
> its work and try again when it gets to an unsolvable state) you'll have a
> new unknown in the RCCaller, hit "save" and it's ready to call that unknown
> sequence for you.
> 
> I wrote and pay to host this service.  If you want to help defray the not
> insignificant hosting costs for the service, please consider clicking on
> the donate button if you find it useful!
> 
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