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

[Ronald Van Putte]

+1!


> On May 3, 2016, at 11:04 PM, B Hebert via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
>> Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
>> Associate Vice President, Academy of Model Aeronautics District X
>> Treasurer, National Society of Radio Control Aerobatics (NSRCA)
> 
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