<div>Troy,</div> <div>I very much appreicate the work you guys put into designing the new schedules. I was a little concerned at first, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. Ultimately getting good at pattern involves a lot of repetition and preparation. It looks like the new schedule will provide enough of a challenge to fascilitate the improvement necessary to progress through the classes.</div> <div> </div> <div>Jon,</div> <div>I also understand your points. I think you may be selling yourself a little short with your concern of not having inverted exits. If you master the new advanced schedule you will have the skills needed to move on to masters. A little planning and practice will have you doing those inverted exits like a pro as you woul've improved rudder control and inverted flight through elements of the new advanced schedule.</div> <div> </div> <div>Either way will provide a challenge and be a lot of fun to work
on. <BR><BR><B><I>jonlowe@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Troy,<BR>Thanks for the reply. While I agree that the manuevers are more or <BR>less equivalent, the inverted exits and entrances add a certain <BR>intimidation factor and skill set that is not captured by the new <BR>advanced sequence, and only to a very limited extent in the new <BR>intermediate schedule. One look at some of the current intermediate <BR>contestants (sometimes me!) short inverted flight and the top of the <BR>current triangle loop and square loop will show the need for more <BR>inverted flight in general. Straight line segments on entry and exit <BR>to manuevers is a key part of pattern flying, inverted or upright, and <BR>given the emphasis on inverted exits and entrances in Masters and FAI, <BR>I'm surprised we don't see more of it in the new patterns. I'm <BR>disappointed we lost the
push-pull-pull humpty bump in favor of an <BR>optional humpty bump, because I've already been doing that (optional <BR>h-b) in intermediate for two years. I'm also disappointed we lost the <BR>45 down negative snap as it does use a different skill set than inside <BR>snaps, and adds the challenge of an inverted entrance and exit. We <BR>already have an inside snap in the avalanche. I've judged advanced <BR>this year and have seen some pretty poor (and pretty good) inverted <BR>entrances and exits. What are we going to see in masters in a few <BR>years with no practice before we get there?<BR><BR>As it stands right now, assuming I get to masters, I will never have <BR>seen an inverted entrance or exit until I get there. I just think <BR>this is a mistake.<BR><BR>Jon<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Troy A. Newman <TROY_NEWMAN@MSN.COM><BR>To: NSRCA Mailing List <NSRCA-DISCUSSION@LISTS.NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Tue, 9 May 2006 09:26:27 -0700<BR>Subject: Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] 2007 Advanced Schedule<BR><BR>Yes Jon,<BR>There are no inverted exits. The committee felt that inverted exits <BR>were not<BR>the criteria for an advanced pilot. To really say it another way just<BR>because the model doesn't exit inverted doesn't mean the sequence is <BR>not a<BR>challenge. I will agree the proposal is a hair less challenging that <BR>the<BR>current version. However the current version has many problems.<BR>Let us look at the challenge aspect.<BR><BR>There is no bigger gap in the KF number on the proposals than now with<BR>present Advanced to the Masters of today. My point is in looking at <BR>KF's<BR>alone the 48 to KF of 67...The current schedules we have now is a jump <BR>from<BR>50 to 68 so the difference is at worse 1 pt in the KF...<BR><BR>The opinion of the group was that if you can master the skills in the<BR>proposed 403 then you are ready for the 404 class. Notice I said master <BR>the<BR>skills not can you do the figures.
Advanced is not intended to be a <BR>Masters<BR>with less figures in it.<BR><BR>Pattern flying is about mastering and perfecting the skills at various<BR>level. When asked why people fly pattern the number one answer is they <BR>got<BR>started to learn how to fly better. What would you rather do....go up <BR>and<BR>survive an inverted to inverted 8pt roll and get a 5 or 6 on it every<BR>time...Or would you rather build the skill to do a upright 4pt roll at <BR>the<BR>score of a 9 every single time and sometimes get a 10. Once you have <BR>the<BR>skill of the 4pt roll then you can do one from inverted to inverted the<BR>skills are still there.<BR><BR>We developed what we thought would teach skills...The current jump from <BR>402<BR>to 403 is large and yet the 403-404 jump is fairly small in the skill <BR>set<BR>department. This is a fact of life that we are living with today. <BR>Remember<BR>skills, not orientation of the model.<BR><BR><BR>What is so different in the
current to the proposals other than <BR>inverted<BR>exits? Does having an inverted exit make you a better pilot? Does it <BR>teach<BR>you to do a better 4pt roll or slow roll....If you can't do one upright <BR>and<BR>score a 9 on it every time then why should we ask you to do one <BR>inverted to<BR>inverted? The Advanced class is an intro to finesse type rudder, slow <BR>rolls<BR>4pts, little fixes in looping elements like the 6 sided and triangle.<BR><BR>Lets look at the current schedules skills and compare skills.<BR><BR>Stall turn with and without rolls in current. The Proposal has stall <BR>turns<BR>with 1/2s and a center stall turn component easy to see center on that<BR>one...and must learn to think about roll direction. The current Adv <BR>doesn't<BR>have this element.<BR><BR>Reverse Cuban both<BR><BR>1/2 square loop 2/4pt both<BR><BR>Slow roll both<BR><BR>Bunt 1/2 roll out both<BR><BR>Double I 1/2 on top full roll on btm. In current but look at
its<BR>components...the triangle with full roll from inverted at the top takes <BR>the<BR>full roll at the btm of the Double I..Then you have Immelman turn to <BR>take<BR>the first part of this figure, and bunts to take the second half of the<BR>figure...So all the skills are still used. Just you are not exiting <BR>anything<BR>inverted.<BR>Outside Immelman turn.....Bunt skills and Immelamnn skills in proposal<BR><BR>45 down negative snap...so proposal has a 45 down positive snap so does <BR>the<BR>current Masters schedule..and that is a direct preparation figure <BR>right? How<BR>does a 45 down negative snap help you prepare for a Masters with a <BR>positive<BR>any more than or less than a reversed orientation?<BR><BR>Top Hat with 1/4's Both<BR><BR>Triangle loop with 2/4pt...Triangle with full roll, The 2/4pt roll <BR>element<BR>is in the 4pt roll and also in 1/2 sq with 2/4pts<BR><BR>Push Pull humpty no rolls. This is a good rudder figure as there are no<BR>places to
hide the corrections...This skill of shapes can be seen in <BR>the 6<BR>sided as it has no rolls and several radii that must match<BR><BR>Avalanche in Both<BR><BR>4pt roll in Both<BR><BR>1/2 sq with 1/2 roll in vertical in Both<BR><BR>Six sided loop in current FAI P-07 by the way and the proposed Masters <BR>07<BR><BR>2.5 turn spin in current and 3 turn spins in proposal. Very similar <BR>skills<BR>the major missing element is a 1/2 roll on the exit and I think that is<BR>covered in the Bunt, Immelman, 1/2 sq with 1/2 roll up, Reverse Cuban <BR>with<BR>1/2's, and so on...<BR><BR>So the reality is I think the proposal cover all the bases the current<BR>schedule does except one inverted exits....but yet adds in a center <BR>stall<BR>turn similar to the current masters to make it harder.<BR><BR>So Jon...in a first look the figures seem a little mundane...But the <BR>skills<BR>are there and its things a pilot can build on and master not just <BR>survive<BR>the figure. I ask
this question. What good does it do a Advanced pilot <BR>to go<BR>up and do a figure that he scores a 6 on every single time he flies it,<BR>because he has not mastered the rudder skills needed to roll from <BR>inverted<BR>to inverted. The current Double I with the full roll at the bottom <BR>because<BR>its down low and the speed changes and pucker increases and other <BR>things<BR>means he is not going to go out and work really hard on the roll with<BR>rudder. Instead we see the guys blasting through it because they are <BR>afraid<BR>to touch the rudder incase they give it wrong rudder.<BR><BR>What does an advanced guy do a bunch...? Give it the wrong rudder! We <BR>have<BR>all been through or are going through it. Rudder rolls like the bottom <BR>of<BR>the Double I are a very finesse rudder input. This is a skill that is<BR>needed in Advanced and the group felt that Finesse rudder was one of <BR>the<BR>main criteria in Advanced. Plus you are going to see this skill in
the <BR>bunt<BR>with 1/2 roll out...But instead its a 1/2 roll not a full roll. So the<BR>advanced pilot can master the 1/2 roll then go on to use that later in <BR>the<BR>sequence in the triangle while the model is up high and it can be seen.<BR><BR>So how do you teach your kid to ride a bike? Do you take them in the <BR>grass<BR>so that when they fall its softer than the pavement? Do you add <BR>training<BR>wheels to the bike so that when they fall to the side the wheels catch <BR>them?<BR>Do you run behind and hold the seat, hoping that when you let go its <BR>not a<BR>trip to the ER.<BR><BR>Well Finesse Rudder inputs are the same type of thing. We setup the <BR>proposal<BR>to help an advanced pilot succeed. He is not being given anything. The<BR>skills are still there and demanding, just not in the same place you <BR>would<BR>expect them.<BR><BR>The current Advanced has 3 figures in a roll that are Immelman based. <BR>They<BR>are teaching the same skills. All at the
same time. The proposal tries <BR>to<BR>link these skills and come back to them without doing the repeat thing<BR>figure after figure.<BR><BR><BR>This has been long enough...but I think you see where we tried to go <BR>with<BR>the proposal.<BR><BR>Troy<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>